Thanksgiving Traditions

Discussion in 'Los Angeles DODGERS' started by Finski, Nov 21, 2017.

  1. BitBucket

    BitBucket New Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2024
    Messages:
    0
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
  2. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    53,208
    Likes Received:
    40,790
    Trophy Points:
    278
    fun game
    we used to play it before/after a local poker tournament
    sometimes more money changed hands there than in the tourney
     
    BlueMouse and Finski like this.
  3. TAFNAC

    TAFNAC Cossack Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    4,444
    Likes Received:
    4,898
    Trophy Points:
    163
    I usually fry a turkey. Gets me outside for a good hour before dinner and away from the guests. And I get to channel my inner white trash.

    Next day I use the the leftover stuffing to make a stuffing and American cheese omelette. I know it sounds disgusting, and totally unhealthy. But it's delicious...and totally unhealthy.
     
  4. Gebbeth

    Gebbeth DSP Legend

    Joined:
    Jul 2013
    Messages:
    8,817
    Likes Received:
    6,162
    Trophy Points:
    173
    I actually like to cook, an Thanksgiving is like the only time I am in full control of everyone and they do what I say, or else they get crappy food.

    It's also an excuse for me to drink copious amounts of booze as I prepare the meal. Kill two birds with one stone.
     
  5. TAFNAC

    TAFNAC Cossack Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    4,444
    Likes Received:
    4,898
    Trophy Points:
    163
    You can throw a little sour cream on top too if you want to make it even worse for your heart.
     
    Finski likes this.
  6. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    53,208
    Likes Received:
    40,790
    Trophy Points:
    278
    and pork fat
     
    TAFNAC likes this.
  7. LAdiablo

    LAdiablo descarado

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    29,950
    Likes Received:
    25,085
    Trophy Points:
    1,253
    used to be all about turkey and family
    then one day someone in the family decided it was better for us to celebrate the holiday on fridays
    i think thats where things started going sideways but anyways its not much of a holiday around here
    i'll take my kid out for sushi tomorrow night and come back and hang out w mom
    when my judgmental group of gossipy siblings (not all) get together i'll be doing something else
    they need time to share about what a narcissistic arrogant self centered pig i've become
    funny thing is idgaf what any of them thinks and am grateful for everything i have in my life
    even if its less of them
    my dogs are awesome and they're fairly non judgemental
    done living my life for other people a long time ago
    funny how scary that is for others to digest
     
  8. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    53,208
    Likes Received:
    40,790
    Trophy Points:
    278
    i think we all have family members like that
    i do... my cousins
    used to get together with them periodically to placate the parents
    but now that all the parents and aunts/uncles are gone there's no reason
    doubt i'll ever see/talk to them again
    and that's okay
    don't hate em, just don't have anything in common with them
     
  9. TAFNAC

    TAFNAC Cossack Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    4,444
    Likes Received:
    4,898
    Trophy Points:
    163
    Yep. I've come to dread the family get togethers. I even get along with pretty much everyone, but there's always the little passive aggresive comments and judging between the people there and I just get sick of the bad energy.

    This year my wife and I are spending the holiday in Australia away from everyone. No stress no worries.
     
    LAdiablo and irish like this.
  10. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    53,208
    Likes Received:
    40,790
    Trophy Points:
    278
    except for the fact you're in a penal colony with a bunch of hoodlums
     
    Finski and LAdiablo like this.
  11. TAFNAC

    TAFNAC Cossack Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    4,444
    Likes Received:
    4,898
    Trophy Points:
    163
    And crocodiles and deadly jellies.
    And driving in the wrong side of the road is a challenge.
     
    Finski and irish like this.
  12. LAdiablo

    LAdiablo descarado

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    29,950
    Likes Received:
    25,085
    Trophy Points:
    1,253
    its crushing if you let it get to you but its there all the same
    and as the years go on it gets worse for the people who can't let go and be happy w what they have
    i remember having a lot of fun and telling stories and laughing
    thats been replaced by people of both sides of the political spectrum being unable to leave that garbage outside
    its just a seething cauldron of ugly ready to spill at a moments notice
    in my case its just the women in the family (sans mom of course) deciding i need a lesson
    they can absolutely go fuck themselves
    now its even come to my kid telling me stuff people have leaked to her about me and my past
    she's 22 and loves me but now i face her giving me sideways glances
    its like they have no life of their own so lets fuck w this guy
    once my mom goes i can see making an occasional phone call and that makes me a little sad
    but not willing to do what they want me to
    thats never going to happen
     
    Finski, THINKBLUE and irish like this.
  13. irish

    irish DSP Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    53,208
    Likes Received:
    40,790
    Trophy Points:
    278
    this hits home like you wouldn't fucken believe
    btw, someone gave me jameson for thanksgiving
    two swigs and i'm faded... then again i haven't eaten since last night so i'm not a complete pussy...@huh?
    love u man [homo]
     
    LAdiablo, Finski and blazer5 like this.
  14. blazer5

    blazer5 DSP Legend

    Joined:
    Jul 2013
    Messages:
    2,227
    Likes Received:
    2,807
    Trophy Points:
    153
    This reminds me of my family a little. Not necessarily towards me but my dad.

    What do they want you to do? Just curious and you don't need to divulge if uncomfortable.
    My situation is a bit crazy with family living really close but yet we're so far apart.

    Mostly I'm good with it because I get caught up in my own shit and don't like calling or going out of my way to be involved etc. but also it sucks... I see families that are close and I feel like that could be cool.

    Anyway happy thanksgiving fkucks...
     
    BlueMouse, irish and LAdiablo like this.
  15. blazer5

    blazer5 DSP Legend

    Joined:
    Jul 2013
    Messages:
    2,227
    Likes Received:
    2,807
    Trophy Points:
    153
    You know what man... I'm sorry to pry.. just sounds a lot like my fam... no worries and hope you have a wonderful holiday
     
    irish likes this.
  16. THINKBLUE

    THINKBLUE DSP Gigolo

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    41,872
    Likes Received:
    24,570
    Trophy Points:
    228
    The last thanksgiving where I felt a sense of community was when my mom passed away the day of at the age of 40. This will be 9 years. Grateful for the 16 years I got and will pray everyday that I won't lose my Dad suddenly. That would kill me. I hope we can experience a WS together. The joy and content that c would be special.

    Everyone pretty much does their own thing now. My siblings, who I get along with great, left this disaster of a state a couple years ago. So I won't see them or their kids. Just gonna go to my Dad's tomorrow. Everyone else (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins) is out of town or doing something else.

    I'm thankful for God's unfathomable grace, my wife, friends, home, job and much more.
     
    Last edited: Nov 22, 2017
    BlueMouse, irish, fsudog21 and 2 others like this.
  17. Gebbeth

    Gebbeth DSP Legend

    Joined:
    Jul 2013
    Messages:
    8,817
    Likes Received:
    6,162
    Trophy Points:
    173
    Thanksgiving and Christmas....There is a reason why a lot of suicides occur during this part of the year.

    Supposed to be this happy go lucky time of year....a sacred passage through time.

    But this is the time where family dysfunction and general sadness reach a peak. Perhaps it's the tyranny of the ideal smashing against reality.

    If this was called "Family Throwdown Day" there might be better adjusted expeditions... but whatever.

    I try to compartmentalize my experience.....shut out the mom or dad (depending on the day), try to ignore the noise or ugly looks from the wife, distract younger people with TV, and just try to enjoy cooking on my own terms with my own rules and focus.

    If the kids want to help, let them do simple things...and if they screw up, you're fired and go and watch TV.... Win Win.

    None of my holiday times with family have ever been smooth. But I am convinced this is what these times are really for. Meet people you may not like, but may never see again. Do something for a larger gathering even if you don't like them or arguments start because of them.

    When we were young...we probably experienced the same things that were the same thing with different players....people we didn't really know but it didn't matter because FOOD! Great FOOD!.

    But yeah, as we grow older....food is not ebough.

    I miss all of us living in the same house....arguing but still working together for this great feast. With so many of us with our own families.....issues.....stresses......schedules....it's not quite the same.

    Not sure where this is going other than to say Happy Holidays and Happy Thanksgiving...wherever and however you choose to send them.
     
    Finski, BlueMouse, blazer5 and 4 others like this.
  18. TheKnockdown

    TheKnockdown DSP Legend

    Joined:
    Jul 2013
    Messages:
    2,793
    Likes Received:
    2,216
    Trophy Points:
    153
    Sums my experience 100 percent
     
  19. LAdiablo

    LAdiablo descarado

    Joined:
    Nov 2011
    Messages:
    29,950
    Likes Received:
    25,085
    Trophy Points:
    1,253
    never will forget that day my friend
    one of the most profound and intense things i ever read on the internet
    it was my greatest fear as a young man to lose my mother
    it still makes me emotional to remember that day because my heart suffered for you and we had never met
    some things just transcend words and its just not possible to quantify the impact
    in that way it makes you as much a part of my family and my world as any other because that moment lives in me too
    im a TB15 superfan lol
     
    Finski, BlueMouse, blazer5 and 2 others like this.
  20. fsudog21

    fsudog21 DSP Legend

    Joined:
    Apr 2016
    Messages:
    13,372
    Likes Received:
    14,804
    Trophy Points:
    198
    Most of my Thanksgiving memories are those of a houseful of relatives, almost all of whom got along famously. Those had differences had the decency to keep them to themselves for the day.

    Mom's stuffing was legendary. Thankfully one of my sisters has the recipe down pat. Looking forward to walking into the house and getting a whiff of it.

    All of the previous generation is gone, so I'm the elder statesman, except I don't see myself that way. I think I'm still the uncle who used to ask the nephews to pull my finger.

    One Thanksgiving memory I can't shake is my wife walking her cancer ravaged brother out to his car after dinner. He was 6-4, 215 in his prime and played a couple of years for the Broncos. At that Thanksgiving, he wasn't much bigger than my 105 lb wife. We lost him that Jan 2 at the age of 34.

    Fuck cancer and Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
     
    Finski, LAdiablo, BlueMouse and 3 others like this.

Share This Page