The Thankfulness Thread
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 20:24 last edited by
@89th said in The Thankfulness Thread:
I have a 3 week old son
Hey, I didn't know! Congrats! Did you post any photos?
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 20:48 last edited by
A great family and two adorable dogs visiting. Nice to have critters in the house.
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:00 last edited by
I'm thankful for my family, their health, and for my job and the people that make up the corporation. Lots of decent people surrounded me my whole life. Also thankful my dogs are healthy.
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:06 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:07 last edited by
I forgot one thing.
I’m thankful for Klaus’s mortality.
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:09 last edited by jon-nyc
I’m thankful that sound can’t travel from Baden-Württemburg to the USA
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@89th said in The Thankfulness Thread:
I have a 3 week old son
Hey, I didn't know! Congrats! Did you post any photos?
wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:11 last edited by@Klaus said in The Thankfulness Thread:
@89th said in The Thankfulness Thread:
I have a 3 week old son
Hey, I didn't know! Congrats! Did you post any photos?
Nope! I try to keep my kids photos offline, but thanks!
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:12 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in The Thankfulness Thread:
I’m thankful that sound can’t travel from Baden-Württemburg to the USA
But I can travel from BW to the USA (Corona notwithstanding). You are not safe.
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I'm thankful for my family, their health, and for my job and the people that make up the corporation. Lots of decent people surrounded me my whole life. Also thankful my dogs are healthy.
wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:34 last edited by@Horace said in The Thankfulness Thread:
I'm thankful for my family, their health, and for my job and the people that make up the corporation. Lots of decent people surrounded me my whole life. Also thankful my dogs are healthy.
I’m thankful for many of things I encounter here and the diversity thereof.
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wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:49 last edited by
Thankful for many of the things already mentioned. But also for-
my 91 yo mother being relatively healthy and active.
my husband, who takes such good care of us. -
wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:55 last edited by
Thankful for my life and the friends I have.
The wisdom and humor I find here
For the joys found in the arts and in the world at large
For a semblance of good health -
Things I'm thankful for:
- My mortality
- Electronic shifting on my road bike
- The lambda calculus (cf. my avatar)
wrote on 26 Nov 2020, 21:55 last edited by@Klaus said in The Thankfulness Thread:
Things I'm thankful for:
- My mortality
Spoken like the father of a teenager
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wrote on 27 Nov 2020, 01:00 last edited by
Thankful for everything that I have when I realize that so so many people are less fortunate than I.
And to all the friends here, those who I met and those who have yet to meet.
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wrote on 27 Nov 2020, 02:00 last edited by
A Thanksgiving meal that is more appropriately portioned. It’s probably the first Thanksgiving meal in my adult memory where I did not eat too much.
In hind sight, for all my life to date I do not remember having to starve. That is probably sufficient reason to be thankful.
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wrote on 27 Nov 2020, 02:02 last edited by
Lamb shanks are awesome. Nice dinner.
Somehow I never end up eating too much on Thanksgiving. Just don't like that feeling of being stuffed.
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wrote on 27 Nov 2020, 21:33 last edited by
I am thankful for:
My good physical and mental health.
That I live in Maine, which I think is a nice place to live.
My Thanksgiving Day yesterday went well.
We didn't have power outages around here yesterday, as I thought we might since we had freezing rain here yesterday morning.
My car hasn't had any mechanical issues in a long time.
And more.
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I am thankful for:
My good physical and mental health.
That I live in Maine, which I think is a nice place to live.
My Thanksgiving Day yesterday went well.
We didn't have power outages around here yesterday, as I thought we might since we had freezing rain here yesterday morning.
My car hasn't had any mechanical issues in a long time.
And more.
wrote on 27 Nov 2020, 23:07 last edited by Mik@MainerMikeBrown sometimes the things we take for granted are great blessings.
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wrote on 28 Nov 2020, 00:08 last edited by
I'm thankful for family. You get to choose your friends, not your family. I'm lucky to have plenty of loud, irritating, wonderful family.
I'm thankful for my wife. It's been a good life with her. I'd like to live to see fifty years with her. I've done forty and would do every day over again. Even the bad ones.
I'm thankful for roots. I can walk across my place and note where every beloved pet is buried. I know where the iron hitch ring is buried in the old oak, even though it's long covered over. I can look down the pines in the thicket and still see the row remnants of grandpa's sweet potato patch. I can walk across the road and find the mound where my great grandpa built a brick cistern in the 1880's. Sometimes, I walk through the woods and kick over one of Uncle Henry's pint whiskey bottles. Henry couldn't handle his liquor and he'd sneak a bottle from town when he could. A big fault in an otherwise very good man. The memories lay over the land like a winter fog, so if you squint a little, you can sometimes see things and people that are long gone.
I'm thankful to live in a free land, in a time of peace and plenty. Those countries and those times are rarer than we think. I pray that our freedom is never taken away or given up freely for the fool's gold of socialism.
Lastly, I'm thankful for a risen Savior. Many of you don't believe, but that's ok. His coming has made the world a better place. It has given us hope, redemption and salvation. It has given even those who do not believe in Him, a roadmap to a successful life, a successful community and a better world. Man needs a framework to structure his life around. It's a shame that all of us so often ignore his teachings and the angels of our better natures, preferring instead to destroy people, relationships and nations in pursuit of some perceived ephemeral want.
I've been blessed. I often forget how much...
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wrote on 28 Nov 2020, 00:23 last edited by
Jolly, you have expressed my list pretty much exactly.
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wrote on 28 Nov 2020, 00:41 last edited by
That's awesome, Jolly : )
More and more, I am thankful for my health. I have been so lucky so far in life. Too many friends are struggling with something, mental or physical.
These past few months I'm thankful for employment, and a solid work community.
Also thankful for the trails all around where I live, and the ability to quickly feel like I can disappear in the woods despite being smack in suburbia.
