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JudgeDredd

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
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Jarhead - I hate people

MetalDog

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November 27, 2014, 07:28:41 AM
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 ;)
And the One Song to Rule Them All is Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones


"If its a Balrog, I don't think you get an option to not consent......." - bob

bayonetbrant

#2
November 27, 2014, 08:08:41 AM
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

Tpek

#3
November 27, 2014, 08:51:38 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!

Barthheart

#4
November 27, 2014, 09:23:01 AM
Happy Turkey Day All!
:)

LongBlade

#5
November 27, 2014, 09:24:24 AM
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.
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Staggerwing

#6
November 27, 2014, 11:10:34 AM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

MetalDog

#7
November 27, 2014, 12:16:53 PM
A Thanksgiving Day tradition.  I'll bet Staggerwing knows it ;)



And the One Song to Rule Them All is Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones


"If its a Balrog, I don't think you get an option to not consent......." - bob

Arctic Blast

#8
November 27, 2014, 01:37:27 PM
Enjoy Thanksgiving, southern neighbors!

bayonetbrant

#9
November 27, 2014, 02:15:24 PM
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.
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

GDS_Starfury

#10
November 27, 2014, 04:09:34 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Flori-duh.

Jarhead - Yeah. You're probably right.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

Banzai Cat - There is no "partial credit" in grammar. Like anal sex. It's either in, or it's not.

Mirth - We learned long ago that they key isn't to outrun Star, it's to outrun Gus.

Martok - I don't know if it's possible to have an "anti-boner"...but I now have one.

Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.

Martok

#11
November 27, 2014, 04:45:16 PM
Happy Thanksgiving all!  So full...  :buck2: 
"Like we need an excuse to drink to anything..." - Banzai_Cat
"I like to think of it not as an excuse but more like Pavlovian Response." - Sir Slash

"At our ages, they all look like jailbait." - mirth

"If we had lines here that would have crossed all of them. For the 1,077,986th time." - Gusington

"Government is so expensive that it should at least be entertaining." - airboy

"As long as there's bacon, everything will be all right." - Toonces

undercovergeek

#12
November 27, 2014, 05:00:26 PM
Quote from: Martok on November 27, 2014, 04:45:16 PM
Happy Thanksgiving all!  So full...  :buck2:

lol did you start early?

steve58

#13
November 27, 2014, 05:14:46 PM
Happy Thanksgiving all...
Government is not the solution to our problem—government is the problem.   Ronald Reagan
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.   Thomas Jefferson
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.   George Orwell  The truth is quiet...It's the lies that are loud.   Jesus Revolution
If you ever find yourself in need of a safe space then you're probably going to have to stop calling yourself a social justice warrior. You cannot be a warrior and a pansy at the same time   Mike Adams (RIP Mike)

Staggerwing

#14
November 27, 2014, 05:45:05 PM
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?
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys
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