Reply to: 250000 people to watch fireworks on the south bank

[mudskipper]

Good fireworks on the telly. Imagine you need to be a distance away to appreciate them.

[Ruprect]

Been in the TS fountains on NYE (can you still do that?) I recall it being good natured with minimal police presence & then went onto a party in Oxford afterwards.

That's a fair way to go for a party after midnight in central london!

[hyperD]

I've just had a pre new year's party and only just woke up - I'm so hungover but I've got to go to the real thing shortly about a hundred miles away.... uuuurrrgggh....

Desperately seeking a backup liver....

[Troll]

Been in the TS fountains on NYE (can you still do that?) I recall it being good natured with minimal police presence & then went onto a party in Oxford afterwards.

[OwlHoot]

I just don't get it. Why go at all? You can't get a pint, can't have a slash, and can't get home. Why would you bother?

WHS, plus there's a risk of being pickpocketed, catching flu, or even being crushed to death.

[Ruprect]

We went up to LB on millenium eve and was one of the worst nights out I've had in London. Never again.

[IR35 Avoider]

I just don't get it. Why go at all? You can't get a pint, can't have a slash, and can't get home. Why would you bother?

In one of my first years of working in London, in my early twenties, I recall standing on the steps of the church in the corner of Trafalgar Square, surveying the new years eve crowd. One of our group, looking at the same scene, commented that it was ironic that the people there celebrating were mostly those who had nothing to celebrate. (We all had good jobs but hadn't yet made the leap into the contractor earnings bracket, at which point London life becomes tolerable.)

[MarillionFan]

I believe it is MF who this should be addressed to

I heard youre the one with the loyalty card rupes.

[Ruprect]

He has a night job as a bouncer?

We're talking about restaurant bookings - I do hope you're not trying to lower the tone here.

I believe it is MF who this should be addressed to

[mudskipper]

You're assuming MF would be the one going up the tower. FTFY - I would think the above more likely in his case?

He has a night job as a bouncer?

We're talking about restaurant bookings - I do hope you're not trying to lower the tone here.

[Ruprect]

I wouldn't try it - you might find yourself forcefully ejecting post haste.

You're assuming MF would be the one going up the tower. FTFY - I would think the above more likely in his case?

[mudskipper]

Jeez - New Year is expensive. Same woman saying it's £135 per head. Maybe NLadyUK's onto something - beats contracting.

[mudskipper]

Amazing. I always thought it was a spur of the moment thing and you could just pop in.

I wouldn't try it - you might find yourself forcefully ejected post haste.

[Ruprect]

Woman on telly saying lots of people going up the Oxo tower tonight - booked up since October.

Amazing. I always thought it was a spur of the moment thing and you could just pop in.

Happy new year

[MarillionFan]

Woman on telly saying lots of people going up the Oxo tower tonight - booked up since October.

Amazing. I always thought it was a spur of the moment thing and you could just pop in.