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Plans for NYE?

Go out and drink heavily	2 votes - 11 %
Stay in and drink heavily	9 votes - 52 %
Go to a hotel and drink heavily	0 votes - 0 %
go to work and monitor servers for Y2k06 problems	0 votes - 0 %
watch Twlight Zone marathon	3 votes - 17 %
IRC with ohters not going out sorts	0 votes - 0 %
burn 2005 calendars in memory of this shitty year	5 votes - 29 %
watch Dick Clark on TV	1 vote - 5 %
Go to Times Square	0 votes - 0 %
drinks lots of champagne	1 vote - 5 %
have to work	1 vote - 5 %
go to bed early	4 votes - 23 %
go out and not drink heavily	3 votes - 17 %
celebrate $charming furrin custom	0 votes - 0 %
what you mean New years, roundeye?	2 votes - 11 %
WIPO	3 votes - 17 %

17 Total Votes

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Old and pathetic by Man (2.00 / 0) #1 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:11:04 AM EST

I think our plan for New Years Eve calls for going to bed at 10 pm.

At least you can start the New Year by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #10 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:46:05 AM EST

rested and refreshed.

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Sadly by Man (2.00 / 0) #11 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:47:15 AM EST

With mono, we'll likely feel like crap anyway.

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That would have been great 20 years ago by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #12 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:49:42 AM EST

the blood plasma places at school were rumored to pay $50 per donation of mono antibodies, much better than the $10 you'd get for plasma.

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: Really!? by Man (2.00 / 0) #13 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:51:05 AM EST

Time to quit my job!

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WIPO: by lb008d (2.00 / 0) #2 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:19:29 AM EST

Play three gigs in a row. Ugh.

Doh, forgot about the musicians in the house by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #3 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:21:34 AM EST

my bad.

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Who are you playing with? by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 1) #17 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:02:16 AM EST

Is this some sort of ballroom dancing thing or a real concert thing?

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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: Los gigs musicales... by lb008d (2.00 / 0) #27 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 09:28:35 AM EST

I have two orchestra concerts for the First Night event followed by a concert with Spokane Opera. The symphony did a New Year's ballroom dancing event for the '99-'00 which was a lot of fun.
The gigs will help pay off Christmas...

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WIPO by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #4 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:31:03 AM EST

I normally do laundry. But I may go to First Night except I see this is a "family event" so I may not go after all. I'll probably do the New Year's Day ride, though, even though it's pretty boring.
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Qui dit que vous êtes responsable de le moment deviennent "vieux chapeau"?

: There's always laundry by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #9 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:43:41 AM EST

maybe Netflix will come through, too.

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Go to bed on time by DesiredUsername (2.00 / 0) #5 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:35:27 AM EST

I may flip the calendar pages beforehand, but I might also wait until January 1.

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Now accepting suggestions for a new sigline

: You know, you have a big family to look after by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #8 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:40:42 AM EST

you may want to flip that calender before you go to bed, you'd hate to be late to work.

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Plumbing.. by sasquatchan (2.00 / 0) #6 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:35:58 AM EST

Pah. Mr. Ha, you're scaring me off our next project..

Well, our next 'inside the house' project..

Replacing the kitchen sink with something a bit nicer/better.. Will need to get new water hookups and drains.. Something on the existing parts is leaking, and the mrs doesn't like the sink anyway, do replace it all.. And the garbage disposal..

At least I hope there's no soldering necessary, just the screw type connectors (like what does from wall plate to toilet water intake).. And lots of PVC primer and glue.. We'll have to see how it all fits together, though.. The new disposal will be in a different location, but hopefully the dishwasher punchout will fit to it, and the U will have room underneath the sink. Gah.

: My dad swears by the compression fittings by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #7 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:39:52 AM EST

I've heard they don't last as long as soldered connections, and they're much pricier ($4.00 vs. $0.50). I like the solder, not only because it's cheaper, but you get to play with fire, molten metal and fumes and steam, woo-hoo.
But, for a sink replacement, you may not need to run any new copper.
And PVC drainpipe is always easy to work with.

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NYE: Working by duxup (2.00 / 0) #14 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:52:51 AM EST

It is an easy holiday to work and I never do anything over NYE anyway.
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I might think about work by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #15 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 07:56:47 AM EST

but it's not my week for the cell phone, so I can ignore work for the day.

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I volunteered to work :O by duxup (2.00 / 0) #18 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:06:35 AM EST

It’s one of those holidays at my workplace that people request to work. I didn’t get it last year so this is my year. I'll bring in some snacks and write some crap and maybe do my job for 5 minutes or so out of an 8 hour shift.

It is hard work, but I can take it.

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: My overnights on the hotline were like that by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #21 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:08:01 AM EST

be there 8 hours, answer 2 or 3 easy calls, play computer games, surf and play with Lego. If I had a way to get good sleep at home it would have been great.

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Plumbing. Why does it always have to be plumbing? by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #16 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:01:27 AM EST

I always have problems with plumbing work. My favorite was when my wife ~~nagged~~ asked me to put in the water line for the ice maker in the freezer. I drilled the hole in the floor, ran the (included) flexible 1/4" hose, carefully read the instructions on the little compression based t-valve thingie and installed.

But, lo, when I tightened the compression valve it crushed the copper water pipe. Why? Well, on the one sheet of printed directions it said "drill a 3/16" hole in the water pipe for the valve to enter." On the other sheet of directions I found, afterwards, it said "drill a 1/4" hole in the water pipe for the valve to enter"...

More recently a broken toilet flapper turned into a 3 day extravaganza of mopping up water and repeatedly disassembling the john, trying different arrangements of seals and re-assembling...

: I have my theories by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #19 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:06:52 AM EST

one, water is a universal solvent, and it's darn tricky to make stuff watertight. Plus, plumbing is under pressure, and pressure changes, and thermal expansion and contraction all eventually loosen joints.
Toilets, I've had some that always were running, despite my best efforts, and in my 11 years as a home owner I've replaced three toilet seat rings, they tend to decay over time.
Water heaters, jeepers, let's not get started on those.

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Plumbing... by Bob Abooey (2.00 / 0) #20 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:07:36 AM EST

Heh.. I've got a great plumbing story but don't have the time to type it all up. It involves alcohol, torches, a leaky shower-head and setting fire to a wall in my first apartment.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

Is McMurphy's that busy? by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #22 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:09:09 AM EST

McMurphy sounds Catholic to me, maybe he should lighten up the workload for the holidays.

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Jeepers.. by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 1) #23 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:14:08 AM EST

He's hell bent on fucking up a great opportunity that we have and I'm following him around like a puppy dog, intercepting emails, routing voice-mails, forging documents, etc etc trying to save the company and whatnot. It's not what he pays me to do but someone has to step up and be a hero here.

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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: Well then, carry on by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #24 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:17:37 AM EST

replace his notebook with an Etch-a-Sketch, and his phone with a walkie talkie.

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WIPO: Sex by debacle (4.00 / 1) #25 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:31:40 AM EST

I can see how you'd miss that as a poll option, Mr Ha.

IF YOU HAVE TWO FIRLES THOROWNF MONEY ART SUOCIDE GIRLS STRIPPER HPW CAN YPUS :OSE?!?!?!?(elcevisides).

My polls are mostly relevant to me by georgeha (2.00 / 0) #26 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 08:34:21 AM EST

and teh sexoring aint likely to happen.

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: Bah, you have to 'work' on New Years by debacle (2.00 / 0) #28 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 11:04:28 AM EST

A critical 'upgrade' to the 'Internet' to replace the halogen fluid in the SCSI Flux Capacitor.
IF YOU HAVE TWO FIRLES THOROWNF MONEY ART SUOCIDE GIRLS STRIPPER HPW CAN YPUS :OSE?!?!?!?(elcevisides).

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now that by MillMan

(4.00 / 1) #29 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 11:07:02 AM EST

my usual NYE party suspects are married or close enough to be boring, I'm not sure what I'm doing.

"Just as there are no atheists in foxholes, there are no libertarians in financial crises." -Krugman

New Year's Day was back on September 1 by lm (2.00 / 0) #30 Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 11:48:01 AM EST

My plan is to spend Saturday working on Ye Olde House of Doom. Sunday, I may attend various family functions. What I ought to be doing is working on my top secret project as I've got a deadline approaching in Feb. Monday, I'll be helping my brother-in-law move.

There is no more degenerate kind of state than that in which the richest are supposed to be the best.
Cicero, The Republic

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