Yeah we gotta work on that mate, that won’t stand.
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There is a few that we need to sort in that same vein
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Agree! “When you can snatch the rake from my hand, grasshopper…”
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Always a spare bed for any of the Mudspike crew. I can show you how to wrangle a wombat and cuddle a tiger snake 
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Exactly. When @schurem says “I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them”, what does he actually mean 
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just want to wish all of my friends and their loved ones here a Great New Year, getting to know you all better during the bloody great nights we have had when flying. here is to another top year for the Mudsipke crew
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The time zones graced Germany with a new year, 28 minutes ago.
I wish everyone here the absolute best…
2025 was many things, but “good” was not one of them.
It wasn’t horrible but it definitely brought very heavy moments. Here’s a toast to a new year coming and many new mistakes to make- to my imminent divorce being finalized, to my incoming second marriage ( I adore you Fridah, my Queen ) and to many new days ahead.
They will bring challenges and hardships, but with each also comes positive effort, overcoming the challenges and rewards.
So, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more…” and let’s tackle what may come.
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Happy New Year, Mudspike!
2025 mostly wasn’t a good one for me, not gonna lie. So hoping for - and working on - a better 2026.
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We’ll be here my brother, to celebrate and to commiserate. And also to make awful jokes and shoot eachother with soviet autocannons.
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Happy New year frome as well. It’s been a good year at work if nothing else. While a lot of events in 2025 made me feel sick to my stomach, at least work was busy, DCS was fun and this is always a place to relax and have fun.
Cheers guys, you’re the best!
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Its 02,49! Wifey has disappeared to the toilet. I’m a touch on the tipsy side
I love you guys. You all mean the world to me..
2025 included a permanent reminder of how much that is.
FYI that golden retriever is alive. Just had enough of listening to me rabbiting shite for the last 2 hours
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Mate, the feeling is mutual… Even if it did remind me of a very Australian meme 
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And I have been meaning to ask, glad Dozer is OK. Is he over the ‘wobbles’?
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He’s still wobbly mate, but has managed a good deal better. Made it all the way to the local playing field today. Another milestone.
We might all be lonely in our own way mate. Don’t ever be afraid to reach out and yell
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Urgh, 2025. So many things in the negative column.
We still have our health, so shouldn’t complain.
But as years go, it was shite. Way too much hurt.
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Happy New Year all! I wish you and your families all the best for 2026.
For my own part, this may have been the worst year of my life.
Or, as Gomez Addams so helpfully pointed out…
Edit: That sounds entirely too dramatic. I have been infinitely lucky by any objective metric…but it makes for a better meme! 
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This year @Victork2 will be my inspiration. Given that we share very similar arm shapes, I have decided to get as my very first tattoo one just like his. As you can see, there is plenty of real estate on my tricep—a glorious canvass on which to celebrate the best gaming community on the planet. But because my muscles are much denser than his (clearly), I may need to skinny the bomb slightly. Here’s my rough draft…
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I’m having a hard time being optimistic about 2026. The best thing I can say about 2025 is that we both survived. We still have our house, our kids still have their essential services for health and education (for now), and even though I was fired I was able to find a new job very quickly. We’ve both managed to stay out of jail and off the radars (as far as we’re aware, but I’m checking regularly) of the forces at work that seek to dismantle what we’ve dedicated our lives to building.
However, to quote Frederick Douglass in 1894, the year before he died, “I hope and trust all will come out right in the end, but the immediate future looks dark and troubled. I cannot shut my eyes to the ugly facts before me.”
We’re both facing a lot of uncertainty in the medium term with our career fields; the federal and state governments are getting more creative and precise in their attacks on our areas of expertise, and neither of us know what our jobs will look like by the end of the year. On top of that we’re both facing essentially pay cuts, as Karen’s insurance through the state is making a massive increase to customers, just as she’s dealing with new health issues, and we’re seeing cutbacks to my healthcare coverage as well, both the private option and my VA coverage. We’ve already seen cuts to the Medicaid coverage our kids rely on, and we’re fully expecting those to keep coming. And don’t even get me started on the targeted attacks on special education services and funding. Thank God for lawyers, really.
I could keep going, but I know I’m already being a lot of a downer. But I guess the theme for my 2026 is “be prepared.”
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As the original artist of the piece, I’m immensely proud. 
Do you want the illustration I sent to @Victork2 so you can bring it to your tattoo artist?
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Thanks for calling me out of my delusion @komemiute. Because part of what makes his tattoo work is that fine specimen of an arm. Even “My Little Pony” would be too aggressive for my meek limbs. I’ll leave the tattoos for those people who make them look good and stick with an NPR tote-bag as my accessory of choice.
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Those socks they sell are nice too.
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