BS: Happy New Year

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Rog Peek
Date: 03 Jan 13 - 04:28 PM

Just spotted this thread so "Happy New Year to All!"

Rog

By the way, set-danced our way into the new year, great way to do it!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: bradfordian
Date: 02 Jan 13 - 05:22 PM

Maeve, thanks for sharing your little piece of paradise. I look forward to your updates. We who are still here to tell the tale are grateful to experience each day no matter how modest our environs and to be able to share our joys. For me it's "what can I do for you, never, what can you do for me" As Monty Python said "Always look on the bright side of life"
Happy new year to my friends in New England, and beyond, Canada and the UK.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: maeve
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 10:27 PM

Sorry- that little red squirrel went and et my cookie.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 10:15 PM

Thanks, Kampervan, we love it here. And no- I just write.
Maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,Kampervan
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 01:48 PM

Wow Maeve, that just sounds like a fantastic place to be.

Not only that, but you describe it so eloquently. Do you write professionally, cos if you don't then maybe you should. Reading that - I'm there.

Thanks for the posting, made my day.

Regards
K/van

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: maeve
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 11:11 AM

The white-tail deer held a family reunion in the apple orchard last night to celebrate the moonlit New Year, their leisurely trails crossing the snow from southwest to northeast. We heard the Great Horned Owl but didn't think to gaze out into the orchard to look for deer. In a clearing a little way back in the woods, a bobcat tracked snowshoe hares as they danced under the moon.

Three tufted titmice, with their cousins the black-capped chickadees, are taking turns at the seed and suet feeders, along with American goldfinches and redpoll finches. They cling madly to the branches of the cherry tree between feeder runs- the sun is bright, but the wind is fierce. We're watching for return visits from the shrike and the sharp-shinned hawk and flyovers from the eagles. A red squirrel digs in the snow crust to retrieve every sunflower seed he can find!

The sky is a cold, lovely blue, curving down to the treeline in a paler hue. Perhaps this is the year music will return.

Happy New Year from Maine.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Janie
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 11:04 AM

Yes indeed, Happy New Year to each and every one of you! Not sure when I fell asleep but well before midnight, watching Star Trek NG on Netflix.

Preparing a mid-day dinner of corned beef and cabbage with son and his lovely girlfriend, who will have a trad. southern New Year's supper of beans and greens at her aunt's house later this evening. The brisket is big for the three of us. Ya'll come on over for lunch!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: EBarnacle
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 10:42 AM

Lady Hillary and I engaged the new year by watching a Twilight Zone marathon, including le Shatner's famous episode, Terror at 10,000 feet. At midnight, we watched the ball drop, toasted each other and enjoyed champagne with caviar. We then called it a night. Happy New Year, all! Healthy and properous.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: skarpi
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 10:23 AM

Happy new year from Iceland

all the best Skarpi Iceland .....

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Will Fly
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 04:29 AM

It's 9.30am down here in deepest Sussex on New Year's Day - beautiful, clear, cold and sunny. Slept like a log - we emptied several bottles of Chablis last night...

My best to all Mudcatters for the New Year.

Cheers,

Will

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 04:13 AM

Went to bed at 10pm, so didn't see the New Year in. But it's lovely and sunny this morning, such a change from all that rain. We'll go out and walk by the sea later. I have a feeling this year will be more peaceful and that things globally will calm down. Hope so!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 03:33 AM

Hippy Gnu Jeer!!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: JennieG
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 03:15 AM

Gnu, any big city these days is called the Big Smoke! I live in a country town, hence the Small Smoke.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 12:29 AM

Now the ball in Times Square has dropped, so I can say again, Happy New Year! Or maybe I should wait until all the time zones have been covered!

About 12 AM or PM, I prefer to use 12 Noon or 12 Midnight. Timetables will often avoid the 12 time and use 12:01 AM or PM instead.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: LadyJean
Date: 01 Jan 13 - 12:17 AM

Happy New Year again. I'm glad the plague rats are well, and have such lovely names.

Rats don't always do so well. A lot of people buy them for terriers.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Crowhugger
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 09:41 PM

Happy New Year, friends!! I sincerely hope 2013 is a great one for you.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,999
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 08:14 PM

Ditto, if it was nice.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: gnu
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 07:49 PM

Sandra!.... the Big Smoke? What and where? Toronto (did I spell that right?... it seems so odd... it should be Tronna or TO!) is The Big Smoke to me and all of my Native brothers.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Elmore
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 07:01 PM

All The best to everyone in the New Year.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 06:46 PM

Wishing you all of the best in the comming year!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Greg F.
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 05:56 PM

Hullo, Lady Jean - from ourselves and our three Plague Rats - Pestis, Yrsinia, and Pasturella, we wish you all the best for the New Year!

Greg

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 05:29 PM

& in the Big Smoke it's fast approaching 9.30am 1st January 2013

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: JennieG
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 04:42 PM

Happy new year wishes from the Small Smoke......it's fast approaching 9am on 1st January, 2013!

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: fat B****rd
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 02:52 PM

Yesyesyes. All the very best to everybody from Charlie and Mrs fB in Dunfermline.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,MikeL2
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 02:26 PM

Hi

Happy New Year to all at Mudcat.

7.30 pm.....definitely !!

From leafy Cheshire

MikeL2

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 02:17 PM

Happy New Year Kathmandu!
(I'm an hour late with this one, they always confuse me)

There's a little yellow idol to the North of Kathmandu
In a temple, where the fittings are so fine.
And tho' the temple clock shows clearly "quarter to".
My Blackb'ry insists it's really Nine.

My Blackberry is marvellous, it keeps exquisite time,
There's a button to advance it, hour by hour.
Yet It cannot cope with Nepal, it aught to be a crime.
A fifteen minute shift's not in its power.

I think I'll take two Blackberrys ev'rywhere I go
For shorter trips, or even for long-haul
One off-set thirty minutes should work just fine, although
I'll still avoid a visit to Nepal.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,achmelvich
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 01:47 PM

happy new year to all from the lake district.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 01:16 PM

Happy New Year from Norfolk UK. May it be a peaceful and joyful one for us all.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: akenaton
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 12:48 PM

A guid new year fae Bonnie Scotland.....to all my friends ....and enemies below the line.
Lang may yer lum reek, wi' ither folks coal!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: gnu
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 11:51 AM

I invited 12 new friends. They may drop by anytime now as I have been clearing snow on and off since 4AM yeasterday.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: SINSULL
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 11:28 AM

Sitting at work watching the clock and eagerly awaiting 4PM so I can go home to my kitties and a few guests.
Champagne at midnight!
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Leadfingers
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 10:19 AM

Less than nine hours til 2013 here in UK ! Wish all where ever a Happy New Year

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 10:00 AM

Tokyo & Seoul:
Happy New year!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 09:01 AM

Happy New Year Brisbane!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Little Robyn
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 08:32 AM

Happy New Year from NZ. It's about 2:30am on New Year's Day here and I'm off to bed. We sang and played Geordie songs until it was time for Auld Lang Syne, then we had a feast with pease puddin' and stottie cake followed by trifle, jelly and other yummy things.
See you in a few hours - I'm bushed!
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 08:29 AM

Happy New Year, Adelaide!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 06:18 AM

Have a very good one, all, from a Lancashire Gnome due to emigrate across the Pennines in the new year!

DtG

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 06:11 AM

I was once told that there is no midnight in the armed forces- it doesn't exist.
The time is either 23.59 or its 00.01. May be an old wives story, but it cerainly simplifies things.····
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It was certainly the case back in my army days, early 1950s, when a weekend leave would finish at 2359 hrs on Sunday night. Probably hasn't changed.

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: gnu
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 04:52 AM

Happies atchyas all.

Jeri... Mayan - screwed... Hahahahaaa!

Bruce.... WIKI : "The Romans numbered the morning hours originally in reverse. For example, "3 a.m." or "3 hours ante meridiem" meant "three hours before noon", compared to the modern usage of "three hours into the first 12-hour period of the day".[citation needed]"

That should clear it up. The Romans did it.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,Kampervan cookie gone
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 03:53 AM

I was once told that there is no midnight in the armed forces- it doesn't exist.
The time is either 23.59 or its 00.01. May be an old wives story, but it cerainly simplifies things.

Happy New year to old Mudcatters and may all trolls vanish in a puff of smoke come 2013.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 02:12 AM

bloody typos!

In Syndye - where's that place?

sandra in sydney, 6.12pm New Year's Eve

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 02:12 AM

The trouble is that AM & PM can both ONLY mean midnight ~~ ante meridiem = before noon & post-meridiem = after noon; & if you work it out, 12 hours after noon or 12 hours before noon are both midnight. That is why timetables which give 12 am & 12 pm are untrustworthy ~~ a lunchtime invitation for "12 pm" has a connotation obvious to the unthinking sender, who would however presumably be much put out if the invitee arrived at precisely midnight, when he was in actual fact invited for! So the terms 12 am & 12 pm should both be avoided, 'noon' & 'midnight' being substituted.

Unfortunately, this begs Bruce's cogent question, and leaves us no forrarder in answering it.

Still ~~ HNY to any who has stayed with me this far ~~ at 0712 GMT in the UK.

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Dec 12 - 02:11 AM

too hard, Bruce, I'm a bear of small brain!

In Syndye it's a bit less than 6 hours away from the change of the year, but we also have big display in 3 hours

Watch Sydney fireworks live = 9pm & midnight Sydney time

sandra 6.10pm Sydney time

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,999
Date: 30 Dec 12 - 09:49 PM

And you, ChanteyLass.

Jeri, bear with me: Midnight--that is when the bells toll 12 times IS AM or heralds the AM as it stops tolling. Yer dealing with 65 years of "I don't get it." A 24 hour clock I can understand. When it gets to 24:00 it is AM if 23:59:59 is still PM?

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 30 Dec 12 - 09:27 PM

Happy New Year to all of you wherever you are, whenever it happens for you! It's more than 24 hours away for me, but I've already got sparkling wine chilling in the refrigerator.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Jeri
Date: 30 Dec 12 - 09:07 PM

The new year begins after midnight. Midnight being 12:00 AM or 2400 hours, and nothing happens after 2400 hours because that's all there is. Just 24 hours.

A simple analogy would be...
if you have a piece of pie, that's today. You eat the pie, and when it's all gone, your day is done. But hey! There's another piece of pie which you can start to eat. Maybe that's not the best analogy in the world.

Time is a bizarre concept. We can all pretty much agree that time, it is a precious thing, along with all its splendors, along with all its joys.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,999
Date: 30 Dec 12 - 08:03 PM

I ask because I never understood if midnight is am or pm. Use simple analogies because I've been confused on this issue for 65 years.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: GUEST,999
Date: 30 Dec 12 - 07:55 PM

OK, so scratch X-mas this year. Is the New Year at midnight or one second after midnight?

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Jeri
Date: 30 Dec 12 - 01:17 PM

Either go Greek (7th Jan) or go back to sleep for another 11 months plus a few days. The new year starts on the 1st of January for many of us. If you're Mayan, you're pretty much screwed.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy New Year
From: Megan L
Date: 30 Dec 12 - 01:08 PM

999 Christmas is sooooo last year