Happy Thanksgiving Eve :)

[docholly]

Morning..

Off to the palms to get the football picks and stats. Tried to get there yesterday but the parking lot was full and now valet has taken over 1/2 the covered parking |badidea| so i'm going early before the lunch crowd gets there at 10am for Bloody Marys.

I'm so happy we don't have all this hubbub for the national day of mourning also called thanksgiving. Spud and I (used to be all my kids) will be at the battered women's shelter tomorrow to help them prep for our annual 2 hours of paying it foward, then we'll hit our favorite local breakfast joint, 2 movies and end the day with a glass of wine (and sprite for the rug dawg) at my pal candi's new house.

For those traveling to be with friends and family today, travel safely.

have a good one.

PS: Anyone here *cough* remember where they were on 11/22/63??

[Maj. Stress]

Good Morning
It's a beautiful sunny day in East Texas gonna be hard to get any work done.

Originally Posted by docholly

PS: Anyone here *cough* remember where they were on 11/22/63??

shhhhhhh..... people might start thinking we are old or something

[Simon]

Originally Posted by docholly

Anyone here *cough* remember where they were on 11/22/63??

I was sitting in the 3rd grade classroom of the parochial school I attended. There was a hushed conversation between some nuns (of the above) at the door to the room, and then we were told that the President was dead and that we should put our heads down on our desks for awhile. They let us out early that afternoon, which usually would have meant fun on a Friday, but no one seemed to be in the mood for playing that day. I doubt any of us understood what had happened, since nothing had been explained to us, but somehow the weight of the situation had been conveyed to us.

[docholly]

Originally Posted by Simon

I was sitting in the 3rd grade classroom of the parochial school I attended. There was a hushed conversation between some nuns (of the above) at the door to the room, and then we were told that the President was dead and that we should put our heads down on our desks for awhile. They let us out early that afternoon, which usually would have meant fun on a Friday, but no one seemed to be in the mood for playing that day. I doubt any of us understood what had happened, since nothing had been explained to us, but somehow the weight of the situation had been conveyed to us.

mine is similar -- only i was in public school in Ybor City the latin area of Tampa. 3rd grade. They let us out early. I had no clue to who he was because we had been living out of the country from 1959 until Oct of 1963. My 1st month in public american school and wow a holiday. Of course once I got home and saw the TV i realized who it was.

[MrMaryLou]

Originally Posted by docholly

PS: Anyone here *cough* remember where they were on 11/22/63??

I was in kindergarten morning session I remember coming home to see a man crying on the TV in place of my normal cartoons

[Toby]

Originally Posted by docholly

PS: Anyone here *cough* remember where they were on 11/22/63??

I was just a wee lad, about 6 months older than John Jr, not really old enough to understand exactly what was going on, but old enough to understand that my Mom was very upset. I do recall watching the funeral on TV a few days later.

[emmanuelle]

Good afternoon! The sun is still shining, it's 3 degrees c (36 for you non-metric heathens) The back door is practically revolving between kitty running out, his girlfriend running in to eat all his food, and the squirrels demanding that the buffet be replenished.