Open Thread - Thurs 28 Nov 2024 - Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
It's Thanksgiving! Everyone should have a happy holiday and lots of good times and fun! I know some of us will be with a lot of people (Hi earthling1 
) and others, like me, will be with their partner and... well, I do have family around today. I have an adolescent dog, and some lovely goats, and some wonderful old cats and chickens!
Ohh and 'Shrooms, we have 'Shrooms!
We are definitely doing a special dinner for Thanksgiving (steaks instead of turkey and we'll do all the usual t-day fixings like stuffing and cranberry sauce. I know, I'm weird), even if it's only two of us, err, three sez Nikko, ummm, five if we include the cats. And they definitely want to be included. The goats are vegetarians, so they only get part of the meal; the chickens can have their left overs!
Nikko a week or so ago. He's eagerly awaiting Thanksgiving, or whatever as long as there is fun and food!
What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Whatever it is, hope it's great and thanks for stopping by! Have a great Thanksgiving and here's the open thread - remember, everything is interesting if you dive deep enough, so tell us about where you're diving!
Comments
Happy Thanksgiving!
And Thursday!
I hope everyone is having a good holiday. And also feeling good and recovering as necessary (go UFS)! Enjoy the eats, the people, and the animals!
Let us know how it's going, what you are up to, and whatever if you get time away from celebrations today!
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
gobble gobble
hope y'all have a pleasant T-day
a little turkey trot
cheers!
That Fogerty Song was great!
Love it! Thanks for the good listen and have a great T-day and weekend!
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
I think elections should be audited
So Kamala's team always knew that she wasn’t going to beat Trump, but blew through the cash anyway….
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Sabrina Salvati's clip on Marianne Williamson's criticisms
of the Democratic Party is illuminating:
Marianne Williamson has all this advice for the Democratic Party. They need an intervention (4:21) and so on. The problem, of course, is that Democrats do not communicate, and so they won't listen to advice. Their pretenses of saying something are mere talking points (and, therefore, mere entertainment devices: see e.g. Beyonce), and they don't listen so much as they accumulate and spend money. So the Dem rank and file needs to be told this: anything you may have gotten into your heads about being able to communicate with the leadership of your sacred party is only there -- in your heads.
“When there's no fight over programme, the election becomes a casting exercise. Trump's win is the unstoppable consequence of this situation.” - Jean-Luc Melanchon
Yep, the democratic party is a business...
Not something to serve the people, or even the rank and file democrats. That is just the pretense to get the people to keep following along. Disgusting, really.
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Auditing would be good...
TPTB would have to record who gave them money, where they spent it, how, who earned the spent money... can you imagine? The whole system, as it is, would die. Sounds great!
As for Kamala's team and her knowing they would lose, I'm not surprised at all. I knew they would lose, so did most everyone here. Why? Who the hell is Kamala? Why would anyone like her? I know a lot of voters are dumb, by design it seems, but surely not that dumb.
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
They grow up so fast don’t they?
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Nikko is a handsome dawg, but he grew up too fast. I look at Sam’s puppy pictures and can’t believe how she grew out of puppyhood so quickly.
She approves of your choice for T day. We are having the same sans trimmings. Give Nikko a scritches from us.
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Too fast, they grow up too fast...
I love the changes I can see in him every day, in his learning, in his behavior, in his body. And I'll love it when all that stabilizes. But darn, I miss his little puppy-ness, he grew beyond it so quickly!
Give Sam some scritches as well! And enjoy your T-day dinner. We are going to enjoy ours. Nikko has already had some raw pie dough. He approves!
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Hey Sima, Happy Thanksgiving.
We are having a mostly traditional meal on Friday, as we just asked a local family for dinner and they said yes for tomorrow. I needed the extra time anyways.
In Tuesday's OT by Earthling 1 I shared a cranberry recipe which I am just making and it turned out too bitter. Ok, now what? Well the answer is Maple Syrup. So I've added that to my bag of kitchen tricks. Interesting that we can get Maple syrup here in France no matter where we go. Those Canadians have some kind of marketing.
It's weird to go to stores this week, as everything is open and there is no holiday. But our little family (dad, mom and sub teen boy kid) is willing to give us a try. They are bringing Apero (tasty before dinner treats).
The mister of the family produces music of all kinds and in many technical ways. He asked if they could use our yard as a back drop for promotion of an album to be released. It was great fun. Here is the YT of the promo. We got to see how the sausage is made.
An email mon mari sent to family and friends:
A while back a local friend who manages a band out of Grenoble asked if he could use the platform we had built for the tent we used to live in. The video they made, for the band, Fuego de Rumba, natives of Spain but residents of Grenoble for 20 years, came out really good.
The lake, of course, is not at our house, but the viaduct is only two miles away. You might recognize our rugs from Hood River!
The guys in the band and the video crew were really nice. Click on the "Thumbs Up" button for them!
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Allegedly Greek, but more possibly fairly modern quote.
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That music was fantastic!
I could understand it all, my Spanish has really improved after years of study. Wow. I was dancing around the house, thank you!!! And your location is gorgeous.
It was great to hear from you! I hope your dinner tomorrow is wonderful, maple syrup and all
like our steaks are tonight 
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Happy Thanksgiving, if you can make it so!
The gathering next door is drawing in family and friends. They all seem to like white autos. Three white trucks, two white SUVS. They have something in common.
If the aged dog, Shep, wanders over here, he will get a good snack of beef stew.
Thanks, Sima, and thanks for the Nikko pic!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
That's a lot of white autos!
Heh, here it would be that weird grey that is so popular. Me, I'd rather have black, or bright red! I bet Shep enjoyed his stew. Enjoy your dinner too!
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Shep did enjoy
his special treat!
Such a sweet old dog.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Hay. Happy T-Day. Thanks for the OT. Got mucho get-ready in
process and no nearby mushroom clouds, so good times for all, I guess, and back to work I go.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
No Mushroom clouds...
I'll take it. Good times for all indeed. Have a great dinner, weekend, etc!
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Biden’s ceasefire for Lebanon is cover for Israel
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to 1) rearm itself in order to make war on Iran and 2) to increase the war on Syria using the terrorists that we use to overthrow Assad.
Israel was getting its buttocks handed to them in Lebanon and just before the ceasefire went into effect Israel increased their bombing of civilians in Beruit. .
So much for Biden’s promise to end the forever wars. Worst president in my lifetime!
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Bibi in his own words agrees with you.
Dang!
Worst president indeed. Sheez, Biden takes the cake, because he was always demented and pro-war, even before he was demented. Why did people vote for him? Why did they believe the crap the media said about him? Why didn't they listen to even one of his old speeches? Yeesh.
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Hopefully everyone has an enjoyable Thanksgiving no matter
how you you spend it.
As an aside.
I could care less what she had to say but the video brought a smile to my face.
What an absolute idiot
Just what does this crap accomplish? MAGAs have wives and husbands and even children who cook their turkey dinners and I’d say many of them worship Jesus, but like what T says he will do.
More proof of the party of love….
ETA this loving message:
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
My closest neighbors are Magas...
Trump signs, and flags out over their property. And... they are very nice, very helpful, people.
They have offered to take care of our goats and chickens if we have an emergency with my father. They help out the locals, they have some nice kids and grand kids.
They rescued Jaska once, when she lost her mind in fright over a firework and ran up the road insane. They welcomed her when she would come to visit them. They welcome Nikko too!
Politics? Yea, we don't discuss that. Everything else is fine. They are people too!
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Boy, what a twit!
I listened for a bit, then had to just start smiling at the violins
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Happy Thankgiving Everyone!!!
As an atheist, T-Day is pretty much my only holiday besides New Years, a few birthdays, International Left Handers Day (August 13), Labor Day, Mondays and Tuesdays...
I must say,
as a fellow atheist, I’m very grateful to be in a position to simply adopt whatever religious holidays I might wish. At this point, if available, I use every one I can to get a day off from work. Did you know that there are some very obscure holidays observed by the Zoroastrians and the Sand Worshipers of Chad that come at strategically interesting points of the year…
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Yep, to me..
the winter holiday is Saturnalia. Shortest day of the year, and the sun comes back... hopefully!
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
International Left-Handers Day?
I'm all for that!
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so
Hi Nikko!
Hi all, Hey Sima!
That is a mighty fine looking canid there Sima.
Happy big bird Day all! It's Cornish Game Hens for us... best tasting bird IMHO. You just have to ignore the parts about them being hens (both sexes are used) or them being game birds. It is a young of a specific hybrid of two chicken breeds. So the name is a marketing one and quite the boner of a misnomer. ;).
Here is a strutting Tom with some hens,..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFOSYKpmSH4
happy trails all!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Didn't know that about...
Cornish Game Hens. Good info! And fun video! Thanks for stopping by
If you're poor now, my friend, then you'll stay poor.
These days, only the rich get given more. -- Martial book 5:81, c. AD 100 or so
Nothing ever changes -- Sima, c. AD 2020 or so