Does anybody actually have any fond memories of New Year's/NYE?

[BillsPride12]

I think the general consensus is this is the most overrated holiday of the year.

 

I wholeheartedly agree with that, even in my younger years when going out was the rage I remember having a bunch of duds for nights out on NYE.  I'm so glad I am at an age where it is socially acceptable to stay home and be asleep on the couch before the ball drops.

 

Just curious if anybody has any really awesome memories or stories from New Year's

[YoloinOhio]

The only one I have is the Bills breaking the drought in 2017.

 

i don’t go out anymore on nye, rather have a nice dinner, good drinks, watch the cfb playoff and maybe stay up long enough to see the ball drop. but my son is 18 all excited to go to a couple parties some kids at school are having. I told him he’s not allowed to drive but he can go. He and his buddies have been highly anticipating this night and I will not be surprised if he’s disappointed 

Edited December 31, 2024 by YoloinOhio

[nemhoff]

nope, most overrated holiday of them all

[boyst]

Hell no. It is the worst. I used to have a part time job delivering Pizza's. NE was always so busy but there were good tips. Drunk people would forget their address so you'd show up to the wrong place, business or laboratory. You would watch the ball drops from your car delivering or if you're lucky be somewhere to see it drop like I was one year. Very cool experience, but Mr Pannuci was probably upset with me. I ended up getting trapped in this freezer device for quite some time. When I was let out it was  long time later and everyone I knew was gone, including my dog seymour. 

[US Egg]

Yeah, and that paid holiday…..why?

[That's No Moon]

1 hour ago, US Egg said:

Yeah, and that paid holiday…..why?

[US Egg]

29 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

Was gonna go with “picking a man’s pocket” but that happens more than once a year now!
 

Even bleeding heart Dickens might find that revolting.

[BADOLBILZ]

 

Got married on NYE.  It was a great party.  Underrated marriage/reception date.  My older sister was born on a NYE.  Agree with the OP,  most New Year's party's suck.

[US Egg]

Roberto Clemente tragedy.

[BillsPride12]

7 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

Got married on NYE.  It was a great party.  Underrated marriage/reception date.  My older sister was born on a NYE.  Agree with the OP,  most New Year's party's suck.

Had a wedding for a friend last NYE.  Was actually a good time.  Def felt it the next day though.  Looking forward to a lowkey night in this year

[Mr Info]

We enjoy NYE. Great restaurant/bar within walking distance from our house that always has a good band and open an hour later. Stumble home afterward.

[LeviF]

Yeah NYE 2017 is the best one. Breaking the drought and celebrating well into the evening. Other than that I haven't been out on NYE since college. Amateur night.

 

I'd rather spend a random Tuesday with the hard chargers at the neighborhood gin mill.

Edited December 31, 2024 by LeviF

[Steve O]

13 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

Just curious if anybody has any really awesome memories or stories from New Year's

Ask the parents of anyone with a late September/early October birthday.

[May Day 10]

NYE 1998, my friend who was going to UB had an epic party.  His housemates were all out of town and all of us were back home from college.  An all-timer.

 

Other than that, I agree.  The best times now are just getting together with a few other couples with kids and tying one on.  Or just staying home is fine.

[Augie]

My father was a germ freak. We could never go on picnics or eat outside because he didn’t want flies landing on his food. The adults got drunk one year and pointed out that there are no flies on New Year’s Day, and a tradition began. For several years a bunch of families would show up on NY Day at a NY state park with snowmobiles, Bloody Mary’s and a nice breakfast to grill. Good times. 

 

My wife’s mother and uncle were with us one year in Sarasota. My wife signed us up for some shindig at the Opera House. I had had ZERO alcohol the entire day so I wasn’t too worried when we hit a giant DUI checkpoint 1/4 mile from our house. He asked me where I was going. Home. What’s your address. I told him. He said I could go and I mentioned that that was pretty easy. He pointed to an appliance store parking lot FULL of cars, dozens of them, and said “those people couldn’t do what you just did.”   

 

I see no need to be on the road tonight. My mother used to call this Amateur Night. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Largely overrated holiday, but I went to NYC for New Year’s one time in my mid twenties and made out with an Indian chick.  So I got that going for me.

 

I guess that was one of the great things about NYE when I was young and single.  Women tended to be more uninhibited sexually for some reason. 

[Ned Flanders]

10 hours ago, US Egg said:

Roberto Clemente tragedy.

I recall Curt Gowdy announcing Clemente's death the next day, during the Rose Bowl.  Tragic.  

[US Egg]

20 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Largely overrated holiday, but I went to NYC for New Year’s one time in my mid twenties and made out with an Indian chick.  So I got that going for me.

You got farther than Kaw-Liga.

[boater]

24 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

Largely overrated holiday, but I went to NYC for New Year’s one time in my mid twenties and made out with an Indian chick.  So I got that going for me.

 

I guess that was one of the great things about NYE when I was young and single.  Women tended to be more uninhibited sexually for some reason. 

 

It's been years since I made out. Thanks for the memory jogger...making out is now on Boater's list of things to do in 2025.   Oh.... TMI, TMI.

[muppy]

quite the opposite actually. I was stood up once by a guy I met through a mutual friend.. He lived on a sail boat and he was dashing in a tall dark and handsome kind of way.

 

I wasn't so much crushed as I was mad. All dressed and no place to go.

 

I never heard a single word nor saw him again. Maybe he was a fugitive and was arrested and incarcerated.  It makes some sense. Hey I dodged a bullet 🙂

 

either way HIS LOSS lol

 

we are having a nice dinner tonite and no other festivities. I think a good New Years eve party can be fun but I don't especially like crowds anyway so...