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Early Holiday Wishes
Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:10 AM
Mookie has banker's hours this week - so won't be here until next Monday. (Officially)

Just want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving, good football games to watch and lots of early Christmas shopping!

Mookie's menu is chicken, trains, dressing, trains, Harry Potter, trains and just a teeny bit of shopping, and trains.

Now I wonder where they hid the chocolate cake.............

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Posted by techguy57 on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:37 AM
Mookie-No chocolate cake, but pumpkin, pecan and apple pie at our house. I know it's not the same but I'm not sure there would be enough time to bake a cake too, and we have a double oven![V] I could get chocalte whipped cream I guess.

Seriously, here's hoping that everyone has a terrific holiday and gets to share with family and friends. I'm super excited because this is the first year I get to put the Christmas train up around the tree![:D] WOOHOO!

Happy Holidays and safe travel!

Mike

PS Mookie-Just make sure your chicken isn't a "mud chicken". I made sure our ham wasn't a "hogger"! [^] (Yeah, I know that was a bad joke.)
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Posted by dharmon on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:56 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to all in the Trains family here. [:)]

Remember the troops (including our allies.....Kieran/Rhian), the cause or reason they are there isn't important, but they are. Holidays away aren't holidays, they're just another day with better food...sometimes.

Have a good holiday


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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:29 PM
Well, I was going to start a thread like this just a little later today. I am traveling tomorrow and will be gone till Sunday. I might get a chance to sneak on at my sister's house but can't make any promises. The Mookster beat me to the punch today, so I will just add my 2 cents here.

I do wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving. I also hope you enjoy the time with family and friends. During the slack times between the football games convert some non-railfans into railfans. If you have a model railroad at home this will help. Let them play with your train (and maybe one of these days they will let you play with their trains) and also let them blow the horn and make smoke.

Remember now, play fair. Oh, and about the football games. Remember everyone can't win. So if your team loses just go railfanning. [:D]

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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Posted by Granny74 on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:45 PM
We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and a safe trip if you are traveling. Bob and I both enjoy all of the postings and good messages. We thank you all.
We are spending this Thanksgiving at our home with just the two of us because Bob isn't up to "large family gatherings and all of the confusion" right now. W e are fortunate to have close contact with all of our kids and two who live in Tucson. Enjoy your holiday, hope your favorite football team wins, and remember ---quote Bob " always think Amtrak when traveling."
Happy Thanksgiving and stay safe!
Bob and Nance from AZ
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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 1:13 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all!

My post may sound a little bitter, compared to the others so far (especially the one that mentioned pecan pie!), but that's not the intention. This is more of a cautionary note to those of you who would want to become railroaders.

As of now, our Thanksgiving schedule is up in the air...it looks like I may have to work during the holiday, for the first time in many years. Plans to be with our families in Michigan, 200 miles distant, had to be scrapped. Our nephew, who was to go up there with us (attends college locally), was forced to get Amtrak tickets (something I really didn't want him to do unless I was going with him...I'd planned on riding back home with him Friday). Too late to buy a turkey (do they make them small enough for two, anyway?). So it's a hasty home-cooked dinner (a-la Sunday) before I go off to spend the afternoon and evening switching cars.

The day after Thanksgiving is also a holiday for us; so far we know nothing about whether we'll be working or not. That one isn't quite as upsetting, because it doesn't come ahead of a weekend for me (I'm on my "weekend" now).

The upside is that these will be paid holidays, and that, since everyone appears to be working, it should be rather routine (it would be brutal trying to hump cars into a yard that nobody was pulling from at the other end). And, barring a major disaster, we should be clearing out the work that would otherwise have to be done on Saturday and Sunday in the old "catch-up" game. So while the rest of you are too full to move out of range of the annoying relatives, and half of you are watching your team lose The Game, I'll have eight solid hours of watching trains, albeit one cut of cars at a time.

Whatever you're doing, do it safely!

Carl

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 2:49 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYONE!!!!!!
Hope everyone that is traveling,makes it to their
destenation and back safely[:D]

Don't eat too much,actually leave some for Mookie[}:)]

Later

locomutt[:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:03 PM
[8D][:)][:p][;)]forget the football game lets all go watch two or more trains go buy count the cars close your eyes and guess what type of loco is pullin it then eat drink & be the first one to show pictures of trains its kinda cold today but itll get better when your gathered around the table gettin stuffed.
have a safe and happy holiday
remember our troops forget the inlaws letem freeze just kiddin i think
anyway stay warm safe and happy.THE BREEZE 2003[8D][8D][8D]
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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:15 PM
I would like at this time to give thanks for my family and all my friends here on the forums.I wish everyone a safe trip wherever you are going to be at for the thanksgiving holiday.I will be at my wifes uncles on thursday and my sisters on Saturday.Matt is already planning on snitching some goodies.
take care
stay safe
Joe Mamma and Matt

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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:01 PM
[^][:p][:D][8D]Happy thanksgiving,everybody!This is the first year Metrolink is running on Thanksgiving,so I plan to take a break from football, and take a ride in the afternoon.[:o)][:)]
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Posted by Granny74 on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:48 PM
As we all sit down to our Thanksgiving dinners, let's give a special prayer for our military men and women wherever they are serving and another prayer for the families whose family member has lost their life and will not be home again. We also need to prayer for all of our military who have been wounded in this conflict. We owe these people and their families so much.
And again, let's remember all of the things we all have to be thankful for.
Bob and Nancy from AZ
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Posted by jchnhtfd on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:50 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! If you are travelling, stay safe; if your family is coming, may they be safe. If you are with your family, give thanks that you are together; if part of your family is away, be thankful that they are safe.

Remember our troops, and others who will watch and protect us this Thanksgiving, and those who have made these Thanksgivings possible for us today.

And, hey! Have a Great Turkey Day!
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Posted by eolafan on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:57 AM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all and God bless us and our troops, we all need His help! Jim
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Posted by wabash1 on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 12:41 PM
Well I hope i aint going to sound like im complaining also I will be working this holiday also maybe i wont gain as much weight as others.LOL but happy holidays to all on here.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:23 PM
We already had our Thanksgiving here in Canada in October, but I still wish a very happy Thanksgiging to all my American friends here on the forums!
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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:55 PM
.....I send along best wishes and a safe holiday time to all families represented on our forum here. May the Lord bless each one.

Quentin

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 27, 2003 3:20 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to everybody [:)] Be safe, weather traveling or fanning. [:D] OH by the way. Mookie just remember that chocolate cake never goes away. It just relocates.[:D] Take care everyone. [8D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 27, 2003 8:14 PM
True, we did already have out thanksgiving, but Ill go get mjy girlfriend and well both wish you all a happy holidays

shes's slow hang on.

now we'll try not to have an argument on here, i'm kidding, Rememebr to do something very special with your love ones this time of year

AND don't be like Kevin and forget to buy gifts

well, Happy holidays everyone, I know i'm not working this holiday vacation, and I hope that you guys at least have a Christmas day off.. hope you have more, because the Holidays are important personal time, and family time

So rememebr play it cool,
If Joe doesn't mind, i'm going to steal his line and say "Stay Safe"

Happy holidays everyone!
From Kev and his Girlfriend

don't forget to play that special holiday music too!!

Yeah! AC/DC and U2!

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Posted by dharmon on Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:20 PM
OOH, too much turkey....too much pie.....belly pushing on keyboard must.... lie down ......before button on pants becomes missle hazard to family
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 28, 2003 3:20 PM
anyone feel like sending any turkey in the mail to MOI?
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Posted by yellowducky on Saturday, November 29, 2003 12:09 AM
I am thankful for all the train friends on these forums. The best to all. FDM
FDM TRAIN up a child in the way he should go...Proverbs22:6 Garrett, home of The Garrett Railroaders, and other crazy people. The 5 basic food groups are: candy, poptarts, chocolate, pie, and filled donuts !
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:38 PM
KEVINSTHERRMAN is right AC/DC is a good christmas toon Highway to hell is something to think about when going to a relatives or inlaws house cause
all the way there you just cant help but think of good comebacks to say when
they say your not good enough thats when you say oi *oops, paint spill* you 2
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Posted by locomutt on Friday, December 5, 2003 7:55 AM
Carl, I do not appreciate using that language on the forums. I feel the same way you
do, but I attempt to reserve my representation of speech. Let's keep the language
clean on the forums.

locomutt [8D]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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