The mince pie and sherry have gone from the hearth so it's a good bet Santa doesn't have AF but for the rest of you don't be silly. Please take it easy with the food and drink over the next few days as I really don't want to be reading about visits to A and E!.
Sorry here in UK we don't have a white Christmas but lets be real, it is a rarity. Even the big snow of '62 didn't start till lunch time on Boxing Day! The mist in our valley is obscuring the farm opposite and the air is so still I doubt it will lift anytime soon but we have our family here and are safe so all is well.
I wish you happiness and peace.
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Thank you. Peace and love to you, and to all the wonderful, kind friends on this forum, Thank you for all the invaluable support in times of need. God bless everyone. ❤️
Merry Christmas to you and your family ......... and the much wider AF ( and now for me at least ... my wider asthma ) family.
I remember the winter of 1962, as you describe. I was a young 17 & half year old and was employed by a local haulage contractor. Coal shortages down in Surrey where I lived. Our company had to send tipper trucks up north and I went along for the ride on one occasion to keep the driver company too, up to Creswell Colliery ( I think in Nottinghamshire some where ). Had a pretty good trip until coming back down the A1, somewhere in the countryside north of Letchworth and we copped an inside rear wheel blow out. Snow every damn where and of course we had to wait for rescue. Man, I tell you, I learned all about cold that night. There was a wrecked cottage in a field nearby so driver and I went through the hedge, got heaps of wood back to the truck and got a good blaze going ............. it took a fair while. We dipped a rag into the truck diesel tank and eventually got a fire going, slow process as diesel ignites much slower than petrol !
As far as food and booze is concerned ... this is the driest Christmas in my living memory. Any wonder why I gravitate to one of the Sydney Webcams for live views of Bondi Beach where I spent my first Aussie Christmas in December 1967, alone and aged 23.
Wise words as ever Bob, thank you. Enjoy Christmas in your corner of the Universe and hope many more in this group will do the same.Let's stick to concerning ourselves with things within our grasp and not let the world's affairs swamp us. Sufficient unto the day........
Happy Christmas Bob and to your family, and happy Christmas to everyone here - it’s got to be a very special forum to check in on Christmas Day! Have a good year ahead, health and happiness 🎄💚⭐️🎄💚⭐️
and also wish peace and happiness to you and your family and many thanks for your sound advice and steady hand in the couple of years I’ve been on this great forum
At first glance, I thought that your post was titled " He's been ill", which concerned me.... I'm glad that's not the case, Bob. Thanks for all the sensible advice, based on experience, that you tirelessly share almost daily. This forum is a valuable resource for all afibbers.
Morning Bob- you sent the fog up to Wales I think! No Boxing Day walk for us here this morning. Warning heeded! I can't tolerate alcohol at all these days. 98% of the time I'm fine with that but I have to admit that I do miss my sneaky pre Xmas lunch quaff when prepping in the kitchen.
Thanks Bob and a Merry Christmas to you and all of the AF Team with Tracey, plus to all our members of the Forum, yes let’s be pampered this Christmas 🪅.
Started snowing at luchtime on Boxing Day and still on the ground at Easter. Our local park eventually drove a land rover around on theice on the lake, put up flood lights and opened the park ar night for skating. Lost a lot of the ducks since foxes could walk to the islands where they roosted. I remember taking a shovel down to church to dig the path out the first Sunday and with help from some other members of Boys Brigade we got the boiler working to take the chill off the church. Got into trouble over that as we used about a months supply of coke in one day! Lol😂
I was 14 years old when we had that snow. We had a hedge around the house with a gate for exit. When we opened the gate the snow was up to the top of the hedge. In those days no one was without a shovel. We had icicles hanging from the house about a foot long at times. We were used to such winters and just got on with it. It amazes me now, when we get the rare inch of snow, how everything stops and is a big catastrophe,
Very best wishes to you and your family Bob. It’s nice to see you in print and lovely to see that you have not lost that amazing talent for saying “how it is”. I salute you my friend.
Christmas greetings. Hope 2025 is a good year for us all.
I remember the snow in winter of 1962/63. . I was 11 years old then.the snow was really deep where we lived. I’d never seen anything like it I believe it was the coldest UK winter on record.
Season's greetings to all from sunny south west France. The thermometer on our balcony got up to 29° in the sun yesterday and I was able to sunbathe!!! We had our aperitif ( miniscule glass of walnut wine for me ) and starter outside. Today we woke to a very heavy frost - pretty. Not normal weather but nice. Wishing you all an afib free festive season. Thought I'd copped it last night after a slice of chocolate cake (no Christmas puds here unless you make your own) as I felt really odd but decided it was a caffeine hit from too much chocolate in the cake. I'll have to write to Nigella and complain!
Personally I can't stand her but she does have good recipes! Though I have tweaked this chocolate cake recipe. I'm too conservative cake wise to put oil , yoghurt and tahini in cakes so have substituded melted butter , double cream and hazelnut butter. Much more French.
Although called vin de noix it is really a liqueur and is a Perigord traditional product usually drunk as an aperitif. You can buy it in the shops but ours is made by friends from their own trees. Apparently it is made with the shells still on. There is also a delicious dessert - a walnut ice cream which is served with a good slosh of the liqueur on top.
Deep gratitude to everyone for their sharing, kindness, good humour and honesty, it's been an invaluable friendly support through this time of learning about AF - learning how to cope ...
In '62 I remember crossing snowy fields to get to the big school for lessons - very chilly boarding school .. snow everywhere ..
I remember ‘62 snow, the Mersey froze & there were tiny icebergs in the sea. No central heating and ice inside the windows. I was told ‘this is nothing compared to ‘47! How the weather has changed. Every winter until the mid 70’s we went tobagganing. But what I loved best was that EVERYTHING stopped until after NY and I so enjoyed that time to breath and be still for a while.
I can’t go back that far Bob but do remember standing waiting for a bus at the top of Dale Street with the freezing wind coming off the Mersey - in a mini skirt and knee high white, patent boots. All feeling below the hip line was lacking for days. Oh the youngsters don’t know what they missed! We didn’t need to go Ice Man training, we just had to step outside.
Is RUDOLPH’S carrot still there? Guess Santa did not get stuck in the chimney but as my great granddaughter says he is magic which is why he can unstick himself.
Thank you Bob and for all your good advice. Best wishes to everyone on here and May we all keep well and continue to give all the help we can to our friends on this forum. The support is invaluable and has helped me keep calm and carry on many a time!
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