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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: franksolich on November 29, 2009, 03:22:59 PM
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Okay, now that everybody's tricking back here from the holiday--each and every one of you were missed, if one sees the statistics--how about giving a report on how it all went?
The family all there, and pleasant?
Good chow?
Warm companionship?
Any unexpected surprises?
I already gave my own report, in the DUmpster, about having day-after-Thanksgiving dinner with a primitive.
The cats are given their holiday (New Year's, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas) meals of white turkey or chicken meat in water when all of them cooperate by being in the house at exactly the same time.
That hasn't happened yet, so the cats are yet unfeasted, having to live off Friskie's dried cat food.
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Everyone got along well.
Food was delicious.
Quickie shopped at Target, Kmart and 2 Walmarts yesterday for returns and specifics....not as crowded as a regular Saturday.
Went to the neighborhood pizza joint last night with runnin' buddy, her husband and son, the other half, my son and his girlfriend to watch UT beat KY and had a good time.
The unexpected surprise? I'm flying back to Nebraska next weekend to help my son move home....he's been away since he went into the Navy in 2002. I'm a happy momma!
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No SNAFU's. A neighbor put on a real feast for some friends and we all had a great time.
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The unexpected surprise? I'm flying back to Nebraska next weekend to help my son move home....he's been away since he went into the Navy in 2002. I'm a happy momma!
Don't forget your jacket. At least a windbreaker, but more would be better.
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I spent the evening at work and had a frozen dinner.
I did go out for sushi the next day. It was good.
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No SNAFU's. A neighbor put on a real feast for some friends and we all had a great time.
What kind of Thanksgivings do they have down south?
I'm trying to remember the pictures of a "southern Thanksgiving" from old children's books, and it looks as if they were rather more complicated than ours up here--more varied menu, more people, that sort of thing. But big nice houses.
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Very nice Thanksgiving over here. Dinner was just my parents, brother, and me, but we went to my aunt and uncle's house for dessert. My grandparents were there, as were my cousins, and a great time was had by all. It was my Grandfather's birthday, so there was cake along with the pie and coffee :-)
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I got a calendar for 2010 the other day, one of those big enough where one can make notes on particular days. I've already pencilled in spending Thanksgiving with my good and esteemed friend JohnnyReb and his family, down there in South Carolina.
Pencilled in, not inked in, because Bo may yet ruin this country.
The last time I exchanged informalities with him, JohnnyReb assured me that it isn't too hot in South Carolina in late November; apparently hot, but manageable.
Tomorrow (Monday) when in the big city, I'm going to check with my travel agent, to find out speculative airfares {"speculative" because it's a year away yet) and the variety of motels in JohnnyReb's area, and also what sort of accomodations the city missions down there offer.
<<prefers to travel simple and light.
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Ours was good...we had dinner with a neighbor, each cooking different parts of the dinner. Good compnay, good conversation, and the Cowboys won.
Even had a good visit with my sister and her family this weekend, when we met up for lunch yesterday.
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What kind of Thanksgivings do they have down south?
I'm trying to remember the pictures of a "southern Thanksgiving" from old children's books, and it looks as if they were rather more complicated than ours up here--more varied menu, more people, that sort of thing. But big nice houses.
Oh we had fried chicken, black eyed peas, cornbread, possum soup, crawdad gumbo, gizzard puddin', gator tail, squirrel tail and road-kill surprise. Then afterwards we all went onto the patio and had mint julips and watched the black folk pick cotton. :lmao:
/sarcasm
What do you think we had? The normal stuff: Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, yams and apple pie. For Hors d' Ouvres my friend made Oysters Rockefeller with fresh oysters. They were incredible. And we washed it all down with Rieseling and Chardonnay. :bow:
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What do you think we had? The normal stuff: Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, yams and apple pie. For Hors d' Ouvres my friend made Oysters Rockefeller with fresh oysters. They were incredible. And we washed it all down with Rieseling and Chardonnay.
Well, that's what I meant, sir.
All those illustrations in those children's books about Thanksgiving down south generally show more than just the usual standard stuff. One gets the impression southerners make an afternoon and evening of it.
When I was a little lad, and then a teenager, out here in Nebraska, the annual Nebraska-Oklahoma football game was played on Thanksgiving Day--and no other games, college or professional--which meant Thanksgiving dinners had to be quick.
Half an hour to chow down, and then everybody headed to the neighbors' to watch it on television, or to the living room to listen to it on the radio.
The womenfolk as well as the men.
It blew my mind when I later (but still a pre-teenager) learned that some people in some parts of the country take as much as a whole entire hour to dine on Thanksgiving Day.
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I had my own table at a local buffet. The morning was spent resting while trying to fight off the end of a head cold.
There was no one to fight, compete or argue with.
Any unexpected surprises?
I hit a $500 jackpot while sitting at the bar of a local casino. This was after I was already about $4OO up...
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Well, that's what I meant, sir.
All those illustrations in those children's books about Thanksgiving down south generally show more than just the usual standard stuff. One gets the impression southerners make an afternoon and evening of it.
When I was a little lad, and then a teenager, out here in Nebraska, the annual Nebraska-Oklahoma football game was played on Thanksgiving Day--and no other games, college or professional--which meant Thanksgiving dinners had to be quick.
Half an hour to chow down, and then everybody headed to the neighbors' to watch it on television, or to the living room to listen to it on the radio.
The womenfolk as well as the men.
It blew my mind when I later (but still a pre-teenager) learned that some people in some parts of the country take as much as a whole entire hour to dine on Thanksgiving Day.
We arrived at our friends' house at 12:30.
Started with Bloody Marys. The brie that I did in a puff pastry with pesto inside, a shrimp and lobster spread, and a soft vegetable cheese spread with croustades and garlic/herb water crackers. Various trips past the "resting" turkey by any one of 12 people to pick a bite off.
At 3:30 we ate dinner. Buffet served but we all sat at the table together. Turkey, stuffing, gravy, twice baked potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, New Orleans corn pudding, baked apples, a mandarin orange/cranberry torte, homemade rolls. Red or white wine ( I don't drink it, but they had yellow labels and with a kangaroo)
Dessert was pecan pie with cinnamon whipped cream and pumpkin cheese cake about 5:30.
Football was on the tv, and lots of conversation.
Pretty typical Southern Thanksgiving....except there wasn't any drama! Tennessee Williams would have been soooo disappointed. :-)
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( I don't drink it, but they had yellow labels and with a kangaroo)
That'd be Yellow Tail wine. It's an Australian import. It's reasonably priced and very good.
I guess our thanksgiving was a typical southern one. Lots of people, food and football. It lasted maybe 5 hours.
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That'd be Yellow Tail wine. It's an Australian import. It's reasonably priced and very good.
I guess our thanksgiving was a typical southern one. Lots of people, food and football. It lasted maybe 5 hours.
I knew it was an Australian import. I'm one of those that goes to the liquor store to pick up wine by what my friends like. I know to buy the Kangaroo and Blackstone. So far, no one's complaining... :-)
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We ended up having 2 Thanksgivings...the "family" one with my brothers was at a blackpowder rendezvous, and I missed it...(but was extremely grateful to have a daughter nearby with a warm house in which to be sick.) My oldest grandson went back to the shoot with my younger son (three cheers for Uncle!!!) and got to shoot and throw tomahawk. He didn't win anything, but our family, as a whole, took way too many prizes anyway, so may be a good thing.
The second was with just my 4th child, her child (my youngest grand), and her boyfriend. We cooked way too much, left most of it with them, and brought the baby home for 2 nights...absolutely can't beat that for a great holiday! :-) :-)
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...(but was extremely grateful to have a daughter nearby with a warm house in which to be sick.)
Sick on Thanksgiving? Sorry to hear that.
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skipped it... so it went just fine. Wasn't in the mood for 4.5+ hours of driving for a 75 minute lunch. :-)
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Well, it sure took long enough.
Finally at long last, all of the cats were indoors, none missing.
Circa 7:30 p.m. central time, 6:30 p.m. mountain time, the cats finally got their Thanksgiving feast of white turkey and water.
I don't give the cats treats until they're all inside, so as to not play favorites.
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This year was really awesome. It was the first one when the turkey came out great! It was my 2nd time making turkey and this time it kicked ass. I was so proud. We watched the parade and my 2 year old really enjoyed that.
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It wasn't too bad, especially since it wasn't traditional. We almost didn't make our trip since Kristin got a mild case of food poisoning from dinner on Tuesday night. Came real close to calling it off, but a bunch of Pepto and Immodium held things at bay long enough to get to our hotel in Seattle. Spent the rest of Wednesday in the hotel watching TV. T-day saw us manage to get to Vancouver like we planned. We didn't get to do much since we got a late start and didn't get there until after 1, but it was nice driving around looking at the city. We're going to take a trip back over the summer probably. Thursday afternoon we stopped in White Rock on the BC-Washington border for lunch. Of course, I was the only one to eat, but it was nice looking over Boundary Bay into the US. I found out I intensely dislike the Customs guys at the border. Or at least the guy I had. It's absolutely incredible that an American citizen would fly halfway across the country to spend the holiday and decide to spend a day in Canada. Asshole. If you think I'm smuggling drugs, send me to secondary and tear the car apart. It'll give me a lot of time to laugh. T-day dinner consisted of Subway, since it was the only thing open in downtown and Kristin's stomach could handle it.
Friday we went on the tour of the Underground then spent the afternoon and evening with a couple of friends of mine from the Coast Guard. Had leftover turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, homemade bread and 2 kinds of pie. It was good. Saturday was more lazing around the hotel, though we did get out for a few hours and walked around while I took pictures for my portfolio. Went to a candy store and I bought caramel chocolate fudge. And today was travel. I do not want to go back to school tomorrow.
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Pretty well. Had Thanksgiving Eve will some buds at a bar while tipping a few. Spent Thanksgiving afternoon at the folks and the evening at my dad's mom's house. Worked on Friday. Went to the game on Saturday, which ran about a hour longer than usual, and ate too much BBQ ribs, Old Bay fries and tacos . A good Thanksgiving weekend all around.
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I don't give the cats treats until they're all inside, so as to not play favorites.
Done like a true cat person. :evillaugh:
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I worked my ass off and another server where I work stole from my tips. We are not allowed to keep them on us so they helped themselves to my tips as well as 3 others. I hope they fire him once they see it on tape
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Done like a true cat person. :evillaugh:
Frank is not a cat person.
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I got a calendar for 2010 the other day, one of those big enough where one can make notes on particular days. I've already pencilled in spending Thanksgiving with my good and esteemed friend JohnnyReb and his family, down there in South Carolina.
Pencilled in, not inked in, because Bo may yet ruin this country.
The last time I exchanged informalities with him, JohnnyReb assured me that it isn't too hot in South Carolina in late November; apparently hot, but manageable.
Tomorrow (Monday) when in the big city, I'm going to check with my travel agent, to find out speculative airfares {"speculative" because it's a year away yet) and the variety of motels in JohnnyReb's area, and also what sort of accomodations the city missions down there offer.
<<prefers to travel simple and light.
The family all there, and pleasant?.....yep
Good chow?........................oh god yes.
Warm companionship?...........oh yeah.
Any unexpected surprises?...not while I was awake.
Yeah come on down Frank but we'll be eating at the wife's family place in Chester.
***BUT***you better leave that penciled in awhile longer. Even though I own two paid for homes, who knows what Obie-one-canubie might decide to do about that....and the food pickings might be reduced to cornbread and MO-lassies.....that is if Obie-one-canubie doesn't decide to turn both into an alternative fuel source (nondrinkable alcohol). .....so just in case, bring a good hammer and we'll have hickory nuts and squirrel if we haven't eaten all the squirrels by then.
Anybody got a good recipe for squirrel roasted over worthless carbon credits?
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Had a great Thanksgiving. Feasted far less than I'm accustomed to (amazing how the appetite diminishes as one ages), but enjoyed the company at my in-laws place (they run a bed-n-breakfast just south of the Grand Canyon, so the accomodations were SWEET! of course). Helped my brothers in law install a sky-light for my father in law, finished writing up the first draft of a short story I've been kicking around, and watched my son run the house with his cousins.
Okay, now that everybody's tricking back here...
Sooo, uh Frank... You calling us whores or something? :cheersmate:
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Sooo, uh Frank... You calling us whores or something? :cheersmate:
Wow. I just checked.
I guess I really did make that error.
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Hi everyone! Back from Hatteras, NC and back to the grind. We had a good time -- weather was pretty nice, gray most days but that's pretty much expected in Nov. We did have a couple of brilliantly sunshiney days though and the temp actually made it to 72 on one of them; otherwise, temps in the 50s and 60s. Had a real nice gale blow through Thanksgiving night and woke up on Black Friday to flooded streets; the wind blew a good deal of water from the Sound onto the island but the water was basically gone by Friday night so no big deal!
I actually made the big dinner on Sunday night (the 22nd) so we'd be able to pick at the leftovers all week and be able to finish off everything before we left on the 28th. The turkey turned out great which was a relief since it was the biggest one I've ever cooked (21 lbs), sausage/sage stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green beans, creamed peas and cranberries. For dessert -- pecan pie!
I'm already missing the sound of the ocean and the dog is definitely missing chasing seagulls! Hope everyone had a great time as well and returned safely!
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We all piled into the Exploder and headed to my mom and dad's place. We had an excellent time. Typical dinner , turkey, stuffing, ect. My mother made her gravy that is out of this world, so good, that my daughter remembered it from last year and was hoping she would make it again!
The wine was wonderful, a 1986 Renaissance Cabernet, that was light enough to go with turkey, but had matured and was much better than when my father first bought it. A very, very graceful wine.
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We had a quiet Thanksgiving. My son joined SR and me. Afterward my sis and BIL came over for dessert. We had the normal Thanksgiving stuff, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie.
Saturday was particularly nice. We went to the Lemp Mansion, supposedly one of the most haunted places in the US. The owners of the old Lemp Brewery (later became Falstaff) committed suicide there. Four Lemps died there. They have an excellent restaurant and murder mystery/dinner there. It also is a bed and breakfast. SR was going to book a room for New Year's Eve. I declined. I've heard that it can be terrifying there at night. No staff person stays there. They lock the door and you're there for the night, alone. There are only a few rooms on the second floor and rooms on the 3rd floor, where supposedly there's more action. I don't believe in ghosts, but have heard that the place is terrible.
Sunday was wonderful. We went to the son's for the first birthday party of the little grandson. He's so adorable. He's walking all over the place----been walking since 11 months. He kept giggling when his daddy zoomed him around on his little plastic dune buggy. He wore out at least 3 people, because he kept bouncing, wanting more and more zoomies. :-)
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I had a really great Thanksgiving at my girlfriend's family watching Green Bay win. Then we had a Friends Thanksgiving on Sunday in which I made an excellent turkey breast and everybody else made an excellent something else. But my turkey was really good.
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skipped it... so it went just fine. Wasn't in the mood for 4.5+ hours of driving for a 75 minute lunch. :-)
:lmao:
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We had a quiet Thanksgiving. My son joined SR and me. Afterward my sis and BIL came over for dessert. We had the normal Thanksgiving stuff, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie.
Saturday was particularly nice. We went to the Lemp Mansion, supposedly one of the most haunted places in the US. The owners of the old Lemp Brewery (later became Falstaff) committed suicide there. Four Lemps died there. They have an excellent restaurant and murder mystery/dinner there. It also is a bed and breakfast. SR was going to book a room for New Year's Eve. I declined. I've heard that it can be terrifying there at night. No staff person stays there. They lock the door and you're there for the night, alone. There are only a few rooms on the second floor and rooms on the 3rd floor, where supposedly there's more action. I don't believe in ghosts, but have heard that the place is terrible.
Sunday was wonderful. We went to the son's for the first birthday party of the little grandson. He's so adorable. He's walking all over the place----been walking since 11 months. He kept giggling when his daddy zoomed him around on his little plastic dune buggy. He wore out at least 3 people, because he kept bouncing, wanting more and more zoomies. :-)
Sounds like you had a greyt long weekend. I don't blame you for passing on the haunted B & B.
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Loaded up the dogs, and made the 150 mile trek to the farm to pick up grandma, then trekked another 50 miles to SIL's house for the feast.......
We were traditional, with turkey, dressing, Mrs. docs scrumptious scalloped oysters, sweet potato casserole, mashed spuds and gravy, with homemade noodles, and of course, grandma's pumpkin pie.......
Some good conversation, mixed with a little football on TV, then back in the car for the ride home.......
Great time!
We are also looking forward to driving down to Charleston, SC for Christmas where we've rented a condo for a week, and will be joined by all of our kids and their families for that holiday.......its a long drive for us, but we are planning on taking in the sights, and seeing some other relatives in Alabama and Mississippi on the way home......
doc
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Leaving Seattle at the end of vacation. Mount Rainier in the clouds. Not bad for a little digital... It was a fun 4 days.
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_PzK3jVFJHA8/Sxc7K4OyliI/AAAAAAAAAKE/ao76XRvBbF8/s800/IMG_0119.JPG)
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Not bad for a little digital...
All men have nicknames for it. :evillaugh:
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Frank is not a cat person.
He keeps telling himself that.