New Years Eve

[Laxie]

Good thing I live in the middle of nowhere, or you might have serious issues with me that night...as I'll be setting off fireworks for everyone in the neighbourhood. 

Each year we get together with a couple of families and have a chilled out evening at one of our houses playing cards and maybe darts.  Around 10:00, the adults head to the pub for an hour and a bit, but we're back home by 11:45.  From then, the military operation commences.  Timothy and I set up the fire works display...we have an order and sort them from small to large, sort colours...the whole bit.  While we're organising that, the other two moms sort out the champagne and glasses for the midnight hour.  The other two dads sort a round of drinks for everyone.  They're also responsible for keeping charge of the kids during the fireworks.  Around 11:55 a few elderly people living near us land to the house.  Midnight hits and we all do the 'champagne/hugs/kisses' thing then Timothy and I make the mad dash to the field by our house where everything is set up.  By this time, the pubs up the road have cleared out to see the fireworks as well.  It lasts about 10 to 15 minutes...depending on winds and difficulty lighting them.  After that, it's back into the house for some karaoke, drinks and fun with everyone. 

Around 2am all kids are ushered to the next door neighbour's and are tucked in for the night.  Sleeping bags, movie, popcorn and soda...in their sitting room.  Adults stay at ours for a bit of dancing and singing and it doesn't end until the last person goes home...usually between 4:30 and 6:30 am. 

We've had some great nights over the years and as the kids have gotten older, we thought they'd be sick of it...but every year they ask if we'll be doing it again.

[The_duke]

Good thing I live in the middle of nowhere, or you might have serious issues with me that night...as I'll be setting off fireworks for everyone in the neighbourhood. 

The Guards will have you for letting off fireworks without a licence 

[Laxie]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!   

[TheChipPrince]

..........is usually a big let down, no extensive plans for me...

[AdamM]

Early night but hopefuly still some fireworks at midnight 

never liked NYE, even when I was younger. The same people who want to shake hands and say Merry Christmas a week earlier are pissed up and looking for a fight NYE. As a single man you have the distraction of looking for some poor girl to jump on at midnight, but with that gone, I'd sooner have a glass of bubbley at home with my wife.
NYE is for young people and Scots.

[Laxie]

NYE doesn't have to = pissed up, fighting in a pub.  We don't drink alcohol before midnight because of the fire works. 

It just worked out better with the 3 families getting along so well, to include kids and keep drinking levels down...at least until the kids go to bed.  lol 

[Colchester Kev]

Bed at 9 pm and hope that no wanker sets off a load of fireworks at midnight. Hopefully I will sleep til 9 am the next day and avoid the whole ridiculous event.

Now how is that for Humbug??

Bobby ... are you me in diguise, couldnt agree more mate.

[vegaslover]

Bed at 9 pm and hope that no wanker sets off a load of fireworks at midnight. Hopefully I will sleep til 9 am the next day and avoid the whole ridiculous event.

Now how is that for Humbug??

I'm working in the morning, mrs is working a night shift. So it's just me and my 1 year old NYE. Once he's off to bed will play the blonde tourney's that kev WILL set up

[Ironside]

the local village dance has been called off this year so i will be home

[Dewi_cool]

the local village dance has been called off this year so i will be home

I'm very disappointed, why Ironside?

[The Camel]

New Years Eve is the most depressing day of the year..

Finally, after years of saying "let's go next year" we are actually going to Oz for the Aussie Millions..

A week of holiday in Sydney.. 2 weeks working(ish) in Melbourne and rounding of with a few days in Hong Kong on the way home. I can't wait!

So, as our flight departs at 9.30pm on NY eve..with a bit of luck we will be over an ocean somewhere at midnight. (although knowing our luck we will be on a runway at Heathrow!)

[booder]

sounds fantastic Keith.........have a great time

[Colchester Kev]

the local village dance has been called off this year so i will be home

I'm very disappointed, why Ironside?

The community sheep is pregnant and thats fked up the entertainment.

[Ironside]

the dance needs people to run it, and the people that run it have been doing it for years, no one new wants to run it but they still want to turn up (only place they cant take the kids)

so the dance is cancelled

as i dont drink and dont fancy sitting in a pub full of drunken teenagers that i dont know and have no intrest in knowing then home playing or reading poker is the way forward

[The_nun]

I heard it got cancelled as word got around that some local guy had purchased a karaoke machine and wanted to bring it along.