tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post5931466578195312083..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Ho Ho HoWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-90107762144834915862011-12-14T11:01:30.365-03:302011-12-14T11:01:30.365-03:30I don't watch television or listen to the radi...I don't watch television or listen to the radio and there is a DND on my cellphone. Only the print media and the fliers that are inserted in them by the newspaper distributor trouble me but I don't read them.<br /><br />The first Season's Greetings phone call came just today and it was nice talking to that very old friend who is a great Baritone choir singer. I have promised to visit the town he stays in and listen to him in the new year.<br /><br />I don't celebrate any festivals and everyone knows it and so, very few ask me these questions. My answer is always, "Every day is a festival for me." Things however are tough this year and the fervor is simply not there yet. Shops report poor footfalls. May be it will pick up.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89406074544409751542011-12-13T00:08:43.186-03:302011-12-13T00:08:43.186-03:30I know the feeling, WWW. I have been dreading Chri...I know the feeling, WWW. I have been dreading Christmas for the past 3 years. I am hoping at some point it will regain some of it's joy for me...I used to love it!BayGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933199694750403822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-24868867024386003352011-12-12T18:12:00.618-03:302011-12-12T18:12:00.618-03:30It's hard to see how people can genuinely enjo...It's hard to see how people can genuinely enjoy themselves when we're all drowning in the commercial "give, decorate, stuff yourself" hype of "the festive season." Whatever happened to quiet relaxation?nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-23266358314854214152011-12-12T08:48:25.445-03:302011-12-12T08:48:25.445-03:30I have mixed feelings about this season, very much...I have mixed feelings about this season, very much enjoying the social whirl, trying to ignore postal deadlines for mailing packages to farflung grandchildren, looking forward to xmas community dinner, hating the rain (!!!), dreading the January bills, hiding from dreadful memories of xmases-past. I too look forward to January.<br /><br />I have a friend who tells all his friends out west how awful the internet access here is (he lies, we actually have decent access) in hopes of discouraging western friends from moving here and spoiling paradise, as easterners moving west have already done to his west coast home town.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787701515460812026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-2753588512663921082011-12-11T21:23:27.810-03:302011-12-11T21:23:27.810-03:30the season grows on me. it's harder and harder...the season grows on me. it's harder and harder to get into it, but i still do...lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055442432266567561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-4071818735182939812011-12-11T20:17:39.347-03:302011-12-11T20:17:39.347-03:30Ho, Ho, *()&ing Ho. Come on January.Ho, Ho, *()&ing Ho. Come on January.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852119592451618703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-48747137407212340022011-12-11T17:41:28.450-03:302011-12-11T17:41:28.450-03:30I feel your pain about the wifi. I hope you asked ...I feel your pain about the wifi. I hope you asked your supplier for a refund. Try the 'false trading' line and see if it makes a difference.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-54517933649336075802011-12-11T17:38:39.374-03:302011-12-11T17:38:39.374-03:30I think dislike is my default position on it. Hate...I think dislike is my default position on it. Hate is too strong an emotion and I'm not quite indifferent. I dislike the false sentiments that I'm supposed to feel. All through the magic of commercialism that's showved down out throats. Even here in the Netherlands we can't get away from it. We've gotten on the band wagon.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.com