Reasons to be cheerful

[Quarky]

'Do you think anybody will really be interested in a thread devoted to good news items and cheerful thoughts?'
.....
Anyway - the thought that's cheering me up this morning is that, unless you're in the southern hemisphere or slap bang on the equator, December 22nd is officially the 'shortest' day and that from tomorrow the sun will rise just that little bit earlier and set just that little bit later (even if you can't see it doing so )

Re. Sun:: We are now entering Solar Cycle 25 and Space Weather is picking up. So we can look forward to increased solar activity.

See forecast::

http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/a-fleeting-sunspot-a-familiar-hole-space-weather-news-12-19-2019.684914/

[gradus]

... not, I hope, the Légion française des combattants?

... ah yes :

https://www.londonderryfire.com/

Or, was it, perhaps -

https://limogesfc.fr/

or was it

http://www.leesburgfc.com/

http://www.linfieldfc.com/

https://livingstonfc.co.uk/

Shall we ever know?



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A Christmas Cracker!

[Andy Freude]

My bacon and onion focaccia will be out of the oven in a few minutes.

[Serial_Apologist]

You mean in your autobiography? :)

[LMcD]

Channel 4, Christmas Eve, 7.30 p.m.

[cloughie]

Channel 4, Christmas Eve, 7.30 p.m.

What?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Channel 4, Christmas Eve, 7.30 p.m.

What?

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2019-12-03/the-tiger-who-came-to-tea-channel-4/

[cloughie]

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2019...tea-channel-4/

Ta, ferney!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Well - it's many public sector workers (incl state school teachers) who are "paid by the year NOT the hour".

In the case of teachers, they don't have to do a day of unpaid work, as the number of days contracted remains the same. They actually get an extra day's holiday.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

In the case of teachers, they don't have to do a day of unpaid work, as the number of days contracted remains the same. They actually get an extra day's holiday.

[gurnemanz]

Jauchzet, frohlocket!

Christmas present from JSB

[gradus]

Jauchzet, frohlocket!

Christmas present from JSB

Blest Pair of Sirens on Essential Classics this morning.

[Petrushka]

Very cheerful to have found this much loved disc on youTube this morning. Had the LP in 1966 (still have it) and it was a staple of many Christmases thereafter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK8Ywq4DUNg

[kernelbogey]

A beautiful new moon rising in the south: hope.

Happy Christmas, all: and a better New Year.

kb

[LMcD]

A beautiful new moon rising in the south: hope.

Happy Christmas, all: and a better New Year.

kb

Hear! Hear! Best wishes to all Forumistas and visitors.