Teacup Café XLII - Page 18

GrayMouser · 01-30-2014, 04:36 AM

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone from Taiwan. It's the Year of the Horse- I'm one myself, revealing my age

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So firecrackers are popping, the stores are jammed as people are doing their last minute shopping- it's 4:30 in the afternoon here,so everybody's gearing up for the big family dinner tonight.

My three sons are back in town -two are in college, one has just finished high school- which means I have to fork out the traditional red envelopes filled with money

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So, happy Year of the Horse!

***Earniel*** · 01-30-2014, 08:37 AM

Happy new year, GrayMouser.

It sort of passed me by this year. Usually, a few streets away there's a family that celebrates Chinese new year. I can hear their fireworks, take a look at the calendar and think 'Oh yeah, chinese new year'. Not this year, though, I wonder if they've moved.

Noble Elf Lord · 01-30-2014, 04:46 PM

Eärn, I was reading this excellent book I have - Red Sky At Night by Jane Struthers - and happened upon the passage about Yule traditions. I remembered your inquiry (honestly, I read a few lines from a British book and my vocabulary goes poshy? Gee.

) of the Yule log. So here's the short passage from the book:

"Fire was very important to our ancestors and had immense significance because it gave them heat and warmth. One of the Christmas traditions, practised especially by landowners, was to prepare a huge Yule log for burning. Then, on Christmas Eve, the log was dragged home and pushed into the fireplace. Traditionally, it was lit from a small remnant of the previous year's Yule log. If the fireplace was very large, the log might burn throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas , in which case it was considered to be a sign of forthcoming luck. If the fire went out, this was a heart-sinking indication of bad luck to come.
Today, only those of us who live in old houses with large inglenooks have the space to burn a porper Yule log. But many of us have them on our tables instead, in the form of a chocolate Swiss roll covered with chocolate icing."

***Valandil*** · 01-30-2014, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GrayMouser

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone from Taiwan. It's the Year of the Horse- I'm one myself, revealing my age

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So, happy Year of the Horse!

GM - you're gonna be THIRTY-SIX this year!!!???

Alec · 01-30-2014, 06:02 PM

36

I'm over 20 years younger!!!

I feel like I will never get to that age

***Earniel*** · 01-31-2014, 10:55 AM

Oh trust me, young grasshopper, you'll get there. Probably a lot faster than you'd like.

Alec · 01-31-2014, 11:43 AM

definitely way faster than I want

***Valandil*** · 01-31-2014, 07:10 PM

Actually - to me it seemed very slow getting from my teens to 36, and then on up from there. When it seems fast - is when you look backwards at it!

GrayMouser · 02-01-2014, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Valandil

GM - you're gonna be THIRTY-SIX this year!!!???

No, 24!- doesn't time creep up on you? (actually, two more cycles past 36

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GrayMouser · 02-01-2014, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Myself

36

I'm over 20 years younger!!!

I feel like I will never get to that age

You're only as old as you feel- which makes me roughly 104.

Alec · 02-01-2014, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GrayMouser

You're only as old as you feel- which makes me roughly 104.

That means half of the time I'm 6

And the other half I'm 40

Grey_Wolf · 02-02-2014, 03:21 PM

Hi all - how are you doing? Im pretty well - have gotten a job of sorts - a Cultural Heritage Research project which is proving to be very interesting. When Spring shows up we are going off on photography trips - which will be fun. Wish you a wonderful Sunday. best Anders.

here is a an ad for a new product for men...

WetDog1 by Anders P Hansen, on Flickr

Alec · 02-02-2014, 08:42 PM

Seahawks wining 22-0!!! 2nd Quarter

GO SEAHAWKS

Alec · 02-04-2014, 12:46 AM

The Seahawks won the superbowl.

Anyone exited?

**Mari** · 02-04-2014, 12:42 PM

No, sorry.

Alec · 02-04-2014, 03:16 PM

We were.
The Seahawks are our home team and they won for the first time.

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***Earniel*** · 02-05-2014, 08:21 AM

Sounds like a great job for you, grey wolf.

Congrats!

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Originally Posted by Mari

No, sorry.

Likewise.

I hear there was a lot of silly ruckus about the coca cola ad this year. That's about the extent of my interest I'm afraid.

**Mari** · 02-05-2014, 01:58 PM

I don't even know the rules of the game. Funny, since I played softball myself.

Alec · 02-05-2014, 03:29 PM

Are family doesn't care about football.
This is the first time we even attempted to care that the Superbowl was happening.

We kept track of the score and watched a movie, but a Seahawk win was exciting.

My mom suspected foul play though, the Broncos lost so badly

***Earniel*** · 02-10-2014, 08:09 AM

Hello all, hope you had a lovely weekend.

If by any chance some of you Americans have some snow to spare, do send some over.

01-30-2014, 04:36 AM	#341
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Happy Chinese New Year to everyone from Taiwan. It's the Year of the Horse- I'm one myself, revealing my age . So firecrackers are popping, the stores are jammed as people are doing their last minute shopping- it's 4:30 in the afternoon here,so everybody's gearing up for the big family dinner tonight. My three sons are back in town -two are in college, one has just finished high school- which means I have to fork out the traditional red envelopes filled with money . So, happy Year of the Horse! __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

01-30-2014, 04:46 PM	#343
Noble Elf Lord Leaf-Crowned Lord Of Elvenpath Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Heaven by the looks of it. Hell by the feel of it. Posts: 1,052	About the Log... Eärn, I was reading this excellent book I have - Red Sky At Night by Jane Struthers - and happened upon the passage about Yule traditions. I remembered your inquiry (honestly, I read a few lines from a British book and my vocabulary goes poshy? Gee. ) of the Yule log. So here's the short passage from the book: "Fire was very important to our ancestors and had immense significance because it gave them heat and warmth. One of the Christmas traditions, practised especially by landowners, was to prepare a huge Yule log for burning. Then, on Christmas Eve, the log was dragged home and pushed into the fireplace. Traditionally, it was lit from a small remnant of the previous year's Yule log. If the fireplace was very large, the log might burn throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas , in which case it was considered to be a sign of forthcoming luck. If the fire went out, this was a heart-sinking indication of bad luck to come. Today, only those of us who live in old houses with large inglenooks have the space to burn a porper Yule log. But many of us have them on our tables instead, in the form of a chocolate Swiss roll covered with chocolate icing." __________________ Hers.

01-30-2014, 06:02 PM	#345
Alec Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USA until I find ME, than I will be roaming ME on a black steed Posts: 109	36 I'm over 20 years younger!!! I feel like I will never get to that age __________________ Procrastinators Unite!!!...tomorrow Never insult a Tolkien freak. You won't understand their reply Dare to be a Mormon; Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose firm; Dare to make it known.

01-31-2014, 11:43 AM	#347
Alec Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USA until I find ME, than I will be roaming ME on a black steed Posts: 109	definitely way faster than I want __________________ Procrastinators Unite!!!...tomorrow Never insult a Tolkien freak. You won't understand their reply Dare to be a Mormon; Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose firm; Dare to make it known.

01-31-2014, 07:10 PM	#348
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	Actually - to me it seemed very slow getting from my teens to 36, and then on up from there. When it seems fast - is when you look backwards at it! __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

01-30-2014, 08:37 AM	#342
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Happy new year, GrayMouser. It sort of passed me by this year. Usually, a few streets away there's a family that celebrates Chinese new year. I can hear their fireworks, take a look at the calendar and think 'Oh yeah, chinese new year'. Not this year, though, I wonder if they've moved.

01-31-2014, 10:55 AM	#346
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Oh trust me, young grasshopper, you'll get there. Probably a lot faster than you'd like.

02-02-2014, 03:21 PM	#352
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Hi all - how are you doing? Im pretty well - have gotten a job of sorts - a Cultural Heritage Research project which is proving to be very interesting. When Spring shows up we are going off on photography trips - which will be fun. Wish you a wonderful Sunday. best Anders. here is a an ad for a new product for men... WetDog1 by Anders P Hansen, on Flickr

02-02-2014, 08:42 PM	#353
Alec Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USA until I find ME, than I will be roaming ME on a black steed Posts: 109	Seahawks wining 22-0!!! 2nd Quarter GO SEAHAWKS __________________ Procrastinators Unite!!!...tomorrow Never insult a Tolkien freak. You won't understand their reply Dare to be a Mormon; Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose firm; Dare to make it known. Last edited by Alec : 02-02-2014 at 08:46 PM.

02-04-2014, 12:46 AM	#354
Alec Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USA until I find ME, than I will be roaming ME on a black steed Posts: 109	The Seahawks won the superbowl. Anyone exited? __________________ Procrastinators Unite!!!...tomorrow Never insult a Tolkien freak. You won't understand their reply Dare to be a Mormon; Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose firm; Dare to make it known.

02-04-2014, 12:42 PM	#355
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	No, sorry. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

02-05-2014, 01:58 PM	#358
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	I don't even know the rules of the game. Funny, since I played softball myself. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

02-05-2014, 03:29 PM	#359
Alec Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: USA until I find ME, than I will be roaming ME on a black steed Posts: 109	Are family doesn't care about football. This is the first time we even attempted to care that the Superbowl was happening. We kept track of the score and watched a movie, but a Seahawk win was exciting. My mom suspected foul play though, the Broncos lost so badly __________________ Procrastinators Unite!!!...tomorrow Never insult a Tolkien freak. You won't understand their reply Dare to be a Mormon; Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose firm; Dare to make it known.

02-10-2014, 08:09 AM	#360
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Hello all, hope you had a lovely weekend. If by any chance some of you Americans have some snow to spare, do send some over.

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