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Whacky Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve

We have all heard about the Waterford Crystal ball dropped in Times Square, New York, for New Year’s eve, but what about dropping the lighted strawberry from Hilton Harrisburg and Towers, in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania?

Fishermen may gather in Port Clinton, Ohio to see the 20 foot, 600 pound walleye (fish) dropped from the sky, or the live possum in a cage in Brasstown, North Carolina, or a giant crab in Plymouth.

For something a little quieter you may pop over to Raleigh, North Carolina and witness the drop of a massive copper acorn, or the giant gumbo pot dropped in the Mississippi.

A 2007 sprint racing car is dropped 130 feet, in Port Royal, but in Carlisle, Pennsylvania they drop an Indy car.

At a non-alcoholic night of celebration, a red rose is dropped in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, while York prefers to use a white rose.

There is an 800 pound peach dropped in Atlanta, while Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania chooses to drop a 25 pound marshmallow candy. In Plymouth, Wisconsin they use a huge cheese to celebrate.

Along in Lebanon, Pennsylvania you get to see the drop of a 7 ½ foot edible bologna, before it is donated to local charities. In Elmore, Ohio they drop an 18 foot sausage from the sky and in Mount Olive, North Carolina a three foot high glowing pickle drops 45 feet.

Drinkers of martinis can watch a huge olive dropped from Price Tower, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, into a martini glass.

Now if food and drink is not to your taste you may prefer a pirate ‘wench’ dropped seventy foot from a schooner in the harbor, or the Drag Queen Sushi, dropped in her glittering six foot high heeled shoe, Key West, Florida.

When you have had enough of all this dropping, you might be entertained by the New Year’s panty drop. However, they didn’t give us a location for this one, which is probably just as well.

The rest of us we will just have to settle for the usual fireworks, bonfire and maybe a balloon drop or two. No matter how you choose to celebrate New Year, let’s all hope and pray that 2009 has some good things for us all.

Postscript:

The lists of New Year celebration drops doesn’t stop with the above whacky ideas. There are a total of 19 states in the US celebrating with a drop. Pennsylvania tops the list with a total of 36 cities and towns ‘dropping’ New Year’s eve. There is still no clear explanation as to where all this dropping of the last few seconds of New Year’s eve originated, except perhaps the ball starting in Times Square in 1907.

The list of whacky articles dropped for New Year include:

· Anchor, Antique trunk and Apple,

· Bag of potato chips, Beach ball, Bottle of Yuengling beer, Boasted chicken,

· Canal boat, Carp, cigar, Cigar held by a lion, Coal, Conch shell, Cow,

· Ford Edge, Frog, Goat,

· Hard hat, Hershey Kiss, Hog, Huckleberry,

· Indy car,

· Lollipop,

· M&M, Moravian star, Mossbunker fish,

· Nugget,

· Orange,

· Pear, Pine cone, Ping pong balls, Planet earth, Pretzel,

· Red rose,

· Sardine, Sled, Sphoctogon, Spring, Star, Steamroller, Sunburst,

· Ukulele,

· Wildcat, Wooden duck, Wrench

Maybe you could start your very own drop in your neighbourhood

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travel to Beijing, China from NY, NY via boat?

Which way would be shorter by boat?
New York, New York to Beijing via

1. West through the Panama Canal
2. East through the Mediterranian Sea and through the Suez Canal
3. Both basically equal-distant
Granted I just picked Beijing because it was the first city in China that came to mind…I’m reading the book “The Teahouse Fire” and they made their way from NY to China via Suez; Panama was not “built” yet by the timeline of the book.

It’s a “just wondering” question.
You could make it Japan or whatever..just wondering. One of those quite nites with nothing to do. =}

Beijing is inland and does not have a port. Nearest port in Tianjin, about 120Km east of Beijing.

There are some cruise ship going there once in a while, but you will have to fly to a pickup point, which could be in Japan or Korea.

Another option are commercial liners on that route. Some take passengers and there are special travel agents were you can book such tours on bulk carriers and container vessels.

Whatever you chose, be aware that the coat will be WAY higher then simply flying there.

More information: the search term you want to use on google is: “freighter travel”. Below is a freighter travel FAQ.

It’s is possible to go to Tianjin on a commercial vessel if you are flexible with your time!

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