Tom,
Are you still seeing the same young lady I met at the Chadfest a few years back? Tell her I said hi and hope she's doing well. She was from up in CT too iirc.
Go 'Cats!

Same lady friend but she's from around here. I'll let her know have a great holiday!

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Happy Birthday Strelnik. Mine was on Thanksgiving last year. I treated myself to a breakfast out alone, then a walk on the Ocean City boardwalk.
Stand down. Relax. Take it easy. You have certainly earned it.

Bela rocks. The show with Marcus Roberts is excellent.

Not the Flecktones..... but extremely cool music, played by very fine musicians.
(well mixed too, by my buddy Richard...)

Have a great time!

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1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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I could tell you what I'm REALLY going to be doing, but then I would have to kill you. And I really don't want to do that.. have a great Thanksgiving my man.

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Thursday I am going to South Bend to sup with my siblings and some of my kids and mom.

Saturday I am heading to Minnesota to pick up the Studebaker.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Back 'atcha.

It'll be the first Thanksgiving without my mom. Going in with very mixed emotions.

Heading over to my brother's house with my crew, my father and my brother's in-laws. 15 in total. We usually fry a turkey but this year we're doing one on the rotisserie and one in the oven. Too many kids running around now, don't want to have to worry about the fryer. Frees up more time to eat appetizers and watch more football.

I hoping the company, food, beer and football are enough to help compensate for the one glaring absence.

Hope you all have a safe & happy one! I'm going to try my best.

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Hey Tom! Commin' up I-94 or are you heading west on I-90 after the left turn at Tomah?

For T-Day, the 'x' invited me over to her place to make the usual mess...bring this and that, two gallons of blue-milk...the usual.

I said "I'll pop for a T-Day Buffet and take you out."

Dropped the reservations off at a local Golf/Supper Club north of Holmen.

T-Day Buffet starting @ 1045.00 hours, then FB for the rest of the day...either at her place or I drop her off and head home.

No Black-anythings...will watch the carnage on the television later and laugh at the unfortunates that didn't use the brains that DOG gave 'em to stay out of harm's way.

Besides, what's so great about "lose-leaders" when they're, probably, "B-Stock" items anyways?

I might just load up the 12-guage, don some orange and go find a tree to sit under and wait for 'ol bucky to come snortin' along.

Hey...it's all about gettin' out and away from it all. Right?

Have a quite and safe T-Day and don't overfill the oil on the Turkey-frier!

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'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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Well looks like I'll be helping out at the Pasadena shelter with the wifey (something she decided for us to do), so I'm not fully sure what our plans are. Either way I think it will be good to do something positive rather than my usual (eat and drink until I pass out). Happy Thanksgiving all!

eating dinner with good friends

Eating Thanksgiving Lunch/Dinner at the Clubhouse, then probably napping the rest of the day.

I'm hoping to work on w123 heater box reassembly this weekend.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Cook your turkey flat.

put a defrosted bird on breast side down. With good kitchen shears cut from the vent up to where the neck used to be on both sides of the backbone and remove it. Pry it open a bit. Flip the bird over. Put your left had against the bird's breast bone and with your right had give the breast bone a hard push towards your left until the bone breaks. Push down on the breast and flatten the turkey. Remove the legs and thighs. Oil and season the three turkey parts as you wish and lay them in a large roasting pan on a bed of celery, onion and carrot with a few whole garlic cloves scattered around and some sprigs of fresh rosemary, thyme and sage.
Roast in a preheated 350 degree oven. An 18 pound bird will cook in about an hour and a half this way.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Keeping it low key this year. Staying home with the wife and kids. Our family is all in Birmingham and Miami so its too far to drive for a few days and I am not a fan of flying with a 3 year old and a 1 year old