Christmas camp trip #11 for the year

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Tianne , pups ,and I rolled out Friday . Set up in spot 41 @ Magnolia ridge on the lake .
We have the area to ourselves as of yesterday lunch time . Today was a casual hike through the trail . The camp host Joe hooked me up with some left over fire wood this morning.
Took a bit of paracord to attach Christmas lights to the picnic shelter.
Found a beautiful seed pod in the woods .
Last night Tianne made a wonderful meatloaf in our one pot wonder . Both the mash potatos ,and loaf cooked @ same time . Followed by Apple pie with walnuts on top.
Cold ,and rain yesterday, but today cool n sunny. Wife kicked my butt in Uno cards last night . Today is teach her dominos to add to the list of things while camping. Dogs are in heaven as usual.

 

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[Kiwi Rider]

Great pics Bryan, looks like a fantastic way to get away from the big city Christmas madness, consumerism on steroids!
You guys sure know how to have a great lifestyle, the dogs look great too.
Thanks for sharing mate.

 

[Sandow]

Great pics Bryan, looks like a fantastic way to get away from the big city Christmas madness, consumerism on steroids!
You guys sure know how to have a great lifestyle, the dogs look great too.
Thanks for sharing mate.

Aussie mateship: Tracing the history of a defining cultural term

The word 'mate' is used to describe friends, colleagues, even the other bloke in an argument. But where has the national character trait come from? The term mate originally stems from the German word "gemate" which means to share a meal at the same table.

Mateship in the modern day:

Today, mateship remains strong in Australian culture.
Former prime minister John Howard even wanted to introduce the term into his preamble to the Constitution in the 1990s.
In 2013, Westpac released a survey of 1,000 respondents who were asked to to define what makes a typical Australian.

Curious how you will explain your way out of this one my (young) friend....


Sorry for hijacking bryan.
AWESOME cute pics as usual!!!

 

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Chili for dinner the evening. Exercise the pups this evening. Griffin can jump so high!
Always loved the saying ( Good day Mate )
I'm jealous of my sons who have visited many countries also my beautiful wife who lived in Germany ( Mannheim) while in the Army. Maybe someday I'll visit another country.
Our Christmas tree is about 70 to 80 feet tall lol .

 

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Our tree

 

[SSGT_B]

That’s awesome B!!

 

[Mr Brown]

Great pics! I don't like camping, but you make it seem fun...

 

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Jeremy camping is more tenting or building your own shelter. We are as the term is called Glamping. Shower every night , rest room , AC ,and heat . Decent bed too.
As @Yellow09 ( Bill ) once said enough of the tents ,and fox holes .

 

[Bumblebee]

Jeremy camping is more tenting or building your own shelter. We are as the term is called Glamping. Shower every night , rest room , AC ,and heat . Decent bed too.
As @Yellow09 ( Bill ) once said enough of the tents ,and fox holes .

Amen brother, amen...

 

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[Cantab]

Aussie mateship: Tracing the history of a defining cultural term

The word 'mate' is used to describe friends, colleagues, even the other bloke in an argument. But where has the national character trait come from? The term mate originally stems from the German word "gemate" which means to share a meal at the same table.

Mateship in the modern day:

Today, mateship remains strong in Australian culture.
Former prime minister John Howard even wanted to introduce the term into his preamble to the Constitution in the 1990s.
In 2013, Westpac released a survey of 1,000 respondents who were asked to to define what makes a typical Australian.

Curious how you will explain your way out of this one my (young) friend....


Sorry for hijacking bryan.
AWESOME cute pics as usual!!!

Ha ha Sandows calling you an Aussie

 

[Kiwi Rider]

L

Aussie mateship: Tracing the history of a defining cultural term

The word 'mate' is used to describe friends, colleagues, even the other bloke in an argument. But where has the national character trait come from? The term mate originally stems from the German word "gemate" which means to share a meal at the same table.

Mateship in the modern day:

Today, mateship remains strong in Australian culture.
Former prime minister John Howard even wanted to introduce the term into his preamble to the Constitution in the 1990s.
In 2013, Westpac released a survey of 1,000 respondents who were asked to to define what makes a typical Australian.

Curious how you will explain your way out of this one my (young) friend....


Sorry for hijacking bryan.
AWESOME cute pics as usual!!!

lol, you need a lesson in Kiwiana. . .
Kiwis use the term ‘mate’ as much if not more than Aussies.

15 Kiwi Slang Words To Help You Speak Like A Local In New Zealand

Here's a list of 15 commonly-used slang terms you'll likely stumble across on your next New Zealand trip.

theculturetrip.com

 

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Lazy day laying on a rug outside with Griffin.

 

[fallenarch]

Griffin: Ahh this is the life. It would be perfect if I could get my teeth around one of those birds!

 

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Bee whisper the wife called me today . Made little worker a lunch of ginger ale.
Wifes cold brew tea was not a hit so made a ice run ,and real tea . Made by camp fire in a aluminum Turkey pan

 

[ottafish]

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lol, you need a lesson in Kiwiana. . .
Kiwis use the term ‘mate’ as much if not more than Aussies.

15 Kiwi Slang Words To Help You Speak Like A Local In New Zealand

Here's a list of 15 commonly-used slang terms you'll likely stumble across on your next New Zealand trip.

theculturetrip.com

Ah hum .....

Choice chully bun, bro: How to speak Kiwi

The truth is, we secretly love Kiwis. Only trouble is, we can't understand what they're saying.

www.traveller.com.au

Bro

Like the equivalent Australian term of “mate”, “bro” can be applied to all manner of people, with the difference in meaning only distinguishable by tone. There's “good to see you bro”, which should be taken as a friendly greeting. Then there's, “What are you lookin' at bro?”, which should be taken as advice to not look at whatever it is you're looking at.

 

[Sandow]

Ah hum .....

Choice chully bun, bro: How to speak Kiwi

The truth is, we secretly love Kiwis. Only trouble is, we can't understand what they're saying.

www.traveller.com.au

Bro

Like the equivalent Australian term of “mate”, “bro” can be applied to all manner of people, with the difference in meaning only distinguishable by tone. There's “good to see you bro”, which should be taken as a friendly greeting. Then there's, “What are you lookin' at bro?”, which should be taken as advice to not look at whatever it is you're looking at.

Kiwis even dumber than Aussies?

Basic maths, geography, history?
Hell, no! We just shear and shag!!

“A representative survey of 1000 voting-age New Zealanders, unveiled some concerning knowledge gaps in areas like basic maths, geography, and New Zealand and world history,” a report said.

The phone survey, conducted by Curia Market Research, targeted a representative sample of 1000 people aged 18 or older.
The New Zealand Initiative survey “Ignorance is not bliss: Why knowledge matters (and why we may not have enough of it),” testing Kiwis’ general knowledge, contacted the representative sample on a landline or mobile phone in May and June.
The survey revealed serious gaps in Kiwis’ general knowledge:

• About half the respondents had no idea how long it took for the Earth to orbit the sun.
• A third of people thought antibiotics killed viruses as well as bacteria.
• One in three people thought dinosaurs and humans co-existed. [Never underestimate the power of fundamentalism!!]
• About 10 per cent thought former British prime minister and war criminal Winston Churchill, who has been elevated to deity status, was a fictional character. [We wonder what percentage of the people would think he was a war hero!?]
• One in five people did not know the capital of Australia. [That’s about the same number as the percentage of Aussies who have no idea about the capital.]

More than half the NZ population “cannot calculate a simple percentage increase, and only just over a third understand compound interest,” author Briar Lipson remarked.

aaaaaaaand Iam outta here.......!

 

[Bumblebee]

 

[RedBull]