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Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
 
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fairgambit said:
Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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Sorry to hear it. Hope the floor is OK. 17 years ago -- our first Thanksgiving in the new house we had just built and moved into a few weeks earlier -- I decided to smoke a turkey for the first time in my life. Mid-morning my wife and I were sipping on a great cup of coffee, and she looks outside on the deck and says, "Wow, the smoker is really spitting out some flames." Well, it wasn't the smoker. It was the deck, where the fire was well underway. I ran outside barefoot and picked up some leftover bricks from the lot next door, elevated the smoker and hosed down the deck. Later I replaced a section of the floor :-/
 
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fairgambit said:
Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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So all these years later, you're the one whose water broke.....
:D
 
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fairgambit said:
Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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Look on the bright side. You could have attempted to thaw that frozen turkey by placing it in a deep fryer;)
 
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Reminds me of our first Thanksgiving together thirty years ago. My wife was so excited to prepare our first Thanksgiving turkey. She forgot to remove the bag of giblets from the cavity. Oh the smell. We've laughed about it every year since! Happy Thanksgiving to all!
 
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fairgambit said:
Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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Hey, it could always be worse.

Imagine the disaster that is occurring right now at Demlion's house. With his luck his new boat may have caught fire, rolled down a hill into a ditch setting part of the woods on fire- all while knocking a tree over into his house.

I swear I'm just waiting to see his story on one of those Allstate insurance commercials soon. ;)
 
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Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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Blessed Thanksgiving to you
and to all board member families!

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psu00 said:
Hey, it could always be worse.

Imagine the disaster that is occurring right now at Demlion's house. With his luck his new boat may have caught fire, rolled down a hill into a ditch setting part of the woods on fire- all while knocking a tree over into his house.

I swear I'm just waiting to see his story on one of those Allstate insurance commercials soon. ;)
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Dem needs his own reality show
 
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Sorry to hear it. Hope the floor is OK. 17 years ago -- our first Thanksgiving in the new house we had just built and moved into a few weeks earlier -- I decided to smoke a turkey for the first time in my life. Mid-morning my wife and I were sipping on a great cup of coffee, and she looks outside on the deck and says, "Wow, the smoker is really spitting out some flames." Well, it wasn't the smoker. It was the deck, where the fire was well underway. I ran outside barefoot and picked up some leftover bricks from the lot next door, elevated the smoker and hosed down the deck. Later I replaced a section of the floor :-/
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How was the first smoked turkey? :)
 
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Last year we got a 20 LB fresh turkey but did not have enough room in the refrigerator when we brought it home. This was the Tuesday before last Thanksgiving. We have a cooler on the back porch so I told my wife we could put it in the cooler until we cleared refrigerator room. Well a few drinks later we both go to bed. I forgot to mention we live in the country! Oops! About 2:15 am I hear loud banging, yelling, and our 3 Jack Russell's barking their lungs out. I awoke from a dead sleep and immediately thought, "oh shit! Bear + turkey= disaster." Well my wife is a determined lady and she reported to me she startled the bear as it was pulling out the plastic bad containing our Thanksgiving feast! I was then instructed to go out on the porch to retrieve said bird. I went out and, luckily, there was no bear claw or tooth penetration to the turkey wrapping. Turkey saved as well as my ass! The lesson learned: don't screw with my wife, she frightens black bears! :eek::rolleyes:

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That Demlion adventure was the funniest thing I've ever read. I had tears in my eyes just thinking about it. That should be a book. Maybe he could retell it here and make everybody's day.
 
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Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today
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Depending on who made the cooler, you may be able to replace the valve. I just bought a replacement valve for my Coleman cooler that is over 15 years old.
 
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funny story, fair, at least after the fact. I'm sure it wasn't much fun while you were experiencing it.

I'm on the flip side, in terms of stories. I decided to do something different today, so I ran my first 5k this morning. I'm in pretty good general shape, but I did absolutely no training for the 5k. I wasn't up with the serious runners, but I was one of the fastest in my age group, so I'm feeling pretty darn good. However, my calfs are now killing me, so I'm not likely to be a great deal of help today in preparing the meal, which is likely to cause some friction. :)
 
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funny story, fair, at least after the fact. I'm sure it wasn't much fun while you were experiencing it.

I'm on the flip side, in terms of stories. I decided to do something different today, so I ran my first 5k this morning. I'm in pretty good general shape, but I did absolutely no training for the 5k. I wasn't up with the serious runners, but I was one of the fastest in my age group, so I'm feeling pretty darn good. However, my calfs are now killing me, so I'm not likely to be a great deal of help today in preparing the meal, which is likely to cause some friction. :)
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How many fellow 80 year olds were running Tom?:confused::) Ah, I don't know how old you are but I'm sure it's younger than me. Congrats on the run. You can eat more later after all the calories you expended.;)
 
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Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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MICHIGAN STATE. MICHIGAN STATE. MICHIGAN STATE. MICHIGAN STATE.
MICHIGAN STATE.
 
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Not to be a Debbie downer but go to the smoking turkey thread from a few days ago. Read the link to amazing ribs .com. That guy will lecture you on simanela bacteria!!! He gives clean up recommendations which is basically bleach good luck!!!
 
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Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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Good times heh??
 
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Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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What? 21Gums show up?
 
fairgambit said:
Our Turkey was still a bit frozen by refrigerator thawing last night so I told the wife I'd get up at 6AM and do a water thaw. I got our big cooler and filled it with cold water. Unfortunately, this cooler has a broken valve to let the water out so we replaced it with a cork which has worked fine for 10 years, until today. I put the turkey in the cooler on the kitchen floor, covered it with water, and turned away for a minute. Unbeknownst to me, the cork popped and water started pouring all over the kitchen floor, which is hardwood. I didn't realize it until my feet started getting wet, at which point I started yelling for my wife who was still sleeping. It made quite a mess, but we got a bunch of bath towels and managed to clean it up. A small bump on the road of life. Happy Thanksgiving to all! God bless us, every one.:)
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Thanks Dan. I never gave that a thought. I would like to hang onto it because we used it for years when I had my season tickets.
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Coleman can be good with that sort of thing. We had an inexpensive poncho bought for a PSU game that tore on the first or second use. My wife wrote them. A few weeks later a package from Coleman comes--a really nice *insulated* poncho far better than the one we'd bought. They will always have our business--unlike Panasonic where our microwave broke less than a week after the 1 yr warranty expired. We'll never buy another item from them.
 
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