What are you thankful for?

galadriel88 · 11-27-2002, 06:06 PM

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving (US), I thought it would be nice for us to make a list of the the things we are thankful for. This can be serious or silly, whatever you feel like. Have fun, and happy Thanksgiving!!

1. Freedoms
2. My family
3. Salvation
4. Friends
5. The Brave Little Hobbits

6. Entmoot!!
7. Health
8. My school
9. Tolkien's imagination
10. Food, shelter, & clothing

jerseydevil · 11-27-2002, 06:36 PM

Instead of starting a new thread - I figured I'd just expand galadriel88's question.

Since my mother had died the week before Thanksgiving (Nov 20th) - it doesn't really have the same meaning that it once did. That wasn't the greatest Thanksgiving - that's for sure. But I've still had fun during Thanksgiving - such as having a back stage pass 2 years ago at the Macy's Day Parade.

I was wondering what type of things people do for Thanksgiving. This year I'm just spending it by myself. I have a turkey I'll cook, homemade mashed potatoes and gravy and my mother's recipe for stuffing. When I was little we used to always go over to my grandmothers and spend it there.

Miranda · 11-27-2002, 06:36 PM

Firstly happy Thanksgiving to all those in America!!!! What am I thankful for...hmm?
1. My best friend Jerri, she'd the most amazing person on earth who shares my love of Tolkien and helps me through everything.
2. My family- I love them all (even if my little brother did dislocate my wrist the other day)
3. My dance, drama, music teachers etc who help me with my career.
4. My talents as a performer and a writer (does that sound pretentious?)
5. Tolkien and Newline.
6. The Moot- oh the friends I've made.
7. The chance to make my own way in the world now I'm an adult and really make a difference to myself and others.

That about covers it unless you want me to launch into an oscar style-y speech. Mx

jerseydevil · 11-27-2002, 06:42 PM

Oh - and I'm happy that I live in America and not the Middle East.

Elven Archer · 11-27-2002, 07:16 PM

well since there's soooo much i'm thankful for i'm only gonna name some of the stuff.

1. having a big family that's all gonna be together for thanksgiving,well at least the imediate family.
2. having a nation wide day set aside for giving thanks.
3.living in that nation.
4.having a home,lots of land, a good guard dog,and clothes
5.freedom, well not as much as it used to be but it's still a lot more than other countries.
6.and i'm really thankful that bob riley beat don siegelman and that the GOP outnumber the dem. ( i think that's right anyway)
i think that's all i'm gonna say for now.

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I was wondering what type of things people do for Thanksgiving.

well my family has hardly any family traditions,so every year Christmas and Thanksgiving are always different. but my brother and his wife just bought a house, so this year my other brother and sister are coming to our house today and then tomorrow we're all going over to my brother and sister-in-law's house in TN.

Sween · 11-27-2002, 07:23 PM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
Oh - and I'm happy that I live in America and not the Middle East.

im happy im not american

jerseydevil · 11-27-2002, 07:27 PM

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Originally posted by Sween
im happy im not american

Believe me - the feeling is mutual.

Obviously we're happy we're not British - since we actually had a revolution to overthrow the British government here. So I'm happy that we had the Revolution and we WON.

Sween · 11-27-2002, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
Believe me - the feeling is mutual.

Obviously we're happy we're not British - since we actually had a revolution to overthrow the British government here. So I'm happy that we had the Revolution and we WON.

wondred how long it would take for you to respond to that one. We let you win you know didnt want your country we have foresight you see and we saw people from the south and decided that we best leave them be

Duddun · 11-27-2002, 07:31 PM

THats not very nice Sween!
Im thankful for:
1)Food and shelter
2)My friends
3)Entmoot
4)Everything I have
5)Freedom
I will think of more but that is some of them.

Coney · 11-27-2002, 07:32 PM

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Originally posted by Sween
wondred how long it would take for you to respond to that one. We let you win you know didnt want your country we have foresight you see and we saw people from the south and decided that we best leave them be

Yeah we decided to create an empire instead

Happy turkey gobbling folks!!

jerseydevil · 11-27-2002, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by Coney
Yeah we decided to create an empire instead

Happy turkey gobbling folks!!

Thanks for the Thanksgiving wish.

I should point out that losing the America's was the beginning of the downfall of the British Empire not the beginning of getting one.

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Originally posted by Sween
we saw people from the south and decided that we best leave them be

Yeah - I guess that's why you were supporting the south during the Civil War.

Coney · 11-27-2002, 07:42 PM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
Thanks for the Thanksgiving wish.

I should point out that losing the America's was the beginning of the downfall of the British Empire not the beginning of getting one.

YW

...........I was thinking more of the Victorian era than good old Mad King George

Anyhow, as I'm here.

THINGS I'M THANKFULL FOR.

Beer
Sex
Chips with gravy
Money
Prime Ministers Question Time.......the best laugh on UK televison at the mo'

Nuff' said

Silverstripe · 11-27-2002, 07:48 PM

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Originally posted by Sween
wondred how long it would take for you to respond to that one. We let you win you know didnt want your country we have foresight you see and we saw people from the south and decided that we best leave them be

Let's not start that argument up again. It's over 200 years old!

***Khamûl*** · 11-27-2002, 07:55 PM

Jeez, we can't even have a nice Thanksgiving thread without arguing. Oh well, I've never known a family that got along all the time.

Happy Turkey Day everyone!

Erawyn · 11-27-2002, 07:57 PM

So much, and of course most of things i complain about i should be thankful for

1. my best friend Katie, who is the most amazing person i've ever met (even though she thought Eowyn died

)
2. My parents, even though they piss me off constantly, they are so much better than most of my friend's parents...
3. Horses
4. Lora for getting me TTT tickets for the 19th and my mom for letting me skip school to go see it
5. my freezing cold room (at least i have one!)
6. my gross ghetto school (again, at least i have the chance to go)
7. books
8. latkes (yum!)
....

jerseydevil · 11-27-2002, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by Khamûl
Jeez, we can't even have a nice Thanksgiving thread without arguing. Oh well, I've never known a family that got along all the time. Happy Turkey Day everyone!

The brits started it.

Duddun · 11-27-2002, 08:17 PM

Can't we all just get along, the two countries are allied! Were not in war with eachother!

Hasty Ent · 11-27-2002, 08:33 PM

I am thankful for:

1 an interesting job I love, although I earn just enough to barely make ends meet
2 a supportive family, given #1
3 friends that share my passions and stimulate me to develop new ones
4 all the creative people in the world making art, music and literature that challenges me and enriches my life
5 food, shelter and health so I can enjoy #1-4

What am I doing tomorrow?

bringing a pie and some wonderful wine to share with friends and family

I guess I should add two more things I'm thankful for -- Thanksgiving is at someone else's home and I don't have to cook the turkey, only bake a pie!!

Duddun · 11-27-2002, 08:42 PM

What I'm doing tomorrow:
I am going to sit around and moot and bake lots of pies for my BIG TUMMY! And maybe a few pies for everyone else.

Then go to my Grandparents and eat gobble gobbles!YUM...Yum...*licks lips*

katya · 11-27-2002, 09:16 PM

im thankful for the normal stuff

food
family
shelter
etc.

for thanksgiving, (which I celebrated a day early) i had dinner with my aunt rosebud and my mom and my brother. since i am a vegetarian i had soy turkey. it was pretty good. we had some sparkling grape juice too since my mom wont let me have more than a glass of real wine. and i had a half day at school. tomorrow we are going to sault ste marie ontario. shopping. exchange rates are my friend

.

11-27-2002, 06:36 PM	#2
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	Instead of starting a new thread - I figured I'd just expand galadriel88's question. Since my mother had died the week before Thanksgiving (Nov 20th) - it doesn't really have the same meaning that it once did. That wasn't the greatest Thanksgiving - that's for sure. But I've still had fun during Thanksgiving - such as having a back stage pass 2 years ago at the Macy's Day Parade. I was wondering what type of things people do for Thanksgiving. This year I'm just spending it by myself. I have a turkey I'll cook, homemade mashed potatoes and gravy and my mother's recipe for stuffing. When I was little we used to always go over to my grandmothers and spend it there. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

11-27-2002, 06:36 PM	#3
Miranda 'Bohemian princess of Covent Garden Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Mill Posts: 544	Firstly happy Thanksgiving to all those in America!!!! What am I thankful for...hmm? 1. My best friend Jerri, she'd the most amazing person on earth who shares my love of Tolkien and helps me through everything. 2. My family- I love them all (even if my little brother did dislocate my wrist the other day) 3. My dance, drama, music teachers etc who help me with my career. 4. My talents as a performer and a writer (does that sound pretentious?) 5. Tolkien and Newline. 6. The Moot- oh the friends I've made. 7. The chance to make my own way in the world now I'm an adult and really make a difference to myself and others. That about covers it unless you want me to launch into an oscar style-y speech. Mx __________________ There's only us, there's only this, forget regret or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way, no day but today.

11-27-2002, 06:42 PM	#4
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	Oh - and I'm happy that I live in America and not the Middle East. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide Last edited by jerseydevil : 11-27-2002 at 06:58 PM.

11-27-2002, 07:31 PM	#9
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	THats not very nice Sween! Im thankful for: 1)Food and shelter 2)My friends 3)Entmoot 4)Everything I have 5)Freedom I will think of more but that is some of them. __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

11-27-2002, 07:55 PM	#14
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Jeez, we can't even have a nice Thanksgiving thread without arguing. Oh well, I've never known a family that got along all the time. Happy Turkey Day everyone! __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

11-27-2002, 06:06 PM	#1
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	What are you thankful for? Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving (US), I thought it would be nice for us to make a list of the the things we are thankful for. This can be serious or silly, whatever you feel like. Have fun, and happy Thanksgiving!! 1. Freedoms 2. My family 3. Salvation 4. Friends 5. The Brave Little Hobbits 6. Entmoot!! 7. Health 8. My school 9. Tolkien's imagination 10. Food, shelter, & clothing __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

11-27-2002, 07:57 PM	#15
Erawyn Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: america junior Posts: 320	So much, and of course most of things i complain about i should be thankful for 1. my best friend Katie, who is the most amazing person i've ever met (even though she thought Eowyn died ) 2. My parents, even though they piss me off constantly, they are so much better than most of my friend's parents... 3. Horses 4. Lora for getting me TTT tickets for the 19th and my mom for letting me skip school to go see it 5. my freezing cold room (at least i have one!) 6. my gross ghetto school (again, at least i have the chance to go) 7. books 8. latkes (yum!) .... __________________ peace never hurt anyone "Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of Truth." Johann Georg von Zimmermann

11-27-2002, 08:17 PM	#17
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	Can't we all just get along, the two countries are allied! Were not in war with eachother! __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

11-27-2002, 08:33 PM	#18
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	I am thankful for: 1 an interesting job I love, although I earn just enough to barely make ends meet 2 a supportive family, given #1 3 friends that share my passions and stimulate me to develop new ones 4 all the creative people in the world making art, music and literature that challenges me and enriches my life 5 food, shelter and health so I can enjoy #1-4 What am I doing tomorrow? bringing a pie and some wonderful wine to share with friends and family I guess I should add two more things I'm thankful for -- Thanksgiving is at someone else's home and I don't have to cook the turkey, only bake a pie!! __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

11-27-2002, 08:42 PM	#19
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	What I'm doing tomorrow: I am going to sit around and moot and bake lots of pies for my BIG TUMMY! And maybe a few pies for everyone else. Then go to my Grandparents and eat gobble gobbles!YUM...Yum...licks lips __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

11-27-2002, 09:16 PM	#20
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	im thankful for the normal stuff food family shelter etc. for thanksgiving, (which I celebrated a day early) i had dinner with my aunt rosebud and my mom and my brother. since i am a vegetarian i had soy turkey. it was pretty good. we had some sparkling grape juice too since my mom wont let me have more than a glass of real wine. and i had a half day at school. tomorrow we are going to sault ste marie ontario. shopping. exchange rates are my friend .