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I have: a turkey, five pounds of potatoes, green beans and bacon, Stove top, cranberries, a roasting pan, and a meat thermometer. - ty97 Nov 16, 07:42 22
- Pumpkin or Pecan Pie. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 07:52 3
  - I'm thinking of making a sweet potato pie for next week -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:53
  - And Low Fat Egg Nog! -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 07:52 1
    - I'm on dinner duty. Someone else can handle the dessert and drinky-drinky -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:52
- Sausage, walnuts and raisins for the stuffing -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 07:50 1
  - You get your dirty hands off my glorious Stove Top! -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:51
- "...and some dry white toast." -- nm - nubby Nov 16, 07:48
- That Thanksgiving happened over a month ago? -- nm - Subversive Nov 16, 07:45
- what do you plan to do with the potatoes? and the green beans? What's the bacon for? and how do you plan to make gravy ? -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:44 5
  - The potatoes will be handled by the brother but will, essentially, be peeled, boiled mashed, and combined with way too much butter and milk. - ty97 Nov 16, 07:46 4
    - Spicy Green Beans with Bacon and Tomatoes -- (link) - decline Nov 16, 07:50 2
      - oooh, minus the evil tomatoes that sounds scrumptious - ty97 Nov 16, 07:57 1
        
        yeah, I would probably leave out the tomatoes too. The red pepper will add a nice 'zing' to the dish -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:58
    - halve the milk and add sour cream to the potatoes. -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:49
- chicken stock -- nm - ceregon Nov 16, 07:44 5
  - for what? -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:48 4
    - gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey soup from leftovers - ceregon Nov 16, 07:53
    - for the gravy (unless you plan to use canned - ick) -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:50 2
      - Ahh, I have jars of gravy. (Work with me. First time and all. And I'm making homemade cranberry sauce!) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:52 1
        
        you get points for the cranberry sauce. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:58
- what week it is? -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:44 1
  - I think Saturday will be Chicagogiving, -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:48
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- only a $10M bonus for five straight SB wins? -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 07:47
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For Canadians: Who founded Canada? Depends on if you speak English or French.....(link) - Walt_Disney Nov 16, 07:27 2
- Wolfe was just the guy whose stupid plan happened to work. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 07:39
- hee, you can guess which one I was taught. never occurred to me otherwise. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:29
office gossip? ok. tamara my AP coord pulled shaman my DFA into her office this morning and closed the door. "what's up with the president?" tamara - chromanda Nov 16, 07:25 1
- "We've been robbed!" -- nm - Max Nov 16, 07:44
Things I learnt from QI quiz: when did it become illegal to keep as slave in England? -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 07:25 30
- Slavery Abolition Act 1833.....Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout most of the British Empire....(link) - Walt_Disney Nov 16, 07:51 4
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    - The show QI is very pedantic. I'm just trying to find the clip online. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 07:59
    - I did enjoy the bit on TV Nation where Michael Moore bought some slaves in Mississippi just before they officially outlawed it there. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 07:54 1
      - they had to outlaw it in individual states? doesn't the Emancipation Act cover it? -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:55
- Don't you all still have house elves over there? Free Dobby! (1984.) -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 07:40 1
  - There's no way Thatcher would give up holding slaves. -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 07:50
- 1942? -- nm - zork Nov 16, 07:37
- 1834 I believe -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 16, 07:28 4
  - Though it was being phased out before that. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 16, 07:29 3
    - No - hint - LMS Nov 16, 07:34 2
      - In Canadian History class we were told that we followed the British Empire in outlawing and I was sure it was 1834....goes to check. -- nm - Walt_Disney Nov 16, 07:48
      - 1940? -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:38
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  - No. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 07:27 14
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      - Never! -- nm - nubby Nov 16, 07:35 1
        
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      - probably a shockingly recent year. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:35 10
        
        Getting warmer. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 07:40 9
        
        1970? -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:44 8
        
        More recent. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 07:45 7
        
        Yesterday -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:47
        
        1995? -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:45 5
        
        Think very recent. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 07:46 4
        
        2008? -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:47 3
        
        Even more recent. -- nm - LMS Nov 16, 07:48 2
        
        at this point just admit I won! -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:49 1
        
        You won - it's April 2010. From what I can gather it's a matter of cleaning up semantics on the law books. -- (link) - LMS Nov 16, 07:52
- errrr, it's illegal? -- nm - The Royal Family Nov 16, 07:26
It�s Official: The Beatles Now on iTunes -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 07:24
Seriously? Half the board watches Dexter, but no one watches The Big C?? - Jim Nov 16, 07:23 9
- the bar has been set really low this season though -- nm - ceregon Nov 16, 07:45
- I was pretty stunned it got a second season considering how bad the ratings are. - MDH Nov 16, 07:36
- first I ever heard of it - oblique Nov 16, 07:31
- I watch the Big C. I have some gripes with it, but overall like it alot. The ending of last night (spoils) - pmb Nov 16, 07:29 1
  - I have a couple gripes as well...but overall I love it. (spoils) - Jim Nov 16, 07:31
- Is it on DVD yet? I'll watch it once it hits streaming. I saw Laura Linney on The Daily Show before it came on and it sounded interesting. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 16, 07:24 1
  - Season finale was last night...so no. It's a fantastic show. -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 07:27
- I have no idea what The Big C is. -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:24 1
  - laura Linney dramedy about a wife/mother dealing with her cancer diagnosis. - Jim Nov 16, 07:28
Best tweets with the trending hashtag #TSASlogans. -- (link) - loosilu Nov 16, 07:19 28
- when do the new machines start being used? are they at every airport? -- nm - chromanda Nov 16, 07:32 17
  - This is what they look like -- (link) - ty97 Nov 16, 07:35 13
    - oh. so why are people just now griping about it? -- nm - chromanda Nov 16, 07:38 7
      - TSA's new enhanced measures began October 29. -- nm - Max Nov 16, 07:45 2
        
        There are new enhanced measures? (apparently, I have been away) -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:48
        
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      - I've heard griping since installation, but it was a dull roar. It's picking up steam now. - ty97 Nov 16, 07:44 1
        
        see linked article. that's the source of the phrases being used now (eg "resistance" and "crotchal area") -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:45
      - I believe because someone wrote an article about the patdown. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:40 1
        
        Here it is. Jeff Goldberg in the Atlantic. (and heh, it's about BWI) -- (link) - loosilu Nov 16, 07:40
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      - Depends how gay you are that day. You'll get a same-gender patter. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:37 3
        
        you guys don't get marriage rights everywhere but hey...you get government sponsored groping. That's something. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 16, 07:57
        
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        Suddenly, I can't imagine why I don't opt out of the scanner every time. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:45
  - They've been out for many, many months. They are no exclusive (i.e., there's a mix of scanner types still) - ty97 Nov 16, 07:33
  - new machines are in almost every major airport at this time -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:33
  - I got scanned at BWI back in September. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:32
- "I'm going to make sure I have an erection when I get in line." amuses me more than it should. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:22 9
  - seriously...if they let people choose who does this it might have unintended consequences. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 16, 07:24 8
    - The person checking out your crotch is in another room, where they can't see you.....ya know, for your privacy. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:25 7
      - not if you opt for the pat down. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:25 6
        
        Well, yes, but that person doesn't *see* your junk. - ty97 Nov 16, 07:28 2
        
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        I'm totally pulling a Spinal Tap. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 16, 07:55
        
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        I'm so glad I'm not going to be flying next week. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 07:27 1
        
        oh please, only action you'd get that week -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:28
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- yup, many countries have similar type 'deals'. - decline Nov 16, 07:23 3
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    - I don't have an issue with someone donated large wads of cash to the US. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:33 1
      - "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...wait a minute scratch that. What the fuck do we want the poor for?" -- nm - Jim Nov 16, 07:54
- They do that in Canada too....they just raised the limits but if you invest enough or start a large enough business that employees people.... - Walt_Disney Nov 16, 07:22 1
  - how do people think celebrities live in London or wherever? -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:23
- Yes. - znufrii Nov 16, 07:19
- I was under the impression that if you have enough cash, you can live basically wherever you want, legally. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:19 1
  - This is true, the only thing that varies is the amount of cash you need to invest in the country. -- nm - ceregon Nov 16, 07:46
B2, now in Titanium! -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 07:18 6
- I don't get why jewelers upcharge for titanium. it's not intrinsically a super expensive metal. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:21 5
  - harder to work with, I guess? -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:22 4
    - it's actually the ninth most common element in the earth's crust but, yes, it is hard to work with. To solder... - zork Nov 16, 07:29 2
      - I don't like things that can't be opened. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:30 1
        
        you don't open rings - zork Nov 16, 07:33
    - *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 07:27
Snow day! - Subversive Nov 16, 07:16 4
- Wow. How much? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 16, 07:16 3
  - Not that much, actually, but it was of the freezing/slippery kind. Highways will be dangerous until they get plowed. -- nm - Subversive Nov 16, 07:40 1
    - Also, as a self employed fellow, I have the ability to declare snow days easier that some people. - Subversive Nov 16, 07:41
  - probably 2". -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 07:22
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- Blah. I'm not voting for him again. -- nm - Inigo Nov 16, 07:36 8
  - Palin instead? -- nm - Don Homer Nov 16, 07:56
  - I'd consider it, but how much worse would the likely alternative be? -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 07:54 1
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  - I'm missing something here. Would we rather Obama set him free? - con_carne Nov 16, 07:48 3
    - Hold it in a federal courtroom wherever the hell it's jurisdiction is. - Will Hunting Nov 16, 07:51
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      - If the man has testicles, they need to drop. -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:53
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- meet the new boss ... same as the old boss. -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:27
- incredibly disappointing. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 16, 07:23
- i love bush junior jr....nm - x Nov 16, 07:23 1
  - heh, Every Administration Is Illuminated -- nm - zork Nov 16, 07:32
- Ugh -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 07:19
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- We are such pu**ies that we can't try these guys appropriately in the US. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 16, 07:16
Wakey wakey -- nm - ty97 Nov 16, 07:14 10
- This is your 9 o'clock alarm call !! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Nov 16, 07:57
- Lemon cakey -- nm - con_carne Nov 16, 07:46
- toss you in the lakey... -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 07:25
- Shakey. Shakey, shakey, shakey. -- nm - Mayhem Nov 16, 07:17 3
  - Dear Dean Winters: Get a better agent. -- nm - nubby Nov 16, 07:18 1
    - Word...with Oz on my resume, I should be a shoe-in for Dexter! -- nm - Mayhem Nov 16, 07:22
  - *perks up* -- nm - loosilu Nov 16, 07:17
- eggs and bacey? -- nm - sycor Nov 16, 07:15
- hands off snakey -- nm - decline Nov 16, 07:14 1
  - winner -- nm - Beaker Nov 16, 07:56

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