New Year's Eve day; 2012! I never imagined that I would see this year. Having been born in 1939,
when the nasties were booming us...(John Lennon) I cannot ever recall thinking that I would get old.
A few of us oldies are getting together at my place and we are buying in fish and chips. We will see the new year in Sydney time, which is three hours ahead of Western Australia. Then we can all have an easy night.
Samoa has just done away with Friday and jumped over the International Date Line and aligned itself with Australia and New Zealand to facilitate trade with us. There has been a lot of planning gone into this change. Some Samoans lost a birthday. I don't know what the government has set out for pay for a day not worked....too difficult for me. Just over a year ago, Samoa also changed the driving rules by switching from driving on the right to driving on the left because of the availability of cheap SH vehicles from Aus and NZ. Versus the expensive LH drive vehicles imported from the U.S. I'm guessing they have a blend of RH and LH drive cars causing a few problems. Bus drivers complained that the passenger doors would now be on the wrong side and alighting passengers would be in danger.
NYE is also the evening of the French national event of car burning. Last NYE there were 1137 cars burnt in mainly poorer areas of the country. That figure was 10 less than NYE 2009. Authorities instituted a news blackout. The number of torched cars will remain a secret. That, is to stop the “unhealthy competition” which supposedly eggs on the perpetrators to set fire to more and more cars each year. This story has broken just in time for a few local lads to do a copy cat job. I would not be surprised if tomorrow's news has, among the reports of brawls etc, news of a few cars being torched.
I hope that 2012 brings good health and peace to all my readers.
6 comments:
LOL! I will be celebrating with a group of friends here in Portland Oregon and it will be an early night because we will be raising the toast at New York time. Old minds think alike. Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year from Canada Kevin, wishing you and your family much health and happinss.....:-)Hugs
Happy New Year Kev, enjoy those fish and chips and stay away from car burning nutcases :-)
Catch up in 2012, much luv, Carole, Rab and Dj xxXxx
kev, had a great night where so luckly to have such a good group of friends. i really enjoyed the fish and chips. i wish you and all ur followers a happy new year and good wishes, let's hope its a healthy one
marg ;)
Okay Kev, waiting for you to update and know you are doing okay. I am totally looking forward to the first tennis major of the year and the wonderful radio announcers who so make me laugh through the dog hours here in Canada. I do hope you are doing well Kev, sending big hugs....:-)
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