The Coffee House

tirediron · Nov 22, 2018

snowbear said:
John - I know Canada's Thanksgiving was a few weeks ago. What are the traditions up there?

It's pretty much the same as for you (with less emphasis on shopping, 'though we're catching up on that). Get together with family, stuff yourself silly and lay around the house doing as little as you can!

davidharmier60 · Nov 22, 2018

The Turkey was very good. The potatoes came with something and weren't great.
The dressing, while good, was not as good as what Diane made. Sister makes a corn casserole that is great. Throw in olives, stuffed celery and stuffed eggs.
And we are full.

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SquarePeg · Nov 22, 2018

Oh yeaaaaah!

tirediron · Nov 22, 2018

On my way!

limr · Nov 22, 2018

I made a damn fine pie this year. I used a combo of mostly kabocha with some acorn squash for the filling. So yummy.

RowdyRay · Nov 22, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Was supposed to go to my sister's place. My truck didn't want to. Drove it last Sunday and all was fine. Hit the key today....nothing. Spent the day trouble shooting. Long story short, it's the starter solenoid. Guess what I'll be doing this weekend? Trying really hard to not complain. It's been a fantastic vehicle. This happened in my driveway. Not in the middle of the night 100 miles from home. When does that happen? Never. An inconvenience, but one I can live with.

I'm thankful for awesome neighbors. We've always tried to look out for one another. When they saw me home and working on the truck, it was a steady stream of plated leftovers. Tried to decline, but that was pointless. I'm stuffed, and enough food for the next couple of days.

Dean_Gretsch · Nov 22, 2018

That's a very good way to look at it Ray. Happy Thanksgiving.

Fujidave · Nov 23, 2018

Morning all, another very cold and grey day here so not up to much today.

SquarePeg · Nov 23, 2018

RowdyRay said:
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Was supposed to go to my sister's place. My truck didn't want to. Drove it last Sunday and all was fine. Hit the key today....nothing. Spent the day trouble shooting. Long story short, it's the starter solenoid. Guess what I'll be doing this weekend? Trying really hard to not complain. It's been a fantastic vehicle. This happened in my driveway. Not in the middle of the night 100 miles from home. When does that happen? Never. An inconvenience, but one I can live with.

I'm thankful for awesome neighbors. We've always tried to look out for one another. When they saw me home and working on the truck, it was a steady stream of plated leftovers. Tried to decline, but that was pointless. I'm stuffed, and enough food for the next couple of days.

Glad you didn’t get stuck somewhere! I had a similar issue with my car not starting yesterday but I think it’s the alternator. The garage doesn’t open until Saturday so will have to wait to find out for sure. Had to borrow my sister-in-law’s car for the drive up to NH for Thanksgiving dinner. They were heading to her sister’s house and they took my brother’s car so I could use hers. One of the perks of having family living in the downstairs apartment is that there’s almost always an extra car to use. Thankful for that as we would have been pretty bummed if we didn’t have a car and has to skip dinner.

davidharmier60 · Nov 23, 2018

My old truck woke right up with a new solenoid. Gotta bug out in a few.
Back to work like yesterday never happened.

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Fujidave · Nov 23, 2018

Had a nice day today, went to login to Flickr and it wont let me at all. It seems as though the new owners don`t want my money to go Pro so not happy with the way they are doing things, stupid Flickr owners

smoke665 · Nov 23, 2018

Little groggy this morning. Little bit spent the night and she's like a Tasmanian devil on steroids when she sleeps. Spinning, turning, kicking, hitting.

davidharmier60 · Nov 23, 2018

5 and a few. 22.45 for the week.
Not little kick boxers in my life but I seem to run laps when asleep. It seems to be pissing rain just now.

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snowbear · Nov 23, 2018

I had to get up at 06:30 to feed the girls, then went back to bed until a little after 8, We had turkey sandwiches for lunch, then I made turkey stock (about 1-1/2 gallons, I think). Used a cup of it for dinner: garlic butter shrimp and rice. Otherwise, it's been a lazy day.

RowdyRay · Nov 23, 2018

SquarePeg said:
Glad you didn’t get stuck somewhere! I had a similar issue with my car not starting yesterday but I think it’s the alternator. The garage doesn’t open until Saturday so will have to wait to find out for sure. Had to borrow my sister-in-law’s car for the drive up to NH for Thanksgiving dinner. They were heading to her sister’s house and they took my brother’s car so I could use hers. One of the perks of having family living in the downstairs apartment is that there’s almost always an extra car to use. Thankful for that as we would have been pretty bummed if we didn’t have a car and has to skip dinner.

Glad I wasn't stuck walking, and glad you got to where you were going. Wish I had that convenience. Living alone has it's challenges. Yes, I have a company truck, but they put GPS units in them several years ago. Can't just run down the road a couple blocks for a part or TP. They know when I open a door. I've gotten phone calls when I move it to remove snow on the weekends.

Everything was closed yesterday, but picked up a rebuild kit for the solenoid today. Tried to drop the starter...that didn't go well. My son is coming over tomorrow. We'll beat it into submission. Lol. I'm not made out of money. Almost 200.00 for a new starter. Little over 100.00 for a rebuilt one. Add labor if you bring it into a shop. And towing if not in your driveway. If we can get it out, it's a 30.00 fix and some elbow grease. Wish me luck.