OT: Anybody going to McDonalds today?

I was just curious.

Don't eat too much, and think about those poor birds who give up their
life for you.

Perhaps as an alternate to turkey a nice salad would do the trick?

Happy Thanksgiving.
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"dbu'" <repubs@waitfor08.com> wrote in message
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>I was just curious.
>
> Don't eat too much, and think about those poor birds who give up their
> life for you.
>
> Perhaps as an alternate to turkey a nice salad would do the trick?
>
> Happy Thanksgiving.
> --
>[/color]

How come no one ever says Happy Thanksgiving on the Canadian Thanksgiving
Day?

And when is the British Thanksgiving Day? I always thought it was July 4th.
GD&R.

Charles of Schaumburg.

"Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> n5hsr wrote:[color=green]
>> "dbu'" <repubs@waitfor08.com> wrote in message
>> And when is the British Thanksgiving Day? I always thought it was July
>> 4th.
>> GD&R.[/color]
>
> ????
>[/color]

The date you guys 'freed' yourselves of the 'colonies'...

Imagine what YOUR world would be like if it hadn't happened! ;)

Going to McD's?

It's too early to tell. We'll see when the turkey comes out of the oven ...




"dbu'" <repubs@waitfor08.com> wrote in message
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>I was just curious.
>
> Don't eat too much, and think about those poor birds who give up their
> life for you.
>
> Perhaps as an alternate to turkey a nice salad would do the trick?
>
> Happy Thanksgiving.
> --
>[/color]

"Hachirokuãƒ?ãƒ?ãƒ*ク" <Trueno@ae_86.gts> wrote in message
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> "Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> n5hsr wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "dbu'" <repubs@waitfor08.com> wrote in message
>>> And when is the British Thanksgiving Day? I always thought it was July
>>> 4th.
>>> GD&R.[/color]
>>
>> ????
>>[/color]
>
> The date you guys 'freed' yourselves of the 'colonies'...
>
> Imagine what YOUR world would be like if it hadn't happened! ;)[/color]

Can you imagine what the world would be like if they were still governing
those insulant coloniasts? We'd have filled the harbor with tea bags by now
....

My wife and I were out to dinner last night at a fine restaurant with
several other couples. One of guys ordered turkey. The rest of us as well
as the waiter busted out in laughter LOL

mike


"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Going to McD's?
>
> It's too early to tell. We'll see when the turkey comes out of the oven
> ...
>
>
>
>
> "dbu'" <repubs@waitfor08.com> wrote in message
> news:repubs-A7F11C.08530823112006@comcast.dca.giganews.com...[color=green]
>>I was just curious.
>>
>> Don't eat too much, and think about those poor birds who give up their
>> life for you.
>>
>> Perhaps as an alternate to turkey a nice salad would do the trick?
>>
>> Happy Thanksgiving.
>> --
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Hachirokuãƒ?ãƒ?ãƒ*ク wrote:[color=blue]
> The date you guys 'freed' yourselves of the 'colonies'...
> [/color]
Did we? when?

Coyoteboy wrote:[color=blue]
> Hachirokuãƒ?ãƒ?ãƒ*ク wrote:[color=green]
> > The date you guys 'freed' yourselves of the 'colonies'...
> >[/color]
> Did we? when?[/color]

'bout as close as we get to Thanksgiving.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_festival[/url]

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Coyoteboy wrote:[color=blue]
> Hachiroku???? wrote:[color=green]
> > The date you guys 'freed' yourselves of the 'colonies'...
> >[/color]
> Did we? when?[/color]

'bout as close as we get to Thanksgiving.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_festival[/url]

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Thanksgiving really is a harvest festival as far as its roots go - the older
tradition was used to fit the Pilgrims' situation. AFAIK, was initially
celebrated only in New England - & not all at the same time - different
locales did it at different times, & wasn't made a nat'l. holiday w/ a set
date until the mid 1800's - Abe Lincoln's time. A unification ploy (albeit
a well-meaning one) during the Civil War?

Cathy

In article <le6dnVAnm9F_JfjYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
"n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote:
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> "dbu'" <repubs@waitfor08.com> wrote in message
> news:repubs-A7F11C.08530823112006@comcast.dca.giganews.com...[color=green]
> >I was just curious.
> >
> > Don't eat too much, and think about those poor birds who give up their
> > life for you.
> >
> > Perhaps as an alternate to turkey a nice salad would do the trick?
> >
> > Happy Thanksgiving.
> > --
> >[/color]
>
> How come no one ever says Happy Thanksgiving on the Canadian Thanksgiving
> Day?
>
> And when is the British Thanksgiving Day? I always thought it was July 4th.
> GD&R.
>
> Charles of Schaumburg.[/color]

When is it and I'll put it in my iCal and set up an alert.
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Mike Hunter wrote:[color=blue]
> My wife and I were out to dinner last night at a fine restaurant with
> several other couples. One of guys ordered turkey. The rest of us as well
> as the waiter busted out in laughter LOL
>
> mike[/color]

so now the 90 year old World War I vet is going out with "several other
couples" to "fine restaurants" where they randomly serve turkey on the
menu.

HAHA you're so full of it!!!! Mike Hunt, thats your name right?
HAHAHA

"dbu'" <repubs@waitfor08.com> wrote in message
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> In article <le6dnVAnm9F_JfjYnZ2dnUVZ_sGdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> "dbu'" <repubs@waitfor08.com> wrote in message
>> news:repubs-A7F11C.08530823112006@comcast.dca.giganews.com...[color=darkred]
>> >I was just curious.
>> >
>> > Don't eat too much, and think about those poor birds who give up their
>> > life for you.
>> >
>> > Perhaps as an alternate to turkey a nice salad would do the trick?
>> >
>> > Happy Thanksgiving.
>> > --
>> >[/color]
>>
>> How come no one ever says Happy Thanksgiving on the Canadian Thanksgiving
>> Day?
>>
>> And when is the British Thanksgiving Day? I always thought it was July
>> 4th.
>> GD&R.
>>
>> Charles of Schaumburg.[/color]
>
> When is it and I'll put it in my iCal and set up an alert.
> --
>[/color]

According to the Canadian Parliament, the Canadian Thanksgiving is the
Second Monday in October. It's right near Armistice Day, but they are
separate holidays.

British Thanksgiving is not an official holiday as far as I know. July 4th
is sort of a "tongue in cheek" thing.

Charles of Schaumburg

n5hsr wrote:[color=blue]
> British Thanksgiving is not an official holiday as far as I know. July 4th
> is sort of a "tongue in cheek" thing.
>
> Charles of Schaumburg[/color]

I'm no "history" person but there is no Thanksgiving as such, from what
i read you guys got the idea off our Easter holiday, which is an
official holiday here on varying dates depending on the year.

"Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> n5hsr wrote:[color=green]
>> British Thanksgiving is not an official holiday as far as I know. July
>> 4th
>> is sort of a "tongue in cheek" thing.
>>
>> Charles of Schaumburg[/color]
>
> I'm no "history" person but there is no Thanksgiving as such, from what
> i read you guys got the idea off our Easter holiday, which is an
> official holiday here on varying dates depending on the year.[/color]

Huh?? Thanksgiving idea from *Easter*? (Easter's a completely different
ball of wax.) Thanksgiving (in the U.S. - I don't know they whys &
wherefores of Canada's) is based on your harvest home festival, just tweaked
to fit the Pilgrims' situation, & made a nat'l. holiday w/ a fixed date by
Lincoln in the mid-1800's.

Cathy
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>[/color]

Cathy F. wrote:[color=blue]
> Huh?? Thanksgiving idea from *Easter*? (Easter's a completely different
> ball of wax.) Thanksgiving (in the U.S. - I don't know they whys &
> wherefores of Canada's) is based on your harvest home festival, just tweaked
> to fit the Pilgrims' situation, & made a nat'l. holiday w/ a fixed date by
> Lincoln in the mid-1800's.[/color]

PMSL - sorry i was reading all about these national days and got my
words confused while i was at it :) Its been a long week, sorry! :)

For completeness:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving[/url]
Wikipedia- "Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day
holiday to give thanks (traditionally to a God), for the things one has
at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving
is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, and in Canada it is
celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom,
Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches
across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local
harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to
Christmas or Easter) as it is in North America, where this tradition
taken by early settlers became much more important. Other European
countries, such as Germany, also have harvest-thanks (Erntedank)
celebrations which are perceived to be rather minor and mostly rural
holidays.[1]"