BS: Happy 2009 from Sydney

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 2009 from Sydney
From: topical tom
Date: 01 Jan 09 - 12:56 PM

Thanks for the link to that awesome display of pyrotechnics, Sandra, and a Happy New Year and good health from Quebec where it's reeeaaaly cold but sunny today.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 2009 from Sydney
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 31 Dec 08 - 07:46 PM

And a Happy New Year from Geoffrey!
We watched a load of gunpowder exploding on the banks of the river Thames.
Shame we can't have the same amount of powder in the Houses of Parliament when the Bastards are there...
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 2009 from Sydney
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 31 Dec 08 - 09:14 AM

Greetings to you too, from the place where time really starts!

A little something I found which sums up a lot of what this 'below the line' stuff is about...

The Old Year
by JOHN CLARE

The Old Year's gone away
To nothingness and night:
We cannot find him all the day
Nor hear him in the night:
He left no footstep, mark or place
In either shade or sun:
The last year he'd a neighbour's face,
In this he's known by none.


All nothing everywhere:
Mists we on mornings see
Have more of substance when they're here
And more of form than he.
He was a friend by every fire,
In every cot and hall—
A guest to every heart's desire,
And now he's nought at all.


Old papers thrown away,
Old garments cast aside,
The talk of yesterday,
Are things identified;
But time once torn away
No voices can recall:
The eve of New Year's Day
Left the Old Year lost to all.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 2009 from Sydney
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Dec 08 - 08:34 AM

more greetings from Sydney!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy 2009 from Sydney
From: fat B****rd
Date: 31 Dec 08 - 08:33 AM

Thankyou and all the very best from Dunfermline

Subject: BS: Happy 2009 from Sydney
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Dec 08 - 08:31 AM

Happy New year from Sydney Australia!

Above is a link to photos of fireworks on Sydney Harbour, where we have just celebrated the new year.

A couple of weeks ago, a friend gave me a small talisman, which I keep in my wallet. It has a dove on one side, and the word "hope" on the other. We are starting a new year with wars, a global recession, and climate change. Hope and the kindness of friends will help us all through a tough year.

good luck and best wishes to you all,

freda

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