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Post by Virgil Reality on Jan 23, 2012 16:32:46 GMT 8
Gong xi fa cai!!
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Post by lynette on Jan 24, 2012 1:16:12 GMT 8
Happy Chinese New Year!  |
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Post by Gg on Jan 26, 2012 5:48:52 GMT 8
BURNS NIGHT!!! Anyone for some poetry and Scotch!?...and Haggis?  |
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Post by Virgil Reality on Jan 26, 2012 10:07:10 GMT 8
Och man, nah
Will be firing up the barbie and checking out the fireworks for Australia Day.
And a special mention for Geoffrey Rush (Hans Les Mis co star amongst his many other accomplishments) who today adds Australian of The Year 2012 for services to the Arts to his ither awards - an Oscar, a Tony and and an Emmy amongst others. Now all he needs is a Grammy.
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Post by Gg on Jan 26, 2012 23:53:45 GMT 8
Well deserved all around!
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Post by lynette on Jan 30, 2012 21:02:15 GMT 8
I would probably not Haggis.
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Post by lynette on Jan 30, 2012 21:05:54 GMT 8
Well deserved all around! I agree with you completely. |
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Post by Gg on Feb 3, 2012 1:32:40 GMT 8
Ground Hog day... No I'm not joking. A rodent in Pennsylvania crawls out of his hole and if he sees his shadow there will be 6 more weeks of Winter. He saw his shadow. Who came up with this ritual I have no idea....
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Post by Gg on Feb 14, 2012 10:00:59 GMT 8
Where is Valentine's Day not a "day"?
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Post by lynette on Feb 15, 2012 21:10:35 GMT 8
Where is Valentine's Day not a "day"? I do not have with whom to celebrate ....  |
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zita
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Post by zita on Feb 15, 2012 22:29:25 GMT 8
Ground Hog day... No I'm not joking. A rodent in Pennsylvania crawls out of his hole and if he sees his shadow there will be 6 more weeks of Winter. He saw his shadow. Who came up with this ritual I have no idea.... In Hungary it's almost the same custom with the bear, if he sees his shadow, he goes back into the cave to sleep until the real spring. On this day reports can be read in the news from the zoo paying attention at the bear's behaviour. |
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Post by zita on Feb 15, 2012 22:41:50 GMT 8
Where is Valentine's Day not a "day"? Originally it's not a special day in Hungary, but as many other things eg. Halloween it seemed to be a good business and a kind of fashion to celebrate. Although it's an important day for me. My younger son is called Bálint - it is the Hungarian version for Valentine and we celebrate his nameday on 14th February. |
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Post by Gg on Feb 24, 2012 6:57:41 GMT 8
Fat Tuesday past, with it's pardon of all things decadent, and with it Carnivale,... anyone sacrificing anything for Lent? Sugar? Alcohol? Red meat? TV? voyeurism, opportunism, objectification, obsession?
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Post by Virgil Reality on Feb 25, 2012 23:19:46 GMT 8
This year I'm giving up sloth. let's see how that works out. And I had my pancakes today so I obviously haven't been successful at giving up procrastination - I'll do that later.
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Post by Gg on Feb 26, 2012 2:20:09 GMT 8
Love it!  |
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