What Are You Doing On New Year's Eve?

What are you doing to bring in the new year this year?

 

Hopefully I am still on my no alcohol or very minimal alcohol trend. Ill bring it in by taking my dog for a brisk midnight walk then head to the shops clear headed while the rest wake up with sore heads.

 

Hello,

well, I just started doing nothing. I have the gut feeling that I can't finish this task today. So I will continue on New Year's Eve .

Regards
Gyro

 

I call it amateur night....so i like to stay home where it is safe....and do what i want to do. A friend may come over, but I told her that I would pour her a drink from the bottle of rum she gave me, but I want to sail into the New year completely sober, so I would not toast any alcohol with her. She said that was ok. I will take the dogs out earlier, as usual, too....I may make linguini and clam sauce with parmesan and romano cheese that night....and I have a date with the Twilight Zone....LOL

 

Hello,

hm, nomnomnom .

I forgot, there is this US radio event called Straight Key Night. That is amateur's night, too. For years I want to participate. But it needs a bit of preparation and in my time zone it will start at 1am. Technically this isn't New Year's Eve anymore. The hardest problem might be to be awake at that time . We'll see.

Regards
Gyro

 

Nothing...

 

Yeah, the worst night of the year to party. I'll be at home too. Probably watching a movie or binge watching some series on cable.

 

Home watching a movie. I grew out of that party scene years ago.

 

probably eating, sleeping, or watching something on youtube.
(and hearing fireworks being launched somewhere that i can never figure out where to see it from)
well i do know people who are probably partying in one form or another,
but honestly, i'm rather glad not to have to live with them.
they're fine wonderful people and hugs are always good,
but most of that stuff, is for those i think i'm old enough to get away with calling 'kids'.

 

Sleeping

 

Why for you?

For me only because people are throwing all kinds of fireworks (including homemade and illegal fireworks) on the streets (while getting drunk). Especially in the cities. If this makes me sound like a pussy look up how many dutch people get permanently scarred here around new years eve by fireworks lit by others (every goddamn year)

I used to go party every new years eve though and never got any damage myself. But it causes people to lose fingers, eyes and even some of their lifes every year! Hardly worth it imho.

 

So many people go out that night who only party one night a year. They won't do it again until next year. They drink too much, they throw up, they're rude, they spill drinks on you, they drive drunk. Clubs and bars are more crowded than ever, and usually raise their cover charges and minimums, sometimes three times higher than usual. The dress codes are often more demanding. You may need to make reservations at the better places several weeks in advance, when you have no idea what the weather will be.

I just don't see the need to deal with all that. Most of the novices will go back into hiding for the next 51 weekends, and I won't miss them.

I don't like to synchronize my life to the calendar too much. The best times of my life tend to come when nobody has officially declared it to be a special day, but I just happen to find a far above average situation. I don't like being part of a cattle herd. Sometime next month I'll probably find a great band in some obscure, uncrowded club, and I won't care what the date is. Every day is today.

 

Hello,

yeah carbidschieten .

Well, I live on a hill above a valley basin. Usually on New Year's Day you can't see anything in the valley because all the emissions and fine particulate lingers in the air half the day or longer. Every year morons blast off their hands, houses burn down, etc. To be honest I value silence higher than that. I think in Ireland private fireworks is forbidden. But I might be wrong.

Regards
Gyro

 

Well man carbidschieten is the only kind I can actually still enjoy (and I loved partaking in it as a kid and adolescent). Unless some rascal wants to be funny and go sit on the lid of the chum when it's about to blow there's hardly any risk. The lids fly over the whole pasture but everybody makes sure nobody walks there at the wrong time

Oh yeah we have such clubs and stuff here too. And also the people that don't party on any other day of the year. But that's all easily avoided or ignored (in my experience). Except as a teen in my little town where there was only one club. I recall that around age 18 it was so lame and predictable that I and some friends just drank too much myself (on purpose) Those parties are now avoided of course. If I'm gonna spend too much money on beer than rather at a fun party

 

I live in a pretty heavily touristed area, and people flock here on holidays like New Years and make it a pain for everyone. I mean, I've been that person before, but not lately.

It's not yet clear how I'll be spending the night. It doesn't really matter much to me, I share the sentiment of a few people in this thread.

 

Hello,

as a kid I somehow got my hands on a few cubes of carbide. I still remember the fun I had. But it is hard to get, esp. if you are a minor .

Regards
Gyro

 

Ive been invited to Madonna's party and to Lady Gaga's party....they are in different countries so to attend both I have rented a private jet shaped like a limosine.....my date is Miley Cyrus so you know I'm getting laid too


pics later

 

Around new years eve it is harder to find a good steel milk chum here than the carbide. But that's also because most good steel milk chums/cans (whatever its called in english) already have an carbide loving owner and they rarely give them away. The ones who don't like carbide also are not eager to lend them out of course haha.

 

Please... No pics of Miley.

 

Hello,

suddenly I have a business idea, excuse me for a moment...

I guess one or two letter boxes end their lifes as a substitute for a milk can as well .

Regards
Gyro