Morning all, and hello Hyper, we miss you around here.
Sounds like everyone is OK or better today, glad to read that.
On my second coffee and waking up, still smiling from yesterday, thank you all again. :-)

I never considered that, I guess I am a bad and unexperienced prankster. But still, at least they would not have the humiliation of wetting themselves. :-)

But the Secret Santa is different, it is a special occasion. Plus my victim last year was someone lovely who I loved to gift games to, so that made it even more fun.

That is true, but it is also common for companies to simply refuse and go under. I guess as long as GOG is still making money, they see no real reason to improve things at the moment, especially not for a few vocal people on the forum, which now accounts for a tiny fraction of their customer base.

Well I don;t know their real names, I only know yours! :) , but okay I will call you owl! :)

Great... good luck with your work... :)
I'm doing good, thanks !
Just ate and went to buy some christmas presents... which is always funny :)

Its annoying that health matters have got in the way of how you'd like to do things. But you're finding alternatives and determined to get as much of Christmas as you can. The holiday, although a loss, can still happen at another time, and although it would've been a lovely location, as you well know, Christmas comes from within and being with those who matter most can make it special regardless of where you are. I do quite a lot of online shopping at Christmas as the novelty of competing with thousands of others to get what you want (plus risking colds) wore off some time ago. I like to shop if I know I have some time in hand and can get in and out of the shops with as little hassle as possible. Christmas shopping atmosphere is good, but the squash and squeeze aren't. Once you have everything done and can settle together into your cozy nook, it'll all be good. :-)

Hello, lovely Fearful!

Glad to see you are doing fine, and good luck with the manuscript. *big hug*

Good morning, Endre! *big hug*

Ok, thanks.

No problem! :)

-laughs- The old ways are best, even if they make your loved ones' teeth chatter... ;-)

Hello Fearful, glad to hear you are doing fine! :) I'm gonna got to the extra school soon other than that I'm fine! :)

*throws a snowball at Fearful* :-)

Hi, there. How's your day?

It is indeed. But as you say, there is always hopefully another time we can enjoy the holiday. I do not mind too much about missing it, as I said, as long as I am with my partner I will be happy.

I am lucky enough to live so far from civilisation that I escape a lot of the busy shopping locations. We do like to go for a lovely browse around some of the larger areas in some of the bigger cities, just to see all the lovely decorations and things. But once the crowds are too big then it definitely does not feel that nice. I bet shopping in London would be a nightmare at Christmas due to the crowds. Garden Centres are often lovely places at Christmas, as they put on a lovely effort and have such unique things in them. And if you are lucky they sometimes have real reindeers as well, which is nice for the kids at Christmas.

Sounds scary ,',',':-| Bon courage...
I'm doing good. Quite happy that I seem to have finally solved the speed issues with my computer. I'll take the thing out for some ice-cream later to celebrate ;-)

Morning, Endre. :-)

Nice to see you're still glowing. :-)

Thank you! :)

Oh, that sounds nice! Did you get some good presents?

Thank you, DD. *super big hug*

I also just received an e-mail stating I got the dissertation supervisor I requested, which probably means that my favorite topic got approved, so I'm happy about that. :)

Good to hear you're doing well, and good luck with school.

*snowball ends up smack dab in the middle of Fearful's face, getting caught under her glasses*

*starts to gather up snow for a huge revenge*

I'm fine! Just got some good news about my dissertation, so that brightened my day even more. Tonight I'm going to see Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the cinema, they're doing a one-off repeat of it to celebrate its anniversary.

How are you doing?