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Yeah, that pretty much sums it up here, as well (although, Dinner is leftovers. Woot).
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Dinner here was ham, with sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts from the farmer's market. (One in convenient distance means a lot of "What's for supper?" questions resolve to "What's in season?" I'm all in favor.)
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We don't do NYE any longer. I quit drinking a long, long time ago ('89), and doing NYE out, sober, is just boring as hell, (like weddings. Ever do a wedding and wedding reception as a non-drinker? Jesus wept), so...nyet.
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I do still drink - primarily single malt whisky - but that's a social event, done with friends. I don't drink alone, and the friends I imbibe with aren't local, so drinking happens a few times a year.
I haven't done a wedding/reception is quite some time, and the few I have done required alcohol as a counter-irritant. (In a couple of cases,
not laying bets on how long the marriage would last, given the bride and groom involved, required serious exercise of will...
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We do watch the ball drop from the tower in Times Square on TV, and despite having lived in NYC for decades, I've never joined the in person mobs who pack the area. I can't imagine doing so. A few years back, a local corporation distributed 6' long white balloons to revelers, and an aerial shot of the crowd made it look like waving cilia, as though a giant rotifer was eating Manhattan. I was just as happy to watch it on TV from some distance away.
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I'm working. I mean, why the hell not?
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It's money. You aren't otherwise occupied. No reason not to.
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Dennis