Like I did last year, I come from the future to greet all of you who are still stuck in the previous year. And this time a leap second has just happened, so it's one second more of wait! I also congratulate Brandon for the first post of the year in the Central Europe Time (my timezone, a.k.a. UTC+1), on the thread "I believe this one family has out roadgeed us all." (Yes, with period included), only 39 seconds into 2017:
Quote from: Brandon on December 31, 2016, 06:00:39 PM
These folks aren't related to RV Droz, perchance?
However 2015 was better, as there was a post in the very first second of the year (again in UTC+1).
PS: This is the very first post in 2017 for english si.
Mountain Standard Time is the official timezone of this forum.
Quote from: corco on December 31, 2016, 07:18:32 PMMountain Standard Time is the official timezone of this forum.
I thought it was Eastern Standard Time... (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=19402.msg2194493#msg2194493)
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 31, 2016, 07:12:53 PMPS: This is the very first post in 2017 for english si.
Nah, I'm running on Christmas Time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiritimati) at the moment. :P
Time zone are subjective - your post was the first of 2017, and I'm the second person to post this year. Unless, of course, someone else has posted after their calendar has changed.
Guid hogmany tae those fa loove thes kergo-filled (hence wa th' scots loove it - th' drink) mirk fest.
Two hours, and six minutes for me...hey at least the West Coast people get to savor 2016 more, but now at 12:01 AM I can now say to a person from the west coast that I am from another year.
P.S. My relatives in the Philippines are already in the next year. It's about 10 AM right now in Manila, meaning that my family comes from a farther future.
P.P.S. I'm overthinking this.
I am now from another year. It's 12:05 AM.
I was asleep in a recliner and woke up about ten seconds prior to midnight, just before the TV said "Happy New Year." Ms1995hoo had been supposed to wake me up sooner and didn't and doesn't seem to get why I was annoyed at her.
Off to go sleep for real! :-D
Fireworks are still going off ten minutes after the celebration. Still though, it's New Years for 112.7 million people in the United States.
^^ 47 percent of the US population live in ET http://kurtostergaard.com/us-population-by-time-zone/
Total population is 324,310,076 http://www.census.gov/popclock/
Population in ET is approx. 152,425,736
Traditionally, ever since my uncle, aunt and cousin moved to California in the mid-1980s, we'd call to wish them a Happy New Year after midnight ET, and then comment about our phone calls from different years. I think the tradition started at NYE 1989/90 because of the novelty of talking while in different decades.
Good f***ing riddance to 2016 for both its toxic political climate (all sides contributed to that) and its proclivity for taking so many of our more valuable artists and entertainers. Let's all wish for a 2017 with markedly fewer notable fatalities -- as well as our "leaders" taking both a deep breath and one step back to survey the damage done and how to move onward without doing much more!
I'm a bit nervous but mostly excited about how the year will go.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 01, 2017, 12:06:30 AM
I was asleep in a recliner and woke up about ten seconds prior to midnight, just before the TV said "Happy New Year." Ms1995hoo had been supposed to wake me up sooner and didn't and doesn't seem to get why I was annoyed at her.
Off to go sleep for real! :-D
Then you missed Mariah Carey's wonderful performance tonight!!!
Quote from: sparker on January 01, 2017, 03:44:12 AM
Good f***ing riddance to 2016 for both its toxic political climate (all sides contributed to that) and its proclivity for taking so many of our more valuable artists and entertainers. Let's all wish for a 2017 with markedly fewer notable fatalities -- as well as our "leaders" taking both a deep breath and one step back to survey the damage done and how to move onward without doing much more!
When it's time to go, it's time to go. Hela doesn't care who you are, what you've accomplished, or what year it is.
Sadly, most of our leaders are owned by corporate interests and seem more intent on doing their bidding despite what may be right.
26 years later, the E Street Band still have THE definitive midnight New Year's performance. Usually at midnight I've stuck some speakers outside and I crank this up to annoy the neighbors, but I didn't this year.
May this year be better than last year
Quote from: ET21 on January 01, 2017, 09:18:53 PM
May this year be better than last year
That is my hope. 2016, 2015, and the last half of 2014 have been very hard for me. My biggest hope is that 2017 is better. I think it may potentially be. Hopefully it will be a better year for everyone - roadgeeks, celebrities, and everyone else alike.
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 01, 2017, 09:25:39 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 01, 2017, 09:18:53 PM
May this year be better than last year
That is my hope. 2016, 2015, and the last half of 2014 have been very hard for me. My biggest hope is that 2017 is better. I think it may potentially be. Hopefully it will be a better year for everyone, roadgeeks, celebrities, and everyone else alike.
Are you saying that roadgeeks are not celebrities? Why would you differentiate the two?
Quote from: corco on January 01, 2017, 09:31:28 PM
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on January 01, 2017, 09:25:39 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 01, 2017, 09:18:53 PM
May this year be better than last year
That is my hope. 2016, 2015, and the last half of 2014 have been very hard for me. My biggest hope is that 2017 is better. I think it may potentially be. Hopefully it will be a better year for everyone, roadgeeks, celebrities, and everyone else alike.
Are you saying that roadgeeks are not celebrities? Why would you differentiate the two?
Well, perhaps I might be ignorant, but I do not know of any roadgeeks who are celebrities. Certainly does not mean that can't be the case in the future. If any roadgeeks are in fact celebrities, when I said celebrities I was mainly referring to the most notable of them, too many of which died this past year.
:pan:
5 days old, 2017 is still a newborn in the world's ancient calendar. May it be a real happy one, everyone. I hope to come back to AAroads.com more often.