Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Today is the 4th day of the 47th week, the 23rd day of the 11th month, the 328th day of 2016 [with only 31shopping days until Christmas], and:
Blackout Wednesday
Dr. Who Day – in 1963 the BBC broadcast the first episode of "An Unearthly Child" (starring William Hartnell), the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
ON THIS DAY: In 534 BC Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage. In 1644 John Milton published Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship. In 1765 the judges in Frederick County, Maryland became the first to repudiate the British Stamp Act, which was designed to maintain the costs of keeping British troops in America. In 1889 the first jukebox went into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. 1954 the Dow Jones industrial average finally surpassed it's pre-crash high - 25 years after Black Tuesday - when it closed at 382.74. In 1976 Apneist Jacques Mayol was the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment. In 1978 The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 went into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies. In 1992 the first smartphone, the IBM Simon, was introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1993 Rachel Whiteread won both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year. In 2016 NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 04 mins 10 secs of light-travel time, NASA Voyager II is 15 hrs 42 mins 46 secs of light-travel time, and OSIRISREx is 52 million kilometers from Earth.
Did you know that when there are five Thursdays in November, Thanksgiving may not be on the last Thursday of the month? The earliest date for Thanksgiving is November 22 and the latest is November 28. Retailers do prefer an earlier date, of course, since it makes the holiday shopping season longer.
Thanksgiving was one holiday that I never cooked – tried it three times and it was an unmitigated disaster each time. No, Thanksgiving belonged to Grandmom Hughes -- as many as possibly could gathered at her table each year. There were three children with spouses, six grandchildren and three or more great-grandchildren, so there could be a LOT of folks there although we all didn’t usually make it the same year. You could smell the cooking as soon as you pulled into the driveway and got out of the car! She always had a huge fresh turkey, and it is a miracle I guess that we all survived because she always had stuffed full with stuffing. There was also a fresh pork roast that I remember as falling off the bone, but somehow never dry. There was fresh sauerkraut and baked beans and green beans and mountains of mashed potatoes, homemade applesauce, slaw with Grandmom’s dressing, and freshly baked rolls. I made bread for years, but I never did quite get the hang of those rolls! I have the table that was in her dining room and all the leaves – when fully extended it could seat 16 people. The kitchen table was the kid’s table if there was overflow. Dinner was early enough that the men could be done before the football game came on, and they would eat and get up, headed for the television room and the smell of tobacco wafted out. The kids would get up and either head outside to play, or to the basement to play pool, or sprawl on the floor in the living room. The women would linger over the table for a bit just talking, then slowly the task of cleaning up would be started. By around 4PM everything was put away, the first game was over, and it was time for what my kids called “fun supper” – sandwiches and desserts. There was cake, pumpkin pie with cool whip, apple pie with ice cream and cookies. Then, after cleaning up, we would sit in the living room and talk and sing.
It has been 35 years now since Grandmom cooked Thanksgiving dinner. I still miss it.
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