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  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26523

    Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
    This brightened up my morning

    And this, mine:

    Thou shalt eat trifle on Boxing Day – and thou shalt not serve Christmas pudding. It’s the law, as laid down by Jay Rayner


    He read them out on this edition of The Verb

    Ian McMillan is joined by John Hegley, Carol Ann Duffy, Kathryn Williams, and Jay Rayner.


    which also included a rather moving song at the end with words by Carol Ann Duffy who was also a contributor to the programme
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • RichardB
      Banned
      • Nov 2021
      • 2170

      My own good news story is: I made it to Wales today!!! - not having been in the UK for two years almost exactly. I did have to pay through the nose for a rental car because it isn't possible to get from Heathrow to Swansea by train on Boxing Day, although if it were I expect that would cost an arm and a leg too these days.

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      • Joseph K
        Banned
        • Oct 2017
        • 7765

        Originally posted by RichardB View Post
        My own good news story is: I made it to Wales today!!! - not having been in the UK for two years almost exactly. I did have to pay through the nose for a rental car because it isn't possible to get from Heathrow to Swansea by train on Boxing Day, although if it were I expect that would cost an arm and a leg too these days.
        Have a nice time... despite the weather.

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        • Bryn
          Banned
          • Mar 2007
          • 24688

          Originally posted by RichardB View Post
          My own good news story is: I made it to Wales today!!! - not having been in the UK for two years almost exactly. I did have to pay through the nose for a rental car because it isn't possible to get from Heathrow to Swansea by train on Boxing Day, although if it were I expect that would cost an arm and a leg too these days.
          Just in time for the new Welsh Covid restrictions. How long will you be staying?

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22114

            Originally posted by RichardB View Post
            My own good news story is: I made it to Wales today!!! - not having been in the UK for two years almost exactly. I did have to pay through the nose for a rental car because it isn't possible to get from Heathrow to Swansea by train on Boxing Day, although if it were I expect that would cost an arm and a leg too these days.
            Would probably include a chunk or two bus replacement if there are trains potentially running!

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            • oddoneout
              Full Member
              • Nov 2015
              • 9141

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              Would probably include a chunk or two bus replacement if there are trains potentially running!
              Indeed, so might as well opt for the bus(coach) in the first place! I don't visit my family at Christmas due to the lack of train service. If I've paid for a train ticket I don't see why I should have to put up with a bus for chunks of the journey - if bus travel was an option I would take it and it would cost much less.

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              • Serial_Apologist
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 37589

                Originally posted by Joseph K View Post
                Have a nice time... despite the weather.


                It's normal weather in Wales!

                But that reminds me of the old joke about how to get to Wales in a car.

                1) M4 across the Severn Bridge; or
                2) One in the front, one in the back.

                There is another one about how to get to Wells, but I won't bother you with that!

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                • RichardB
                  Banned
                  • Nov 2021
                  • 2170

                  Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                  It's normal weather in Wales!
                  Too true. Anyway I'm supposed to be isolating until my Day 2 PCR test result comes back... what a pointless exercise that is, given that I had to get tested before departure anyway. Having travelled around a bit in Europe over recent months, while of course it's noticeable how different countries have different regulations for entry, the UK "system" (not to mention the differences between England, Wales and Scotland) seems to be by far the least logical, most complicated and most open to rule-bending and abuse. Which would be all very well if the result was that the UK is safer than the rest of Europe, but quite obviously it isn't. The phrase "taking back control" springs uncontrollably to mind in a somewhat ironic kind of way.

                  I know this is supposed to be the good news thread. Well, I am very happy to be here after so long, despite these irritations.

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                  • cloughie
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2011
                    • 22114

                    Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post


                    It's normal weather in Wales!

                    But that reminds me of the old joke about how to get to Wales in a car.

                    1) M4 across the Severn Bridge; or
                    2) One in the front, one in the back.

                    There is another one about how to get to Wells, but I won't bother you with that!
                    You just swan off!

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                    • french frank
                      Administrator/Moderator
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 30235

                      Originally posted by RichardB View Post
                      Too true.
                      Croeso i Gymru, Rhisiart - if that's what we are to understand. My good news story: Christmas is over for another year.
                      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                      • cloughie
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 22114

                        Originally posted by french frank View Post
                        Croeso i Gymru, Rhisiart - if that's what we are to understand. My good news story: Christmas is over for another year. :smiley:
                        Oh no it isn’t what was that you said Melchior? Be there by Epiphany?

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                        • eighthobstruction
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 6432

                          Originally posted by french frank View Post
                          Christmas is over for another year.
                          ....yes, that slightly anxious feeling diminishes....logistical and temperal nausea tides ebb (these tides go out a long way, but be sure they will be back in approximately 335 days as "glad tidings" - back in the offing again)....
                          bong ching

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                          • oddoneout
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2015
                            • 9141

                            Originally posted by french frank View Post
                            Croeso i Gymru, Rhisiart - if that's what we are to understand. My good news story: Christmas is over for another year.
                            You've seen the first Easter egg?

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                            • Bryn
                              Banned
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 24688

                              Originally posted by french frank View Post
                              Croeso i Gymru, Rhisiart - if that's what we are to understand. My good news story: Christmas is over for another year.
                              As every good Christain (and even I, a 'devout' atheist} knows, Christmas ain't over 'till February 2nd.

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                              • french frank
                                Administrator/Moderator
                                • Feb 2007
                                • 30235

                                Originally posted by Bryn View Post
                                As every good Christain (and even I, a 'devout' atheist} knows, Christmas ain't over 'till February 2nd.
                                Well, I must admit I've been invited to have lunch with my cousin tomorrow as part of 'Christmas' (as in, if it hadn't been Christmas I wouldn't have been invited). But even Boxing Day is only eating the previous day's leftovers, as far as anything specifically Christmassy is concerned. The cards have been sent and received, the presents given and received - or not depending on the recipient.
                                It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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