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How did you welcome the arrival of 2013?


Poll: How did you welcome the arrival of 2013?
Huge party at a hotel or other public venue 2 / 5%
Large party at a friend's house 0 / 0%
Large party at home 1 / 2%
Small party at a friend's house 7 / 17%
Small party at home 3 / 7%
Tiny party at home  14 / 34%
By going to bed at my regular bedtime 14 / 34%
41 total votes
 

tennie75
Lorien


Jan 1 2013, 9:55pm


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How did you welcome the arrival of 2013?

My answer is #7 - usually the neighbors set off fireworks, we wake up and mumble Happy New Year and go back to sleep. Those neighbors must have moved...

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Ataahua
Forum Admin / Moderator


Jan 1 2013, 10:04pm


Views: 709
Muttering sulphurously

at the neighbours who let off fireworks from 11am to 1am, each new lot starting just as I was drifting off; then at the meathead who roared his car around the streets doing wheelies; then at the two earthquakes after 3am.

2013 really didn't want me to get much sleep that night.

Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."

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Radagast-Aiwendil
Gondor


Jan 1 2013, 10:55pm


Views: 699
By going to bed at ten and trying to get a couple of hours sleep while I had the chance to//

Bah Humbug! Laugh

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dubulous
Rohan

Jan 1 2013, 11:16pm


Views: 701
I guess tiny party desribes it best

I went to visit my parents who both took a big ol' nap before midnight while I borrowed my mother's laptop to visit TORn and other sites of interest. Cool


dernwyn
Forum Admin / Moderator


Jan 1 2013, 11:35pm


Views: 707
It was really less than a "tiny party"

It was a typical New Year's Eve for us. With only one of our three adult kids at home, we headed over to the local Olive Garden for an early dinner out (they have delicious soups and reasonable portions there).

Then back home to play a game, this year we did a couple rounds of Monopoly Millionaire Deal card game - new to us, and like a quick version of Monopoly. After which we knew none of us would hold out until midnight! I fell asleep reading a book about Durham Castle. Have you ever noticed that if you start dozing off while reading about something, the subject matter tends to enter your dreams? I have vague remembrances of brief dreams with something about Cuthbert and the Danish invasions of Northumberland...


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silneldor
Half-elven


Jan 2 2013, 1:31am


Views: 725
I could not answer this accurately

cuz i had a tiny party in the theat-or'.
It was mrs. sil 'n me (son was over to a friend's house....sleeping...a long day as it where, and another story) and when the lights came on after 'The Life of Pi' (1AM) we kissed and hugged to celebrate by starting the new year right, by gumSmile.
That were the party:).















Starling
Half-elven


Jan 2 2013, 4:57am


Views: 681
Kissing in the back row?

Outrageous. Tongue


Starling
Half-elven


Jan 2 2013, 4:58am


Views: 725
Oh dear

That's one way to start 2013 I suppose. Crazy


Elizabeth
Half-elven


Jan 2 2013, 8:38am


Views: 665
Other: On an airplane bound for New Zealand.

I win.








Starling
Half-elven


Jan 2 2013, 8:44am


Views: 674
I hope you weren't trying to land in Wellington today

It made me feel sick just watching the planes on TV!


Alcarcalime
Tol Eressea


Jan 2 2013, 10:17am


Views: 658
Quiet New Year's Eve.

OhioHobbit and I watched an old James Bond movie and went to bed at 9:30 p.m. I slept all night (neighbors were quiet this year -- I guess they are getting older, too) so I missed the midnight arrival of 2013.




DanielLB
Immortal


Jan 2 2013, 10:18am


Views: 651
Nothing fancy

I was on my own on TORn and watching the fireworks on TV. Frown

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Starling
Half-elven


Jan 2 2013, 10:21am


Views: 654
When you are on TORn

You are never alone. Smile


tennie75
Lorien


Jan 2 2013, 12:19pm


Views: 658
Yes, you win! Have a great time!//

 

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imin
Valinor


Jan 2 2013, 1:28pm


Views: 646
Aw that made me feel a little sad!

How come you weren't with you or your girlfriends family?

Well i am sure it was fun on TORn nevertheless!

As for myself it was just a small gathering at gf of her family, then at midnight we set off some lanterns into the sky with messages we had wrote on them for the coming year.


DanielLB
Immortal


Jan 2 2013, 2:01pm


Views: 669
It wasn't as sad as it sounds ;-)

We never do anything fancy for New Years Eve (it's just another day, right Wink). She was at work, so not much else to do.

Smile

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imin
Valinor


Jan 2 2013, 2:58pm


Views: 647
Oh ok, good good!

For my family we never really made that big a deal out of it. In fact the best thing was we had a big meal on new years day which was basically Christmas dinner again - mum loves this time of year, haha.

But as i wasnt there that didnt happen Frown

My uncle went to Sydney and got a boat out into the harbour for the fireworks there - said it was the best new years eve party ever! One day... lol.


Escapist
Gondor


Jan 2 2013, 3:26pm


Views: 669
LOL - mum loved the heavy cooking we usually do so much

that we went out to eat instead Tongue


Hamfast
Rohan


Jan 2 2013, 5:13pm


Views: 633
Well...

I put on body armor and stayed away from any windows...due to the huge amount of gun fire Smile


sevilodorf
Tol Eressea


Jan 2 2013, 7:29pm


Views: 669
at midnight ... nothing.... in the morning going to The Hobbit

took my daughter. My granddaughter was upset that we went without her but as she was moving from airport to airport (texting us every time she got on, off or just got bored waiting for the next flight) returning from a visit with her dad it was unavoidable. I suppose I'll just have to go again to keep her company.

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Alassëa Eruvande
Valinor


Jan 2 2013, 9:16pm


Views: 684
Tiny party at home.

We had Mr. Eruvande's parents over for dinner, including black eyed peas, and played pool and the xbox in our new man cave.

At 11 pm, central time, we decided it was midnight in New York and that was good enough for us. We had some nasty dry champagne, and the Little Eruvandes had sparkling apple cider. I'd rather have the apple cider, really.

Yes we are party animals. Do not try this at home. Tongue



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silneldor
Half-elven


Jan 2 2013, 11:17pm


Views: 652
sexagenarian hormones

Sly















Annael
Immortal


Jan 3 2013, 2:16am


Views: 633
went to bed at the usual time

then went to a medium-sized party the NEXT evening, thrown by a friend on the reasoning that it would be a much safer night to be out on the roads.

I have partied more in the last month than in the last two years feels like!

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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal


Jan 3 2013, 3:24am


Views: 599
Games with my family, then fireworks

We've made New Year's a family celebration for a long time. The tradition is to play Fictionary at my dad's house. We've been saving the papers for decades, and they make fun reading. The best word I learned this year was "tsimmes: the over-complication of a relatively simple situation (also a stew of vegetables and fruits)"

This year we also played Apples to Apples. Our kids are grown and went to parties of their own, and my sister was away at a party of her own, but my out-of-state brother was visiting, so he and my dad and Uncle Baggins and I got together for a low-key party. We came home at 11, wanting to avoid the drunks, and set off a fireworks fountain at our house.


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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal


Jan 3 2013, 3:25am


Views: 634
I knows about those :-) //

 


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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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Lissuin
Valinor


Jan 3 2013, 9:49am


Views: 816
Looking at the votes,

just call us the wild bunch.Laugh
Elizabeth does win. Have a great time!

Husband and I watched all four hours of Richard Armitage in "North and South" (were there other people in that? Shocked). My choice, but he liked it, too.

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Happy Desolation of Smaug Year!


Lissuin
Valinor


Jan 3 2013, 9:52am


Views: 819
In San Diego!?//

 


Lissuin
Valinor


Jan 3 2013, 9:57am


Views: 817
I know exactly what you mean.


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I have partied more in the last month than in the last two years feels like!


Hobbitses this! Hobbitses that! Hobbitses everywhere you look! Too tired for holidays. Must rest up for next December.Smile


Lissuin
Valinor


Jan 3 2013, 10:21am


Views: 846
Wow! You got a double whammy.


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then at the two earthquakes after 3am.


Severe and strong intensity, says GeoNet. Did you have any damage? We didn't feel it.
What a way to start the year, eh? The rumbling of dragons. Similar to our first night in NZ in 2005, we had a 5.0 at 2:00 am that woke us up. Just a moderate shake to say, "Welcome to New Zealand!"


alienorchid
Lorien


Jan 3 2013, 4:01pm


Views: 819
Oh no! Stupid earthquakes!

That's not a fun way to bring in the new year! :(


Hamfast
Rohan


Jan 3 2013, 4:34pm


Views: 794
Indeed...

I live less than 10 minutes drive from the World Famous San Diego Zoo in an area called North Park. Most folks don't realise that San Diego is the 6th largest city in the US, and we have our fair share of gang activity in the inner cities and north counties. Most of it is crystal meth drug trade related....

Please don't get the wrong impression of my city though....relatively low crime rate, and a beautiful place with a ton of stuff to do and see Smile

Idiots tend to shoot holes in the sky on the 4th of July as well....


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Delrond
Rohan


Jan 3 2013, 4:47pm


Views: 802
A little bit of everything.

Little D and I spent the evening at a friend's house as they were having a small party. 7-8 couples and their children. We haven't been to a New Year's Eve party in years - I am usually watching the ball drop while Mrs. D is well into REM sleep.

I knew things were going to be a little crazy upon our arrival when my friend told me that he turned on the pool heater a few hours ago (ambient air temp was a balmy 25 F). Good food (beef tenderloin on the grill), spirits and lots of games (euchre, anyone?). No Twister though. At midnight, shared a wonderful bottle of champagne then proceeded to light off several large fireworks. Due to the summer drought, there was a burn ban, so we had LOTS of things to choose from our Fourth of July stash. Then the polar bears hopped into the pool, got out and ran across the street to a neighbor with an indoor hot tub. We just took pictures, which I won't be uploading. Laugh

A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.


Ataahua
Forum Admin / Moderator


Jan 3 2013, 6:26pm


Views: 798
No damage,

although they reminded me that I still have to do something about the open shelves in my kitchen, which hold glasses and cups.

Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."

"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded beggar with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.


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Lissuin
Valinor


Jan 3 2013, 9:44pm


Views: 815
San Diego is lovely.

I worked and lived there north of Balboa Park for three months in 1981 and thought it was wonderful. I grew up in S. Cal but haven't lived there for 30 years, but now when I visit family in LA, I occasionally take the nice train ride down for the day. I would expect similar holiday excitement where I came from, but I was surprised that things have changed in San Diego, too. Evil


Starling
Half-elven


Jan 4 2013, 5:52am


Views: 771
Tut-tut! //

 


Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Jan 4 2013, 6:11pm


Views: 847
None of the above...

I was working ('though I blew a kiss to my wife)!

'There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.' - Gandalf the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Sam20
Lorien

Jan 4 2013, 9:22pm


Views: 794
New Year

I went to my sister's home with family members to celebrate the New Year. We had a nice holiday supper and exchanged gifts as we didn't all saw each other at christmas. I had a few drinks and we played card games (which I am really not good at) and I stayed there for the night. She provided some of us who slept there with a good breakfast and that's about it. I got home tired for I didn't slept to weel on a couch. Overall it was good.


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Oiotári
Tol Eressea


Jan 5 2013, 4:24am


Views: 768
I went to a concert with my family

by an a cappella group called Tonic Sol-Fa
They do a New Year's Eve concert here every year
It was fantastic singing, and a silly attitude

though it was in the late afternoon, and we didn't have any party to speak of, so I voted the last option


..The land of long-forgotten name:
......no man may ever anchor near;
..No steering star his hope may aim,
......for nether Night its marches drear,
..And waters wide no sail may tame,
......with shores encircled dark and sheer.

..O! Haven where my heart would be!
......the waves beat upon thy bar
..For ever echo endlessly,
......when longing leads thy thought afar


Misto
Lorien

Jan 5 2013, 9:16pm


Views: 848
Nice and relaxed

Just a nice dinner at a friend's house and then we took our bottle of champagne up the hill where we had a superb view over the town and beyond, watching the fireworks.


sauget.diblosio
Tol Eressea

Apr 1 2013, 11:57pm


Views: 1022
I could count on two hands

the number of times i've gone out for New Years in my live-- i'm not much for holidays. This year was one of the quiet ones. Don't remember exactly what i did, but i'm sure it involved what i would normally do on a night off-- eat dinner, possibly carry-out, catch up on some dvr tv, maybe a movie, look at the internet. I like to go out when it's not so crowded and noisy-- i like to actually talk to the people i'm with.