Trick or treat

pontiend

Contibruter
Joined
Dec 12, 2007
Messages
2,992
Reaction score
3,496
Points
113
Age
80
Location
South Yorkshire
My Satellite Setup
See Signature
My Location
south yorkshire
I am still trying to get my head round to the fact that he run out of beer.:-)
 

Analoguesat

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Messages
50,739
Reaction score
11,221
Points
113
Location
Scottish Borders
My Satellite Setup
TM 5402HD
Sky+ UK.
My Location
Scottish Borders
Some grubby little tyke probably half inched it :D
 

Archived-1

Persona non grata
Joined
Apr 14, 2007
Messages
7,570
Reaction score
8,590
Points
113
My Location
uk
LOL, I think everyone knows my spelling and grammar is not good :D that's why I am a joiner :rolleyes:, I acutely run out of beer last night :eek:, it must be time for a big shop to stock up :)
 

2cvbloke

Regular Member
Joined
Jan 5, 2006
Messages
9,768
Reaction score
1,808
Points
113
Age
38
My Satellite Setup
No satellite stuff for the moment (aside from a 43cm minidish that was on the house already), Samsung SyncMaster T27B550 Smart TV & Monitor, and a few computers...
My Location
Near Pontop Pike, Co. Durham
Well I certainly had a treat this evening, went over to te$co, and one of their rather attractive younger female employees kindly showed me how nice her rear was, just a shame she was fully clothed... :-rofl2
 

Archived-1

Persona non grata
Joined
Apr 14, 2007
Messages
7,570
Reaction score
8,590
Points
113
My Location
uk
Well I certainly had a treat this evening, went over to te$co, and one of their rather attractive younger female employees kindly showed me how nice her rear was, just a shame she was fully clothed... :-rofl2
:eek:
untitled.png
 

sonnetpete

Grumpy Old Retired Moderator and quiz inquisitor..
Joined
Dec 13, 2008
Messages
8,948
Reaction score
3,491
Points
113
Age
73
Website
wordpress.com
My Satellite Setup
Laminas 1.2M fibre dish with an IBU, on a Clarke Tech USALS motor, covering 57E - 24.5W to an Octagon SX88. Displayed on a 20" Dyon LED TV.

Seperate 80 cm dish on 28E with a Humax Freesat for SWMBO.
Free Sat V8 meter. Sony Bravia 46" LCD, Sony BluRay and Home Cinema.
My Location
Normandy, France
A

archive10

Guest
Last time I was down at my mum & dads at Halloween I answered the door to a knock, the kids said trick or treat - so I said trick & sprayed them with a water pistol.

Then said "oh sorry did I misunderstand the idea?"

And thast was the last caller of the evening :-rofl2
Next year, I was pondering if to dress up up in blood-soaked apron and a suitable mask, and greet the kids with a meat-cleaver or similar in my hand. No threats or scares, be nice and offer sweets, but just that undercurrent of menace that would make a proper Halloween...
(of course I could start rev up the chain-saw and show the kids how to REALLY scare someone, but that's too simplistic - too unrefined, somehow. Not to mention tiresome when dealing with police etc afterwards).
 

2cvbloke

Regular Member
Joined
Jan 5, 2006
Messages
9,768
Reaction score
1,808
Points
113
Age
38
My Satellite Setup
No satellite stuff for the moment (aside from a 43cm minidish that was on the house already), Samsung SyncMaster T27B550 Smart TV & Monitor, and a few computers...
My Location
Near Pontop Pike, Co. Durham
Funny how two members of the "secret order of the Satellites forum" are calling me a dirty old man.... :-rofl2
 

skomedal

Regular Member
Joined
Feb 4, 2008
Messages
2,108
Reaction score
2,112
Points
113
My Satellite Setup
This and that
My Location
thule
Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain,

Extract from:-

_http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween

Regards
 

sonnetpete

Grumpy Old Retired Moderator and quiz inquisitor..
Joined
Dec 13, 2008
Messages
8,948
Reaction score
3,491
Points
113
Age
73
Website
wordpress.com
My Satellite Setup
Laminas 1.2M fibre dish with an IBU, on a Clarke Tech USALS motor, covering 57E - 24.5W to an Octagon SX88. Displayed on a 20" Dyon LED TV.

Seperate 80 cm dish on 28E with a Humax Freesat for SWMBO.
Free Sat V8 meter. Sony Bravia 46" LCD, Sony BluRay and Home Cinema.
My Location
Normandy, France

sonnetpete

Grumpy Old Retired Moderator and quiz inquisitor..
Joined
Dec 13, 2008
Messages
8,948
Reaction score
3,491
Points
113
Age
73
Website
wordpress.com
My Satellite Setup
Laminas 1.2M fibre dish with an IBU, on a Clarke Tech USALS motor, covering 57E - 24.5W to an Octagon SX88. Displayed on a 20" Dyon LED TV.

Seperate 80 cm dish on 28E with a Humax Freesat for SWMBO.
Free Sat V8 meter. Sony Bravia 46" LCD, Sony BluRay and Home Cinema.
My Location
Normandy, France
Funny how two members of the "secret order of the Satellites forum" are calling me a dirty old man.... :-rofl2

.....we are the two old men sat in deck chairs.
 

skomedal

Regular Member
Joined
Feb 4, 2008
Messages
2,108
Reaction score
2,112
Points
113
My Satellite Setup
This and that
My Location
thule
You've visited my nearest village then....

Cannot recall, friday evening roast leg of lamb with all the trimmings and a few glasses of red merlot wine, the boundries become blurred:D

Regards
 

Costactc

Regular Member
Joined
May 30, 2012
Messages
811
Reaction score
763
Points
93
Age
58
My Satellite Setup
3m channel master mesh-24" vonweise actuator-ps1 x2 lnbf(L)-pansat ap3500 positioner-x2 premium III-vu+solo2.
2.4m fortec solid-24" vonweise actuator-esx 241 lnbf(c)-vbox 7 positioner- dm800.
1.2m fortec-24"sj actuator-invacom snh-031--tm 5402 m3.
My Location
Canada
My lamb leg is in the oven and over 100 kiddies served already. Sipping on a Manhattan with a fine Spanish rose to follow.
 

Captain Jack

Burnt out human
Joined
Oct 21, 2006
Messages
11,797
Reaction score
7,980
Points
113
My Satellite Setup
See signature
My Location
North Somerset
Had about 50 kids tonight, in batches. Mostly parent supervised. Odd, as we only had a couple of them last year...
 

Topper

Amo Amas Amant Admin
Staff member
Joined
Nov 18, 2004
Messages
23,991
Reaction score
4,014
Points
113
Age
69
My Satellite Setup
Has gone to a good home elsewhere
My Location
Blackburn, Lancashire
Had about 50 kids tonight, in batches. Mostly parent supervised. Odd, as we only had a couple of them last year...
You must have lavished too many goodies on them last year and word got around you were a soft touch:eek:
 
Last edited:

timo_w2s

Retired Mod
Joined
Sep 28, 2005
Messages
4,359
Reaction score
2,883
Points
113
Website
www.timo.me.uk
My Satellite Setup
See Signature
My Location
Maidenhead, UK & Helsinki, Finland
But I suppose it's reflecting the very nature of the culture that honed the traditions.

When summer arrives, the swedes build an elaborate pole-cum-ring contraptions ("May Pole") decorated with leaves and flowers, and dance around it singing to welcome the summer. (A boring interpretation of "Pole Dancing" as a concept)

In Denmark, we set fire to a pile of sticks and get drunk.

(Well, to be fair, the Swedes also get drunk, but that's a general tradition practiced year round, and not specifically connected to the pole dancing bit...)
Yeah, we do stick burning by a lake or sea shore and get drunk too. Mush easier than farting around building poles.
 
Top