Welcome to 2016.

[Gob]

Pah!! I was at work until 9.00 pm last night, or "New Years Eve" as some call it. I'm back in work 9.00 am today or "New years Day" as it's known,.

Spare a thought for all the nurses, doctors, police, fire brigade, armed forces and other people who keep us safe and well and who aren't with their families today.

[Bicycle Bill]

-"BB"-

[TPFKA@W]

Yeah I was up at 3am and at work 530am til 6pm tonight probably in bed by 9pm back up at 3am tomorrow to dodge drunks on the way in. Wash, rinse, repeat til Monday.

[dales]

Spare a thought for all the nurses, doctors, police, fire brigade, armed forces and other people who keep us safe and well and who aren't with their families today.

Beautifully posted and let me echo your sentiments.

[Crackpot]

But those "screws at psych wards" can fuck right off.

[Lord Jim]

Especially the ones that just got back from... what was it?

A six week vacation?

ETA:

Oh wait a minute....

My mistake; eight weeks...

Of course we had to take 4 days off to get ready to travel, and a week off after to get over the holiday, so it really extends from 31/10/15 to 23/12/15, a total of 8 weeks.

[Gob]

We respect hard work over here, and reward it with time off, it's known as "paid leave", you should try it in the US!

[wesw]

yeah, Moscow shot its fireworks over empty streets.....

Belgium had to cancel theirs....

Germany is on red alert tonight....

turkey busted a couple of guys with bomb stuff and a boom-vest, thank god

they caught the guy in Rochester new York that was gonna blow up a restaurant tonight, thank god

there are a bunch of people packed into times square with no booze or bathrooms or bags, surround by 6000 cops, 1200 of which are just graduated cadets...

sounds like fun..

whoopee.

but as gob says, thanks to those who serve.

I assume from the total lack of discussion on isis, and the many related arrests of late, that we are all agreed as to the fate of isis and their cronies....

oh yeah..., happy new year.

[RayThom]

Since 2001 I get a little anxious as I watch the crowds swell into Times Square. Hopefully it will be another year without anyone screaming "allah akbar!"

Tic...tic...tic... HAPPY NEW YEAR

[Joe Guy]

Spare a thought for all the nurses, doctors, police, fire brigade, armed forces and other people who keep us safe and well and who aren't with their families today.

I certainly appreciate the fact that there are police, firefighters etc working while the rest of us get drunk and stoned then drive around crashing into other people and things while accidentally starting fires and falling off of bridges and other fun stuff.

Although I don't know how doing their jobs today is any different than any other day around here....

[Bicycle Bill]

Spare a thought for all the nurses, doctors, police, fire brigade, armed forces and other people who keep us safe and well and who aren't with their families today.

I certainly appreciate the fact that there are police, firefighters etc working while the rest of us get drunk and stoned then drive around crashing into other people and things while accidentally starting fires and falling off of bridges and other fun stuff.

Although I don't know how doing their jobs today is any different than any other day around here....

I was about to post something along the lines of "around here we call that Tuesday".

[datsunaholic]

New Years Eve is one of those days I don't leave the house. Drunks on a normal day are bad enough.

Someone down the street is having a blast of a time though, and it's still almost 6 hours until midnight here. Hopefully the ballistic arcs don't come down on my property again.

[Bicycle Bill]

-"BB"-

[MajGenl.Meade]

We respect hard work over here, and reward it with time off, it's known as "paid leave", you should try it in the US!

...and there it is; naked and unashamed. In Australia, 'work' is known as 'paid leave'

Obvs.

[Joe Guy]

Gob's employer keeps paying him to stay away from work. Maybe they're hoping that one day he will get the clue...

[Gob]

Gob's employer keeps paying him to stay away from work. Maybe they're hoping that one day he will get the clue...

Why would want to do that, when they're paying me to stay away...

[Joe Guy]

Gob's employer keeps paying him to stay away from work. Maybe they're hoping that one day he will get the clue...

Why would want to do that, when they're paying me to stay away...

Because you keep going back!!!

[Gob]

Only so I can get paid to stay away again...

[Joe Guy]

Okay.... I guess that makes sense. If you didn't go back once in a while, they wouldn't know whether or not they need to keep paying you to stay away.

[Gob]

Zackly!!