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29 Nov 2014, 9:02 am

Many cultures have a autumn,or late summer, "harvest feast" in which you are expected to pig out.

Thanksgiving is basically the local American riff on that near universial idea.



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29 Nov 2014, 10:59 am

auntblabby wrote:
that 1] we should be [as americans] damned thankful that food is not as dear here as it is in many other countries, and 2] we eat too damned much for our own good- that is, the ones of us [middle and upper class] that actually get to eat plentiful AND nutritious food on a regular basis. a little less taking it for granted would be appropriate, a little more humility on this day at least.


Well said.



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29 Nov 2014, 3:54 pm

^^^^
thanx Brung :)



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29 Nov 2014, 5:16 pm

^^^^ welcome :)