Marty

G'day, young Albert!

with a sprinkling of...

Uhmm, didn't the new millenium begin on New Year's Day 2001 (00:00:01 am) ? But perhaps that is what you meant ? I remember trying to make exactly the same point (that they were celebrating the new millennium a year early) when everyone was planning millennium celebrations for 31 December 1999.

He can come over when I've fixed the leak.

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Maybe not. But he knew what you were thinking, ma Sherye.

So was this the big one? Ephemeral edible: gingerbread monolith appears on San Francisco hilltop, then collapses Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/26/gingerbread-monolith-san-francisco-hilltop-collapses Which makes me think of the lines: "Someone left the cake out in the rain" from the following:

Thanks, bro.

Before I head to bed, as I've just realised we're already on page 2001, and might have gone onto a new page before I get up in the morning, I thought I should drop this here now:

I know it's a complete waste of time but, as it's now coming up to 1:00am here, I'm going to head to bed and try to get some beauty sleep.

I'm think I might be about to choke on my popcorn....

But didn't we have several appear in the last month?

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I'm keeping my fingers (and everything else) crossed that it all works out for you.

I feel your pain, bro. We've a storm passing over Ireland at the moment, not a serious one, but there's strong winds and been heavy rain for the past six hours or so. I walked into the hallway a while back and found that there is water dripping in above the front door again. Certainty not as bad as it was before the gutter was fixed about 6 or 7 months back, but still enough to at least make me thankful I haven't yet sanded the woodwork above and around the door and re-varnished it, or had the damaged plaster re-done. It was dark when I spotted it, so I'm not sure if it's the gutter again, or the pointing on the concrete plinth above the door that needs attending to. The fact that the drips are coming in on only one side of the door (and not the same side that the gutter had been fixed) make me feel slightly hopeful. I am definitely too old for that sort of work, so will have to ring the builder again on Monday.

Greetings, oh Artful one! Like you, I'm also hoping for a better year to come.

I did not impugn nor disparage your momma's tamales. I expect they'd be the best tamales I'd ever be blessed to eat. I impugned your ability to eat more of them ... slacker. Also, I think a lifetime ban on eating your mom's tamales a bit harsh. Afterall, you can't help it if you only have a itty bitty belly. If you search the internet you can probably find some miracle pill that will make it grow bigger. They have 'em for curin' all sorts of inadequacies. I'm sure you'd perform better next year if just given another chance. *Marty makes some popcorn and sits back to watch the fireworks*

Even heads

And now, we're finally on page..... And even the penguins are celebrating...

1999 was the year I finally found full time employment in Ireland. Employment that would last until I reached retirement age in 2013, and ensured that I would qualify for a full State Pension.

True. After all, we wouldn't want to see penguins falling out of the sky...

Hey, bro!

That's Harry, who (when I'm not just deliberately calling him by one of his brothers' names) I often jokingly misname as Gary, or Larry, or Barry. He finds it great fun, and sometimes reciprocates by calling me Uncle Fartin' (they all just know me as "Uncle Martin"). His dad just laughs when he hears him do that, while his mum tries her best to at least sound upset. They're actually a great bunch of kids, and it warms my heart whenever I see them. I keep telling their mum and dad that they should stop feeding them, as they're growing up far too quickly. * Marty now wanders off to Google what the word corker means in American slang...