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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 2:14 pm
Juliboo, its not that we have friends that drink to excess at parties, but that if they drink at all, Vin will drive them home. Which is why he likes to be 'just us' on New Years Eve.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 2:17 pm
I have to admit that I'm pretty astonished at these stories about people getting totally drunk at parties though I know that it does happen. I don't have any friends or family who do that. In fact, I don't even personally know anyone who does that. As long as you keep eating, you either have to be very tiny or drink a lot to get that drunk. A few drinks in an evening just aren't going to do it.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 3:13 pm
I don't think I have been to a falling down drunk, hold someone's hair while they puke party since college. LOL I have never cared to go out to one of those mass hotel type NYE parties, ever. I think I have always celebrated with a few close friends rather than a big group. I guess I am just surprised how much NYE and drinking seem linked together in people's minds. I know we always joked that it was 'amatuer hour' where people who didn't normally drank did so, but I guess I never thought that people felt if you didn't drink, you couldn't celebrate.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 4:10 pm
We rarely drink, either, but we do have a nice family time at home. I worry about the other drivers, so we rarely go anywhere New Years Eve. I do start my pot of black eye peas on New Years!
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 4:26 pm
Well, my plans are ruined. I went to the grocery store today and they didn't have sparkling cider. Ginger ale just doesn't seem as fancy but it will have to do. My favorite thing to do on New Years Eve was to go to a late movie with friends.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 4:27 pm
I don't drink that often anymore and don't drink all that much when I do. When I was much younger. hmm guess I was pretty dissociative and the me that is me now cannot explain it all but I think if you get to a certain point of drinking, you aren't exactly clear headed and rational and you just keep drinking. And you pay later. And there were years where I was in pain and probably just didn't care much what it did to me. (I've also been told I was a fun drunk, but what is the point if I couldn't remember the fun?) I've never been big on NYE parties anyway and even when I was much younger had no desire to be out on the road with so many crazy drunk people out there. Whoami I guess Stephanie Edwards must be a local reference. In the LA area KCAL5 runs the Rose Parade coverage, and reruns it and they always hadBob Eubanks and Stepanie Edwards as hosts, since 1978!.. then suddenly last year they replaced Stephanie with a younger woman and rather cruelly put her out on the street with the crowds to interview and it was raining and there she was in the rain and many of us felt it was clearly a case that they thought she was "too old" which was crap! She looks just fine.. ok so she was born in 1943 but Bob Eubanks was born in 1938!!! (or even 1937 as reported on one site) This year she is not involved at all.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 4:39 pm
((Sea)) I am glad you are in a better place now. (within you). Here's a link to the Rose Parade at HGTV. There are descriptions of floats..etc.. www.hgtv.com Click on the Rose Parade link.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 5:15 pm
You'll never catch me out on the highway on NY's eve...too many people driving drunk to suit my taste. I do want to live to see 2007, so Stay At Home R Me.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 6:34 pm
Julie, it depends on whose partys where going to. For us, we buy very little alcohol if we're having a bbq or folks over...if they wanna bring something cool, but they better have a dd along or one of us are driving them home and they can pick up their car in the morning. If it's my sister, or the majority of my friends, who are close to my age (33) we really don't drink to excess. If it's someone like my little "adopted" sis though, who is only 23, and most of her friends her age, they're closer to the college age than to the slowing down age. Those parties are always kinda fun, lol, cuz you got the younger folks drinking like there's gonna be no more alcohol tomorrow and the slightly older who have either nursed a single beer for three hours or stuck to sodas and water all night and just kinda giggling at the younger ones. We are pretty strict about the dd...if you don't have one or aren't willing to give up your keys, you ain't drinking. Our cousins gf was killed in a drunk driving accident when we were in high school, she was a friend of ours and that's not something you forget.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 6:52 pm
Rosi, I have a fun memory of the Rose Parade, When I was 14 I was on the drill team for my school and we got to march in the parade.. every one wore a little tiny red dress with fluffy white hems and pom poms.. little santa hats...very christmas looking...I had a blast, but it was sooooo cold... I could see my breath in the cold air... But it was fun and I can allways say, I marched in the Rose Parade... A really good time..
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 7:43 pm
Thanks for the info on Stephanie Edwards. That does suck the way they treated her. All I've ever experienced of the Rose Parade is the telecast. And if I hadn't discovered the HGTV broadcast of it a few years ago, I may have abandoned that a long time ago too. I just hate the network "stars" who host the parades, and are much more interested in mugging for the camera (and competing for air time against each other) than they are in covering the parade. With my background/interst in the marching arts, I especially would get frustrated with the attitude of "ok, now that its just another band coming up, lets switch the coverage to MY FACE." HGTV on the other hand will fill the lull periods with info on the floats, how they create various colors, etc, and will shut each other up mid-sentence when the next band/float/equestrian unit/etc is coming into view. It used to be I'd go channel surfing trying to find the least annoying host. Now I don't even give it a second thought. If HGTV isn't airing it, its probably not worth watching. As for drinking and NYE. Since there are so many people who think the only way to celebrate the New Year is to get so toasted they don't even remember when the stroke of midnight came about, I in no way/shape or form would want to go anywhere out in the world on NYE. I fully plan to do what I've done every year, hunker down and wait it out and see the New Year in with my Mom!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 8:21 pm
I forget sometimes that everyone on the board doesn't live in California. lol We hear that one of our schools will be marching in the parade and then watch them and talk about them. The celebrating may just be a generation thing? My parents always had a NYE party and the guests stayed over and they all watched the parade together too. I never got into the celebrating in the same manner. Years ago, we would have a party or go to a party but that included sleeping over too. My friends are not what I would call "drinkers". Some may enjoy a glass of wine or a drink but most are on medications that should not be mixed with alcohol. I drank a half glass of a very nice wine with my Christmas dinner but the only liquor in my house right now is Baileys and it hasn't been opened. Who knows, maybe it will get opened this NYE? lol
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 8:27 pm
For the last couple of years, Egbob and I have attended a NYE party hosted by some wonderful friends. They always provide a yummy dinner and while the guys drink a few beers, us gals are creating our favorite martini's! Before and after dinner we catch up on each other doings. Then way after dinner we bring out a board game and get into teams...then the war is on! There's always lots of laughing and good times. Then before we know it, it's time to welcome in the new year. We put on silly little hats and our hosts put on Smoke On The Water, one of the best head banger songs ever. We act like fools, dancing around and singing to the song as if we all really know the lyrics...lol! It's been such an awesome way to welcome in the new year and I hope we continue to do this until we're all using our 3-prong canes....lol!!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 9:10 pm
My BF and I don't drink & plan to stay home together. We've ordered a really nice meal and will spend New Years Evening in bed together .. a great way to start 2007! :o)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, December 29, 2006 - 10:13 pm
Eggie, I have danced many a time to that song!! LOL
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 7:38 am
New Years Eve thoughts....Blah! Years ago I use to be the one that hosted the party. That got old. It was worse then tending to children. Had to make sure no one was drinking and driving. Stay sober to drive them home or if I had a drink be ready to throw blankets on the floor for the drunks. It took quite a few years for me to realize it was not my job to make sure adults behaved. For years after we stayed home and watched the ball drop, played games with the kids. Last year we had a small party because DH brother and his wife were down. Just a few friends & family. It was fine, but I realized when Kevin and family left I was a nervous wreck, until he called from home. It dawned on me just because he was sober it didn't mean they were safe from the drunk drivers. I hate this year. DH was to be off work but they called everyone in. So from 3pm to 1am he will be trying to coral a bunch of adults that are drinking and gambling and most won't know their limit. I hate it and want him home. Trey and I will be here. Kevin will be at home with his family. They will come over New Years day for dinner. I am not a DD for anyone. I refuse to get on the road. Many of the local businesses have kicked in to provide free cabs. I just read these stats in our local paper from last year. Last year, 146 wrecks and three fatalities were reported over the New Year's weekend, and troopers wrote 2,534 tickets. Boy I just read my post. I sound crabby. I'm really not I just hate New Years.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 8:56 am
Biloxi, you just sound like a realist. (Sorry that your dh will have to be out dealing with it.) We had a horrible accident here on Christmas Eve that involved drinking. It resulted in six people under 30 being killed. My hope is that people will be more attuned because of this tragedy and not drink and drive New Year's Eve. I am planning to spend a quiet, very quiet New Year's Eve. Reading a good book, listening to some music, and going to bed early. How perfectly dull!
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 9:44 am
Just for the TVCH record, let me clarify that no one at our annual party gathering goes home drunk. In fact, no one really gets to that point of being "drunk". Along with that fact, our gracious hosts offer soft drinks and coffee along with the alcoholic drinks. We keep our drinking in check and have a respect for our hosts, their home and a deep bond with our friends. Also, we've been attending this annual NYE party as families with our young children over the past years. Now the children have grown into college age young adults and some of them still attend this party with their SO's. It's been our special way of celebrating the end of the year and helping to bring in the new year. Happy New Year everyone!!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 10:38 am
Oh, yeah. The party we have gone to the last couple of years is so wild the hosts have their 2 kids there. LOL We're too old to be a wild bunch anymore.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 11:42 am
this thread is starting to remind me of how in college everyone would brag about how drunk & wild they got, except this time we are all bragging about how sober and boring we are going to be! LOL i am going to be cooking a incredible (if i say so myself! LOL) meal for 5 of my most favorite couples, doing a little dancing, eating chocolate from my chocolate fountain and having a fanstastic time all while drinking my cranberry juice & soda!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 11:44 am
You know what Annie, that is so funny, Cuz that is EXACTLY what I was thinking. Everyone seems to be bragging about how they don't drink!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 11:45 am
Lol. We may be trying to respond to Lance's question?
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 11:46 am
Tee hee, a freind of mine just called and asked me to watch her 14 month old grandson overnight tomorrow. Since we'll have him, I think I'll just sleep on the couch and let the kids camp on the living room floor. I'm going to have a wild bunch, but not cuz of alcohol, lol, though with 3 extra kids so far I may find Darren hiding in the garage with a bottle of rum! I need to head to the store today and pick up some healthy snack foods for them, I'm thinking cheese and crackers and a fruit bowl, any other ideas?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 11:51 am
I was a terrible and sloppy drunk. I would also think I was the sexiest woman around when I drank. I remember one party where I was going around pinching all the men's butts. I thought I was so comely, that I couldn't understand why they were all resisting my charms. 
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 11:53 am
This new years our family is going to the neighbours hotel...they don't actually have a hotel, but we are all staying there over night. Even though they live next door. Figured we stayed in a hotel last year and we might as well pretend we are doing it this year again. they have a big house with a finished basement and the kids can play and have fun all night and then crash all together in one room and then when we decide to crash, we can too. It will be fun in the morning getting all up together and starting the New Years with some terrific friends.
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