New Years

“What do you have planned for New Years? We haven't decided yet??? When I was younger, it would be traditional to go out and get pretty smashed, but now that I'm older and smarter, that doesn't happen anymore. Now I'm lucky if I can stay awake that long and that's not even drinking!!!”

“ditto that. If I can make it to midnight these days it's pretty amazing.”

“Likewise. I forget what Conan O'Brian looks like.”

“My sister has a party, family only. We usually play Trivial Pursuit, although this year it looks like pool tournaments since she got a pool table. My mom brings noisemakers and hats (and silly us we wear them, lol) we drink champagne, the kids get a kick out of being allowed to stay up until midnight even though they don't always make it. Those of us that are awake watch the ball drop.
I bring my grandkids and my nephews camp out with us on the living room floor.
Doesn't sound exciting, but it's fun!”

“I'm usually the last up in our house. I have a couple of glasses of wine and fall asleep watching the east coast festivities in Mountian Time Zone.”

“Unfortunately, we WILL be in the eastern time zone this year, meaning that we won't be going to bed at 9:30 like we usually do. It's been nice the last few years watching the eastern time celebrations early, then hitting the sack. Don't know if I can actually stay up 'till midnight any more!

On the plus side, we won't be awakened from a sound sleep when our neighbor cranks up his chain saw / noisemaker at midnight!”

“TWIGEATER - my condolensces to your nephews and grandkids. Do they know you SNORE like a bear?”

“Last year it was the Lost Coast, a few years earlier it was Pt. Reyes, this year it will be 5 days in Yosemite Valley spent hiking, taking pictures and just chillin'”

“HAHAHA! You wait! I'm making sure I sleep er, snore near you in February, lol!

Could be worse - last nephew trip I won the stamina part of the farting contest! Bud light rules!

o(=}”

“Twigeater - I'm beginning to think you and I are related.”

“No plans yet. Don't know where I'll go. But wherever it is, it'll be somewhere I can stay the night. I won't drive drunk... And even if I'm sober, I don't want to be on the roads when others are that wasted.

I used to babysit for a family w/ four kids every year. The kids were always dead set on staying up til midnight. I knew they'd never make it, so around 10pm, I'd take them outside w/ noise makers and we'd have a countdown to midnight and yell and scream. They never caught on that it wasn't really midnight. They sure felt really cool for staying up so "late" on New Years!”

“I'm looking so forward to New Years this year. This is going to be the best New Years ever! Take a look at what OPIE and I are doing
New Years Eve 2002

We are also going to the comedy club and then possibly going out downtown”

“*squeals* I just dont know if I can wait that long!”

“Hey, ya better save a new years kiss for ole' Buddha Baer Miss Opie!

Have fun guys!”

“This is the first NYE in a loooong time that I haven't spent beaucoup bucks and did something BIG. Sittin' at home and watching the ball drop this year.”

“Yeah my boyfriend is the best! I love you babe! I've always wanted to do something like this one New Years!”

“this one=this for”

“shesh miss opie get a room!!!....thanks for pulling a mapleleaf *grins*”

“The president of the HMWHC is exposed again.”

“Maple bashing is getting real freakin' old, Opie! Why don't you add something to your already mundane act?”

“Cat got your tongue, Op?”

“opie, you have mail!”

“There's quite a difference between good-natured ribbing and 'bashing', and people usually have no trouble differentiating between the two...

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?”

“That's why I said what had to be said, Tilt.”

“Not right for someone to suck the fun out of a good thing.”

“Exactly. I think you're overdoing it.”

“..."ribbing, for her pleasure!"”

“Going to be watching Dead Air Radio in Nashville.”

“LOL FlyGuy”

“If I am, then I will be the first to apologize. However, I disagree with you about what he's doing.”

“Perhaps Tilt missed Opie's posts about maple on another thread.”

“Thank you, Twig. There have been many. That's the point. And they are all nasty.”

“damn..i thought this was a real thread....oh well, i can still dream...lmao"
OPIE
10:21:53 AM
11/29/02

*wonders what threads maple leaf have been reading to come to the conclusion that she knows our anniversary date...very suspicious...this is troll clue suspicious*"
OPIE
12:17:26 PM
09/06/02


what she doesn't injure she will make up something miniscule and over the top..or start 14 threads on why smurfs are blue"
OPIE
11:19:19 AM
12/24/02”

“this is maplelaf, im home and im having trouble signing on under my name.

Im just getting very tired of his coments to me. he NEVER has anything nice to say. Ive tried to email him and asked him to stop but he contiues to be hurtfull in his posts. He has choosen to ignore my email.”

“oooooooookay!”

“Maple, you were starting lots of really dumb threads there for awhile. LOL”

“Maple may start a dumb thread every now and again, but she has a heart of gold and a great sense of humor. I think she knows the difference between tweaking and bashing. Lord knows I tweak her all the time. And she tweaks me right back.”

“Second point, there are those who might think some of the HMWHC postings are dumb threads. It depends on one's perception. If posting dumb threads were a crime, Matt would have to delete more than half the stuff on the board.

Now if you want to see some really dumb threads, look at what jello frog posts and look at the responses. Some people can't even tell when a troll is jerking them around.”

“I was just razzin' her/him.”

“Let's go back to having some fun, folks. Sorry if I started something here. I didn't want it to get out of proportion. I'm just a guy who saw a situation where I thought it was necessary to defend his wife. Hopefully, Opie will see it this way and back off and do the 'live and let live' thing.”

“But the Misses and I will be grilling some streaks, tipping a glass of wine, perhaps some bubbley stuff, and going to sleep before midnight. Only to be awakened by gun shots at 12:01am”

“Well....that was some interesting banter going there!!! ANYWAY...just tryin to see whazzup on New Years.... Looks just like any other weekend for us, you know get to bed early enough to hit the road by 6:30am for 1st tracks down the slope while everyone else is sleepin it off.... ;p”

“"TWIGEATER - my condolensces to your nephews and grandkids. Do they know you SNORE like a bear?"

wolfmans brother
03:15:49 PM
12/23/02"

LMAO, I thought of this post this morning around 7am. I didn't really think I slept that much, what with 5 kids ages 2-12 in sleeping bags all over the living room with me as their den mother.

However as I was "waking up" I sensed someone else was awake. I rolled over and my 7 year old niece was looking at me with her big brown eyes, and with the voice of pure innocence said, "Aunt Missy, how come your nose sounds like it's tootin'?"

So I guess I musta slept a little after all!

o(=}”