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   forestgirl | Nov 27, 2009 05:40am | #1

   And Happy T.G. to you also!  Hope it was a day that was as you planned and didn't leave you too groggy, LOL.

    

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   habilis | Nov 27, 2009 08:13am | #4

   Ah, my babe in the woods (my wife knows about us).
   Had a good day, no food involved. My wife is recovering from the flu. My brother-in-law is out of the hospital, my friend, who is 30 yrs. younger (smarter than i) and his pregnant wife came by to show me they are OK after being rear-ended. My in-laws needed a snake for the great grand parents; I actually found it in two minutes! Had to show them the hand crafted floor replacement.
   Never found anything to eat, but hey, now, I don't have to compete and hope for a bigger crowd on Sat.I especially appreciate posts by you, Bill, Curt, Paul, Dave, Mel, Samson and the guys on the other side of the planet.Best to all,pete

   Edited 11/27/2009 2:02 am ET by habilis

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   forestgirl | Nov 27, 2009 09:08am | #5

   Best Wishes to your wife, a quick recovery.  Sounds like you're coming out of one of those periods when the planets are aligned against you!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   habilis | Nov 27, 2009 09:14am | #6

   It's all good.
   Thank youpete

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   RalphBarker | Nov 27, 2009 05:50am | #2

   Thanks, and same to you and all the other folks here.

   A bird in the oven is way better than one in the hand, or two in the bush.

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   KiddervilleAcres | Nov 27, 2009 05:57am | #3

   And to you too sir.  Did something WAY different this year - did a surf 'n turf.  Steak on the grille and lobstuh in de pot.

   It was so warm today couldn't resist.  Snow tomorrow night.  <o>.

   Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

   Best regards,

   Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

   Edited 11/26/2009 9:58 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres

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   ring | Nov 27, 2009 09:38am | #7

   Pete, and all,

   Although I've been away from the US for a very long time, I still feel a very strong connection to Thanksgiving. While it was originally a celebration of harvest, the sense that Washington gave to it seems as much in place today as ever.
   As President, on October 3, 1789, George Washington made the following proclamation and created the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America:

   "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 shown 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."

   David Ring

   http://www.touchwood.co.il/?lang=e&id=1

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   habilis | Nov 27, 2009 09:45am | #8

   Thank you.
   I've been reminded.