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Merry Xmas

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Irn Bru's 2 Xmas ads - their take on the classic animated film "The Snowman", the first one has become a Scottish Institution and when it appears on TV, Xmas is coming :) The Snowman (Raymond Briggs) (1982) Feliz Navidad, Frohe Weihnachten, joyeux Noel,메리 크리스마스, meli keuliseumaseu, 圣诞节快乐, Shèngdàn jié, kuàilèκαλά Χριστούγεννα, kalá Christoúgenna, क्रिसमस की बधाई, krisamas kee badhaee, Merīkurisumasu, メリークリスマス, feliz Natal,счастливого Рождества, schastlivogo Rozhdestva, veselé Vánoce, glædelig jul, Nollaig Shona, buon Natale, Kirîstmas piroz be, Nollaig Chridheil,veselé Vianoce, koa Kirihimete, สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส, S̄uk̄hs̄ạnt̒ wạn khris̄t̒mās̄, boldog Karácsonyt, tratry ny KRISMASY, Wesołych Świąt, Eguberri on, פריילעך ניטל, freylekh nitl, felicem natalem Christi , Bon Nadal, Khrisimasi yabwino, חג מולד שמח کریسمس مبارک, god Jul, ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਿਸਮਸ, Mērī karisamasa, maayong Pasko, క్రిస్మస్ శుభాకాంక్షలు, Krismas śubhākāṅkṣalu, Nadolig Llawen, ezi ekeresi

Wordless Wednesday from John

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Wordless Wednesday #2

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Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday from John

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Wordless Wednesday #2 from John

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Wordless Wednesday #2 from John

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Wordless Wednesday from John #2

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Wordless Wednesday from John

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Foodie Review - 5 Guys Dundee Overgate

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So Jen and I stopped for lunch at 5 Guys in the Overgate shopping centre in Dundee. Jen didn't want anything (or so she said anyway) So I ordered a Bacon Cheese Beef Dog and a regular sized portion of their signature fries. Firstly Beef Dog - Cooked fresh to order but...meh, cheese singles not cheese, beef dog burnt to the point of being flavourless, bacon even more "crisp" (read cremated) than most American style fast food bacon to the extent it might have stopped a bullet it was so hard, it was hot though, which is more than most fast food places manage. Cost £6.50, very steep IMHO and bad value, wouldn't eat again unless it was given and even then I'd only eat it if I was starving and nothing else was available. Big thumbs down for this. I hear their burgers are better, but I'm loathe to spend the money to try one Fries - very very good, nicely crisp but still moist inside, flavourful and very tasty, portion generous (Jen ate the "extra scoo

Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday #2 (from John)

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Wordless Wednesday (from John)

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More Snow

This is not Normal from fuzzy dragons on Vimeo . No more snow please. Too cold and this country can't cope with so much snow. And the dog can't walk very well in it. John had to carry her home because I think the salt was bugging her paws and the cold was bugging the metal in her leg :(

Snowageddon :p

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John's last words?

Wordless Wednesday (from John) #2

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Wordless Wednesday (from John)

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Wordless Wednesday #2

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Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday #2

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