New Years Eve Party At My House

[admin]

Seriously, anyone(within reason!) who wants to come up to Northumberland for New Year, let me know. Things are cool with my Dad, he's going to his brother's place and said if I want a party I can have one as long as it's people that are decent.

Respect

Gordy

[admin]

Everyone's got somewhere to go except me right?

Gordy

[admin]

I am NOT sitting in this house alone on New Years Eve. If it comes to that it'll be a very dangerous time which I may not survive....

[Freddy C]

Yes people, strictly no:

new-age travellers
dogs
Satanists
canvassers
hawkers
higglers
despots
student activists
Catholics
crusties
North Americans
South Americans
Protestants
pagans
Romanys
cannibals
conspiracy theorists
Irish
lap dancers
liberals
blacks
vegetarians
Sunni Muslims
Shi'ite Muslims
schizophrenics
socialists
hippies
people who live of immoral earnings
pushers
smut peddlers
Hindus
Rastafarians
invertibrates
street walkers
cyclists
footballers
footballers' wives
mods
rockers
pygmies
nut allergy sufferers
Columbian drug barons
alcoholics
teetotallers
Pakistanis
trainspotters
planespotters
Germans
pole dancers
Tamil Tigers
towel heads
punk rockers
eBayers
desperate housewives
car-booters
intellectuals
vegans
Jews
pikeys
Jehovah's Witnesses
50s throwbacks
shamans
cheese eating surrender monkeys
monkeys
apes
amphibians
journalists
record collectors
Mormons
dwarves
giants
psychologists
psychiatrists
philanderers
Texan oil men
wife swappers
Eskimos
Inuit
North Koreans
transsexuals
luvvies
warlocks
wizards
Serbians
Trustafarians
druids
apologists (misc.)
hitch-hikers
ramblers
disc jockeys
webmasters
naturists


;D

[Baldhead Selector]

admin said:

Everyone's got somewhere to go except me right?

Gordy

I never enjoy new years eve. Every year I am a little bemused that people celebrate the passing of time at all, and that they celebrate it in the way that they do.

I plan to stay in and drink Barleycup before celebrating the momentous passing of 2006 into 2007 be being fast asleep in my bed.

Respect

Baldy

[ZarcyD]

I never go out new years eve anymore Too many pissheads and too much puke to tread in!
Cd

[ekki]

I won't go anywhere.
2006 was a real let down, may be even worse than 1999, there is nothing to celebrate.

[admin]

Nice one Freddy.

He's okay with DJs, 50s throwbacks and alcoholics

As for the going out thing, I don't want to go out to some pub or city centre. I usually get an invite to a house party somewhere but this year nothing's been forthcoming yet.

I can NOT stay inside while over half the nation is partying, it's a loneliness thing. I just can NOT do it. New Years Eve has always been the one day I look forward to as it's another year of shit survived get me?

Respect

Gordy

[rosko]

One of the many great things about having kids is it gives you an excuse for staying in.

We'll rent a movie that we can all watch - "Pirates of the Carribbean 2" or some such, Daddy will drink some expensive Belgian beer and the wife's teetotalling friends will come by with dinner.

It's actually a nice way to spend an evening. Last year we watched "Roll Bounce" which is a really sweet movie set in 1970's Chicago. Highly recommended - real funky soundtrack as well.

But if I was in the North of England, I'd be boozing it up chez Gordy!

[admin]

Sounds nice Rosko.

I've been to a few small gatherings/parties where it's just been select family and friends. They're the best ones. But the family party I usually go to at one of my Uncles' places I can't go to anymore as the train fare has gone up from 35 quid to over 80 quid - all in the space of six years..

I just need to be SOMEWHERE where there's something going on that doesn't involve being home alone.

Respect

Gordy

[edward]

I'll be sitting there on my own too. Probably watching Jools' Hootenanny waiting for something good to come on. I'll be nibbling the last of the mince pies. At midnight I'll get up and watch the fireworks out of the window - and probably the conga of people that mysteriously appear in the road at that time too. Then I'll go to bed.

Oh joy!

;D

[admin]

**************STOP THE PRESSES*******************

I've got somewhere to go now!

I'm going to visit friends near Newcastle and we're going to their local pub then back to their house for a small party (about 20 to 30 people).

They're not reggae fans but I'm sure I can sneak on a mixed reggae/soul/funk CD

Respect

Gordy

[Funky Dread]

Good to hear that, Gordy!

Anyway, New Year's Eve is overrated, IMHO.

Apart from that, my schedule for December 31st is not unlike Rosko's - the main difference is that Daddy will drink some expensive Bordeaux

As I live of immoral earnings, I'll never make it to Freddy's


Respect
Funky D

[home]

I´m a transsexual German, can´t come to Freddy
Good to hear about your party, Gordon. I never was a big fan of New Year parties but I can understand this loneliness thing very good. Just broke up with my partner and so on but I will spend this evening together with friends so I don´t think that I will get the blues. My other prob is always that I don´t drink so most of the people are in another party mood than me. So if you see in Newcastle a big smoke over Cologne on the 31. ... that´s me ;D

[Benj52]

What expensive Belgian Beers will Daddy Rosko be drinking, I wonder?

I have started my collection of Belgian Xmas beers with a purchase of 8 x Gouden Carolus Noel. Had one the other night (to test it) and it was heavenly. I'm after some Stille Nacht from De Dolle Brouwers and maybe some N'ice Chouffe.

That's a good idea, Rosko.

We've been invited to a NY do, without the kids though, as we have been told by the hosts there will be cocaine there for all and sundry.

Worth going? Maybe... amazing what is on offer in suburban London, eh?

[admin]

Just say no Benj mate!

I would walk out of a party where people were doing hard drugs.

Respect

Gordy

[Benj52]

Oh well, I'll try mate.

Hope you have a good one, Big Man.

[admin]

Each to their own I guess. Sniffing something up my nose which can actually burn out my nose doesn't appeal to me. Give me a big spliff of natural herb anyday.

Respect

Gordy

[I]

Personally, I can't understand this loneliness thing. I'm quite happy with my own company; it gives me a chance to meditate, listen to music, read a book, sort out my records, basically please myself. Of course, it's even better to listen to music with a friend but if not, so what? Personally, I'm fed up with hauling up to Shoreditch or into the West End on New Year's Eve and being asked £25 to get into some appalling pub filled with people boozing, drunk and falsely gay. So on New Year's Eve I'll hopefully be smoking a spliff, drinking a Jack Daniels, nibbling a mince pie, listening to Lightning Hopkins, the Marcels, Ivory Joe Hunter and Prince Alla, and seeing in the New Year with Jools Holland on BBC2.

Reel

[Benj52]

Jack Daniels, Penny? Is that your idea of a NY treat?? You never cease to amaze me!

Watch out for those false gays...

Don't worry Gordon, it's not really my cup of tea, either.

[rosko]

Belgian beers - here in the land of Government controlled booze monopoly, the choices are quite limited.

I have a few Biere de Boucaniers and Duvels in my "cellar". I may just load up on Unibroue (from Quebec). The do Belgian ales almost as well as the Belgians. Maudite and La Fin Du Monde may see me through until midnight.

Of course, there's also one of my recent birthday gifts - a 15 year old bottle of Oban single malt.

Hmmm.... single malt scotch and 9% a.b.v. ales. Looks like Daddy will be cursing the dog during her 7:00 walk on New Year's morning.

[Dr Cool Breeze]

Better rush out now and buy my pipe, slippers, cardigan and rocking chair before they are all sold out.

[aka_richie]

benj40 said:

Jack Daniels, Penny? Is that your idea of a NY treat??

dear benj,

i guess for a [99.9%] teetotaller, a jack daniels at new years could be considered somewhat of a treat.

personally, i would be happier to join you in a belgian beer fest any other single day of the year... blue chimay's are my current tipple

regards

[nickbug]

Rosco, have you tried Kwak beer from Belgium? It is supposed to be drunk out of special glasses which are held up by a wooden stand, so much so it looks like something out of chemistry lab. A bunch of us tried it years ago on a trip to Belgium and it's very nice and very strong from memory (as were most of the beers that day). It's called Kwak because it makes that sort of sound as you are drinking it.

Never really saw the appeal of NY either. Takes ages to get served in any pub. Midnight comes and everyone goes outside kissing each other, ten minutes later half of them are kicking the crap out of each other. And what about the people who are regulars in a pub all year round who then happily go along with being charged to go into their local for a few years on new year's eve? Happy new year my arse.

[prajna]

ha,ha. glad i'm not the only new years scrooge around. i've never ever got new years, esp out on the town with tousands and thousands of other people. the idea that theres one day that you have to party just seems weird to me. much prefer impromptu parties. one of the best new years i had was a few years ago, while staying in a small block of flats. i put the speakers in the front garden, had a few beers and slowly most of our neighbours drifted over to join us. still remember that more fondly than the dozen other new years nights on the town i've had.

some music, a good ale and perhaps the family are def the way to go.

>It's called Kwak because it makes that sort of sound as you are drinking it.

??

[nickbug]

prajnam said:

>It's called Kwak because it makes that sort of sound as you are drinking it.

??

I did manage to find a company in the uk where you cvould buy the Kwak and the glass/holder and got them for a friend for Xmas........but that was a long time ago.

Nice Xmas present for anyone into Belgian beers though.

[prajna]

lol, that looks fine indeed.

i'm still puzzled though. does the kwak sound occur when the beer leaves the glass, or for another reason?

[Rob]

Plenty Kwak here - www.beerritz.co.uk/search.asp?ManufacturerName=&CategoryID=&ABV=&ProductName=kwak&Submit=Go%21

[nickbug]

prajnam said:

lol, that looks fine indeed.

i'm still puzzled though. does the kwak sound occur when the beer leaves the glass, or for another reason?

It must be 15 to 20 years since I tried it but, if I remember correctly, the 'kwak' sound happens when you get down to the bulbous bit. I guess the pressure builds up in some way similar to the yard of ale.

Go on, get one, you know you want to

[nickbug]

rob said:

Plenty Kwak here - www.beerritz.co.uk/search.asp?ManufacturerName=&CategoryID=&ABV=&ProductName=kwak&Submit=Go%21

Bloody hell the price has gone up since I tried it