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**bear73** · November 28, 2013, 02:46 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Hey TT happy unthanksgiving to you, and a happy sober thanksgiving to everyone in the US. I am loving the fact that it's coming up to Christmas. I am determined to be sober as well,coming down with a cold atm and remembering colds combined with hangovers in the past,just awful.

I have lost 2 pounds in a week which I am very happy with,adding in exercise and sticking loosely to 1600 cals a day seems to be working,I need to properly count TBH as I can lose momentum too easily. I'm not really snacking on crap ATM in the day which is good and I am enjoying getting back to running (well run/walking).

Det it's great to see you feeling better,I am going to resolve something similar.
My work life isn't as crazy hectic as yours schedule wise,although this staff member is going to keep me on my toes but I am very good at putting myself under pressure/overloading myself and shoulding on myself.

Just under 4 weeks until Christmas break - woo hoo!

**patrice** · November 28, 2013, 03:36 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Hiya everyone,
You all seem great and positive, it's infectious! I'm fine but have the work Xmas party tomorrow.. the usual free flow wine and beer and coke and sprite (Yuk) I'm really looking forward to the party but it's my first 'test' and it's come around a bit too soon. I'm trying to put some strategies in place, like arrive a bit later (7pm) when the food comes out.. and have told the babysitter that I will be back by 10pm (if not earlier) so it's just 3 hours I have to get through.....
Not going isn't an option as I know then I would really feel deprived and I would at that wine shop straight after work...
Hi to everyone to come!
x
Patrice

**Mick** · November 28, 2013, 03:47 AM

Thurs af 28 November

MAE all ...happy thanksgiving to all across the pond celebrating it....well here we are again ...pre poets day!so what have we been up to then? Moi ,I let the rabbits out in the garden yesterday and caught one of them trying to do a houdini on me!!Sad thing is its usually the other one that gets the blame ,but the camera doesnt lie!!Really foggy this morning over here ,...I also take note that there are some on here who do not like to be reminded of when some fat old geezer in red climbs down the chimley!!so heres a different one for you...did you know that it is only 33 days until 2014?:H Fink I need to get a life!!

ok on we go

Evenin tt...how are you this evening ? whats the job that needs doing on the hoose?if its with in my capabilities ...on my way ...failing that I have a mate called Bob who is a builder ...get it ???Bob the builder ? ok ok Ill get my coat!! noticed your new word for the day in the posts...foibles...werent they written by a guy called Aesop???Have a good evening.

Morning bear how are you...before I go on ..I had to read your second post twice ..heres why...thought I had read all the posts and was skim reading them again and saw yours..so as per I skimmed it ..couldnt believe what I was reading..your post ...Looking forward to floor being laid this weekend,,,,,But in my minds eye the word FLOOR was missing ..now read it and you will get my drift!!!
As for the performance issue with the person at work..no drama ,as long as it is documented with the issues and who why what when where etc you are sound ..I used to get very tired of people who used to claim harrassment or bullying etc because they were crap ,lazy idle or thought the world owed them a living..people get seriously mixed up with strong management and bullying!!
Yep orf to GC on Saturday ..a mere 76 degrees yesterday ...jings need to take a coat!!!
you have a great day

Hi Patrice you ok? yes some days go like that ..even for retired dossers like me!!but thats part of lifes rich tapestry ..sure you will be full o beans today!!Main thing is bottle.com didnt enter the pic ..well done

Hiya Lav ..you ok?its early doors ...but no doubt ypu are up prepping to feed the five thousand so here is a big brew for you..was going to say any plans fro today ..but that is obviously taken care of!!!!have a brill thanksgiving ..ps what are the chickens getting for their dinner?

Hiya Sam ..hows you today?well when you find that place let me know ..tho to be fair,the wheel of realisation is very slowly turning..realisation that to get you have to work ..the money tree isnt a god given right ,I want isnt the overarching phrase in any conversation , and that slavery has been abolished ..even for parents!!!,so you never know..You celebrating today? few toons? have a good one

Pauly ..firstly let me congratulate you on your first sober thanksgiving in 8 years ..coz it will be ..see you cant let us down now!!!hope you have a great day ..if you start gettin stressy headed ..just stop ,jump on here and say ...Im sure there will be someone to answer you...You CAN do it....

Hiya ppqp ..how are you ? yep no more countdowns till Chrimbo .Nice one with the driving ...trying to think what we would say over here ...probably opening gambit would be ..well thats f..ked it..what can we do now?The Highlander a hardware store? jeez..I always remember the first time I went to Canada....the cops gave us a talk on what you could and couldnt do ..especially in relation to al ..it had to be in the boot of the car,had to wrapped etc etc..The one thing that does stick in my mind was shall we say "how to behave in a pub"You could order a jug of beer ,but you couldnt just sit at any table if there was someone there ..you had to be "invited"Ialways found that hilarious ,considering the most famous watering holes for taking squaddies money was the Highlander in Calgary and the Assiniboine hotel ...fondly known as the Sin Bin in Medicine hat..and believe me there was no decorum in either of them!!as you say ..wild times indeed!!

Morning Narilly ..how are you this fine day?10 pairs o boots?I've got 3 and one of those is wellies!!Guess what ..I could have been one of those drunks you were looking at...Whisky and Labbats!That sounds like a great plan your counsellor gave you,..very similar to the plus and minus game ..if you think that you need (which you dont ) its want ...you need oxygen! write down all the plusses for taking a drink ..then opposite write all the minuses..see who wins every time!

Hiya sunshine ...how are you today?see how I git the 3 of you from Canucky land in a row ....is there no end to this guys talent????Is that you in the avatar?If so there is defo no need for a wide load sign..nice pic .So you are just across the way from Calgary?Canada was the first place I ever came across large distances being minimised ..Wasin a place called Ralston ,just down the road from Suffield if I remember right and I asked someone the way to someplace ..the reply I got was just carry straight on down the road,we ere driving and little did we realise just down the road was 26 bleedin miles!!
Fabinis ..where did you get that one from?kinda got an Italian ring to it..Fabs n Fabbettes..that sounds like an early 60s group..have a great day

Det ...yo doooode..how am ye man?glad you are feeling better...that is biggy you need to have me time thats what this is all about ..you work to live ..not the other way around squire..no second shots this aint a rehearsal, so you go and njoy Vegas

Right thats me ..before I go big shout to those that aint here YAH,Cinders ,SF,Turn, and long term missing Shue,Cantoo to name a few ..let us know that you are ok ..and have a great thanksgiving to all that are having one

The great escape!!!

Why'd the chicken cross the road?
To show the blonde how!

People get really upset when you use the "F" word. So much so, that I can't even write the full word out, but have to referto it as the "F" word. However, despite what many educators, and pious people believe, there are times when the "F" word just makes sense. And that is why we are bringing you ... TIMES WHEN THE "F" WORD WAS APPROPRIATE
"What the F was that?" -- Mayor of Hiroshima
"Where did all these F'ing Indians come from?" -- General Custer"
Any F'ing idiot could understand that." -- Albert Einstein
"It does so F'ing look like her!" -- Pablo Picasso
"How the F did you work that out?" -- Pythagoras
"You want WHAT on the F'ing ceiling?" -- Michaelangelo
"I don't suppose its gonna F'ing rain?" -- Joan of Arc
"Scattered F'ing showers my ass." -- Noah
"Who ordered F ing ice ?drinks waiter on the Titanic
"Who the F is going to know? " -- Bill Clinton

Chat up line......

Want to check out my handheld? It's in my pants.

Yo' mama so fat, she wore corduroys and smoothed out the ridges!

YOU GREW UP IN THE 80S IF... (def doesnt apply to me!!)

-- You learned to swim about the same time "Jaws" came out and still can't swim naked at night.

-- Prince's "1999" was the focal point of your plans for an end of the century party.

-- You dressed to emulate either Duran Duran, Poison, Madonna, Rick Springfield or Cyndi Lauper.

-- You wanted to be gagged with a spoon.

-- You had a poster of Bo, Luke & Daisy Duke.

-- There was nothing questionable about Bert and Ernie living together.

-- You dialed "867-5309" to see if Jenny would answer.

-- Your family's cable TV box had the three rows of numbers, and you had to move the selector switch accordingly.

A man went to see his doctor.

"You need to stop masturbating," the doctor said.

The man asked, "Why?"

The doctor replied, "Because I''m trying to examine you!"

Yo' Mama is so dirty, when I went to her house, a rat held me up while a cockroach stole my wallet.

Q: How many idiots does it take to read a joke?
A: Just one

THINGS MEN DON'T SAY

-- Let's watch Lifetime.

-- Sex is overrated.

-- I don't want to go too far on the first date.

-- Yes, your sister does have bigger breasts than you.

-- Don't we owe your mother a visit?

-- I'm relieved I don't have a large penis weighing me down.

-- Dessert goes right to my hips.

-- I hate when I miss Oprah.

-- Does this suit make me look fat?

-- I'll never get tired of listening to Dido.

Why are lawyers buried 10 feet underground?
Because deep down, they're really not that bad!

PS..just posted to see that bear an Patrice have posted ....big extra hi to you...congrats on losing 2 pounds bear ..I went to the dentist and lost fifty in an hour...Patrice hiya hope all goes well at the party ..as for sprite gotta agree yuk...stick to 7 up ..it was good enough for Snow White !!!!!!

**patrice** · November 28, 2013, 03:56 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Thanks Mick.. you're a darl!

**TheSunFlower** · November 28, 2013, 04:10 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am enjoying the extra non-planned 5 day vacation. I see how in the past weekends/time off....I would have 912 things planned to do. With this being unplanned I am relaxed with no where to be or a list of things to do

Today is laid back holiday for us. Just the four of us....and I already picked up the pre-cooked dinner. I loathe cooking and cleaning up. Like the eating part.

Patrice....I have two holiday shing digs coming up....and I really wish I could get out of them. Not because of the drinking....its just not my thing. They are at fancy places, which means I have to go buy something to wear....at least I'll get to wear it twice!

In our last work meeting.....they were letting us know that if we wanted to get a hotel room for the party they had a block at discounted rates. I blurted out, "if I need a hotel room....I probably should not be at the holiday party."

**patrice** · November 28, 2013, 05:56 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Sunflower at least you can wear something nice... Ours is a beach theme...and it is on a beach... OMG I'm certainly not wearing a bikini..

**Lavande** · November 28, 2013, 08:00 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Good morning Abbers & happy Thanksgiving

The storm has moved out & it is appropriately chilly but sunny today!

I am not counting days until Christmas Mick - somehow it all gets done every year

Your bunny is a digger? My younger dog spends all day running around the chicken house digging holes - bunnies have been living under there :H
I am feeding a small army today - just 12 of us & that's enough. We are also throwing a birthday party for my oldest grandson turning 5 today! Woo Hoo :H

Greetings TT, homemade ice cream is the best! Have fun with that.

bear, congrats on the weight loss. My goal today is NOT to gain 2 pounds!

SF, wise move letting someone else do the cooking

Enjoy your day!

Patrice, a Christmas party on the beach - can't quite picture that myself. Good luck with that!

Greetings going out to pauly, PQ, YahYah, Cindi, Sunni, Det & a few Abbers we haven't heard from lately.
I hope everyone has a safe & AF Thursday!

Lav

**paulywogg** · November 28, 2013, 09:54 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Mae everybody,just a quick check in cuz im keeping an eye on Louie while mom catches some zzz's hes being a turd! up since 5:30 and he doesnt know what he wants,he did help me put the turkey in though,for some reason he kept laughing when i was taking the yucky parts out of it,hope everyone has a good day,thanks for being here guys

**Mick** · November 28, 2013, 10:03 AM

Thurs af 28 November

--Just in case you are all bored silly at the table letting that turkey n cranberry go down ...brighten the atmosphere with these facts ...amaze the person next to you with this pile o drivel..they will either think you are a genius ....or a nut!!! :H:H:H take note how in 1777 youse all got together for thanksgiving to celebrate the defeat of the British ..talk about making a mountain out of a molehill..anything for a free scran!!!

It was not until 1941, that congress declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday. It was declared to be the fourth Thursday in November.

The first known thanksgiving feast or festival in North America was celebrated by Francisco V?squez de Coronado and the people he called "Tejas" (members of the Hasinai group of Caddo-speaking Native Americans).
-- Coolest Thanksgiving Facts --

Here's one of those funny Thanksgiving facts: Turkeys have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys would drop dead.

Turducken, a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken, is becoming more popular in Thanksgiving (originated in Louisiana). A turducken is a de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The cavity of the chicken and the rest of the gaps are filled with, at the very least, a highly seasoned breadcrumb mixture (although some versions have a different stuffing for each bird).

Fossil evidence shows that turkeys roamed the Americas 10 million years ago.
91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

There are regional differences as to the "stuffing" (or "dressing") traditionally served with the turkey. Southerners generally make theirs from cornbread, while in other parts of the country white bread is the base. One or several of the following may be added: oysters, apples, chestnuts, raisins, celery and/or other vegetables, sausage or the turkey's giblets.
Thomas Jefferson thought the concept of Thanksgiving was "the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard."

Every President since Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day. But in 1939, 1940, and 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November to lengthen the holiday shopping season. This upset people.

Fifty percent of Americans put the stuffing inside the Turkey...the other fifty dont :H

The North American holiday season (generally the Christmas shopping season in the U.S.) traditionally begins when Thanksgiving ends, on "Black Friday" (the day after Thanksgiving); this tradition has held forth since at least the 1930s.

On the West Coast of the US, Dungeness crab is common as an alternate main dish instead of turkey, as crab season starts in early November.

Corn is one of the popular symbols of thanksgiving. It came in many varieties and colors - red, white, yellow and blue. Some Americans considered blue and white corn sacred. The oldest corns date 7000 years back and were grown in Mexico.

Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be a turkey.

Several people wanted to have an official day of thanksgiving, including George Washington, who proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789. Several people did not want it including President Thomas Jefferson.

: The Guinness Book of Records states that the greatest dressed weight recorded for a turkey is 39.09 kg (86 lbs), at the annual "heaviest turkey" competition held in London, England on December 12, 1989.

The first Thanksgiving was not a feast, but rather a time when Native Americans helped Pilgrims by bringing them food and helping them build off the land.

More than 40 million green bean casseroles are served on Thanksgiving.

Turkey is the traditional dish for the Thanksgiving feast. In the US, about 280 million turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations. There is no official reason or declaration for the use of turkey. They just happened to be the most plentiful meat available at the time of the first Thanksgiving in 1621, starting the tradition.

Twenty percent of cranberries eaten are eaten on Thanksgiving.

The preliminary estimate of the number of turkeys raised in the United States in 2005 is 256 million. That’s down 3 percent from 2004. The turkeys produced in 2004 weighed 7.3 billion pounds altogether and were valued at $3.1 billion.

Turkeys were one of the first animals in the Americas to be domesticated.

Columbus thought that the land he discovered was connected to India, where peacocks are found in considerable number. And he believed turkeys were a type of peacock (they’re actually a type of pheasant). So he named them “tuka”, which is "peacock" in the Tamil language of India.

The 'wishbone' of the turkey is used in a good luck ritual on Thanksgiving Day.

The cranberry is a symbol and a modern diet staple of thanksgiving. Originally called crane berry, it derived its name from its pink blossoms and drooping head, which reminded the Pilgrims of a crane.

The Plymouth Pilgrims dined with the Wampanoag Indians for the First Thanksgiving.

The different nicknames for Thanksgiving Day: “Turkey Day” (after the traditional Thanksgiving dinner), “T-Day” (an abbreviation of either “Thanksgiving Day” or “Turkey Day”), “Macy’s Day (this is exclusive to New York City – it is a reference to the Macy’s Day Parade), “Yanksgiving” (Canadians sometimes call the Thanksgiving in the US as “Yanksgiving” to distinguish it from the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday.)

The First Thanksgiving lasted for three days.

Contrary to popular belief, Native Americans did not eat cranberries. They did, however, find them extremely useful for dying fabric and decorating pottery.
The Native Americans wore deerskin and fur, not blankets.

A spooked turkey can run at speeds up to 20 miles per hour. They can also burst into flight approaching speeds between 50-55 mph in a matter of seconds.

Turkeys are first documented over two thousand years ago in Central America and Mexico.

In October of 1777 all 13 colonies celebrated Thanksgiving for the first time; however it was a one-time affair commemorating a victory over the British at Saratoga.

There are three places in the United States named after the holiday’s traditional main course — Turkey, Texas; Turkey Creek, La.; and Turkey, N.C. There are also nine townships around the country named “Turkey,” with three in Kansas.

Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, campaigned to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday in 1827 and succeeded.

Wild turkeys, while technically the same species as domesticated turkeys, have a very different taste from farm-raised turkeys. Almost all of the meat is "dark" (even the breasts) with a more intense turkey flavor.

**Mick** · November 28, 2013, 10:09 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Pauly ..a turd????excellent term of endearment ...little shit ,pain in the ass also fall into this loving category ....and seeing as you mentioned the yucky parts of the turkey preparation ..a joke speshully for you my dear ..ps you are doing well so far mate :goodjob:

This is a story about a couple who had been happily married for years, the only friction in their marriage was the husband?s habit of farting loudly every morning when he awoke the noise would wake his wife and the smell would make her eyes water and make her gasp for air. Every morning she would plead with him to stop ripping them off because it was making her sick. He told her he couldn't stop it and that it was perfectly natural. She told him to see a doctor, she was concerned that one day he would blow his guts out. The years went by and he continued to rip them out. Then one Thanksgiving day morning, as she was preparing the turkey for dinner and he was upstairs sound asleep, she looked at the innards, neck, gizzard, liver and all the spare parts, and a malicious thought came to her. She took the bowl and went upstairs where her husband was sound asleep and, gently pulling the bed covers back, she pulled back the elastic waistband of his underpants and emptied the bowl of turkey guts into his shorts. Sometime later she heard her husband waken with his usual trumpeting which was followed by a blood curdling scream and the sound of frantic footsteps as he ran into the bath room. The wife could hardly control herself as she rolled on the floor laughing, tears in her eyes! After years of torture she reckoned she had got him back pretty good. About twenty minutes later, her husband came downstairs in his blood stained underpants with a look of horror on his face. She bit her lip as she asked him what was the matter. He said, ?Honey you were right? all these years you have warned me and I didn't listen to you.? ?What do you mean?? asked his wife. ?Well, you always told me that one day I would end up farting my guts out, and today it finally happened, but by the grace of god, some Vaseline and two fingers. I think I got most of them back in??.............?..?

**paulywogg** · November 28, 2013, 11:32 AM

Thurs af 28 November

Haha that's fricken hilarious Mick!!

**bear73** · November 28, 2013, 01:11 PM

Thurs af 28 November

love your escaping bunny pics Mick, have a really great holiday - seems so long ago now but can tell I feel calmer for the break/lazy holiday.

**porqoui** · November 28, 2013, 08:15 PM

Thurs af 28 November

MAE ALL...

Just checking in....preparing dindin atm.

Had a quick scan and aside from everyone sounding good I don't remember anything I read. :H

Will have a proper read and post in the morning.....can't miss wishing Mick safe travels....

PPQP

**narilly** · November 28, 2013, 09:55 PM

Thurs af 28 November

Mick, thanks for the hilarious posts. I love the bunny wabbit.
Turkey facts were interesting, I did not quite read all of them though!

I am going to go to bed early tonight. Im only working 1/2 day tomorrow and have a big AF weekend ahead. It will be great and I will be 30 days AF on Sunday. Yay!
Gotta keep going though.
Cool you lost some weight Bear, its always a struggle for sure.
Lavande, Porqoui, Det. everyone, have a great night.

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