I see that a 'newspaper' (if you can call it that) suggests that one in
three of men will retreat to The Shed on Christmas Day pretending that
they have a DIY task on the go.

This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
retreat here.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in news:AT+
$sXAjArflFAWk@salmiron.com:

> I see that a 'newspaper' (if you can call it that) suggests that one in
> three of men will retreat to The Shed on Christmas Day pretending that
> they have a DIY task on the go.
>
> This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
> and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
> retreat here.

I will make a several of offers to assist SMBO,which will be turned down
with increasing impatience as she works herself into a frenzy cooking
dinner. So I'll chat to the Lad, who'll be visiting us for a few days, and
maybe wander off to the pub for a short while.

--
Peter
-----

On 2023-12-17, Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in news:AT+
> $sXAjArflFAWk@salmiron.com:
>
>> I see that a 'newspaper' (if you can call it that) suggests that one in
>> three of men will retreat to The Shed on Christmas Day pretending that
>> they have a DIY task on the go.
>>
>> This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
>> and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
>> retreat here.

Trying gegangaing. Nollag duit.

--
greymausg@mail.com
T'was Christmas night in the Shed. All the creatures were stirring, even
the Mice and Flies

On 17-Dec-23 9:32, Peter wrote:
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in news:AT+
> $sXAjArflFAWk@salmiron.com:
>
>> I see that a 'newspaper' (if you can call it that) suggests that one in
>> three of men will retreat to The Shed on Christmas Day pretending that
>> they have a DIY task on the go.
>>
>> This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
>> and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
>> retreat here.
>
> I will make a several of offers to assist SMBO,which will be turned down
> with increasing impatience as she works herself into a frenzy cooking
> dinner. So I'll chat to the Lad, who'll be visiting us for a few days, and
> maybe wander off to the pub for a short while.

I'd be tempted to try your 'lifestyle'.
Here, there is no hiding place at Christmas since when SWMBO is
over-busy, everyone[1] gets to be busy.

[1] Where 'everyone' = me.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 17/12/2023 09:32, Peter wrote:
> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in news:AT+
> $sXAjArflFAWk@salmiron.com:
>
>> I see that a 'newspaper' (if you can call it that) suggests that one in
>> three of men will retreat to The Shed on Christmas Day pretending that
>> they have a DIY task on the go.
>>
>> This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
>> and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
>> retreat here.
>
> I will make a several of offers to assist SMBO,which will be turned down
> with increasing impatience as she works herself into a frenzy cooking
> dinner. So I'll chat to the Lad, who'll be visiting us for a few days, and
> maybe wander off to the pub for a short while.

I remember those days .

Vanish to the pub, get shouted at for not helping.
Stay in and offer to help get shouted at for being "under her feet".

Ah Christmas, stroll on the 26th.

On 17/12/2023 19:57, soup wrote:
> On 17/12/2023 09:32, Peter wrote:
>> "Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in news:AT+
>> $sXAjArflFAWk@salmiron.com:
>>
>>> I see that a 'newspaper' (if you can call it that) suggests that one in
>>> three of men will retreat to The Shed on Christmas Day pretending that
>>> they have a DIY task on the go.
>>>
>>> This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
>>> and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen.  No
>>> retreat here.
>>
>> I will make a several of offers to assist SMBO,which will be turned down
>> with increasing impatience as she works herself into a frenzy cooking
>> dinner. So I'll chat to the Lad, who'll be visiting us for a few days,
>> and
>> maybe wander off to the pub for a short while.
>
>  I remember those days .
>
> Vanish to the pub, get shouted at for not helping.
> Stay in and offer to help get shouted at for being "under her feet".
>
> Ah Christmas, stroll on the 26th.

The X^6 and I are booked into a hotel for four days over Christmas. We
expect to get pampered.

Also taking mobility scootererers in me new trailer so we can explore
the extensive hotel grounds and woods nearly.

I'm giving her a new scootererer for Christmas. I think I'm getting a
pair of socks and some hankies!

Tone

On Sun, 17 Dec 2023 08:24:03 +0000
"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

> This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
> and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
> retreat here.

That was my fate in daze of yore, but now there is no SWMBO, the
kids have flown the nest and I don't do chrimble because memories.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

In article <ulnlh4$33m2s$1@dont-email.me>, Hymermut <tone@email.com> on
Sun, 17 Dec 2023 at 20:26:11 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>
>The X^6 and I are booked into a hotel for four days over Christmas. We
>expect to get pampered.
>
>Tone

Before I met the ¬X I did just that. My mother came down from Manchester
and I 'up' from London and met in a very nice hotel in Cirenchester. We
were pampered. Wonderful lunch and in the evening there was a table
groaning with a cold buffet. The bar stayed open until the last visitor
went to bed.

Unfortunately the ¬X is too much of a skinflint, unless we bought along
daughter and grandchildren.

(For the non-mathematicians amongst us ¬ is the Boolean symbol for
'not')
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

In article <20231217200855.e4598e2be7e7634d2a74cafb@eircom.net>, Ahem A
Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> on Sun, 17 Dec 2023 at 20:08:55 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On Sun, 17 Dec 2023 08:24:03 +0000
>"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>
>> This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
>> and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
>> retreat here.
>
> That was my fate in daze of yore, but now there is no SWMBO, the
>kids have flown the nest and I don't do chrimble because memories.
>
I can recommend Tony's solution to the Christmas problem. If you are at
all gregarious I am sure that there will be others in similar at a hotel
at Christmas.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On Sun, 17 Dec 2023 08:24:03 +0000, "Nicholas D. Richards"
<nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:

>I see that a 'newspaper' (if you can call it that) suggests that one in
>three of men will retreat to The Shed on Christmas Day pretending that
>they have a DIY task on the go.
>
>This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
>and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
>retreat here.
>

I do tend to retreat, not to the shed exactly, but
when the mayhem of unruly grandkids reaches apex -
.. Grumpy needs a nap.
John T.

I fear that my shed is now inside the house itself and is any room that the
job exists to be done in. One of the parks of living alone.
Brian

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"Nicholas D. Richards" <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote in message
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>I see that a 'newspaper' (if you can call it that) suggests that one in
> three of men will retreat to The Shed on Christmas Day pretending that
> they have a DIY task on the go.
>
> This denizen of The Shed will be busy, on Chistmas Day, in the kitchen
> and in the shed, with tasks that SWMBO will find for this denizen. No
> retreat here.
> --
> 0sterc@tcher -
>
> "O� sont les neiges d'antan?"