Well, it's 5.15pm 31st December 2003 here (NSW, Australia) and I'm about to
shut the computer down for the day. My sister and her boys are coming to
spend the evening with us. Good food, Monopoly games, fireworks on the
telly, a few drinks, struggling to stay awake till midnight <vbg>. Her
husband is on day shift at the moment, will get home about 7.30pm but due
back at work 7am for another 12 hour shift, so no late night for him
tonight. The rest of us will have fun, though <g>.

So, since I won't get another chance - a Happy New Year to all RFCers. Hope
2004 is filled with good recipes and good eating - and that it's safe,
happy and healthy for all of you and your families (that includes furred
and feathered!)

Cheers,

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 06:20:16 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> wrote:

<snip>
>So, since I won't get another chance - a Happy New Year to all RFCers. Hope
>2004 is filled with good recipes and good eating - and that it's safe,
>happy and healthy for all of you and your families (that includes furred
>and feathered!)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Rhonda Anderson
>Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Thank you and the same to you and your family. Gee -- it's already
2004 there.

One "memorable" NYE here was when a rail strike (I believe) had
hundreds of coal barges stacked up in the Bay (Chesapeake). At
midnight, they all used their horns for about 5 minutes. Then the
honks gradually tapered off. However, it seems that each one wanted to
get in the 'last word', so a single beep would start aother series of
honking. They finally gave up around 1am. :-)

Rhonda Anderson > wrote in
. 5:

> Well, it's 5.15pm 31st December 2003 here (NSW, Australia) and I'm
> about to shut the computer down for the day. My sister and her boys
> are coming to spend the evening with us. Good food, Monopoly games,
> fireworks on the telly, a few drinks, struggling to stay awake till
> midnight <vbg>. Her husband is on day shift at the moment, will get
> home about 7.30pm but due back at work 7am for another 12 hour shift,
> so no late night for him tonight. The rest of us will have fun, though
> <g>.
>
> So, since I won't get another chance - a Happy New Year to all RFCers.
> Hope 2004 is filled with good recipes and good eating - and that it's
> safe, happy and healthy for all of you and your families (that
> includes furred and feathered!)
>


Bad manners to follow up to my own post, but I do have another chance -
and it's now 2004 here - 12.15am January 1st so Happy New Year again.


Rhonda Anderson

Happy new year everyone.

;-)

Happy newyear.
You know this year is a leap year.
So there's an extra day for cooking...

Great.
My new years wishes : http://www.aschwin.com/nieuwjaar
(unfortunatially it's in Dutch, but beleave me, it says "Happy New Year"...)

Cheers.
Aschwin

"Rhonda Anderson" > wrote in message
. 5...
: Well, it's 5.15pm 31st December 2003 here (NSW, Australia) and
I'm about to
: shut the computer down for the day. My sister and her boys are
coming to
: spend the evening with us. Good food, Monopoly games, fireworks
on the
: telly, a few drinks, struggling to stay awake till midnight
<vbg>. Her
: husband is on day shift at the moment, will get home about
7.30pm but due
: back at work 7am for another 12 hour shift, so no late night
for him
: tonight. The rest of us will have fun, though <g>.
:
: So, since I won't get another chance - a Happy New Year to all
RFCers. Hope
: 2004 is filled with good recipes and good eating - and that
it's safe,
: happy and healthy for all of you and your families (that
includes furred
: and feathered!)
:
: Cheers,
:
: Rhonda Anderson
: Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
=========

Thanks Rhonda!

See you next year!


--
Cyndi
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:04:45 GMT,
(dkra) wrote:

>
> -- dkra
> (in rainy California, USA)

Where are you? It poured buckets in SF on Monday, but so
far it's dry... looking at webcams - it's clear in SoCal and
snowy in the Sierra's and we're overcast (confirmed by
looking out the window).

http://www.13abc.com/index.cfm?SecName=85


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

In article > ,
Rhonda Anderson > wrote:

> Well, it's 5.15pm 31st December 2003 here (NSW, Australia) and I'm about to
> shut the computer down for the day. My sister and her boys are coming to
> spend the evening with us. Good food, Monopoly games, fireworks on the
> telly, a few drinks, struggling to stay awake till midnight <vbg>. Her
> husband is on day shift at the moment, will get home about 7.30pm but due
> back at work 7am for another 12 hour shift, so no late night for him
> tonight. The rest of us will have fun, though <g>.
>
> So, since I won't get another chance - a Happy New Year to all RFCers. Hope
> 2004 is filled with good recipes and good eating - and that it's safe,
> happy and healthy for all of you and your families (that includes furred
> and feathered!)
>
Happy New Year back at you Rhonda, and to all of the RFC regulars (and
irregulars)!

Tonight's dinner will be a Mexican extravaganza. Snapper Veracruz with
green rice and a jicama salad. I'm resting my eyes after cooking up the
poblanos and onions that go into the green rice.

Cindy

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C.J. Fuller

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Rhonda Anderson > wrote in message .5>...

>
> So, since I won't get another chance - a Happy New Year to all RFCers. Hope
> 2004 is filled with good recipes and good eating - and that it's safe,
> happy and healthy for all of you and your families (that includes furred
> and feathered!)
>

A happy, healthy and prosperous New year to all the RFCers from the
Honduran contingent.

The neighborhood people spent an evening building a straw figure of
the detested Olimpia Futbol club, stuffing it with straw, newspaper,
and fireworks in anticipation of midnight. Amid a volley of aerial
bombs, roman candles, bottle rockets and firecrackers, the effigy was
burned and the parties began.
Pina Coladas and tamales for everyone last night!

Sandi