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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17895 on: December 31, 2017, 07:58:48 AM »
It hasn't ticked over here yet, but I'm not staying up for it, so :sparkle: :hat: :sparkle: <3 HAPPY NEW YEAR! <3 :sparkle: :hat: :sparkle:

Let's make 2018 a good one! :))

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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17896 on: December 31, 2017, 08:26:14 AM »
We've just watched the Sydney New Year fireworks (husband is a Sydneysider). Beautiful, especially the fountain and the waterfall of fire flowing off the Harbour Bridge. Wow. Happy New Year, all, and may 2018 be better than this year. It surely needs to be.
(Sydney is fortunate in having Fort Denison and Goat Island to base the fireworks off, as well as the bridge, so it's possible to get spectacular effects. )
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17897 on: December 31, 2017, 11:51:37 AM »
It hasn't ticked over here yet, but I'm not staying up for it, so :sparkle: :hat: :sparkle: <3 HAPPY NEW YEAR! <3 :sparkle: :hat: :sparkle:

Let's make 2018 a good one! :))
Happy New Year to you too Purple Wyrm and everyone else :sparkle:
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17898 on: December 31, 2017, 12:04:36 PM »
Happy New Year!

It's around this time that I stop for a moment to consider that right now, depending on time zones, some of us are living simultaneously in different years!

A handful of hours will fix that soon enough, though!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17899 on: December 31, 2017, 12:38:00 PM »
About twelve hours to go, here. I may or may not stay awake for the changeover.

I wish everyone a New Year conducive to restful sleep and joyful awakenings.

And a magical reset on the to-do lists! For one day, nobody's behind hand in their tasks for the year!

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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17900 on: December 31, 2017, 03:13:51 PM »
Gott nytt år!
Hyvää uutta vuotta!
Godt nytår!
Godt nytt år!
Gleðilegt nýtt ár!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17901 on: December 31, 2017, 03:37:26 PM »
Grått Nytt Hår! \o/

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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17902 on: December 31, 2017, 07:36:39 PM »
I decided some years back that sharing pictures of adorable baby animals should become a New Year's Day tradition. So here are some adorable baby animals. Happy New Year!  :haw:


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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17903 on: December 31, 2017, 07:39:36 PM »
The opossums are us, the Minnions, looking at your post.  Is it therefore a selfie?  I squeeee, therefore I am?  Happy New Year in any case.  (It's already NY afternoon here, so I'm a wee bit late, but I'll pretend I'm in European time or something.)
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17904 on: January 01, 2018, 06:35:05 AM »
Happy new year!<3 Over here people were shooting off fireworks from 11am onward >.> (I wish I were joking.) And they're still setting off a few here and there now (the loud bangs rather than the pretty flashes). It was an incredible sight at midnight through to 1am, though! I and my SO went to the roof of the building and there were fireworks, some seriously impressive ones, going off all across the horizon, nonstop, for a straight hour.

The Netherlands goes a bit crazy for New Year's X3

Said SO is now in the air on the way back to their place, and I likely won't see them again for 6 months at the least :'3 It's been a marvelous week, but that makes it a bit bittersweet. The place is a bit empty now, too.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17905 on: January 03, 2018, 02:41:27 PM »
Even later than when I posted it this morning, but Happy Perihelion!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17906 on: January 05, 2018, 12:03:48 PM »
AUUUUGH!.....

Of all the things to start the year with I somehow wound up with pinkeye in my right eye. *RAGES*
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17907 on: January 05, 2018, 02:41:51 PM »
Temperatures here have ranged from -15 F to +7 F for the last week. So far at the office we have had the furnace fail once, the water pipes freeze up twice and the phones have been out since yesterday afternoon. I'll be glad when it warms up to high 20's on  sunday.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17908 on: January 05, 2018, 03:56:59 PM »
Whereas here it was 26C at 3am when I finally got to bed, with the forecast for today being 40C to 42C. And I'm about to head over to the market. Hope my flowers don't wilt!
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #17909 on: January 05, 2018, 05:23:01 PM »
Whereas here it was 26C at 3am when I finally got to bed, with the forecast for today being 40C to 42C. And I'm about to head over to the market. Hope my flowers don't wilt!

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