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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:38 AM
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Good LORD! There are 61 people in my Granny's house already!
More are on the way, with arrival times staggered between now and noon (Christmas dinner). Holidays always remind me that we breed like bunnies in this family! :P
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:41 AM
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1. 61 People sounds like a happy bunch !
Merry Christmas to you and the rest of your 61 people ! :hi:
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:45 AM
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4. Thank you!
And to you and yours, as well! :hi:
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:53 AM
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7. You are very welcome :)
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:42 AM
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2. Hey Padraig...
the more the merrier,right?:) Have a Happy Easter...er...Christmas!:hi:
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:44 AM
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3. Aye!
And like the true Celtic queen that she is, Gran is presiding with remarkable equanimity over the chaos! :hi:
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:49 AM
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5. holy shit dude
only 5 in this house.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:50 AM
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6. To put it mildly, ...
Edited on Thu Dec-25-03 09:51 AM by Padraig18
... we are a large family! :P

PS--- And Democrats, to the last man, woman and child! :)
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:54 AM
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8. Thank God they are Democrats
Edited on Thu Dec-25-03 09:57 AM by CarolinaPeridot
if not then start converting ! LOL :)
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:55 AM
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9. A decidely blue-collar crowd.
Union folks, for the most part. :thumbsup::)
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:57 AM
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11. Amen to that !
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:06 AM
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18. I know you mentioned
Edited on Thu Dec-25-03 10:06 AM by JohnKleeb
one time, your oldest is older than my ma, and your youngest is younger than me.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 11:33 AM
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29. yup!
*grin* 14 of us there are. :)
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:56 AM
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10. woo - hoo christmas chaos!
i bet your granny is in absolute heaven!
merry christmas!
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:58 AM
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13. She loves every minute of it!
About every 10 minutes she says "Look at that and tell me I've not been well and truly blessed!" :)
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:57 AM
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12. And I thought it was bad here with 12 people!
How does your granny feed all those people? I'm not just talking food, but dishes, flatware, glasses.

Have fun!
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 09:59 AM
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14. Well....
There's the 'main table' with her 'good china', then there are all the other tables with whatever else there is available. And no dishwasher, either, mind... :)
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:01 AM
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15. Padraig...
after it's all over,are you going to volunteer to wash...or dry?;)
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:02 AM
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16. Dry!
We grandkids always clear and do the dishes. :)
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areschild Donating Member (952 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 11:32 AM
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28. That's how many we had at Thanksgiving,
and I thought that was a mob.
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:04 AM
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17. Update: Make that 68
My Uncle Eamon and his family have arrived. :)
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:07 AM
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19. wow!
:wow:
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:09 AM
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20. LOL!
If Tony and I did our math correctly earlier, there will be almost 100 by the time we open presents this afternoon. :)
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:12 AM
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21. I thought the family gatherings Ive been to were big dude
and these include my first and second cousins and shit, and thats only 40 people I guess. :shrug: if it was my ma's family, then it would be bigger than again many of her aunts and uncles died young without kids.
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:13 AM
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22. How about 101?
Can I come over? It would do my heart good to be in the middle of a big Irish family celebration:) I have a nice rum cake to bring,too!
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:15 AM
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23. Sure!
And the rum cake would go nicely! :)
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 01:54 PM
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31. Think of all the garbage from this!!!!
Aside from the food, drinks, etc., there is the gift wrapping to go out. One of my garbage carts is already full -- and the trash was just picked up yesterday.

Sounds like a great gathering, Paddy. I will be with a group 1/10th that size later today.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:21 AM
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24. we got three here, and just me when I go home to my Apt. later...
::cricketschirping::
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:38 AM
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25. Now serving #73!
It's reached critical mass--- the cat is now hiding under the bed in here! :P
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:38 AM
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26. How many turkeys and hams are being cooked ?
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 10:45 AM
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27. We have a goose, 3 hams, 2 turkeys and 3 beef roasts.
Gran 'subcontracts' the hams, turkeys and beef roasts to various relatives, but insists on doing the goose herself! *drool* :)
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Cheswick2.0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-03 12:35 PM
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30. I hope Gran has a big house!
Otherwise the seams are in danger of bursting.
Sing a verse of Joy to the World for me.

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