BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?

02 Jan 02 - 08:51 PM (#620136)
Subject: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: Ebbie

On New Year's Eve, I had about 15 people in and we made music up to and past midnight- great way to spend the time. Even taped the whole evening to give out as gifts.

New Year's Day dawned silvery and clear. I went with a dear friend 'out the road' to the Shrine of St. Therese and stood in the crystal cold for an hour as we watched numerous humpback whales and literally TONS of sea lions below and beyond us.

Did you know that whales also 'sing' above water? I had never heard such a sound except on underwater recordings but it was unmistakeably the whales who moaned and keened the haunting tones.

Something to paste in my 'Memory Keeper' book.

Ebbie

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02 Jan 02 - 09:10 PM (#620144)
Subject: RE: BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: 53

we raked straw and put around our flowers, played guitar, and had pork steak, mustard greens, and blackeyed peas for supper, mmmnnn good. BOB

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02 Jan 02 - 09:34 PM (#620168)
Subject: RE: BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: Snuffy

Partied at friends till 4.30; slept a bit; joined the rest of the Shakespeare Morris Men at noon, danced at 12.30, performed the mummers play at 1.30, then sang till 4.30 and came home. Oh yes, I drank a bit, too!

WassaiL! V

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02 Jan 02 - 10:07 PM (#620183)
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From: Bobert

Lucky BOB... The poor ol' bobert drove into Maryland for the annual New Years open house with the bobert's brother in law, Stuart, who spends half of his living life listening to Rush Limbaugh and the other half reciting Rush Limbaugh. Fun, right? Wrong. But the ferry ride over the Potomac at Whites Ferry made it worth it because the moon was full and shining down the river on the return trip and our car was the only car on the ferry that time of night.... But ol bobert is real glad to only have to do this once a year.... fir sure.

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02 Jan 02 - 10:07 PM (#620184)
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From: Steve Latimer

Played Golf. A group of us have done this every New Year's Day for at least 15 years. Yesterday was nice, very little snow on the course and the weather was fairly nice.

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02 Jan 02 - 10:53 PM (#620204)
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From: ddw

Went to work, just like every NYD for more than 20 years.

david

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02 Jan 02 - 10:55 PM (#620205)
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From: Jerry Rasmussen

I'm so glad you asked. I had a black gospel/reggae/rhythm and blues and rock and roll New Year's Day. The birthday of the wife of the tenor in my gospel quartet was on New Year's Day, and my tenor, Derrick arranged a surprise birthday party for her. Her family, which lives in Florida, came up here to Connecticut, as part of the surprise. When my wife and I got to the party, Derrick's friends from his reggae band were setting up their instruments and a sound system. Then, Derrick got up and played electric guitar, with his son on drums, and two other members of the reggae band on electric bass and keyboards. They rocked the place for about a half an hour, and then the rest of our gospel quartet came up and sang harmonies while Derrick sang the lead on Earth Angel. Then it was the Gospel Messengers turn, with me on guitar. I'd never heard black gospel accompanied by a reggae band, but we really got rolling. I've never played with a drummer, keyboards and electric bass behind me, but we had a power we've never had on our own. Definitely not Appalachian folk music. There was a little bit of Rolling Stones, and a lot of gospel.

My only regret was that my friend Ian wasn't there, playing second bass. What a way to welcome in the New Year!
Jerry

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02 Jan 02 - 11:17 PM (#620213)
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From: heric

Ebbie: I went to the Shrine of St Therese and stayed a couple of hours last September. Wonderful place. HUGE run going up that tiny creek. (Worked on New Year's Day.)

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02 Jan 02 - 11:39 PM (#620224)
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From: DonMeixner

I built a new bathroom in the house. Flush toilets and everything, AND on the second floor to boot.

Don

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03 Jan 02 - 12:04 AM (#620235)
Subject: RE: BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: Melani

Went sailing on San Francisco Bay in a light drizzle, and stopped at Pier 39 for a hot crab sandwich.

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03 Jan 02 - 12:27 AM (#620243)
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From: GUEST

The Shrine of St. Terese.......Holy Ground indeed. And the whales and sea lions and eagles know it!!

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03 Jan 02 - 01:22 AM (#620248)
Subject: RE: BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: GutBucketeer

Woke up alone, since my wife and I got into a fight on New Year's Eve.
Since it was my Birthday I slept in a little.
Got up.
Took family to brunch.
They took me duck pin bowling. It was more fun than I expected, though both my 11 year old and 8 year old beat my score.
Ate black eyed peas and cornbread.
Had a fire in the fire place.

All and All it started bad and ended up being a pretty good day.

JAB

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03 Jan 02 - 02:49 AM (#620259)
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From: Liz the Squeak

Ate chocolate, slobbed on the sofa, watched Sean Connery on the DVD - twice!

As designated sober person driving home from New Years party, I was very tired.

LTS

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03 Jan 02 - 05:51 AM (#620282)
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From: Trevor

I went to the Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery.

So you're driving through the foresty bits of the Scottish borders and suddenly there's a huge Buddhist temple appears out of the trees, take-your-breath-away beautiful. The place and its surroundings are peaceful and, for me, the minute I walk in there I feel a sense of peace and this huge tranquil space opening up in my head.

Half-past ten, lighting of 1000 butterlamps; half-past eleven, chanting of prayers in the temple (I'm not a Buddhist and don't understand what's being said but the sound and the devotion just moves me); ten-to twelve, lights dimmed and twenty minutes of almost-silence for meditation, just the low hum of some chanting their mantra; ten-past twelve, lights back up and everyone wishing each other Happy New Year, with smiles and hugs (and not pissed!); Tibetan monks laughing, touching foreheads, slapping each other on the back.

Waah! Waah! I wanna go back!

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03 Jan 02 - 06:37 AM (#620289)
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From: Celtic Soul

Wow...I didn't do anything so memorable as that.

I cleaned house some, and went to a movie with my family.

Now, the night before was much more memorable, having been paid to sing and have fun! But still, that can't beat hearing Whale song above water. :D

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03 Jan 02 - 10:22 AM (#620345)
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From: Jerry Rasmussen

Gutbucketeer:

I'm glad that your day turned out better than it started. You message brought back some painful Holidays I had when my kids were little. Holidays are great, if you've got peace at home. Painful, if you don't. I have it all now. I pray that you get yours, too..

Jerry

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03 Jan 02 - 10:27 AM (#620349)
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From: Bat Goddess

Since 'Mudge, Jeri and I had a quiet lobster dinner the night before (with my pickled herring in sour cream for dessert) and Tom and I, at least, were asleep by 10:30, we did our partying on New Year's Day at the farm of a displaced Mississippian here in the heart of Yankee land. Bluegrass and O'Carolan and a bit of other music. Country ham, hog hocks, black eyed peas, etcet, etcet, but I'm pleased to say somebody (not me, either!) brought the herring. Gotta have herring.

Linn

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03 Jan 02 - 10:30 AM (#620351)
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From: katlaughing

Ebbie and Trevor, I want to spend next New Year's Day doing what you each did! Wow!

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03 Jan 02 - 10:31 AM (#620353)
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From: Sooz

Mike and I celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary with a walk across snowy fields....nice. We also shampooed New Years Eve's red wine out of the carpet....not so nice.

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03 Jan 02 - 11:29 AM (#620390)
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From: Jim Dixon

New Year's Day was a travel day for me. Although the flight home from St. Louis to St. Paul is less than 2 hours, all the associated ritual – packing, saying goodbye to relatives, driving to the airport, turning in the rental car, arriving at the airport 2 hours early to accommodate security procedures (2 hours was a lot more than necessary, in my estimation), then the cab ride home, stowing away all the loot – left me wanting to do nothing more than veg out, pet the cats, open mail, and catch up on the newspapers.

The trip to St. Louis was unforgettable, however. My childhood home has been sold, and my mother is in a nursing home, so we slept in the house for the last time, and sorted through mom's papers looking for a few essential records (like her car title!) and mementos. Mom kept everything. Christmas cards, receipts for every repair and every major purchase, bank statements going back many years, post cards, birthday cards, calendars, and more recently, after her memory began to fail, countless (and redundant) notes to herself about doctor's appointments, medications, birthdays, and so on.

There were a few pleasant surprises. My mom had several letters written to her by her father, who died when I was about 8 years old. I had never seen anything written by him before, and I barely remember him. I saved those to read later. I found a family bible that contains records of a branch of the family I knew nothing about. And I acquired several ancient photos, like the one of the log cabin my great-grandparents lived in.

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03 Jan 02 - 11:38 AM (#620393)
Subject: RE: BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: Grab

Is no-one else going to be honest and say "we finished at 3am, rolled into bed, and woke up feeling like crap"? ;-)

Graham.

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03 Jan 02 - 11:51 AM (#620403)
Subject: RE: BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: GUEST,KT

Jim, having recently been through something very similar, I can relate to your experience....of cleaning out, last visits, hidden surprises in the family history....bittersweet.......

Trevor.....Ahhhh.......what a wonderful way to welcome the New Year......

kat.....no worries.....you were there!

Happy 2002, everyone! KT

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03 Jan 02 - 03:01 PM (#620483)
Subject: RE: BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: Keith A of Hertford

Hoddesdon Crownsmen danced and performed a mummerss play at the Crown, Buntingford. This was followed by a singaround with some outstanding singers. This is an annual event so maybe local catters might join us next year.
Have a happy one,
Keith

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03 Jan 02 - 03:20 PM (#620493)
Subject: RE: BS: What Did You Do on New Year's Day?
From: Steve in Idaho

Didn't drink a drop and was playing cribbage with my Partner so we missed the midnight moment. Slept till 1 PM and chopped some wood. Lazy day -

Steve

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03 Jan 02 - 05:31 PM (#620556)
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From: Hawker

My mother told me when I waslittle that whatever you do on New Years Day, you do all the year round, I know its probably an old wives tale, but even now, I try to ensure that I don't do anything too silly! This year, we enjoyed the company of the friends who were unable to drive home from our Party, we sang, drank and had a lovely day, chatting about old times, old frineds etc. I even managed to put down the words to a song Ive been planning to write for a while. Hope for a good 2002 to you all, Lucy

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03 Jan 02 - 05:53 PM (#620574)
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From: Amergin

well...after spending half the night throwing empty poppers at my partner...and her throwing them back....woke up...made love...went to Huntington Beach...at lunch...walked around then went and watched Harry Potter...and then went back had a lite supper of chips brie and crackers...and then watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail with subtitles from Henry iv part two....lovely day it was...

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03 Jan 02 - 07:30 PM (#620636)
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From: Nemesis

Stripped off - the fresh paint that was peeling off all the newly plastered walls until 9pm when next door's distraught teenage daughter (after injuries) decided to finally run away from home via our house. Spent next three hours skulking around with her, hiding from the curtain-less windows (hadn't got as far as the gloss painting) avoiding very aggressive vengeful DAD circling the house - managed to sneak her out undercover at 11.45 to a safe house and then fell into bed with a migraine.

Spent New Year's Day in the pub - which after 10 years of faithfully watching the Morrising from the pavement decided to enter and Hey! realised that this is where all the local musicians congregate - it was a bit like a Sidmouth session at its best!

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03 Jan 02 - 08:04 PM (#620655)
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From: katlaughing

KT, thanks, I will never forget that!

Jim Dixon, my mom was the same way, saved everything!

kat

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03 Jan 02 - 10:45 PM (#620714)
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From: GUEST,Marc B

I played at the, 9th Annual Bishops Castle New Years Day Zydebash, in Exeter, Road Island. This is probably the 5th or 6th year, I've had the pleasure of taking part in this. It's just a great way to start the year, DANCING.

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04 Jan 02 - 04:26 AM (#620804)
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From: Trevor

Marc B - there's a Bishops Castle in Rhode Island? What a co-incidence 'cos I live in one in Shropshire.

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04 Jan 02 - 04:44 AM (#620807)
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From: alanww

Same as Snuffy - morris dancing, mumming, singing and drinking and eating - but I wasn't up so late on New Year's Eve. I then partied on 2 Jan (MY BIRTHDAY!) and got a bit tired and emotional. Its nice to have a normal day now!

Oh, the summer is a coming ...
Alan

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04 Jan 02 - 09:53 PM (#621331)
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From: GUEST,Marc B

Its not a castle in the true sense of the word. It's more of a traditional New England farm, but it's Brian Bishops castle I suppose. Never the less it's probably the best Zydeco Dance Party you're gonna find in New England, if that makes any sense.

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05 Jan 02 - 01:13 PM (#621536)
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From: Mrs.Duck

Went for a long walk along the pier at Whitby then ate fish and chips by the bandstand then back to the Tap and Spile for a few songs and meeting up with friends.

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