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Title: Whats you New Year's Eve's plans?
Post by: Mr Mannn on December 30, 2011, 06:18:48 PM: When I was a kid I would drive for an hour to cross town and go to a party. I saw a LOT of drunks behind the wheel!

Now I'm 53 and I do not head out on New Years Eve. But 2012 would be different if the old gang were celebrating.
Its got the perfect theme: DOOM.
Eat drink and be Merry for tomorrow you DIE!

Frankly I think that old Mayan rock cutter just ran of of room...They couldn't predict the end of their own civilization, why should I trust a stone calendar that suddenly ends?

That said, this is a great excuse to rent a few disaster movies. Maybe nail the furniture to the ceiling and play that upside down ship movie...can't think of the name just yet.

and there has to be some kind of Apocalyptic Dip recipe...

OK, your turn: what are YOU doing to ring in the new year?
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Post by: thundley4 on December 30, 2011, 06:55:01 PM: I have to work my normal shift tomorrow, but my wife and I will split a bottle of Champagne near midnight, but the Champagne is more for our anniversary than for New Years. (Yes we got married on New Years Eve.)
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Post by: Chris_ on December 30, 2011, 07:00:24 PM: Sleeping.
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Post by: Alpha Mare on December 30, 2011, 07:14:34 PM: Hibernating.
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Post by: longview on December 30, 2011, 07:51:09 PM: We're heading to a miniscule town to meet friends. Found a place to camp for the night so we don't have to risk dodging drunks on the way home. Pretty low key.
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Post by: Mike220 on December 30, 2011, 07:51:41 PM: Work until 10:30, then drinking. Girlfriend and I are going to hit up a few parties.
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Post by: Evil_Conservative on December 30, 2011, 07:58:59 PM: Hanging out at home, having some wine, watching movies, etc...
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Post by: marv on December 30, 2011, 08:59:41 PM: The Fox News special from Times Square, and our third, and last bottle of Galliano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliano_(liqueur)) for this year and New Years Day.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Galliano-and-glass.jpg)
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Post by: Schadenfreude on December 30, 2011, 09:13:48 PM: This will be me... :p

[youtube=425,350]DvYi6ZaAkZU[/youtube]
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Post by: DLR Pyro on December 30, 2011, 10:14:20 PM: Blowing up the skies over Disneyland.
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Post by: RobJohnson on December 31, 2011, 12:21:49 AM: I work all weekend.

Just another day to me, except for the crazy that gets turned up a little from the people I deal with.
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Post by: CG6468 on December 31, 2011, 02:10:10 AM: As the New Years spirit will be flowing over the festivities I would like to share an experience with you all, about drinking and driving.

As you well know, some of us have been known to have had brushes with the authorities on our way home from the odd social session over the years.

A couple of nights ago, I was out for a few drinks with some friends and had a few too many beers and some rather nice claret. Knowing full well I may have been slightly over the limit, I did something I've never done before - I took a bus home.

I arrived home safely and without incident, which was a real surprise, as I had never driven a bus before.
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Post by: catsmtrods on December 31, 2011, 05:29:26 AM: Some of this. The finest one earth from my local dairy.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qvwbG0ue4iQ/TPaLSOSH3ZI/AAAAAAAACMU/r8iItvDARWQ/s1600/December+2010+002.jpg)

With a little of this.
(http://www.drinkhacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Jim-Beam-Black-Bottle.jpg)

In front of this, planted in my recliner! :cheersmate:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gmz-r3mMI30/Sb3ce_TppxI/AAAAAAAABYM/yo8sgDn1zeA/s400/Woodstove+Fire.JPG)
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Post by: movie buff on December 31, 2011, 03:09:04 PM: We'll have an early dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, in about half an hour.
After that, come home, watch a DVD (I'm thinking my new 'Captain America' DVD I got for Christmas), have drinks, and watch a little of New Year's Rockin' Eve.
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Post by: formerlurker on December 31, 2011, 03:37:31 PM: DH is working, so me and the boys will be chilling watching movies.
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Post by: Mr Mannn on December 31, 2011, 04:37:56 PM: well 4:30 my time. Put off my traditional sat afternoon nap till now. This should keep me up till midnight.
I was mortified last year when for the first time in my adult life...I fell asleep on New Years Eve.
:thatsright: The shame of it all!

I did get some videos, but I'm just as likely to waste my time here...

Happy New Years, CC!
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Post by: BlueStateSaint on December 31, 2011, 04:57:08 PM: My dear wife and I will be carrying on a tradition that we started the year we met . . .

. . . sleeping through the ball drop. (What did you think? We've got a 4-year-old who runs us ragged!)
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Post by: Evil_Conservative on December 31, 2011, 07:00:34 PM: Quote from: BlueStateSaint on December 31, 2011, 04:57:08 PM
My dear wife and I will be carrying on a tradition that we started the year we met . . .

. . . sleeping through the ball drop. (What did you think? We've got a 4-year-old who runs us ragged!)

Party poopers.

We could go to bed early, but when the fireworks go off here - it sounds like someone is dropping bombs. It scared me the first NYE in Las Vegas. I guess that's what we get for living a few miles from that area.
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Post by: DefiantSix on December 31, 2011, 07:14:18 PM: Quote from: BlueStateSaint on December 31, 2011, 04:57:08 PM
My dear wife and I will be carrying on a tradition that we started the year we met . . .

. . . sleeping through the ball drop. (What did you think? We've got a 4-year-old who runs us ragged!)

Yup. If we aren't completely lights out at 22:30 tonight, it'll be because somebody is in the ER. :cheers1:
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Post by: I_B_Perky on December 31, 2011, 08:21:36 PM: I ain't going anywhere tonight. Sit at home and watch the football game.

New Years eve is amateur nite as far as I am concerned and I am a professional drunk. :tongue:

:-) :-) :-)
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Post by: IassaFTots on December 31, 2011, 08:51:22 PM: I got my beers at home. Three hours till Midnight, I hope I can make it.
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Post by: Mr Mannn on December 31, 2011, 09:37:32 PM: 9:37 central time.
had a late dinner. mixed my dip. Lipton's French Onion Soup Mix and sour creme. Now to plug in another movie.
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Post by: Mr Mannn on January 01, 2012, 12:16:55 AM: 12:17. Made it!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Post by: IassaFTots on January 01, 2012, 12:47:13 AM: Quote from: Mr Mannn on January 01, 2012, 12:16:55 AM
12:17. Made it!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Me too! Happy New Year!
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Post by: longview on January 01, 2012, 01:59:08 PM: We had lots of silly fun. Did my best to dance the soles off my boots. Stopped when wheelbarrow races and wheelbarrow bronc riding took over the dance floor for a while. Rented a cabin so we didn't have to drive the 50 miles back to town, and watched children of friends while they drove other partiers home. The night ended around 4 a.m.
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Post by: Mr Mannn on January 02, 2012, 06:56:57 AM: [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWMIpnoxXJo&feature=context&context=G2025fb8FAAAAAAAABAA[/youtube]
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Post by: jtyangel on January 02, 2012, 07:00:00 AM: I spent it with my terrific boyfriend and his friends and their families. It was everything you'd expect a warm, celebratory New Years to be including a hangover the next morning--- :thatsright: It was terrific though. Really great evening!!!
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Post by: jtyangel on January 02, 2012, 07:02:16 AM: Quote from: catsmtrods on December 31, 2011, 05:29:26 AM
Some of this. The finest one earth from my local dairy.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qvwbG0ue4iQ/TPaLSOSH3ZI/AAAAAAAACMU/r8iItvDARWQ/s1600/December+2010+002.jpg)

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Is that eggnog? I love throwing Captain Morgan's in mine...yummers :cheersmate:
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Post by: Chris_ on January 02, 2012, 07:51:02 AM: Quote from: Mr Mannn on January 02, 2012, 06:56:57 AM
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWMIpnoxXJo&feature=context&context=G2025fb8FAAAAAAAABAA[/youtube]
Mmmm, boobies.

I mean "Happy New Year".
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Post by: DLR Pyro on January 02, 2012, 11:16:48 AM: Disneyland seems to be cursed when it comes to New Years Eve shows and the weather. It takes months of planning and weeks of actual preparation for a show that lasts 5 minutes and this year we got hit with a fog bank that obscured our show. This happened 3 years ago as well. Four years ago we were hit with Santa Ana winds that shot us down and prevented the show from being show.

The manager of Disneyland park operations, myself and the stage manager about 10 minutes prior to midnight.
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc382/mikecu/IMG956615.jpg?t=1325523941)
The fog rolled in so thick that the show was not visible to anyone including my gun crew who was about 30 yards from the guns. Sounded good though. We heard the people living in Anaheim Hills above the fog said the show looked great...

The castle is somewhere in this picture
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc382/mikecu/foggycastle.jpg)

The crowd on Main Street prior to midnight.
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc382/mikecu/mainstreetcrowd.jpg)