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ORANJEMUND DISCUSSIONS! => Oranjemund Bush Telegraph! => Topic started by: Michael Alexander on December 02, 2009, 06:23:31 AM

Title: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Michael Alexander on December 02, 2009, 06:23:31 AM
Well, I guess it had to be expected, it's the 2nd of December and there ain't a Xmas light to be seen put up anywhere in this green town of ours...... To an extend it is understandable...... and I I would deem it appropriate to use the words uttered by the Great Paul Simon at the start of the Epic CONCERT in THE PARK performance..... "We wanted to have fireworks tonight, but they would'nt let us, so let's make our own fireworks!" ....... I have already noticed my neighbours across the street have strung up a few rope lights in their tree's ...... SPAR has also marked down their rope lights by 40% this year...... so all you Christmas nutters...... make your own fireworks.... this festive season.....

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Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Andrew Darné on December 07, 2009, 04:24:11 PM
Sorry Mike and all you other street light fans; the cherry picker was out operation awaiting its new licence... then I took it away to Elizabeth Bay for the weekend.
OTMCo's boytjies are eagerly waiting for it so that the streets of Omund can once again be festively lit and help us forget about the depression for a while... prozac anyone?
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Mike Stenson (RIP) on December 07, 2009, 04:27:36 PM
Wish they would get rid of all the weeds growing on the edges of the roads first.
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Andrew Darné on December 07, 2009, 04:44:57 PM
Leave them there for now... we may need to set them alight for alternative festive street lighting IF OTMCo don't deliver...

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Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Michael Alexander on December 07, 2009, 05:07:22 PM
Maybe the lights will be up in time for Independence day!

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Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Mike Voden (RIP) on December 07, 2009, 05:30:12 PM
Mike A, you only want the lights up in March to celebrate something elsre..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Michael Alexander on December 08, 2009, 05:26:29 AM
 allgood   abouttime   23_11_61   Perhaps......
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Mike Voden (RIP) on December 08, 2009, 06:24:59 AM
So long as I get an invitation...................    swink  image21
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Michael Alexander on December 08, 2009, 09:51:58 AM
As we speak, er.... type, the Chery picker in in front of Woolworth's putting up the XMAS lights......

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Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Michael Alexander on January 26, 2010, 02:27:51 PM
..... and today, the 26th January, them lights came down.....

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Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Alfred Boehme on January 26, 2010, 03:52:19 PM
They should leave them up then next yr they won't be late and nobody will moan
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Andrew Darné on January 26, 2010, 10:14:35 PM
They did...?
Didn't even notice the difference...
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: toonfandangl on January 28, 2010, 02:14:22 AM


In the old school!! the Xmas lights came down 12 days after Xmas ...........that's the 6th January the end of Xmas celebrations............................


The Twelve Days of Christmas is probably the most misunderstood part of the church year among Christians who are not part of liturgical church traditions. Contrary to much popular belief, these are not the twelve days before Christmas, but in most of the Western Church are the twelve days from Christmas until the beginning of Epiphany  (January 6th; the 12 days count from December 25th until January 5th). In some traditions, the first day of Christmas begins on the evening of December 25th with the following day considered the First Day of Christmas (December 26th). In these traditions, the twelve days begin December 26 and include Epiphany on January 6.


So all them Bloody shops that start Xmas in September should p*** off
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Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Michael Alexander on January 28, 2010, 05:37:32 AM
What about Easter in February?

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Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: toonfandangl on January 28, 2010, 01:14:51 PM



Woolies have already got there hot cross buns in the stores................. 36_1_711

The big stores have tried it on for the last few years in our winter!!........... by saying Xmas in July, not so bad here we don't get snow woo hoo !! Hot(1) image04


Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: SandyB on January 28, 2010, 07:11:28 PM
My observation of Woolies  here  is   hot cross buns  are on offer  many times during the year ...   their quality  is pretty Ok  most times  , and they make a nice treat  sliced in half  lightly toated and buttered ... yummy ... but  yes the early Christmas opportunists  ...  arse
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on January 28, 2010, 08:07:33 PM
Those Woolies buns,yes I've noticed them all year as well except I think they call them spiced buns or something like that then at Easter they called Hot Cross Buns.
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: SandyB on January 28, 2010, 08:11:22 PM
Lekker  sunday morning treat ...
Title: Re: Xmas Lights and the great diamond depression of 2009!
Post by: Andrew Darné on January 28, 2010, 09:45:58 PM
Quote from: Michael Alexander on January 28, 2010, 05:37:32 AM
What about Easter in February?

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Uhem... Is Oranjemund SPAR jumping the gun with Easter in JANUARY...?...?