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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Off Topic Chat

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    #4712
    Posy
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    Great news, jelly! :)


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    #4713
    Loughc
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    jellybear wrote: »
    A little bit more good news for this thread...had my first Pfizer dose today. Will be due my second in 4 weeks. Yay!:D

    That is amazing news. :)


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    #4714
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Well it looks like I can come home for a few weeks in the summer as we will be all vaccinated. I am over the moon.


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    #4715
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,054 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Jude13 wrote: »
    Well it looks like I can come home for a few weeks in the summer as we will be all vaccinated. I am over the moon.

    Sorry to put a dampener on this but didn't you mention you were getting the Russian vaccine? I was reading this article and the fact that they're only recognising certain vaccines stood out.

    Exemptions to mandatory hotel quarantine for fully vaccinated people now in operation https://jrnl.ie/5406098

    Hope you can come home. Being away so long must be so tough, the ban on inter county travel here has been hard enough.


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    #4716
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    No I am lucky in that I have an approved vaccine. Sadly man pals got the Chinese vaccine. I do not think the Russian one is being rolled out here.

    Flights booked.


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    #4717
    Caranica
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    No I am lucky in that I have an approved vaccine. Sadly man pals got the Chinese vaccine. I do not think the Russian one is being rolled out here.

    Flights booked.

    That's great news. Sorry if I scared you!!


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    #4718
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    It's fine I have been reading up on it quite a bit. We will still need to quarantine for a bit then get a negative test. I have a big need to get home but won't divulge here so I am very very happy. Finger's crossed now till July when I can travel


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    #4719
    freshpopcorn
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    250 days until Christmas so we're half ways through the 200's.
    Also it's 6000 hours away!


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    #4720
    DvB
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    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    250 days until Christmas so we're half ways through the 200's.
    Also it's 6000 hours away!

    Yeah, definitely feels like another milestone has been reached...
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #4721
    TRS30
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    DvB wrote: »
    Nice one. My folks got their first one on Wednesday and it was such a relief... so I can imagine how you feel!

    Same here. Second one due end of April & start of May so be fully covered by mis May as got Pfizer one. Is such a relief and will be able to be much more relaxed about kids going round .
    Jude13 wrote: »
    Well it looks like I can come home for a few weeks in the summer as we will be all vaccinated. I am over the moon.

    As said in other thread that is greet news Jude. As tough as the last year has been, I can't imagine what it has been like being so far away from family.
    DvB wrote: »
    Yeah, definitely feels like another milestone has been reached...

    I usually think of the hundred ones as milestone however will take the fifty's as well as need some cheering up on a dull Monday morning :)


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    #4722
    Jude13
    Registered Users Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭Jude13


    Cheer's TRS, my OH just reminded me that I applied for a new passport in early Jan and the passport office has been closed for some time. Next step get a passport!

    Thoughts of flying always remind me of Christmas, lining up movies to watch on the way home.


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    #4723
    TRS30
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    Jude13 wrote: »
    Cheer's TRS, my OH just reminded me that I applied for a new passport in early Jan and the passport office has been closed for some time. Next step get a passport!

    Thoughts of flying always remind me of Christmas, lining up movies to watch on the way home.

    Flying seems a distant memory these days. I can't even remember the last time I was on a plane. Before all 'this' I was avoiding it as I have a fear of flying with very young kids!


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    #4724
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,343 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Well we're into the 240's!
    May Bank holiday.
    Eurovision.
    June Bank Holiday.
    Things reopening.
    We'll be into the 190's!


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    #4725
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    Well we're into the 240's!
    May Bank holiday.
    Eurovision.
    June Bank Holiday.
    Things reopening.
    We'll be into the 190's!

    Will be dusting off the tinsel before we know it :D


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    #4726
    Cork Lass
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    Will be dusting off the tinsel before we know it :D

    I only put mine away mid-Feb :D


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    #4727
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,054 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    No posts on here in 4 days! It's as if the weather is nice or something :D

    Just popping in to say I love this forum. So friendly and supportive and positive.

    Almost Rudolph day!


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    #4728
    Loughc
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    Caranica wrote: »
    No posts on here in 4 days! It's as if the weather is nice or something :D

    Just popping in to say I love this forum. So friendly and supportive and positive.

    Almost Rudolph day!

    The nice weather definitely takes from here. But it’s nice weather so we can’t complain :)


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    #4729
    Posy
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    Caranica wrote: »
    Almost Rudolph day!
    Ooh, almost forgot that's tomorrow. :D

    I'm feeling very un-Christmassy at the moment, and I mean that as nicely as possible. :pac:

    I hope the nice weather lasts until the May bank holiday. I love this time of year- bank holidays galore!


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    #4730
    Sheep Shagger
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    My current wife tells me she's started Christmas shopping already...for the first time I think she's beaten me to it (although I started saving in January) god damn it.


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    #4731
    Loughc
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    Posy wrote: »
    Ooh, almost forgot that's tomorrow. :D

    I'm feeling very un-Christmassy at the moment, and I mean that as nicely as possible. :pac:

    I hope the nice weather lasts until the May bank holiday. I love this time of year- bank holidays galore!

    Same. It’s all summer vibes and cider in the sun at the moment. Christmas feels miles away but so close as well.

    Sadly according to the Weather apps the nice weather is ending tomorrow :(


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    #4732
    TRS30
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    Caranica wrote: »
    No posts on here in 4 days! It's as if the weather is nice or something :D

    Just popping in to say I love this forum. So friendly and supportive and positive.

    Almost Rudolph day!

    Decided to have a digital free weekend as weather was so good. Bar checking the phone the odd time and watching 1 movie Saturday night, was outside most of the weekend.

    Hope everyone had a good one and got to enjoy the amazing weather.


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    #4733
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,541 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Monday is over, and we are inching ever closer to the May bank holiday! :)


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    #4734
    DvB
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    Posy wrote: »
    Monday is over, and we are inching ever closer to the May bank holiday! :)

    Short week for me too, taking Friday off as well for an extra long bank holiday weekend. Doing the same for the June & August ones too & a full week for the October b/h.
    Without a 2 week break for a sun holiday again this year I have a lot of leave to use up that normally is set aside for sunnier climes so decided to make the bank holidays into a bit more of a break.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #4735
    TRS30
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    Will probably end up doing something similar DvB. Taking a half day this Friday as got tickets for the Zoo. Not going to tell kids till we get there :)


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    #4736
    jellybear
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    Taking a half day this Friday as got tickets for the Zoo. Not going to tell kids till we get there :)

    Such a lovely surprise!!:D I've asked hubby to book a week in June so we can do a few day trips with our little man. I'll be fully vaccinated by then so I'm looking forward to getting back to a bit of normality!

    Hope everyone is keeping well and enjoying the lovely weather :)


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    #4737
    Loughc
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    I have Friday off as well to make the most out of the long weekend :)

    Another lovely day today outside. Got a great Lunchtime walk in to soak it all up :)


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    #4738
    DvB
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    Loughc wrote: »
    I have Friday off as well to make the most out of the long weekend :)

    Another lovely day today outside. Got a great Lunchtime walk in to soak it all up :)

    Same, was in the office today so went for a walk at lunchtime through Stephens Green, was fabliss! Glad I did as the weather for the rest of the week looks pretty grotty.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #4739
    TRS30
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    DvB wrote: »
    Same, was in the office today so went for a walk at lunchtime through Stephens Green, was fabliss! Glad I did as the weather for the rest of the week looks pretty grotty.

    I'd say was a bit different in Stephens Green yesterday compared to the weekend based on some of the videos I saw online yesterday :eek:


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    #4740
    DvB
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    TRS30 wrote: »
    I'd say was a bit different in Stephens Green yesterday compared to the weekend based on some of the videos I saw online yesterday :eek:

    Didn't see any videos online, but I suspect it was fairly rammed at the weekend if it was anything like the coastal areas. Was pretty busy yesterday too, but not at anything like the levels it would have been pre covid. City centre is still nowhere near anything like normal, but getting busier every time I go in.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




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    #4741
    Littlehorny
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    Cooked a few roast potatoes for dinner this evening and when the tray came out of the oven I said " ah it smells like Christmas in here!" with a big stupid grin on my face.
    Even the wife who knows what a Christmas nut I am had to agree, the smell was magical.


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