Happy Thanksgiving, Again

It’s cold here in the city… Not sure what happened with warmer by the lake or global warming. But the cold, gloom and snow sure makes the Christmas music sound more relevant. Yes, this is about the time Christmas music should begin, but it has been playing on the radio since Halloween.

There will be a Turkey Hurl Ride Thanksgiving evening for those in the know. Social rides are strongly associated with the drinking of beer. I often partake of beer of the non-alcohol type. This often, Okay always, leads to talk of my being a boozer. Someone sees a bottle in my hand, it has to be bottles, or me carrying in a set of six and… It is particularly enticing to many since in my faith the consumption of alcohol (coming under the influence) is consider a grand leap towards a life of sin and debauchery.

With the spread of micro-breweries, creating convenient routes for social rides official or otherwise, I asked at the last club meeting if the micro-breweries make near beers (maybe the wrong question since near beer still contains a discernable level of alcohol), to which the answer was, no. Is there a market for non-alcohol beers for the micro breweries? It would be nice if there was and it could possibly make the social rides more memorable. As it is, our county parks are looking to require permits for any advertised rides on county trails (that would be riding through any county park). Posting on social media is considered advertising. $1million in insurance considered as a requirement. The county park beer gardens are not open when most social rides take place; spring and fall.

Thanksgiving is with the whole family this year; at least that’s the story. My wife is making the green bean casserole and I my famous rice pudding; the recipe of others. Misao, my wife, ran some casserole recipes by me. I looked over the ingredients and said, “The one with butter.” I, for my part, will be using the least-processed cane sugar possible this year; I hold great expectations.

We will not be shopping on Thanksgiving. I consider Thanksgiving Day shopping (coming under the influence) a grand leap towards a life of sin and debauchery. Besides, Amazon has already been having huge sales this last weekend. Emery’s, a fantastical bike shop of the highest reputation, is holding a Black Friday and Small Business Saturday sale with discounts of 50% and more. The IMBA store, like every year, will be slashing prices as year end approaches. IMBA recently published their third book on trail building.

My wife completed a project just this last week and is damn proud of it. She painted four chairs, four different colors of course: sun yellow, real orange, berry pink and I believe this color is sea foam. October through Thanksgiving has proven the time of year when I get the most work done on the house. This year the weather did not cooperate. Product specifications require how wet or how cold something can be to use or install. This has led to much consternation and pressure driven spurts of work.

Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving. I was always raised just to be grateful for having been born in the United states. We have much to be grateful for, don’t we. We will most likely enjoy the parade and dog show on TV, before the big meal shared happily with family. The football looks good too. I can’t believe I am saying this but, “Go Bears! (you losers)”

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