Thanksgiving 2022/2023

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:25 am

As I ran back towards the center of town this morning, what seemed at first like a backup at one traffic light that was strangely confined to just the right lane gradually (at about 9 min/mile) revealed itself to be a miles long, orderly queue, with the police positioned at particularly busy intersections to keep cross traffic and side streets flowing.

Curiosity overcame any need to maintain pace so I stopped and hopped on FB to figure out what was up. The county is holding a drive-up holiday food distribution this morning, first come first served starting at 8AM, at Kean University on the far side of town, and that 3+ mile backup was people waiting patiently to get in.

My wife has been putting in overtime and early mornings this week helping her town open their “warming center” (can’t call it a shelter) that NJ’s Code Blue law mandates be maintained by towns with a documented homeless population over a certain threshold when the temps drop to freezing.

Appreciate what you got this week.

As for our family, this will be the first time since 2019 that we’ll be spending the holiday with anyone other than just us, in our house. Headed out to the Pittsburgh area to my sister’s place, my parents will be there as well as some extended family. I found a 5K to run on Thu AM. Looking forward to it.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:03 pm

Your wife is a good lady.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:07 pm

Heading down to Tampa Tuesday.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:32 pm

We are hosting our daughter and her boyfriend, wife’s cousin’s daughter and her wife, the disapproving cousin/mother, my wife’s very religious brother, and my wife’s sister who never stops talking.

What could go wrong? I’ll be the drunk one watching football.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:37 pm

Same situation here. Went to present to a Crisis Intervention Team of a local county police force at a church on Thursday. This a pretty large modern church. Two stories, auditorium, classrooms, etc. The entire auditorium was full of food to be given away this weekend. The amount of food that was there just blew me away and made me glad that I can support my family and help others when I can. The coordinator told me it would all be gone by Monday as they delivered to food banks, shelters, assisted living facilities, half way houses and had a drive up scheduled for today.

I’ve had a shit week (or so I’d thought).

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:46 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:07 pm Heading down to Tampa Tuesday.

Got out just in time.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:49 pm

Cannonball Run to AVL currently. First Thanksgiving away from extended family in years (ever?), but lots of the families that we see every summer up there will be in town.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:56 pm

South GA cotton fields look like snow.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:07 pm

Headed to my sisters new property out in the relative middle of nowhere with a smoked turkey from one of Texas Monthly’s Top 50 bbq joints. Then headed to DFW area for a weekend of Six Flags and the Vandoliers/Joshua Ray Walker show.

Post by **Sabo** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:02 pm

Just me and the Mrs. for Thanksgiving this year. I probably will work in the morning as well, but that's still to be determined.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:02 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:07 pm Headed to my sisters new property out in the relative middle of nowhere with a smoked turkey from one of Texas Monthly’s Top 50 bbq joints. Then headed to DFW area for a weekend of Six Flags and the Vandoliers/Joshua Ray Walker show.

I’d really like to see the Vandoliers.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:18 am

Paris, France. Flying out Tuesday evening from Dulles and coming back Sunday. Going to see Q ( who has been living his best life on semester abroad this fall).

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:09 am

sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:02 pm
Giff wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:07 pm Headed to my sisters new property out in the relative middle of nowhere with a smoked turkey from one of Texas Monthly’s Top 50 bbq joints. Then headed to DFW area for a weekend of Six Flags and the Vandoliers/Joshua Ray Walker show.
I’d really like to see the Vandoliers.

They’re so great.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 2:13 pm

Down in Nevada City, CA to visit my GF's father this weekend, and her brother and his wife came up from San Francisco. We made a pretty epic lobster paella last night.

For Thanksgiving we'll be home with my daughters home from Gonzaga and the GF's daughters there as well.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:09 pm

You excited for tonight diS?!?!?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:15 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:18 am Paris, France. Flying out Tuesday evening from Dulles and coming back Sunday. Going to see Q ( who has been living his best life on semester abroad this fall).

Our old Swamp Buddy Oil Can Boyd is out there right now.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:50 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:09 pm You excited for tonight diS?!?!?

Nervous! Zags looked awful the other night against Texas.

Daughters just texted me pictures of them waiting in line to get into the arena.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:23 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:46 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 1:07 pm Heading down to Tampa Tuesday.
Got out just in time.

You know, this is becoming a pattern...

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:38 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:15 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 8:18 am Paris, France. Flying out Tuesday evening from Dulles and coming back Sunday. Going to see Q ( who has been living his best life on semester abroad this fall).
Our old Swamp Buddy Oil Can Boyd is out there right now.

Just saw his post on facebook. Looking good, BJ is.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:29 am

We're doing the usual... Frying up a turkey in the driveway/carport while watching foosball. Hosting about a dozen (when you include our unit of 4), so it's manageable chaos. (Second turkey goes in the oven, ensuring proper gravy and lots of leftovers.)

Then we've got the Black Friday US-ENG game the next day and then The Game on Saturday... My nerves and my liver are going to be tested this week!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:45 am

We have a sick kid which currently throws our hosting plans into flux. We're kinda ok with that.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:47 am

We are hosting again, usual crowd. Inlaws, Sister-in-Law and her clan of 5, and her inlaws. My father selfishly decided this weeked to go into the hospital with a gall stone and he is getting his gall bladder removed tomorrow. Looks like I need to add my mother's sweet potato pie to my to-do list, and my FiL won't be getting his apple cider. Thanks Dad!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:54 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:50 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:09 pm You excited for tonight diS?!?!?
Nervous! Zags looked awful the other night against Texas.

Daughters just texted me pictures of them waiting in line to get into the arena.

They looked quite happy after.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:58 am

Going to friends' house. Wife is friends with the wife, one kid in each family is in the same Girl Scout troop, the husband will be at work, and a couple other randos from the hosts, including some extended family members who work in the entertainment industry in LA (effects house, from what I have been led to believe). Hopefully, that last part will make it a little more fun.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:08 pm

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:54 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:50 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:09 pm You excited for tonight diS?!?!?
Nervous! Zags looked awful the other night against Texas.

Daughters just texted me pictures of them waiting in line to get into the arena.
They looked quite happy after.

Yeah that was a great pic. (Sorry AB)

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:21 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:08 pm
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:54 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:50 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:09 pm You excited for tonight diS?!?!?
Nervous! Zags looked awful the other night against Texas.

Daughters just texted me pictures of them waiting in line to get into the arena.
They looked quite happy after.
Yeah that was a great pic. (Sorry AB)

Shoot they whooped us

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:34 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:08 pm
govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:54 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:50 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:09 pm You excited for tonight diS?!?!?
Nervous! Zags looked awful the other night against Texas.

Daughters just texted me pictures of them waiting in line to get into the arena.
They looked quite happy after.
Yeah that was a great pic. (Sorry AB)

Yeah it is. Think that one is going on the mantle at home.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 8:09 am

Early morning memorial soccer game (if past performance holds we will have 2 full fields 12 v 12 + subs).
Host at our house, 13 + my crazy dog
Ref some lacrosse on Friday (private school alumni game) and then find a place to watch Engerland v. US.
7AM flight on Sunday to Vegas for a conference (last at 11:50 local and supposed to Mountain bike Red Rocks at 1).

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:46 am

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:45 am We have a sick kid which currently throws our hosting plans into flux. We're kinda ok with that.

I have joined the ranks of the sick and we have canceled hosting. Going to go small for the four of us, turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and ???

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:04 am

Nyquil

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:08 am

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:46 am
mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:45 am We have a sick kid which currently throws our hosting plans into flux. We're kinda ok with that.
I have joined the ranks of the sick and we have canceled hosting. Going to go small for the four of us, turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and ???

Svveet potato casserole

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:25 pm

Wife and I are going to one of the neighbors…three childless couples in total plus the hosts recovering and former homeless addict. So that could be interesting.

Hot take: I dislike-to-hate every food associated with Thanksgiving. I almost wonder if I have some hidden trauma related to the holiday.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:43 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:46 am
mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:45 am We have a sick kid which currently throws our hosting plans into flux. We're kinda ok with that.
I have joined the ranks of the sick and we have canceled hosting. Going to go small for the four of us, turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and ???

I'm doing a simple oven-roasted broccoli with bacon sprinkles. I was going to go with Brussels, but my parents are in their 80s, and there's no sense trying to introduce them to new foods. I'll have to make a batch w/o bacon for my brother-in-law, who is Muslim- and Vegetarian-when-the-food-doesn't-look-good.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:49 pm

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:25 pm Wife and I are going to one of the neighbors…three childless couples in total plus the hosts recovering and former homeless addict. So that could be interesting.

Hot take: I dislike-to-hate every food associated with Thanksgiving. I almost wonder if I have some hidden trauma related to the holiday.

I won't go that far, but I do hate leftovers. I'm happy we are planning on being out of town this weekend so I don't have to deal with them. I also have to eat the food quickly because a lot of the dishes get room temperature quickly and I don't like that at all.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 12:55 pm

Open faced turkey sandwiches with gravy and accompanied griddle mashed potato is the 1b to the actual dinner itself.

Seeing some absolutely outrageous comments on here the last 3 or 4 posts.

And I get shit for The Pretenders.

I see how it is around here.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:38 pm

I would absolutely trade the dinner for the leftovers

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:46 pm

I for one am willing to suffer through dinner for the leftovers.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 1:51 pm

I'm a vegetarian with cheat days and Thanksgiving is a cheat day but I just learned that the hosts are pescatarian so it looks like it's fucking fish for dinner :/

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:25 pm

If y'all loved Thanksgiving food so much y'all woul'd eat it more than once a fucking year.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:26 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:25 pm If y'all loved Thanksgiving food so much y'all woul'd eat it more than once a fucking year.

In fact, by this time of year I've had enough Thanksgiving sandwiches leading up to the day that now I'm just ready for peppermint season