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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - November 27, 2025 [Doof]
Thanksgiving Day!
Happy Thanksgiving 🫡 🦅 pic.twitter.com/yhJYbrCQZx
— Kristi Yamaguccimane (@TheWapplehouse) November 27, 2025
This year’s parade was wild pic.twitter.com/9svw1NsyQX
— Green Beret Nap Time (@GBNT1952) November 27, 2025
Perhaps no other meal has ever said “It’s Thanksgiving and I’ve burned all the bridges with my family” quite like this extravagant feast. pic.twitter.com/t3drHmmARj
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) November 27, 2025
Tonight's ONT was posted with care. Not sure who cares. Do you?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:00 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 27, 2025 10:00 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (IxQNO)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (9BQdI)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (B9cbb)
Posted by: KT at November 27, 2025 04:09
Maybe. I've had mashed turnips as Jules' Grandma came over from Scotland. Not vry good, need lotsa butter to make it palatable IMO.
Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 27, 2025 10:02 PM (v9vY1)
Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:01 PM (55Qr6)
Butter covers a multitude of sins.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 27, 2025 10:03 PM (uQesX)
Tim’s spot on! This is civil war.
Tim Pool @Timcast
Holy fuck. Look at the website
This is overtly illegal.
I don't want to say outright CIVIL WAR when there is a good chance foreign actors are doing this too.
But Holy fuck @SecWar needs to stop this
X: https://bit.ly/3Xj41CX
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:03 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 10:03 PM (B9cbb)
Good evening, 'rons
Posted by: gKWVE at November 27, 2025 10:04 PM (sDWtc)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I remember every part of the dinner tasting like salt. Which is ok!
Thanks for the ONT, Disco and Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 10:05 PM (41CYW)
This is how armies get political officers, to stop this shit.
Posted by: gKWVE at November 27, 2025 10:05 PM (sDWtc)
TRUMP: “Somalians have caused a lot of trouble... They're ripping us off for a lot of money... What the hell are we paying money to Somalia for? We're not taking their people anymore. We're getting a lot of their people out because they're nothing but trouble.”
X video: https://bit.ly/4aiJRAt
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:05 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: mindful webworker - not one more bite at November 27, 2025 10:06 PM (LaTF/)
I am also adding Ministry's "Everyday is Halloween" to my Christmas playlist.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:06 PM (IxQNO)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (r0dOk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)
They are OK. I only buy them when the local grocer puts them on sale. Full retail is too much for what you get; sale price approaches value for money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (npFr7)
The closest it came to that were some Packers fans throwing shade at the Bears fans. Hell, they don't even play until next week.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (cYBz/)
Q: “Why do you blame the Biden Administration?”
TRUMP: “Because they let him! Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person? Because they came in on a plane — along with thousands of other people that shouldn’t be here.”
X video: https://bit.ly/485A2o3
And there are tens of millions of others who should not be here as well. They all need to be kicked out and banned from ever returning.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 10:08 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:06 PM (IxQNO)
The original is a classic. Somewhere between With Sympathy and Twitch is my sweet spot for Jourgensen.
Posted by: gKWVE at November 27, 2025 10:09 PM (sDWtc)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2025 10:09 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 27, 2025 10:09 PM (lUFok)
Christmas music was played during dinner.
Peppermint hot chocolate is warming up the belly.
This is my favorite time of the year.
Posted by: PabloD at November 27, 2025 10:10 PM (lC2t1)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (P5BPp)
We paid orgs to bring refugees in. Maybe if we pay them to take them out and resettle in their home countries, it might work.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 27, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)
As long as we get an ONT, you could post it recklessly and we wouldn't care.
Well, I wouldn't. I'm not a spokesman for other commenters, and the lurkers need to learn to speak up for themselves.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM (IxQNO)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM (8QVSJ)
Grateful KC got beat.
Grating that it was Dallas that beat them.
Posted by: From about That Time at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM (sl73Y)
I kinda liked those Swanson turkey dinners back in the day.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:02 PM (ys6FW)
They were fine. There was one dinner with an apple cobbler I enjoyed.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 27, 2025 10:12 PM (y171U)
youtu.be/3SngilRCtik
Posted by: gKWVE rolls one up at November 27, 2025 10:12 PM (sDWtc)
Can confirm - hotel Thanksgiving was nice. Thanks much to Grateful for all the love and labor.
John Madden quote just heard on the football broadcast - the last line of a locker room pep speech when he was a coach. "Doesn't matter if the horse is blind, just load up the wagon and keep going." He had no idea what it meant but it fired up the players.
Posted by: TRex - cranberry knowledge is good knowledge at November 27, 2025 10:13 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: ZZ Top at November 27, 2025 10:13 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:14 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Joemarine
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Another had a cranberry cobbler thing. Not bad.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:14 PM (ys6FW)
Will keep Tums handy, in case that onion bites back, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:14 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Zombie Marlon Brando smiles.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 27, 2025 10:09
You are a dirty old perv Tonypete. Never noticed that before. LMAO
Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:15 PM (55Qr6)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 27, 2025 10:15 PM (bss/y)
Well, I wouldn't. I'm not a spokesman for other commenters, and the lurkers need to learn to speak up for themselves.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM (IxQNO)
COULD post is recklessly?? It's almost like you were watching over my shoulder tonight.
Posted by: Doof at November 27, 2025 10:15 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:11 PM
***
They would, but they're late.
Posted by: TRex - parade superstar dino at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Dr_No at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (ayRl+)
We thought last Thanksgiving was going to be my last one.
I am blessed to be living at a time when modern medicine has advanced to the point that there are new treatment options available to people with this type of cancer.
I am so grateful for the prayers of so many people that I know, as well as so many I have never met who are praying on my behalf. It is truly humbling.
Thank you.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: The Grateful
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Thank you, all went great. Hosted 11, very manageable. Smiles, laughs, and a lot of uncomfortfull people.
Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (1Yy3c)
Pies coming later.
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (//dg8)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:18 PM (9RQU8)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 27, 2025 10:07 PM (P5BPp)
We paid orgs to bring refugees in. Maybe if we pay them to take them out and resettle in their home countries, it might work.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 27, 2025 10:10 PM (uQesX)
Anyone who was in those orgs needs to be shown the door, too.
Posted by: Methos at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (vSvIl)
Please carry on.
Posted by: Some Rat at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: From about That Time at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (sl73Y)
It was...good. I prefer just regular old cranberry sauce, but the added orange wasn't bad.
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (1Yy3c)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:19 PM (0cOaq)
Had a really nice bourbon flavor pecan pie. Not overpowering, just well made. Crust, filling...all good.
I'm stuffed.
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:20 PM (XuXeR)
We thought last Thanksgiving was going to be my last one.
I am blessed to be living at a time when modern medicine has advanced to the point that there are new treatment options available to people with this type of cancer.
I am so grateful for the prayers of so many people that I know, as well as so many I have never met who are praying on my behalf. It is truly humbling.
Thank you.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)
Thank you providing proof thst prayers work. Glad to see keep seeing your comments.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (IxQNO)
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Bless you, Teresa, it was good to see you at the MoMe.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (ys6FW)
I will miss them when they are gone. Happy to have spatchcocked a turkey and made gravy from turkey innards. It worked well. God bless us, everyone. Not just for Christmas.
Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at November 27, 2025 10:22 PM (6mk7C)
Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at November 27, 2025 10:17 PM (1Yy3c)
That'll get your wind up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:22 PM (npFr7)
One thing for sure, everyone in the ensemble stayed in good shape.
youtube.com/watch?v=_5yJZUyr_cM
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 10:22 PM (B9cbb)
Pies coming later.
Posted by: LizLem at No
Anybody bring a turkey?
Posted by: From about That Time at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (sl73Y)
Especially the little compartment of school glue with something yellow on top.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (3nLb4)
"
It's ok, but there's this deli on west ox @ US 50 in Fairfax that did up a great cranberry compote...
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (XuXeR)
I'm stuffed.
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:20 PM (XuXeR)
Nice bea.... Wait, you're a man. Nevermind.
Posted by: Lt. Frank Drebin at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at November 27, 2025 10:24 PM (6mk7C)
Posted by: KT
Turnips are unbelievable after a frost. Sweet, even.
Raw.
Posted by: MkY at November 27, 2025 10:24 PM (q6tQZ)
*Hides face in shame*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:25 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: Lt. Frank Drebin"
Presilla Presely is over there...
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:26 PM (XuXeR)
Raw.
Posted by: MkY at November 27, 2025 10:24 PM (q6tQZ)
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My greatest possession is a turnip shaped like a thingie.
Posted by: S Baldrick at November 27, 2025 10:26 PM (0cOaq)
Thank you Doof
We've had some headwinds but we have so much to be thankful for.
Just sitting down to eat on the left coast here so I'll check in later.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (3RQXz)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (3NeBC)
Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at November 27, 2025 10:22 PM
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I was just about to make a comment about "spatchcocking," figuring that it was a made up word. After doing an interweb search, apparently you did not make it up.
Posted by: TRex - nonspatchcocked dino at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (cCn4/)
Pro tip: if you booked an Uber, and are sober enough to realize you need to vomit or pee, PLEASE tell your driver! He will pull over. Otherwise, you soil his car, screwing up his week and costing him hundreds of dollars on one of the most lucrative Uber holidays of the year.
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (gWBY1)
Especially the little compartment of school glue with something yellow on top.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (3nLb4)
Our family appreciate$ your bu$ine$$.
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (XuXeR)
Be glad your thingie isn't...well...
Posted by: man at November 27, 2025 10:27 PM (XuXeR)
I'll say it. Lemon shaped.
Posted by: Zombie Jeff Epstein at November 27, 2025 10:29 PM (wVcYX)
Raw.
Posted by: MkY
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The deer agree. They'll bite into the turnips, radish, and sugar beets pre-frost and leave them. Post frost, they house 'em.
Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 10:29 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: S Baldrick
I'm sorry to hear that, but, hey! Isn't turkey great...
Posted by: MkY at November 27, 2025 10:29 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: From about That Time at November 27, 2025 10:23 PM (sl73Y)
Ah, commas are my friend. She did the cranberry, turkey, turkey gravy, and the rolls.
We simmered the giblets (liver and heart) for our dog and that was his Thanksgiving feast. He loved it!
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:30 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Piper at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (x2lZC)
I might have several.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (0cOaq)
We thought last Thanksgiving was going to be my last one.
I am blessed to be living at a time when modern medicine has advanced to the point that there are new treatment options available to people with this type of cancer.
I am so grateful for the prayers of so many people that I know, as well as so many I have never met who are praying on my behalf. It is truly humbling.
Thank you.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)
Thank you providing proof thst prayers work. Glad to see keep seeing your comments.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 10:21 PM (IxQNO)
All of this, every bit.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
Fried chicken was the favorite.
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog
Interesting. The only way I know about post-frost turnips was when I was planting food plots for deer.
I read they have to "learn" to eat them. They didn't. I did.
Go figger.
Posted by: MkY at November 27, 2025 10:32 PM (q6tQZ)
*Hides face in shame*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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I'm with you, love it. Also liked mashed turnips combined with mashed potatoes....comfort food
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:32 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:18 PM (9RQU
Could DJT order the mass cancellation of security clearances for all CIA employees? Cancel their clearance - they cannot work there, period. Send in some trusted military intelligence types to root through all their files. If some mook refuses to give up the password, put a gun to his head, and let him know his suicide is imminent unless he relents.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:33 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:32 PM
***
You can have mine.
Posted by: TRex - turnip resistant dino at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (cCn4/)
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In about every other frozen run I do, there's someone who stocks up on frozen dinners...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: davidt at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: davidt at November 27, 2025 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)
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Rutabegas?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:35 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:32 PM
***
You can have mine.
Posted by: TRex - turnip resistant dino
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I wouldn't dream of depriving you of the experience....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:30 PM (gWBY1)
"Simmer me giblets!"
Posted by: Pirate who doesn't quite get it. at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)
Oh yes I can remember the smell of it. Sort of greasy...sort of dishwater-smelling.
Was there a Salisbury Steak too?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: davidt at November 27, 2025 10:37 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:37 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
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Older bro would buy 2 weeks' worth at a time each payday, for his lunches at work. (Bachelor)
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:37 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Of course! That one was Dad's.
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:38 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (n9ltV)
Still is. Comes with a gooey "brownie" for dessert.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:37 PM (wVcYX)
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I'll be doing the feast with friends on Saturday. Roast pork loin will be the main course. I'll be making my world-famous (in Portland) deviled eggs.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 27, 2025 10:40 PM (lhenN)
Posted by: moki at November 27, 2025 10:41 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at November 27, 2025 10:41 PM (DK5Sh)
You couldn't pay me to eat one now.
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 10:41 PM (rdVOm)
Hard times all the time
My rent is due, I ain’t got a dime
The rent man knockin’ at my door all the time
But we still livin’, baby
Yeah, we still livin’
The cow done gone dry, the hen won’t lay
Ain’t got no milk, ain’t got no eggs today
But we still livin’, baby
Yeah, we still livin’
My woman left me, she caught that evening train
Left me standin’ in the pourin’ rain
But we still livin’, baby
Posted by: Thankful Miklos Blues at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (N7hqt)
Seriously, I predict that the brazen shoplifting will be epic tomorrow. More so than usual. Additionally, I'm locking in the number four as in "Four Massive Crowd Fights" nationwide. Here are my picks:
Minneapolis
Secaucus
Houston
Los Angeles
Vegas should be running numbers on this. It's better than half the stuff they bet on.
Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (dIske)
Thank you.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16
I'm so glad you are still here T, I've prayed for you as many Morons here have.
And am thankful that Jules is still alive. A lot to be thankful for. This time last yr she was just out of a 2 week medically induced coma after a perforated ulcer that led to septic shock and multiple organ failure.
Today she drug me to a great buffet and I just enjoyed the fact she was alive.
Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (55Qr6)
simpler... guy had betrayed his country, and religion, and worked for the CIA killing his own..
He was whacked... his morality was already suspect at bect.
Note, the English were smart, they NEVER trusted Benedict Arnold with anything... he was a social Pariah in England...
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 10:44 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!
National Guard troops "open fire on civilians", again ...
They already shot the afghan after stabbing his head. Tag team.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 27, 2025 10:44 PM (Z5/Ih)
Posted by: moki at November 27, 2025 10:44 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (9RQU8)
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 27, 2025 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)
Huzzah!
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (wVcYX)
You couldn't pay me to eat one now.
Posted by: JQ
Do you have any idea what classic vintage 60s TV trays go for these days?
We were poor, but both TV dinners and the trays were affordable
Posted by: Swanson Hungry Man miklos at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (N7hqt)
Today she drug me to a great buffet and I just enjoyed the fact she was alive.
Posted by: Farmer at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (55Qr6)
Double huzzah!
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 10:46 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (dIske)
Internet shopping has put a dent on the Black Friday mayhem.
Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 10:46 PM (7F7Yd)
Posted by: Piper
I guess this means the turkey-brining incident worked out?
Posted by: mikeski at November 27, 2025 10:46 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Was there a Salisbury Steak too?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 27, 2025 10:36 PM (n9ltV)
Yes I had the Swanson's Salisbury Steak dinner. Not as appealing as the fried chicken or turkey.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 27, 2025 10:47 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (9RQU
Well, it's not unhenged. So there's that, at least.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:47 PM (npFr7)
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Wey-ull, as a friend who consumed these said to me back in the 70s, the problem with these TV dinners is that the meat tastes like the vegetables tastes like the potatoes tastes like the dessert.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:47 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: moki at November 27, 2025 10:48 PM (wLjpr)
Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research
https://tinyurl.com/45axahb2
Posted by: old chick at November 27, 2025 10:48 PM (F3Dlr)
*Hides face in shame*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Years ago my mother made some for her NY son-in-law (my husband). She did not tell others in the family, often 50 people. Buffet style Thanksgiving.
One uncle ate the turnips and told her his wife, her sister, "I think the mashed potatoes have gone off."
Hope you all had a wonderful day. Prayers for those who are missing someone at their table this year. Ours was immediate family only this year, which I am thankful for.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 27, 2025 10:48 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Miklos can feed and fatten up the hobos, if Ace insists at November 27, 2025 10:49 PM (N7hqt)
On a related note, if anyone has a box of General Mills Breakfast Squares tucked away in the corner of their Cold War bomb shelter, let me know and maybe we can negotiate a price.
Posted by: PabloD at November 27, 2025 10:49 PM (lC2t1)
Posted by: Bulg at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (0cOaq)
You couldn't pay me to eat one now.
Posted by: JQ
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I loved them as a free range 70s/80s kid for summer lunch. It was that or Chef Boyardee. Haven't had a TV dinner in years but occasionally enjoy some canned Ravolis.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (ys6FW)
The joke was on me. Surgery and recovery went incredibly well. I can eat solid food, so I made a turkey pot pie and put a big dent in a Wal-Mart pumpkin pie.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (8QVSJ)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (9RQU
Well, it's not unhenged. So there's that, at least.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Unlike the rains on the plains of Spain.
Posted by: Prof. Miklos Higgins at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 27, 2025 10:51 PM (uDDWT)
Both of us were engineering students, so a LOT of our "spare" time was spent studying and doing homework. Oftentimes there wasn't enough time to prepare a meal, and the time saved in popping a pre-made dinner in the oven was worth it some days. And sometimes a TV dinner was cheaper than buying fr3sh food and preparing meals from scratch.
Of course, back then there weren't nearly as many fast food (or even budget restaurant) options as there are today. But there is no shame in eat8ng TV dinners. Some of the pre-made stuff you can pick up in the local groceries these days is really good!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:51 PM (SRRAx)
I've had temps down to 25F and the turnips (in food plots mostly) survived. not sure how cold it has to get to kill them, but they usually survive late into winter. ... I have some right in my yard now, and the deer come by to nibble. Right now I see deer walking past my yard, temp is 24.6.
Posted by: illiniwek at November 27, 2025 10:51 PM (vbXSk)
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Oh God, Chef Boyardee. Even as a child, I thought that candied spaghetti was a bad thing.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:52 PM (0cOaq)
I was gonna say, I might just brave the elements for a cheese walk. Especially melty cheese.
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:52 PM (gWBY1)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:45 PM (9RQU
Well, it's not unhenged. So there's that, at least.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Unlike the rains on the plains of Spain.
Posted by: Prof. Miklos Higgins at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (N7hqt)
I'druid the day we'd start doing puns again.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 27, 2025 10:53 PM (9RQU8)
Posted by: mikeski
I have a turkey brining and frying rider on my homeowner's insurance.
I mean, who doesn't?
Posted by: Prudent and scalded Miklos at November 27, 2025 10:54 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:52 PM (gWBY1)
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Which elements? Personally, I'd avoid the plutonium.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:54 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: mindful webworker - and kicking off Christmastime at November 27, 2025 10:54 PM (LaTF/)
The Earl of Salisbury vs. the Earl of Sandwich
Discuss
Posted by: Miklos can feed and fatten up the hobos, if Ace insists at November 27, 2025 10:49 PM (N7hqt)
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The cool thing about Salisbury Steak is that it was originally medicinal in value. It was created by some Dr. around the US Civil War to treat injured soldiers.
PETA would probably be picketing Dr. Salisbury's house if he were alive today. He was one of those physicians who used to really push red meat as a health food.
Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 10:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 27, 2025 10:50 PM (8QVSJ)
Whenever pot pie is on special at a restaurant, I never fail to ask the waitress if it is made with free-range pot. Some have actually replied, "I'll go ask the chef."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:55 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Captain Obvious,
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It's not a good thing, but when I am tired of cooking it is the bestest thing
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:56 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:56 PM (ys6FW)
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Chacun a son gout.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 10:57 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: LizLem at November 27, 2025 10:52 PM (gWBY1)
Melty Cheese! I made an "inside-out" omelet today for brekkie. Fried bacon and eggs in the skillet, bacon crispy, eggs over hard, then sprinkled shredded Cheddar on that, let it get melty, flipped it for half a minute, and put it on the plate. It was yummy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:59 PM (npFr7)
You couldn't pay me to eat one now.
Posted by: JQ
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I was crazy for fish sticks.
Shopping hungry last month I bought a pack. Oh, the memories.
Go thing to have memories because they tasted like paper or something worse.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 10:59 PM (B9cbb)
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 10:59 PM (npFr7)
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That...sounds really good.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (7F7Yd)
Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research
Posted by: old chick at November 27, 2025 10:48 PM
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Thank you! Hadn't seen.
Posted by: TRex - rare but insignificant dino at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (cCn4/)
Posted by: Captain Obvious,
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It's not a good thing, but when I am tired of cooking it is the bestest thing
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
I still eat Chef Boyardee out of childhood nostalgia for canned ravioli.
Also because Ettore Boiardi dedicated himself to getting better food to American GIs.
Posted by: Mindful and Thankful Miklos at November 27, 2025 11:01 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mindful and Thankful Miklos at November 27, 2025 11:01 PM (N7hqt)
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Well, good for him.
His sauce is still too damn sweet.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (B9cbb)
A ton of family, extended family, and invited friends + my fav Scotch's and whiskey while I just lounged around before dinner watching the Chief's loose again and killing their playoff hopes.
But...The BEST Thanksgiving!!
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:03 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (ys6FW)
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I usually have eight fish sticks.
Posted by: Raymond at November 27, 2025 11:04 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Same here!
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:05 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 27, 2025 11:05 PM (3NeBC)
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:03 PM (25kuG)
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Awesome!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:06 PM (0cOaq)
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But...The BEST Thanksgiving!!
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:03 PM (25kuG)
That's commitment! Salute!
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 11:06 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Damned good between a couple of pieces of sourdough toast, too.
Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 11:07 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at November 27, 2025 11:08 PM (8cPKb)
Posted by: Orson
So, slap that Salisbury Steak patty on the wound, and hold it there? Sounds messy.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:08 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:02 PM (rdVOm)
It isn't the bean-counters it's the Left. And they have done it with malice intent.
Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (7F7Yd)
Posted by: JQ
I'm gone heat yo pot pie baby
From the bottom to the top
Don't go all flaky
The crust ain't what I want
You want one whole dollar
I give you that plus fifty cent
Posted by: Aspiring Bluesman Miklos at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Same here!
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:05 PM (rdVOm)
Pre-microwave affordability so you had to wait for the oven to heat up and cook your 25¢ pot pie. It built character.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (wVcYX)
@TonySeruga . 2h
... _ Lakanwal was shot multiple times (three to four wounds) by the victims during the exchange and is in serious but stable condition at a D.C. hospital.
He has been charged federally with first-degree murder (for Beckstrom's death), attempted murder, and assault on federal officers.
In a Thanksgiving address, Trump labeled the shooter a "savage monster" and "terrorist," vowing "swift and certain justice"
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (B9cbb)
I suspect Fake (economic) News will tell us tomorrow is "the worst" "black Friday" since (they'll make up some year).
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 27, 2025 11:09 PM (aE/QX)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (3U2FH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (B9cbb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (IET3u)
You’ve got to make sure the turkey is at room temperature before you deep fry them so leave them out for a few hours before hand..
Do not overfill the pot and keep the temp around 350 for a nice rolling boil.
Make sure it’s on the hook-stand really well.
Ease it in the pot slow & steady.
If you screw any of that up you’re in for a bad time.
As a few of the people in that vid found out the hard way.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:12 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:12 PM (0cOaq)
Shopping hungry last month I bought a pack. Oh, the memories.
Go thing to have memories because they tasted like paper or something worse.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
The fish sticks that they have now are nothing like the ones that we had in the fifties and sixties.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:12 PM (0Htd1)
My son and his g.f. have an uber to LAX in 8 hours....they're flying to Boston so plenty of time to sleep on plane ..
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 27, 2025 11:13 PM (3RQXz)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:13 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:14 PM (3U2FH)
Likker was cheap too (25 cent shot nights)
We knew it at the time
If you gotta be be poor, New Orleans was the spot.
Posted by: Recollections of Miklosian Youth at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (3U2FH)
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That was not a bad meal. I still do that for camping/backpacking, Carbs and protein.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:14 PM (3U2FH)
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Gorton's has a line that looks pretty tasty.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 27, 2025 11:15 PM (3U2FH)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:16 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Additional Recollections of Miklosian Youth at November 27, 2025 11:17 PM (N7hqt)
Those videos always show some dum-dum taking his frosty, 100% frozen-to-an-ice-block turkey, tying it up like a S&M fetishist, then dunking it into boiling oil.
Then they get an Oppenheimer-size mushroom cloud, their entire life is left in ruins (as well as the entire neighborhood), and they're standing there charred black like Wile E. Coyote after he just tried for the 1895th time to blow up the Road Runner, wailing "WHYYYYYYYYYY??????" like Nancy Kerrigan.
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (IET3u)
Freshman survival food
Posted by: Additional Recollections of Miklosian Youth at November 27, 2025 11:17 PM (N7hqt)
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Red Baron's Pizza is pretty tasty for the price point.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (0cOaq)
I don’t eat just any kind, though.
I tried Nissin’s “Cup Noodle”, which is imported from Japan, last year and has little freeze dried shrimp in it. I won’t eat any other kind now.
I get a 6 pack of them from Amazon once a month or so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (0cOaq)
Hell, Totino's are not great, but the price is right.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 27, 2025 11:19 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 27, 2025 11:19 PM (bss/y)
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I got a bunch of those for a game session, and they're not bad.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:20 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
Or Tombstone
Decisions, decisions
Posted by: Miklos tends to doctor them up at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (ys6FW)
I liked 'em as a kid. Ate them a lot.
My standards were ... primitive.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (jwFh7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (IET3u)
Posted by: Joyenz at November 27, 2025 11:22 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 27, 2025 11:21 PM (jwFh7)
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I think, as kids, all our standards were.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:22 PM (0cOaq)
In communist Hungary, there was no frozen pizza.
Or Chef Boyardee
Or even Mac and Cheese in a box.
Be thankful
Posted by: Miklos remembers and is Thankful at November 27, 2025 11:23 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Soothsayer at November 27, 2025 11:09
Obviously the legacy media will spin everything in a maximally anti-Trump way.
The question is how much does "the economy" in such an utterly corrupt system as pertains in the United States today still really matter.
Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:24 PM (7F7Yd)
Or Chef Boyardee
Or even Mac and Cheese in a box.
Be thankful
Posted by: Miklos remembers and is Thankful at November 27, 2025 11:23 PM (N7hqt)
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Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:24 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Banquet frozen chicken - once a year or so.
Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 11:24 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Comrade Bernie, ordering vegan thai food at 3 AM at November 27, 2025 11:25 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:26 PM (0cOaq)
They did as of a few years ago. Switched to the Marie Calendar's brand, which also has a bottom crust. Overpriced, but I ain't going back.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 27, 2025 11:26 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Just the Punchline
Which is why you doused them with ketchup. Not only are the frozen beer battered fish filets good, but if you have hamburger buns you can make a fishwich that is better than McDonalds.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (3U2FH)
I wasn't up for making mac and cheese casserole today.
I boiled the noodles and then added lots of butter, sharp cheese and milk.
All on the stove. The four grandchildren loved it. Grannie, this is the best ever.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (3ek7K)
Mom breaking out two boxes of "Van De Kamps" Fish sticks for a Friday dinner. Mom made a pretty awesome tartar sauce to go with the sticks.
They also made the absolute BEST "Salt Rising Bread".
An LA iconic bakery for many many decades.
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:28 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (0Htd1)
I do that! And with a big slice of sharp cheddar cheese heated til it’s melt.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 27, 2025 11:29 PM (3U2FH)
Philip K. Dick saw it. So did Jesus.
—EKO
In 1974, Philip K. Dick came home to find his house ransacked.
Files opened. Papers scattered. Evidence of systematic search.
His first thought wasn’t anger.
It wasn’t violation.
It was relief.
“Thank God I’m not crazy. I have real enemies.”
The FBI file he later obtained proved it. The CIA had opened his mail. His neighbors recorded license plates of every visitor. The harassment was real.
The Machine was watching.
But that’s not what shattered his reality. That came three months earlier. When something else made contact. ... [much more]
https://tinyurl.com/m84kfcjw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:29 PM (B9cbb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:18 PM (IET3u)
There are probably 10,000 videos on YouTube explaining how to cook turkey.
If you screw it up in this day & age it’s because you’re winging it and making it up as you go along.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Deployed a heavy dose if lemon juice on my fish sticks to kill the taste.
Posted by: scampydog at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (3ek7K)
Ease it in the pot slow & steady.
If you screw any of that up you’re in for a bad time.
As a few of the people in that vid found out the hard way.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:12 PM (6ydKt)
If you can, put the turkey in the fryer before adding oil to make sure it doesn't overflow the container, then take the bird out to bring oil up to temperature. Also, turn the flame off for the thirty seconds it takes to immerse the bird.
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 11:31 PM (bMx79)
Posted by: Comrade Bernie
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A friend gave me a vegan pizza once. No meat. No cheese. It tasted of pesto and sadness.
The friend was a big Bernie supporter. She went way off the deep end with socialist politics. Trump was the boogeyman. Dead now. I miss who she was before and am sorry she spent her last years so angry.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:31 PM (ys6FW)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
Wouldn't be a surprise it their first meal at Ellis Island was Chef Boyardee.
In those days, legal immigrants got one meal after approval.
That was it. Welcome to America, One hot meal, now move
Posted by: Miklos thinks Old ways are Best Ways at November 27, 2025 11:33 PM (N7hqt)
I don’t eat just any kind, though.
Prison Pad Thai
One Ramen Chicken noodle package
Franks red hot sauce
Two Tablespoons of Peanut butter(creamy works best)
1. Cook your ramen, keep about 1/4 cup of broth in after you drain it.
2. Next, put the peanut butter in the bottom of your bowl and spread it around. 3. Then put the Franks red hot in .
4. On top add the ramen.
5. Mix it all together and wala…bomb ass prison pad thai.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 27, 2025 11:33 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:33 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at November 27, 2025 11:34 PM (IET3u)
We had a regular turkey and a smoked turkey. Lots of the smoked one left. I think I'll make a turkey pie. It'll be a different taste.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:35 PM (3ek7K)
Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro may have the recipe
Posted by: Miklos just guesses at November 27, 2025 11:35 PM (N7hqt)
Anyway! I hope all of you had a good Thanksgiving in whatever form you chose or which chose you; and that your Friday off will be well spent.
Booga-booga. Off to bed.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 27, 2025 11:35 PM (wzUl9)
Add some shredded mozzarella cheese and Parmesan on top and they weren’t half bad.
It’s like eating a crunchy flatbread pizza.
Before that I was addicted to Screamin' Sicilian strombolis but had to quit eating them because they were stopping me up like a cork in a bottle.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:36 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:00 PM (rdVOm)
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I believe they'll hang anyone who associates crust with pot pie in my neck of the woods.
Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 11:36 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Just the Punchline at November 27, 2025 11:11 PM (3U2FH)
Two thumbs up for a gourmet dinner bachelors!
Plus the above recipe provides leftovers for the next day.
Posted by: waepnedmann at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (oAt+o)
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Don't know. I recall that his father mined coal in Belgium for awhile. He was in the Hungarian army during WWII. Not terribly happy to be working for Germans.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (0cOaq)
Sorry I'm late. I would have an excuse but I think tankdemon already used it earlier this year.
Posted by: RandomDave at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (zZH3A)
Posted by: Orson
How can it be "pie" without crust?
Whatever. Come and get me! 😜
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (rdVOm)
Between FISH STICKS & FISH AND CHIPS.
Fish & Chips with just a bit of tartar sauce and a fine slathering of Malt Vinegar are the very best fish ever.
(NO SUSHI REFERENCES ALLOWED!!)
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:39 PM (25kuG)
I buy dollar pizzas and a bag of pepperoni (enough for 5 or so pizzas). Scrape, with a cleaver all the mozzarella to the center and add more cheese, yellow, I'm cheap, around the perimeter and cover the top with pepperoni. Also have a jar of black olives.
Takes less that 5 minutes to prepare.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 27, 2025 11:40 PM (B9cbb)
Posted by: Lawyer with filet knife at November 27, 2025 11:40 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:30 PM (0cOaq)
This is a truism. Obviously the sharper the better. It's axiomatic.
Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:41 PM (7F7Yd)
Posted by: Drinks waiting on the bar at November 27, 2025 11:41 PM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 27, 2025 11:42 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Hut at November 27, 2025 11:41 PM (7F7Yd)
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And yet, there are people who buy the medium and mild. it's a mystery.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:42 PM (0cOaq)
Between FISH STICKS & FISH AND CHIPS.
Fish & Chips with just a bit of tartar sauce and a fine slathering of Malt Vinegar are the very best fish ever.
(NO SUSHI REFERENCES ALLOWED!!)
Posted by: Nightwatch
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Fish and chips are yummy. I don't love sushi.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:42 PM (ys6FW)
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Because you're not going to take anyone's head off with dull cheddar.
Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed at November 27, 2025 11:43 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Miklos may misremember at November 27, 2025 11:43 PM (N7hqt)
Today was our big meal day.
Christmas dinner will be breakfast for dinner. Everyone is worn out, four grandchildren, and they love breakfast for dinner.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:43 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: tankdemon at November 27, 2025 11:31 PM (bMx79)
The pot we used was pretty big (use it to cook collard greens in before the turkey) so we’d just fill it up half way. Even with a 10 or 12 pound turkey it never got high enough.
My Dad started deep frying them in the 90s when they were all the rage. Never screwed up with the oil but overcooked a few over that time.
He also did a few on the rotisserie which turned out wonderful.
There’s also an infrared turkey fryer we got that he used one time just so he wouldn’t have to buy all of the peanut oil to use one time. That came out ok, not as juicy as oil fried but still a good bird. Mom didn’t like it as much so he never used it again.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:44 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Orson
How can it be "pie" without crust?
Whatever. Come and get me! 😜
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:38 PM (rdVOm)
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Pot pie comes from a miscommunication between German and English. The original term is "Bot boi". It's a German dish that came over with the Pa Dutch (Germans). Someone started calling it Pot Pie, and it stuck. But, it's a think chicken stew with homemade dough noodles, potatoes, etc.
Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 11:44 PM (dIske)
4.99 in Loonie dollars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:44 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 27, 2025 11:27 PM (3U2FH)
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Wait. Your fish sticks had taste?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:43 PM (3ek7K)
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Does anyone remember Farmer John Smoky Links? They were so delicious, where can you find them anymore?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (ys6FW)
Hut,
I apologize for thinking you were a troll.
You seem normal. Well normal compared to some people here.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:46 PM (3ek7K)
Tried it once (The Fad and all that).
Frankly, nothing beats a 6-hour slow roast or 10-hour slow smoke with apple wood and a 24-hr brining with spices beforehand.
Never fail awesome birds at dinner time.
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:46 PM (25kuG)
Posted by: IrishEi at November 27, 2025 11:47 PM (3ImbR)
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Yeechhh.
Sounds like something Charo would drink between banging Captain Stubing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 27, 2025 11:47 PM (JkO4W)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Will in a few... comin' up!
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:47 PM (rdVOm)
LOL!!!
Saw the Steelers play in Baltimore a few years ago. The Steelers won. Nice stadium. Really cold in late November.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 27, 2025 11:48 PM (v9vY1)
You seem normal. Well normal compared to some people here.
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Look kids!
It's a Christmas miracle!
Posted by: The Hallmark Channel at November 27, 2025 11:49 PM (JkO4W)
*Hides face in shame*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 27, 2025 10:25 PM (ys6FW)
Mashed potatoes and turnips with butter is better. It is more complicated because turnips take longer to cook, and have more water in them, but the two together is fantastic.
Posted by: Kindltot at November 27, 2025 11:49 PM (rbvCR)
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Oh, that's just not right. I had a beer once that had a jalapeno in it. Beer is supposed to be refreshing. Having chili oils in your beer is not refreshing. It was the only beer that I have ever not finished.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 27, 2025 11:49 PM (0cOaq)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 27, 2025 11:51 PM (BM9CI)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 27, 2025 11:51 PM (3ek7K)
I've only ever seen the Banquet, Swanson, and their like, in the freezer case-- little pies, not chicken stew. Had no idea...
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:51 PM (rdVOm)
I've only ever seen the Banquet, Swanson, and their like, in the freezer case-- little pies, not chicken stew. Had no idea...
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:51 PM (rdVOm)
___________________
Heh...you don't want to piss off the PA Mennonites and Amish. We need their votes.
Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 11:52 PM (dIske)
I thought of that one too. Guard troops now are understandably going to be a lot more jumpy. Intelligence agencies were always sketchy but they have mutated into prioritizing their own interests over anything else and see anything that lowers the power of government over the citizen as a personal attack
Posted by: Azjaeger at November 27, 2025 11:53 PM (3/XaG)
May have to listen to Borodin’s Polovyetsian Dances next.
Posted by: Bulg at November 27, 2025 11:54 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Orson
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Well, if they're offended by such a trivial thing, do I *want* them to vote at all?
Posted by: JQ at November 27, 2025 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 27, 2025 11:55 PM (6ydKt)
She saved the label, to do the Honest Thing next time she goes down there. Even though they'd never know. You know.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the only policy at November 27, 2025 11:55 PM (LaTF/)
Posted by: pookysgirl did like the berry pie at November 27, 2025 11:56 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Megthered at November 27, 2025 11:56 PM (3TRNo)
Posted by: PabloD at November 27, 2025 11:56 PM (lC2t1)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 27, 2025 11:49 PM (rbvCR)
Neeps and tatties are the traditional side dishes to accompany the haggis at a Burns Night supper.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (npFr7)
Posted by: Bulg at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (77rzZ)
She saved the label, to do the Honest Thing next time she goes down there. Even though they'd never know. You know.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the only policy
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Good woman.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 27, 2025 11:59 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 27, 2025 11:45 PM (JkO4W)
Yeah, kinda like how the gutter next to Fisherman’s Wharf smelled,
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 28, 2025 12:00 AM (3U2FH)
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Now try Bruckner's 5th Symphony. Takes the sting out of losing the Sixth Army.
Posted by: A. Schicklegruber at November 28, 2025 12:00 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: JQ at November 28, 2025 12:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Thanks. I'll try that.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:01 AM (ys6FW)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:01 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: PabloD at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (lC2t1)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (BM9CI)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (3RQXz)
Posted by: JQ at November 28, 2025 12:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (npFr7)
I’m not sure anything tastes good with haggis except maybe some Scotch.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 12:04 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (3RQXz)
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Why do you hate Cakes of Color?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:05 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:58 PM (npFr7)
But admitting that would mean I have to suggest cock-a-leekie soup and I am not that cruel
Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:05 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:07 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Kindltot at November 28, 2025 12:07 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Scots had to eat a lot of crap to survive.
The smart ones got tired of it and left.
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at November 28, 2025 12:07 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Frankie at November 28, 2025 12:10 AM (yrmOH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:02 AM (3RQXz)
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Why do you hate Cakes of Color?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:05 AM (JkO4W)
I'm a Caucasian male married into a Hispanic family. Since the cake is made because it's my favorite the official name it is referred to as is 'white boy cake'.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:10 AM (3RQXz)
Posted by: Frankie at November 28, 2025 12:10 AM (yrmOH)
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Kudos. Eating calmly through a raging domestic quarrel is a skill that has real practical value.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:12 AM (JkO4W)
I’ve heard people tell me how great snails, cow tongue, and sheep’s balls taste but I just can’t bring myself to try it because my brain is gagging just thinking about it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 12:12 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: JQ
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It was gonna come down to food or boobs. I'm not a boob connoisseur. TV dinners and fish sticks make for better discussion. Lol.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:13 AM (ys6FW)
Lara Logan@laralogan . Nov 26
“I was in the CIA for 24 years. The agency has been defeated. We’ve been penetrated so badly that our enemies now influence U.S. foreign policy. It’s time to shut the CIA down and build an OSS-style service with a dedicated MI5-type counterintelligence arm.”
— Gary Berntsen, former CIA operations officer
https://tinyurl.com/bdehkz6v
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 28, 2025 12:13 AM (B9cbb)
Amen Barely Scarymary
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:13 AM (3ek7K)
I have made my final run.
Is it my third at getting seconds, or the second time getting thirds?
Sounds like when they try explain about Cousins.
Anyway I have both Lemon Meringue AND Coconut Creme.
I hope the HR people note my commitment to Diversity and Inclusion.
Posted by: Miklos prepares to hibernate for the winter at November 28, 2025 12:13 AM (N7hqt)
Not feeling that, lol.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:07 AM (3ek7K)
Cockles and leek soup I could see.
Posted by: RickZ at November 28, 2025 12:15 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 12:15 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Bulg at November 28, 2025 12:16 AM (77rzZ)
— Gary Berntsen, former CIA operations officer
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Didn't I propose this very thing in a thread this morning? I added a specific suggestion about a small suite of offices above the Wall Drug in Bumfuck Nebraska.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 28, 2025 12:16 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:10 AM (3RQXz)
Gringo Gateau
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 12:17 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:13 AM (ys6FW)
Marie Calendar’s pot pies are the absolute best, especially if you can find the big one that serves 4.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 28, 2025 12:17 AM (3U2FH)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
Where is that commenter "these fish sticks are hard as tits"?
Posted by: Miklos oddly recalls at November 28, 2025 12:17 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 12:12 AM (6ydKt)
Cow tongue is a muscle, with no bone in it. It's also located about as far away from the asshole as it's possible to get and still be in the cow. So there's that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 12:18 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:19 AM (3ek7K)
BREAKING: President Trump: “Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation. Other than that, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL…”
X: https://bit.ly/48DKNhB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 12:19 AM (P5BPp)
I remember my mother would save the tins they came in and make her own "tv dinners" as well
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:20 AM (sKqQm)
But the plate I ate...was loaded with 4 sides, smoked turkey, ham, deep fried turkey, sausage, a dinner roll (Why).
I had to walk outside and a take a stroll after I cleaned my plate. Then the deserts came out...I settled for a glass of a 2014 Bordeaux and called it quits. (My sister-in-law keeps good wines)
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 28, 2025 12:20 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: JQ at November 28, 2025 12:21 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 12:15 AM (npFr7)
Yeah but heart, liver, lungs, encased in stomach.
I’m not a big fan of offal unless we’re talking hot dogs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 12:21 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 28, 2025 12:22 AM (z1lUe)
I tried it a few years ago and it was nasty.
I can't tell though if my memories of eating it as a kid and it being pretty tasty or wrong or if the quality has declined
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:22 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mrs. Paul and Bob Evans would like to swing with Marie and Totino at November 28, 2025 12:22 AM (N7hqt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 28, 2025 12:23 AM (z1lUe)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Those are good. I remember there was a Marie Calendar restaurant in Austin years ago. Not anymore. Sad
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:23 AM (ys6FW)
Sending the illegals home would:
Lower the cost of housing
Lower the cost of health care
Increase low skilled wages
Decrease crime
Amusingly these are all things the left claims to want
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:23 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mrs. Paul and Bob Evans would like to swing with Marie and Totino at November 28, 2025 12:22 AM (N7hqt)
Marie was a slut!
Posted by: Mary See at November 28, 2025 12:23 AM (IET3u)
Posted by: Comrade Bernie, ordering vegan thai food at 3 AM at November 27, 2025 11:25 PM (N7hqt)
Because
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 28, 2025 12:24 AM (xqIAL)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:24 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 28, 2025 12:24 AM (25kuG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 12:18 AM (npFr7)
I guess I’ve been too spoiled by the better parts.
Don’t get me wrong, if I had the choice of tongue or starve I’d be a tongue-eating aficionado in no time.
Until then I’m all about prime ribs and sirloins.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 28, 2025 12:24 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: 18-1
My mother kept the aluminum wrappers from sticks of margarine.
Those were for baking potatoes.
Posted by: Miklos was not always poor at November 28, 2025 12:25 AM (N7hqt)
Lower the cost of housing
Lower the cost of health care
Increase low skilled wages
Decrease crime
Amusingly these are all things the left claims to want
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:23 AM (sKqQm)
Missing:
Enforce/preserve sovereignty
What is this “health care”? I have no health for which to care so I do t know what that is.
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 28, 2025 12:25 AM (xqIAL)
Those were for baking potatoes.
I'm reminded of the scene in The Book of Eli where Washington notes, "Back then we threw away things people would fight for now"
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:26 AM (sKqQm)
I read today that the Cook County has voted in a permanent guaranteed income program.
Our tax dollars I'm sure.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:27 AM (3ek7K)
BREAKING: President Trump to permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries
X: https://bit.ly/4rpSVJS
Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_
"HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for — You won't be here for long!"
Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47
This is one of the most important messages ever released by President Trump.
Read every word.
X: https://bit.ly/3Mr10Op
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 12:28 AM (P5BPp)
The results of these sorts of things are pretty consistent everywhere they try them.
People getting the money are happier, and work a lot less.
"But this time it will be different!"
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:28 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 28, 2025 12:28 AM (z1lUe)
Secaucus
Houston
Los Angeles
Vegas should be running numbers on this. It's better than half the stuff they bet on.
Posted by: Orson at November 27, 2025 10:42 PM (dIske)
Houston, being in TX, is kept in check by being in TX and therefore beholden to TX concealed carry laws.
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 28, 2025 12:31 AM (xqIAL)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:31 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Comrade Bernie, ordering vegan thai food at 3 AM at November 27, 2025 11:25 PM (N7hqt)
The most amusing part of this, by the way, is that for a whole range of things the left argues the traditional choices are not enough.
So for example 2 sexes is to restrictive while 3 brands of deoderant is confusing and absurd...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:32 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:27 AM
I wonder how many illegal aliens have been benefitting from these federal taxpayer dollars. "Selected via lottery." Riiight. And the elections in Chicago are perfectly legitimate.
Via Grok:
Pilot Origins: Launched in 2022 as the Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot, it was the largest publicly funded effort of its kind in the U.S. at the time. Funded by $42 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), it provided no-strings-attached monthly payments of $500 to 3,250 low-income households (selected via lottery) from December 2022 through December 2024, with final payments in January 2025.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 12:33 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 28, 2025 12:34 AM (PVx8n)
Pot pie comes from a miscommunication between German and English. The original term is "Bot boi". It's a German dish that came over with the Pa Dutch (Germans). Someone started calling it Pot Pie, and it stuck. But, it's a think chicken stew with homemade dough noodles, potatoes, etc.
Posted by: Orson
My mother and both of my grandmothers were partly German. They made that chicken "pot pie" and it was great. Cook the chicken in a pressure cooker. Cut the dough into squares and put the juice and chicken on it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 28, 2025 12:34 AM (pkeXY)
In the time America has gone from ~10M illegals to ~40M illegals the federal budget has gone from $2T to $8T...
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:34 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 28, 2025 12:28 AM
Chicago is in Cook County.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 12:35 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 28, 2025 12:35 AM (z1lUe)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:35 AM (3ek7K)
Our tax dollars I'm sure.
Posted by: fourseasons at
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LaQuisha will have her weave and nails did. And not care about who her Baby Daddies are.
Meanwhile, I budget and manage so I can support La Quisha's generational poverty and crappy life choices.
This is why I burned out on charity work. I just can't Nymore
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:36 AM (ys6FW)
Muhammed said that if he was a false prophet that God would cut off his aorta.
Then years later after massacring a group of people he ate food prepared by the wife of one of the men he killed and she poisoned him. He didn't die then, but most sources note this has contributing to his death and specifically note it damaged his heart.
Ignore the gay stuff. Ignore the stuff with kids. Ignoring the mass murder. The guy was a false prophet according to his own damn teachings.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 28, 2025 12:40 AM (sKqQm)
Barely Scarymary,
I used to do a lot of volunteer work.
I stopped when the people of color called and said We don't want white people food.
Fuck off starve.
Unfuckinfbelievable.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:41 AM (3ek7K)
I'm reminded of the scene in The Book of Eli where Washington notes, "Back then we threw away things people would fight for now"
Posted by: 18-1
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I'm certain that my stash of hoarded steel coffee cans with sealing lids will prove useful some day.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2025 12:41 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 28, 2025 12:35 AM
I knew that from being born and raised there. Moved away permanently after graduating college. Used to go back once or twice a year to visit family during Independence Day and Christmas. But since grandparents all passed away by 2010 and mom retired to Arizona in 2015, I have not been back.
My old quiet Polish neighborhood I grew up in on the South Side near Midway Airport slowly was changed to Mexican and taken over by gangs by the late 1990s, early 2000s. I would have described the neighborhood I grew up in in the 1980s as out of "The Wonder Years". By the early 2000s, it became unrecognizable from those days.
Depressing. As the saying goes, you can never go home again.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 12:43 AM (P5BPp)
Thank you.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 27, 2025 10:16 PM (SRRAx)
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You can include me in the long list of folks here who are happy that you've made another year.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 28, 2025 12:43 AM (uJWG4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 28, 2025 12:47 AM (0nHVk)
"...the seriously retarded governor of Minnesota" and the "congressman/woman Ilhan Omar" who is "always wrapped in a swaddling hijab" and came here "probably illegally" because in our country "you aren't allowed to marry your brother".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 12:48 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:49 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: scampydog
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Reminds me of a great book, "The Yearling". A book about hard times, every damned day; I'm thankful that's not my life.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 28, 2025 12:49 AM (TqnbQ)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:49 AM (ys6FW)
- - - - - -
Discontinued after the lawyers got involved.
Because idiots would try to microwave them...
Posted by: As not seen on TV at November 28, 2025 12:51 AM (CyT/u)
Mary,
We gave them hams and turkeys and lots of other foods.
We never figured out the white people food thing.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:51 AM (3ek7K)
Sort of messed up Thanksgiving. Early yesterday morning, my 95 year old mother sprung another unstoppable nosebleed, which is what happens when her platelet count drops low. This time, it was
The $$$ "Nplate" infusion they've been giving her has stopped working -- her immune system has developed antibodies to that compound. Her crazy immune system has just decided "the platelets must die".
So, high dose of steroids again and IgG. There are some other things they can try, which which they will. But this is obviously not too good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
The did let her out of the hospital around 4PM this afternoon, and we were able to get her back home and have dinner.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 12:54 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 12:55 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:55 AM (ys6FW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Publius
Sorry you have to go through this. Hang in there!
Best Always to you
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 28, 2025 12:56 AM (3RQXz)
4.99 in Loonie dollars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 27, 2025 11:44 PM (npFr7)
I'm still amazed at how they vanish for so many people. Its like losing a 3/8 socket, and that don't happen. Are these 10mm sockets trying venture back to europe where they belong?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 28, 2025 12:56 AM (snZF9)
Anyway, her platelet count was below the threshold of detection, which is 2000 per whatever volume unit I forget. So, she essentially had no platelets at all. Normal range is 150K - 400K.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
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I am sorry. Best to you and your family.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 12:59 AM (ys6FW)
Mary,
Some people are never happy.
Those of who try to God's work don't understand the lack of gratitude.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 01:00 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2025 01:03 AM (XeU6L)
Heh. Around here "black people food", maybe "soul food", is just "food", southern po' white people food.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 01:03 AM (w6EFb)
God knows my heart and that I tried. Right now I have vapacity for my family and people. And He understands that too.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 01:06 AM (ys6FW)
1. Build East Wing ballroom.
2. ???
3. Presidente vitalicio!
Posted by: SciVo at November 28, 2025 01:07 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 01:08 AM (3ek7K)
Bers, the suspense is killing me, did you go to the House of Wax or your sister-in-laws?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 28, 2025 01:10 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 01:10 AM (ys6FW)
Take cans of ravioli and place in large pot, cover with (hopefully) potable water. Water should be cool or ambient temperature. Place on heat source (stove, campfire, burning tank, etc.) and bring to boil. Allow to boil for several minutes. Fish out hot cans, hold can in gloved hand while removing top with P38 opener. Use a fresh Spork and enjoy.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 28, 2025 01:11 AM (8QVSJ)
Posted by: JM
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Yeah, well...
Posted by: Flag the deer at November 28, 2025 01:12 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: publius
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My mother, raised on a low country farm, really enjoyed pickled pig's feet. I can't say that I inherited the taste.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2025 01:16 AM (XeU6L)
As noted by someone way up above, the guy behind the name was a big supplier of rations during WWII. The canned sort, obviously. I think his expansion to a national brand followed the war.
Certain soups and chilis I enjoy as a cheating easy no-cook dinner, since we cook almost everything we eat, sometimes there are no leftovers, and you just don't feel like cooking that day. Restaurant value proposition collapsed noticeably well before The Great Idiocy in 2020, at least here (SoCal). After the hyper-inflation (by US historical standards) in '21-'23, fuggetaboutit. Ridiculously expensive.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 28, 2025 01:17 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 01:18 AM (ys6FW)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 01:20 AM (3ek7K)
That's one I'll pass on as well. Hog brains was one my father loved. That, I can not stomach even the thought.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 01:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ChE99 at November 28, 2025 01:23 AM (bLGb+)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 01:24 AM (3ek7K)
We've got a hematology appointment for her tomorrow, and they're gonna try some other things to keep her platelets up. The problem is the immune suppression necessary right now. While that keeps her system from destroying the platelets, that also allows pathogens and things like pneumonia to get take off, which ain't good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 01:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at November 28, 2025 01:26 AM (ys6FW)
publius,
I don't know what to say. That is a very difficult situation.
Please know many people are praying for you all.
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 01:29 AM (3ek7K)
Thank you all so much.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 01:29 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: cmeat at November 28, 2025 01:30 AM (R11M+)
Aliens?
https://is.gd/9iGKa8
Very rare red halo over a small town in the Italian Alps there, spotted for the second time. It was captured back in 2023, and now it happened again. Some very rare "ELVE" they think, but ain't sure.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 01:31 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fourseasons at November 28, 2025 01:34 AM (3ek7K)
Heh, those halos probably aren't so rare, they're just incredibly difficult to see. The photographer just knows what conditions to look for, and has fancy equipment with ridiculous frame rates.
If we all had that, we'd probably see those red halos all over the place during the right lightning conditions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 01:37 AM (w6EFb)
It's 25F here now -- that cold snap is here.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 01:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 28, 2025 01:39 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at November 28, 2025 01:40 AM (KaHlS)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
May she get well soon, publius.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 01:41 AM (npFr7)
Depressing. As the saying goes, you can never go home again.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 28, 2025 12:43 AM (P5BPp)
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Yup. I grew up near 79th and Cicero. Took a ride through the old neighborhood recently; a lifetime of change. What was predominantly Irish, Italian, etc.is now Mexican. Checked out the church bulletin -- Habla Espanol?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 28, 2025 01:44 AM (WtW17)
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Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
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You can always be proud of the loving care you're giving in her hour of need.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 28, 2025 01:49 AM (WtW17)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2025 01:03 AM (XeU6L)
They send them out every second week. The one in front of me covers Dec. 2 to 14. The flyer is on line at their website, too. A lot of their tools and stuff are Chinesium, alla samey Harbor Freight, but they have a surplus department, mostly industrial, rarely military, where deals can be found. I bought some windshield wiper blades for 3.99 each, which is cheap by today's standards.
If you ever find something in their only flyer that you simply must have, let me know, and I can snag it, bring it to AZ with me, and mail it to you from there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 01:52 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 01:59 AM (npFr7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2025 01:59 AM (XeU6L)
I got into the Mercator map projection sort of tangentially today -- I can really go off on tangents -- and I'm ashamed that I didn't realized the meaning of the basic properties of that projection. It's conformal, preserving angles -- the vertical scale factor is chosen such that local angles are preserved. That means it's ideal for rhumb ling, constant compass bearing navigation.
On the flat map, you connect point A to point B with straight line, and that's the path of constant compass bearing. It's not the shortest path geodesic (great circle ) between A and B, but it's damned simple. All this time, and that simple property hadn't registered.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 02:02 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 28, 2025 01:59 AM (XeU6L)
Haven't checked lately, but it was something like 5 F here this evening when I came home from a road trip to Red Deer. Probably closer to zero now. Ice fog was beginning to appear.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 02:03 AM (npFr7)
On the flat map, you connect point A to point B with straight line, and that's the path of constant compass bearing. It's not the shortest path geodesic (great circle ) between A and B, but it's damned simple. All this time, and that simple property hadn't registered.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 02:02 AM (w6EFb)
Presumably, compass bearings have to be corrected for declination for that to work?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 02:05 AM (npFr7)
Thanksgiving 2008.
One month after marriage ended living in a cottage/dump with no central heating.
Thanksgiving dinner was microwave, turkey and cheese lean pockets.
Wife is sleeping on the couch because i'm p***** off that we have a dead stovetop, dead wall oven and a dead refrigerator in which all the food that I was going to make for thanksgiving rotted.
Somehow I am the bad guy. As usual.
Posted by: Rastus Porkmo at November 28, 2025 02:06 AM (o7u1E)
Yes indeed, and that was a practical problem. You had to know longitude as well as latitude to correct to true north.
For short distances, the rhumb line, constant bearing path is okay, but for long haul voyages, the difference between a true geodesic and the rhumb line path could be 10 - 13%. So, long haul sailing needed to follow geodesics, where time was money for trade routes and such.
They basically approximated the geodesic with precomputed way points -- which were "straight" rhumb line segments between precomputed points on the great circle. For example, the rhumb line path from Britain to Sydney (steering around the continents of course), was 2000 miles longer than the geodesic, which was over a week in sailing time.
Turns about 6 way points were usually sufficient for most purposes, with 10 at most required.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 02:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 28, 2025 01:10 AM (0nHVk)
House of wax, but the mannequins weren't there.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 28, 2025 02:13 AM (snZF9)
My family drove up to Tacoma last night to be with my in-laws. I brought appetizers: homemade capicola, breakfast sausage, and salami cotto. The turkey was very late, so I was happy all the kids had something to eat in the meantime. My wife brought the stuffing, cranberry sauce, a gorgeous salad with feta and hand-picked walnuts (which the kids have been shelling for a month), and a bunch of other things. I also brought some recipes and ingredients to play bartender for the evening.
I feel really blessed to be a part of this family, now for seventeen years. It's great to see the nephews and niece. We're very thankful and proud of how the teens and near-teens---our own and the rest---are growing towards adulthood.
Posted by: pjungwir at November 28, 2025 02:13 AM (uCw0Z)
Our country divided.
True Americans giving thanks while others within our borders try to destroy the Republic.
It is time to fight back.
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 28, 2025 02:20 AM (25kuG)
Since we ARE the most exceptional of countries, it's only fitting that the stupidity level rise in proportion as proof.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 28, 2025 02:20 AM (vFbHf)
We have one apple pie left, which was the plan. I intend to eat that for breakfast for a few days.
Nobody ever leaves my house hungry.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 28, 2025 02:27 AM (6Bc88)
Another complication is the earth isn't a perfect sphere, and the next order approximation is the oblate spheroid, a 2-axis polar ellipsoid. The geodesics there are not the same. For paths between +/- 40 deg latitude, the difference is negligible, well within what was the normal errors of the day.
But closer to the poles, it did become more significant. The great "heroic" polar explorers did use ellipsoidal paths there. And some of the big line, trying to set speed records and stuff, did try to use the ellipsoidal paths, trying to shave off as much time as they could.
Those ellipsoidal calculations are much more messy mathematically, but they worked it out. Turns out there's a "conservation law" for the 2-axis ellipsoid that makes it simpler, and you can see that as sort of a constant angular momentum thing (a mathematical analog, of course, not any real angular momentum).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 02:31 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 28, 2025 02:31 AM (0nHVk)
Nobody ever leaves my house hungry.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 28, 2025 02:27 AM (6Bc8
I've got enough Rib Roast for a couple days for me and the Kiddo... plus most of a Pumpkin Pie left...
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 28, 2025 02:31 AM (mP0Kj)
Since we ARE the most exceptional of countries, it's only fitting that the stupidity level rise in proportion as proof.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 28, 2025 02:20 AM (vFbHf)
30+ years ago... 4th of July... Denver... me and my then young teenage kids...
Bottle rocket fights.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 28, 2025 02:32 AM (mP0Kj)
Nowadays, with computers and GPS and other fancy systems, if you want, you can follow a geodesic on the surface of the earth exactly, essentially doing Riemannian parallel transport on the fly, turning your bearing continuously as you go.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 28, 2025 02:33 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 28, 2025 02:34 AM (npFr7)
*last comment was over twenty minutes ago* 🙁
*wanders off to bed*
https://youtu.be/HtUH9z_Oey8
G'nite, alla y'all what might stumble through l8r.
Posted by: mindful webworker - thankful to have a nice bed to which to go at November 28, 2025 03:03 AM (LaTF/)
Get a little earth shaking lately?
Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2025 03:05 AM (+qU29)
This is a good plan.
I love pie for breakfast.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 28, 2025 03:46 AM (9FEtL)
Get a little earth shaking lately?
Posted by: Skip at November 28, 2025 03:05 AM (+qU29)
Sorry, got sidetracked feeding the dogs the leftover gravy.
6.0, about 25 miles west of here. Shook for most of a minute. Didn't have a big jolt, just constant movement. I kept waiting for it to get worse but it didn't.
Woke folks up early enough to put the turkey in, though.
Posted by: tcn, Pickle Queen in AK at November 28, 2025 03:47 AM (6Bc88)
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Posted by: Colin at November 28, 2025 04:12 AM (wlQdF)
A ton of family, extended family, and invited friends + my fav Scotch's and whiskey while I just lounged around before dinner watching the Chief's loose again and killing their playoff hopes.
But...The BEST Thanksgiving!!
Posted by: Nightwatch at November 27, 2025 11:03 PM (25kuG)
Sounds like heaven!
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