What are you gonna do for the New Years Celebration?

[corbe]

   Inspired by my Beautiful Friend @Freya

[skeeter]

Stay home and PARTY until 9pm. Then go to bed.

[Sanguine]

It's my son's birthday.  Will celebrate the birthday.

[corbe]

Got two bottles of Champaign (Korbel Brut, my favorite), fresh black-eyed peas and a Ham.  Expecting a few Friends over that night that will sleep over, one, (the Bitch) in my Bed.  I have a Dr's apt at 2PM the next day and he's already up my butt about my Smoking so I'll try to continue hiding my Drinking habit from him and not show up with a hangover.

[libertybele]

New Year's Eve we will go out for a nice dinner, have a few glasses of bubbly and then head home before all the crazies are out on the snow-bird infested streets.

New Year's Day, it should be another damn day in Paradise with temperatures in the 80's ... shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops once again.  I love it!

[Smokin Joe]

Work! It's safer on an oil rig than the highways on New Year's Eve. It's amateur hour out there on the road.

[corbe]

Work! It's safer on an oil rig than the highways on New Year's Eve. It's amateur hour out there on the road.

    You're right even though being an Oil Field Worker is one of the most dangerous professions in the world.  Frank's Ho's in west Philly have a better odd of surviving each day than yall do.

[Smokin Joe]

    You're right even though being an Oil Field Worker is one of the most dangerous professions in the world.  Frank's Ho's in west Philly have a better odd of surviving each day than yall do.

It isn't like it was when I started 40 years ago. Now, with some serious safety programs, improved equipment, etc., being a rig hand doesn't even make the top ten dangerous jobs. You're far more at risk working a crab boat in the Bering Sea, being a roofer, or a farmer, than we are. Especially now, when the industry has just suffered a contraction on the drilling end, and there are plenty of really good drilling people out there.
It gets a lot safer when you work with good people.
Texas has a shortage, but they aren't paying like they did up north, and you'd almost better take your house with you if you go.
Franks Hos are subject to a lot of employment related exposures we aren't--between all of that, I'd bet the general population of Hos has a much shorter overall life expectancy. We have to pass drug screening, too.

[uglybiker]

Stayin' home keeping the dog company because she hates fireworks.

[Skeptic]

I'm not going to party. I'm probably going to do nothing. If I have work then that would be what I'm doing. If 2019 kicks ass then maybe next New Years I should go tn a party or something therelike.

[Applewood]

Haven't been out for New Years Eve since one year in the 1980s when I went to a party, then the next day woke up in my own bed with little memory of the party and no memory of how I got home.  And yes, I had a massive hangover.  I decided that spending New Years Day hung over with my head over the toilet was just not fun.

Now I'm old.  I have health issues that mean no more drinking.  Most of my contemporaries are getting old too.  No one wants to party anymore.  So I guess I'll find something to binge watch on Netflix or Amazon Prime; then when my eyes glaze over, I'll head for bed. 

[uglybiker]

I have health issues that mean no more drinking.  Most of my contemporaries are getting old too.  No one wants to party anymore. 

And nobody want to get drunk and get loud
And all my rowdy friends have settled down

[DCPatriot]

Now I'm old.  I have health issues that mean no more drinking.  Most of my contemporaries are getting old too.  No one wants to party anymore.  So I guess I'll find something to binge watch on Netflix or Amazon Prime; then when my eyes glaze over, I'll head for bed.

Check out 'Wolf'.  Excellent albeit with subtitles.  I believe it's Turkish.   Special forces, etc..   

[Victoria33]

   Inspired by my Beautiful Friend @Freya

@corbe
@Freya
@Sanguine

SANGUINE - MY SON, TOO!

Indeed, Fraya is a beautiful friend of mine, too.
Now, let me tell why we are celebrating on New Year's Eve, December 31.
My son, Wayne, was born on December 31.  He is here from England where he lives.  He will be 60 years old.  Since he was born on New Year's Eve, his surprise cake is being decorated with bursting fireworks. 

[austingirl]

Stayin' home keeping the dog company because she hates fireworks.

Same here. I have three dogs that will need comforting.

[Gefn]

@Victoria33

Happy birthday to your son. I just don’t like New Years Eve since I’ve been in my mid twenties. Too long to get into, but I think it’s overrated, and it’s just another night

Honestly, Barry Manilow got it right with his song about it.

This year will be Netflix, Halo ice cream and bed by 9pm. This way I’ll be asleep at midnight so I’ll miss the fireworks and the sound of my upstairs neighbors doing what comes naturally

[Sanguine]

@corbe
@Freya
@Sanguine

SANGUINE - MY SON, TOO!

Indeed, Fraya is a beautiful friend of mine, too.
Now, let me tell why we are celebrating on New Year's Eve, December 31.
My son, Wayne, was born on December 31.  He is here from England where he lives.  He will be 60 years old.  Since he was born on New Year's Eve, his surprise cake is being decorated with bursting fireworks.

Our little tax deductions. 

[Applewood]

Check out 'Wolf'.  Excellent albeit with subtitles.  I believe it's Turkish.   Special forces, etc..   

Thanks for the tip.  These days because my hearing is so bad, I watch almost everything with captions anyway, so they don't bother me.

[Victoria33]

@Victoria33
This year will be Netflix...

@Freya
TO ALL

This is a dumb question, but what exactly is Netflix?  I have never checked into it, don't know what it does except it is movies?  Do you have to pay money to use it?  Can you watch a movie on your computer or does it have to be on your TV?

[Gefn]

@Victoria33

You can watch Netflix on your computer or tv. I watch it on my iPad. It has TV shows and movies. You pay a monthly fee for it. Sort of works like amazon prime tv. They should give you one free month as a trial. You sign up on your computer and if you want to watch it on a phone or other device download an app.

Any questions. If you have company for the holidays over that have under 30 year olds they will walk you through everything!!! If not google the url, and there’s a 800 number that should be able to help you.

My 85 year old mother just got an account this year from my sister and loves it.

[Victoria33]

So I guess I'll find something to binge watch on ...Amazon Prime; then when my eyes glaze over, I'll head for bed.

@Applewood

I have Amazon Prime - can we watch movies on there on our computer?  Do they charge money even though we have Prime?

[Gefn]

@Applewood

I have Amazon Prime - can we watch movies on there on our computer?  Do they charge money even though we have Prime?

It’s free!!!! And I think you can watch on your computer.

[Applewood]

@Applewood

I have Amazon Prime - can we watch movies on there on our computer?  Do they charge money even though we have Prime?

The shows and movies on Amazon Prime usually cost something in addition to the Amazon Prime membership.  I believe there are different options, including rent and own and a choice between SD and HD format.  Whatever options you choose determine the price.

I have a "smart tv" with Amaon Prime, Netflix, Hulu and a few other streaming services built in.  All I have to do is set up the account and pay whateve the fees are.  I believe on other tvs, you might need a Roku, but I know nothing about that.  For computers, notebooks, tablets and smartphones, you can get an app for these services. 

[Gefn]

I watch amazon prime on my iPad. I’ve never paid for it. If there is a prime sticker on the left hand side it’s free. If not it’s pay.

[Victoria33]

@Applewood
@Freya

Well, you can tell I don't watch movies a lot but sometimes I would like to watch one as an escape from life's realities.
Thanks to both of you for telling me how they work.

[Applewood]

@Freya

I should look at that.  Maybe it's a difference in subscription?  I do remember once looking at a library of free movies and tv on Amazon Prime, but the shows and movies were all junk. 

I don't have Amazon Prime on my laptop or tablet.  For some reason the apps for both don't work. 

[libertybele]

@Applewood

I have Amazon Prime - can we watch movies on there on our computer?  Do they charge money even though we have Prime?

@Applewood I have Amazon Prime and watch FREE movies on my computer!  Lots to chose from too.

[LadyLiberty]

A couple of weeks ago I started watching one of Amazon's original series:  The Marvelous Mrs. Maizel  It's set in Manhattan in the 50"s, and I love the music and the clothes.  Almost done with the second season and hope I don't have to wait too long for the third.

[austingirl]

I was thinking of looking into Netflix but decided not to since it's going to be another way to enrich the Bammys and promote their socialist agenda.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Stayin' home keeping the dog company because she hates fireworks.

I'm going to remember to feed the dogs before sundown.

Just like I say every year.

[Free Vulcan]

Being 50, it's just hard to go out anymore. Nothing against the Milllenials, but my generation went out and partied to blow off steam from work, school, family, whatever. Work hard during the week, let it out on the weekends. It was more afterthought than planning, basically 'just get me out of the house, I'm going crazy'.

The younger generation has turned all that into almost it's own culture, reinforced by smartphone social media network and weird little unspoken rules. Not that I don't enjoy being around them, but I don't feel like I can be myself in the night life scene, because I'm the 'old guy'.  Many have a real obsession with age that comes off as not really wanting 'old people' out in a social setting.

And I'm happy to oblige them. I really don't need to be around that snooty crap anyway.

[berdie]

I haven't went out on NYE in years.  too dangerous.  I'll be at home eating homemade nachos (get them once a year) and fixing black eyed peas for New Years day.

Funny how it all becomes about food, chuckle.

And...there is a Twilight Zone marathon I have to watch.

[Applewood]

Being 50, it's just hard to go out anymore. Nothing against the Milllenials, but my generation went out and partied to blow off steam from work, school, family, whatever. Work hard during the week, let it out on the weekends. It was more afterthought than planning, basically 'just get me out of the house, I'm going crazy'.

The younger generation has turned all that into almost it's own culture, reinforced by smartphone social media network and weird little unspoken rules. Not that I don't enjoy being around them, but I don't feel like I can be myself in the night life scene, because I'm the 'old guy'.  Many have a real obsession with age that comes off as not really wanting 'old people' out in a social setting.

And I'm happy to oblige them. I really don't need to be around that snooty crap anyway.

I always loved to go to rock concerts, but I found over the last few years, the younger crowd has spoiled the experience.  They get drunk, start fights, try to kick my cane put from under me and knock me over, you name it.  And you oughta see the rest rooms.  Beer cans and condoms in the toilet.  Some times pee and vomit on the floor.  Some acts now stream their shows.  So I stay home and watch on my laptop.  I can use my own bathroom, I have my own seat (recliner), beverages and snacks at my side if I want and an unobstructed view of the show.  I don't have to put up with rude, obnoxious kids and it's a helluva lot cheaper (no need to pay for the ticket, transportation and parking, among other things).

[Free Vulcan]

I always loved to go to rock concerts, but I found over the last few years, the younger crowd has spoiled the experience.  They get drunk, start fights, try to kick my cane put from under me and knock me over, you name it.  And you oughta see the rest rooms.  Beer cans and condoms in the toilet.  Some times pee and vomit on the floor.  Some acts now stream their shows.  So I stay home and watch on my laptop.  I can use my own bathroom, I have my own seat (recliner), beverages and snacks at my side if I want and an unobstructed view of the show.  I don't have to put up with rude, obnoxious kids and it's a helluva lot cheaper (no need to pay for the ticket, transportation and parking, among other things).

I agree. And it's weird, because even a 5 years ago it wasn't like that. I worked a gas station job for awhile for some side money, and worked with mostly 18-23 y/o. We worked hard, had lots of fun, and even hung out on occasion. We related to each other and were good friends.

Now things have completely flipped. Going out makes me feel like I'm back in the cliquely obnoxious BS high school crap again, just like you described.

[Gefn]

 

As much as I don’t like New Years Eve, I want to wish everyone a very happy New year

[mountaineer]

Okay, the plans are set, and they're pretty much the same as every other NYE. Cook a nice dinner (tonight: filet mignon, pommes de terre au gratin, broccoli, and a nice Malbec), watch a little TV and get in bed before 11 p.m. 

[Sanguine]

Okay, the plans are set, and they're pretty much the same as every other NYE. Cook a nice dinner (tonight: filet mignon, pommes de terre au gratin, broccoli, and a nice Malbec), watch a little TV and get in bed before 11 p.m. 

Sounds like a lovely evening and a fitting end to 2018.

[andy58-in-nh]

Okay, the plans are set, and they're pretty much the same as every other NYE. Cook a nice dinner (tonight: filet mignon, pommes de terre au gratin, broccoli, and a nice Malbec), watch a little TV and get in bed before 11 p.m.

That's remarkably similar to the plans that my wife and I have: fire up the grill, put on a couple of nice Omaha steaks, and serve with potatoes and stir-fried  vegetables and a nice bottle of wine (probably a Malbec or Cabernet). Then we'll watch a movie or two until it's close to midnight and watch the ball drop with the sound down low.

[Polly Ticks]

The usual traditions. Dinner with the family and my folks, work a jigsaw puzzle on the kitchen table, play some board games or Catchphrase with the kids while my husband is re-watching the Kentucky vs Louisville basketball game for the 3rd or 4th time.