Happy Thanksgiving to all

[crimethink]

I wish all a Happy Thanksgiving! Appreciate - and be thankful for - the blessings you have, especially those ones you don't think about or realize until shit happens.

That wish is for all of you, including those who think of themselves as my "enemies" or similar.

My Dad passed yesterday morning, and it got really "real" today at the viewing. Don't ever take anything truly important for granted.

[Cebu_4_2]

Going to try the turkey thing and dressings. With only immediate family I dont expect much from my son. But food will be plenty and guests are invited. You all are invited if in the area of East TN.

May God Bless you all.

[crimethink]

I beat you by 14 minutes, but Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?93696-Happy-Thanksgiving-to-all

[Cebu_4_2]

I beat you by 14 minutes, but Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?93696-Happy-Thanksgiving-to-all

I see you did. Was going to wait till noon to post but thought I be side tracked so put it out early.

Even tho your a dick Fred, I do wish you and yours a Happy ThanksGiving.

Not sure exactly what has been going on with your dad, read he died somewhere... I am VERY sorry to hear about this. I hope you can relax a bit to absorb and rekindle treasures of memories between you two. Without memories there really is nothing.

Rest easy Fred, give thanks tomorrow to the memories you and the family have. God Bless.

[cheka.]

sorry to hear that :(

i know it sucks, but hopefully he lives on in you and yours

[cheka.]

Going to try the turkey thing and dressings. With only immediate family I dont expect much from my son. But food will be plenty and guests are invited. You all are invited if in the area of East TN.

May God Bless you all.

east tenn!! that is heaven on earth. won't be long until i'm leaving this houston hellhole and heading your way.

i'm looking at the tri-city area - kings, johnson, bristol....have any inside scoop for me? are any better than the other? other options i should consider?

[Hitch]

My Dad passed yesterday morning, and it got really "real" today at the viewing. Don't ever take anything truly important for granted.

I'm sorry for your loss, CT. The most important thing for all of us, is our faith in God, and our family and loved ones. Losing a loved one is never easy, but with our faith, we know they are in Heaven.

I lost my grandma on Monday. She was 95 years old, and an amazing woman, we all love her. We have a big family. Like you said, this Thanksgiving I think we will be thankful for family, and grateful to be a part of such a wonderful one.

Best wishes, CT.

[Ares]

Sorry to hear about your dad CT.

You have my condolences.

[Cebu_4_2]

east tenn!! that is heaven on earth. won't be long until i'm leaving this houston hellhole and heading your way.

i'm looking at the tri-city area - kings, johnson, bristol....have any inside scoop for me? are any better than the other? other options i should consider?


Keep away from the black areas.

[zap]

I'm so sorry , god bless.

[Neuro]

I am sorry for your loss Crimethink and Hitch. This is the nature of life. Godspeed!

[JohnQPublic]

God Bless, Fred. Sorry to hear about your dad.

[EE_]

Sorry for your loss.

For me, the loss my father somehow changed me. Good, or bad, can't say...just something changed.
Maybe you can use your loss to better yourself in some way. Maybe let some of the anger you have, go?

An aside...the morning my father died, I got a tattoo in his honor. He was a Leo and he had the heart of a lion. It seemed fitting to get a lion with his initials under it. The tattoo artist took me right away, in light of our conversation.
I'm not a big tattoo guy, I only have two, both are in honor of two important, influential men in my life. I think they help me to not let the memories of them fade.

I guess I'm saying, your fathers death is a change period in your life, use it for your benefit, use it to change yourself.

EE_ aka Bob

[Neuro]

Sorry for your loss.

For me, the loss my father somehow changed me. Good, or bad, can't say...just something changed.
Maybe you can use your loss to better yourself in some way. Maybe let some of the anger you have, go?

An aside...the morning my father died, I got a tattoo in his honor. He was a Leo and had he the heart of a lion. It seemed fitting to get a lion with his initials under it. The tattoo artist took me right away, in light of our conversation.
I'm not a big tattoo guy, I only have two, both are in honor of two important, influential men in my life. I think they help me to not let the memories of them fade.

I guess I'm saying, your fathers death is a change period in your life, use it for your benefit, use it to change yourself.

EE_ aka Bob

First I don't think crimethink has an anger issue, he has conviction and passion for his conviction, which today is very rare.

My father's death changed me too. I think I became more responsible, I don't wait doing things needing to be done. I think I took on some of my father's characteristics. I am better at carpentry now. I used to get stuck for long times or lose patience with tedious tasks. Not a huge difference, but I get the feeling dad appreciate the small changes I made since his passing, in away I am honoring him and his life philosophy which he had to make the world a little better place.

[Shami-Amourae]

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[EE_]

I'm having duck this year, crispy duck!

http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/roasted-duck.jpg

[Joshua01]

I wish all a Happy Thanksgiving! Appreciate - and be thankful for - the blessings you have, especially those ones you don't think about or realize until shit happens.

That wish is for all of you, including those who think of themselves as my "enemies" or similar.

My Dad passed yesterday morning, and it got really "real" today at the viewing. Don't ever take anything truly important for granted.
I'm so sorry for your loss. He's in a better place and his troubles and pain are over. Remember him during the good times you both had.

[collector]

Sorry for your loss CT, I remember the pain of losing my dad - like losing my best friend.
Definitely a reminder to value those that are dear to you while we're still here on this ride

[Joshua01]

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends here! I appreciate all the candidness here and the ability to have anyone say just about anything and not get banned. To express your unfiltered opinion leads to frank, and sometimes confrontational discussion. That's what free speech is all about!

[JohnQPublic]

Happy Thanksgiving all!

[Horn]

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends here! I appreciate all the candidness here and the ability to have anyone say just about anything and not get banned. To express your unfiltered opinion leads to frank, and sometimes confrontational discussion. That's what free speech is all about!

Happy Thanksgiving, Turkey

[singular_me]

maybe is it time for me to post about TURKEY MEAT INC... but you get the picture!!!

[Dogman]

Happy Thanksgiving, Turkey you must have ment plural Turkey's !

Plural = shotgun coverage!

Singular = rifle very narrow target area!

;D

Btw!

For they that can, enjoy !

Not all can! For some the holidays are pure memory suck ass of loved ones lost, until they are all gone.

Carry on!

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Forum runner

[crimethink]

Maybe you can use your loss to better yourself in some way. Maybe let some of the anger you have, go?


I have been criticized all my life for being "too serious," and "angry."

Am I really "angry" - as in, having anger for no good reason, anger for anger's sake?

Or am I am passionate about those things wrong with the world?

Most people find it easy to overlook inauthenticity and fakeness. I can't. This isn't directed at you, but I think that most people who perceive me as being "angry all the time" are actually reflecting on themselves more than me; not that they are angry but that I put them at ill-ease, that they know my passion is well-placed and that what I tell them or say is, correct, but not something they can agree with due to embarrassment or fear.

Sometimes I am very lonely in my passion. Few care any more about authenticity or facts or "the Truth" anymore.




I guess I'm saying, your fathers death is a change period in your life, use it for your benefit, use it to change yourself.

Unfortunately, my Dad's death has made real things very, very real. There's nothing more "real" than death. In your face, can't avoid it, can't cheat it (if it's already happened).

And I actually lost it with some guy from United Healthcare yesterday when he was living in his delusion-world of HIPAA and "policies and procedures" (a phrase he repeated several times to me). I was trying to close out my Dad's Medicare supplement, so my Mom didn't have to, and this guy was like junior lawyer time. I had initially reported his death, but this second guy seemed to be aiming to be as anti-human as possible.

Here I am dealing with the most real thing there is, and he's thinking he can give me a lesson on DPOAs. Total fiction, as midnight rambler might say. Versus "real."

I called back later in the evening and spoke with a human lady, who provided everything I needed, without a single phrase of "policies and procedures" to make things more difficult during a time of difficulty. I was polite and she was polite. I don't know if it was because she was merely a thinking and feeling human being, or, a supervisor overheard the previous "transaction" and notated my Dad's account to not be insane to me the next time I called.

Will I change from what has happened? I have already changed from what has happened...which started in December of 2015, actually. I really don't want to inject the latest political troubles into his, but one of the reasons I couldn't get aboard was because of the fact the ultimate reality for my Dad - and our family - was building over months. Imaginary things of serious nature were something I could no longer treat lightly for anything's sake. I became even more serious in serious things.

[crimethink]

http://img.4plebs.org/boards/pol/image/1479/96/1479962010776.jpg

That thing doesn't have the most prized part of a frog...frog's legs. :)

[crimethink]

I'm having duck this year, crispy duck!

http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/07/roasted-duck.jpg

I could handle that...but per my mom's request, it's Chicken Enchiladas this afternoon. With everything going on since 11-4-2016 (my Dad's abrupt decline began at 0330 that morning, after a tumor-induced fall), we've done no planning. A good family friend is gathering ingredients now, with my wife, to cook it all for us. Today is no traditional day, but the most important tradition of the day is ours: family and friends together.

[midnight rambler]

My condolences CT.

[crimethink]

I'm so sorry for your loss. He's in a better place and his troubles and pain are over. Remember him during the good times you both had.

I do, and thank you!

Our relationship got much stronger in the last few years, and especially in the last few months. My happiest memories are from 11-2, when we went out to breakfast for the last time. He declined his rollator (rolling walking), ate by himself, and joked like his old self. And about two weeks prior to that when I brought him a fresh cinnamon roll, and we had a tug of war over the bag.

[madfranks]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss CT, I truly am. I can't imagine life without my dad, he's been instrumental in teaching me many important things in life. I wish you and yours a happy thanksgiving today, and I hope you can enjoy spending time with the rest of your family today.

On another note, today is my second daughter's very first thanksgiving. Today our families are celebrating with one more than we had last year. The cycle of life continues, for some of us we celebrate a new life, for others, as we celebrate today we remember the life of one passed.

Truly, God bless everyone on this forum, and your families.

[Twisted Titan]

To be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord.

What wonderful company to be in.


Continued strenght.

[crimethink]

maybe is it time for me to post about TURKEY MEAT INC... but you get the picture!!!

Ever the party pooper! :)

We're having Chicken Enchiladas, but I'm sure you can find a PETA video on chickens, too.

[crimethink]

On another note, today is my second daughter's very first thanksgiving.

Are you going to share some of her strained turkey with her? :D

[crimethink]

Thank you to all for your condolences!

[crimethink]

To be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord.

What wonderful company to be in.


Continued strenght.

Thank you!

People are puzzled by my "extreme idealism." They don't understand why I don't "properly value" the body. I don't subscribe to the materialism prevalent even amongst those of deep faith. I keep reminding everyone the body is a vessel, "this is not 'you'" (as I touch them gently). This isn't to say I don't respect proper "disposal" of the body, but I don't have the emotional attachment to it as most do. We did find a very nice real wood urn on amazon for $69, and it will be here Saturday. The funeral home wanted $350 plus for an equivalent and $75 for a cheap copper thing that looked like it came from Big Lots (and would have a price tag of $4.97). My Mom wants to keep the ashes with her until she dies, then I am to scatter them all together at sea.

She did tell my Dad to "it's OK to go be with the Lord" several times before he died, and, declared she is glad He will take care of him until she can see him again (and beyond, of course). I don't get "cutesy" about what Heaven will be like - I try to imagine, in my own feeble way, total beauty, total magnificence beyond even my imagination - but my Mom envisions my Dad handling the farm machinery for Jesus' fields. :)

[madfranks]

Are you going to share some of her strained turkey with her? :D
Ha ha, today she got puréed peas, for the first time. I gave her a taste of squash soup my brother-in-law made, and she appeared to like it. I also gave her a taste of turkey gravy, which she did not like. She's currently napping off her lunch. :)

[Twisted Titan]

She did tell my Dad to "it's OK to go be with the Lord" several times before he died, and, declared she is glad He will take care of him until she can see him again (and beyond, of course). I don't get "cutesy" about what Heaven will be like - I try to imagine, in my own feeble way, total beauty, total magnificence beyond even my imagination - but my Mom envisions my Dad handling the farm machinery for Jesus' fields. :)



1 corithians 2:9


But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

[singular_me]

wish you many blessings CT


ps: have become very savvy with my tnx since about a while, I dont believe in the tnx feature so much anymore

[C.Martel]

That is so sad, sorry for your loss.

[vacuum]

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, especially CT. Condolences to you.

[Jewboo]

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[singular_me]

Dont know what you are celebrating exactly, but keep this in mind:

The Great Thanksgiving Hoax (2014)
https://mises.org/library/great-thanksgiving-hoax-1

[milehi]

Sorry about your dad. Two years ago today, I drove across town to pick up my younger brother for Thanksgiving. He didnt answer his phone or the door so I let myself in and found him dead on the floor. The rest of my entire family was at my house and I had to tell everyone. It really put a damper on the day. I really dont care about Thanksgiving anymore and spent today alone. I did serve the needy at a church but really wanted to be left alone.

[Tumbleweed]

Fred I'm sorry to hear of your fathers passing and I know the feeling of loss that comes with it. I was with both of my parents when they passed and it's a powerful experience.

I never really know what to say when someone loses a parent or other family member so I just said a prayer for your father and I prayed that he was there in heaven with our heavenly father.

[crimethink]

Sorry about your dad. Two years ago today, I drove across town to pick up my younger brother for Thanksgiving. He didnt answer his phone or the door so I let myself in and found him dead on the floor. The rest of my entire family was at my house and I had to tell everyone. It really put a damper on the day. I really dont care about Thanksgiving anymore and spent today alone. I did serve the needy at a church but really wanted to be left alone.

I pray for your peace from what you had to experience.

[Joshua01]

Sorry about your dad. Two years ago today, I drove across town to pick up my younger brother for Thanksgiving. He didnt answer his phone or the door so I let myself in and found him dead on the floor. The rest of my entire family was at my house and I had to tell everyone. It really put a damper on the day. I really dont care about Thanksgiving anymore and spent today alone. I did serve the needy at a church but really wanted to be left alone.
My sincere condolences. Over the past year and a half I've lost my best friend to cancer and a granddaughter to stillbirth. We all have crosses to bear and we can only try to support others who have experienced a loss and take comfort from those who support us in ours.

There's a saying:

"life sucks then you die"

I'm hoping to get more from life than that....and I have.