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GonePirateSenior Contributor
i encourage you all to join me for some casual drinking, social lubrication and light laughter right here in the beer garden.
Oh and before anyone gets up in arms about alcohol and its dangers the main beer on tap is VB or virtual beer
beer is the third most commonly consumed drink in the world behind water and tea
why not share the worlds joy with friends
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TABSenior Contributor
..yeah, embarrassment ..to infinity ..re parents.. well as kid at some stages, moments in early 20s etc .. sorta worked out ways of dealing with that lol @Former-Member
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The best Christmas I had with family, years ago @TAB @Former-Member was when I got drunk, lol. I love to dance.
Had to drink to cope with it all, but I don't drink anymore, so I won't be going this year, too hard, stressful.
I agree, let's not talk about it, lol.
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I looked into P&O cruises at Christmas. The ship goes to the Pacific Islands, way tooooooooo hot. We did that cruise at the beginning of winter a few years ago and it was way toooooo hot then. I can't imagine how hot it would be in summer. I found 7 nights too long to cruise, sounds silly, I guess. But after a few days I've had enough, lol. There's only so much food you can eat, lol. We did a 2 night one last time to Sydney, really enjoyed that, had a great time. Would do a 2 or 3 night one, but that's it. No 2, 3 night ones at Christmas. Have to think of something else to distract. @Former-Member @TAB
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TABSenior Contributor
yes, let's not ..re going there, okay times, happy times, funny how the one when I got singled out and people talked loudly while looking at me from other side of room, after they acted like turnips, yet it was all me and they got everyone else onside and no one forgets how it was all me .. hmm pretty sure I had something to do with it, they had a lot more to do with, it, @Former-Member @Former-Member anyway, end of that topic for me, didn't want to go there
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TABSenior Contributor
just go to Tassie or NZ lol @Former-Member still cool there, think, to me xmas is just about getting together, special (ish) food, people at their best etc @Former-Member ie xmas 'mood'
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Haha! 
My mum used to say the same thing to me @Former-Member "I think you've had enough", lol. That's hilarious. We'd be a pair, lol.
I'm hoping to house swap with rellies some year, so we can have a white one. I think they would love the heat, and I'd love the snow (for a short while, anyway) @TAB
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No "getting together" for me though. 
Not with "them" anyway.
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TABSenior Contributor
..yeah ..'parp parp' ..'smile and wave' etc re truckies .. met some interesting types when did truck licence thru job agency year or so ago, gone off trucks since, had a'thing' for a while ..maybe that course and the people dragged me out of a rut at the time, well they did ..so I went and hooked up a trailer to it ha har @Former-Member
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