X-mas suggestions.

[adamcoan]

I will be completely alone during Christmas day and through to new years. My wife is in the U.k with my son. I am left here with four cats, two of them kittens.

How would you spend the festive season in my position? Maybe you are.

[oh oooh]

Go for a very long walk. REFLECTe on the year. Walk some more, until you're knackered. Then go home, have a couple of drinks, then a kip.

The rest of the day will kind of work itself out - I promise you.

[Stacy Heydon]

Spend time with the cats. Maybe spend some time on the garage roof in the morning. Sleep for the whole afternoon, then attempt to catch a rat in the evening.

[adamcoan]

Dec 22, 2023 11:22:44 GMT oh oooh said:

Go for a very long walk. REFLECTe on the year. Walk some more, until you're knackered. Then go home, have a couple of drinks, then a kip.

The rest of the day will kind of work itself out - I promise you.

Unfortunately my PAD , peripheral arterial disease is causing me a lot of pain when walking these days. I understand and regularly do rest when required and continue to stroll through the pain, unfortunately I am not winning, no idea why. My calf feels like someone is sticking a knife in me.
I was just wondering about how to embrace Christmas ,while not really actually able to.

[oh oooh]

Sorry to hear that, Jimmy.

You should do whatever brings you joy, really. Listen to
some tunes, drink some whisky.

[adamcoan]

I drank a couple of glasses of Talisker last night while listening to Tom Waites, Saturday night album. Very enjoyable.
The leg thing is what it is. I just seem to struggle, never learned to drive see, walking long distances is my normal situation.

[tory]

What about a danger wank in the town centre?

[adamcoan]

Dec 22, 2023 12:06:36 GMT tory said:

What about a danger wank in the town centre?

In an orthodox society ? Deportation if caught.

[souphound]

I've been alone at Christmas for quite a few years now. Not a big deal for me really. 1) I've gotten used to it and 2) My pre-school teacher, back in 1964/5, wrote in my "report card" that I seemed to be perfectly happy whether in a group or left all be meself.

One thing I always have on the side, ready to go, is what I need to whip up a small painting. I suck at it really. And I don't do this very often, but I find that at times, if I need to express myself and there are no willing ears nearby, I'll do it through this medium. I have two of these paintings on my walls, both serving the purpose of reminding me of what I was feeling at the time. They're not anything nice but they serve their purpose.

This can work for me in both happy and sad times. One of the two paintings I display for myself was done a couple of days after 9/11 (which was a huge deal for me personally and for several people I know/knew) and the other is from a week or two after my daughter was born.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that we all have the need to let our feelings out once in a while. You choose your medium. I know one guy who writes long letters to himself, never to be shared with anyone else. Works for him.

[fonz]

I can relate to ^

I make some noise in the guitar. Maybe record it, if the means are there. Something liberating about doing it completely for yourself, just to get it out

[Sneelock]

Dec 22, 2023 12:16:02 GMT adamcoan said:

Dec 22, 2023 12:06:36 GMT tory said:

What about a danger wank in the town centre?

In an orthodox society ? Deportation if caught.

there is no shame in having a vigorous Holiday wank in the comfort of your own home.

god bless us, every one.

[oh oooh]

'vigorous'? at OUR age?

[rayge]

Dec 22, 2023 19:49:20 GMT oh oooh said:

'vigorous'? at OUR age?

Speak 4 yrself

[oh oooh]

Ray!