Etherian 76 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Although I was indeed late for Christmas, not so late for the new year...2012. What does 2012 bring for you & yours? An early 2012 from me to you & yours. Coveted family of friends and fellowship. Happy new year everyone, been too long. Much to long! May 2012 bring you success & eternal peace! I remain, Etherian Link to comment
chattius 2,535 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 It is a leap year, so one day more till 21th of decembre 2012. Twins will join pre-school, oldest will visit university, second will be allowed to do sport again, third will do a music school, ..... 31th decembre we will buikd a big tent on a central hill top, move all fire trucks there, do some winter bbq with firefighter from other villages and hope everyone gets a 'guten Rutsch' ( good slide) into the new year. Link to comment
essjayehm 58 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 And a happy new year to you, Etherian! Myself, I will be working back-to-back shifts for NYE. Off at 10 pm, back in for 10 am. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 A Happy New Year form me and the kiddo I'm not really looking forward to the new year. First weekend marks probably the start of working 30-40 days straight Link to comment
chattius 2,535 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I wonder if some of you have the tradition of a Grenzgang too. Grenze is border and Gang is a walk. It was a controlling of the borderstones of a village. Centuries ago there was no gps and the borderstones defined what belonged to who. Some people tried to get more farmland by moving the stones. So people did a walk along their village borders with shovels, scythes, pickaxes to make the stones visible again, or put them back o original places or use the tools to fight the sone movers. Nowadays it is a nice reason to do a walk with friends and do a good meal at a restaurant for wanderers. The walk is normally between x-mas and new year now. Link to comment
Knuckles 904 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 @ Chattius...We have nothing like that here....your area is just so full of tradition and history and stuff. In a way I'm envious, the only old tradition I can think of here is the annual Blessing of the Fleet Link to comment
Etherian 76 Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 @ Chattius...We have nothing like that here....your area is just so full of tradition and history and stuff. In a way I'm envious, the only old tradition I can think of here is the annual Blessing of the Fleet Agreed Knuckels. I am in a way also envious. Europe as you know is much older than the States. So full of history & tradition. It also seems Europe has a much stronger connection to its roots, if you will. In the States, we have lost something of our past, therfore our tradition's. Happy New Year Everyone, where ever you may be... I remain, Etherian Link to comment
Stormwing 40 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Yeppo, happy New Year everyone at DM! May your next year be great. About the traditions; there's not any really old traditions I can name here which would still be in practice. I read that in the old times they used to throw a bath whisk to the roof of sauna and foretell from the position of the whisk what next year would bring. Nowadays New Year's is usually full of fireworks, drinking, celebrating and such. I've seen my share of it all for some time, so I decided to stay home, take a few, have a sauna and do some gaming. Link to comment
stubbie 21 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Happy New Years to all my mates at DM. The only tradition I have is the headache I am now experiencing. I seem to always get one of those on New Years day.....don't know why that is Link to comment
chattius 2,535 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Bleigiessen, translating as Lead pouring,Molybdomancy on silvester short before new year: Used a tin mushroom, heated it and got something like a massive body, a small bubble and 4 rays attached. I thought of a dog while my girls said a horse. Horse would mean a travel or a new car. Any of you do molybdomancy too? We had like 250 people at our firefighter party, first time back to 1994 that there wasn't any emergency call. We had 3 tents, teenage party, adults and younger kids. Field kitchen with spaghetti, potato fire, some Twist bread for the young ones. temperature was 5 celcius with a lot of fog. So sadly we couldn't see much of the fireworks in the surrounding villages. Potato fire and twist bread wsn't planed and mainly done to fight the fog a bit but were great fun for the kids. Link to comment
Dragon Brother 619 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Well, Happy New Year all! I'm feeling a bit tired after a late night celebrating like I'm sure many of you did. Hope everyone feels ok the next day! Link to comment
cider_steve 26 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Happy new year to you all from me too. I hope that you have a cracking 2012, and maybe we can get some Sacred 3 news this year !! All the best, Steve. Link to comment
Stormwing 40 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 chattius: Well, that's one of the borrowed traditions around here too. Came from Sweden around ~1700 or something. Those tins are usually shaped as horseshoe. Haven't done tin pouring in ages. Just somehow I've one by one slipped from all the traditions there are. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,072 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Molybdamancy... my new word for the New Year! I spend this day usually just chatting with family, friends, (once I get over the headache o-O) I like to go over what happened, see if I can have some more fun with the coming year. My job change was hugely impactful this year, but I feel great with how things turned out. I actually spent some time yesterday in the afternoon, reaching some of old work colleagues, and setting them up with references for where I work, and offered to help them write up some CV's for applications. Success for all of youg, may wonderful meals and adventures dot your journey. Happy New Year! gogo Link to comment
Sirius 16 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 2012 is overrated. Looks SO much like 2011. Link to comment
chattius 2,535 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Not if you are born february the 29th as my cousine is. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,072 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Ah, leap year birthday party! gogo Link to comment
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