[Magdalen] 21.5 stone...ugh

[Jim Guthrie]

>At this point I will not go out on Thanksgiving simply because I am able to
>cook and it just means that some other person would be waiting on me. When
>I get to where I'm not, I'll think about it.

I'm with you on this -- we tried eating out on Thanksgiving a few times when we 
were in California, and I was never **really** satisfied about it. I always felt 
that I was getting Peking Duck rather than Turkey as in Shepherd's story <g>. 
Even worse, no leftovers . . . .

OTOH, back in State College, I always had a crowd -- mostly gay homeless kids 
(thrown out by family when discovered to be gay), which was quite a production. 
One year my parents and grandmother came to surprise me on Thanksgiving -- even 
brought a turkey and food along because I’d been so non-committal about my plans 
(wasn't telling the actual plans). Boy, was that a surprise all the way around!

?The church I attended last Sunday sponsors a parish/community Thanksgiving
>dinner and I gather that a large percentage of the membership eats their
>dinner there. If I were a member I might consider that.

At CCBR  we always had a "Pre Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Dinner" the Saturday 
before the day. I suspect that it **was** more than a few people.

Cheers,
Jim