# Re: Happy New Year

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092 "2011-12-31T14:27:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/1 "2011-12-31T14:27:51Z")

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Scott,

see today’s Dilbert - I’m with him…

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Shaun Pond

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**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/2 "2011-12-31T16:56:14Z")

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Shaun Pond,[color=blue]

> I’m with him…[/color]

Spoilsport…

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/3 "2012-01-01T05:59:54Z")

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Shaun Pond wrote:  
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> see today’s Dilbert - I’m with him…[/color]

Pffft! Have to draw a line in the sand at some point 🙂

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/4 "2012-01-01T06:00:09Z")

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Anders Gustafsson wrote:  
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> Spoilsport…[/color]

I second that 🙂

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/5 "2012-01-01T18:24:07Z")

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Scott,

why? “well done on not dying”?

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Shaun Pond

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/6 "2012-01-01T22:24:38Z")

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Shaun Pond wrote:  
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> why? “well done on not dying”?[/color]

Why not? 🙂

Makes it easier to create goals. Provides hope and closure.  
Psychological, but…

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**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/7 "2012-01-02T11:01:38Z")

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Scott,

if that’s what you need…

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Shaun Pond

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**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/8 "2012-01-02T21:24:45Z")

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Scott:

Ignore Shaun, he’s just becoming a grumpy old man. : )

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**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/9 "2012-01-02T21:29:38Z")

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On 1/2/2012 2:24 PM, Susan wrote:[color=blue]

> Scott:
> 
> Ignore Shaun, he’s just becoming a grumpy old man. : )  
> [/color]

LOL… Shaun being grumpy… Never 🙂

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/10 "2012-01-03T01:23:43Z")

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Shaun Pond wrote:  
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> if that’s what you need…[/color]

It is. Makes things so much simpler 🙂

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/11 "2012-01-03T01:23:56Z")

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Susan wrote:  
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> Ignore Shaun, he’s just becoming a grumpy old man. : )[/color]

Becoming? 😉

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/12 "2012-01-03T01:32:02Z")

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Scott:

Well, he hasn’t yet _officially_ reached Grumpy Old Man age, I don’t  
think.

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/13 "2012-01-03T02:35:09Z")

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Susan wrote:  
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> Well, he hasn’t yet officially reached Grumpy Old Man age, I don’t  
> think. [/color]

Early starter perhaps? 😉

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/14 "2012-01-03T04:15:03Z")

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Likely. : )

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/15 "2012-01-03T12:05:13Z")

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Susan,

I’ve never understood this ridiculous, random thing… it’s not new

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Shaun Pond

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/16 "2012-01-03T17:00:46Z")

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Shaun:

You’re correct, it’s not new. Celebrating New Year’s has been around  
for quite some time. : )

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/17 "2012-01-03T18:17:02Z")

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Susan,

terrible diseases have been around for a long time, doesn’t mean we  
should celebrate them 🙂  
New Year’s what? That, too is a mystery to me…

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Shaun Pond

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/18 "2012-01-03T18:24:45Z")

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Shaun Pond,[color=blue]

> New Year’s what? That, too is a mystery to me…[/color]

You see, most of us need an excuse to go on a bender…

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/19 "2012-01-03T19:08:55Z")

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On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:24:45 +0000, Anders Gustafsson wrote:  
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> Shaun Pond,[color=green]
> 
> > New Year’s what? That, too is a mystery to me…[/color]
> 
> You see, most of us need an excuse to go on a bender…[/color]

Do you mean bend girders?

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**Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-happy-new-year/22092/20 "2012-01-03T19:19:31Z")

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Bob Crandell,[color=blue]

> Do you mean bend girders?[/color]

bender Noun. 1. An excessive bout of drinking, but more recently also  
inclusive of a drug taking spree. [Orig. U.S.]

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