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Grandchildren are the reward for raising your children right.
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Thats why grandparenting is great;
Wind them up on a sugar buzz with their new drum set that you got them for Xmas and send them home. 
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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Reminds me of a sign in the waiting room of my vet's office:
"Unattended children will be given a double espresso, a Great Dane puppy, and sent home."
Software Zen: delete this;
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As I say to everyone who has that attitude. If only your parents had felt the same way!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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I guess Google folks get bored in the lockdown, too...
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🎄 Tree up, ✨ decorations up, 🎇 wreath on door.
Not too much help from the cat this time, but it still takes far too long ... at least I remember to wind lights and bead strings up when I take 'em down or it's just a scissors job and buy the damn things again!
And now... three weeks of baubles under foot as the cat plays with them, tinsel getting into everything, and far too much food and sweeties!
Christmas has officially reached us.
And I'm feeling about as festive as a dead rat. 
How about you? Are you in the "Christmas mood" yet? 🎅
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Our tree went up at the beginning of December. The decorations have steadily migrated to the top front quadrant of the tree to try to keep them away from one of the cats.
It hasn't worked[^].
My Christmas YouTube playlist is on full-blast today, since it's my last working day until 5th January. 🎅🎄🍻
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Fortunately, mine was out while I put it up - normally he hides inside it and attacks me when I try to attach baubles ...
Some people do take extreme measures to protect the tree: Genius People Who Found a Way To Protect Their Christmas Trees From Pets[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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lol, we use to have a playpen around the xmas tree to protect it from the kids, not the pets.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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I celebrate it solely for the nephew. Otherwise it's just therapy for retail chains.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Totally agree.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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I can understand your mood after the year you've had.
To brighten your mood.
We have a cat.
We have a tree.
We have lametta (like a shredded tinsel) on said tree.
Said cat like lametta.
We call the cat tinkle butt at xmas because he likes to eat lametta.
Then we have to chase the cat around the house because it usually doesn't always come all the way out by itself.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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I have young children, so this time of year is fun for me. The train I set up around the tree has certainly seen better years though. I've given up on keeping the track together and the train upright.
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My wife and I haven't finished decorating yet - this weekend. We don't use tinsel because our cat would eat the stuff.
Tinsel is nothing more than confetti and should be banned.
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hxxps://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-14-privacy/
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hxxps://www.theverge.com/2020/12/17/22180102/facebook-new-newspaper-ad-apple-ios-14-privacy-prompt
in case anyone did'nt know apart from some of the lock down apps available like adguard and others
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
modified 18-Dec-20 5:53am.
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Current insect holds poll for bookkeeper (10)
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Current AC
insect ANT
holds (inside)
poll COUNT
for bookkeeper
ACCOUNTANT
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I knew I could account on you! 
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... and I just realized by checking my email this morning that I apparently ordered five copies of Windows 10 and three XBoxes during the night.
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That's a perfectly normal side effect.
Don't worry about it, unless an order for PS4's creeps in.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I think an accepted order for a PS5 would be even more creepier.
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No, they know people want one of those, and they have loads of old stock to dispose of ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Yep, this probably explains why they put a free Clippy poster in the order.
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I had my shot too. I woke up with a cardboard box full of Windows Vista CDs on my doorstep. Must've been a prototype vaccine.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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