Try again NYE poll

[MortonH]

Just me and the wife and our 11-week-old daughter. No drinks consumed by anyone.

Funny thing was that our baby went to sleep at 10:30pm, which is two and a half hours earlier than normal. We were all in bed by 12:30am.

Morton

[Dog Star (Phil)]

Originally Posted by Ian Robinson

Looking at the poll results , we're a mob of tragics....

Yeah, mine was quiet.
Stayed in and rewatched The Worlds Fastest Indian, which is a GREAT movie with Anthony Hopkins and also The Astronaut Farmer, a movie I'd not previously seen and which I also highly recommend
Both movies highly uplifting and inspirational.
Not so tragic after all.
(The dogs liked 'em too!)

[Ian Robinson]

Wife and I stayed up to see the fireworks on TV .... looked pretty much identical to last year's display , just different music , a few nibblelies and we were in bed by about 1am. We're a pair of NYE tragics , I offered to take her out this year but she wasn't interested, I offered to take her to Stocton to see the Newcastle Foreshore fireworks , not interested , no celebratory drinks .

Pretty quiet in my neighbourhood this year at midnight , a few fireworks let off , no wild parties this year that I was able to hear.

Took a squiz outside before retiring - sky was nice and dark and very clear about about midnight, up again at 3am , heard dogs next door barking (they've been away with their caravan since Xmas Eve) checked about from my back patio with my torch and saw no-one. Sky very very smokey and smelly then. (I guess this was pollution from Sydney harbour's midnight fireworks.

[mozzie (Peter)]

looked through the scope till 10.00 then went to bed with the misses early night layed bricks all day and tomorrow
mozzie

[bones]

Finally a clear night!!! Too good to miss. Left the wife and kids at home. Took the scope to mums (on a rural property) to get away from the search lights at a neighbouring club. Forgot my dew shield but it didn't seem to matter as no dew till 11:30pm. Quiet time and hours of solo observing till about midnight. Crashed out in bed by 1:30am. Slept in till 9:00am. Apart from a few mozzie bites on the knuckles the observing session well worth it, and my best in months.