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Title: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 22, 2010, 11:42:08 PM
I'm just gonna enjoy my day off and eat sum turkey.  No family, no nothing.  In all likelihood, this will be my last Thanksgiving Day off in years.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 23, 2010, 12:25:37 AM
Hanging out with a girl. I am undecided about going to the family dinner. I like seeing family, but I also hate seeing family, and the whole vegan thing can make it a bit awkward.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 23, 2010, 12:42:19 AM
Even more awkward when they find out the girl you're hanging out with is a turkey.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Rama on Nov 23, 2010, 01:22:19 AM
Nothing really. There will be Turkey, that I will most likely cook. Some family might come in...might not. I don't really care either way.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 23, 2010, 01:33:39 AM
She is not a country that is at the threshold of the Middle East and Europe, I can assure you of that.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Sam on Nov 23, 2010, 02:14:23 PM
I'll be heading home to abuse my parents' hospitality, abundant food, and hydraulic jack (I need to replace the rear brake pads on my car).
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 23, 2010, 03:05:16 PM
I just got my brakes done. I had to replace the original calipers on an 11 year old Chrystler 300M, as well as all the brake pads, replacing one rotor and machining the rest. It was not cheap, and they told me I have a bad tie rod which they cannot fix.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: The D on Nov 23, 2010, 03:22:34 PM
I'll probably eat with my family, and get presents.

Besides that I'll probably be catching up with homework.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 23, 2010, 06:22:52 PM
It's not a holiday here (the day itself) so i'll just be chilling around. I miss the food, ESPECIALLY the sweet potatoes with marshmellows HMMMMMM
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: blanktoe on Nov 23, 2010, 06:47:05 PM
Cooking turkeys and playing video games.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Rodent of Unusual Size on Nov 23, 2010, 09:57:38 PM
Dreading the next day.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Rama on Nov 23, 2010, 11:20:36 PM
Shit, I just stay in on Black Friday. You couldn't pay me enough to line up with the rest of the herd.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 23, 2010, 11:38:32 PM
I have to work on BF so the only sucky thing is being stuck with all of the shopper-happy BF traffic.  :joe:
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 24, 2010, 02:05:58 AM
Shit, I just stay in on Black Friday. You couldn't pay me enough to line up with the rest of the herd.
Me neither. Ive never been shopping on Black Friday and I never will be. Which reminds me of this funny webpage: www.peopleofwalmart.com
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 24, 2010, 11:16:26 PM
Merla loves that site.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 25, 2010, 04:57:33 PM
Okay, I don't even think I'm getting turkey.  Not because we don't have any but I had this shrimp I've been needing to cook, so I made coconut shrimp and now I'm stuffed.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 25, 2010, 06:23:42 PM
I bought shrimp too but had to throw it away cause its one day past its expiration date (got it TWO days ago). Damn you japan and your freshness rules
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 26, 2010, 04:12:40 AM
I went to the family gathering and did not take any food of my own this year, and what do you know? There is still vegan appropriate stuff waiting for me. Awesome. I didn't eat much, and I kind of felt bad because I did not contribute, but fuck it they don't want my food anyway.

Then I hung out with my lady friend and that was awesome.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 26, 2010, 09:30:22 PM
That's cool that they had vegan-friendly stuff.  Are you the only vegan or are there others?
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 26, 2010, 09:46:24 PM
I'm the only one. One of my cousins from out of town has gone back and forth vegetarian/vegan but she doesn't get up to Dallas very often, she's in Victoria for some fucking reason.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 26, 2010, 10:07:00 PM
What did they make you?
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 27, 2010, 02:25:24 PM
They didn't make me anything, there was just stuff I could eat. Salad of course, my mother made some breadless dressing (because she has a shit load of allergies), and the sweet potatoes were fine. My grandmother brought some green beans and potatoes. They were completely flavorless but I still thanked her, pepper took care of it. And there was actually a pile of fruit for once. My extended family almost never has fruit unless it is inside of a pie.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 28, 2010, 08:17:03 AM
NO TOFURKEY?!?!?!?!

Had delicious peruvian food for lunch today.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 28, 2010, 09:37:16 AM
I made the tofurky for myself later in the day.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 28, 2010, 03:00:01 PM
Tofurky sounds scary to me.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 28, 2010, 06:27:50 PM
It's actually good for being a vegetarian thing, believe it or not
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 28, 2010, 08:19:11 PM
My lady friend had some. She said it tasted okay, but she couldnt deal with the texture.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 28, 2010, 08:56:32 PM
She said it tasted okay, but she couldnt deal with the texture.

*snickers*  Haw haw.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Rama on Nov 28, 2010, 11:34:42 PM
Look out...I think that cat is about to sneeze.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Faye Valentine on Nov 29, 2010, 04:34:30 AM
My lady friend had some. She said it tasted okay, but she couldnt deal with the texture.
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Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Fiero on Nov 29, 2010, 09:15:15 AM
Literally, that IS what she said.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Sam on Nov 29, 2010, 04:33:29 PM
Well, plans are meant to be broken.  Instead, I was sick all holiday weekend, slept through most of Thanksgiving day and was woken up at 7 my a phone call from my mother asking if I was coming or not.  Then I fell asleep again about a half hour later.  Total food eaten on Thanksgiving day - 1 bowl of apple cinnamon oatmeal, 5 cheese curds.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: B E C K on Nov 29, 2010, 10:26:45 PM
Boo, what happened?  :(  Reminds me of that one X-mas years back where I had a 100-degree something fever and couldn't even sit up.
Title: Re: Thanksgiving Plans: What they be?
Post by: Sam on Nov 30, 2010, 11:36:32 AM
I was just tired.  Not that it was a huge deal to miss it.  As one of my sisters is in Seattle and the other one was spending Thanksgiving with her boyfriend's family, it would have only been the three of us, and we were probably just going to make a pizza (granted, from scratch, but still not a huge deal).

Instead I drove out the next day and ate ground ham and cheese on bagels.