Ozexpatriate Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 1 minute ago, TheQ said: Walked into the local farm shop today and the tree is up ( with lights). Tesco's, mince pies , a certain pudding, lots of crackers.. As the cartoon suggests, the value of having a commercial celebration of Halloween is to hold off the Christmas juggernaut for a few weeks. All the 'seasonal items' in the shops here have a black and orange motif. Specialty retailers are selling Christmas crackers and panettone, but they sell them essentially year-round. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted 7 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 7 hours ago 1 hour ago, pH said: The rapid transit system around San Francisco includes a reference to the major water feature in the area, and so it is the Bay Area Rapid Transit system. When the rapid transit system in the Vancouver area was being built, it was suggested that it be named in a similar way. A major river, the Fraser, runs through the Lower Mainland to the sea. The suggestion was not taken up. IIRC, Railtrack had the idea of setting up Fast Action Response Teams to deal with incidents, but the name wasn't used in the end.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted 7 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 7 hours ago 2 hours ago, woodenhead said: @franciswilliamwebb Went into Aldi today - Christmas treats have entered the shelves - mince pies, Stollen and much much more. I am just waiting for the EGG NOG to show up; not until mid-November, unfortunately! 🙁 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 30851 Posted 7 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 7 hours ago 33 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: As the cartoon suggests, the value of having a commercial celebration of Halloween is to hold off the Christmas juggernaut for a few weeks. All the 'seasonal items' in the shops here have a black and orange motif. Specialty retailers are selling Christmas crackers and panettone, but they sell them essentially year-round. In this part of the US the grocery store has had Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff out for the last month. But doesn't matter how the Hershey chocolate is wrapped I still don't want it! Rob 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted 7 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 7 hours ago A friend models an imaginary Shaker Height Interurban Traction Company based out of Shaker Heights, OH. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted 7 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 7 hours ago We had a family tradition that the C word wasn't to be uttered until after Bonfire Night..... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago I've been eating mince pies from Tesco for a month or so now. Other Xmas fayre has rapidly become available too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted 6 hours ago RMweb Gold Share Posted 6 hours ago We stopped ‘doing’ xmas some years ago, and don’t really miss it much. Just too stressful, and The Squeeze gets homesick for Polish Xmas with a carp being corn-fed in the bath… 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted 6 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 6 hours ago (edited) 3 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: I am just waiting for the EGG NOG to show up; not until mid-November, unfortunately! 🙁 I forgot to add my once-a-year trip to the liquor store for the RUM!!!! 🙄 A fifth of Admiral Nelson's Rum. It out-classes Captain Morgan Spiced Rum by a shipload. EDIT: I guess that it should, an admiral out ranks a captain in anyone's navy! Edited 3 hours ago by J. S. Bach To add some information 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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