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Sid Nagy

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Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans and most of all: Be safe when you go out there tomorrow for some Black Friday deals.

And in before the lock.

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Porky Gorky

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15 minutes ago, Sid Nagy said:

Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans

The British and I believe the European equivalent of Thanksgiving is of course the Harvest Festival.  So happy Harvest Festival Sid!

I remember participating in the Harvest Festival whilst at school in the 80’s. It was sh*t.

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sirhc DeSantis

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33 minutes ago, Porky Gorky said:

The British and I believe the European equivalent of Thanksgiving is of course the Harvest Festival.  So happy Harvest Festival Sid!

I remember participating in the Harvest Festival whilst at school in the 80’s. It was sh*t.

Oh I dunno. We got 20p extra (weddings were 50p) in the choir So that was a bonus.
Later it was l'Action de grâce in Québec which was a day off. Third Thursday of November was of course Beaujolais nouveau time.. So happy memories all round.
Here its back to harvest festival Sunday - which is nice.

So yes happy and safe to those across the pond or celebrating elsewhere.

(although would be happy if the 'Black Friday' thing  was repatriated - morphed in to a week+ here grumble mutter =^^= )

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Annie Nova

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4 hours ago, Sid Nagy said:

Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans and most of all: Be safe when you go out there tomorrow for some Black Friday deals.

And in before the lock.

Well, since it's an American holiday and I'm sure LL employees are off today, so it won't get locked until tomorrow which is the day after, so yeah LOL

Ceka Cianci

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1 hour ago, shireena1 said:

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YET!! \o/

Give it a recession or two more and we'll see just how good Flamingo really is.. hehehe

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :)

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Orwar

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1 hour ago, Ceka Cianci said:

YET!! \o/

   They aren't very tasty, very lean and tough bird with a fishy flavour - I'm sure the Icelanders would love them some Flamingo!

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Alwin Alcott

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15 hours ago, Porky Gorky said:

The British and I believe the European equivalent of Thanksgiving is of course the Harvest Festival. 

huh? never heared about that, and i'm really european.
In the Netherlands we have a sortlike named day as thanksgiving- dankdag, but that's pure( protestant) religious, and in some regions, on different dates during the first week of november. The katholics had something like it too, but that disappeared very fast after the modern times started in the sixties, and that was also pure liturgical.

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Porky Gorky

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2 hours ago, Alwin Alcott said:

In the Netherlands we have a sortlike named day as thanksgiving- dankdag, but that's pure( protestant) religious, and in some regions, on different dates during the first week of november. The katholics had something like it too, but that disappeared very fast after the modern times started in the sixties, and that was also pure liturgical.

I asked Chat GPT and it said it is only the Brits, Germans, Austrians and Swiss that celebrate the harvest festival so I have been spreading fake news, apologies!

It said the closest equivalent for the Dutch is Sint Maarten (Saint Martin's Day) which is celebrated on November 11, this feast day marks the beginning of the winter and dark period before Christmas. It's celebrated in some parts of the Netherlands, including Groningen, North Holland, and Limburg. So even that celebration seems regional.

I officially retract my desire for Sid to have a happy Harvest Festival and must insist he refrain from paticipating in any harvest themed celebrations.

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Space Zehetbauer

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54 minutes ago, Porky Gorky said:

I asked Chat GPT and it said it is only the Brits, Germans, Austrians and Swiss that celebrate the harvest festival so I have been spreading fake news, apologies!

It said the closest equivalent for the Dutch is Sint Maarten (Saint Martin's Day) which is celebrated on November 11, this feast day marks the beginning of the winter and dark period before Christmas. It's celebrated in some parts of the Netherlands, including Groningen, North Holland, and Limburg. So even that celebration seems regional.

I officially retract my desire for Sid to have a happy Harvest Festival and must insist he refrain from paticipating in any harvest themed celebrations.

Well done on admitting the errors of your ways - there should be more of it on the forums! 🙂

Great compassion on display in your request for Sid to not getting involved in any wild frolicking based on erroneous information about a Harvest Day which doesnt exist for him, unless he is in Groningen etc. Which reminds me... I fell in love with a girl from Groningen many moons ago. sighs....

Returning from that tangent... You might have saved Sid great embarrassment and public humiliation. I applaud you.

Saved by Chatgpt.

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Sid Nagy

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2 hours ago, Porky Gorky said:

I asked Chat GPT and it said it is only the Brits, Germans, Austrians and Swiss that celebrate the harvest festival so I have been spreading fake news, apologies!

It said the closest equivalent for the Dutch is Sint Maarten (Saint Martin's Day) which is celebrated on November 11, this feast day marks the beginning of the winter and dark period before Christmas. It's celebrated in some parts of the Netherlands, including Groningen, North Holland, and Limburg. So even that celebration seems regional.

I officially retract my desire for Sid to have a happy Harvest Festival and must insist he refrain from paticipating in any harvest themed celebrations.

We have Sinterklaas going on here. (The original Santa Claus).
Has nothing to do with harvest or thanksgiving but it is a fun time of the year when one has young kids in the family.

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Porky Gorky

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9 minutes ago, Sid Nagy said:

Sinterklaas

Ah, i’ve heard of that dude. He is like the OG of Santas. Doesn't he kidnap the naughty kids in his sack and deport them or something?

Sid Nagy

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26 minutes ago, Porky Gorky said:

Ah, i’ve heard of that dude. He is like the OG of Santas. Doesn't he kidnap the naughty kids in his sack and deport them or something?

Yup, Sinterklaas was a brutal guy long time ago for the naughty ones.
Here a drawing from 1849:
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Now a days he is here in the Netherlands a nice old bishop who brings presents and visits schools for the kids to celebrate his saints day on December 6.

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In other parts of Europe he is underway with Krampus (the devil), like here in Austria.

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Orwar

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3 hours ago, Porky Gorky said:

I asked Chat GPT and it said it is only the Brits, Germans, Austrians and Swiss that celebrate the harvest festival so I have been spreading fake news, apologies!

   So you asked the fake news generator to generate you some more fake news? Brilliant. 

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Arielle Popstar

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2 hours ago, Sid Nagy said:

Yup, Sinterklaas was a brutal guy long time ago for the naughty ones.
Here a drawing from 1849:
390px-Sint_Nikolaas-vertellingen_voor_de

Now a days he is here in the Netherlands a nice old bishop who brings presents and visits schools for the kids to celebrate his saints day on December 6.

When I was growing up in Nederland, I was led to believe that it was zwarte Piet who did the spanking while Sinterklaas remained kindly. The good cop, bad cop routine.

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Luna Bliss

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3 hours ago, Space Zehetbauer said:

I fell in love with a girl from Groningen many moons ago. sighs....

I should tell you about this Dutch girl from my past who lived in the Ashram I lived at for several years...a nun...but not on the forum.....   :)

To this day, when I hear a Dutch accent I am helpless...

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Space Zehetbauer

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5 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:

I should tell you about this Dutch girl from my past who lived in the Ashram I lived at for several years...a nun...but not on the forum.....

🙂

5 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:

To this day, when I hear a Dutch accent I am helpless...

ditto... sighs some more

Did I mention that in about 14 days time I will be in Amsterdam so that will probably drive me mad. I might have to wear ear plugs so I cant hear anyone speaking.

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Luna Bliss

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9 minutes ago, Space Zehetbauer said:
5 hours ago, Luna Bliss said:

To this day, when I hear a Dutch accent I am helpless...

ditto... sighs some more

Did I mention that in about 14 days time I will be in Amsterdam so that will probably drive me mad. I might have to wear ear plugs so I cant hear anyone speaking.

@Sid Nagy is gonna stay far away from us!!!!     :)

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Sid Nagy

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/Me types with a German accent to be on the safe side:
I live far away from Amsterdam and have no plans to visit in the near future. So I should be good.

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