Thanksgiving starting early for me

Thomkal · 11-19-2021, 08:50 PM

Starting tomorrow, a lot of my family is coming into town for a week's stay for Thanksgiving. They have rented a beach house nearby for the week. A lot of them are the ones from all that drama on Facebook before the election-I've not seen almost all due to COVID. Its going to be hard dealing with all that though I hope we will be able to avoid rehashing all that and just enjoy the holiday. I won't be around here much (I may come back here overnight for my mental health), so just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving now in case I'm not here much this coming week. Hope you all have the best Thanksgiving ever!

Lathum · 11-19-2021, 09:02 PM

Hope everyone can set their differences aside and enjoy family time!

Edward64 · 11-25-2021, 07:07 AM

Assume this is our Thanksgiving thread this year ...

I'm thankful that my family and immediate family are all okay and healthy.

Thankful my son has found a job and is excited about starting the next phase of his life.

Thankful my sophomore daughter is genuinely interested in her major (unlike me back when).

Thankful Zillow says my house is worth a lot more than it did 1.5+ years ago.

Thankful for the FOFC community.

Thankful for Biden who has done better than I had hoped overall, less than a year into it - domestically, globally and marketwise (his big miss with me so far is Immigration reform, and inflation is still tbd).

Thankful that we have vaccines and forthcoming therapeutics (thanks Pfizer!) that will help the world. Hopeful the world will be in an acceptable new normal in 2022 (crap, its been about 2 years with this mess).

Thankful for the US, faults and all.

miami_fan · 11-25-2021, 10:34 AM

Happy Thanksgiving FOFC!

Kodos · 11-25-2021, 10:41 AM

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

AlexB · 11-25-2021, 01:30 PM

Happy thanksgiving to my American friends!

JonInMiddleGA · 11-25-2021, 01:42 PM

I'll know more about my thankfulness level in about an hour.

Attempted my family dressing recipe for the first time in about 20 years (my only previous attempt, unsatisfactory). I'm the only person here that'll know if I got it right or not, but dammit, I'LL know.

edit to update: I'm happy to report that I got awfully darned close. And I'm pretty sure I know both things that should be adjusted to get it even closer next time.

PilotMan · 11-25-2021, 03:36 PM

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am working today, won't get home until tomorrow night, but I want to say that I am thankful for fofc, food, al the years we've shared and all the friends that have been made. Cheers!

GrantDawg · 11-25-2021, 04:00 PM

Happy Thanksgiving. Spent time with my wife's family. Her mom is in a hospice facility, so everyone is taking turns going to spend time with her. Smoked a 26 pound turkey that everyone loved including hospice staff, and now I'm smoking a smaller one for our house.
I am very thankful for this nutty internet community that has been together for so long.

Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk

Edward64 · 11-26-2021, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Happy Thanksgiving. Spent time with my wife's family. Her mom is in a hospice facility, so everyone is taking turns going to spend time with her. Smoked a 26 pound turkey that everyone loved including hospice staff, and now I'm smoking a smaller one for our house.
I am very thankful for this nutty internet community that has been together for so long.

That is pretty cool.

Next year do the smoking at the hospice itself, bet they would be talking about it forever.

miami_fan · 11-26-2021, 09:11 AM

Thanksgiving was wonderful this year. I mean like 2019 wonderful. We had about 30 people over and the weather cooperated enough to be able to allow people to comfortably sit, eat and hang out outside if they wanted to. I decided to do a deep fried jerk turkey this year which turned out very well.

Thomkal · 11-27-2021, 04:26 PM

So I avoided nearly all political talk, though COVID issues and mask mandates, especially when there was a report (from Fox I'm guessing) on something to do with the govt/health officials would not know (or know and not release) the effects the various vaccines were having on people for 50 years? I just nodded and tried to stay neutral on these areas and avoid watching the news/twitter for the week I wss away, so it was mostly an enjoyable T-Giving

GrantDawg · 11-27-2021, 04:28 PM

I had a turkey sammich today. Now I am drinking hot apple cider as I watch three football games at the same time. I love Thanksgiving.

Flasch186 · 11-27-2021, 04:36 PM

We had a kid with a learning disability (20+ who mentally is about 11) have a seizure and hit his head on a wooden playset and the ambulance got called out. While they were there working on him and I watched from fairly close by we heard behind us from up at the house, "Does this have nuts in it?" and then a girl started wheezing and coughing grabbing her throat. The mom forgot her epipen so they called out a second ambulance while there and gave her a shot before sending her off to the hospital for overnight observation. I stayed home today while the wife and kids went back. I'm watching Ken Burns Baseball on MLB and enjoying the hell out of some CK3.

Edward64 · 11-20-2023, 06:50 PM

Happy Thanksgiving 2023 everyone!

I am grateful for family's health; stabilizing inflation, recovering markets & nice Zillow price; banner year in gaming (special shoutout to FOF9); and for the FOFC community.

FWIW. Interesting article (with pics!) on special recipes/meals per state. I'm not a big turkey or ham guy (I know, I'm cooking it wrong). Some really good stuff in some states. I give the biggest fail to Delaware though.

Top Thanksgiving recipes in every state | CNN

11-25-2021, 10:34 AM	#4
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	Happy Thanksgiving FOFC! __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

11-25-2021, 10:41 AM	#5
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Happy Thanksgiving to all! __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

11-25-2021, 01:30 PM	#6
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	Happy thanksgiving to my American friends! __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

11-25-2021, 01:42 PM	#7
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	I'll know more about my thankfulness level in about an hour. Attempted my family dressing recipe for the first time in about 20 years (my only previous attempt, unsatisfactory). I'm the only person here that'll know if I got it right or not, but dammit, I'LL know. edit to update: I'm happy to report that I got awfully darned close. And I'm pretty sure I know both things that should be adjusted to get it even closer next time. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis Last edited by JonInMiddleGA : 11-25-2021 at 02:35 PM.

11-25-2021, 03:36 PM	#8
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am working today, won't get home until tomorrow night, but I want to say that I am thankful for fofc, food, al the years we've shared and all the friends that have been made. Cheers! __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

11-19-2021, 09:02 PM	#2
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Hope everyone can set their differences aside and enjoy family time!

11-25-2021, 07:07 AM	#3
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Assume this is our Thanksgiving thread this year ... I'm thankful that my family and immediate family are all okay and healthy. Thankful my son has found a job and is excited about starting the next phase of his life. Thankful my sophomore daughter is genuinely interested in her major (unlike me back when). Thankful Zillow says my house is worth a lot more than it did 1.5+ years ago. Thankful for the FOFC community. Thankful for Biden who has done better than I had hoped overall, less than a year into it - domestically, globally and marketwise (his big miss with me so far is Immigration reform, and inflation is still tbd). Thankful that we have vaccines and forthcoming therapeutics (thanks Pfizer!) that will help the world. Hopeful the world will be in an acceptable new normal in 2022 (crap, its been about 2 years with this mess). Thankful for the US, faults and all.

11-25-2021, 04:00 PM	#9
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Happy Thanksgiving. Spent time with my wife's family. Her mom is in a hospice facility, so everyone is taking turns going to spend time with her. Smoked a 26 pound turkey that everyone loved including hospice staff, and now I'm smoking a smaller one for our house. I am very thankful for this nutty internet community that has been together for so long. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk Last edited by GrantDawg : 11-25-2021 at 04:00 PM.

11-26-2021, 09:11 AM	#11
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	Thanksgiving was wonderful this year. I mean like 2019 wonderful. We had about 30 people over and the weather cooperated enough to be able to allow people to comfortably sit, eat and hang out outside if they wanted to. I decided to do a deep fried jerk turkey this year which turned out very well. __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

11-27-2021, 04:26 PM	#12
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	So I avoided nearly all political talk, though COVID issues and mask mandates, especially when there was a report (from Fox I'm guessing) on something to do with the govt/health officials would not know (or know and not release) the effects the various vaccines were having on people for 50 years? I just nodded and tried to stay neutral on these areas and avoid watching the news/twitter for the week I wss away, so it was mostly an enjoyable T-Giving __________________ Coastal Carolina Baseball-2016 National Champion! 10/17/20-Coastal Football ranked in Top 25 for first time!

11-27-2021, 04:28 PM	#13
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I had a turkey sammich today. Now I am drinking hot apple cider as I watch three football games at the same time. I love Thanksgiving.

11-27-2021, 04:36 PM	#14
Flasch186 Coordinator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville, FL	We had a kid with a learning disability (20+ who mentally is about 11) have a seizure and hit his head on a wooden playset and the ambulance got called out. While they were there working on him and I watched from fairly close by we heard behind us from up at the house, "Does this have nuts in it?" and then a girl started wheezing and coughing grabbing her throat. The mom forgot her epipen so they called out a second ambulance while there and gave her a shot before sending her off to the hospital for overnight observation. I stayed home today while the wife and kids went back. I'm watching Ken Burns Baseball on MLB and enjoying the hell out of some CK3. __________________ Jacksonville-florida-homes-for-sale Putting a New Spin on Real Estate! ----------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of the USFL USFL

11-20-2023, 06:50 PM	#15
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Happy Thanksgiving 2023 everyone! I am grateful for family's health; stabilizing inflation, recovering markets & nice Zillow price; banner year in gaming (special shoutout to FOF9); and for the FOFC community. FWIW. Interesting article (with pics!) on special recipes/meals per state. I'm not a big turkey or ham guy (I know, I'm cooking it wrong). Some really good stuff in some states. I give the biggest fail to Delaware though. Top Thanksgiving recipes in every state \| CNN Last edited by Edward64 : 11-20-2023 at 06:50 PM.

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