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Happy holidays, everyone!
Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Thursday, December 21, 2006 1:13 PM
Whatever holiday(s) you might celebrate this time of year, I hope they are happy, healthy, and full of wonderful memories. Rene

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:15 PM

May I wish the same to you and all the members of this forum.

Peace , health and prosperity to all. 

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Posted by two tone on Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:17 PM
 The same to you and yours over the pond, may you all get what you would like for Xmas and the New YearBig Smile [:D]Bow [bow]

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Posted by GearDrivenSteam on Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:15 PM
Merry CHRISTmas. Enuff said.
It is enough that Jesus died and that he died for me.
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Posted by tangerine-jack on Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:46 PM

Thanks, and may everyone on the forum have a happy non-sectarian holiday of your choosing!!!

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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:12 PM

Merry Christmaramadonhaanakaquanza!

Oh what the heck , I'll make it simple...Happy Festivus!Big Smile [:D]

 Christmas Cheer...Vic style...Mischief [:-,]Dunce [D)]Whistling [:-^]

Santa says "Yo, you talking to me?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-HKAt-Fokg


Santa meets the LAPD...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4DSCtez88g

My kind of Christmas fun....


Yes, I'm twisted,

...tell me something I dont know

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Posted by RR Redneck on Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:01 PM
Merry x-mas to all.

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Posted by kimbrit on Friday, December 22, 2006 1:29 AM

Have a good one everyone, may your Christmas stockings go 'chuff chuff chuff', or something similar!Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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Posted by John Busby on Friday, December 22, 2006 5:34 AM

Hi Kim

Afraid not my stocking is going to sound like a Welsh Building site hope the station Choir is thrown in as wellBig Smile [:D]

To all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

regards John

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Posted by Great Western on Friday, December 22, 2006 5:38 AM
Indeed, a very Happy Holiday time to all and may 2007 be a good year for you, Kalmbach, and all Garden Railroaders in particular.  Smile [:)]

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Posted by Capt Bob Johnson on Friday, December 22, 2006 10:34 AM
May all have a Cool Yule, and a Frantic First!
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Posted by Railfan1 on Saturday, December 23, 2006 8:26 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from North Georgia.
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Posted by BillBrakeman on Saturday, December 23, 2006 10:00 AM

 

Feliz Navidad, Gut Jul, Bon Natale, Bon Noel 

No matter How you say it!

Merry Christmas to all

Bill

 

 

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Posted by toenailridgesl on Sunday, December 24, 2006 12:13 AM

Xmas poem written by Phil Creer,

Dec 22nd, 2006

T’was the night before Xmas, and me & the missus,

Was watchin’ the telly ‘cos we’d finished the dishes,

The kids was all out, up the pub or the flicks,

Except for our Jim who was still in the nick.

I poured out a glass of a good Guinness Stout,

When a hell of a noise made the old missus shout!

“Some ***’s out back & he’s into the shed!”

So I ran out the door to kill the swine dead!

But what to my wonderin’ eye should appear?

A Heineken truck had just crashes with its beer!

The cases & bottles lay all in a clutter,

So while the poor sod in the truck did his nutter,

I helped meself quick to a bottle or fifty

And I shoved ‘em behind the door of the privy.

“You OK, mate?” I shouted, shoving bottles down trews,

“I’d be right there to help, but  I can’t find me shoes!”

He must have been pious, ‘cos I heard him exclaim,

And I know he quite often used the Lord’s Name,

As he told all the world how he’d missed the last curve,

And he lost all his load when he’d  needed to swerve

Well, the coppers come round & they took down his name

And they told me to make an insurance claim,

So I picked up more bottles, as I reckoned me right,

And went back inside to have a Good Night!

 

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Posted by vsmith on Sunday, December 24, 2006 12:45 AM
Such a touching story Phil, brought a tear me eye....Bow [bow]

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Posted by bman36 on Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:07 AM

Only you Phil...only you. Just too funny. Shall we call you the railway poet??? MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Sinkarsin family eh! .....and to all a good night eh. Later eh...Brian.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 24, 2006 11:02 AM

Have a Texas Christmas and a Texas New Year!!!

Don't drink and derail the trains!!!

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Posted by Ray Dunakin on Monday, December 25, 2006 10:17 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone! Hope you had a great day.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:45 AM

Ditto to everyone, i would like to raise the question of Boxing day which it ios here.

It is the 26 th of December and it is late iin the day here

Boxing day comes from, when people lived in big houses and had many servants andf the rich people would open their gifts on Christmas day and the servants would have to put them all away in boxes from which they came or so i understand it,

 I know we celebrate this holiday here in Australia and I think they do in England as well, i actually think it is an English tradition.

But i dont think you North Americans do and i know they do in some parts of Ireland and not in others.

As the sun goes down, the yachts in the Sydney to Hobart race have left Sydney harbour and are all standing out to sea. They are heading for a very cold dark wet rough night.

 England and Australia a playing ech other in the 3 rd cricket test match at the Melbourne Cricket grouind and all is well with the world here in South Eastern Asutralia.

Yep i am not at home i'm on my brother in laws compuiter, at a place called Kiama some 1100 km south of where i live.

All the best from Ian

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Posted by hoofe116 on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 6:33 PM

I just had to post .... what a great belly laugh!

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 6:19 PM

Well les i have a pretty good sense of humour but you have stumped me. I can't see anything funny

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Posted by Rastun on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 6:33 PM

Ian, they celebrate boxing day in Canada I think but not much here in the US.

I do remember a very enjoyable boxing day spent in Perth in 1986.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 30, 2006 11:09 PM
Ah Well Done Phil Will have a Heinie or two tonight for New Years. Found the Poem very funny - must be that Australian English you use!

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