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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #25 on: November 30, 2009, 07:58:12 AM »
Quote from: franksolich on November 29, 2009, 04:15:03 PM
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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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #26 on: November 30, 2009, 08:23:46 AM »
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.

Quote from: franksolich on November 29, 2009, 03:22:59 PM
Okay, now that everybody's tricking back here...

Sooo, uh Frank... You calling us whores or something?  :cheersmate:

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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #27 on: November 30, 2009, 08:31:19 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on November 30, 2009, 08:23:46 AM
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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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #28 on: November 30, 2009, 09:04:18 AM »
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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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #29 on: November 30, 2009, 09:57:11 AM »
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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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #30 on: November 30, 2009, 09:43:30 PM »
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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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #31 on: November 30, 2009, 09:47:53 PM »
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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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #32 on: December 02, 2009, 02:11:27 PM »
Quote from: bkg on November 29, 2009, 07:24:16 PM
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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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #33 on: December 02, 2009, 02:14:26 PM »
Quote from: SaintLouieWoman on November 30, 2009, 09:43:30 PM
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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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #34 on: December 02, 2009, 02:27:50 PM »
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......

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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #35 on: December 03, 2009, 03:20:55 PM »
Leaving Seattle at the end of vacation. Mount Rainier in the clouds. Not bad for a little digital... It was a fun 4 days.

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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #36 on: December 06, 2009, 03:28:05 PM »
Quote from: Mike220 on December 03, 2009, 03:20:55 PM
Not bad for a little digital...

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Re: poll: how did your Thanksgiving go?
« Reply #37 on: December 06, 2009, 07:41:21 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on November 30, 2009, 05:59:28 AM
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