Don't forget to wear your red underwear tonight for the assurance of good luck in the new year...and eat one grape a second in the 12 minute countdown
to midnight...way harder than you may think! One grape for each coming month to bring the best of everything for that month.
This is a tradition in Spain, parts of Italy, and parts of Mexico. Some say that different colors...not just red...underwear signify wishes for the
new year!
And a happy, productive, prosperous New Year to all!capt. mike - 12-31-2009 at 08:28 AM
don't worry.....i'll have plenty of zinfandel spilled on my shirt front...well before 12:00 AM
or Shiraz....or Syrah......maybe some Pinot....
ok - a chance or Cab...
no merlot please. ok - if it's a good blend.noproblemo2 - 12-31-2009 at 08:37 AM
That many grapes & Vino, I'd be kissing the Porcelon Goddess all nightbill erhardt - 12-31-2009 at 09:35 AM
".......eat one grape a second in the 12 minute countdown to midnight...way harder than you may think!"
720 grapes? Hard, indeed. Is that perhaps a 12 second countdown?noproblemo2 - 12-31-2009 at 09:40 AM
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Originally posted by bill erhardt
".......eat one grape a second in the 12 minute countdown to midnight...way harder than you may think!"
720 grapes? Hard, indeed. Is that perhaps a 12 second countdown?
Now that makes more sense!!!Fred - 12-31-2009 at 09:49 AM
Does this mean photos tomorrow?Iflyfish - 12-31-2009 at 09:55 AM
Elizabeth:
Thanks for the New Years Eve suggestion.
My wife has adamantly refused to lend me any red ones.
The white/racing stripe boxer has worked for me over the years. My luck has been pretty good.
I take my grapes in fermented juice form. Tonight its Salmon with a good Oregon Argyle Champaign. Have a Happy New Year all.
IflyfishDesertbull - 12-31-2009 at 11:43 AM
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Originally posted by capt. mike
don't worry.....i'll have plenty of zinfandel spilled on my shirt front...well before 12:00 AM or Shiraz....or Syrah......maybe some Pinot.... ok - a chance or Cab...no merlot please. ok - if it's a good
blend.
Yo Cappin' Miguel...perhaps today is the day to post up the famous PSF underwear photos...might have to photoshop them to red though eh?
Good times for sure!elizabeth - 12-31-2009 at 12:23 PM
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Originally posted by bill erhardt
".......eat one grape a second in the 12 minute countdown to midnight...way harder than you may think!"
720 grapes? Hard, indeed. Is that perhaps a 12 second countdown?
Uh, yeah, I meant the 12 second, not minute, countdown!!!! Sorry if my error causes anyone to try to eat 720 grapes!
They Have Gender???
Bajahowodd - 12-31-2009 at 02:24 PM
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Originally posted by noproblemo2
That many grapes & Vino, I'd be kissing the Porcelon Goddess all night
one thing is for sure....
capt. mike - 12-31-2009 at 03:52 PM
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Da Bull wrote....
Yo Cappin' Miguel...perhaps today is the day to post up the famous PSF underwear photos...might have to photoshop them to red though eh?
Good times for sure!
i am bigger today than when those were takin....too much in activity...
gawd...that was a drunk night.... and hung over flyin the next day. Would Sergio ride with me again? i should have stayed with you guy in Bola instead
of having "get back to work" itis....
Paula - 12-31-2009 at 03:55 PM
They were all out of grapes at Pescador-- 12 sips of chardonnay will have to do.
Easy to find red underwear here though!
at PSFO with Baja Express 2003
capt. mike - 12-31-2009 at 03:55 PM
ready to pound a few once the trekkers all arrived and Wild Bill started the BBQ Carne Asada
Oso - 12-31-2009 at 04:02 PM
Almost had to rely on the grapes alone. Went to Yuma looking for blackeyed peas and collard greens. No such luck, town's full of nothing but
Northern Snowbirds. Returning to San Luis, I figured if I couldn't find them in Yuma there was no way I'd find them in my 99,9% Mexican town. I was
half right. Checked the frozen food section at the new Wally World for the heck of it and was surprised to find chopped collard greens. No
black-eyed peas. Oh well, did get some cornbread mix. Got home and my wife saved the day, pulling a bag of dried BEPs out of the cupboard!
While many people associate the peas (beans really) with coins and the greens with folding money, the real significance is simpler. The custom
(according to my family) began in the South the year after the end of the War of Northern Aggression, when, thanks to Mr. Sherman's scorched earth
policy, the plantations lay in ruins and no one had the means to put on the lavish feasts of the past. Supposedly, all most had to eat was black-eyed
peas and collard greens. The following harvest season brought bumper crops and the beginnings of a return to prosperity. The planters remembered
their modest New Year's meal and thought it must have something to do with their good luck. The principle being that if you start the year humbly, it
can only go uphill from there.
Not to hijack, but on the subject of holidays I'd like to borrow a page from Festivus (a holiday for the rest of us), "the Airing of Grievances". I
am sick of the media going on about the decade, "The Decade in Review", "The Decade of the Oughts" etc. If you're talking about the period from Jan,
1, 2000 until today, IT"S NOT A FREAKING DECADE! It's nine years.Paula - 12-31-2009 at 04:11 PM
Oso, I've been sitting here counting this on my fingers for 2 full minutes, and I think that Jan i 2010 is the beginning of the 11th year. Of the
21st century that is. But I do agree with you on the pundits!Oso - 12-31-2009 at 04:23 PM
Nope. Try using your toes.Paula - 12-31-2009 at 04:27 PM
Yep. Try using your head.Skeet/Loreto - 12-31-2009 at 04:27 PM
I too will have my bowl of Blac-Eyed Peas for Jan 1st, as I have since my Momma taught me so many years ago.
I will add Southwestern Cornbread make with Buttermilk, Collard Greesn with Green Pepper Sauce for a good new years Day Meal/
May God Bless all of you, Keep you Safe and help you Achive your Dreams
SkeetDon Alley - 12-31-2009 at 04:37 PM
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Originally posted by Oso
Nope. Try using your toes.
Have you seen her toes? No wonder the years seem so long.woody with a view - 12-31-2009 at 04:55 PM
who wears underwear? i highly discourage the pagan ritual!!!!
lobster, crab legs, fried oysters and grande shrimp c-cktails in the Wood-eye household tonight! oh, and a beverage or 6..... underwear be damned!
Prospero Ano Nuevo A Todos!
Any Krauts out there ?
RonnieRockCod - 12-31-2009 at 07:33 PM
Is is true Germans put a leaf of cabbage in their billfold at New Years hoping for good fortune ? Good luck, RRC.