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Happy new year everybody!!!!! another
Posted by ROBERT WILLISON on Sunday, December 31, 2017 4:13 PM

Another new year upon us.....be safe!!!?

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Posted by Firelock76 on Sunday, December 31, 2017 4:19 PM

And the same to you sir!

Oh, I'll be safe all right, I'm beyond greeting the new year by blowing stuff up in the backyard at midnight!  Dammit.

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, December 31, 2017 4:27 PM

Yes, this year is almost done.May next year be a better and more pleasant one for all of us.

I quit staying up years ago. When I was living in the step-father apartment my wife's older daughter and I were buying, her daughter and her friends did not disturb me when they stayed up late to welcome the new year in.

Johnny

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Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, December 31, 2017 4:57 PM

Lost 10 lbs already and not even the New Year yet.......how about that?    Happy New Year to all though.    My biggest wish is someone finds funding for both the Gateway project (Amtraks 2 new tunnels) and to complete the CREATE list of projects in Chicago.    Feel both are vital to the country and rail.

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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Sunday, December 31, 2017 4:58 PM

May all of your signals be correct and may all of your equipment operate as you want it to so that you have a safe, wonderful and HAPPY NEW YEAR. The wife and I will watch the Times Sq. ball drop on TV and then watch the Chicago coverage on TV and if the furnace continues to funtion properly, we'll be snug in bed and start to enjoy another new year.

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Posted by Miningman on Sunday, December 31, 2017 5:03 PM

2018...are you kidding me?  If I knew I'd make it this far I would have taken better care of myself!

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, December 31, 2017 5:05 PM

Here's hoping that I get to sit here at the house with a late-night snack, and maybe watch the festivities on TV.

It's too cold to have to be out dealing with some drunk who wasn't wise enough to find another way home and found a ditch or power pole instead.  Or with the carnage he/she may create.

Clear blocks for all!

I have a friend in the ham radio world who used to be in charge of power distribution for the NY subways.  He spent many NYE's at the command center at Times Square.  Now he enjoys them at home.

He did say that one reason you don't see much of Times Square on TV after the ball drops is because in no time it's a ghost town...

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Posted by SD70Dude on Sunday, December 31, 2017 8:13 PM

tree68

Here's hoping that I get to sit here at the house with a late-night snack, and maybe watch the festivities on TV.

It's too cold to have to be out dealing with some drunk who wasn't wise enough to find another way home and found a ditch or power pole instead.  Or with the carnage he/she may create.

Many of our usual New Year's festivities have been cancelled on account of the cold, supposed to be -40°C again tonight with the wind chill.

Fireworks are still going ahead though, but most people will probably be watching from inside their cars.

Greetings from Alberta

-an Articulate Malcontent

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Posted by zugmann on Sunday, December 31, 2017 9:18 PM

Another year gone.  I apologize for all you people that chose to read what I wrote here this past year.  And here's to you if you're crazy enough to read my crap again in 2018. Drinks

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, December 31, 2017 9:28 PM

The anticipatory fireworks have been going off for the past two hours or so and there is still a hour and a half to midnight.

May 2018 be better for everyone than 2017 was.

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, December 31, 2017 9:38 PM

Too close to the noise here this morning and the sad aftermath that led much of the national news today. A mile and a half to the N-NW of us. 2018 will be better.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by Miningman on Sunday, December 31, 2017 10:02 PM

Zugmann- Now that's funny!

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Posted by erikem on Sunday, December 31, 2017 10:34 PM

Happy New Year to all as well.

Had an early dinner with the wife and another couple, celebrating the 22nd anniversary of when my wife and I met.

 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, December 31, 2017 10:49 PM

zugmann

Another year gone.  I apologize for all you people that chose to read what I wrote here this past year.  And here's to you if you're crazy enough to read my crap again in 2018. Drinks

 

I can't help myself. I guess I'm just drawn to the light!

Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.

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Posted by NorthWest on Sunday, December 31, 2017 11:08 PM

Indeed. Happy New Year and best of luck all!

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