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Title: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: planetgaffnet on December 21, 2014, 03:14:46 PM
Unsure whether there's an unwritten rule but seeing as how no one has said it yet, here's wishing you all the best for whatever you celebrate this time of year, along with a happy new year and if possible a belter of a 2015. 

Love and hugs
Paul
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Post by: Highlander on December 21, 2014, 05:04:38 PM
Not at all, Paul... it's just the duty of the first person to post it up, and upon your mantle this year, it's you... thought the same thing earlier today...

For me, it's Merry Christmas: to Carlo I wish a Merry Swampmas; to Dave I wish not too many feet of snow or Dakota will not be a happy girl; to Uwe "have many more: sans fins"; to Scott and Bill keep playing and working the wood; to George and the kids. Enjoy...!; to Al, Go Cougs! but go easy on the cheese over the holidays ;D; to Mark/58, whatever, whenever, wherever, to the max you can enjoy (beware the Hellcat! :mrgreen:); to Andy, Anthony, Ari (shalom), Baz, Billy, Brad, Bret, Chris, Daniel, a very flat Eric, Gary, Joe of the Chrome, John the Barkless, Kostas, Michael Floor & Rob and the smaller Basvarkens, Roberto and Ronn way down in Texas, Tony of the Cloudy Isles, and so many that may have slipped my failing mind... to friends old and new, to one and all, and all of your families and friends, I wish you a time of peace and as perfect a New Year as can be bestowed upon you and yours...
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Post by: Pilgrim on December 21, 2014, 06:31:19 PM
To all of you, a Merry Christmas and in addition, enjoy a beautiful time doing and observing whatever moves you.
To me, the fact of observing one occasion does not devalue the other occasions which may occur around that time.

This is a good group of people and I enjoy hanging out here and bantering with you! Each of you are special and impressive in your contributions and thoughts.
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Post by: Nocturnal on December 21, 2014, 08:49:57 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of my Outpost brethren! I hope you have all had an amazing year and that 2015 treats you even better!!  :toast:
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Post by: Dave W on December 21, 2014, 09:20:33 PM
Thanks guys, hope you all have a happy Christmas whether religious or secular.

I'm looking forward to a healthier 2015.

And Ken, we'll be lucky if we have more than a couple of inches of snow on the ground by Christmas Day, if that.
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Post by: Bionic-Joe on December 21, 2014, 09:24:53 PM
Enjoy it all!! God Bless and Hopefully we all have an awesome NEW year!!
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Post by: lowend1 on December 21, 2014, 11:07:09 PM
What they said.
Seriously - Merry Christmas, and a happy & healthy New Year to all.
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Post by: neepheid on December 22, 2014, 03:53:25 AM
All the best for Christmas and the new year, love from Gibson Aberdeen. I mean, me ;)
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Post by: uwe on December 22, 2014, 06:04:49 AM
Fröhliche Weihnachten everyone!
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Post by: gweimer on December 22, 2014, 06:50:10 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!
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Post by: Stjofön Big on December 22, 2014, 08:42:05 AM
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to all of you, from a snowy northern Sweden where bass rumble causes roofs to shake off the white powder from heaven!
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Post by: Basvarken on December 22, 2014, 09:08:11 AM
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een gelukkig nieuwjaar!
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Post by: gearHed289 on December 22, 2014, 11:36:14 AM
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to all!
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Post by: drbassman on December 22, 2014, 12:08:39 PM
A very Merry Christmas and healthy holidays to all!  Blessings all around.  I hope everyone has lots of fun times with families and friends.
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Post by: amptech on December 22, 2014, 12:14:38 PM
God jul og godt nytt år!
Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: Highlander on December 22, 2014, 12:56:44 PM
Quote from: Dave W on December 21, 2014, 09:20:33 PM
... we'll be lucky if we have more than a couple of inches of snow on the ground by Christmas Day, if that.

More than us...!  ;)

Quote from: neepheid on December 22, 2014, 03:53:25 AM
... love from Gibson Aberdeen...

I may be just a wee bit to the west of you this time next year...  somewhere near that Loch... :mrgreen:
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Post by: doombass on December 22, 2014, 02:54:09 PM
God Jul och Gott Nytt År !!
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Post by: Grog on December 22, 2014, 05:14:34 PM
Merry Christmas to everybody at LBO! Make sure you help your wife with the decorating.............

(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af119/Grog_03/BLL_zpsa492d58f.jpg) (http://s999.photobucket.com/user/Grog_03/media/BLL_zpsa492d58f.jpg.html)
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Post by: Highlander on December 22, 2014, 05:21:00 PM
Those lamps are so cool... ;)
Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: Dave W on December 22, 2014, 05:57:51 PM
Quote from: Grog on December 22, 2014, 05:14:34 PM
Merry Christmas to everybody at LBO! Make sure you help your wife with the decorating.............

(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af119/Grog_03/BLL_zpsa492d58f.jpg) (http://s999.photobucket.com/user/Grog_03/media/BLL_zpsa492d58f.jpg.html)

I'll bet that lamp is Fra-Gee-Lay.  ;)
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Post by: Rob on December 22, 2014, 06:35:11 PM
It's Italian that's for sure

Merriest of Christmases and the best to you all!
Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: Grog on December 22, 2014, 06:40:05 PM
My wife only agreed to let me have it upstairs from Black Friday 'til January 2nd.................. Or else I may see just how Fay-Gee-Lay it really is!


Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: Pilgrim on December 22, 2014, 08:21:15 PM
Quote from: Grog on December 22, 2014, 06:40:05 PM
My wife only agreed to let me have it upstairs from Black Friday 'til January 2nd.................. Or else I may see just how Fay-Gee-Lay it really is!

But....but....to me, it looks very much like a Major Award!  8)
Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: Dave W on December 23, 2014, 08:13:06 AM
Meanwhile, in North Tonawanda, NY: Man steals leg lamp from liquor store's "A Christmas Story" display (http://wivb.com/2014/12/20/video-man-steals-leg-lamp-from-north-tonawanda-a-christmas-story-display/)
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Post by: wellREDman on December 23, 2014, 09:31:12 AM
Happy Christmas everyone in bass land
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Post by: TBird1958 on December 23, 2014, 10:42:14 AM


Merry Christmas to everybody here  :)

Thank you Uwe and Dave for making this the best place to be all year 'round.


Snow in Seattle is uncommon, we had about an inch a few weeks back so here's my shot for the season, this my side and back yard.

  (http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/Mobile%20Uploads/1419350311_zps6a2891f3.jpg)
Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: neepheid on December 23, 2014, 11:21:40 AM
Quote from: Highlander on December 22, 2014, 12:56:44 PM
I may be just a wee bit to the west of you this time next year...  somewhere near that Loch... :mrgreen:

Cool, say hi to Nessie for me :)
Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: westen44 on December 23, 2014, 02:33:05 PM
Feliz Natal e feliz ano novo. 

(I'm not really fluent in Portuguese, but I think that's the way it's said.)  I was around some Brazilians for a long time.  Portuguese is such a cool language. 


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Post by: Denis on December 25, 2014, 01:34:58 PM
Merry Christmas to all my friends!
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Post by: exiledarchangel on December 25, 2014, 01:50:09 PM
Ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und alles Gute zum neuen Jahr aus Mittelfranken!
Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: uwe on January 08, 2015, 10:44:45 AM
That does look suitably scenic, little Greek! Your neighborhood there?
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Post by: exiledarchangel on January 08, 2015, 03:03:28 PM
Yup, as a matter of fact its the view from the front side from my house.
Here is another nice photo I took, from the other side of the village the Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal.

Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: uwe on January 09, 2015, 07:35:18 AM
You don't miss the sea and the mountains of Greece?
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Post by: exiledarchangel on January 09, 2015, 11:22:40 AM
Nop, after all sea is overrated! :P I like forests and mountains more. Oh, and the beer here is not bad at all...
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Post by: Pilgrim on January 09, 2015, 11:51:46 AM
Quote from: exiledarchangel on January 08, 2015, 03:03:28 PM
Yup, as a matter of fact its the view from the front side from my house.
Here is another nice photo I took, from the other side of the village the Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal.

Man, that is flatter than Nebraska!!
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Post by: westen44 on January 09, 2015, 04:35:27 PM
Quote from: exiledarchangel on January 09, 2015, 11:22:40 AM
Nop, after all sea is overrated! :P I like forests and mountains more. Oh, and the beer here is not bad at all...

Have you been to the Gulf Coast?  Like Panama City, Florida?  A beautiful beach there.  I lived there for a while, liked it very much.  Nevertheless, I'm not saying that's prettier than Greece.  I doubt that it is.  Still, it's quite stunning.   As for Germany, I have only spent a week there, but it was also stunning and had great variety.  At times, especially in the countryside, it felt like I was stepping into a fairy tale.  That was my introduction to Europe, and I was impressed. 
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Post by: uwe on January 15, 2015, 05:05:19 AM
Greece has a very beautiful coastline (and then all those islands), but the exiled feathered one has probably seen it to death.
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Post by: exiledarchangel on January 15, 2015, 01:09:26 PM
True. I'd rather go to my grandparents house on the mountains on summers rather than going to a beach and be a sweaty sunburned mess.
There's fish crap inside and people go and have joy in there? And you call me weirdo? :P
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Post by: uwe on January 15, 2015, 01:17:51 PM
"There's fish crap inside and people go and have joy in there?"

:mrgreen: That is so much Edith. She loves the sea and the coast, but absolutely steadfastly refuses to swim in it because "There's animals, plancton and all that inside it!". The Seychelles wouldn't be for her. I went swimming there and the water is so full of ocean life something bumps into you constantly while little fish nibble your dead skin away (feels pleasant, tickles just a bit). Stingrays, turtles, large molluscs, you name it, you keep tripping over it. Really had a Garden of Eden effect on me.
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Post by: patman on January 15, 2015, 01:33:11 PM
I just recently watched a travel show on Croatia, and thought both the coast (pretty close to Greece on the Adriatic) and the interior were stunning...made a mental note to visit someday, if possible.  I have a slavic name, so maybe I would blend in...
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Post by: uwe on January 15, 2015, 02:35:42 PM
If you go there, nice as it is, don't forget bathing shoes! The urchins there are a real pest. Lurchin' into an urchin will have you a doc a-surchin'.

Ouch. My poetry. Not the urchin spikes still somewhere in my body.

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Post by: Highlander on January 17, 2015, 02:33:31 PM
And don't forget where all those baby fish come from, and the left-overs...

And the Med... so much nutrients... oh... oh... where the effluent goes... :sad:
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Post by: westen44 on January 22, 2015, 11:36:16 AM
Quote from: uwe on January 15, 2015, 01:17:51 PM
"There's fish crap inside and people go and have joy in there?"

:mrgreen: That is so much Edith. She loves the sea and the coast, but absolutely steadfastly refuses to swim in it because "There's animals, plancton and all that inside it!". The Seychelles wouldn't be for her. I went swimming there and the water is so full of ocean life something bumps into you constantly while little fish nibble your dead skin away (feels pleasant, tickles just a bit). Stingrays, turtles, large molluscs, you name it, you keep tripping over it. Really had a Garden of Eden effect on me.

Those who don't like getting in the water do have some valid points to make. 

http://io9.com/terrifying-living-fossil-caught-off-the-coast-of-aust-1680913430
Title: Re: Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Whatever you call it.
Post by: uwe on January 22, 2015, 11:49:02 AM
I'm generally more afraid of humans than of animals, but this little fish would have me think twice.