[Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving

[Patricia A Lipovsky]

Oh good, I'm glad. 

Did you cook dinner this year,  or did you get to relax while someone else did the cooking.

----- Original Message -----
From: Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 03:17:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving

>
>
> I was laughing because I enjoyed the humorous Thanksgiving email you sent 
> out. It was wonderful.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patricia A. Lipovsky" <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
> 
> 
> > Hi Sherry.
> >
> > I'm so glad you had a good Thanksgiving.  I was just curious though about 
> > what you were laughing about? I hate to miss anything that would brighten 
> > someone's day!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> > To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
> >
> >
> >arI hope all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoyed all that luscious 
> >arfood. Pat, that was so nice of you to invite people over. I have been out 
> >arof email communication and just saw this email. It is great and I needed a 
> >arlaugh! Thank you.
> >ar
> >ar Sherri
> >ar ----- Original Message ----- 
> >ar From: "Denise Valkema" <valkemadenise at aol.com>
> >ar To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> >ar Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 6:06 PM
> >ar Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Thanksgiving
> >ar
> >ar
> >>> How thoughtful of you. I cannot join you as I am in Miami.
> >>>
> >>> Have a great turkey day:
> >>>
> >>> Thankful,
> >>> Denise
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sent from Denise's Palm Pre
> >>> On Nov 20, 2011 5:10 PM, Patricia A. Lipovsky 
> >>> <plipovsky at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> If you live in the Daytona Area, will be alone on Thanksgiving, and do 
> >>> not have  any plans, please contact me at 255.0488, or
> >>>
> >>> plipovsky at cfl.rr.com.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Now, time for a chuckle.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I wonder how many can relate to this.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Twas the night before Thanksgiving
> >>>
> >>> and all through the kitchen;
> >>>
> >>> I was cooking and baking
> >>>
> >>> and moanin' and bitchin'.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I've been here for hours,
> >>>
> >>> I can't stop to rest,
> >>>
> >>> This place is a disaster,
> >>>
> >>> just look at this mess!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Tomorrow I've got
> >>>
> >>> thirty people to feed,
> >>>
> >>> They expect all the trimmings,
> >>>
> >>> who cares what I need!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> My feet are both blistered,
> >>>
> >>> I've got cramps in my legs,
> >>>
> >>> The dog just knocked over
> >>>
> >>> a bowl full of eggs,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> There's a knock at the door
> >>>
> >>> and the telephone's ringing;
> >>>
> >>> Frosting drips on the counter
> >>>
> >>> as the microwave's dinging,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Two pies in the oven,
> >>>
> >>> dessert's almost done;
> >>>
> >>> My cookbook is soiled
> >>>
> >>> with butter and crumbs.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I've had all I can stand,
> >>>
> >>> I can't take anymore;
> >>>
> >>> Then in walks my husband,
> >>>
> >>> spilling rum on the floor.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> He heaves and he wobbles,
> >>>
> >>> his balance unsteady;
> >>>
> >>> Then grins as he chuckles
> >>>
> >>> "The eggnog is ready!"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> He looks all around and
> >>>
> >>> with total regret,
> >>>
> >>> Say's "What's takin' so long?
> >>>
> >>> aren't you through in here yet?"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> As quick as a flash
> >>>
> >>> I reach for a knife;
> >>>
> >>> He loses an earlobe;
> >>>
> >>> I wanted his life!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> He flees from the room
> >>>
> >>> in terror and pain,
> >>>
> >>> and screams "MY GOSH WOMAN,
> >>>
> >>> YOU'RE GOING INSANE!"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Now what was I doing,
> >>>
> >>> and what is that smell?
> >>>
> >>> Oh, GOSH, it's the pies!
> >>>
> >>> They're all black
> >>>
> >>> right down to the shell!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I hate to admit when
> >>>
> >>> I make a mistake,
> >>>
> >>> But I put them on BROIL
> >>>
> >>> instead of on BAKE
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> What else can go wrong?
> >>>
> >>> Is there still more ahead?
> >>>
> >>> If this is good living,
> >>>
> >>> I'd rather be dead.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Lord, don't get me wrong,
> >>>
> >>> I love holidays;
> >>>
> >>> They just leave me exhausted,
> >>>
> >>> all shaky and dazed.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> But I promise you one thing,
> >>>
> >>> if I live 'til next year,
> >>>
> >>> You won't find me
> >>>
> >>> pulling my hair out in here.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I'll hire a maid, a cook, and a waiter;
> >>>
> >>> And if that doesn't work,
> >>>
> >>> I'LL HAVE IT ALL CATERED!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> hmm catering?
> >>>
> >>> Now that's an idea!!!!!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Now for some history
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Some Thanksgiving Trivia
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> invited the local Wampanoag Indians.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>                             ***
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> During the mid-1800s, poet and editor Sarah J. Hale began
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. In 1863
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> President Abraham Lincoln gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>                             ***
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> At one time, the turkey and the bald eagle were each considered as the 
> >>> national symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who 
> >>> argued passionately on behalf
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although "vain and silly", was 
> >>> a better choice than the bald eagle, whom he felt was "a coward".
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????his
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>                        VIDEO CLIP
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Runaway Turkey — Bizarre News
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Turkey is found going for a jog on the tollway!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=5738
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ***********************************************************
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanksgiving-that's one sixth of all turkeys sold in the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> U.S. each year.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>                           ***
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The cranberry got its name because the pale pink blossoms
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> on the plant resembled a crane's head and neck. The name
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> craneberry stuck, eventually becoming cranberry.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>                             ***
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The average age of the Mayflower passenger was 32. The
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> oldest Mayflower passenger was 64.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  Have a wonderful day.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Failure is not falling down, it is not getting up again.
> >>>
> >>> Have a Great Day
> >>>
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