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  1. 36 minutes ago, Alpo said:

    Joe, you ought to know by now that I don't ever look anything up. :rolleyes: :P

     

     

    :lol:

     

    36 minutes ago, Alpo said:

    Just made sense. Actually, our Thanksgiving in late November seems too late. The first Thanksgiving - Massachusetts - I don't think they would be harvesting in November. We harvest in November here in Florida, but up there? Doesn't the snow on the ground get in the way?

     

     

    Looks like it bounced around some:  https://www.si.edu/spotlight/thanksgiving/history

     

    Also,  per that,  we might have G. Washington to thank for the November date. 

     

    Before I looked it up I was going to guess that it was November because that was when all the grain was  threashed and stored, all the meat salted and in barrels,  or smoked and hanging. 

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  2. From the link above:

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    4. The food is a little different

    Thanksgiving food is fairly similar across Canada and the US, with just a few small regional differences. Instead of turkey, Canadians might serve ham and tourtiere, a pastry pie filled with potatoes. People from Newfoundland like to enjoy a traditional Jiggs dinner – corned beef, root vegetables, and peas pudding all boiled together. For dessert, Ontarian locals usually go for butter tarts, while people in the Canadian Prairie love their apple pie, instead of pumpkin pie. And if you are serving pumpkin pie in Canada, it’s likely made with more nutmeg, ginger, cloves and cinnamon than the US version. As for stuffing, Canadians use rice and bread crumbs. You also probably won’t find as much cornbread or sweet potatoes and marshmallows here. "

     

    As with all generalizations,  take that with a large grain,  if not block, of salt. 

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  3. 18 hours ago, watab kid said:

    im currious why thanksgiving is in october for you ? if i missed that , im sorry , ours is in november and im glad its that far away , 

     

    13 hours ago, Alpo said:

    Maybe because further north they have a shorter growing season so harvest comes earlier?

     

    Got me curious myself. 

     

    Good guess, Alpo.  Or did you look it up?

     

    https://www.trafalgar.com/real-word/canadian-thanksgiving/

     

    "The date has moved around a few times – and it wasn’t even regularly observed until it was formalised as a national holiday in 1879. The Canadian government finally settled on an October Thanksgiving celebration in 1957. Why? The date lines up with the end of the Canadian autumn harvest and it’s early enough to avoid the freezing cold of winter. While the official Thanksgiving Day is Monday, the big family feast can happen at any point on the weekend – so you have time to shake off that food coma!"

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  4. :FlagAm:  Thanks for the uplifting story about Americans helping Americans. 

     

    Amazing the small miracles we encounter almost every day. 

     

    My own...

    For various reasons we were going to be a little short financially this month.  I saw ob FB an ad for a focus group in this area, only about 10 miles away.   Pay for a 0900 to 1600 meeting,  light breakfast and lunch included, is $300. More than covers what we need. 

     

    We just need to trust,  and accept the blessings that God offers us.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

     

    Photo no Bueno amigo.  Just Pixels

     

    3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

    US sailors at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station standing behind rolled out sea bags

     

    Highlight that,  select "Web Search," the select "Images."

     

    1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said:

     

    I have a feeling that won't help him.   If I recall he's scared of FB.

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  6. US sailors at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station standing behind rolled out sea bags and awaiting inspection, 1940 !
    photo by: Bernard Hoffman
    LIFE MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
    May be a black-and-white image of 2 people and text
     
     
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  7. 9 hours ago, Dr. Zook said:

    Is it true that they turned "USCG base -Treasure Island" into a homeless camp area?

     

     

    https://www.ktvu.com/news/new-housing-on-treasure-island-for-formerly-homeless-veterans

     

    SAN FRANCISCO - Treasure Island had a ribbon cutting Thursday for the first new building that offers over one hundred units of affordable housing to previously homeless veterans.

     

    The Maceo May Apartments is named after one of the earliest local advocates of homeless veterans, who died in 2014, but whose legend lives on with healthy housing for homeless veterans.

     

    https://catholiccharitiessf.org/treasure-island-supportive-housing/

     

    Catholic Charities Treasure Island Supportive Housing promotes self-sufficiency and independence of formerly homeless families. Clients are supported through an array of services designed to help families achieve residential, economic, and personal stability. Permanent, subsidized supportive housing is provided to formerly homeless and low-income families where the head of household may have one or more special needs, including mental health challenges, disabling HIV/AIDS, or a history of substance abuse.

    In addition, Treasure Island Supportive Housing collaborates with other organizations to provide community activities for children and families.

     

    From Wikipedia:

    In 1996, Treasure Island and the Presidio of San Francisco Army Post were decommissioned and opened to public control, under stipulations. Treasure Island is now part of District 6 of the City and County of San Francisco, though it is still owned by the Navy. In 1993, the naval station was selected for closure, and Navy operations ended there in 1997. Some of the property was transferred to the Federal Highway Administration, the Labor Department and the U.S. Coast Guard, and the rest is open for development.

     

     

    So it's not like the base was closed in order to make it a homeless camp.   Looks like it's not a camp at all. 

     

     

     

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  8. 58 minutes ago, Doc Neeley said:

    Get you and the wife a Capon.

     

    Good gawd NO! Too many of those in Sacramento and DC.  

     

     

    ADDED:

     

    I just looked up where to buy one near me.  For a frozen 7 to 10 pound is $40.

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  9. 11 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said:

    Is that Alcatraz Island at the top of the photo?

     

    It is.  And to the viewers right of the line is one of the ferry boats that connected San Francisco and Sausalito. 

    Added:

    Make that two.   The smaller one may have been for Mare Island. 

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  10. Stolen from FB

     

    "Aircraft carriers of the United States Navy passing under the incomplete Golden Gate Bridge on November 12, 1936 along with their escorts. From the front of the photo to the back, we have USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Ranger (CV-4), and USS Saratoga (CV-3) as the lead ship of the formation. 

    At the time, this was the entirety of the United State's carrier power. USS Langley (CV-1) had entered drydock the previous month for conversion into a seaplane tender. Meanwhile, the first of the Yorktown class would not be commissioned until almost a year later (Yorktown (CV-5) in September of 1937)"

     

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