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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/18/2012 4:50:15 PM   
MasterJohnSteed


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Status: offline 		Cost me $50 bucks yes more than I had planned but I have stuffing, I have turkey, I have Mashed taters, a pumpkin pie, and Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. I will not drive anywhere, I will not fight the crowds, I will not stand in line for an hour while my lower back screams at me.

I will have left overs Damn it! and Screw them all!

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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/18/2012 5:06:24 PM   
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I'm sure there are a few shelters that could use a helping hand in feeding the homeless.
It's a truly humbling experience, and a reminder of all you have to be thankful for.


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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/18/2012 5:21:17 PM   
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......And out of curiosity, why does military people + Golden Coral = hell?

How berserk can they go over by the baco bit tub at the fixin's bar?

I occasionally end up in some ass end of nowhere place with an army base on biz and they seem fine to me. Is it like in some old black and white war movie where they start fights over nothing due to their lusty and brawling nature?

Who do you expect to see eating at the Golden Coral? Paris Hilton dining with Philip Roth?


I don'n know that I'd hold food from a chinese joint that far above Golden Corral



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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/18/2012 5:49:27 PM   
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Golden Corral? People need to accept that you really can't have a pile of meat and shrimp for ten bucks and not have it be swill. That salad bar is pretty poisonous too.

Volunteer? If you aint been helping all year long, you'll likely feel a bit like a 5th wheel. The Wall Street Journal has done some funny articles about this. Some places now charge to let you volunteer. To anyone who has had a profoundly moving moment lovingly dishing out cranberry sauce to some meekly grateful "It's a Wonderful Life"-quality hobo, I apologize in advance. Honestly, they want a check a lot more than they want you.

When I did it way back when, the volunteers were 6 deep. They urged me to go chat it up with a crack head milling around and I did, but did I ever desire to bond with a glass pipe type before or ever again afterwards? No, I did not. And my fellow volunteers were all ghastly, hangdog, NPR, smiling through the tears types. Super-downer, never again. 90/10 man/woman ratio too.

Why tell yourself this maudlin tale of being left out of the Norman Rockwell painting? You are free, most likely by choice. Your life is fluid and subject to change. If you were on a yacht, would you even notice the day passing by?

I vote for Chinese food, preferably a takeaway, abetted by a couple films and a little net surfing. No biggie.

And at least they'll be glad to see you at the Chinese restaurant.


While it may be true that many places will have an overabundance of volunteers at this time of year (and we have many places in New York, where even at other times of the year you have to sign up to volunteer, just so they can control the number of volunteers), I think it is not necessary to dissuade someone from trying to volunteer. It looks like you personally don't enjoy volunteering your time in a situation such as you describe. It doesn't mean others would feel the same about the experience.

And your reasons for volunteering (or more accurately, not volunteering) strike me as very odd. The nature of the other volunteers? The male/female ratio? The sad aspects of being surrounded by the poor? Are you talking about going to a bar/club/party or volunteering at a soup kitchen, because I'm a bit confused.


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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/18/2012 8:49:45 PM   
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ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie

This year, Mom's explaining to me how to cook turkey (like I give a shit as long as she's cooking...."yeah...exactly....wow Mom...that's awesome!!!! Tell me again?????....is it ready?????")

Oh please!!! Any dom worth his salt can cook a turkey!!!
Turn oven on 350
Remove latex covering
Fist it removing, neck giblets & paper
Take fresh rosemary, basil & thyme along with 2 oranges cut in 4ths & shove up butt... Any extra oranges can be stuck in arm pits
Cover in butter rubbed on skin
Place in oven breast up until lightly tanned
Turn over ass in the air filling rectum with orange juice & pan 2in up sides
Cover with foil
Roast 15 minutes per lb (on price label)

If ya can't manage with those instructions your dom card may be revoked!!

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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/18/2012 10:57:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		I gave some thought to doing the Chinese food thing.

The problem is that, in Roanoke, there are several Chinese restaurants. I think that the owners have _heard_ of Chinese food, but have never seen it in practice; they are all horrid.

I'd rather eat McDonalds.

There was one time my family went to a Chinese restaurant for Thanksgiving though:

This was when my mother was pregnant with me.

My parents had two kids with a third on the way; they had saved up for a fresh turkey for the holiday. My mother had set the turkey out in the sunroom to keep cool until cooking time.

That may sound strange, but this was late November in Massachusetts. It was plenty cool in the "sunroom" to keep a turkey chilled.

Well, my father went out hunting with his friend as was the tradition in those days. The dogs were lying on the shotguns as he woke up before dawn so that they wouldn't get left behind. - Irish setters can be a bit paranoid about that. He, Meg and Tov went out to create devastation on the local pheasant population but came home empty-handed.

They also came home to find my mother in tears.

It turns out that, in addition to the turkey, someone had locked Ivan in the sunroom. Ivan was the cat.

My father asked what my mother was crying about and she just pointed at the door to the sunroom. Ivan had eaten so much raw turkey that he was still lying on the table unable to move.

Without missing a step, my father picked up Ivan - shotgun still in hand. He was about to leave the house and execute the cat for crimes against humanity when my mother cried out, "Stop! He's just a dumb animal!"

Ivan's life was spared and the family dined at the Chinese restaurant.

I blame my fetish for Asian women on this series of events.

Now all I need to do is find out why I also have fetishes for blondes, brunettes, raven haired beauties, island girls, black girls, and Aussie accents.


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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/18/2012 11:07:19 PM   
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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 12:03:09 AM   
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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 12:42:55 AM   
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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u


quote:

ORIGINAL: poise

I'm sure there are a few shelters that could use a helping hand in feeding the homeless.
It's a truly humbling experience, and a reminder of all you have to be thankful for.


You are quite amazing,aren't you ?
She is, beyond doubt.



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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 12:55:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here in Baltimore, almost every single restaurant is open for Thanksgiving dinner. There are a few here who do a "community sitdown" type of dinner on Thanksgiving. Complete strangers all sit at the same table and benches together to eat. It's a way of getting to know the people in your city and community. And no, these are not cheap, homeless shelter types of places. These are usually the organic, local food types of places that are usually very expensive. But if you are alone for the day and you can splurge what you would normally pay for a typical Thanksgiving dinner at home, I could see it being a nice thing to do.


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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 5:06:35 AM   
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ORIGINAL: theRose4U


quote:

ORIGINAL: LookieNoNookie

This year, Mom's explaining to me how to cook turkey (like I give a shit as long as she's cooking...."yeah...exactly....wow Mom...that's awesome!!!! Tell me again?????....is it ready?????")

Oh please!!! Any dom worth his salt can cook a turkey!!!
Turn oven on 350
Remove latex covering
Fist it removing, neck giblets & paper
Take fresh rosemary, basil & thyme along with 2 oranges cut in 4ths & shove up butt... Any extra oranges can be stuck in arm pits
Cover in butter rubbed on skin
Place in oven breast up until lightly tanned
Turn over ass in the air filling rectum with orange juice & pan 2in up sides
Cover with foil
Roast 15 minutes per lb (on price label)

If ya can't manage with those instructions your dom card may be revoked!!


My Dom card was revoked at birth.

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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 9:53:35 AM   
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Cost me $50 bucks yes more than I had planned but I have stuffing, I have turkey, I have Mashed taters, a pumpkin pie, and Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. I will not drive anywhere, I will not fight the crowds, I will not stand in line for an hour while my lower back screams at me.

I will have left overs Damn it! and Screw them all!


yeah good for you, screw 'em all. I might be an Aussie and thus doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving (well I do, however I celebrate it daily by reminding my family and friends that I care for them) however it kinda sounds like you have missed the thankfullness gene.

As someone who has done a lot of volunteering, I was really hoping you would choose that but I had an inkling that you wouldn't having read your posts over a couple of years on here. A pity, you may have learnt a valuable lesson.

There are people who live in much shittier situations who are still able to smile and be thankful for the small amount that they do have.

and MalcolmNathanial, Aussie accents rock ... grins

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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 10:02:48 AM   
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ORIGINAL: theRose4U



Oh please!!! Any dom worth his salt can cook a turkey!!!
Turn oven on 350
Remove latex covering
Fist it removing, neck giblets & paper

Rinse turkey very thoroughly inside and out with cool running water, then pat it dry with paper towels.

Take fresh rosemary, basil & thyme along with 2 oranges cut in 4ths & shove up butt... Any extra oranges can be stuck in arm pits
Cover in butter rubbed on skin
Place in oven breast up until lightly tanned
Turn over ass in the air filling rectum with orange juice & pan 2in up sides
Cover with foil
Roast 15 minutes per lb (on price label)

If ya can't manage with those instructions your dom card may be revoked!!


You missed a step, poultry should always be thoroughly rinsed and dried before other preparations -- though I agree with your basic sentiment, turkey is not hard to roast.




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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 12:53:30 PM   
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Oh please!!! Any dom worth his salt can cook a turkey!!!
Turn oven on 350
Remove latex covering
Fist it removing, neck giblets & paper
Take fresh rosemary, basil & thyme along with 2 oranges cut in 4ths & shove up butt... Any extra oranges can be stuck in arm pits
Cover in butter rubbed on skin
Place in oven breast up until lightly tanned
Turn over ass in the air filling rectum with orange juice & pan 2in up sides
Cover with foil
Roast 15 minutes per lb (on price label)

If ya can't manage with those instructions your dom card may be revoked!!


That's not how a twue Dom makes Thanksgiving dinner!!!!!

A twue Dom just looks at his slave and says: "Make Thanksgiving dinner, slave!" Then he goes into the living room to watch football.

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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 12:55:39 PM   
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Cost me $50 bucks yes more than I had planned but I have stuffing, I have turkey, I have Mashed taters, a pumpkin pie, and Hawaiian Sweet Rolls. I will not drive anywhere, I will not fight the crowds, I will not stand in line for an hour while my lower back screams at me.

I will have left overs Damn it! and Screw them all!


yeah good for you, screw 'em all. I might be an Aussie and thus doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving (well I do, however I celebrate it daily by reminding my family and friends that I care for them) however it kinda sounds like you have missed the thankfullness gene.

As someone who has done a lot of volunteering, I was really hoping you would choose that but I had an inkling that you wouldn't having read your posts over a couple of years on here. A pity, you may have learnt a valuable lesson.

There are people who live in much shittier situations who are still able to smile and be thankful for the small amount that they do have.

and MalcolmNathanial, Aussie accents rock ... grins



This is a great sentiment. You should take her advice.




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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 3:12:57 PM   
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Oh My, Alone at Thanksgiving,

I so do not want to go to Golden Corral again. My Local Golden Corral is right next to Ft.Jackson. The US Army's #1 base for recruitment, basic training and Retirement.

So you know how bad the crowd is gonna be.



You have choices!

Volunteering is one option.

Finding a better restaurant is another: usually $25-35 with all the fixins' or you could try and find a Cracker Barrel for less.

Finding a way to make the day personally meaningful for you is something else you can do.

You could gather supplies for your local homeless shelter, or buy a bunch of the $3.00 blankets and pass them out to people who are homeless.

If people aren't your thing, you could contact a local animal shelter and volunteer there.

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(Ever be in a room full of people and feel lonely?)
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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 7:53:05 PM   
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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 9:14:23 PM   
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How about adopting a few Soldiers who are not able to make it home for the holidays? Typically there is either a program already set up that you could go through or you can call the base liaison and they can help you out. You could probably adopt as few or as many as you'd like.

I do understand, I was just wondering today why people seem so self absorbed that they do not see the people who are alone and/or lonely around them.


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ORIGINAL: MasterJohnSteed

Oh My, Alone at Thanksgiving,

I so do not want to go to Golden Corral again. My Local Golden Corral is right next to Ft.Jackson. The US Army's #1 base for recruitment, basic training and Retirement.

So you know how bad the crowd is gonna be.


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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 9:26:52 PM   
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Statistically any animal in a shelter after noon the final business day before thanksgiving & christmas ESPECIALLY if it falls on a long weekend will be killed so staff doesn't have to feed.

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RE: Single Thanksgiving - 11/19/2012 9:30:17 PM   
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Pretty sure it is too late for this, but you never know ....

How about adopting a few Soldiers who are not able to make it home for the holidays? Typically there is either a program already set up that you could go through or you can call the base liaison and they can help you out. You could probably adopt as few or as many as you'd like.

I do understand, I was just wondering today why people seem so self absorbed that they do not see the people who are alone and/or lonely around them.


quote:

ORIGINAL: MasterJohnSteed

Oh My, Alone at Thanksgiving,

I so do not want to go to Golden Corral again. My Local Golden Corral is right next to Ft.Jackson. The US Army's #1 base for recruitment, basic training and Retirement.

So you know how bad the crowd is gonna be.



Probably because they'd rather bitch about the soldier standing between them & a mediocre buffet meal. Instead of thanking that soldier for putting themselves in harms way so americans have the right to be selfish assholes.

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