Party pooper LJ!
Oct. 7th, 2012 12:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartWell, folks, it seems that LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But I still have most of the comments in my inbox, and will re-post the original entry and list the available comments with the simple mentioning of the names, if it's all right with you. If not, tell me, and I'll delete yours.
We won't allow LJ to crash our party!
Original post
Hi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.
Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.
NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.
We won't allow LJ to crash our party!
Original post
Hi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.
Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.
NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.
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(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 08:43 am (UTC)Cheery topic #1 - cause
> We have place in the kitchen cupboard! Yay! No, seriously. Once in a
> year, the city organizes a big clean-up action. Each district marks the
> places where you can dump all the things you no longer need but that are
> too large for the garbage chute or the containers. Like old furniture and
> stuff. After a couple of days, a big pickup with a huge garbage container
> comes, the guys load up everything and take it away.
> By this occasion, we finally took the effort to clean out the kitchen
> cupboard. Several huge pots and bowls that hadn't been used since
> Granny's death (1996) have been dragged out and thrown onto the garbage
> dump. Now we can get the stuff we actually do use on a daily basis
> without throwing half of our household items into the middle of the
> kitchen first.
> It's a wonderful thing, even though the action cost us all afternoon.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 03:15 pm (UTC)Sounds good. Cupboard space is nice indeed. My impending move is a good
occation for a cleanout of my own when it comes to stuff I don´t use.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 05:46 pm (UTC)Yay for space and organisation! Hopefully the energy and time spent on it
> now will save time and energy later. :)
> That sounds like a very good system. Here it is complicated and expensive
> if you don't have a car to take things to the tip yourself. When my
> parents visit me I sometimes get them to help take stuff (as they have a
> car).
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-07 05:47 pm (UTC)There've been rumours that we'll have to pay for it in the future, but
yeah, it's a good system. I think a big city like ours woudl drown in its
own garbage otherwise.