From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Jan 2, 2026 at 11:23:35 AM PST, "shawn"    
   wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 18:39:04 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Jan 2, 2026 at 6:49:18 AM PST, "Nyssa"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  shawn wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 22:46:56 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701   
   >>>>    wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>  For all the believers: Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah,   
   >>>>>  Happy Honda Days, and Terrific Toyotathon!   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Happy something or other to all!   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>  And for the unbelievers and the politically correct: Merry   
   >>>>>  Holidays and Happy Generic Winter Car Sale!   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Happy Winter Steam Sale!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>  I'd wish everyone a happy New Year also, but I actually   
   >>>>>  don’t want a new year this time around. New years haven't   
   >>>>>  been working out lately. I’d like a gently-used year like   
   >>>>>  2007 or maybe 1996, if it’s still in good shape.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   I would like a return to the 90s, late 90s.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Happy Winter Solstice (which I do believe in...it's REAL   
   >>>  SCIENCE)!!   
   >>>   
   >>>  As for going back to another time, there are pluses   
   >>>  and minuses with each era. It's more that I wish that   
   >>>  some people I've lost were still around, so I guess going   
   >>>  back to the 1990s would take care of that problem.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Nyssa, who has only watched one thing lately and it was   
   >>>  the DVD (two disks) of the award-winning movie Flow (which   
   >>>  she has been spreading good word of moutn about ever since)   
   >>>   
   >>>  P.S. to BTR: Midnight would probably enjoy Flow too   
   >>   
   >> Midnight likes anything I watch so long as she can lie upside-down on my lap   
   >> and have her belly rubbed while we watch it.   
   >   
   > LOL. My sister's cat was the opposite. As soon as you tried to touch   
   > the belly he was quick to let you know that was not a good idea.   
   > Rubbing the back was approved.   
      
   I don't know what religion this is, but I'm intrigued...   
      
      
   https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2002698576615571456/vid/av   
   1/1280x720/Ufzzz8Cm8BnuaTyg.mp4   
      
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