GG, Your cats make me want to jump on them! :wub:

I loved the joke, Jouse. Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians! :balloon:

Yes, happy Thanksgiving :clap: ...and on that note, perhaps someone could explain a small cultural misunderstanding I seem to have had today. We have a Canadian postdoc down the hall. I wished her a good Thanksgiving (having been conveniently reminded by corgigirl) and asked if there was turkey involved. Her answer: 'Ha ha, very *bleep* funny.' /scowl-muttering-something-under-her-breath-as-she-stalked-off. Huh?! Is 'turkey' Canadian code for 'I'd like to brutally murder your mother in her sleep with a meat cleaver' or something?

Uhhh---I've met a few Canadians and none of them seem particularly offended by turkey. At least you didn't say: "Will you be enjoying some Canadian Bacon with maple syrup and participating in the traditional viewing of 'Strange Brew' this evening?" I have some capslock of glee I must share: Remember how I was being sued by my former landlady? Well, I got in touch with an attorney and after a brief bit of correspondence between my lawyer and her lawyer... Not only am I no longer being sued---SHE'S DRAFTING A CHECK FOR MY SECURITY DEPOSIT!

AWESOME RSH!!!!!!!!!!!

Silja, we Canadians eat turkey on Thanksgiving just like the Yanks do. The only explanations I can come up with are 1) she has to work on Thanksgiving and she's bitter, or 2) she's a vegetarian/vegan and thought you were cracking a joke at her expense. That's great news, RSH!

Hey, win for you RSH. That's awesome. I know nothing of Thanksgiving in Canada, but happy thanksgiving to you guys, anyway :wink: Also, this bloody post strike is pissing me off. I want my mail, dammit. At least it's not another tube strike, though - you can't get anywhere when the London Underground isn't operating. I mean, London transport is sucky as it is... Shall stop my potholing now.

I'm standing firm on the rights of the workers but I want my mail too... And thanks for the answers on Canadian Thanksgiving. I'm betting PMS...(not IRT Canada but our weird postdoc)

The mail people are on strike? How does that work, do they still deliver important items, like death notifications and things like that? Here in the town I live at, the mail just randomly doesn't show up. Keeps you guessing I guess.

I never get any mail(which will change, because i put in an order for TV Guide so I can see if there's and House stuff), so I wouldn't know about anything mail.

Congrats RSH!!! Here in the town I live at, the mail just randomly doesn't show up. Keeps you guessing I guess. Is today a national holiday? Cause, I didn't get any mail today either.

A national holiday would also explain why my attempt to pay my *boo!hiss!* Student Loan Payment was postponed until tomorrow. Why was I at work today? That doesn't seem quite right. Don't I get holidays off? Thought I did.

It's Columbus Day in the States, Thanksgiving in Canada and National Mail Strike Day in Britian...awesome I went to the gym for a little while this morning, it was pretty dead. I'm bored Hey The Bills Scored :)

So no mail in three English speaking countries? Thank goodness for Australia.