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We had seafood for new years too...crayfish, prawns, abalone, sea urchins and some flathead.

Fresh warm bum nuts..... so glad I can still have eggs every few days.

Just wondering what a gallon is... to 5he google.... 3.8 litres....well...um... 5. Play some music?

You Can't Stop The Music.... but only after midnight on new years eve

Devilled Eggs are a thing down here too... If I'm taking them to an event with dad's relos we do Bogan Devilled Eggs.... for every 6 hard boiled eggs, peel, cut in half scoop out the yolks and add 2 tbs mayonnaise, 1 tbs curry powder and a pinch pepper, mix and stuff back into egg whites then sprinkle with paprika..... if I'm off to mum's relos I whip out me Country Women's Association cookbook and mix my egg yolks with 1/3 cup Mayo, 1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon Finley chopped chives and 1 of finely chopped flat leaves parsley. Now I want a curry egg and lettuce sanga, guess I'll have one for lunch today.

Happy New Year.... Bit of a quiet on down here... gathered at me dad's place for a cut throat game or 2 of euchre and then some trivial pursuit...watch the fireworks on telly and now watching the tradition 12:15am viewing the musical classic, You Can't Stop the Music.... not sure if it's just an Aussie thing to show this movie every new Years. Wishing you all a safe, happy, prosperous and healthy 2022.

Watching New Years Eve fireworks....greetings from 2022.

4. Eskies

Meanwhile, Down under Its Christmas Day, well 12.32am.... stick in isolation pending a negative test result but at least the soundtrack is good... Now if you were an Aussie parent you'd have all the dance moves to this one down pat.... cos Santa Claus is coming....

I use an Aussie brand Android smartphone. I'm having issues too so might even be a regional issue. I can post links but can't post pictures, even screenshots, also can't post gifs. Just thought it was my old crap phone.

G'day Pat and welcome. Just remember every quit is different and we will all have advice and support to offer but when push comes to shove the truck is simple...don't put something in your mouth and light it. Best tip I can offer is focus small. For me I was only quitting for 1 day....I just repeated it, for 4 years now .... but just focus on 1 day at a time and they add up real quick. So 2 weeks in this is what you know...you can go 24hrs without a smoke...so each morning, wake up look at yaself in the mirror and say "Today I am quitting, I will not smoke"....then just before you go to bed, look at yaself again and say "Today I did not smoke, I quit"....and repeat. Don't worry about next week, next month, next year...just worry about today.

Yeah nah it's a NOPE from me.... I mean who'd reckon a perfectly good GRAVY DAY with some foul chemicals and smoke. Happy Gravy Day you mob.

HAPPY GRAVY DAY.

WI spose this is the Aussie version of a Tom Waits' style of Chrissy song...

@Doreensfree that's one of my favourite chrissy songs. Hmm..... let's see....

So if Al Nina doesn't wash us out or blow us off the map I'll post some picks of our chrissy spread today.

Omg...salivating. I love me some lemon myrtle. Over winter I took to chucking a couple of leaves in milk (oat for me) in a pan on the stove, warming the milk and adding a handful of white or milk chocolate buds (none for me, but I'd add some Activite) and stirring till they melted...best hot choccie ever.a few crushed in a jug of ginger beer or lemon cordial goes down well too. Um @Cbdave...after thought but isn't the lack of Bundy in your house grounds for handing in your queenslander card? Oh and glad you liked the coleslaw alternative.

Takes dedication or stupidity to dress as Rudolph on a day like today.

Temp... 36C (96.8)....and this is walking down the main street... Takes dedication or stupidity to dress as Rudolph on a day like today.

Self inflicted, kinda, got 2 piercings (rook and helix) just after eating a tone of sushi....bit of shock set in. Much better today. Now...heading out to pick up zooperdooper holders for the little cousin pressies.

Um not sure...shredded coconut is like dried strip's of coconut pretty sure it's not sweetened....looking for a pic to share. So down here it's unsweetened but you could use sweetened.

Um not sure...shredded coconut is like dried strip's of coconut pretty sure it's not sweetened....looking for a pic to share.

Vietnamese coleslaw.... finely shredded cabbage and carrott (or greated carrot), thinly sliced spring onion, shredded left over roast chook (or Quorn substitute, or a shredded steamed chicken breats or prawns), julienne cucumber, coriander leaves (optional), toss together with a little bit of Vietnamese salad dressing... I get this one from...Coles or Woolies in the Asian section, the brand is Pandaroo. Coconut Coleslaw....is finely shredded cabbage, carrott, finely sliced capsicum strips, toasted shredded coconut (just chuck a handful in a frypan and toss until golden), grilled Pineapple chunks (I do them in a pan with a sprinkle of allspice and paprika then when they are a bit browned I chuck in a splash of rum and glaze until all the rum has cooked off)....once Pineapple is cooled toss together and add lemon or lime juice and a crack of pepper.

So our Christmas is a bit traditional Irish and then a totally multicultural free for all...there are cold roast chook and ham off the bone platters, salads, seafood and then a mishmash of many other cultures thrown in with Christmas pudding and truffle a must. So Sunday is my mums side of the family Christmas. We go to a park in a country town and bring a couple of plates (think pot luck)...stuff our faces....so being on the world's crappiest diet I'm taking food I can eat...this year that will be.... Thai prawn and rice salad Coconut Coleslaw or Vietnamese (coleslaw haven't decided yet) My mum is taking a fruit platter so I'll take desserts I can't eat Sicilian Orange Cake Coconut Ice

Here's an Aussie one just for Little Miss... hmm... maybe not....