Christmas..ho!ho!ho!

[Karen]

Merry Christmas Lesley and Aris.

[Karen]

Have a fabulous time over the festivities folks, well as best you can.

Enjoy your Christmas and best wishes for the new year!

[Karen]

Best wishes to everyone. A fabulous time WILL be had by all....

Yes..we will have a fabulous time! Best wishes!

[Jimbo]

Well, it can't get much worse. Two funerals, and just heard that a really lovely man I worked with at Radio Humberside has died of smoke inhalation after a fire at his house. Gillie's had an eye injection that left her in agony for three days. One of my friends of over forty years' daughter, who was buddies with our kids, died at the age of fifty-something. My elder daughter is feeling very ill with Covid symptoms and waiting for PCR test results. My son says they'll probably have to close his pub because they have zero customers. My step-son has damaged ligaments and has been off work for six weeks and can't do the gigs that were scheduled, and even if he could the rest are unlikely to happen.

FFS, Santa. Pull your finger out!

[geordieborn2]

Well, it can't get much worse. Two funerals, and just heard that a really lovely man I worked with at Radio Humberside has died of smoke inhalation after a fire at his house. Gillie's had an eye injection that left her in agony for three days. One of my friends of over forty years' daughter, who was buddies with our kids, died at the age of fifty-something. My elder daughter is feeling very ill with Covid symptoms and waiting for PCR test results. My son says they'll probably have to close his pub because they have zero customers. My step-son has damaged ligaments and has been off work for six weeks and can't do the gigs that were scheduled, and even if he could the rest are unlikely to happen.

FFS, Santa. Pull your finger out!

Sorry to hear things are not going too well at the moment Jimbo. Hopefully we all wake up from our nightmares very soon!

[Karen]

Oh Jim and Gillie, so sorry to hear of all of your troubles.

[Jimbo]

Don't worry. I'm feeling grumpy because I have a very painful shoulder. No physios are available. A phone call with a doctor merely suggested taking Paracetamol.

So I'm more "Oh, oh, oh!" than "Ho, ho, ho!"

Omicron may turn out to be Santa's best gift, so I'm not despondent. Just a moaning old bugger!

[BarbaraG]

Jimbo, have you tried Cuprofen, a strong Ibuprofen? Available from Boots. It really helped me a couple of years ago when I had a frozen shoulder, before I could get to see the physio. Sorry for your losses and other issues, and hope 2022 is kinder.

[geordieborn2]

Someone out there is due a very expensive gift here (warning BBC link) from Santa! Near on a $ a year, so is it worth $10bn?

[Jimbo]

Thanks, Barbara - I'll give that a shot!

[hobbes]

Happy Christmas Lesley, may the New Year bring you exactly what you want for yourself.