Happy Thanksgiving to all

[Brian N.]

Take a moment to be thankful for life and all you have. Forget the politics and look forward to a better tomorrow with hope. Remember those less fortunate (a great time of year to donate). Our boats and sailing are escapes for a few hours (or more), communing with the sea and wind. Keep positive, solve problems rather than complain. Be kind and have empathy. Listen, rather than talk. Blessings to all.

Regards,
Brian N.
precision 165 "Peptide"

[Spot]

Likewise, Happy Thanksgiving to all here!

[Doug SC]

I'll be brief...Ditto!

[Krusen]

This is my 90th Thanksgiving, far more than I had any expectation of enjoying.  There were some slim ones in the early 30's, Grandpa was a janitor, Mom and Dad were unemployed.  I think the bird was chicken, but there was a bird served.  The earliest that I can distinctly remember had bird, plus German sausage with sauerkraut, copious dish of mashed potatoes, gravy, pickles, and stuffed olives.  Oops, and home made bread, no meal at Grandma's table without home made bread.

That was about the year Dad went to work at Westinghouse's automated manufacturing equipment plant, final test before shipping, a really good paying job.

Today we are having dinner with our oldest son, his wife, grandson and his wife, and great grandson.  There will be no shortage of food, but the food is a minor part of our thanksgiving happiness.

Many years in a great country, many good friends, in person or internet.

I have met NormL, Charlie Jones, Noemi, Dale, and many others in person, in addition to one B.E.E.R cruise.

There was a time when there were good reasons to doubt that I would make it to 50, but the reasons fell away, one by one, and here I am.

Happy Thanksgiving, all!

[Norm L.]

Thank all of you for the great comments.
Maybe it's all of us with high mileage that can look back at all of our blessings and why we should try to pass good on to others.

As some may be familiar with split families that bring about split Thanksgivings and Christmases, today will be 5 humans, 4 dogs and steak. Christmas will be 15 plus 4 dogs for breakfast and traditional dinner, plus some Philippine food. (There could be more dogs but they can't travel from Texas and Hawaii.)

[rfrance0718]

Happy T Day to all! Some years we have all of our kids, grandkids, siblings, and more.  This year not so much. Tami and I are feeding 1 of 4 adult kids, 1 parent (he's only on #89), and one family friend. It would be nice to have more, but it's even better that all are healthy and happy. Nothing brings more thankfulness in my book.

[PapawBrett]

Thank you Lord for this day, and allowing me to live to see this day.
Thank you for my family, friends and the fellowship I have enjoyed.
Thank you for my health and sobriety.
Please, Lord, remove from me those character defects that keep me from thy will.
Please help me to be pure in my thoughts, words, and actions.
Please help me on this day, to show the same courtesy and respect for others that I might ask for tomorrow.
And Lord, if there is anything I can do to bring about your will in my life or the lives of others, please feel free to use me as an implement of your will.
Let Thy Will not Mine be Done.

[Riley Smith]

Yes, a good day to reflect. Our niece was afflicted with a ....neurological malady early in the morning and is still in ICU. They really don't know what it is, but no sigh of a stroke. GEE....wonder what could cause THAT? We had partial family and a few friends. It's hard to get us all together because of shift work. Still, a special day for us always. Hope it was fine for you all as well.

[Frank B.]

A belated happy Thanksgiving to all. We were blessed to have two of our three sons and their families for most of the week.  On the Tuesday before my DIL and two year old Granddaughter went to the sailboat to winterize which for me is pumping out the water system (so glad I installed that DC pump and accumulator) putting a gallon of marine/RV anti freeze in the system, remove anything that can freeze, run the motor for ten minutes or so and pitch much of the pine straw and leaves out of the cockpit. It was the grans first exposure and she was fascinated.  Then we went over to a picnic/play ground area on the lake for her to let off some steam.  Guests included six humans, one dog, one cat, and one of the DIL's significant cat allergies meant I gave up my shop to the cat for the time they were here.

My youngest son and I ran the Turkey Trot 10K fun run "together", he finished first and I, well we won't go there.

All in all a great Thanksgiving, with much food and family as it should be.

[Norm L.]

Frank, thanks for renewing my memory of Thanksgiving running. After work about twice a week 3-5 of us would meet at the YMCA and run 3-5 miles on the lake front. That led to an occasional post beer gathering. That led us to set up a city-wide 5K Gobbler Grind. Via connections we got Dixie Beer as the sponsor.
We did that for 5 years until Dixie stopped the support.
Surprisingly running a race is not a burden but was fun. With the co-operation of the New Orleans Track Club

[Frank B.]

Norm this run has been going on as long as I can remember. Started as just a few guys decided to run early on Thanksgiving because everyone was off from work.  It grew and was sponsored by the Tupelo Running Club. These days about fifty-sixty people show up from young HS XC team members to old geezers (my group).  I put a hydration station at the halfway point in one of the church's parking lot at the insistence of the pastor.  No fees, prizes, just show up and run at your conversational pace because talk is part of the process. We do ask that if you can bring a child's toy to donate to Toys for Tots. While it is not a permit event, both the city and the sheriffs department send a patrol car to watch out for us on the first half, Front street and Mcoullough Blvd., where traffic may be a problem.

Dixie Beer? is it still around? Sometime in the early seventies a friend and I got German Shepard puppies that were litter mates his named Falstaff, mine named Dixie.

[Norm L.]

What a great small-town race. Perfect!
So are the dogs names. A neighbor has a dog named Dixie. And he was a bartender. I'll have to ask if that was the connection. But being a multi-generational New Orleanian it might just come naturally.

Along with a number of street names, almost all to better names, Dixie is now Faubourg Brewing. It's not a bad new name but nobody not local knows what faubourg means.

Off season strings can go on and on!

How about the TSBB 20-year alums plan a reunion this spring. Society Attending Interest Links. SAIL
We could be at BEER and harass those at the ramp or raising a mast. "This is how I would have done it"