Friday Funnies

Friday Funnies is back after a holiday hiatus. This week's post is a return to some of the vanity license plates seen in and around Nashua, NH, in recent months. Their popularity seems to be increasing as motorists display some interesting choices.

There was no mistaking the message behind these two plates.

The A's have it in this selection. Does anyone know that the last plate means? (me neither)

And, so do the M's in these plates

Maybe these are favorite animals?

Are these the occupations or interest of these motorists?

These two are very far apart in the sentiments shown.

Here's a favorite. Wondering why someone would pay an extra fee to state the obvious.

And, this was one of the loveliest, the frame selected to complement the vanity plate. 

While getting a vanity plate is not in my plans for this year (or ever), some of these plates have  been very amusing, while others just confusing to decipher. This year will, most likely, bring more examples of both.

Enjoy Your Weekend, Everyone

It's un-decorating time for us, maybe for you as well?

From Us to You

It's that time of year, Patrick and I wish everyone a happy & healthy 2025.

We hope that it will be a good year for All

"Auld Lang Syne" is famously associated with a song popular on New Year's Eve.  The title, translated literally into standard English, is "Old Long Since." The words can be interpreted as since long ago or for old times' sake.

The song is based on a poem written by Robert Burns, national poet of Scotland, who claimed he didn't write the song but that the words were taken from an old man’s singing. Burns was the first to put it on paper in 1788, and the poem didn't appear in print until after his death in 1796. It was popular in Scotland and was sung at weddings and other occasions. With its emphasis on friendship, reminiscence and parting,“Auld Lang Syne” expressed the essence of Hogmanay (Scots word for the last day of the year) by bidding farewell to one year so that another could begin.

Guy Lombardo, Mr New Year's Eve

Canadian-born bandleader Guy Lombardo and his band, the Royal Canadians made “Auld Lang Syne” a New Year’s Eve tradition in North America. Lombardo heard the tune when he and his brothers, as teenage musicians, toured rural areas around his hometown of London, Ontario, which had been settled by Scots. It was played in a series of popular radio (and later TV) broadcasts that began on December 31, 1929 and continued to 1976.

Variety magazine called Lombardo “the only Canadian ever to create an American tradition.” According to Life magazine, if Lombardo failed to play “Auld Lang Syne” the American public wouldn't believe that a new year had arrived. 

Lombardo died in 1977, and while 2025 will arrive without him, it won't quite the same. He and his band hosted an annual New Year's Eve celebration at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC from 1966 to 1976, traditional viewing at my parent's home.

Our plans are to celebrate at home in NH. However, you will usher in a New Year and whatever memories you will share, we hope they are full of good times and special memories.