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Post by tory on Jan 1, 2021 12:44:39 GMT
A NYE party is an excuse to get rinsed financially. Prices are extortionate as it's an opportunity for a venue to make a lot of revenue without any questions being asked.
I didn't really learn this lesson for a long time - I remember going out as a teenager and, having considerable FOMO, would go to pubs and the like for overpriced NYE parties that were inevitably massively disappointing.
My best NYE was on Millennium - went to Berlin where everyone was chucking fireworks at each other all day and then embarked on an E-fuelled bender for 2 days straight.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2021 12:49:10 GMT
Fomo?
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Post by tory on Jan 1, 2021 12:52:13 GMT
FOMO - Fear of missing out
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2021 12:53:38 GMT
Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2021 12:55:59 GMT
It really started to change in the early to mid 90s from what I remember. Before that, it wasn't particularly more expensive than any other night.
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Post by tory on Jan 1, 2021 13:00:45 GMT
I've not been on NYE for probably 12 years or so - I'm very happy to be in bed by 10 or so nowadays.
When I was still going clubbing, there was a morphing trend for New Year's Day clubbing instead, particularly if it hit on a Friday so you had the whole weekend to recover.
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Post by oh oooh on Jan 1, 2021 13:09:22 GMT
I went out for my usual constitutional just before midnight last night but slipped on the ice in the car park behind the building and fell hard on my arse and my right side. I must have lain there for 30 seconds just cursing. Nobody else was around.
Eventually I pulled myself up and brushed all the shit and ice particles off my coat and hobbled off down the street - didn't want to go back indoors before the chimes even though I was in a bit of pain. Town was completely dead, saw one fella walking his dog (swearing like a trooper - maybe he'd slipped and fallen too!), hardly any fireworks even. So I came home, finished my posh chocolates and watched the Bubbikins episode of The Crown.
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Post by tory on Jan 1, 2021 13:14:34 GMT
Oh your poor bastard - slipping on ice can be absolutely terrible! A friend in Serbia was holding his baby and slipped on ice, breaking his leg. It took 18 months to recover and at one point they were considering amputation!
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Post by oh oooh on Jan 1, 2021 13:20:31 GMT
Jesus Christ - was the baby OK?
This could have been much worse. My lower ribs on the right side are sore and my right knuckles are red and scraped, but nothing's broken.
The strange thing was, it wasn't freezing cold last night - was around 3 or 4 degrees. But the whole car park was covered in black ice. I'm sure I won't be the only one...
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Post by DarknessFish on Jan 1, 2021 16:26:07 GMT
I've generally always disliked New Year's Eve since we stopped doing a regular extended family meal in my early teens. As a night out, it was always quite expensive and as a rule I've always had a thing any night out which requires organisation, prebooked tickets, etc. Planning takes the fun out of everything. The best nights out have always been when you agree to meet a couple of people for a quiet drink, then wake up 3 days later in Argentina with a one-legged prostitute.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jan 1, 2021 16:31:45 GMT
Last night's celebration was just the three of us and my mum. It was pretty good to be fair, but not exactly wild. I ordered an Indian for us all at 7, and was told to collect at 8:30. When I got there, on time, there was a queue of about 30 people and they were about an hour behind schedule. So I cancelled the order, and ran across the road for cheap pizzas from Tesco Express. Living the dream.
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Post by tory on Jan 1, 2021 16:37:28 GMT
The best nights out have always been when you agree to meet a couple of people for a quiet drink, then wake up 3 days later in Argentina with a one-legged prostitute. I presume you're talking from experience here
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jan 1, 2021 16:44:45 GMT
I went out for my usual constitutional just before midnight last night but slipped on the ice in the car park behind the building and fell hard on my arse and my right side. I must have lain there for 30 seconds just cursing. Nobody else was around. Eventually I pulled myself up and brushed all the shit and ice particles off my coat and hobbled off down the street - didn't want to go back indoors before the chimes even though I was in a bit of pain. Town was completely dead, saw one fella walking his dog (swearing like a trooper - maybe he'd slipped and fallen too!), hardly any fireworks even. So I came home, finished my posh chocolates and watched the Bubbikins episode of The Crown. Sorry to hear about the fall, hope you are alright. It can be a bit unsettling and reminder of how delicate we are. My dad is constantly insisting on wearing flat leather soles in the worse weather, regardless of how many non slip rubber soled shoes I buy him.
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Post by bungo the mungo on Jan 1, 2021 17:16:00 GMT
I went out for my usual constitutional just before midnight last night but slipped on the ice in the car park behind the building and fell hard on my arse and my right side. I must have lain there for 30 seconds just cursing. Nobody else was around. Eventually I pulled myself up and brushed all the shit and ice particles off my coat and hobbled off down the street sorry to hear about your fall, JC. were you wearing your new pea coat?
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Jan 1, 2021 17:21:28 GMT
I went out for my usual constitutional just before midnight last night but slipped on the ice in the car park behind the building and fell hard on my arse and my right side. I must have lain there for 30 seconds just cursing. Nobody else was around. Eventually I pulled myself up and brushed all the shit and ice particles off my coat and hobbled off down the street sorry to hear about your fall, JC. were you wearing your new pea coat? skope, if only you had been there, surely you would have caught him or cradled him lovingly post fall in the parking lot, Gboy could have brought take out!
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