Wow, -- me for not being aware that other countries have holidays called "Thanksgiving". Though I guess I was aware enough to qualify "midwest" as a "US" reference (I specifically recall thinking "hrm, non-US folks could possibly not know what I mean by 'midwest', so I better tack on a 'US'".)

Thanks for the heads up, northern brother ;-)

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