railfancwb Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Is it? Really? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 YES! Because the days start getting longer. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Only since yesterday. Chill. You'd think they would adjust the calendar for practical purposes instead of outdated (due to precession of the equinoxes) bullshit that doesn't reflect current life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, railfancwb said: Is it? Really? Uh. No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 We can all appreciate Spring when Election Day is right after Tax day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 The rainy season is over, it's less humid, and it's under 90 degrees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 I woke up this morning, so it started off as a good day! 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Normally, yes, it is the best part of the year. People are a little more friendly, considerate, and cheerful. Winter hasn't set in and got them grumpy. Outside activities with Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, along with Hanukah for our Jewish friends keep folks busy and upbeat. I love Spring. Hunting seasons in Fall. and even Summer has it's merits, but yes, normally this is a good time for folks. Normally being the operative word. Around here, it is pretty normal, some folks don't have that luxury, and even worse, near half the folks don't want it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 It can be. Here in Virginia it’s kinda hard to get in the Xmas spirit when it’s 70-degrees outside in late December though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 18 hours ago, Valmet said: It can be. Here in Virginia it’s kinda hard to get in the Xmas spirit when it’s 70-degrees outside in late December though. It's starting to look a not like Christmas! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 A thing I read: While filming A Christmas Story, there was no snow. They rented a ski-slope snow machine for the backyard scene. They let it run overnight. The director said it wasn't good enough. They let it run another night. The director still didn't like it. So they got more and bigger ones, turned them to super-maximum, and the film crew went out drinking. Drank too much, all night, slept in the next day, and when they showed up, there was WAY too much snow and ice. The director liked it. So when you watch the movie, look passed the backyard. The whole neighborhood is brown and dry, with zero snow. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I looked in the mailbox, fully expecting to find a decoder pin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Then I went across the street, pointed, and said, "A major award?!? Damn hell, you say!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Then I was going to put my eye out, or lick a flagpole, or something, but the skinheads down the block, pumping iron in their front yard, were giving me the stink-eye, so I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 https://nypost.com/2021/12/23/baby-uses-sign-language-to-say-help-while-on-santas-lap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 21 hours ago, Valmet said: It can be. Here in Virginia it’s kinda hard to get in the Xmas spirit when it’s 70-degrees outside in late December though. Many years ago, on business at the Naval Post Graduate School I witnessed a picture that was incongruous to me A couple of days before Christmas I was sitting the dining room of the Hayatt in Monterrey, CA looking out the large window overlooking the Golf course. It was dark out and they had flood lights lighting up a wire frame Santa Clause in his sleigh with a few reindeer pulling it and a large sack in it. The grass of the golf course was green, and it was close to 70 degrees out. I could not convince myself that it was near Christmas when the scene I was seeing was Summer in my book. I didn't understand how you could celebrate Christmas without snow. It just wasn't right! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 8 hours ago, Huaco Kid said: Saw the first pic and thought, now that looks a lot like Ralphy's house, then I see that it IS . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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