[time-nuts] Happy New Year from Melbourne UTC+10
Michael Poulos
poulosmd at gmail.com
Fri Dec 31 14:32:56 UTC 2010
swingbyte wrote:
> First New Year at home ( 20 week old baby ) fortunately the neighbours
> have let off a few fireworks.
>
Happy New Decade, mate! (and thanks for that quirk in Strine, too!) In
America, we don't "let off" fireworks, but instead "set" them off or
light them off. (possibly Chicago-specific for the latter) In the USA
Navy, they "light off" boilers, creating a Navy-specific term. If you
want fireworks on a New Year's, try Napoli Italia. The Italiani go nuts
on a New Year's with them, and also throw old items over the side from
their apartments too. Walking the streets with firecrackers can get
dangerous! I was there for the Dec 31 1989 New Year's.
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