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Thread: Rose Parade

  1. #1
    SoCal_fun
    WTF??? 51 years no rain and now, of course, since I finally don't have to work this year (because it's on a Monday), I buy a bunch of expensive reserved grandstand seats and F'n RAIN like a mother!! This SUCKS big time!!
    The rest of the family still wants to go though, so we'll be sittin out there in the damm rain for 5 or 6 hours!! :cry:
    Anybody else dumb enough to go even though it's gonna pour??

  2. #2
    cc322
    We will have it just as bad in front of a cozy fireplace roof over head unlimited access to beer, toilet and maybe if it lets up a trip in our spa....Yeah its gonna be rough :cry: J/K HAVE FUN

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    SoCal_fun
    We will have it just as bad in front of a cozy fireplace roof over head unlimited access to beer, toilet and maybe if it lets up a trip in our spa....Yeah its gonna be rough :cry: J/K HAVE FUN
    Thanks for the moral support!! LOL!! :rollside:

  4. #4
    Throttle
    do you still need some more support?
    no rain at my place! and a pajama party!

  5. #5
    SoCal_fun
    do you still need some more support?
    no rain at my place! and a pajama party!
    Waaahhhh!
    :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
    At least we got some good ponchos, and we'll bring some hot chocolate in a thermos.

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    Go figure... A rare year when they choose to not have the parade on New Years Day, and NYD is dry and the 2nd rains like a cow pissin on a flat rock. Bet there's a few second thoughts runnin around Pasadena right about now.
    I heard on the news too that no umbrellas are allowed in the grandstands. I'm sure that will make parade watching much more enjoyable.

  7. #7
    MBlaster
    Just be glad you didn't have to show up at midnight with your horse. Break out the silver saddle you spent 6 hours cleaning. Saddle up at 6am and ride down a slippery street in the rain.

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    SoCal_fun
    I was thinking about the poor mid-westerers that spent all year on fundraisers for the highschool band and the parents and kids that spent a bunch of money to participate and they get to march (without rain coats) for 5.5 miles.. Fun fun fun!! :cry:

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    Mandelon
    I grew up in Pasadena and used to run that parade route all night long. The night before the parade was a fun, fun trip up and down colorado Blvd. I don't ever remember one in which the parade wasn't on New Years Day......there were a couple close calls on rain, but it never did rain on us. some nights were cold as heck though.....
    Its like a 10 mile long block party.....
    Take along a nice sheet of plastic to keep you dry.....

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    I read up on it a little. It's the 17th time in the 117 year history is hasn't been in NYD. The TOR has an agreement with Pasadena never to have it on a Sunday. The last year it wasn't on the 1st was 1995.
    A quote..
    "The "Never on a Sunday" policy, established in 1893, was agreed upon to avoid frightening horses tethered outside churches on Colorado Boulevard and thus avoid interfering with worship services, tournament officials said."
    That seems like a pretty useful policy lol. I'm surprised our state government didn't create it.
    The only plastic I'll be needing is the plastic housing the remote control.

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