"Master Bruce" wrote in message
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On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 13:28:51 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:22:49 PM UTC-5, Master Bruce wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 13:15:33 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 2:23:18 PM UTC-5, Master Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 11:14:47 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >"Master Bruce" wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >> >
>> >> >On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:17 -0800, Leo >
>> >> >wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>We just hit 2021. Happy New Year everybody!
>> >> >
>> >> >You took your time!
>> >> >
>> >> >====
>> >> >
>> >> > We were up and wishing my daughter and her family Happy New Year at
>> >> > 11pm
>> >> >last night
>> >> >
>> >> > They live in Germany and have it an hour before us I slept through
>> >> >ours)
>> >> Very handy We slept through ours too. Nothing happens here in the
>> >> bush when the clock strikes 12.
>> >
>> >The neighbors' fireworks woke me up and I never did get properly
>> >back to sleep.
>> >
>> >It's sleeting now; I wish it had been doing so at midnight to discourage
>> >them.
>> >
>> In the Netherlands, our neighbourhood would change into a war zone at
>> midnight, and we didn't even have a Chinese restaurant nearby. In
>> Australia private fireworks are not allowed.
>> >
>
>So much for freedom.

Australia can be a bit of a nanny state. On the other hand, hospitals
in the Netherlands would always report how many people lost fingers,
hands and eyes on New Year's Eve. I'm not sure what's better.

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Not sure I would want to know that!!!