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26 Nov 09 - 02:17 AM (#2773892) Subject: Happy Thanksgiving... From: MGM·Lion ... to all of You Guys over there from us lot over here. [A Traditional Festival — so this belongs above line rather than below imo.] |
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26 Nov 09 - 02:30 AM (#2773895) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Joe Offer Well, Happy Thanksgiving, Mike - but I don't hear any music, so the thread goes below the line with other good-wishes threads... |
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26 Nov 09 - 02:38 AM (#2773896) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: MGM·Lion ♫♫ Happy Thanksgiving 2U Happy Thanksgiving 2U Happy Thanksgiving, dear Joe, [& All·Of·U] Happy Thanksgiving 2U ♫♫ |
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26 Nov 09 - 03:24 AM (#2773916) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Micca Happy Thanksgiving (I hope that is the appropriate greeting!!,) to all my friends in the USA, I am thankful for your existence and your friendship, and celebrate it in my own way. If you dont mind, I'll pass on the Pumpkin pie but am open to sampling (purely from a sense of duty and fair play, well someone has to do the dirty work) any Apple pies that might be around. Just an afterthought are their Thanksgiving greetings cards?(of course their are Greetings cards, the Card industry that manufactured Fathers day from whole cloth would not let such an opportunity to make money pass, would they?)are they cheesy? wistful? schmaltsy? We should be told!! |
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26 Nov 09 - 05:43 AM (#2773963) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: gnu We have then here in Canada... Halloween too... I don't know anybody who uses tehm, tho. I hope all of my friends down south have a good day, with lots of pumpkin pie. |
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26 Nov 09 - 07:31 AM (#2774001) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: billybob Happy Thanksgiving to all you mudcatters over there from Billy( born in the USA) but over here!( UK) Billy and Wendy |
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26 Nov 09 - 07:37 AM (#2774003) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) I think this possibly belongs above in 'folklore' myself, but up there you're also less likely to glean so many responses. I don't 'understand' thanksgiving, purely as I've never participated in it, I'm not sure what it's all about. But *any* formal excuse to have fun and enjoy is good by me. Happy stuff to those doing their thing, whatever it's all about :) |
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26 Nov 09 - 07:58 AM (#2774012) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Rasener Happy thanksgiving. I thought the Obama clip was very funny. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ |
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26 Nov 09 - 08:01 AM (#2774014) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: AllisonA(Animaterra) One day to remind us of the bounty we have all year, that (except for greeting cards which are optional) is mostly about family gathering together, without a lot of commercial hoopla- works for me! For some families, it's about eating too much at midday, then watching football all afternoon. For my family, it's a later meal, lots of friendly visiting, a long walk if the weather allows, followed by leftovers for a week or more. Gratitude abounds, today and every day. Happy day, everyone! |
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26 Nov 09 - 08:14 AM (#2774019) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: catspaw49 Hey Micca........Tell ya' what Cousin, you need to be here as we're having both apple and pumpkin. Karen bakes great fruit pies and her crusts are fantastic. And if you want something even better, post T-day turkey pot pies will put you away. btw, as for me I prefer "Bite the Bird" to Happy Thanksgiving. another btw, the other Mike Patterson turned 17 yesterday. Cousin Spaw |
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26 Nov 09 - 08:15 AM (#2774021) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: GUEST,Bobert in Charlotte Well, first of all I am thankful- sniff- fir all of my many Mudville buddies and buddiesses... And I am thankful that I have figured out how to use this here pudder in in the house that I am stayin' in even though my son-in-law showed me 3 times how to turn the sumabich on... And I am thankful fir the P-Vine who puts up with me... I am thankful for the ever trusty Wes Ginny Slide Rule that has worked hard and is very close to crackin' the womenz code... I can't wait for that... Oh yeah... I am thankful for Ms. Sarah who has really entertained us this past year and am lookin' forward to her nudie shoot in Playboy... Ahhhh, I am thankful for cannibus which is proof that God exists... I mean, ya'll think Satan could have come up with this stuff... (Yo, Boberdz, why do they call it the "Evil Weed"???) Nevermind that one, fir now... And how about electricty and indoor plumbing and modern medicine??? Ya'll ever think that we'd just take that stuff for granted??? I mean, thems is some fne things to be thankful fir... Well, that's about it so ya'll... ...have yerselfs a thankful day... Bobert |
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26 Nov 09 - 11:05 AM (#2774136) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: catspaw49 Well Bobertz, I'm thankful you got all that shit off your chest...... Bite the Bird Spaw |
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26 Nov 09 - 11:10 AM (#2774139) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: John on the Sunset Coast Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good feast! |
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26 Nov 09 - 11:29 AM (#2774152) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Micca Spaw, Please offer the "Other" Mike my good wishes for his Birthday and Bite the Bird??? what kind of s*** is that why not "Stuff the Turkey"??? and one of these days I will get to visit and try one of Karens Apple pies(MMMMMmmmmmmm) in person!!! |
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26 Nov 09 - 11:40 AM (#2774161) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: GUEST,Bobert in Charlotte Yeah, Spawzer, it feels good to get that stuff off my chest... Might of fact, worked up a healthy appetite fir bitin' the bird, bitin' the smashed taters, bitin' that punkin pie and washin' it all down with a few ice cold Iron City's... Then maybe if the Ion City's don't get me I'll try bitin' on the P-Vine... Who knows??? No matter... The nice thing about this T-Giving is that it ain't at our house so all I gotta do is drenk, eat and watch mindless football... Go Lions!!! B~ |
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26 Nov 09 - 12:01 PM (#2774192) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Wesley S I'm saving room for both of the pecan and peanut butter pies my sister has made. Now that we live in Georgia it's nice to spend this holiday with MY side of the family for a change. |
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26 Nov 09 - 12:33 PM (#2774219) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Lizzie Cornish 1 Happy Thanksgiving Guys! xxx :0) Here you go, Joe...some music.. Johnny Cash - Thanksgiving Prayer |
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26 Nov 09 - 01:05 PM (#2774245) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Amos A very rich and happy day to all. "[New York, 3 October 1789] By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor-- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness. Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be-- That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks--for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation--for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war--for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed--for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted--for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us. And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions-- to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually--to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed--to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord--To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us--and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best. Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789. Go: Washington" |
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26 Nov 09 - 01:40 PM (#2774270) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Ebbie To me, Thanksgiving Day is just a kind of happy holiday. Christmas to me is heavy, fraught with conflicting aims and expectations and contaminated with greed. Too much like stepping into a casino. New Year's Eve is too determined to have FUN!!. New Year's Day, on the other hand, is good, and by my preference, spent in solitude. So I like Thanksgiving Day. I have so many things to be thankful for, things to cherish and cuddle to my heart. Things like love received and reciprocated, family and friends and pets and heartwrenching beauty from sunrises and sunsets and snow-pillowed mountains and a freshly bathed and brushed dog. |
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26 Nov 09 - 02:46 PM (#2774329) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: VirginiaTam I am so low at the moment. I miss my kids. I miss my Mom and siblings, aunts and uncles and cousins. I miss Virginia countryside and Virginia accents. I miss cleaning, polishing, prepping, cooking, laughing and singing Christmas carols early. I miss the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I miss shouting at my children to stop fighting over the TV remote. I miss grumbling under my breath at unhelpful (now ex) spouse. I miss pumpkin pie. I miss planning the next few meals with the leftovers. I miss rearranging the furniture to accommodate the Christmas tree while I have family in the house to help me do it. I miss getting the Christmas decorations out of storage and remembering over each ornament. I will miss spending the Sunday afternoon doing all the Christmas cards so they are ready to go in 2 weeks time. All of it I miss, but nothing like I miss my kids. |
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26 Nov 09 - 03:18 PM (#2774353) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: VirginiaTam what a bummer... please Mr. or Ms. Moderator.... remove this and last post I am gonna sign off now and call my daughter. |
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26 Nov 09 - 05:03 PM (#2774429) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: John on the Sunset Coast Not that it will make you feel better, Virgina, but we too miss our son who has lived in The Netherlands for the past eight years...and probably forever. The only Thanksgiving we've had together, since, was 2006. Thank God for Skype!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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26 Nov 09 - 05:11 PM (#2774436) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Rasener John our 18 year old daughter lives in Holland and we get by on our doses of Skype. Les |
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26 Nov 09 - 07:41 PM (#2774526) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: SINSULL Virginia, Be thankful for your kids and the ability to call them. Happy Thanksgiving all. SINS |
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26 Nov 09 - 08:14 PM (#2774548) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Leadfingers Happy Thanksgiving to all the Turkeys ! |
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26 Nov 09 - 08:23 PM (#2774557) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Nick E I was layed off from my job two weeks ago, My father passed away two days later, and yet I have so much to be thankfull for, so today I join you all in giving thanks! |
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27 Nov 09 - 02:21 AM (#2774686) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: VirginiaTam thankful that the black dog is creeping away. sorry about the poor pitiful me moment. |
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27 Nov 09 - 02:53 AM (#2774693) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: open mike thankful that we can come here and be together... when joyful or sad...and share the company of friends here... here are the lyrics to that song by johnny cash from the dr. quinn medicine woman show.. We've come to the time in the season When family and friends gather near To offer a prayer of Thanksgiving For blessings we've known through the year To join hands and thank the creator And now when Thanksgiving is due This year when I count my blessings I'm thanking the Lord He made you This year when I count my blessings I'm thanking the Lord He made you I'm grateful for the laughter of children The sun and the wind and the rain The color of blue in your sweet eyes The sight of a high ball and train The moon rise over a prairie Old love that you've made new This year when I count my blessings I'm thanking the Lord He made you This year when I count my blessings I'm thanking the Lord He made you And when the time comes to be going It won't be in sorrow and tear I'll kiss you goodbye and I'll go on my way Grateful for all of the years I thank for all that you gave me For teaching me what love can do Thanksgiving day for the rest of my life I'm thanking the Lord He made you Thanksgiving day for the rest of my life I'm thanking the Lord He made you |
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27 Nov 09 - 03:10 AM (#2774699) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: open mike Grateful by Dave Nachmanoff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FbqV2Bn0Vc |
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27 Nov 09 - 03:33 AM (#2774704) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Joe Offer Well, we didn't have turkey at our house, so I'm hoping somebody invites me for leftovers. We had borscht and sweet potatoes and a rice pilaf, which was very nice - but it wasn't turkey. My wife Christina is a chiropractor and she's very health-conscious, so she doesn't prepare food in what one would consider a conventional way. She has an especially tenuous relationship with pumpkin pie, and I never know what to expect out of her pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. One year, she didn't use anything to sweeten it. This year, she used two eggs instead of four, and molasses and honey instead of sugar, no crust, and freshly-cooked squash instead of canned pumpkin. All afternoon long, I could hear the screams of dying squash, a truly awful affair. I waited two hours after dinner to try it....and believe it or not, it wasn't bad. Now, my health-conscious wife ate as much whipped cream as she did pie, but she's convinced she added years to the lives of her family by this. Happy Thanksgiving! -Joe- |
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27 Nov 09 - 04:20 PM (#2775111) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: SharonA I'm thankful that I was able to spend time with some family members yesterday. Thankful to the planners and funders (including us taxpayers!) of the highways I used in my one-hour-plus drive over the river and through the woods. Thankful to the other drivers for not hitting me on the way there and back, especially the driver of the yellow Mustang convertible who was on my tail and then barely missed me as he swerved around me in the non-passing lane! (I would have pulled into the slower lane for him, if he had given me a chance to!) Thankful to my brother and sister-in-law for inviting me to Thanksgiving dinner, and thankful to my sister-in-law for cooking it -- yummm! Not so thankful to them for exposing me to my three-year-old great-niece's cold (she and my great-nephew and their mother, my niece, live with my bro and sis-in-law), but thankful to them for making the attempt to keep her away from everyone else for the most part. Thankful to my other niece and her husband for being there with their 5-year-old daughter, though she was doing her best to misbehave and drive her mother and grandmother to yelling at her. Thankful to my sis-in-law's 89-year-old father for not saying anything obnoxious this time, as is his wont. Thankful most of all for the ability to take my leave of the whole noisy, tense situation and go home to the peace and quiet of living alone with my two cats... with some leftovers to eat today! Peace to all, Sharon |
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27 Nov 09 - 04:27 PM (#2775114) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: WalkaboutsVerse Poem cum folk-carol 230 of 230: AS GOSPELLERS HAVE SAID/CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY (TUNE: D A B A G E E E D G F# G D A B A G E D A B A G E E E D G F# G D A B A G E E E D G F# G D A B A G E E D G F# G D A B A G E E D G F# G) As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead. A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now. In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance. A... (You may hear it on myspace.) (C) David Franks 2003 |
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27 Nov 09 - 04:50 PM (#2775125) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: SharonA That's lovely, Walkabouts, but wouldn't it be more appropriate on a Christmas thread than on a "Happy Thanksgiving" thread? At least, more people would see it on a Christmas thread! Yeah, yeah, I know, you're thankful for your God's gift of his son... but we already had a holiday for that before Thanksgiving was invented to give us pause to think about other things for which to be thankful. To everything there is a season, and all that. :-) |
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27 Nov 09 - 04:58 PM (#2775128) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: WalkaboutsVerse Okay Sharon, sorry - it's a harvest festival, but surely it looks forward to Christmas..."I'm thanking the Lord He made you" (just above). |
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27 Nov 09 - 07:50 PM (#2775235) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Ebbie "I'm thanking the Lord He made you" I took it this is a temporal, corporeal, love song? |
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28 Nov 09 - 09:26 AM (#2775517) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: CLETUS HARDDINGER Whut tha hell izza "god lovin stance?" All thet singin an ritchul stuff doant mean jackshit ta tha millyuns uv folks whut aint got no food an no playz ta live in. Yall ar sorta like thet Bush guy we had az prezident. He sed he loved god an wuzza chistian an all thet an hiz god lovin stance wuz all about killin lotz uv other folks for thair god lovin stance. Sumtimez it seemz ta me thet iffen that Jesus feller wuz ta come back today thet tha first thing heed do wud be do away with all thiz relijus stuff thet seemz to result in doin all the rong thingz. Yer pome aint doin nuthin but prayzin the rong thingz insted uv condemmin them. Thet signal frum the sky should be tellin to stop all the hoopla an go figger out how ta help folks. Peeples roun heer sumtimez nock on Joe Offer an while i doant care much fer religion, he putz hiz ta uze az best he can. Lot uv other folks heer do thet too. lot uv em doant. CLETUS |
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28 Nov 09 - 12:24 PM (#2775583) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: WalkaboutsVerse I'm hardly "like that Bush guy", CH - check poems 81 and 82, e.g., via the above link, if you like. |
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28 Nov 09 - 12:36 PM (#2775589) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Amos I think the word "posture" should be used instead of stance. You may argue that it ruins the technical quality of the poem but, well, no great loss. A |
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28 Nov 09 - 12:47 PM (#2775591) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Donuel Nothing says Thanksgiving like this foliage ! Wowee Zowee lookit these |
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28 Nov 09 - 12:52 PM (#2775596) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: WalkaboutsVerse The rhyme scheme, Amos, is a, b, a, c, a, d, a. |
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28 Nov 09 - 03:40 PM (#2775717) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: SharonA So, all the rhymes in the last verse end with -ance, eh? So would someone in a God-loving stance dance and prance like he had ance in his pance? Sorry; couldn't resist! :-) Seriously, though, if I were you, David Walkabouts, I would let go of the -ance rhymes altogether. Certainly the faithful consider their light (that they shine before men) worth more than a "glance"! Besides, we glance AT things, and the word "at" is missing from your verse. In other words, you're working too hard at trying to make the -ance rhymes fit the meter, and the verse ends up sounding extremely contrived. Time for a rewrite! SharonA, fellow poet/songwriter |
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28 Nov 09 - 03:53 PM (#2775724) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: WalkaboutsVerse It's then and now, Sharon; and, thus, "Beneath signalling skies" relates to "Beneath bright or dark skies...Faith's the star that we glance." From David - a "fellow poet/songwriter" who doesn't "dance and prance", Sharon. |
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28 Nov 09 - 04:15 PM (#2775737) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: SharonA Aw, c'mon, David -- lighten up! Get it? "Lighten"? :-) |
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28 Nov 09 - 04:40 PM (#2775752) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: WalkaboutsVerse I thought I was being light-hearted, latterly, Sharon. I have made a few minor changes to my collection via mudcat discussions, but, this time, I think I'll leave it. |
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28 Nov 09 - 04:53 PM (#2775757) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: SharonA Latterly will get you nowhere! (hee hee) |
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28 Nov 09 - 06:00 PM (#2775789) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: Ebbie Hard to believe you didn't find a place for 'askance'. :) |
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29 Nov 09 - 04:56 PM (#2776275) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: WalkaboutsVerse ...so concentrated, I was almost in a trance. |
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30 Nov 09 - 02:50 PM (#2776946) Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving... From: GUEST,dodger Do the indians also have A happy Traditional Festival ,the devil a care eat the rich. |