I know it’s early, but AW1Ed asked for it and since my son is home for the first Thanksgiving in 17 years, I have to agree.
Our best wishes for the holidays to all.
I know it’s early, but AW1Ed asked for it and since my son is home for the first Thanksgiving in 17 years, I have to agree.
Our best wishes for the holidays to all.
Comments
172 responses to “Weekend open thread”
First!
Cocksucker. 😉
Hope your wife is doing well this week, ex-OS2! Happy Thanksgiving to the both of you.
Thank you LC! Happy Thanksgiving to you!
On a Thursday of days
I never saw it coming
PRESENT!
#2 will a bullet!!
YEA!
Happy Thanksgiving to all TAHers!
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Closest I have ever been
Top three. Wow. That means that only one other loser separates me from the top dog.
Better to be first loser that second loser…
:-p
Happy white man kills indigenous people and takes land after learning how to grow popcorn Day.
don’t forget the tobacco.
And ? Tomato’s and pumpkins ? toooooo
25 Nov 71. 10.3 flight hours posted to my trip book.
Wonder how many Mermites we toted that day?
Happy Turkey Day to all.
Mermites. Forgot about that “word,” – more like a “reference” to “possible, palatable food.” Although I do enjoy mermite coffee.
Puts hair on your chest.
8st.
9!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Jonn!
And Happy Turkey and Stuffing Day to all the TAH Usual Suspects.
Happy Thanksgiving to all my TAH family.
Number 11, baby!! Whooo!!!!
er… 12.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
Happy Turkey Day, y’all! May it be a fowl moment, indeed … mmmmmm … bacon w/dressing, turkey, brussels sprouts, and mashed taters, and, well, EVERYTHING!!!!
🙂
Number 19rd and a Happy Thanksgiving to all of the Fine People of TAH®™! The Dutch Rudder Gang as well as all the other posers and embellishers can go suck a septic tank dry, may the Bluebird of Happiness take a shit on their dinner plate!
First the time e try and in the top 25.
Just returned from picking up the turkey dinner.
Now to spend the rest of the day knocking it into shape for actually eating it.
Semper first and enjoy.
D@##//%^my look ahead magic typing.
Should have read ‘first time entry’
not ‘first tI’m e try’.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Even you, DRG. In honor of the holiday, I’ll wait until tomorrow to post my usual on the WOT.
And the turkey is roasting, gonna be a nice little bird. Throw some ham in with that, some sides, and I’m not eating until I’m full, I’m eating until I hate myself.
Hope everyone has a good day with family and friends.
That’s where you put on the stretchy pants before sitting down to eat.
Yet another holiday and the False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress is still working balls.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy the day!
Happy Thanksgiving to our TAH Family?!
I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 6TH YEAR FOR THIS POSTING. I GUESS IT’S MY PERSONAL TAH THANKSGIVING TRADITION BY NOW. FEEL FREE TO ADD A NAME OF ANYONE YOU LIKE, WHATEVER THE DATE OR CONFLICT IN WHICH THEY JOINED THE FALLEN.
Today many of us will be with family for a Thanksgiving day of turkey, football, and squabbling. We will think of loved ones who are no longer at the table and say a prayer of thanks for them and our many blessings. We will remember others too, those who made the supreme sacrifice in service to our country. Below is a sampling, by year, of those whose sacrifice was made in South Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day itself. When I started this small effort, I quickly found that there were far too many men to list here whose casualty date fell on Thanksgiving. For instance, on Thanksgiving in 1968, 14 men died, although only three are listed below. Perhaps you will read their names and know one. In a very real sense, regardless of our age, our dates of service, or our branch–we knew each of them. God bless them all and God bless their families, every day but, especially, today.
THANKSGIVING DAY CASUALTIES, SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 25, 1965
Arthur Melvin Gordon, Private First Class, US Army; Age at Loss: 19
William Martin Savoren, Lance Corporal, USMC; Age at Loss: 19
Donald Raymond Bonko, Captain, US Army; Age at Loss: 28
THANKSGIVING DAY CASUALTIES, SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 24, 1966
Grady Edward McElroy, Private First Class, US Army; Age at Loss: 22
William Hixson Hardwick, Private First Class, USMC; Age at Loss: 20
John Neto Rodrigues, Staff Sergeant, US Army, Age at Loss: 36
THANKSGIVING DAY CASUALTIES, SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 23, 1967
Francis John Muraco, Corporal, USMC; Age at Loss: 21
Gary Doyle Roerink, Private First Class, Us Army; Age at Loss: 20
Leonard Leroy Bevels, Sergeant, US Army; Age at Loss: 25
THANKSGIVING DAY CASUALTIES, SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 28, 1968
Laurence E Williams, Private, US Army; Age at Loss: 19
John E Moulden, Specialist Four, US Army, Born 28 November 1945; Age at Loss: 23
Lonnie Michael Reeves, Lance Corporal, USMC, Age at Loss: 22
THANKSGIVING DAY CASUALTIES, SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 27, 1969
Wylie Clarence King, Corporal, US Army; Age at Loss: 20
Angel Luis Acevedo-Millan, Specialist Four, US Army; Age at Loss: 20
Kenneth James Smolarek, Specialist Four, US Army; Age at Loss: 19
THANKSGIVING DAY CASUALTIES, SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 26, 1970
Samuel Lee Gantt, Sergeant, US Army; Age at Loss: 25
Ralph Howell, Staff Sergeant, US Army; Age at Loss: 26
Philip Eugene Richard, Chief Warrant Officer, US Army; Age at Loss: 21
THANKSGIVING DAY CASUALTIES, SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 25, 1971
James Richard Thomas, Technical Sergeant, US Air Force; Age at Loss: 28
Thomas Dean Prose, Airman First Class, US Air Force; Age at Loss: 20
John William George, Captain, US Air Force; Age at Loss: 26
Just a small back story to the Thanksgiving Day 1971 casualties.
All three of those men were crewmembers on a HH-53C Super Jolly Green Giant which had taken heavy fire while rescuing 14 survivors of a crashed C-7 Caribou. After dropping off the survivors, they were limping their way back to home station when once again they took more fire and crashed into a river.
All in all, both good and bad Ju-Ju happened that day.
Rest in Peace, Airmen.
This will be the first Thanksgiving in forever that MrsBill and I have not hosted dinner at our house. We don’t have any family in town but usually have a group of similarly situated friends that we host, but this year everyone is out of town. So, we have lunch reservations at a nice restaurant, and then will settle in for a long day of football. Rooting for Texas A&M to beat LSU.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
WHOOP!! Although without Trevor Knight, I don’t know how well we’ll do. :/
Happy Thanksgiving from the chilly shores of Seneca Lake (haven’t been in the hometown for Thanksgiving in 30 some years).
We are sleeping in for a while and then getting started with the cooking. Ham, turkey, green bean casserole, pistachio pudding, loaded mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and rolls with some moscato wine and apple cheesecake pie.
We are making a meal for us and one for all the cats as well.
Happy Thanksgiving all honorable people.
From The Pineywoods NCO, the wife and the cats.
“green bean casserole”…My wife is working today but promised that she’ll make it when she gets home. Yum!
I just finished my Thanksgiving repast. Hack Stone and his lovely bride Rosetta Stone are hosting friends this afternoon at Stately Stone Manor. A coworker/retired SeaBee claims that he has never had string bean cream of mushroom casserole until now. How could a man live 56 years and never had string bean cream of mushroom casserole? I have only known him for 16 years. Could it be that he is a sleeper agent for a terrorist organization?
HackStone, my mother could not figure out how to do those 1940s traditional Thanksgiving/holiday dishes, for the life of her, even though the recipe for that was on every Campbell’s mushroom soup can. The only time in my entire life that I ever had it was when I went to visit a friend in Chicago at her parents’ townhouse and her mother put that on the table. So when I got home, I sked my mother why she never fixed that dish. She just gave me a blank look.
Some things simply do not move from one family to another.
I joined my friends, the Army Ranger Instructors, of the Rangers at Camp Rudder, for our annual Thanksgiving Dinner in the DFAC. Prior to dinner, we enjoyed Cadre Jumps and a pretty damned good party in “The Gator Lounge”. While there I met, talked with, and got a handshake and a coin from the Commandant of the Army Infantry School at Ft. Benning, Brig. Gen.Jones, as he thanked me for my work as a Swamp Ranger:
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I wish everyone who shows up here a happy Thanksgiving and a pleasantly lazy weekend.
I am thankful for having had a pretty great life, for the great friends that I have, and thankful for the health that I enjoy today. I have done pretty much every thing I wanted to do in life, but there are some things that I have chosen not to do, such as:
I have never taken off in an airplane while knowing that I had an inadequate amount of fuel. I have never suffered the humiliation of having been disbarred from the practice of law, nor have I ever been found to claim to be anything more than I truly am. So much to be thankful for, including being called “Friend” by a Ranger, Successful Attorney, and all around great guy:
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Great moustache, Frankie!
J.S. Feller
Thank ya, thank ya very much. (in my best Elvis voice)
I have some new bird pictures for you
A Cooper’s hawk and some vermilion flycatchers and one cinnamon teal pics hope you like
Happy Turkey Day to one and all!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Mrs. Whitey’s doc just confirmed that our third baby is on the way, so we’ll have some extra celebration.
Congrats to you both, TOW!
Congrats!
Congrats. Now you get to go from one on one defense to zone. Good luck.
You win the Interwebs today! Very apt description.
Congrats!!!!!
Congratulations!
Congrats to you both!
Congratulations, to the TOW family!
Congrats!
Congrats, Mr & Mrs TOW!
HeeeeHaaaaaaaaa
Congrats ? ? ? ?
We have baby stuff here if you guys need anything
And it’s free
Wishing a happy Thanksgiving to all the TAH gang. I have really enjoyed this forum.
Saturday night the wife and I get on a plane in Uganda, Africa and began our flight home through Rwanda, Belgium, Washington DC THEN Houston. Some 30+ Hours in planes and airports. Not looking forward to hitting Dulles on Sunday evening of the holiday. Thank God for Global Entry.
My oldest daughter is a missionary here in Entebbe and got to see my youngest granddaughter for the first time for her first birthday.
Last comment I saw from 3/17 Air Cav was on 2 Oct 2016.
Anybody out there have eyeballs on him?
Hello, Hello 3/17. SITREP, please.
Claw…….I’ve been a little busy the past six weeks. Alumni weekend with my baseball buddies. Bird hunting in North Dakota.
During alumni weekend got into a little trouble with the law. DUI so now I’m going to be going thru the diversion program in Oregon. Too much fun!
The jeep is up and running, and the Mule left today for repairs.
All and all life is good! I’m still romancing the little chickadee next door!
Take good care Charlie!
Steve
Roger. Thanx for the update.
Be careful out there. Make sure you wear a raincoat no matter the weather.
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Small gathering (5) at Stately Claw Manor this year. The Brother-In-Law and I lost our asses to the females in Double Deck Pinochle.
That’s all. Out.
May all enjoy a wonderful day.
Have already overeaten, and have at least one additional stop to make today. Is there time for a short nap between now and then? Oops. There may not really be an option. ZZZZZZzzzzz….
Some might argue that I need psychological help. That’s fine by me – the more they argue the more tater tots I can sneak off their plates.
Happy Turducken Day, everyone!
Super duper shitty thanksgiving this year for me, but it could always be worse.
Enjoy the time with friends and family because they can be gone the next day.
I’m sorry, FC0311.
Sorry to hear that, FC0311.
FC0311. We had two TAHers lose their spouses over the last few months. This day, the first for them in decades, no doubt, w/o their life partner, is especially tough. I guess the only way to look at these things is to be thankful for the memories. Not everyone is blessed with them.
Keep your chin up and try to remember the good times.
My condolences.
A loss, whether it is someone very close, a favorite pet, or just a person who’s company one has been able to enjoy is still a loss. We feel a bit emptier, and somehow know that we must move on without them and the input that they offered our lives. My condolences to you, friend.
So, since Ex-PH2 hasn’t posted her recipe, I’ll post mine for Chocolate Mousse Pie.
Crust
8 Reduced-fat chocolate graham crakers
3 tb 70% buttermilk-vegetable oil
3 tb Honey
Filling
1 Envelope unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
12 oz Evaporated skim milk
3 tb Unsweetened cocoa powder
7 oz Dark (semisweet) chocolate; broken into peices
2 ts Vanilla
16 oz Cool Whip non-fat non-dairy whipped topping
For CRUST
Preheat oven to 350F. For crust, break up graham crackers; place in food processor. Process into fine crumbs.
Add honey and vegetable oil spread. With on/off motion, pulse until evenly moistened.
Turn into 9″ springform pan. Spread crumbs evenly over bottom of pan and 1 1/2″ up sides. cover with plastic wrap; press crust firmly using a straight sided glass filled partway with pennies for weight. Remove plastic. Bake crust 5 minutes.
Transfer pan to wire rack to cool completely.
For FILLING
For filling, in saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over cold water. Let stand 1 minute until softened.
Place pan over low heat; stir until gelatin dissolves.
In another saucepan, bring evaporated milk to boil, stirring. Stir in cocoa, sugar and chocolate. With wire whisk mix until smooth.
Stir in vanilla and gelatin mixture. Pour into bowl using a strainer to filter out undissolved cocoa powder; cool to room temperature.
Refrigerate, stirring every 10 minutes until mixture thickens and begins to mound, about 30 – 45 minutes.
Gently fold in whipped topping. Pour into crust. Refrigerate until set, 2 hours.
For decorative effects, grate the remaining chocolate and sprinkle on top and then decorate with more whipped topping.
Makes 12 servings
My directions are similar:
Step#1. Get in car.
Step#2. Drive to bakery.
Step#3. Get out of car.
Step#4. Buy whatever looks good.
Chocolate Mousse Pie
First, find a chocolate mousse….
Non-fat, non-dairy, unsweetened, unflavored? LOL! No.
Step #1 – Go to Bakers Corner
Step #2 – Buy French Silk pie
Step #3 – Go home, put pie in fridge
Step #4 – Make hot tea to go with pie
Step #5 – Have dinner first, then pie
To Baker’s Corner for French Silk? I thought you ladies shopped Victoria’s Secret for your “French Silk”.
Nah, that’s a different store!
The classic French Silk pie is a chocolate custard pie with a whipped cream top. It has to be made from scratch, and is somewhat like the chocolate mousse, but it’s a bit smoother in texture. And you put chocolate curls on the top of the whipped cream.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my brothers and sisters standing a post in the forgotten corners of the world including my daughter who just stood for her E-5.
oops, darn fingers E-6
This year, I am especially thankful for two things: first, that it is oBaMa’s last Thanksgiving in our White House, and; two, that H. Clinton will not be in the White House when he leaves.
NYT headline!
Trump evicts black family from Government housing in the dead of Winter!
FYI:
Services for PH1(AC) John Sheppard, USN (Ret.) will be arranged by: http://www.dignitymemorial.com/el-camino-memorial-sorrento-valley/en-us/index.page
I spoke to John’s lovely wife Rose earlier today. She is very sad indeed and we spoke for quite sometime. I let her talk away, words of total love for John, and I listened … She wanted me to pass on a warm and grateful thank you. John’s obit is not posted yet at site above, however Rose said that he will be buried on Monday. Consult the web site for more info.
MCPO
Fair winds and following seas, PH1 Sheppard.
Thanks, Master Chief
Ninety eleventh!
We have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving day. Many thanks to those who even today, guard our country, both near and far away. And many thanks to those who voted to make sure Hillary was halted on her march to power.
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.
I went turkey hunting this morning.
TAH World HQ Video Intake and Editing Department has the clip.
Damn, good going. I’ve never gotten one that big. Looks like good eatin’ coming your way.
I shot my first turkey just the other day. I was pretty pleased, but it scared the shit out of the other shoppers in the Commissary.
I did that once!
That.Is.HILARIOUS!?
Oh, that’s a scream!
Not even close to first, but I don’t care. I’m taking a well-earned break from cooking (waiting for the pumpkin pies to come out of the oven so I can put the turkey in). All the pollitos are in the nest, including my soon-to-be-SF Soldier son, and I’m a happy mama.
Congrats…what MOS is your son opting on?
18A. 😉
What group is he/will he be, in? I live just “up the road” from the 7th SFG(A) campus.
He doesn’t know yet. I guess that will be determined/announced at the end of his MOS phase.
If he decides to go 18D…he will be mine.
Mwahahahahahaha!
Sorry, ID SARC, he’s an 18A. ?
*IDC SARC
18D’s will teach him to give an IV lol
Yep, he’s already done that. 🙂 Actually, he did that the first time in CLS. (I’m jealous–looks like I’ll have to wait until paramedic school for that.)
???
Congrats
Happy Thanksgiving y’allz!
Happy Thanksgiving to all here at TAH!!
And now, for your turkey…….
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Looks like a gobbler!
Happy Thanksgiving ? ?
http://usat.ly/1YrLkFc
Too much to be thankful for not the least of which is having a great visit with Claw and Mrs Claw and 3/17. Happy Turkey Day to all TAH’ers.
I am thankful for Al Gore for inventing the internet, and for Daniel Bernath. The reason that I am thankful for Daniel Bernath is that he is the perfect example of when someone should cross over to the other side. I told my lovely bride Rosetta Stone that if I ever behave or smell like Daniel Bernath, just smother me with a pillow while I sleep.
I am thankful for posting first on the WOT. It has been a long, tough fight but I overcame.
Cocksuckers.
I’m thankful for several things;
a) – This Aint Hell, and the Boss who lets me write and post stuff here
b) – The company of friends here and elsewhere
c) – Living in a free country
d) – The internet
e) – My cats, despite the hair, drooling and catboxes
f) – Did I say freedom?
I checked the current inflation rate for this year through October, at this link:
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates/
It appears that it is going to stay above 1.5%. I hope this means that the .3% COLA promised will expand to 1.6% in January. I have cats to feed.
Mongol General: Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.
AW1Ed: Wrong! Gorging until you slip into a tryptophan stupor, waking up to watch football, and having that left over turkey sammich. With cranberry sauce. That is best!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.
Speaking of turkeys our old friend 8 Ball AL Merklein has taken some new photos for us to admire.
https://www.facebook.com/gale.vanlanduyt
Florida….
It looks like he has a 12″ dildo crammed up his ass in every photo.
It is a shame that AMVETS tolerates this behavior. Disgraceful….
He does have a shit eating grin like a gerbil is having death spasms deep in his colon. I guess AMVETS are ok with this shitbaggery.
I am blessed with not being able to see his photos. When I was blistering him over his phoniness, he chose to block me. Life is good.
Dang, a cultural icon has moved on. Florence Henderson aka Carol Brady has passed at a young 82.
Awww, no more Crisco commercials…. I am sad.
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