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Post by Greg C. on Dec 26, 2007 23:10:56 GMT -5
So what's everyone doing for New Years eve? Any resolutions?
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Post by neferetus on Dec 27, 2007 22:12:54 GMT -5
Funny... I replied to this yesterday...now, it's gone. Anyway, I think I said:
Being the old fogey I am, I'll likely be ringing in the new year the following morning. On New Year's Eve, meanwhile, I plan on playing some board games with a few friends, over a snack tray.
My New Year's resolution is to try and be more considerate of other people's feelings. It's a realistic goal and can only lead to good.
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Post by neferetus on Dec 29, 2007 14:00:32 GMT -5
I come from a family of seven children. When we were young, we were not exactly poor, but we were struggling to maintain middle-class status. My Dad worked two jobs to put us all through Catholic school and vacations usually meant packing eveyone into the station wagon and heading for a National Park to go camping for a week.
New Year's Eve was a special time for us. All year long, we never had any snacks, or sweets, or treats, unless we purchased them ourselves with our 5 cent a week allowance. But come New Year's Eve and out would come the assorted jars of Kraft's cheese spread---the kind where you would have a neat juice glass, once the cheese was gone. Along with these delicacies went the Ritz crackers, the little deli rye and pumpernicle bread loaves, diced up cheddar and Swiss cheese to be eaten with little toothpicks, along with the little slices of hard salami and beef summer sausage. With a glass of home-made egg nog to toast in the New Year, we were in Hog Heaven.
Now-a-days, the most of us can have these 'treats' on a daily basis; the magic has gone out of them. And that's too bad. I still try to reawaken a little of the excitement every year though, by sending all my siblings some cheese and sausage packs to see them through New Year's eve and to perhaps help them remember too the happy times we all had, back when Father Time would give way to Baby New Year and we were all safe and snug and together.
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 29, 2007 17:08:00 GMT -5
You have some good traditions, Ned!
And like they always say, "The times...they are a changing."
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Post by neferetus on Dec 29, 2007 19:15:31 GMT -5
...like they always say, "The times...they are a changing." Oh, do I have to get out of the way?
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 30, 2007 12:24:26 GMT -5
My New Years will consist of watching reruns of THE ODD COUPLE for a few hours while chowing down on some very good snacks. Then tuning in to watch the last half hour of DICK CLARK'S NEW YEARS ROCKIN' EVE.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Dec 30, 2007 12:55:19 GMT -5
New Years day is the 1st anniversary of my wife blindsiding me with her demand for a divorce. I hope i can get thru it
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Post by kate on Dec 30, 2007 13:11:25 GMT -5
Another rare appearance by ( Kate, Susannah, Annie) just to wish you all a "Very Happy New Year!" See you all in March!
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 30, 2007 18:07:59 GMT -5
Same to you Kate! Have a safe and healthy new year!
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Post by seguin on Dec 30, 2007 21:05:06 GMT -5
I don´t have any plans for New Years eve. Unless something comes up I´ll probably stay at home and watch TV. Resolutions: To try and quit smoking or at least try to reduce it.
I wish everybody on the board a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Post by neferetus on Dec 30, 2007 23:30:23 GMT -5
Mark Twain once remarked how he could quit smoking anytime he liked. "It is easy," he boasted, "I have done it a thousand times."
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Post by Greg C. on Dec 31, 2007 19:59:32 GMT -5
Festivities will be begin shortly and the snacks will be out in a little while. For the first time I'll be watching the ball drop in high definition!
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Post by Greg C. on Jan 1, 2008 0:19:21 GMT -5
THE BALL HAS BEEN DROPPED IN NYC! HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!
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Post by seguin on Jan 1, 2008 0:53:42 GMT -5
The ball? Which ball?
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Post by Greg C. on Jan 1, 2008 11:26:31 GMT -5
The ball in Times Square.
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Post by neferetus on Jan 2, 2008 0:20:22 GMT -5
Well, I made it! Happy 2008, all you survivors.
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Post by Greg C. on Jan 2, 2008 17:40:50 GMT -5
Spent yesterday watching the "Winter Classic" which for those of you who don't know, was the first outdoor NHL game to be played in North America. The Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penuins would play an exciting game that went all the way to a shootout before Sidney Crosby of the Pens scored the game winner. Maybe my Rangers will be in the game next season, I could only hope! Anyone else see it?
When the game was over I tuned in to the Annual Honeymooners marathon on the CW for a few more hours of fun. All these years havent taken the humor away from Jackie Gleason!
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Post by seguin on Jan 3, 2008 20:07:34 GMT -5
The ball in Times Square. Never heard of it! Pray tell! They drop a ball in a jar when it´s time or what?
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Post by seguin on Jan 3, 2008 20:08:54 GMT -5
Mark Twain once remarked how he could quit smoking anytime he liked. "It is easy," he boasted, "I have done it a thousand times." In that case I should´nt have any problems... ;D
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Post by Greg C. on Jan 3, 2008 20:18:23 GMT -5
The ball in Times Square. Never heard of it! Pray tell! They drop a ball in a jar when it´s time or what? Hans, you must be kidding? Surely you've heard of it? People watch it all over the world! Its not New Years until the ball drops in New York City!
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