Yesterday, I received my first Christmas catalogue!

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"Sacha" wrote in message
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Yesterday, I received my first Christmas catalogue!

For 2007 or 2008?
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Due to it's large carbon footprint the light at the end of the tunnel has
been turned off.

On 1/7/07 11:30, in article
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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Yesterday, I received my first Christmas catalogue!

For 2007 or 2008?

For this year! Surely businesses won't know their prices for 2008 yet?
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 1/7/07 11:30, in article
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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Yesterday, I received my first Christmas catalogue!

For 2007 or 2008?

For this year! Surely businesses won't know their prices for 2008 yet?

I was attempting to be humourous, sorry( Although, I wouldn't be
surprised to see a summer 2008 catalogue, and I bet in a few years time...
But I've seen catalogues for various things (worst culprits are the holiday
companies) for Xmas this year already.
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Rhiannon_s
Due to it's large carbon footprint the light at the end of the tunnel has
been turned off.

On 1/7/07 11:44, in article
, "Rhiannon S"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 1/7/07 11:30, in article
, "Rhiannon S"
wrote:



"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
Yesterday, I received my first Christmas catalogue!

For 2007 or 2008?

For this year! Surely businesses won't know their prices for 2008 yet?

I was attempting to be humourous, sorry( Although, I wouldn't be
surprised to see a summer 2008 catalogue, and I bet in a few years time...
But I've seen catalogues for various things (worst culprits are the holiday
companies) for Xmas this year already.

Depressing, isn't it? ;-(
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)

"Sacha" wrote in message
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Depressing, isn't it? ;-(

Some years back my wife and went abroad at christmas instead of in the
summer. We went to the Canaries, sat on the beach and explored the island in
an open top jeep. Didn't heard a single Christmas song for the whole week.
Fantastic. Came back when christmas was all over feeling a million dollars -
much better than after a summer holiday. No presents to buy, no need to
entertain visitors, no bottles of booze with naff names. Highly recommended.

According to one report in the UK we spend around £700 per family on
Christmas.

According to http://www.directline-holidays.co.uk/ Two people can fly to the
canaries for a week self catering over Christmas 2007/8 for £816 (plus food
obviously).

"Rhiannon S" wrote in message
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But I've seen catalogues for various things (worst culprits are the
holiday
companies) for Xmas this year already.
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Rhiannon_s

Holiday accommodation is booked by the companies well in advance. This year
is cut and dried for reunions for ex service people and Associations. I am
now looking to 2009, 2008 being pretty well sewn up. Working in conjunction
of a Group Travel Agent who does all the booking arrangements, I have 17
reunions organised. One of these is for the Battle of Britain Remembrance
Service at Westminster Abbey where I have two hotels available, the other
the November 11th Service at the Cenotaph where again I have two hotels
available and where there is doubt about which weekend for June 2008, I have
a total hotel booked for two weekends. I know that if one is taken by
Association "A", the other will be taken by Association "B". I have just
started an information mail posting for a weekend in February next year.

So sorry if the thought of Christmas 2007 frightens you, (it doesn't me
because I will be on Cunard's new Queen Victoria with my family), but some
of us are well beyond that :-((

Mike


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The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
Reunion Bournemouth August/September 2007
www.rneba.org.uk