Congratulate me. I got uninvited for Thanksgiving!

[BobTheSubgenius]

44. First, congratulations on both your principles and the upshot.

You will have a far better time at the event that sounds FAR more in line with the (vanishing?) spirit of REAL Thanksgiving.

The best T"ing I ever had was not the same, but a bit off beat. My ex, then GF, and I spent the long weekend helping friends build their chalet at Whistler. On "the day", my friend and I spent the day slowly building our way up the side of the building until we had a deck built, that accessed the second floor, but without stairs, as yet. It had been sleeting somewhat all day, and we came in freezing and soaked.

"Inside" was the home of the next-door neighbour who was incredibly gracious and generous. He let the gaggle of us sleep on foamies on the floor, shower, etc. My GF and I had the most enjoyable, almost hedonistic shower I've ever had, and when I had thawed out, we finally went upstairs to find 2 cars full of people had arrived, bringing what was basically 2 turkey dinners.

There was next to no furniture in the place, and lots of finishing work left to do on the place, so we took 2 bedroom doors off their hinges, put them on....I don't remember what...and we all sat on the floor around this huge makeshift table. I knew - at most - 13 of the people, but the feel of the room was incredibly close.

Never had a T'ing close to as good, before or since, and I would do that exact day again and again....except for the working in the sleet part. That was almost 50 years ago, and there is NO WAY this old body could do that part now.