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How is that possible??

As a Canadian, we've just had Thanksgiving. Mom is in a small condo, so my home is the official gathering spot. We had 25 for dinner this year. I cook the turkey in an electric roaster, fast and hot, and it is as tender and juicy as you could ever want. No dried out turkey for us! I make a dressing/stuffing (the term is interchangeable for us) from bread cubes, apples, onions & celery. We used to have the canned cranberry sauce, but my daughter has taken over and makes that from scratch. We have mashed potatoes & gravy, mashed turnips, and usually some combo of peas/carrots/corn. Salads depend on who's making them. Cole slaw, caesar salad, brocolli-raisin-bacon salad.... It changes every year. I always get at least one Costco pumpkin pie. That is seriously the best pumpkin pie ever! Mom does fruit pies, and my neices try to outdo each other with pumpkin/ cream cheese and chocolate/peanut butter creations - which is wonderful!! Canadians do not eat green bean casserole or sweet potatoes with marshmallows. We don't understand it, either!! Breakfast the next day is usually left-over pumpkin pie, and lunch is turkey sandwiches. We need more holidays like that! ETA - and ham!! We always have a smoked ham too.

Back in another life, I was an EMT, and worked very closely with a group of First Responders and the Fire Dept. Naturally, we always arrived on the scene when it was at it's ugliest. Blood, gore, hysteria - panic, anger, fear, pain .... and it was up to us to bring it to order. Sometimes the victims were people we knew. No two incidents were ever exactly the same, so as much as we tried to be prepared, we never knew exactly what were going to find. We learned to switch into "responder" role, and simply react to what we found with as little emotional response as possible. We knew our teamates, and could work side by side with little or no communication needed, because were a team! Like well-oiled machinery. But the most important part of each call was what happened after. We called it debriefing. We sat down as a team and talked. For as long as it was needed. Sometime 20 min, sometimes 6 hours. We hashed it out, we went thru all the " if only's", the " what if's", what did we do well, what should we do differently next time. There were tears and hugs and angry outburts and talking, talking talking. Till we were all talked out and drained and able to put it to rest. Then we could leave the building, go back to our lives, without the storm of pent up emotions and questions swirling through our minds until we couldn't sleep. THAT is what got us through- sane, intact, bonded to each other, and ready for the next call. It would have been so much easier for our leaders to say "ok. It's over. Act like you didn't see or hear any of it, act like it didn't effect you, and whatever you do, don't talk about it. Just move on." Easier, but not healthy. If there are any parallels to be drawn between what I've said and what has happened the last few days here - help yourself. And you're welcome! Mods - I submit this not to grandstand, or disrespect you in any way, but just to ask you if you'd ever considered it from this viewpoint.

Bingo! I got all my threads back! It was indeed an issue in my "sorting" method. I finally hit the right stuff, and it all came back. Hope I never have to so that again, 'cause I'm not totally sure what I did. I use an Ipad, so my displays may look slightly different from anyone using a computer. I've only ever gone to this forum on an Ipad. Thanks to everyone who offered their help. I shall try not to ever touch my settings again!

Nope, must be me. I only noticed the change last night. Now this is the only thread that shows up. I am somehow eliminating threads here, and haven't a clue how I'm managing to do that. If anyone actually understands what I'm talking about (thingys are a technical term in my world), I'd sure appreciate if you'd explain to me what I'm doing here. In very simple English, speaking slowly ;)

And, I need to ask for a little help here. Did the first page set-up get changed, or did I mess something up? Where there was once a lengthy list of topics - the Lost J's, for example, I now only see four? five? topics. I fumbled around so much yesterday trying to put that blasted windmill pic up, that I don't know what else I hit. Computer savvy R Not Us.

Here I thought I was the only one who didn't know what was going on when there was suddenly huge chunks of conversation going missing. Apparently we're all finding out at the same time. I'm glad it's out - it speaks to the authenticity of the majority of the rest of us. Maybe we'll never know exactly who all the " socks" were, but it might become obvious, if we read a lot.

I have to admit warning bells were ringing in my head for quite awhile while now - towards the end they were CLANGING! The baby pic pretty much sealed it for me, but oh my, what a smooth explanation! Implant bothering her, my foot!! I wanted to speak up more than once, but like I said, I read here a LOT, but keep to myself, so wasn't sure how seriously I would be taken. Besides, if I told you my story, it wouldn't be believed either! We're all a little sadder and wiser now, so hopefully we can get back to some more "sweet fellowship". I'll be over in the corner, reading.

Could someone please PM me and fill me in on what happened with the whole gofundme thing? Obviously there's tons of info been deleted. Was distracted with a family death, and when I came back for an update, there's huge holes in the discussion. And yes, this is my first post, but I've got hours and hours... and hours ..... of reading here behind me. I'm just more of a reader than a poster. (If not my first post, one of a very few.)