Nancy Young wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
>> Becca wrote:
>>> People who have been here a while have heard this story. About 8-10
>>> years ago, my niece, "M", called me Thanksgiving morning, crying. She
>>> baked a turkey to bring to the family gathering, but the turkey
>>> did not look right. I drove to her house, and the turkey was upside
>>> down.
>
>>> First of all, M's mother never cooked, and M had been addicted to
>>> cocaine for over 10 years, so you never knew what to expect. I am
>>> happy to say, that after being addicted to cocaine for over 20
>>> years, she has now been sober for 2 years. We never thought we
>>> would see her sober.
>
> Congratulations on that, Becca.
>> My mother did that one year - I was a kid - maybe 10 but I still
>> remember the fight my parents had about the turkey without any meat.
>> At the time, they were both very heavy drinkers. My mother always put
>> the turkey in the night before Thanksgiving - she obviously had a few
>> too many when she put it in the oven.
>
> Tracy, I hope it's not too hurtful to you when I say I laughed
> out loud about the turkey with no meat. OMG, so funny.
>
> nancy

Not hurtful at all! It is funny. Maybe not at the time...;-)

-Tracy