Happy Hogmanay!

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[SunkenCiv]

I do like mayo on ham.

[sionnsar]

Thanks to SunkenCiv for the ping! And though it's about 40 hours early here, BLIADHNA MHATH UR! ("Happy New Year" in Scottish Gaelic).

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Going to the Games? Organize a Clan FReeper get-together!

[sionnsar]

Coming from a long line of Scots with our castle in John O’ Groats, I have never heard of this practice.

Really?! It's quite widespread -- Lollans Scots and Hielan Gaels alike celebrate Hogmanay.

[Tainan]

Happy New Year 2011 to ALL!

Currently, here, its 0849 on 31 Dec 2010.

[waterhill]

Happy Kickass New Year!!! Screw you, Europe! All of the badass Scots are over Here in the USA! Piss up a rope!!! cya!

[TXnMA]

Hmmm My eight yards of Red Macpherson wool have "shrunk"* considerably o'er the years. 'Fraid I'll have to wear my newer Utilikilt as a substitute...

*(Curious thing: same thing happened to my leather kilt belt, too...) '-}

[RedMDer]

Happy New Year STARWISE!

[ThanhPhero]

The first person to cross the threshold at Hogmanay brings all the luck, good or bad, for the year ahead.

That sounds just like Tết in Việt Nam. I will be there for this next Tết for the first time since the war. I usually go in the summer when the air fare is normally cheaper. This year I got a deal. My friend in Khánh Hòa says I will be very busy in the wee hours of Tết because I have to go around to be the first to cross many thresholds. In 2003 I was the first foreigner to visit their town since 1973 and, as an American, am regarded as the "luckiest" person available.

[brushcop]

Hey sionnsar, we may be ultra-low volume—in size, but not SOUND. Thanks!

[P8riot]

8yds of Campbell (Argyll) for me. UKs are great, I own two for knocking around in.

[TXnMA]

And, no prob packing whatever you want in a UK, too...

[Condor51]

Happy New Year, Liz

[P8riot]

I’ve carried as much as a 12 pack in mine. At another time I carried a dozen or more loaded AR-15 magazines.