++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[sdifox]

ni

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[sdifox]

2012/1/1

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Happy New Year neffers.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Ended up with only 7 total people at our party. A couple of people who were coming weren't able to come due to illness.

One guy who came is a professor at MIT. I didn't learn that until after he left though, unfortunately.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I think this might be the last year we have a NYE party though. The main reason we've always had it was because I was scared to death of one of my wife's super-annoying friends having one and being forced to go, so I thought that it would be best if I could have it on my own terms so if it got really bad, I could retreat to my man cave. I'm going to think of a different strategy next year, though I risk being forced to go to my wife's most annoying friend's house if I don't come up with an alternative.

The issue has been that it is a lot of work and lots of expense and people generally don't appreciate it (though we had a great small group this year). Last year, we had someone bring us two bottles of wine (one OK wine and one $3 bottle). At the end of the evening, she took the OK wine and left us with the $3 wine which was, IMO, pretty rude. Not to mention people don't respond to their evites and it pisses me off because it is really rude and inconsiderate.

 

[sdifox]

Ended up with only 7 total people at our party. A couple of people who were coming weren't able to come due to illness.

One guy who came is a professor at MIT. I didn't learn that until after he left though, unfortunately.

maybe he is a prof in philosophy at MIT :whiste:

 

[sdifox]

so take her to nyc for the night

 

[IndyColtsFan]

maybe he is a prof in philosophy at MIT :whiste:

I would've asked if I had known earlier, but I suspect (though I could be wrong) that you might be right because we got into a discussion about Star Wars and George Lucas and he was very passionate about how George Lucas ruined the franchise with the prequels not because they were bad, but because it seemed to imply that the single act of Darth Vader killing the Emperor redeemed him and all the other atrocities he committed didn't matter.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

so take her to nyc for the night

No way am I fighting that crowd. We'll do something small with just really close friends and family.

The issue with our NYE party is that our childless friend base is dwindling. I have lots of friends I'd love to invite, but most have multiple kids and we do not allow kids at our party -- no exceptions.

 

[sdifox]

I would've asked if I had known earlier, but I suspect (though I could be wrong) that you might be right because we got into a discussion about Star Wars and George Lucas and he was very passionate about how George Lucas ruined the franchise with the prequels not because they were bad, but because it seemed to imply that the single act of Darth Vader killing the Emperor redeemed him and all the other atrocities he committed didn't matter.

or maybe professor of ethics.

 

[sdifox]

well, this would be the favourite year to visit Chichen Itza.

not a crowd, I am sure :biggrin:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Chichen_Itza_Temple_of_Kukulcan_Serpent.JPG

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef!

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Ended up with only 7 total people at our party. A couple of people who were coming weren't able to come due to illness.

One guy who came is a professor at MIT. I didn't learn that until after he left though, unfortunately.

There were 30 people at my friend's house. Way out of control.

Oh, I almost forgot, NEF.

 

[sdifox]

Oh, Indy, New Year's Even at Niagara Falls must be fun too. Canadian side of course.

 

[MotF Bane]

LOL. Somebody on HID-P, his signature just screams "new parent".

Former car: 2011 Subaru WRX, gone but not forgotten.
Current car: 2011 Honda Odyssey.

 

[Barfo]

I think this might be the last year we have a NYE party though. The main reason we've always had it was because I was scared to death of one of my wife's super-annoying friends having one and being forced to go, so I thought that it would be best if I could have it on my own terms so if it got really bad, I could retreat to my man cave. I'm going to think of a different strategy next year, though I risk being forced to go to my wife's most annoying friend's house if I don't come up with an alternative.

The issue has been that it is a lot of work and lots of expense and people generally don't appreciate it (though we had a great small group this year). Last year, we had someone bring us two bottles of wine (one OK wine and one $3 bottle). At the end of the evening, she took the OK wine and left us with the $3 wine which was, IMO, pretty rude. Not to mention people don't respond to their evites and it pisses me off because it is really rude and inconsiderate.

How annoying is the friend that you'd rather go to the trouble of making your own party rather than attending hers?

 

[Barfo]

well, this would be the favourite year to visit Chichen Itza.

not a crowd, I am sure :biggrin:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Chichen_Itza_Temple_of_Kukulcan_Serpent.JPG

I built that pyramid...in Minecraft

 

[sdifox]

I built that pyramid...in Minecraft

Yeah, I am sure the real deal was built as easily :whiste:

I actually went to Chichen Itza, in July... Great idea from wife, let's go to Mejico in the summer...

 

[Barfo]

Yeah, I am sure the real deal was built as easily :whiste:

I actually went to Chichen Itza, in July... Great idea from wife, let's go to Mejico in the summer...

Because of the weather?

 

[sdifox]

Because of the weather?

yeah I may have been born in the subtropics, but I don't like the heat :biggrin:

 

[sdifox]

I can only go back to Taiwan in the winter. I walk around in shorts there in the "winter"

 

[Barfo]

Don't like heat either, except when I'm on vacation.

 

[zzuupp]

ned

 

[Barfo]