End of the world.

Well done anno it was upsetting me that you were perfect and I am not Now I can believe you are as bad as me if the halo has gone

I am putting the halo back in the drawer until the next time the world ends.

gracesmum I heard that on the Radio. The newsreader delivered that so totally deadpan it was funny.

News item this evening."Today according to the Mayan calendar, some people believed the world was going to end at 11.11a.m. (pause) It didn't."

And I've been eating chocolate all week knowing that it didn't matter....

Well be all survived. There's a surprise. Happy Christmas and a healthy and wise 2013.

I must've been on a lot of wet camps. We used to dig a trench around each tent to stop water running in. They were the patrol tents with no built in ground sheet. Great tents but harder work than modern ones.

I didn't do the drainage ditches, Bags - only the latrines . Suppose it would work the same though .

You can park your ark here if you like, we are on a hill

Anno I haven't got one let alone two

Dig a drainage ditch like those ones we had to dig at guide camps long ago, marelli . Hope the water doesn't reach you. Our back terrace is awash, but then it often is. We just have to make sure the drains aren't blocked.

Double-buffing, just to be on the safe side, eh, anno?

The Great Flood instead? One end of the village is closed off due to one of the rivers having burst its banks So, having been shuttled by here and there by different buses this morning so DH could go and get his new gnashers installed, I can see that the other river has burst its banks (we're between the two) and the water is creeping across the field towards us . I'm not going to bother hoovering now.

Twice!

And there I was, polishing my halo!

And there I was, polishing my halo!

Watched the programme about it last night and the Mayans had never heard of it. Anyway, if they were so bloomin clever, why were their huge cities wiped out?

So glad I didn't bother to posh up just in case, couldn't be scruffier as I still have the kitchen to clean

The meejuh have been illustrating their stories with a picture of the Mayan Calendar - only it isn't. It's neither Mayan nor a calendar - but an Aztec Sun Stone...

Well - I'm still here. You lot?

Last year I saw a Mayan interviewed about the Mayan calendar ending and he said he had never heard of it.

Great to hear from you jeni

If the world is going to end on Mayan time it will, apparently be at 5.11 pm tonight so you still have time to finish off the mince pies/wine/cake

Very timely to be off Finisterre for the end of the world / land! Bon voyage....

Well we didn't sink! Just a very brief visit. We've had to miss out Oporto because of the weather. It was very very rough last night. Not sick , but I think some were!
They were forecasting 40 ft waves but it wasn't that bad. Rocked me to sleep in fact!
Regards to you all.
Just had to check the world hadn't ended for you as we'll!
From just off finnisterre.

A small bang happened by me about 10 minutes ago but I have looked around and can find no damage in the immediate area.
Looks as if I will be giving my granddaughters their Christmas Presents.
I have paid for my share of my daughters / son in laws /granddaughters Bupa membership renewal for another year which would have been wasted.
Hopefully they will not have to use it but it is something I want them to have.

Frank

Bit of a damp squib then.

Right, what's the next excuse for not getting on with the Christmas clean up?

So far, so good......