Happy Thanksgiving.
I think I say this every year - but I was in the US (Fort Lewis in Washington state) in 1989 and we were there in time for Thanksgiving.
We started in Wainwright in Alberta, Canada in October 89. We were looking after the vehicles and admin for a big exercise going ahead in Seattle called Operation Trumpet Dance I think. Anyway - the vehicles were all parked in Wainwright and we had to prep them ready for deployment to the US. We then flew down in November and were posted in Fort Lewis WA.
Whilst there, Thanksgiving popped up and we were "distributed" between what were known as Families of the British Empire - American families who's roots were from the UK.
I remember turning up to this beautiful house in the suburbs of Seattle. We were made to feel incredibly welcome. Beer, lots of food, American Football. It was a fantastic time in my life and that day only enhanced the period for me.
So - Happy Thanksgiving - and thanks for the memory (I don't have many left now!) O0
Glad you were made to feel so welcome, JD. And thanks for the good wishes. There isn't any one I know that doesn't look forward to this day. It traditionally starts the holiday season and gives us all an excuse to come together as family. The eating, the football and the socializing makes this my favorite holiday. That and I don't have to go broke buying gifts for fifty people I don't see but once a year ;)
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Turkey Day All!
:)
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 27, 2014, 06:40:47 AM
Happy Thanksgiving.
I think I say this every year - but I was in the US (Fort Lewis in Washington state) in 1989 and we were there in time for Thanksgiving.
We started in Wainwright in Alberta, Canada in October 89. We were looking after the vehicles and admin for a big exercise going ahead in Seattle called Operation Trumpet Dance I think. Anyway - the vehicles were all parked in Wainwright and we had to prep them ready for deployment to the US. We then flew down in November and were posted in Fort Lewis WA.
Whilst there, Thanksgiving popped up and we were "distributed" between what were known as Families of the British Empire - American families who's roots were from the UK.
I remember turning up to this beautiful house in the suburbs of Seattle. We were made to feel incredibly welcome. Beer, lots of food, American Football. It was a fantastic time in my life and that day only enhanced the period for me.
So - Happy Thanksgiving - and thanks for the memory (I don't have many left now!) O0
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. Your experience is pretty typical of how our family operates. If we hear of someone who doesn't have a place to go, be it for work, circumstance, whatever, we'll invite them over. It was more common when we were younger and first married and knew more single folk. These days pretty much everyone we know has some place to go. There's something special about it, and periodically you'll read an op/ed somewhere observing that it is the only holiday that hasn't been co-opted by commercialism.
The movie The Blind Side sums up Thanksgiving pretty well, I think.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
A Thanksgiving Day tradition. I'll bet Staggerwing knows it ;)
Enjoy Thanksgiving, southern neighbors!
I worked the radio station one year over Thanksgiving weekend. Between me and Jericho (his real name) we covered 80 of the 96 hours we were on the air that weekend. At one point, around 2am on Saturday, I put on Alice's Restaurant on repeat, and set an alarm for 6am, and hoped the FCC didn't massacre us for not broadcasting a legal ID at the top of each hour.
Happy Thanksgiving from Flori-duh.
Happy Thanksgiving all! So full... :buck2:
Quote from: Martok on November 27, 2014, 04:45:16 PM
Happy Thanksgiving all! So full... :buck2:
lol did you start early?
Happy Thanksgiving all...
Quote from: MetalDog on November 27, 2014, 12:16:53 PM
A Thanksgiving Day tradition. I'll bet Staggerwing knows it ;)
A New England tradition. Especially when listening to WPLR.
Anybody else hanging out on the Group W Bench?
Happy T-Day!
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Quote from: mirth on November 27, 2014, 05:48:49 PM
Happy T-Day!
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Thanks, Mirth! I hope you enjoy whatever that is!
Happy Thanksgiving Day O0
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^That's legal now in most states of the union.
Gus, Mirth and I are aware of that fact.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Going to go fall into a food coma now.
Best Turkey Day prank in a while...
http://www.inquisitr.com/1633576/millions-of-thanksgiving-turkeys-recalled-angry-people-blow-up-westboro-baptist-church-phone-lines/
QuoteMillions Of Thanksgiving Turkeys Recalled? Angry People Blow Up Westboro Baptist Church Phone Lines
An article is making the rounds on social media that claims millions of Thanksgiving turkeys were being recalled due to the avian flu.
The recall information is posted on The National Report and claims that tainted turkeys are harboring the avian flu virus which could infect humans even if the turkey fully cooked.
Quote"The virus is related to human influenza virus but was thought to lack the ability to infect humans. However, it appears that the virus has recently developed the ability to move from bird hosts into humans."
However, The National Report is not a real news site. It is a satire web publication that posts completely fictitious stories. Though the publication no longer features their satire disclaimer, the site used to have a small blurb at the bottom that explained to users that the publication featured "fake news."
Quote"National Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within National Report are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental."
The Epoch Times reported on the fake turkey story and notes that the publication's publisher took the disclaimer down and feels that it is a reader's responsibility to look for at least one source that collaborates a story before taking it at face value.
Quote"It is our opinion that if a person is too lazy to check for multiple references [or at least one other source] ... and they spread misinformation around as fact, then they are to blame for their own stupidity, not us."
The Epoch Times did not find the satire piece funny. In fact, they said it wasn't funny at all. However, I think they missed one really REALLY important key detail about the story, the "recall" phone number.
If you look at the fake turkey recall story, you notice that a number is given for the CDC turkey recall hotline and claims it is open 24/7.
Quote"The hotline is available 24 hours a day at (785) 273-0325″
Now that you know the story is completely fake, you have to wonder where all those phone call were going, right? This is where The National Report got my laughs, the phone number is the main listing for Westboro Baptist Church. If you aren't familiar with this "church," they are known for their outlandish behavior, boycotting soldiers funerals, homophobia and all-around negative press anywhere they go.
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If you read the hundreds of comments on the original article you can see that at least a few hundred people blew up the Westboro Baptist Church phone lines regarding their tainted turkeys. In fact, numerous posters were unhappy with the busy signal they kept getting and wondered why there weren't more lines open for this type of national crisis. Therefore, it is safe to say that Westboro Baptist Church received quite a few angry calls making it a pretty funny joke to many who disapprove of Westboro's actions.
What do you think of the turkey recall hoax? Is it funny or should all satire be labeled?
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 28, 2014, 07:58:18 AM
Best Turkey Day prank in a while...
http://www.inquisitr.com/1633576/millions-of-thanksgiving-turkeys-recalled-angry-people-blow-up-westboro-baptist-church-phone-lines/ (http://www.inquisitr.com/1633576/millions-of-thanksgiving-turkeys-recalled-angry-people-blow-up-westboro-baptist-church-phone-lines/)
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Quote from: mirth on November 28, 2014, 08:43:03 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 28, 2014, 07:58:18 AM
Best Turkey Day prank in a while...
http://www.inquisitr.com/1633576/millions-of-thanksgiving-turkeys-recalled-angry-people-blow-up-westboro-baptist-church-phone-lines/ (http://www.inquisitr.com/1633576/millions-of-thanksgiving-turkeys-recalled-angry-people-blow-up-westboro-baptist-church-phone-lines/)
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+1
Makes me want to call the line just to mess with them - in the unlikely case that I get through and someone answers.
Quote from: LongBlade on November 28, 2014, 09:43:24 AM
+1
Makes me want to call the line just to mess with them - in the unlikely case that I get through and someone answers.
If you get through tell them you are calling from the USDA's 'Heavy Response Tactical Enforcement Unit' and you are coming down to serve arrest warrants for knowingly trafficking in contaminated foodstuffs. :knuppel2:
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 28, 2014, 09:54:04 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on November 28, 2014, 09:43:24 AM
+1
Makes me want to call the line just to mess with them - in the unlikely case that I get through and someone answers.
If you get through tell them you are calling from the USDA's 'Heavy Response Tactical Enforcement Unit' and you are coming down to serve arrest warrants for knowingly trafficking in contaminated foodstuffs. :knuppel2:
End the call with, "God hates Turkey stuffers".
shush tofu eater.
your comments on meat are not welcome here.
I'll choose Tofurkey over the Westboro Baptist Church any day.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 28, 2014, 10:09:56 AM
shush tofu eater.
your comments on meat are not welcome here.
Easy there Abe Froman.
I got your sausage right here buddy! :smitten:
You're the Sausage King of South Beach.
So that's what the South Beach Diet is.
Your just bitter I had to spend 20 minutes shoveling sunshine off of my truck today in 65 degree weather.
Ha! Last several posts are classics.
Had me chuckling the entire time.