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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 5212850, member: 181"] You lucked into a pretty solid perception; what could be better than a gathering of beloved family that's premised in gratitude, and has great food. I cook, I clean, I play with children, Iand I don't show up like some kind of cry-bully, know-it-all uncle, who might be piqued & puzzled by me if we had somebody who comes in all hot & bothered. Alas, the one who was most gleefully 'provocative' at gatherings closed out the preceding generation during the second COVID holiday season, while recovering well from an orthopedic issue and getting infected...and he was deeply loved, eye-rolling & all, by everybody. Funny that such a misread could come in response to a lighthearted, marginally-critical comment offered within a post by somebody other than yourself...and wrapped in clunky, tone-deaf exaggeration. Hete, you're not as lucky as with your opening line above. It took 2-3 'Locked On" episodes for me to decode it as a branded roll-up wannabe that felt fake like AstroTurf masquerading as lawn (and sponsored by Nissan!) I figured that if it improved dramatically, I'd get enough recommendations here to correct my first impression, and didn't see any need to complain about anything harmless. The recommendations never came. Bottom line: I don't know who Bernie is. Maybe I am him, and maybe you're Zanetto. [/QUOTE]