Oh yeah it was the shepherds making up the numbers. 3 or 4 of them I think.
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Oh yeah it was the shepherds making up the numbers. 3 or 4 of them I think.
Was there a 0 BC? I thought we went from 1 BC to 1 AD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
1 AD starts a year after the birth of Jesus. And 1 BC is a year before the event so the year in between is 0 BC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
There's always a zero year in every decade.
Lol - I can't argue, but we like it up when we like it up. Even as practicing Catholics, we don't get too hung up on those sorts of details, as long as the church gets it right!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Marco.
Could also be 0 AD I suppose.
I do an annual seasonal tale using the contents of that years playmobil advent calendar (not bought for me...) on social media, here's a scene from last years - one of Santa's little helpers has flipped
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7abec469_o.jpg
Not really a big deal, it was one of my younger brothers who was keen on this sort of detail. He used to set up the crib, do the tree and all that. No-one else was that bothered and the cats would usually trash the tree pretty fast anyway by trying to climb it, so it wasn't worth too much effort really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
But the crib re enactment was fairly exact. One time he didn't have the Magi arriving until January 1st or something. I think my mother complained about that but he could cite chapter and verse. Literally. Went on to a very successful career in the Civil Service so it only goes to show.
Lol - sounds rather like OCD;)
Marco.
Quality, Roy! :lolsign:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Marco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zeroQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini
Serious breach of elf and safety.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
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Originally Posted by Macca
Oh dear (need a "head shake"/pitying smilie) :)
No zero at that time I believe. Although later the numbers were altered yo include them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
But in your run I guess it would just 1bc to 1ad..miraculacly
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Originally Posted by Macca
A bit better than a partridge this..
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...parrowhawk.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...arrowhawk2.jpg
A sparrow hawk let itself into a house in Ellon and became an ornament:eyebrows:
Lol - that was a bit random!!:D
Marco.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/A52CEF.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/uNz0wi.jpg
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/AN7buc.jpg
Refills are available!:eyebrows:
Marco.
a xmas dec.. not random at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol yes, but I don't get the house connection - whose is it, and what relevance does it/the story have to you?:hmm:
Marco.
S'ok, I get it now, soz... Like a 'newsflash':)
Shoot it, and stick it in the three-bird roast!:D
Marco.
Ok, a completed project now that's been on the go for a while... Turning our spare room into a dressing room for Del, so she can store all her clothes/undies, shoes and stuff neatly in the one place (instead of strewn all over the house, as she's a messy pup, lol). It also gives her more room to get changed in [as our main bedroom is rather small] and also some privacy when she wants it:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/uRpbmp.jpg
Yes, I know - you can probably tell I wasn't involved in the design!:doh::D Anyway, the main thing is she loves it!:cool:
Marco.
Nice job.
Pretty room, it's nice to have somewhere to escape to ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Apart from the Treyer Evans watercolours in the hall and the film & London Underground posters in the lounge the walls of the study are now covered by 'art' (that is an original oil painting but the artist never owned up to it).
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9481f94e_o.jpg
Cheers, Andy. She's been wanting it done for ages!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy831
Marco.
Cheers, Royster. Del likes pretty, lol. It just means now that rather than us both 'bumping into' each other all the time when we're getting ready to go somewhere, she's got her own space, plus as you say, it's nice having somewhere to escape to, and occasionally Del likes her privacy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
She says that she's going to put a sign up on the door, 'Strictly no men, just cats and girlies'!:D:eyebrows:
What say you, Granty? I always appreciate your opinion on these matters:)
Marco.
Oh, forgot to say... Loving that room of yours, Roy - very tasteful and individual!:)
Marco.
best i stay neutral, and silent on this.(Del nods agreement):eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
my wife would have approved of room; especially the spangly lightsQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol - in terms of what?:)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
Cool stuff... Was she quite 'girly' too, or like Del, just a lover of all things pink?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
As you know, spangly lights are something that Del LURVES!
I just wondered, having been a man of many happily married years if you understood and appreciated the Del's desire for a bit of 'me space'/privacy, as it were?:)
Marco.
omerta is omerta.. if i say more she will ban be from her girlie room :ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
yes very girly and loved lights like that. reflective surfaces etc. no she didnt ban be from anywhere tho, but might have done if she were in better healthQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol - the ban thing was totally tongue in cheek, she was giggling when she said it... Plus, if she wants me to clean in there, as no doubt knowing her, it'll quickly become a pigsty, then she'll have to let me in!:lol::rolleyes::DQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
Nice one... I get the impression that when she was in better health, Del and her would've got on, as they seem to have similar tastes in a few things:)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
Cheers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
My other half's daughter who's 33 worked in there on Tuesday (her Mum's internet was down) and described it as 'funky' and a few of her work colleagues passed comment on her 'background'.
She said she'd 'earmarked' a couple of items so I can expect to start seeing gaps next time she's here :D
Yes/no, maybes aye, maybes no?:ner:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Marco.
Lol - defo funky. Whoever did it has some flair:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Marco.
sure, in fact they are very similar imo. irene was a bit like del in that she was very female but would try anything too. love female stuff but was happy getting stuck in too. she was very popular with other gals tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Yup, Del is exactly like that. Defo a girly girl, but also a hard worker and if necessary not afraid to get her hands dirty. So lots of similarities, even when it comes to tastes in undies, haha - or so you said?:eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Del also gets on well with most guys, although if I'm not there, she's only comfortable being in the company of ones she knows - and can sport a perv a mile away!;)
Marco.
Btw, what I mean by that last comment, is that because she's little/cute, folk like to cuddle her, and that included (before Covid happened) guys from her work, trying to be 'friendly', but she can tell when they're genuine/harmless and when they're creepy, if you know what I mean?:)
Marco.
I find this talk of ‘girliness’ most distressing - I’d be more than happy with a bedroom like that!! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Haha - well you've never been one to shun your feminine side, honey!:bum:
Would Ursula approve of Del's new dressing room?:)
Marco.
She would indeed but, I’ll be honest, when it comes to stuff like this, I’m the more girly! I freely admit that I love candles, cushions and nonsense like that - more so than Ursula!
If I may say, the only thing I’d change in that room would be to add carpet. I don’t do hard floors in lounges or bedrooms as I think carpets just make them that little bit cosier.
Lol - that's funny! I know what you mean, though. Yeah, the wooden floor is because we have 3 cats, one of them long-haired, as is Del, lol:D
And when she's at home, she's always got her cats with her, so lots of fluff - and Del's waist-length thick hair [when she doesn't have it tied up in plaits/pigtails] gets all over the place!:doh:
Therefore, having to hoover up all the hair that's been shed, from a carpet, would be a ball-ache (and it'd be my job), so far easier just to sweep it up from a bare floor. As you can see though, there are some fluffy rugs, which cover large parts of the floor [more than can be seen in the pic, plus can also be moved] to keep your tootsies toasty!:eyebrows:
Marco.
Tell me about it. If I could harness the sticking power between our long haired male cat’s fur and the stair carpet, I’d have the world’s strongest adhesive!
Lol, love it... Thing is, as I do all the hoovering, when I clean out the machine, I can which type of hair is being collected, and there's just as much of Del's as the cats!
Anyway, I've told her to keep the room tidy, as she's a nightmare for leaving her clothes lying all over the place, and she's got no excuse now, as she's got umpteen drawers and two large wardrobes to sort everything out, but she just gave me 'that look', as in we'll see!!:doh:
Marco.
irene's hair used to fall out all over place as well(daughters too when she lived here).. the shower trap was always blocking up with it. hoover beater too.. ghastly stuff long hair that way..Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
just ordered myself a xmas bottle too:D i was running short ;)
Aye, 'running short', as in the calamity of being reduced to under 100 bottles?:eek::D Get it sortit, ma man!
Yeah, long-haired girlies are bloody high maintenance... You and I don't have that problem, lol! As it's the Christmas season, she's been wearing her hair more in plaits and tying little Christmas pompoms to the ends, so that tends to prevent shedding of hair more than when she has it loose.
You mentioned before that your wife and daughter were also 'messy pups', in terms of leaving clothes and stuff lying all over the place, so it must be a female thing? I've not lived with any other women before, other than Del, so wouldn't know.
I'm just hoping that with having lots of different compartments in her dresser now, for all her tights and knickers, and laundry basket to put ones for washing in, I won't have to keep picking them up off the floor!:doh:
Marco.
i once put all my daughters discarded garments in a bag for the charity run.. she freaked :lol: she was a bit tidier after.. didnt last long and apparently she is still messy, but at least she does the tidying
a bottle of this it was.. https://176860-513159-raikfcquaxqnco...gsob.non17.jpg
That looks a belter, don't think I've seen that one before - sherried, is it?:)
Lol yeah, I bet she freaked... Del would have a fit if I did that!:eek:
It's pure laziness though, or rather because she knows that I'll pick up after her....:rolleyes:
When she comes in from work she'll kick off her shoes and just leave them in the hall, in the middle of the floor for me to trip over, which is bad enough, but then half an hour later or so, once she's drank the tea I've made her, if she's not gone off to get changed out of her works clothes, she'll take off her tights and just leave them scrunched up in a ball lying in the living room floor - and they'll stay there until the next day, unless I shift them:doh:
When you come down to visit, you can tell her off for me!!:D
Marco.