# Happy New Year, everyone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2002, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849 "2002-12-31T10:55:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/21 "2002-12-31T13:48:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Desmostylus \* > \*\*Happy New Year everyone. > > Feeling happy right now. Just got back from a party, the girls fell asleep straight away, and this is my **500th post**. > > I’ve had a few glasses of '98 Lindemans Pyrus (very nice), so apologies in advance for not making sense in any future posts tonight. > > Five and a half hours till the girls wake up again, so I’ll enjoy it a bit while I can. \*\* I am very much hoping that ‘the girls’ are your daughters **Desmostylus**. Otherwise, there is no hope for you mate. 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/22 "2002-12-31T14:03:50Z")
**kambukta** : Yes, they’re my daughters. You seem to be assuming that I’m male. ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/23 "2002-12-31T14:09:16Z")
Happy New Year from the lovely Mornington Peninsula!! ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/24 "2002-12-31T15:33:30Z")
Hi Aussie and NZ Dopers! Happy New Year! So, what is 2003 like so far? It’s only 8:30 AM here in New Mexico, and I’m about to go shopping for posole and tamale wrappers so I can make the traditional New Years treats. Oh, and lotsa champagne, too. It’s just me and Mr. Spooky tonight, which is the way we like it. Happy New Year to Dopers everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/25 "2002-12-31T17:24:59Z")
So, can you tell us what happens in 2003, or are we just going to have to wait? ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/26 "2002-12-31T17:45:29Z")
Happy New Year, everyone. I’ve got a little over 12 hours to go. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/27 "2002-12-31T17:53:35Z")
What’s 2003 like? So far, after some fireworks on botyh sides of th’ Tasman Sea, and “Auld Land Synes” here and there, it’s wonderfully quiet this morning here in Auckland. And the sun’s out on a peaceful day. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/28 "2002-12-31T18:11:33Z")
Still dark here in Sydney. I’m off to work. Back to the grind. It’s shaping up a lot like 2002 so far… ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/29 "2002-12-31T18:13:09Z")
HAPPY NEW YEAR! ~ From sunny southern California. Rose Parade mania on the streets. Looks like a beautiful, clear day tomorrow is predicted. Count down to 2003: less than 14 hours. To a better year for everyone. Cheers! 🆒 Ice Wolf, after seeing Two Towers, I must visit N.Z. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/30 "2002-12-31T18:24:09Z")
Ice Wolf, Happy New Year from North Carolina! The Pickle drops here at 7:00 PM EST. 12:00 Midnite Greenwich (sp?) time. 😃 Damn, I made it through another one! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/31 "2002-12-31T18:36:00Z")
[A bit of a glimpse](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3049468&thesection=news&thesubsection=general) at how New Zealand saw in the New Year: a bit of fireworks, a bit of mad hooning here and there. Nothing out of the ordinary for this little corner of th’ world. **Violet** , if you do manage to make it down this way, squeeze Auckland into your itinerary, please? Even if only for a quick coffee. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/32 "2002-12-31T18:41:11Z")
I want everyone to pop in and say Happy New Year as their time zone goes over to midnight. I still have ten hours and 15 minutes, but I want a Happy New Year every hour, dammit! And, Newfies, I know about your weird half-hour off thing, so don’t think you can escape! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/33 "2002-12-31T20:05:44Z")
I still have approximately eleven hours and forty-five minutes to go. Ah, the wonders of living all the way over on the West Coast and being on Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8)… F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/34 "2002-12-31T21:00:39Z")
Happy New Years! Still got about 11 hours here in Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/35 "2002-12-31T22:00:58Z")
Hey, **Kyla** , yes, I promise to post at midnight or thereabouts, but I might be a little bit late, as I plan to kiss Mr. Spooky. The posole is still simmering (takes a long time to cook things at 6,000 feet in elevation). The champagne is in the 'fridge. Mr. Spooky is expected home a little late this afternoon, as he is a beer merchant and this is the biggest booze night of the year. Stay safe, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/36 "2002-12-31T22:07:53Z")
6 hrs 50 min left here in NYC, Happy New Year SDMB!!! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/37 "2002-12-31T22:38:07Z")
Hell, it’s 12:43 hewre in the hoooooooly land. man, I’ve had wayt to muchb Schweps Bittr Lemon and vodka . ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/38 "2002-12-31T22:54:26Z")
Happy New Years’, Nederlands, and my loved one there! ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/39 "2002-12-31T23:16:04Z")
Oh yeah - and Happy New Years, fellow dopers. A very happy one indeed. ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849/40 "2002-12-31T23:30:58Z")
5 hours, 27 minutes here in Ohio (GMT-5). Happy New Year to GMT+1, in Madrid, Gibraltar, Geneva, Algiers, Lagos, Paris, Rome, Hamburg, Sarajevo, Budapest and Belgrade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-everyone/145849.md?page=3)