OT: Off Topic 2019 part VI - Winter is no longer coming - IT HAS ARRIVED

[ODAAT]

Wedding tonight. Really not feeling it. I don’t know the people. It’s monday. It’s also freaking New Years Eve. I find it a little rude to be stealing this day from 150 people. Oh well. Hopefully i can crush some prime rib, drink too much coke, people watch and be in bed by 11. I’m just in no mood for socializing and everything hurts.

Working in the hospitality industry as long as I have, and much of that in a hotel setting, I am with you there. While I would typically have to work regardless if it`s a wedding as there are always big NY parties at Hotel`s, never understood the NY Eve wedding BS and I have overheard countless guests complaining about it too despite their affection for the couple getting married.

I still like the way Mrs Odaat and I did it, ran off to Barbados last March, just the two of us on the beach for a sunset wedding, no worries about if anyone is enjoying themselves, no worries about trying to please and appease family. My father in law said when I asked if he would be ok if we did this "it`s your wedding day not ours" and gave me his blessing.

 

[TD Charlie]

Ya boy packed on some lb’s here. Can’t button my slacks, not. Even. Close. They barely zipper up. So my belt is concealing the fact that I’m three steps on the electric slide from flapping in the wind. My jacket buttons, kinda, and the only reason i want to button it is to further hide my potential shmenzer slip.

 

[TD Charlie]

Make sure you wait out the servers for good meat. They start with chicken and sausage, flank steak, serloin by now most people are down. THEN the ribeye comes out.

Oh and don’t fill up at the salad bar either

Agreed. I grab my plate, put a piece of sushi on it. Eat. Then my card goes green and stays there til I’m dead.

 

[Deleted]

Seeing as I'm 5 hours ahead of most of you, let me be the first to wish you all a happy new year, I can confirm it all goes off without a hitch.

Have a great 2019 all my Bruins buddies.

 

[BMC]

Seeing as I'm 5 hours ahead of most of you, let me be the first to wish you all a happy new year, I can confirm it all goes off without a hitch.

Have a great 2019 all my Bruins buddies.

You as well!!!!

 

[Deleted]

You as well!!!!

Thanks BMC

 

[Alicat]

Make sure you wait out the servers for good meat. They start with chicken and sausage, flank steak, serloin by now most people are down. THEN the ribeye comes out.

Oh and don’t fill up at the salad bar either

Great call on waiting.

Unreal cut of meat.

The Filet was buttery and melted in your mouth.

Only did one round at the salad bar.

Place was packed and there were a ton of kids there with never ending stomachs lol

 

[sooshii]

My wife's grandmother passed away yesterday after a long battle with Alzheimers. It's sad, but in a way, it's a blessing as she was truly gone mentally. It's a heartbreaking disease, my grandmother dealt with it as well, and I truly hope they find a cure for it in my lifetime. I don't want to leave like that.

On a happier note, happy new years to everyone here. This place brings me a lot of joy throughout the year. We've been down the Cape since the 26th at my parents cottage just having a nice relaxing week. There's no one down here, and it's wonderful.

Stay safe!

May she Rest In Peace.


Happy New Year, All!

 

[eightspokedb]

Ice everywhere today at the cave...not leaving the house.

Been watching Bruins in 2 all day between naps...

Happiest New Year's Blessings to all..

 

[BMC]

Ice everywhere today at the cave...not leaving the house.

Been watching Bruins in 2 all day between naps...

Happiest New Year's Blessings to all..

Bruins in 2??? Maybe this will help me stay awake

 

[Fenway]

Before Dick Clark - there was Guy and Ben

 

[LouJersey]

Dude, I can't count to 11 without taking off my pants...

And even then you can only count until ten and a half

 

[Gee Wally]

Happy New Year All !

 

[Alicat]

I made it home just after 9:30 and was in bed by 10

Happy New Year!

 

[Ratty]

Before Dick Clark - there was Guy and Ben

Happy New Year, Fenway. And a sincere thank you for all your contributions to this website this year and for all the time you’ve been making this place run.

 

[Fenway]

Me and my cats are all set for New Year's Eve, just hoping we can all stay awake long enough

Happy New Year everybody!!!!

DROP THE f***ING BALL ALREADY

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I really hope people are being as safe as possible traveling tonight, its all ice here in NH

 

[KrejciMVP]

Happy New Year!

 

[Fenway]

 

[McGarnagle]

Me: 2019 is going to be a great year
Ryan Seacrest on the TV: "Up next, it's Post Malone!"
Me: Is it 2020 yet?

 

[Fenway]

Good Morning

I was thinking about the 2 times I had done Times Sq 1987/88 and 1992/93

1993 was memorable as my wife wanted to do it.............. I had done it 5 years earlier with another woman which is why I think she insisted. Her mother looked after our son who would turn 1 in 3 weeks.

It was warm - I remember seeing a digital clock reading 63 degrees ( Dick Clark said it was 57 ) and it was a mob scene. The key in doing Times Sq is not drinking anything before you go as good luck finding a bathroom.

The ball drops, we could see the fireworks in Central Park and now we had to kill time before the 5 AM train to Boston. I had worked in NYC for both NBC and ABC and I could not deal with living there but we headed for a bar that I had not been in for NINE YEARS - The Emerald Inn at W 69th and Columbus which was a hangout of ABC employees.

I walk in and the bartender and myself locked eyes and he gestured he had a seat for her in the corner. Then he takes my wife's order and then asks 'THE USUAL KEVIN?' - and this is after NINE years.

But that is NOT unusual with NYC Irish bars that have survived. There is a time-honored protocol that a Manhattan bartender will give you your third drink free and simply say 'Cheers'. In Boston, this used to be the case but now just a handful remain ( Foley's on Kingston St is the gold standard )

New York bartenders love Boston and Chicago customers as we know the drill and respect it - they have no love for Philadelphia.

 

[Orr Fourever]

My wife's grandmother passed away yesterday after a long battle with Alzheimers. It's sad, but in a way, it's a blessing as she was truly gone mentally. It's a heartbreaking disease, my grandmother dealt with it as well, and I truly hope they find a cure for it in my lifetime. I don't want to leave like that.

On a happier note, happy new years to everyone here. This place brings me a lot of joy throughout the year. We've been down the Cape since the 26th at my parents cottage just having a nice relaxing week. There's no one down here, and it's wonderful.

Stay safe!

My Mother had the dementia. I agree it's a heartbreaking disease. In the twilight of her life it robbed her of the time she could have spent with her grand kids and great grand kids.


Happy New Year Bruin Nation...

 

[Fred McCarthy]

Happy New Beer... what a night , only a beer will help this morn. All the best to the Bruin Clan and let's take a scalp today . Cheers

 

[Kovi]

My wife's grandmother passed away yesterday after a long battle with Alzheimers. It's sad, but in a way, it's a blessing as she was truly gone mentally. It's a heartbreaking disease, my grandmother dealt with it as well, and I truly hope they find a cure for it in my lifetime. I don't want to leave like that.

On a happier note, happy new years to everyone here. This place brings me a lot of joy throughout the year. We've been down the Cape since the 26th at my parents cottage just having a nice relaxing week. There's no one down here, and it's wonderful.

Stay safe!

Blessings to her transition and joy you in the New Year.

 

[Kovi]

Happy New Year from AZ where it snowed 5 inches in the North yesterday. (and there were 100 cars off the road).