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    AndyD
    wrote on 1 Jan 2025, 21:08 last edited by
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    Happy New Year

    My younger daughter just said with a tinge of sadness
    "Ah well, another year over"

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    • R RealPlayer
      1 Jan 2025, 03:08

      No plans. Maybe some scotch just before we turn in. Will we make it to the ball drop? Who knows!

      (Lived in NY City for 40 years but have never done the NYE Times Square thing. Actually, locals try to avoid Times Square all year long.)

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      AdagioM
      wrote on 1 Jan 2025, 21:20 last edited by
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      @RealPlayer We did the ball drop one year; we were at a theater seeing Smokey Robinson. They sent us outside for the ball drop, then we all came back for the end of the show! Back in the 80’s. We lived in Queens at the time.

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        Piano*Dad
        wrote on 1 Jan 2025, 21:29 last edited by
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        Happy New Year from Las Vegas.

        https://bsky.app/profile/dhfeldman.bsky.social/post/3leo5iwjklk2m

        Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.

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          Piano*Dad
          wrote on 1 Jan 2025, 21:33 last edited by
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          Another firework this morning in front of the Trump Hotel in Vegas this morning.

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          Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.

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            ShiroKuro
            wrote on 1 Jan 2025, 21:41 last edited by
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            Happy new year!

            We went to bed before 11pm and I was up around 5:30 as usual 😅

            My mother is staying with us. Yesterday we had “new year’s eve noodles.” Then this morning, we watched the Japanese new year’s song contest (which is a 4 hour show!) while alternating between putting away the Christmas tree ornaments and doing Japanese games. It’s been a lovely day so far. Dinner will be ravioli with meatballs.

            And just a little bit ago, the sun came out.

            It’s been a lovely day.

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            • A AdagioM
              1 Jan 2025, 21:20

              @RealPlayer We did the ball drop one year; we were at a theater seeing Smokey Robinson. They sent us outside for the ball drop, then we all came back for the end of the show! Back in the 80’s. We lived in Queens at the time.

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              Bernard
              wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 05:13 last edited by
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              @AdagioM I didn't know you ever lived in Queens!

              I went to see the ball drop one year. We got there at 10:30 pm and got no closer than the mid-50s on 7th Avenue, no way we could see the ball and we were herded into the block like cattle and you couldn't leave because you wouldn't be allowed back in. It was 14 degrees F, we were freezing and after half an hour of realizing just how awful the experience was, went home and watched it on TV! 🙂

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              • B Bernard
                2 Jan 2025, 05:13

                @AdagioM I didn't know you ever lived in Queens!

                I went to see the ball drop one year. We got there at 10:30 pm and got no closer than the mid-50s on 7th Avenue, no way we could see the ball and we were herded into the block like cattle and you couldn't leave because you wouldn't be allowed back in. It was 14 degrees F, we were freezing and after half an hour of realizing just how awful the experience was, went home and watched it on TV! 🙂

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                ShiroKuro
                wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 12:32 last edited by
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                @Bernard yikes, that sounds awful! I never understood the appeal of attending a public event like that, where people are packed in like sardines, and had I ever attempted to attend, I would have done what you did — go home!

                BTW Mr SK always says he can never understand the appeal of a ball drop. For one thing, according to him, it seems like a “bad luck” way to start the new year, with a large object falling down, rather than something that goes up. 😁

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 13:12 last edited by
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                  Yeah, maybe we've taken the idea of public ritual too far here.

                  “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
                  ― Douglas Adams

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                  • B Bernard
                    2 Jan 2025, 05:13

                    @AdagioM I didn't know you ever lived in Queens!

                    I went to see the ball drop one year. We got there at 10:30 pm and got no closer than the mid-50s on 7th Avenue, no way we could see the ball and we were herded into the block like cattle and you couldn't leave because you wouldn't be allowed back in. It was 14 degrees F, we were freezing and after half an hour of realizing just how awful the experience was, went home and watched it on TV! 🙂

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                    AdagioM
                    wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 20:40 last edited by
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                    @Bernard Mr. AM worked for the NY Mets from 1986-1995, and has a World Series Ring to prove it!

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                    • M Mik
                      2 Jan 2025, 13:12

                      Yeah, maybe we've taken the idea of public ritual too far here.

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                      ShiroKuro
                      wrote on 2 Jan 2025, 21:13 last edited by
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                      @Mik said in Happy New Year!!:

                      public ritual

                      Mik, was this in response to Bernard?

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                      • A AdagioM
                        31 Dec 2024, 23:54

                        I’m sipping my afternoon prosecco while I’m puttering around in the kitchen. Just made Smitten Kitchen’s olive oil brownies, haven’t tasted them yet.

                        Edit: the brownies are fantastic. More deeply chocolatey than the usual Smitten Kitchen Favorite Brownies (butter based). Still warm, couldn’t wait to sample!

                        Also making some crispy baked tofu to go with tonight’s roasted vegetables (cauliflower/brussels sprouts/sweet potato) with a vinaigrette dressing. How virtuous! A far cry from Mik’s steaks. (Mr. AM is a weekday vegetarian; we had our prime rib cheater last week for Christmas.)

                        May pop some actual champagne tonight, or Mumm Napa. We shall see. Mr. AM doesn’t love bubbly the way I do.

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                        wtg
                        wrote on 9 Jan 2025, 23:10 last edited by wtg 1 Sept 2025, 23:10
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                        @AdagioM said in Happy New Year!!:

                        I’m sipping my afternoon prosecco while I’m puttering around in the kitchen. Just made Smitten Kitchen’s olive oil brownies, haven’t tasted them yet.

                        Edit: the brownies are fantastic. More deeply chocolatey than the usual Smitten Kitchen Favorite Brownies (butter based). Still warm, couldn’t wait to sample!

                        OMG the brownies are fabulous. I only had extra virgin olive oil, so not quite the mild flavor olive oil the recipe calls for, but they are still sooooo delicious.

                        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                        • wtgW wtg
                          9 Jan 2025, 23:10

                          @AdagioM said in Happy New Year!!:

                          I’m sipping my afternoon prosecco while I’m puttering around in the kitchen. Just made Smitten Kitchen’s olive oil brownies, haven’t tasted them yet.

                          Edit: the brownies are fantastic. More deeply chocolatey than the usual Smitten Kitchen Favorite Brownies (butter based). Still warm, couldn’t wait to sample!

                          OMG the brownies are fabulous. I only had extra virgin olive oil, so not quite the mild flavor olive oil the recipe calls for, but they are still sooooo delicious.

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                          AdagioM
                          wrote on 10 Jan 2025, 00:35 last edited by
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                          @wtg We only had EVOO, too. Loved the brownies anyway!

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