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LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« on: December 31, 2017, 02:19:36 pm »
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Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold beer — and another one!

And finally: 

Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.

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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2017, 04:12:55 pm »
Something to ponder...

As of today, everyone born in the 1990s is now an adult.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2017, 04:18:40 pm »
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2017, 04:30:34 pm »
Quote from: WineNot on December 31, 2017, 02:19:36 pm
... Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy.

Good one @WineNot !

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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2017, 04:34:21 pm »
@mystery-ak
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My son in London sent an email this morning saying he and Amy (the girlfriend) are going to take a walk on the Thames to have lunch - it is in the 50s there.  He wanted to know what we are doing for New Year's.  I wrote him we are stuck in the house with ice on roads and it will be 19 tomorrow.  Not many times in the winter are we much colder than London.

So, it's TV New Year tonight and staying warm - I have a lovely purple wrap to keep me warm in the house.  Maybe you do, too.  :happyny:
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2017, 04:36:18 pm »
Bitter bitter cold here with wind chills -30

Not going any where tonight or tomorrow.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2017, 04:41:17 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on December 31, 2017, 04:36:18 pm
Bitter bitter cold here with wind chills -30
Not going any where tonight or tomorrow.
@mystery-ak

I should have added I don't know how anyone could stand outside in Times Square, New York City, for hours in the bitter cold to wait for the ball to come down.  I heard there will likely be a million people there - and they will have medical people and ambulances ready.  Will that many show up?  I hope not.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2017, 04:45:17 pm »
Hope y'all have your black eyed peas on to soak.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2017, 04:52:22 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on December 31, 2017, 04:45:17 pm
Hope y'all have your black eyed peas on to soak.
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I don't know if people in the North do that or if they know what they are.  Growing up in east Texas, my parents grew Black Eyed Peas, so we had our canned ones on New Year's day.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2017, 04:54:34 pm »
Quote from: Victoria33 on December 31, 2017, 04:52:22 pm
@RoosGirl

I don't know if people in the North do that or if they know what they are.  Growing up in east Texas, my parents grew Black Eyed Peas, so we had our canned ones on New Year's day.

No...I don't do it....
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2017, 04:56:51 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on December 31, 2017, 04:54:34 pm
No...I don't do it....

How else are you supposed to get your good luck for the year??
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2017, 04:58:48 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on December 31, 2017, 04:56:51 pm
How else are you supposed to get your good luck for the year??

When I get lucky it usually involves copious amounts of alcohol.

And some for me, too.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2017, 05:03:26 pm »
Quote from: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on December 31, 2017, 04:58:48 pm
When I get lucky it usually involves copious amounts of alcohol.

And some for me, too.

Not surprising in the least, sir!
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2017, 05:10:24 pm »
Quote from: Victoria33 on December 31, 2017, 04:41:17 pm
@mystery-ak

I should have added I don't know how anyone could stand outside in Times Square, New York City, for hours in the bitter cold to wait for the ball to come down.  I heard there will likely be a million people there - and they will have medical people and ambulances ready.  Will that many show up?  I hope not.

I don't either.  They don't have food or bathrooms.  I can't figure the technical aspects out.  You can bring snacks with you, but no bathrooms?
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2017, 07:12:36 pm »
Let's the party start! Skies over Seoul, Bangkok and Sydney light up for New Year celebrations with stunning firework displays as the world rings in 2018
Daily Mail/UK, Dec 31, 2017

Millions of people around the world are celebrating the start of the new year with elaborate fireworks displays.

Auckland, in New Zealand, was the first major world city to kick off the party followed by Sydney where 1million people were thought to have watched the display over the city's harbour.

A rainbow waterfall plunged off the Harbour Bridge to celebrate recently passed legislation legalizing gay marriage in Australia.

In London around 250,000 people are due on the streets amid tight security.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5224423/Countries-world-celebrate-New-Year.html#ixzz52rqQb2TF


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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2017, 07:14:34 pm »
Lots of incredible (Getty) photos and video at the link:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5224423/Countries-world-celebrate-New-Year.html

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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2017, 07:15:54 pm »
Quote from: Suppressed on December 31, 2017, 04:12:55 pm
Something to ponder...

As of today, everyone born in the 1990s is now an adult.
Physically,  maybe.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2017, 10:36:24 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 31, 2017, 07:15:54 pm
Physically,  maybe.

Sad....  But true.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2017, 11:56:36 pm »
Ugh, -2 here tonight. We're staying in.
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2017, 11:57:38 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 31, 2017, 11:56:36 pm
Ugh, -2 here tonight. We're staying in.

It's in the high 20's here right now and precipitating.  Ugly...
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2018, 12:01:41 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on December 31, 2017, 11:56:36 pm
Ugh, -2 here tonight. We're staying in.

-10....with wind chill -25 to -30....bitter
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2018, 02:20:13 am »
We are enjoying a comfortable 60 degrees.  I put northern beans and hamhocks in the crockpot which we'll have tomorrow for New Years Day dinner.  Hubby and I went out to a very nice gastropub for dinner (xmas present from our daughter) and we'll be ringing in the New Year from the comfort of our family room recliners.


A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Years to All ...
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2018, 02:42:26 am »
In the spirit of the countdown theme:

Top Ten Most Recent Years
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008

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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2018, 02:45:24 am »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on January 01, 2018, 02:42:26 am
In the spirit of the countdown theme:

Top Ten Most Recent Years
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008



Very helpful; thanks.   :laugh:
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Re: LIVE: New Years Eve Countdown Thread.
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