On 11/22/2017 5:47 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-11-22 5:38 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 11/22/2017 5:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> Happy Thanksgiving to all my neighbours to the south.
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>> Thanks, Dave!Â* I noted yours in October even if I didn't comment.
>> Happy belated!
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> We're not dumb. We have it before the winter turns nasty ;-)
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It makes sense because that's when the harvest happens way up North.

Down here, my azaleas are blooming again:

https://s8.postimg.org/mx5asllxh/pink.jpg

President Lincoln declared US Thanksgiving to be the fourth Thursday in
November. Maybe some historian can explain why *Thursday*. It seems
like an odd day to choose. I'm pretty sure in 1863 people weren't
thinking about a long holiday weekend. (laugh)

Jill