Feeling a bit homesick?
Feeling a bit homesick?
If you're from Europe or North America and are feeling a little homesick as we approach the festive season, I have a cure for you:
Better?
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Re: Feeling a bit homesick?
Not me, I hate that commercial period in the USA, peoples indebted to please friends and relatives (claimed to be) that depise guts, and the savings one make ayaw from that hypocrisy period.
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Not just temperature, short days, darkness, fog, no sun kills you.
Don"t Eat The Yellow Snow.
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I just punch up the ole Yule Log video on YT ... works for me.
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I haven't been in Europe in the winter in nearly 20 years. When I go in their "summer" I am freezing so no interest in going in winter.
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Re: Feeling a bit homesick?
I grew up in Houston … age 4~10 … bring on the 90-90John Bingham wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:23 pm I haven't been in Europe in the winter in nearly 20 years. When I go in their "summer" I am freezing so no interest in going in winter.
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Ditto. I was in the UK, France and Italy in July 2015 and only started feeling comfortable when I got to Palermo.John Bingham wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 4:23 pm I haven't been in Europe in the winter in nearly 20 years. When I go in their "summer" I am freezing so no interest in going in winter.
Summer in Scotland this year I saw people sitting outside pubs trying to break the ice on top of their drinks :0)
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Re: Feeling a bit homesick?
I still love the Christmas season, but not enough to fly home every year.
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Re: Feeling a bit homesick?
After living in Aspen for 4 winters back in the 70's.
The ONLY thing i miss alot at times, is waking up to a foot of fresh snow, knowing i will get first tracks down the mtn>
i still miss siting in a hot tub outside as the snow falls with a glass of wine and friends
The ONLY thing i miss alot at times, is waking up to a foot of fresh snow, knowing i will get first tracks down the mtn>
i still miss siting in a hot tub outside as the snow falls with a glass of wine and friends
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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