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Cookie Monster
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Topic: Your New years traditions ??Posted: December 30 2008 at 11:41pm |
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What are your local customs and traditions for bringing in the New Year?
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Posted: December 30 2008 at 11:50pm |
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Here on New Years Eve there of course there is the standard rituals involving food and drink until the way hours after midnight. New Years day is customarily celebrated with a feast of Ham, Black-eyed peas, and cabbage to bring prosperity and good luck to the new coming year. And for some the watching the American Football games that are played all day |
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 1:47am |
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About midnight I go outside and empty a clip from an M-1 (or other handy rifle) into the night sky. Then I go to bed.
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Hiding out in the Northwest corner of Southeast Ohio
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 3:17am |
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Thresher, I hope you live in a rural area and no danger hurting ay near by people. Would not be a very good thing to ruin someone’s new years with a rouge bullet dropping down on them. Remember the M1 Garand shoots the 30-06 Springfield ammunition which will shoot several miles as will the M1carbine. |
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 10:14am |
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Well I got trashed on goon punch last night and now I am going down the beach for a swim, it's like 30 degrees and sunny here, awesome
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But the winters coming,
And the snow will cover tracks, And I'll be watching, Because I'm hunting you - Sarah Blasko, The Gardens End |
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 10:46am |
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I live in the middle of nowhere. Right smack in the middle of a 155 acre farm. My driveway is 2500' long. We have to have sunshine hauled in. You can't see a sign of civilization from my house. Or at my house for that matter.
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Hiding out in the Northwest corner of Southeast Ohio
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 1:30pm |
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I started a new one....I took a family heirloom remmy model 11 out back and shot off a single round....the gun was made in 1928. I had no hearing protection on...didnt even make my ears ring....my dog was running around looking for what she thought I had just killed!! I like this tradition....think I will pass it on to my kids. PS...for the safety conscious I shot from 50 yards into a 15 foot high railway line "butt"...about as safe as it gets.
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Get some
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Posted: December 31 2008 at 2:04pm |
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I sized some brass tonight and did a ritual toast to the New Year at Mid-night.
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Have a Nice Day
If already having a nice day please disregard |
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Posted: January 01 2009 at 1:42am |
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I smell the aroma of Black eyed peas, boiling cabbage and roasting ham emitting from the kitchen.
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Posted: January 01 2009 at 7:44am |
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I worry about your "Nocturnal Habits", Hatch ! I can see the writing on the wall ! You & Roo going out for a few 'Quiet ones' & the Pair of you waking up the following day on a Russian Fishing Trawler that's heading for Antarctica! with 'I love Fish & Chips' tattooed across your Foreheads!!!!!!! ![]() Or even worse (yes it can be worse!) Waking up in a park some where & you both have 20cents in your hands & a sore Arse !!!!!!!! ![]() ![]() Personally this year as I was on Day shift I was in bed tucked up (after giving very explicated orders to all & sundry of the fate that awaited any person who banged on my door or rang me at midnight) by 2200hrs !!!!!! Dave |
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Posted: January 01 2009 at 11:00am |
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But I will have some good stories to tell at the end of it eh dave!
I could only imagine what kinds of threats you were making as well mate. |
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But the winters coming,
And the snow will cover tracks, And I'll be watching, Because I'm hunting you - Sarah Blasko, The Gardens End |
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Posted: January 01 2009 at 11:29am |
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Mate !!!!! All I said was that I wouldn't be a Happy Camper & I would smack their Bottoms! ![]() ![]() Dave |
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Posted: January 01 2009 at 1:38pm |
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Worked at the pub while an alright 60's cover band played and then kicked a bunch of drunks out and drank with the band and the rest of the pub crew
Till the sun came up i might add
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If all else fails call in a MOAB and call it a day
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Posted: January 02 2009 at 12:44am |
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Not the old trawler routine....except my tattoo says "Will work for rum!!"
Don't worry Hatch....I promise you will have some good stories to tell!! We don't have goon here....but there are no shortage of substitutions and I can also offer outdoor, subzero, night air rifle shooting....lots of fun, just ask Mean 17!! |
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Posted: January 02 2009 at 8:25am |
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I put the Poof Medicine on the Big pile in the back pasture and then Boogie and I shot at it with roman Candels to light it from a safe distance then poped a few Beers open and hung some gas filled Ballons on the fence and we all sot at them with the roman candals till we hit one and made a very loude boom.
I also had some Other type fireworks for the kids also and they had a blast...
also loaded the canon and shot it a few times then at midnight I unrolled a 1000 round belt of fire crackers and laced them on to the top of the fence with balloons placed at the end and through out the strand and then set them off at Midnight...
Next day Me and Sgt Deshotels cooked a brisket in His Cajun Microwave...
and just sat around B.S.ing about what ever came to mind....
Brisket came out great....
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Posted: January 03 2009 at 8:32am |
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My resolution is to thin out the amount of cats around my neighbourhood.
I will wait until monday for that though..........still not feeling 100% since new years eve
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