Fun toy for Dad, but he went back to good steel carving knives in time. He was wonderful to watch when he sharpened them. The sound of the blades was the harbinger of the holiday feast.

Said, thank you so much, tried it; said, please get me my knives.

But unlike the others, it wasn't kept in his workshop.

Ironically, he did manage to cut off two fingers; not with the knife, but with the circular saw he'd used for decades. Not that his friends didn't harass him about that for years . . .


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There will no carving the turkey this year for Thanksgiving.


I'm hosting an easy and no fuss chili and cornbread (gluten free of course) lunch for our adult children for Thanksgiving this year.


One of our adult children will be having long distance open heart surgery a few days after Thanksgiving so I'm making our Thanksgiving meal together as smooth and easy as I can. And without an abundance of leftovers.

I sincerely hope all goes well with the open-heart surgery. That has to be anxiety-provoking, but most procedures work out just fine.

Enjoy the chili and the company!

The younger generation that I host for the holidays aren't MAGA. I have some "in-laws" around my age but I don't host holidays in my home for them.


The adult child that's having the open heart surgery is flying to the Mayo Clinic to have it done. I have confidence in the fact that's this surgery is being performed in one of the top hospitals in our country and that they will have heart functioning improvement post surgery.


I sure will. Thank you!

I don't know of any other place I'd rather have surgery done. In good hands for sure.

This surgery is being done at the Rochester, Minnesota clinic.

but it could be a nice addition...

It's a nice addition, True. Keep sticking to it!

Never used it much. It was scary, especially to clean!

that using a chainsaw is definitely out of the question, right Marthe?

I wouldn't want to get machine oil all over the guests!

Funny enough, I'm not afraid of using the lopper to trim outside

I use the lopper to trim my toe nails.

I use garden clippers and they don't do a good job

Would have made everyone run from the table.

(Gods, I can hear him now: "Get that thing away from this nice turkey! I did not spend years on my knife skills to be replaced by some gadget that is just going to grind the bird into turkey dust!&quot