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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Nov 22, 2012 - 02:34am PT
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I am having a hard time finding a good pseudonym.
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froodish
Social climber
Portland, Oregon
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Nov 22, 2012 - 03:22am PT
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I actually enjoy Thanksgiving more than Xmas, but tomorrow (today I guess, it is after midnight) will spend the day with good friends as is my custom. This gathering has been going on for 20 years and I look forward to it. No obligations, just breaking bread (and wine!, can you break wine?) with a good crew. I don't eat meat, but will happily participate in the deep frying of the bird and content myself with the numerous other dishes that are meat free.
Melissa, and the rest of the Taco crew, I wish you a joyous day, however you choose to spend it.
Cheers,
-Steve
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David Plotnikoff
Mountain climber
Emerald Hills, CA
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Nov 22, 2012 - 03:56am PT
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To me this is the easiest holiday. Everyone has *something* to be thankful for, no matter what your personal situation. Hell, be thankful you got out of bed this morning. Because some people didn't. Eat the turkey or don't. (Personally, I'm going with roast duck, the traditional trimmings and champagne ... Leftover turkey quickly assumes the texture of balsa wood. Whereas duck fat cures all.)
And if you're really stuck in a serious Class A funk, consider this: There are plenty of people pretty close to you who don't have enough to eat, don't have any friends who are still alive, don't have a safe place to sleep, etc. Not just today. Every day. Doing anything, no matter how small, to connect to another person who's hurting is always a way to make the holiday significant. It's not the size of the gift or the flamboyance of the gesture. It's just saying through a deed to someone else, "Hey, I recognize you're a human being like me and I give a damn." Applying a little money to the situation is often helpful.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Nov 22, 2012 - 07:11am PT
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may there be at least a game hen in every mailbox
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Nov 22, 2012 - 07:35am PT
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F*#k thanksgiving. I'll be glad when the day is over.
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splitter
Trad climber
Cali Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Nov 22, 2012 - 08:36am PT
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Thanksgiving is for turkeys!
Nuf said!!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 22, 2012 - 08:46am PT
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I have known the feeling Melissa.
Today is going to have exercise before the eating.
And I'm going to make Sooze' mushroom pie.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Nov 22, 2012 - 11:04am PT
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They are beautiful people who are close talkers. Stepford Wives are people too, I've learned. Why should I worry about my large pores and flat chest when I'm around them?
Hahaha, Sullly! That ought to put a smile on her face!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 22, 2012 - 11:09am PT
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Well, they're starting Black Friday later today. . .
sheesh!
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Nov 22, 2012 - 11:52am PT
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Melissa,
Sounds like you could use a little social lubricant:
The Negroni:
1 part gin
1 part vermouth (the usual recipe calls for sweet, but I like to use dry)
1 part campari
A couple of these and you won't mind the relatives at all.
Cheers!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Nov 22, 2012 - 11:56am PT
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Thanks, Rick. I'm providing the homemade booze this year. (I made plum wine, pear cider, and peach liqueur).
The trick is to drink just enough that I can give up control of my situation but not so much that I lose control of my tongue.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
member since 2002
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Nov 22, 2012 - 12:07pm PT
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T-giving is not a big deal to me, but I do give thanks for Supertopo. I like this site a lot
Big thanks to Chris for putting up with us.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Nov 22, 2012 - 12:19pm PT
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The trick is to drink just enough that I can give up control of my situation but not so much that I lose control of my tongue.
think of it as performance art... work through your role before hand, spend a bit of time before to get into the role... and remember it's only for a limited time.
I always feel I can be charming in any situation as long as it has a definite time limit. Longer limits require pacing. The challenge to self is to actually figure out a way to engage everyone and in an interesting (for me) conversation. Find something positive in everyone... this can be a stretch for sure.
As for drinking, well, I have no control over my tongue, thus the preparations for role playing before, and at some point drinking too much (three beer equiv. max?) just shuts me down completely.
But then again, sitting on a coach with a big grin and being incapable of much else is ok too.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 22, 2012 - 01:04pm PT
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The trick is to drink just enough that I can give up control of my situation but not so much that I lose control of my tongue.
I dunno, Melissa unleashed would be awesome to experience.
Though, that dilemma, is part of why I decided to stop all together
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Nov 22, 2012 - 01:19pm PT
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The Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October, and so well separated from commercial excess, and more or less coincidental with the end of harvest, which after all was the whole idea anyway. If you're lucky, we'll have left some turkeys for you.
Oddly, the expression "black friday" is being used by retailers here anyway, some sort of foreign decadence or something. Especially odd when it's used by Canadian companies. Today and tomorrow are nothing special in our retailing world.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
California
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Nov 22, 2012 - 01:48pm PT
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The Macy's parade is on in the background.
Do people actually watch that $hit? People other than 6 year old kids?
The future in-laws had leftover cold pizza in the fridge this morning. The day is off to a good start. Save for the parade noise in the background.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Nov 22, 2012 - 08:36pm PT
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Two words. Port Allegany
Susan
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Nov 22, 2012 - 08:46pm PT
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All you people who feel sorry for yourselves need to get a grasp on perspectives and life elsewhere.
I'm not hatin', but remember where you live! You are fine!!!
for now.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Nov 22, 2012 - 09:23pm PT
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almost forgot it was Thanksgiving, but the little cabins where I'm staying while I'm working out in the field here in Costa Rica is owned by some Costa Ricans who lived for years in New Jersey. I was about to go to some restaurant up the road for my daily dose of rice and beans when they knock on my door and present me with a Thanksgiving dinner! Complete with stuffing, cranberry sauce, candied yams, peas in cream suace and homemade cranberry cheese cake. What fine folks.
thought about Thanksgivings past and one of the most memorable was one in the Hidden Valley campground at JT with a bunch of friends from Phoenix and San Diego. Everyone brought a dish and we had it all planned out but then the weather fell apart and the wind was so strong and it was so cold we all had to huddle in our cars and eat it mostly cold, but it was still fun.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Nov 22, 2012 - 10:06pm PT
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T-Day dinner for me consisted of Lunchables eaten in the car that were bought at the Tremonton C-Store.
Some family traditions are beyond words.
It's a charmed life.
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