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Mike Hankey31-Dec-20 20:05

Mike Hankey

31-Dec-20 20:05

To you as well

I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.

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OriginalGriff31-Dec-20 21:32

31-Dec-20 21:32

I did that last year: Happy new year to everyone![^] and look what happened! Laugh | :laugh:

"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Patrice T31-Dec-20 22:30

Patrice T

31-Dec-20 22:30

I Wish you all a Happy New year too !

Patrice

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein

CPallini31-Dec-20 23:26

CPallini

31-Dec-20 23:26

Happy New Year!
Smile | :)

"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto

Richard MacCutchan1-Jan-21 0:28

Richard MacCutchan

1-Jan-21 0:28

I always wonder why we say this. I am sure that apart from the odd troll or terrorist, no one would not wish this for others, even those we do not know.

OriginalGriff1-Jan-21 1:25

1-Jan-21 1:25

I guess it's a "I'm alive, and I'm glad you are too" kind of thing: we say it with Birthdays, Anniversaries, religious festivals (regardless of religion or beliefs) and it's not really about the occasion so much as a "social acceptable" way to say we love our friends.

That's my thinking on it, anyway. I could well be wrong, I have been before ... Big Grin | :-D

Richard MacCutchan1-Jan-21 1:54

Richard MacCutchan

1-Jan-21 1:54

OriginalGriff wrote:
I could well be wrong,

Most unlikely. I Just suddenly wondered about this, for no real reason.

Slacker0071-Jan-21 6:22

Slacker007

1-Jan-21 6:22

OriginalGriff wrote:
I guess it's a "I'm alive, and I'm glad you are too" kind of thing

that's how I have always looked at it. especially so, now with covid.

theoldfool1-Jan-21 1:30

theoldfool

1-Jan-21 1:30

Thank you. My wishes for a great year for all the CPers.
Obligatory Copy/Paste:

We twa hae paidlet i’ the burn
Frae morning sun sill dine
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin auld lang syne

We two have paddled in the stream
from morning untill noon
but oceans now lie between us
since those days now in the past

For auld lang syne, my Dear
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak a cup o kindness yet
For auld lang syne

For days now in the past, my dear
For days now in the past
We’ll drink a toast of kind remembrance
For days now in the past

And there’s a hand, my trusty feire
And gie’s a hand o’ thine
And we’ll tak a right gude-willie waught
For auld lang syne

So take my hand, my trusty friend
and give me your hand
and we will take a hearty drink together
In memory of those days now in the past

—Robert Burns

If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

Fireworks prohibition?

RickZeeland31-Dec-20 12:32

31-Dec-20 12:32

Despite the fireworks prohibition it's sh*tty-sh*tty-bang-bang again over here in the Netherlands
Mad | :mad:

CodeWraith31-Dec-20 15:59

CodeWraith

31-Dec-20 15:59

They are just trying to scare evil spirits away. Not that it works, because I'm still here. Only my remaining fireworks are gone now.

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

Gary R. Wheeler31-Dec-20 17:06

Gary R. Wheeler

31-Dec-20 17:06

I wish the Elephant | [mastadon]

ers would stop. My dog freaks out during thunderstorms and bouts of loud outdoor noises.

Software Zen: delete this;

OriginalGriff31-Dec-20 21:35

31-Dec-20 21:35

Nary a "bang", "whizzzzzz", or "flashzhzhzhzh" around here last night - and I don't recall seeing them on sale either.

Definitely a good thing: the cat normally gets freaked by them even with Feliway.

RickZeeland31-Dec-20 21:45

31-Dec-20 21:45

All those sounds are drowned out by other Welsh sounds[^] $Shucks | :-\$

theoldfool1-Jan-21 1:31

theoldfool

1-Jan-21 1:31

I'll try to send my neighbor over to your place next new years. He does enough fireworks for all of us.

If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

OriginalGriff1-Jan-21 1:42

1-Jan-21 1:42

He probably buys them early, and stores them in his garage.

Just sayin'.

Not advocating an early ignition while he's at work ... :InnocentWhistleSmiley:

DerekT-P1-Jan-21 9:54

DerekT-P

1-Jan-21 9:54

More than I ever remember here. Pretty much continuous between 9pm and 1am. God knows where the "Essential Fireworks" shop is; and so does everyone else, it seems. Either that or they've had them all tucked under the bed for a few months; a scary thought. And oddly, there were a huge number of "essential journeys" made shortly after midnight this morning.

To be fair, I suppose some people would normally have gone to an organised event but this year just did their own thing.

One thing's for sure, though; despite what you hear on the news, people don't seem to be hard up - they literally have (lots of) money to burn. WTF | :WTF:

Brisingr Aerowing1-Jan-21 10:42

Brisingr Aerowing

1-Jan-21 10:42

We had a total of about 30 fireworks in 5 separate groups. Quietest New Years Eve in 5 years.

My mom had to work till midnight last night (she works at a Liquor store). Was mass mayhem and utter chaos. Smashed several sales records, though. The store usually closes at 10, and the company forgot to put the extended hours on the website, so it got quiet around then, so they had two hours to have some fun (ended up doing a pizza party).

What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?

The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.

Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

RickZeeland1-Jan-21 20:42

1-Jan-21 20:42

Well, to conclude with a positive note: it was quiet at the first aid posts this year.
It could have been a lot worse though as you can see in this clip of a carbid cannon:
Carbidkanon op aanhanger gaat af bij hotel in Joure[^]
$Shucks | :-\$

enhzflep3-Jan-21 4:41

enhzflep

3-Jan-21 4:41

Oxy-Acetylene bombs using 1.25L soft-drink bottles are bad enough.

The dad of a friend from school took us out to the paddock one night as 8 year olds. Took us over to the reloading shed to fill the 4L ice-cream container with a suitable mix from the welding bottles, stuffed a rag into the hole in the lid, has us retreat behind trees before lighting the rag and joining us. Little kids don't have great attention-spans and rags don't burn all that fast. Holy Hell - what a shock when that went boom. (pun intended)

There's a (BBC program) video of an acetylene-powered vortex generator - but it's 'only' a 200 litre chamber. Vortex Cannon! - Bang Goes the Theory Preview
It looked like there were potentially like 2x 44gal drums on that trailer. Ouch!

It'd be a bit of a different story with propane or petrol. It's the acetylene that makes it terrifying.

I knew a fella studying 3rd or 4th yr chem at uni, yet wasn't bright enough to think about shock-waves and glass. He put soapy water into the bath-tub then dragged the gas bottles inside. Yeah, seriously!
The mirror survived and so did the shower screen. The window wasn't quite so fortunate, though from memory, it got off easier than he did! (he was living with his parents at the time)

RickZeeland3-Jan-21 4:49