Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

SteveBrickNJ

SteveBrickNJ

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SteveBrickNJ said:
I am at a hotel with an ac-heater unit that has "controls" from the wall thermostat. Yet I don't have much control at all. No constant fan. If I set it at my desired temperature of 69 F it blows air for 10 minutes then it shuts off and never comes back on again. I have to return to the thermostat and set it to 67F. It feels cold. So either I have a stale stagnant and silent room or I'm too cold. Those are my options. Stinks.
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Today was a great day with our daughter and her husband and his parents. I hope everyone on this thread also had a good day. Tonight's hotel is so improved compared to yesterday. It has a constant fan and total customer control 😃 20241128_201926.jpg
 
Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
I found this fascinating.

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That reminded me of something I read while putting together a family tree (mostly for my grandkids), but I found it quite fascinating to explore those histories). I found that the family that I am connected to came from London with a land grant from the King. The family consisted of the Father, Mother and three young boys. They arrived in the Boston area in the late 1600's and within 6 months of their arrival, the Father died. It didn't say of what.

Since women couldn't own land back then the size of the grant was made smaller and 10 years later she was award an acre of land (I assume from the original grant). It never said what that women and the boys did to survive until that new grant gave her some land, but can you imagine the situation that she was presented with. A new country, three young boys to raise on her own. It must have been mind boggling. However, apparently she found a way otherwise I wouldn't be here today, because after that I was able to trace back to where my family ended up. I'm the only one that left the immediate area of way upstate NY/VT in three or four generations. They skipped from Massachusetts, to New Hampshire (briefly) and then to NY state. And now my daughters and myself live in NC and since I had no sons to carry on the name, at least that I am directly connected, so that line stops here. There were three other boys in my generation that I have not seen in 40 years so I don't know if the family name has carried on.

I'll tell you what though that it is very interesting to do a family genealogy project but it took months to put together. Glad I did it though because it showed our lineage to be far different then the strong French/Canadian inclusion in the blood line led us to believe. What a difference. The info that my immediate ancestors told everyone was way off. They said we were of German heritage and that they changed the spelling of our surname when WWI broke out so they wouldn't get persecuted. All of them were a bunch of, want you to believe, martyr's and where that story came from is anybody's guess.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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ajrwdwgirl said:
We had the parade on in the background. I only watch to see the Rockettes and Santa. Although the Minnie balloon was neat to see. Oh and I do pay attention to the marching bands they are always good. I also happened to see a group of Native American dancers and they were very good too; I felt bad because one of the dancers slipped on the wet pavement but she was a pro and caught herself before falling completely.
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I watch (some) of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade each year -- sort of a tradition with me. Like yourself, I tend to cherry pick what I focus on, and the rest goes past me. I agree with your highlights above (especially the new Minnie balloon!), the Rockettes, marching bands and Santa. It's still a fun show, but again, I don't sit through all of it. Many of the musical (solo vocalists) performers I'm not really interested in.

My concern yesterday was the wet pavement from the rain. (The woman who slipped and fell was one of the Riverdance group. I was amazed at how quickly she got up (as if nothing happened), and her partner also maintained a perfect "show" performance. They were two of the headliners for that performance, and absolute professionals.) Thank goodness there were no slips when the Rockettes performed.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Here, @JenniferS ! Sorry it's late. The boys won't eat traditional Thanksgiving fare, and they eat fries every friday, which E and I don't really like. So we saved our meal for today, when they had something else to eat.

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Technically, the holly cookies are not Thanksgiving fare, but I was able to get red hots, which I have never been able to get here, and they are festive, so E and I made them anyway. And the boys won't eat those, either.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Some pics from Thanksgiving at Mom and Pops yesterday…!!! 🙂

DWifeys (Carolyn) apple pie, in the morning, before we headed over…!!!!! 😋

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Snacks on the kitchen island, including spinach dip with sourdough bread, chips with roasted red chili pepper salsa, crackers with Brie, etc….!!!!! 😋

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Green bean casserole and dressing (I call it stuffing only when it’s been cooked inside the bird 😉)…!!!!! 😋

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These were mini tart cups with Brie and a spicy fig jam…vey good…!!!!! 😋

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My plate…
White meat and dark meat turkey, clove and honey flavored baked ham, broccoli salad, mashed potatoes, pasta salad, kale salad, green bean casserole, dressing and sausage…!!!!! 😋

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My brew…!!!!! 😋

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Time for some dessert…
Our oldest granddaughter (Emory - “Emmy”) with the vegan, made from scratch, frosted pumpkin spice cookies they brought, Mom putting out pies and one of my pecan pie slices…yes, I had 4 of those vegan cookies and 2 slices of pecan pie…!!!!! 😋

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And, finally, Pop gettin’ the rest of the turkey meat off the bones to be used for sandwiches, etc….!!!!! 😋

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It was a great time, and a very happy Thanksgiving…!!! 🙂
 
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