On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:58:53 -0500, " JimH" wrote:

..........all the guys must be out finally getting that Christmas gift for
their wives.

You guys give the rest of us a bad name!

Anyway, the turkey is stuffed and has been cooking for about an hour.
Guests arrive after 1.

Merry Christmas folks.


We just got back from visiting the kids in Richmond. We took the presents down there
this year to save her from the packing and driving up here. She's the one who had the
breast removal two weeks ago, and was back in yesterday for some further surgery. She
is in no shape to bring the family up here.

We had a most enjoyable time. The other daughter and family were there also, so we
had five grandchildren running around. Well, one was just crawling. Grandkids must
have been intelligently designed to give us old folks a lot of pleasure!

Tomorrow the local daughter and family come over to open gifts and have dinner. Prime
rib and big shrimp. Can't wait.
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:56:23 -0500, " JimH" wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
..........all the guys must be out finally getting that Christmas gift
for their wives.

You guys give the rest of us a bad name!

Anyway, the turkey is stuffed and has been cooking for about an hour.
Guests arrive after 1.

Merry Christmas folks.

Merry christmas to you and everyone in the newsgroup.
Happy holidays to anyone celebrating other than Christmas.

Cooking that turkey already? We do it Christmas Day.
My assigned duties today include cleaning the upstairs bathroom top to
bottom.


Turkey, stuffing and all the fixings today. Tomorrow we go to 8 a.m. mass,
then open gifts while sipping on our favorite adult beverage, then pork,
sauerkraut and dumplings for dinner. We will have the same on News Years
Day.


Pork and sauerkraut were my wife's tradition, black-eyed peas and ham hocks were
mine. We do both!

Merry Christmas to all!
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:37:24 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:56:23 -0500, " JimH" wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
..........all the guys must be out finally getting that Christmas gift
for their wives.

You guys give the rest of us a bad name!

Anyway, the turkey is stuffed and has been cooking for about an hour.
Guests arrive after 1.

Merry Christmas folks.

Merry christmas to you and everyone in the newsgroup.
Happy holidays to anyone celebrating other than Christmas.

Cooking that turkey already? We do it Christmas Day.
My assigned duties today include cleaning the upstairs bathroom top to
bottom.

Turkey, stuffing and all the fixings today. Tomorrow we go to 8 a.m. mass,
then open gifts while sipping on our favorite adult beverage, then pork,
sauerkraut and dumplings for dinner. We will have the same on News Years
Day.

Wife, daughters and DIL decided on roast beef for tomorrow. Not just
any roast beef - A FREAKIN' STEAMSHIP ROUND OF PRIME RIB!!!

It's slow roasting as we speak.

You have any idea how much that damn thing cost me?

Tonight, the traditional Christmas Eve meal of American Slop Chewy,
salad, garlic bread and banana cream pie. Then all the Military types
get out the dress uniforms, the kids get cleaned up and it's off to
8:00 mass (kids mass). I'm sitting this one out because my RA is
flaring and I'm really not in the mood.

It's the stress of having all these freakin' people in my house. :)

Which did you get, a steamship round or a prime rib? In my book they're two different
things. This year we got a five-rib roast. Set me back about $40 bucks, but it's
worth it. I've never 'slow roasted' a prime rib, always just the opposite. Hit it
with 450 degrees for about 45 minutes, then down to 350 until it's medium (at most
another hour and a half).
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:03:52 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:52:22 GMT, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
. ..
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:56:23 -0500, " JimH" wrote:


"Don White" wrote in message
...
JimH wrote:
..........all the guys must be out finally getting that Christmas gift
for their wives.

You guys give the rest of us a bad name!

Anyway, the turkey is stuffed and has been cooking for about an hour.
Guests arrive after 1.

Merry Christmas folks.

Merry christmas to you and everyone in the newsgroup.
Happy holidays to anyone celebrating other than Christmas.

Cooking that turkey already? We do it Christmas Day.
My assigned duties today include cleaning the upstairs bathroom top to
bottom.

Turkey, stuffing and all the fixings today. Tomorrow we go to 8 a.m.
mass,
then open gifts while sipping on our favorite adult beverage, then pork,
sauerkraut and dumplings for dinner. We will have the same on News Years
Day.

Wife, daughters and DIL decided on roast beef for tomorrow. Not just
any roast beef - A FREAKIN' STEAMSHIP ROUND OF PRIME RIB!!!

It's slow roasting as we speak.

You have any idea how much that damn thing cost me?

Tonight, the traditional Christmas Eve meal of American Slop Chewy,
salad, garlic bread and banana cream pie. Then all the Military types
get out the dress uniforms, the kids get cleaned up and it's off to
8:00 mass (kids mass). I'm sitting this one out because my RA is
flaring and I'm really not in the mood.

It's the stress of having all these freakin' people in my house. :)


I go to Safeway since they have Prime Rib on sale at $5 / pound for club
members and ask for a roast for 11 people. He cuts and wraps me a 10# prime
rib. He must think they are gluttons. Will be nice left over's. And off
to deliver goodie trays later, and pick up the Tamales for dinner. Youngest
is off to look at the set up for a Bat'h Mitzvah ( or however the females is
spelt). For her August wedding reception. Oldest is off to an engagement
party. Just the parents and the kids dog.

I've just been informed that we are adding two Sailors and two Marines
from the Navy Base for tomorrow's dinner. Wife has already left for a
quick foray into Target/Walmart/Sears to pick up some small presents.

~~ sigh ~~

If never rains, it pours. :)

When I was stationed at Ft. Sill, OK, I had guard duty around a post exchange on
Christmas Eve. The next day a few of us were invited to a family's house for
Christmas dinner. That was in 1965, and it is something I will never forget. You are
doing a good thing, and those Sailors and Marines will always remember it.

The old couple that had us over have long since passed away, so I'll say "Thanks" to
you instead.
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 21:32:29 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 16:20:50 -0500, DSK wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
I've just been informed that we are adding two Sailors and two Marines
from the Navy Base for tomorrow's dinner. Wife has already left for a
quick foray into Target/Walmart/Sears to pick up some small presents.

~~ sigh ~~

If never rains, it pours. :)

And that's the way it should be. You will have a great
occasion to share with those servicemen. I stand & salute
you all, even though you can't see it.

Ah I bitch and moan, but I knew it was going to happen. My oldest boy
calls one or two of his classmates to see if we can host anybody who
is away from home and we usually end up with two or three.

No big deal even if I try to make it out to be. :)

It's a big deal to them.
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:32:14 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
It ain't around here. Kids, Daughter in Law,, Son in Law, Girlfriend,
Boyfriend, six dogs four of which don't belong to me, two grandkids,
two cats....

AAARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Later,

Tom

Six dogs. You said six, as in 6. Six dogs.

If you can get them near a window, I could help with that. I'll even pay for
the window repair.


Doug, you're hopeless. If *you* had a couple mean-assed dogs, you wouldn't have to
put up the concertina wire to keep that fat guy from coming down your chimney!
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:54:46 -0500, "Reggie Smithers"
wrote:

Doug,
Border Collies do have high energy, but their natural instinct is to try to
figure out what their master wants. They are considered the smartest and
most well behaved dog you can adopted. The only negative is they do want to
"work", and if you live in an urban area they can get bored.


"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:32:14 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
m...
It ain't around here. Kids, Daughter in Law,, Son in Law, Girlfriend,
Boyfriend, six dogs four of which don't belong to me, two grandkids,
two cats....

AAARRRRGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Six dogs. You said six, as in 6. Six dogs.

Six as in two Border Collies, two Australian Blue Heelers, one English
Bulldog, one German Shepard. At the moment, they are playing keep
away with each other in the play pen in the back yard.

Shortly, they will be brought in and the kids will help me give them
all baths, wash/dry and then to their crates for a couple of hours
while the dinner table is set up. One dinner is finished, they are
let out to join in the celebrations.

It's kind of charming actually. They all get together and take over a
corner of the living room and just sit watching the activities.

I trained each and every one of them and they are all excellent dogs.

Keep your dog opinions to yourself.

Even the border collies behave? How on earth did you accomplish that? They
always seem to have a natural internal source of methamphetamines.



Couldn't you train them to chase cars?
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****

"JohnH" wrote in message

... Hit it
with 450 degrees for about 45 minutes, then down to 350 until it's medium

Cook a prime rib to medium? Say it ain't so!

On 24 Dec 2005 09:58:29 -0800, wrote:

Merry Christmas, Happy Holdiays, etc etc etc to everybody in the NG.

Same to you Chuck. I salute your energy and generosity.

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 18:33:23 -0500, "John Gaquin" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message

... Hit it
with 450 degrees for about 45 minutes, then down to 350 until it's medium

Cook a prime rib to medium? Say it ain't so!


Well, my daughter and the wife are the deciding factors. Damn women. But, what are
you going to do?
--
John H

**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****