What Are Your Plans for a Wild New Year's Eve?

[Old 44 Guy]

Oh Yes, I remember my youth. Doing the light fantastic until the the wee hours. Never got a 502 but deserved one. Now at advanced age I will hit the sack early until the neighbors shotgun wakes me at midnight. Happy New years to all my friends here on the Forum.

 

[Rustyt1953]

The house behind us touched off some mortars. Now I have to untangle Ruthie from the ceiling fan.

 

[Golddollar]

OMG I haven’t followed pro football for sometime but if the browns made the playoffs - it’s time to go large on the power ball. And Sweet iced tea!

Just for you I’ll be rooting for the Browns. Best in the new year.

Thank you for the kind words.

 

[Bugkiller99]

I was fortunate in my younger years to work with someone who would trade me Christmas for New Years off. He worked a part time gig as a bartender in a private club. He wanted off New Years and I wanted off Christmas to be with the family. Nice arrangement for all.

Nowadays, I go to bed early, wake up to a scared poop-less dog diving under the bed at midnight, and eventually going back to sleep.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

As I have done since 2009, to Morristown, NJ for their First Night festivities. Various entertainments around town, they have all their kiddie activities in their high school, fireworks at 2100 and 2400. Strong police presence, well organized. We went to the local diner for a nightcap, let the traffic dissipate, an uneventful drive home.

 

[handejector]

We stayed home as usual.
We don't always stay up till 12, but we weren't sleepy, so we watched movies.
I'm in Red Neck country, so the booming starts at 9 or 10, and continues till after 12. Fireworks, deer rifles, pistols, shotguns. Some fireworks sound like 81mm mortars.
The dogs get terrified.
The idiots shooting guns worry me the most.
10-12 years ago, I think it was after Cinco de Mayo, I walked out to get in the truck one morning. The sun glinted off something shiny in the driveway about 10 feet beyond the truck. Walked over and found a 30 cal rifle bullet, 150-180 gr, standing up on its deformed nose! It had come straight down and remained standing. Probably a 170 gr flat nose Treinta-Treinta back when the Hispanic population was higher around here.
I kept it for years but have no clue where it is now.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Just another day. get yelled at nagged, etc.

 

[BC38]

It doesn't do me any good to go to bed before 1am. The dog is going to be running around because of the fireworks.

Yeah, the fireworks start around 10-ish and last until 1-ish around here. We gave our pup a double-dose of "anti anxiety" meds (a.k.a. mild sedatives).

Even with the meds he's kinda "clingy" - he wants to sit really close to one of us all the time.

Without the meds he's a 70-pound, shaking, quivering, basket case who is determined to crawl up in our laps.

 

[soFlaNative]

Temp was low / mid 60's during daylight so MsNative started the fire early while she knitted while the pork butt BBQ'd for nearly 6 hours. The pork didn't shred very well so we had chunk sandwiches with home made slaw, a can of black eyed peas and corn muffins. Built up the fire and roasted marshmallows but everyone still had a bit of head cold and we called it a night by 10PM.

 

[Nevada Ed]

Same here , with catching a cold from all the family parties, from Christmas day to New Years.

Had my Alka-Selser plus in me and in bed by 10am.

Darned if I was not woken up by a lot of noise comming from down town Reno.
The sky lighting up, noises like cannons going off.............

oh yea;
Happy New Year, to all.