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Taking Off.....
« on: November 06, 2009, 06:31:05 PM »
*****ANNOUNCEMENT FROM franksolich*****

The Thanksgiving Holiday, during which time it is important to be grateful to God for all that one has, no matter what one has, is a mere twenty days away.

At our old home, there was a tradition, which lasted exactly one time, where, as members took off to join family and loved ones for the holiday--and hence would be gone from our old home--they announced it to one and all as they headed out the door.

It was a great tradition, and I wish it had been continued.

It's important because not everybody will be away for the holiday, and this moderator in particular has to hang around, to be sure everybody's following the rules.  

This moderator of course celebrates Thanksgiving--it's the most important holiday of the year, to him--but at home, in solitude, taking time to be grateful for all those who went before him, pausing to reflect upon those suffering deprivation and want in the socialist paradises, thinking about the soldiers and sailors far afield, and thanking God he was born franksolich and not a primitive.

Besides sitting in front of the computer.

November, for statistics, is not likely to be as good as the record-breaking October had been, because members and guests have much going on in real life, around the time the holidays get going.

So there's going to be sparse traffic.

However, it's always nice to know which members are away (and not ticked off at conservativecave), enjoying the time with family and loved ones.

It's not mandatory--oh God no--but just a courtesy, so that we staying behind may wish those dashing out the door Godspeed.

I'll remind everybody again in about, oh, eighteen days.
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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2009, 06:34:08 PM »
Not going anywhere. Everyone is joining me, at my house, for Thanksgiving dinner. I'll probably be posting on here more sporadically as I start the planning and execution of the "the perfect dinner".

I can't abandon this place forever. I would go insane.  :-)
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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 06:36:39 PM »
Not going anywhere. Everyone is joining me, at my house, for Thanksgiving dinner. I'll probably be posting on here more sporadically as I start the planning and execution of the "the perfect dinner".

I can't abandon this place forever. I would go insane.  :-)

That's what happens, madam; real life interferes, but real life is more important anyway.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2009, 06:43:54 PM »
I'm on the road the next three weeks - home only on weekends. Thxgiving is 2 hours away, for a 1 hour lunch, with my Mom's family. I'll likely be at home surfing the web, working on the house and hugging my new floors.

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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2009, 06:45:50 PM »
I'll be working Thanksgiving, 2-10:30pm, so I'll be online.  I don't expect it to be busy that day which suits me fine.
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2009, 06:51:42 PM »
I hope to be able to get online over that long weekend but we are moving into our new house and who knows if I'll be able to find the internet jack much less my laptop. :-) I promise to let you know though.....
I can see November 2 from my house!!!

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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2009, 06:57:53 PM »
I hope to be able to get online over that long weekend but we are moving into our new house and who knows if I'll be able to find the internet jack much less my laptop. :-) I promise to let you know though.....

Please do inform, madam, that week, Thanksgiving week.

I recall when this was done that one single solitary time at our old home, it was really great.

Out here in the Sandhills of Nebraska that particular Thanksgiving, it was lightly snowing, temperatures in the high 20s, the cats feasting on pure white chicken meat, the multicolored Christmas lights flickering on the William Rivers Pitt, it being warm and cozy inside the house, and for me, in solitude in front of the computer, it was nice, thinking of all beyond the great expanse of the Sandhills, having similarly good times with family and loved ones.

These "I'm taking off now.....", either as independent threads or tacked onto someone else's "taking off now" threads, bring one much cheer, even if one is already full of cheer.  I'm a sentimentalist.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2009, 07:00:53 PM »
I probably will be home although perhaps will be out in the woods deer hunting if the tag hasn`t been filled yet.

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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2009, 07:01:12 PM »
the multicolored Christmas lights flickering on the William Rivers Pitt

I see you like to go all out with the decorations.  Very festive. :rotf:
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« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2009, 07:08:08 PM »
I probably will be home although perhaps will be out in the woods deer hunting if the tag hasn`t been filled yet.

By all means, do that, sir, and get some good deer.

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« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2009, 07:08:19 PM »
Oh I too want to see the William Rivers Pitt donned in gay apparel.
I can see November 2 from my house!!!

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« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2009, 07:23:51 PM »
Oh I too want to see the William Rivers Pitt donned in gay apparel.

What happened was that three years ago, the neighbor, who lives six miles up the road, the one with whom I'm always having these "experiences" (the cow childbirth, the wreck caused by the Ohio primitive, his red-haired wife, his bossy father, my showing up at his place all bloody as if I've endured massive gunshot wounds, &c., &c., &c.), decided the William Rivers Pitt needed decorated.

I told him I wasn't about to string a line of extension cords a block and a half, from the house to the William Rivers Pitt.

And besides, what about the cats?

He said no problem.

One night I awoke during the middle of the night, and looked outdoors, at the gently falling snow in the darkness, and there it was, the William Rivers Pitt, all sparkling and multi-colored.  He had plugged some light-weight fence-posts into the William Rivers Pitt, and strung cheap Dollar General lights powered from a little tiny portable battery in some metal case.

The lights, when they were lit, but not blinking, read "GWB."
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« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2009, 07:26:56 PM »
I'll be around since I won't be going home again. But Uncle Sam usually provides something.


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« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2009, 07:30:57 PM »
I'll be around since I won't be going home again. But Uncle Sam usually provides something.

You're one of those many I think of during such times, and thank God.
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« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2009, 07:38:49 PM »
You're one of those many I think of during such times, and thank God.

Actually the turkey is pretty good. Then again, I like MRE's.  :-) As long as I can get Tobassco sauce.  :-)

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« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2009, 07:40:16 PM »
Actually the turkey is pretty good. Then again, I like MRE's.  :-) As long as I can get Tobassco sauce.

You know, just out of curiosity, I tried an MRE, maybe about a year and a half ago.

I feel for you guys.  The only thing worthwhile in it was that packet of coffee.
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« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2009, 07:46:22 PM »
Yeah, but theyr'e loaded with calories to keep your metabolism going. I have a very utilitarian view of food. I see it as an energy source to keep the body going. Nothing more. But I do loves me some Italian food!
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« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2009, 07:49:15 PM »
I haven't tried an MRE yet... I'm scared I wouldn't be able to crap for a week.
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« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2009, 07:49:58 PM »
I'll be around since I won't be going home again. But Uncle Sam usually provides something.




And you will be in our Thanksgiving prayers.....along with all of your brethren.  :heart:


I'll be here.

Doing dinner at friends, they eat early so I won't be on Thanksgiving morning as I will be cooking....but I will be here probably later in the day and throughout the holiday.

Frank....what a charming thing for your neighbors to do. They obviously think a great deal of you. As they should.
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« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2009, 07:50:33 PM »
I'll be here on and off. Will be shuttling around the city and SW Oklahoma for the Thanksgiving week.
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« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2009, 08:03:38 PM »
Actually the turkey is pretty good. Then again, I like MRE's.  :-) As long as I can get Tobassco sauce.  :-)



If you can't, you should let us know...I'd be happy to send you a bottle or two.
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« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2009, 09:08:46 PM »
I will be at my mom's...but I always check in here...

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« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2009, 09:33:25 PM »
I haven't tried an MRE yet... I'm scared I wouldn't be able to crap for a week.

My experience with MREs has been in the field, not surprisingly. But one of the real problems of life in the field is dehydration. Regardless of the outdoor temperatures, the tendency for soldiers in the field is to avoid drinking water. Hence the dehydration and the inevitable constipation.

Besides, digging a cat hole or taking a dump in a porta-potty that hasn't been emptied in two weeks ain't entirely a blissful experience, worthy of reading 3 chapters in your novel and waiting until your legs fall asleep while sitting on the throne.     :uhsure:         
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« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2009, 09:43:37 PM »
You guys had Port-A-Poops? MAN!  :-)
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« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2009, 05:53:11 AM »
You know, just out of curiosity, I tried an MRE, maybe about a year and a half ago.

I feel for you guys.  The only thing worthwhile in it was that packet of coffee.

They were a lifesaver during the ice storm last year.  I have a couple of cases in the basement, and one or two of those in the car as part of my kit.

As far as my Thanksgiving, depends on whether or not I'm working and who is serving up dinners for the needy--I'm pretty sure the Legion does every year, so I'm thinking I'll just help out there.
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