tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post1891686497064415703..comments2024-03-28T19:37:23.056-06:00Comments on Hiawatha House: New Year's Eve: Triumph or TragedyRedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-38098298641859297772012-01-05T07:48:41.723-07:002012-01-05T07:48:41.723-07:00Wonderful story, Red. I've had NYE which start...Wonderful story, Red. I've had NYE which started relationships one one in particular which ended one.. that was the year 2000 and in retrospect was a very good thing. Other than those, they've been pretty much matter of course. <br /><br />Happy New Year to you and yours. :)Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-24416024446729931722012-01-01T13:02:41.090-07:002012-01-01T13:02:41.090-07:00Far side, I'd forgotten about New Year's E...Far side, I'd forgotten about New Year's Eve at the church. Ya, games visiting and lunch. Fun times!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-24692443063187408922012-01-01T12:49:58.625-07:002012-01-01T12:49:58.625-07:00You have a great memory to share of new Years Eve!...You have a great memory to share of new Years Eve!1 Happy New year to you and your bride! <br /><br />The best New Years I can remember was when the girls were in their early teens we would pack up games and snacks and go to the church for a game night with other families..fun times:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-82867310598197197112012-01-01T10:17:14.633-07:002012-01-01T10:17:14.633-07:00Oh that is sweet memory. You were certainly blesse...Oh that is sweet memory. You were certainly blessed that new year. Happy New Year in 2012 as well.Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858158707328118375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-14523242587024616472012-01-01T07:26:45.263-07:002012-01-01T07:26:45.263-07:00Well, you did indeed actually meet on a blind date...Well, you did indeed actually meet on a blind date. And like all relationships, sometimes it's a good thing, and there are other times when you curse the day. But it sounds like the two of you were made for each other.<br /><br />I can't remember any particular New Year's celebrations that stand out. Isn't that terrible? The last decade I haven't been awake when the new year begins. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-3447649422699007322012-01-01T01:53:11.957-07:002012-01-01T01:53:11.957-07:00Wonderful memory! Thanks for sharing it. Cheers!Wonderful memory! Thanks for sharing it. Cheers!Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988802569095580501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-69384558337169568352011-12-31T23:04:35.567-07:002011-12-31T23:04:35.567-07:00First Happy New Year - maybe not there yet in Albe...First Happy New Year - maybe not there yet in Alberta! Already over here!<br />Loved your question???? <br /><br />"How about your New Year's Eves? Have they all been eventful and memorable? Have some of them been tragic?"<br /><br />Yes I recall two. Only two as that<br />was the limit!!<br /><br />1969 - Tokyo when enroute to Medicine Hat!!!<br />After enjoying a delightful New Year dinner at great expense at the "Imperial Hotel", my mate who the next day was leaving for Hong Kong and myself thought we would partake of bar festivities on the Ginza Strip. Not knowing much, if any Japanese, we found ourselves in a decent bar and were befriended by over zealous Japanese, who insisted that they do the buying. Well, I found out that saki and I do not agree! At about 4.00am, Peter and I somehow managed to get out of this bar from very raucous Japanese "friends" - many sayonaras (??)- I think that word means goodbye??<br />We were as "pissed as mad parrots" and had no idea where we were, we sat vomiting in the gutter and the temperature was below zero!!! Strange how the cold weather sobers you up. Then before freezing to death, one of us saw a very large neon light about 100 metres away - our hotel, <br />The Dai-ichi Hotel!<br />Peter did make the flight to HKG, I did not see him off.<br /><br />Then 1972, our hotel in West Wyalong, after closing the bar at 10.00pm my brother,a first year cadet at Duntroon Military Academy and I decided to drive to the Golf Club for the festivities - two cases of chilled champagne in the car with us. Great night of merriment and etc etc., somehow managed to drive back to the hotel at 5.00am - straight to bed. At 6.00am woken by our father ( not the one in heaven) and told to start cleaning up. No staff were being employed it was us all day!<br />To ensure that my brother and I would never forget the day of cleaning and working a bar, my parents took off to greener pastures.<br />It was the longest day of our lives - 12 hours of working in a bar! Hotels here opened on New Years day then when everything else was closed.<br />So, what was the question? Ah yes, memories - well I have never since 1972 seen another New Year in.<br />Colin<br />PS: Happy New Year to your viewers.Colinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8688207620251526295.post-66340745318406669952011-12-31T19:39:58.262-07:002011-12-31T19:39:58.262-07:00Great memory Red. Happy New Year to you both!Great memory Red. Happy New Year to you both!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183448760614051130noreply@blogger.com