# Happy New Year for 2009, Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341 "2008-12-31T11:01:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/1 "2008-12-31T11:01:35Z")
It’s just after midnight, here so – all the best to everyone on the board, your family and your friends, for 2009. Fireworks going off close by, now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/2 "2008-12-31T13:00:47Z")
A wish for a safe, happy and prosperous New Year for all. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/3 "2008-12-31T13:15:21Z")
Happy New Year. Just finished watching the Sydney fireworks on TV - a good way to wrap up a night spent with friends and family. AllWalker, wishing everyone a happy 2009 13 minutes into the new year, local time. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/4 "2008-12-31T23:15:35Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > Happy New Year. Just finished watching the Sydney fireworks on TV - a good way to wrap up a night spent with friends and family. They were pretty good. But the crowds last night were way down on previous years, at least in my suburb. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/5 "2008-12-31T23:33:12Z")
Happy New Year from GMT+1. Best wishes, health, and wonderful surprises for everybody… ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/6 "2009-01-01T01:26:22Z")
A happy, happy new year to all dopers and their loved ones. May your days be free of hassle, your hearts free of worry, and may your cup runneth over (whatever that might mean for you). HAPPY NEW YEAR! :):D:) ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/7 "2009-01-01T04:56:05Z")
Yea! Happy New Year! You guys are the best! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/8 "2009-01-01T04:59:32Z")
From one Wolf to another, Happy New Year 2009 Ice Wolf. And Happy New Year to all the SDMB members. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/9 "2009-01-01T05:03:45Z")
:raises glass: Here’s to another year of wit, wisdom, and wankery on the SDMB. 😛 Happy New Year!! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/10 "2009-01-01T05:06:46Z")
:flings confetti: Happy New Year everyone! Did the ball in NYC f-up? ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/11 "2009-01-01T05:16:13Z")
Happy New Year everyone! Not midnight here yet, but I spent the evening making out with my new love. I/We can’t make it to midnight any more. Life is good! ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/12 "2009-01-01T05:21:29Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > :flings confetti: > > Happy New Year everyone! > Did the ball in NYC f-up? Happy NewYear **Hockey Monkey**. What happened to the ball. SSG Schwartz ---
**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:** [January 1, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/13 "2009-01-01T05:58:59Z")
Thanks to all of you who have posted in this thread. It’s always cool to see the passage of the new year from one side of the world to the other. Cheers! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/14 "2009-01-01T06:41:06Z")
Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/15 "2009-01-01T07:01:33Z")
Happy New Year from northern Alberta!!! It’s 12:01, January 1. 2009! 🙂 🙂 S^G ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/16 "2009-01-01T08:04:49Z")
Happy New Year from the West Coast! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/17 "2009-01-01T15:48:12Z")
It’s almost new year in UTC+11! Happy New Year… mid-Pacific! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/18 "2009-01-01T16:28:27Z")
As I wished everyone in 2007, [**HAEPY NEM YEAR**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405586) ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/19 "2009-01-01T17:55:12Z")
Happy New Year from the frozen north! May our new year be filled with joy, wonder, prosperity and all the good things in life! ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-for-2009-dopers/479341/20 "2009-01-01T21:10:06Z")
It’s still technically new year so… HAPPY NEW YEAR! 😃 Here’s to a great 2009 for all of us.