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I'm grateful we can celebrate with family this year. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Thankful for making it through another year. Thankful for making it back to MI to visit fanily and friends. Happy Thanksgiving to all my mates at TRF.

Have a nice holiday if you celebrate Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all you TRFers out there!!

At this time of Thanksgiving, let our thoughts turn to those friendships and support that means so much. I don't know the source of this quote but thought it sums up how I am feeling about my online friends here at TRF. Bless everyone :heart:

What all of this has taught me is how important kindness is. Kindness and gratitude. Saying "thank you" isn't so hard to do. Nor is being grateful to someone for the smallest thing they do for me. We seem to have lost that the last few decades. We seem to feel that all is owed to us, and it's no big deal to let a door slam in someone's face without even acknowledging the person was there at all. Or if someone drops something and they already have their arms full, would it be so hard to bend over and pick it up for them and maybe help walk them to the car instead of hurrying by with their nose glued to their phone? God bless everyone here. I am grateful for all of you.

For the first time today the b.m. looked like they describe rectal cancer stool - coffee grinds. And I had a lot of pain today, but I wasn't going to call my nurse back here. As it is, she had to come over first thing in AM to change the dressing again because I couldn't pull the water protector one away from the one protecting the tubes. She told me in order for her to enjoy Thanksgiving with her family and take good care of her patients at the same tme, she has to get up at 1:00 AM and start her rounds from home to home. Her daughter was going to cook the Thanksgiving meal. The nurse if around my age - maybe a few years younger, but a very devoted soul to her charges. "Till death do we part" she told me when she was assigned to my team. But I am determined not to give in to this. I am going to fight as much as I can. I am going to cook our own Thanksgiving meal tomorrow and do the best I can. A kind soul from my church went to the store for me and bought me all I needed and didn't make me feel like I put her out by doing it. My husband is finally getting it through his head this is no joke. He seems startled: now what is he going to do? :huh:

Foreigner - Head Games The Cars - Heartbeat City Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation Judas Priest - Sin After Sin Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

For Thanksgiving Eve, extra hugs and prayers...and thank you for letting us get a chance to know you...and for your bravery and tenacity to make the best of a horrible situation. :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2:

I wish I had more I could say regarding all of this but everyone here has said all that I could ever think of saying. Hope you are as comfortable as you can be. I'll give Xanadu a spin for the good old times

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! :yes:

Lovely quote from Maya Angelou: Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. :heart: :hug2:

For the first time today the b.m. looked like they describe rectal cancer stool - coffee grinds. And I had a lot of pain today, but I wasn't going to call my nurse back here. As it is, she had to come over first thing in AM to change the dressing again because I couldn't pull the water protector one away from the one protecting the tubes. She told me in order for her to enjoy Thanksgiving with her family and take good care of her patients at the same tme, she has to get up at 1:00 AM and start her rounds from home to home. Her daughter was going to cook the Thanksgiving meal. The nurse if around my age - maybe a few years younger, but a very devoted soul to her charges. "Till death do we part" she told me when she was assigned to my team. But I am determined not to give in to this. I am going to fight as much as I can. I am going to cook our own Thanksgiving meal tomorrow and do the best I can. A kind soul from my church went to the store for me and bought me all I needed and didn't make me feel like I put her out by doing it. My husband is finally getting it through his head this is no joke. He seems startled: now what is he going to do? :huh: I have nothing but admiration for you, cooking your Thanksgiving meal. :angel: :hug2: :heart:

Happy Thanksgiving, dear Lorraine! :heart:

Genesis - Nursery Cryme Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box Queen - A Night At The Opera The Doors - The Soft Parade

Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

Happy Thanksgiving to all living in the USA, expats around the world and whatever you Brits call this day like Plum Harvest or some shite.

"Happy Thanksgiving, to all of the people, everyone, and friends on here, who are celebrating it in the U.S., and anywhere else".

Woke n boke. BAHB MAHLEY WALKYLIKEYTALKIT. Sup fellas :smoke:

I'm just an anti BS registered indie whether it's the orange taliban or DINOs (This means you, Cuomo and Sinema!) and millennials who are too insensitive to politically incorrect humor that satirizes bad things. *cough* Blazing Saddles *cough*.Race and party don't make who you are. Who you are does. Rittenhouse and the scumbag rapper who ran those people over are BOTH despicable. As Chris Rock once said, "Be a fing person!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCgkf25Tus

Dream Theater has been awake since 1994.

It was like the turkeys mounted a counter attack! They even appeared ..... organized! - Les Nessman

Round midnight, after an arduous day, I realized that despite my not-so-happy feelings I've done my best today. I'm OK. What I've done today is enough.

All the people in the grocery store laughing at my T-shirt memorializing November 22, 1978,. The First Annual WKRP Thanksgiving Day Turkey Drop. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

I wish. The last few days have been anytinig but. One of the hospice doctors suggested I stop taking the steroid for a week or so. I agree. They had to change the pump line location to the other side of my stomach late this afternoon and my pain is really out of control. I never realized how bad it is until they took the pump out. It was out for about maybe 20 minutes tops. Too long. Keep those prayers and hugs coming. I'd be lost without them and the friendship of so many of you. You have no idea how much it all means when everything else has lost all meaning. :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :hug2: :heart: Sending my best Lorraine; be strong! I'm trying. This afternoon I told my hospice nurse that I was determined to stay alive to watch my sunflowers grow and bloom again this Spring. Even she was taken aback by this one. I don't think she thinks I'll make it to Christmas let alone May. We shall see. I am not going to let this disease take me without a battle. :madra: That's the spirit!

That is never going to go away, Lorraine. A few years ago, I never thought I would ever say this about an online community, but the love and care here is absolutely genuine. We all care about you, and I would warrant that at any given moment in the day, someone here is thinking about you. Absolutely, 100%. You are on my mind every day. Hugs and prayers dear friend :heart: :hug2: :hug2:

Paul Gilbert is a genius. He's been on an amazing path with his solo albums lately. The most recent one is called 'Twas, and consists of versions of Christmas carols, with new material which is also on the same Christmas spirit. I'm no Rick Beato, but I did a good interview with Paul to promote this album. Hope you like it: If you can leave a comment on the video, that would be of great help!

Paul is one of those "best guitarists you've never heard of" figures in rock music.

Yes became a cover band of itself when they replaced Jon Anderson with Benoit David. Although I do consider Fly From Here: Return Trip to be a Yes album because Trevor Horn replaced all of David's vocals with his own, thus recreating the Drama lineup, which was definitely Yes.

Oddly enough, that recent covers album by Rolling Stones is their best since Tattoo You. John Fugelsang made a good point about how they're just being a good band instead of trying to sound like the Stones. Not a bad swan song for Charlie.

The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Metallica - Through The Never U2 - Boy R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi Guns N Roses - "The Spaghetti Incident?"

For the first time today the b.m. looked like they describe rectal cancer stool - coffee grinds. And I had a lot of pain today, but I wasn't going to call my nurse back here. As it is, she had to come over first thing in AM to change the dressing again because I couldn't pull the water protector one away from the one protecting the tubes. She told me in order for her to enjoy Thanksgiving with her family and take good care of her patients at the same tme, she has to get up at 1:00 AM and start her rounds from home to home. Her daughter was going to cook the Thanksgiving meal. The nurse if around my age - maybe a few years younger, but a very devoted soul to her charges. "Till death do we part" she told me when she was assigned to my team. But I am determined not to give in to this. I am going to fight as much as I can. I am going to cook our own Thanksgiving meal tomorrow and do the best I can. A kind soul from my church went to the store for me and bought me all I needed and didn't make me feel like I put her out by doing it. My husband is finally getting it through his head this is no joke. He seems startled: now what is he going to do? :huh: I have nothing but admiration for you, cooking your Thanksgiving meal. :angel: :hug2: :heart: Wish we could all come over for a plate - I'd bring the homemade cranberry sauce! Happy Thanksgiving!

"Woke" is just the new derogatory term effete people, who feel threatened by something they don't understand or agree with, use to label other people. That being said, I wake up every day, so far.

Having a 4 day weekend upcomng.

Getting the Lerxst bluetooth speaker by FedEx :) It was about 7 pm and I went to lock the front screen door, had it open because tracking said it was being delivered today, felt bummed about not getting it and the guy is coming up the stairs with a flashlight, package in hand. Sweet!

It's not that i don't understand that systemic injustice exists in the world. But there's something about being 'woke' that I can't identify with. Think I can do the right thing and effect the best positive change I can where I can without being something..... What is woke, like a combination of emo and socially aware? Pretty sure I can do the right thing as a middle aged X-er.

And 16 more years of douche chills! :lol:

...and when he learnt to 'swing' through the Freddy Gruber thing his drumming and Rush's music suffered. Yeah, isn't there a story when they all reconvened after his lessons and tried to play together (maybe in the TFE sessions) but couldn't? Alex said, "I don't know what you're doing anymore," or something like that. Personal note: I'm a novelist and writer, and sometimes the reviews of my books will directly contradict one another. It's like Goldilocks and the Three Bears: literally "This book moved too slow" vs "This book moved too fast". In short, there is no satisfying everybody, so might as well just satisfy yourself, then see who likes it. Which is EXACTLY how Rush did it.

That is never going to go away, Lorraine. A few years ago, I never thought I would ever say this about an online community, but the love and care here is absolutely genuine. We all care about you, and I would warrant that at any given moment in the day, someone here is thinking about you.

Someone sent me flowers! :)

V.E. Simon, who offered no resistance to this delivery... :whipgirl: Sh! Almost motionless. We have to take his food out to him. What's for afters? :cheerleader: Strawberry tart? I mean, be fair, I mean, I don't eat squirrels do I? I mean, well, perhaps I do one or two but there's no law against that, is there? It's a free country. I mean if I want to eat a squirrel now and again, that's me own business, innit? Thank you for listening and thank you for a lovely supper. :drool: Goodnight. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding. Goodnight. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding. What's happening, Vera? I distinctly heard a Mexican rhythm combo. :guitar: :guitar: Oh dear, I'm not supposed to go mad till 1800! Here is Chief Inspector Jean-Paul Zatapathique with the winning song once again. :P He's a small man about this high with a high-pitched voice. Excuse me sir, but why the funny voice? :geddy: Don't you see... this is something :Neil: and :Alex: `ve got to come to terms with. Ah well, they seem to have linked that themselves, so there's no need for me to interrupt at all. :cool: Sorry, old man, we don't understand your banter. You cheesy lot of second hand electric donkey-bottom biters. :huh: ... I merely meant, Your Majesty, that you shine out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark. No, not you, Your Majesty. This man - this Louis. :hi: You ought to go and see a psychiatrist. You're a loony. You might even need a new brain. No, I must ask you please not to ring in until you've seen all the photos. :eh: :D :blink:

V.E. Simon, who offered no resistance to this delivery... :whipgirl: Sh! Almost motionless. We have to take his food out to him. What's for afters? :cheerleader: Strawberry tart? I mean, be fair, I mean, I don't eat squirrels do I? I mean, well, perhaps I do one or two but there's no law against that, is there? It's a free country. I mean if I want to eat a squirrel now and again, that's me own business, innit? Thank you for listening and thank you for a lovely supper. :drool: Goodnight. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding. Goodnight. Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding. What's happening, Vera? I distinctly heard a Mexican rhythm combo. :guitar: :guitar: Oh dear, I'm not supposed to go mad till 1800! Here is Chief Inspector Jean-Paul Zatapathique with the winning song once again. :P He's a small man about this high with a high-pitched voice. Excuse me sir, but why the funny voice? :geddy: Don't you see... this is something :Neil: and :Alex: `ve got to come to terms with. Ah well, they seem to have linked that themselves, so there's no need for me to interrupt at all. :cool: Sorry, old man, we don't understand your banter. You cheesy lot of second hand electric donkey-bottom biters. :huh: ... I merely meant, Your Majesty, that you shine out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark. No, not you, Your Majesty. This man - this Louis. :hi: You ought to go and see a psychiatrist. You're a loony. You might even need a new brain.

:drool: Wow, just wow! Now beat my most hated team in college hoops, Duke on Friday and my holiday week will be compete.

I saw them many years ago. Fun show. A funny memory is the drunk lady in the balcony screaming "Horse With No Name" over and over during the show. Finally, between songs one of the lead band members, exasperated, says "Lady, don't worry. We're gonna play it. Relax." :lol: I couldn't name two songs. I'll give their greatest hits a spin later. You'll likely know more of their stuff than you realize.

Jim Croce-You Don't Mess Around with Jim (10/10) Mick

The Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request

Here's to 16 more years of you calling me a prick :cheers: