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Title: A date for my diary
Post by: oldspice on June 11, 2007, 06:31:44 pm
Weeks before anyone at our work place start their summer holidays we had an email round today announcing the date and location of our staff Christmas party!
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: smurfboy on June 11, 2007, 06:32:42 pm
Blimey, that's efficient. I'm supposed to be organising a works do for Thursday and people are still umming and aahing!
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: oldspice on June 11, 2007, 06:34:42 pm
We all groaned loudly though! Christmas! We are staggering under the weight of end-of-academic-year work and start-of-academic-year-preparations and many of us can't see the wood for the trees never mind Christmas! We don't even think we'll have time for a summer holiday!
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: smurfboy on June 11, 2007, 06:36:34 pm
I agree; I'm sweltering in the heat and am only just getting used to it being Summer! I can't think about Christmas yet.
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: Forth Bridges on June 11, 2007, 07:06:29 pm
its only about 195 ish days to Xmas 
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: smurfboy on June 11, 2007, 08:02:47 pm
It's a good job Salsa isn't here - she'd be telling us off for not having bought all our presents and planned the family visits yet!
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: on June 11, 2007, 08:42:11 pm
I hate school holidays, the sixth formers are in civies :(
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: Scarlet Passion on June 11, 2007, 08:46:29 pm
I cannot believe the year is half over already.
Exams and such are almost done and then the hols. Yippee!!
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: smurfboy on June 11, 2007, 09:00:09 pm
Quote from: bounty hunter
I hate school holidays, the sixth formers are in civies :(

 

Most sixth formers always are Confused
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: oldspice on June 11, 2007, 09:13:25 pm
Actually, I did buy some Christmas presents on Saturday! At least, they could be Christmas presents. Our local Co-op department store (Westgate House) was selling sets of four beautiful bone china mugs in gorgeous decorative boxes for only 5 per set. We bought four sets. They are great for young family members setting up new homes.
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: goldencup on June 12, 2007, 12:41:49 am
Quote from: smurfboy
I agree; I'm sweltering in the heat and am only just getting used to it being Summer! I can't think about Christmas yet.

 

Hot?  Summer?  I haven't even been in the sea yet this year!
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: wjp666 on June 12, 2007, 01:15:09 am
everyone keep yours eyes open for the first xmas tv ad... i think it was the last week of august, last year.
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: on June 12, 2007, 07:26:54 am
Quote from: smurfboy
Quote from: bounty hunter
I hate school holidays, the sixth formers are in civies :(

 

Most sixth formers always are Confused

 

5th formers then Evil%20Smile
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: oldspice on June 12, 2007, 07:52:58 am
Quote from: goldencup
Quote from: smurfboy
I agree; I'm sweltering in the heat and am only just getting used to it being Summer! I can't think about Christmas yet.

 

Hot?  Summer?  I haven't even been in the sea yet this year!

 

I read a news report that said Britain's sea is so dirty you have a one in seven chance of getting ill if you go in paddling or swimming so perhaps you are better off just laying in the beach!
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: goldencup on June 12, 2007, 08:48:12 am
Hmmm, I think (and hope!) it depends which bit of sea you swim in.  I live next to a Blue Flag beach.
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on June 12, 2007, 11:17:32 am
Quote from: oldspice
Our local Co-op department store (Westgate House) was selling sets of four beautiful bone china mugs in gorgeous decorative boxes for only 5 per set.



I have been looking for bone china mugs so will definitely check out Derrys (our co-op department store) for a similar offer. Even at the outlet store in Street, bone china mugs were a fiver each not a fiver for a set!
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: smurfboy on June 12, 2007, 02:52:14 pm

Quote from: goldencup
Quote from: smurfboy
I agree; I'm sweltering in the heat and am only just getting used to it being Summer! I can't think about Christmas yet.

 

Hot?  Summer?  I haven't even been in the sea yet this year!


I was sitting in a very hot office at the time of typing - I agree it's not that hot outside yet.
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: on June 12, 2007, 07:03:41 pm
It was warm and muggy today, but had Nottingham been on the coast, which it isn't (yet), it wouldn't have been hot enough to go in the sea.
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: loulou on June 12, 2007, 08:10:32 pm
Chilly and dull here today and now it is raining.
Title: A date for my diary
Post by: loulou on June 14, 2007, 08:07:52 pm
Chilly and raining yesterday and today too so there's 3 days of misery already.