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Sending Happy Christmas wishes from South Australia to Neil and all members of Accyweb. I hope it’s as good as it can be under the present circumstances. Cheers! have a good one. Here’s also hoping that in the New Year some sort of normality comes back into our lives, and that you all enjoy good health and happiness (a bit of wealth wouldn’t go astray either).

Last night I was talking to my six-year-old great-great-niece who lives in the UK. She asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I said that I really didn’t know, to which she replied that love is the best present anyone can get…talk about ‘out of the mouths of babes’.

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and same to you dotti and family have a great one as possible keep safe x

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To you and Yours Dorothy...I hope your Christmas makes many happy memories for you all to share...and that there is love and laughter around your table...that your glass is filled to the brim with sunny things....and that you stay healthy and safe.

This wish goes out to all my friends on Accyweb too.
Good health and just enough wealth to make ends meet....and tie a bow!

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I am not really in with all these Crimbo wishes, But to everyone on Accy Web, all the best to you and your's, Stay Happy, must most importantly, stay safe.

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well, you are now Taddy!
Hope you have lots of hobgoblin in your Christmas pile...but don't drink it all in the same hour!

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Merry Christmas to all xx


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All the very best wishes for Christmas & the new year.

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Wishing everybody on Accrington Web a very merry Christmas and all the best for the new year, we all need it.

Philip Kenyon

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Christmas wishes from the land of Beer & Bratties!


Hoping you all have as good a Christmas as is possible & that 2021 is good to you & yours (lets face it, it couldn't be much worse than 2020).


Health, wealth & happiness from here to there. :)

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All the best to you and yours Dave,and to everyone on Accy Web.

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hope to see yeh soon dave take care mate.

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Looking forward to it Cashy mate, take care of yourself & those close to you fella. :)

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Merry Christmas to everyone on Accy web and all we wish for the new year, from a snowy B.C.

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It was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us!
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every One!

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Oh No...everywhere you look....blooming Scrooge.
I must know this film off by heart....I have seen at least for versions this Season......and I hate it.

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I have just had two Bratties for my breakfast, the beer (Hobgoblin) will come a little later in the day,:D:D,

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no need to tell you to enjoy it Taddy...because I know you will.
Have a damn fine day...Merry Christmas

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[QUOTE=DaveinGermany;1248262]Christmas wishes from the land of Beer & Bratties!
I have just had a couple of Bratties for my breakfast, The beer (Hobgoblin) will be downed a little later in the day :D:D

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1248350]no need to tell you to enjoy it Taddy...because I know you will.
Have a damn fine day...Merry Christmas

Thank you Marge.

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[QUOTE=taddy;1248351][QUOTE=DaveinGermany;1248262]Christmas wishes from the land of Beer & Bratties!
I have just had a couple of Bratties for my breakfast, The beer (Hobgoblin) will be downed a little later in the day

Whilst on the subject of Bratties Dave, I can recall driving through Belgium and Germany to Housepanzer in Englepolze in Bavaria, with my Missus and two daughters in 1998 for a fortnights holiday.
One hot day I drove down to Alpsee, where we relaxed on lovely clean beaches and swam in the crystal clear waters. At lunchtime I ordered Brattwursts and Frikadellens for all.
Later in the day my youngest daughter asked me to buy her a Mars bar that she had seen, as she was 13 years old and learning German at school I said to her; "go and order one yourself", Just say Ich WerdeHaben Ein Mars Bar, Bitte.

Ha Ha, kids crack you up, I watched and listened as she went up to order, She pointed to the Mars Bars and said, (quote), Eins that one.
She is now forty one years old and never did learn any German.All the best to you and yours Dave, Have a good un.

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Aye Tads, it's nice down that way (Allgäu), Engelpolz wasn't far from where we stayed when we were posted down there. You probably would've been drinking Zöttler or Engelbräu, both were local breweries in Rettenberg.


As to the Alpsee I would imagine it was the one at Immenstadt that being the nearest to where you were staying, or was it the "Alpsee" by Schwangäu Konig Ludwigs castle in the background (Chitty chitty bang bang castle).


As to your Daughter & her German lingua, I & many thousands of troops over the years were no better really, pointy finger one hand, x-raised fingers on t'other hand to signify the amount desired, accompanied with the expression "Dings dar/Die der, Bitte!" until we reached the ultimate level of communication "eins - Zehn, Bier Bitte!" politely accepted with the refrain of thanks & gratitude of "Donkey****e!" :D

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Yes you are right Dave, it was the One at Immenstadt, as for the Zottler and Englebrau we actually called into the breweries and bought some nice glasses with the breweries names on them; (we still have them).
we stayed at Housepanzer for two years running, probably the best holidays we have had, wonderful scenery, good food, good Bier and very friendly locals.
I have suggested to my better half that we go again someday but as usual seeing that she has a bit more gumption than I have and has probably rightly mentioned that it would not be the same and would maybe spoil our recollections of years gone bye.

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I seem to have had one or two tears in my eyes as I typed that last post, must be my age.
Your's Taddy.

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I'd say it was worth it, aye there will be differences, nothing truly stays the same no matter how we may wish it & while there will indupitably be contrasts to your past recollections, a whole new panorama will be opened for you to savour & enjoy.


Last time I was down that way was 2016, but at some point I will return to the region. As you rightly stated, the scenery, people, food & drink, plus of course the memories will be enough to ensure a return to the area.

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son, I think you have that spot on.
It is never a good idea to go with the idea of re-creating past times...you have to go with the idea that yes it will be different, but different does not mean worse.....not only the places change, but we are different people to the ones we were twenty years or so ago.
Our experiences colour things, our expectations change.
If you decide to go Taddy, make like you have never been before and then you will surely enjoy it.
Holidays are like life...they are what you make them!

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Thanks Dave and Marge for your commments but I doubt if I could drive down to Dover,then drive through Belgium, Germany to Bavaria at my age. As Hazel says, I will be 74 in a couple of months. Even if the spirit is willing the body may not be able to make it.
Thanks again, Taddy.

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Oh Taddy....your age is just a number...and it should not be a barrier to doing things. We do not get old by doing things.... we get old by thinking that we are too old to do them.

It is something that you could take time over...it does not have to be done in a day...two days or even two weeks.....your time is your own....I am of a similar vintage and I would not let my age get in the way of something I wanted to do.
You are a long time dead!

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Thanks Marge, as to your first sentence,I always say that we don't stop playing because we are old; We get old because we stop playing but a drive of twelve or thirteen hundred miles on the wrong side of the roads is a little daunting at any age and it wouldn't be any easier for an old Lancashire Luddite like me.
Then again we shall see what the future brings.

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yes...I would agree if you had never done it before..but you have...and so that gives you a head start.
I hope your future brings you the things that give you something happy to look forward to, and the looking forward to is as good as the journey.
But then only you can decide.(but we are never too old for another dream...another adventure, another destination)

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Why Dover? Across to Yorkingshire Hull (90 mins or so), on the boat overnight to Rotterdam then if you do it in a oner you're talking about 9 hours through to Rettenberg.



But as you're not in a rush stop over halfway, overnight at Koblenz/Mainz that sort of area which is also a nice region (Rheinland Pfalz, Wine production ;)), then toodle off the next day or stay a while, then when you do head off you've got about a 4.5 hour run down to Rettenberg.


You know you want to, so quit with the lame excuses!!! :D


PS. You don't even have to go through Belgeek land & most definitely not through Grenouille country, just the friendly Cloggies flatlands & then the Autobahn masters Germany!

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For every problem there is a solution...that is unless you don’t want there to be one.

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depends what yeh call problem? i know a lady who has had this virus for between 4&5 months now and is still far from ok thats a problem to me for her family and friends.

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Cashy, this was not about Covid 19....but then I guess you know that.

I will say nothing more on that.

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true it was not but to me problems cover everything.

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Well, of course, there aren’t any other problems in the world.
None worthy of note you would think.
I thought this thread was a sanctuary away from the trials of life..I was wrong.

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No Marge, it is not wrong to tell it as you see it, please carry on giving your perspective on life.

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You know you want to, so quit with the lame excuses!!! :D

:tongueout:tongueout:tongueout

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Just for you Dave

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I will...but I was looking for a respite from news or non news about the virus.
Thought this would be the thread that had immunity...but it seems not.
It too, has been infected....though the symptoms are only mildly tiresome.

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Aye, thought as much & I do appreciate the effort you put into giving me my very own personal response. :D ;)

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When I started this thread I thought that it would be a happy one…still we all know what thought did – if you don’t, well it followed a muck cart and thought it was a wedding (a good old Lancashire saying). For a while there the thread was certainly doing what it had been intended for, to pass on good cheer. Although diversifying is often the way the threads on this forum go before returning to the original subject, often with very interesting reading, this time it’s a pity that it has become yet another platform of sorts for that blasted virus.

While there is absolutely no way I would ever belittle the impact that the Corona virus has had on so many lives and continues to do so (though I do worry about the vaccine), and it really is a dreadful problem throughout the world, it is ‘a’ problem and, Margaret, you are so right – it is certainly not the only one, and (dare I say it) not really the biggest problem or concern for some, though I know there are those who would not agree. Maybe if COVID19 is the main worry in a person’s life then perhaps that person is fortunate in that they do not have any other major problems (especially health ones) they have to contend with.

Just saying…..

Anyway, cheers to you all – and a Happy New Year.

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As 2021 approaches, I wish you all a Happier (healthy)New Year.
(Surely...2021 cannot be as dire as 2020 has been)

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[QUOTE=DaveinGermany;1248488]Aye, thought as much & I do appreciate the effort you put into giving me my very own personal response.

Only Joshing as you no doubt realise, :), at least I sincerly hope so.
Yours the Luddite.

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at least when we all wake up in the morning 2020 will be gone for good. on top of this the television programmes might improve to being bang average after all the christmas garbage has been consigned to the vaults for another year.

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Aye Tads no worries, I took it how it was meant. :)


Added to that I seldom get ruffled with the folk on here, we'll have our disagreements, but they're only words when all is said & done, which as we all no "Words can never hurt us!"


Obviously, this observation becomes severly suspect when said words are written on a house brick when they're thrown at us though!!! :D

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It would be very boring if everyone thought alike and agreed on everything. Thank goodness Accy Web members can think for themselves, have minds of their own, and are not afraid to voice their opinions. Nothing like a good old bit of disagreement to keep things interesting.

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[QUOTE=DaveinGermany;1248542]


Added to that I seldom get ruffled with the folk on here, we'll have our disagreements, but they're only words when all is said & done, which as we all no "Words can never hurt us!"


tell that to the millenium snowflakes who will be crying about you affecting their mental health if you say something nasty to the little dears.

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Don't let that worry me over much MH, snowflakes melt away eventually into little wet patches. :D

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at least us north easteners and lancastrians have something in common. we say it as we see it and not just follow like sheep in fear of being labelled the odd man or woman out.

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hope you all had a lovely christmas .. the best that you could have .. me in my dreams was at the spugsters .. in reality i was at home here .. on my own .. and the spugster was on his own up there ... but hopefully it wont be like that at christmas time this year ... one thing tho .. there was no discussion about the telly ... :-) anyway hope you all had a nice new year .. and both of us says happy new year and all the best for this one ..

yes i know its late .. but you know me .. :-)

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add a bit of salt and they disappear quicker!!!! you not know that dave? :D

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Oh I know that Jen, but when their despair is prolonged it is so much more satisfying don't you think? :D