Getting Ready For Thanksgiving At The Newser Office

 

 

 With Veterans Day over, the next holiday in the United States is Thanksgiving. So Gemma went by a store, and got this decoration for the office. 

 

Guess a little bit of "Pilgrim's Pride."

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Pilgrim Hunter

 

Taken at the Happy Vixen. Gil Ottared was dressed as a pilgrim hunter, gun in hand. But this Thanksgiving has a shadow over it. Not only do people still have to worry about the Pandemic, but also the supply disruptions and shortages it's indirectly caused. So some people will have to forget having a bird on the table, or take matters in their own hands.

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Announcement: Aero Pines Thanksgiving

Aero Pines Park & Recreation Area Presents:
           
           

Our 9th Annual

¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨) (`'·.¸(`'·.¸  ¸.·'´) ¸.·'´)  (¨*•.¸ (¨*•.¸

THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION BONFIRE DANCE     

¸.•´ (¸.•´ .•´ ¸¸.•¨¯`•  •`¯¨• ¸¸ `•. `•.¸) `•.¸)'•.¸   
              

All Welcome! - No Costume Necessary     
      

24/7 November 22nd -  30th
               

     SUGGESTED ATTIRE:
Colonial, Pilgrim, Native American, Pirate, North American Wildlife Avatar, etc

       Turkeys and other fowl attend at their own risk!



Warning:   This party has been too much fun in the past,
                so please celebrate and party responsibly!
                                            
Location:      Aero Pines Park & Recreation Area Northwest Pasture
Landmark:    Equus (18, 241, 22)


Yes we will have our Annual Turkey Shoots TBA
   

Thanksgiving at Areo Pines

On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 28, I decided to drop into Aero Pines Park to see how their festivities were going, and found a dance right around their Indian village bonfire.

Among those dancing was Cinday Bolero, the owner of the park.

 There were a number of people dancing, dressed up in Indian and Puritan outfits.

But not all the dancers were people. Hopefully this horse doesn't have four left feet.

Besides the dancing, one could shop for themed outfits. And there were calls going around to try out a water flume ride.

While Aero Pines does not have the only Thanksgiving themed event in Second Life, theirs is about the best known.

Bixyl Shuftan

Tales From Podex: Pilgrim Pilfering

By Bixyl Shuftan

 It was a fairly typical late November day at the Podex Exchange. Transactions were going about at  fairly busy rate. Between customers coming in, the tellers talked about where to get decorations for Thanksgiving. They also talked about holiday events, such as the one at Aero Pines Park.

It was in the middle of one of their conversations that a figure walked in. He was dressed all in black, with a white shirt underneath. He had on a dark cloak, and a funny hat with a buckle bigger than the one on his belt. Slung over his back was what looked like the stock of a firearm.

"Um, can we help you?" One of the tellers asked.

"Yes," spoke the visitor, "I was chasing a turkey, and I saw it run in here."

"A turkey?"

"Yes. I'm having a dinner of thanks with some very important neighbors, and they insisted a wild turkey be on the menu. Oh, I think I just saw him duck into there, where the vault is. I'll just be going in there after him."

"I think not," the teller chuckled, "I should have guessed it was just a matter of time before you pulled another one of your shenanigans, Clumsy Cooper."

"Who be clumsy? I just be a simple pilgrim trying to catch dinner for friends and family."

"I'll tell you what, since you livened up our day with your hilarity, we won't call the cops on you, if you just turn around and walk out that door."

"How about this?" Clumsy dropped his puritan act and drew the gun, a blunderbuss from the early days of firearms, "Hand over the Lindens, and no one gets hurt."

Instead of fear, the tellers just laughed, "You have got to be kidding. We know you. You haven't got the cash or patience to get anything more than a cheap freebie. That won't work here."

"Oh yeah?" Clumsy pointed the blunderbuss over the tellers' heads and pulled the trigger …

Nothing.

Clumsy blinked, then tried firing the gun again. It still wouldn't go off. "What the blazes? … He took the blunderbuss, and looked down the barrel

BLAM!!

The gun went off right in Clumsy's face. Fortunetly for him, the blunderbuss' ammo wasn't fatal, the old weapon's purpose being mainly to scare and make noise. But the blast knocked the thief right out, and he collapsed. Once the tellers made sure he was otherwise okay, they called the police. The SLPD then showed up, and took Clumsy away, charged with attempted griefing.

But even if Clumsy Cooper's scheme had worked, there was no way he could have gotten away with any ill-gotten gains. “All our exchanges are done through electronic transfer,” a teller later explained to the SLPD, “He wouldn’t have walked away with a single Linden.”

The Podex Exchange has a record of being one of the safest Linden exchange services in Second Life, the data processing done outside the exchange, and has a record of thousands of satisfied customers. Transactions can be done at their website, or their location inworld at the Coda sim at (45, 218, 61).

Note: The preceding is a fictional story, written for the dual purpose of advertisement and entertainment.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Press Release: Areo Pines Thanksgiving Week

 Aero Pines Park & Recreation Area Presents:
           

Our 7th Annual

¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨) (`'·.¸(`'·.¸  ¸.·'´) ¸.·'´)  (¨*•.¸ (¨*•.¸

THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION DANCE & POW WOW     

¸.•´ (¸.•´ .•´ ¸¸.•¨¯`•  •`¯¨• ¸¸ `•. `•.¸) `•.¸)'•.¸   
              

 All Welcome! - No Costume Necessary            

24/7 November 22nd -  30th

SUGGESTED ATTIRE:

Colonial, Pilgrim, Native American, North American Wildlife Avatar, etc

Turkeys and other fowl attend at their own risk!

Warning:   This party has been too much fun in the past,
                   so please celebrate and party responsibly!
                                            
Location:      Aero Pines Park & Recreation Area Northwest Pasture

Equus (18, 241, 22)