Randyman wrote:THEHAMMER321 wrote:Las Vegas and New Years, up until I was about 20 years old I used to like to go downtown on New Years eve, I liked all the excitement and of course I was trying to score with the girls, but since I got married over 20 years ago I haven't been out on New Years eve one time, now I hate the crowds, boy have times changed.
I'm the same way Paulie, I don't like crowds anymore either. There is no way I could go to the Rose Parade, spend the night and deal with thousands of people on new years, no way, no how. The older I get the more I like staying home.
After New Year's Day . . .
It's about 8:45pm at the moment. Monica is watching TV, I'll watch with her for awhile. By 10pm I'll be in bed asleep.
That's a perfect New Years Eve for me.
I'll wake up in my bed tomorrow, not in jail. I won't have a hangover, and after an early morning hike, Monica and I will see a movie or something.
I don't like parades, any parade, even The Rose Parade. I consider them about as much fun as a root canal.
The only thing that made the Rose Parade tolerable to me was the fact that I knew that it would be followed by The Rose Bowl.
Today, even the classic Rose Bowl has lost it's interest to me. I used to love the old days, when it was usually USC vs. Ohio State or Michigan on January 1st. No Mas!
I have to say that I'm looking forward to this coming year. Something good is on the horizon. I don't know what it is, but I just have that feeling.
On Monday, I'll return to work on the feature that I'm working on, and I'm grateful that it will be a long run, with other projects to follow.
Although it's months away, I'm already starting to get excited about this year's CBHOF banquet, where many of us well reunite.
This is the best West Coast boxing event of it's kind. I talk regularly with Don Fraser, who often tells me how Frank has taken a big load off his shoulders, lot's of little details that require a lot more effort than one might think .
This year the CBHOF will honor the legendary Fritzie Zivic, and our Brian Higgins will fly in from Chicago accept the award. Randy & Jeri will be there, as well as Ed Hernandez, Remy and his wife are coming all the way from Norway, Tom & Linda from the Mid West, Roger & Maria from San Diego, hopefully Dan & Pops will make it (?), Chuck Johnston will surely be there, maybe Paul will come in from Vegas, and Bruce from up north. In a perfect world Bennie & his lady would win the Irish Sweepstakes and fly out here special for the event in his new Lear Jet
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Today I don't care what happens on January 1st, but I look forward to what the rest of the year will bring.
Hope we can all get together on June 25th.
