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[Bonus] Who is Worse Off? The Turkey or the Plumber?

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This Old House

History, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9726 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Thanksgiving is chaotic: the planning, the travel, dealing with family. But think we’ve got it tough? How about the folks that have to balance those demands and deal with our leaks, our clogs and our heating and cooling failures? This Old House experts Richard Trethewey, Norm Abram, Tom Silva, Ross Trethewey, Nathan Gilbert, and a special guest close to Kevin’s heart tell their best (and worst) stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Look, it's a week before Thanksgiving, and I don't know about you, but everyone here at this old house is jammed.

0:38.2

So we're not going to drop a full episode this week, but we are thinking about you, and we wanted

0:43.2

to give you a little something special. Thanksgiving, it's chaotic, right? I mean, the things

0:50.2

that we have to go through to make it all work, the planning, the travel, dealing with

0:54.5

family. Well, if you think you've got it tough, how about the folks that have to deal with

0:59.5

our leaks and our clogs and our heating and cooling failures around this time of year?

1:04.2

Well, we've got a lot of them here at this old house, so I thought I'd give a few of them

1:07.9

a quick buzz to see what kind of issues they've dealt with on Thanksgiving's past,

1:12.6

or just to see if they have any great memories to share.

1:16.2

First, though, I'm going to call someone you've never met because, and I know it's last minute,

1:20.8

but I need to know where my family's Thanksgiving dinner is going to be this year.

1:30.3

Hello?

1:31.3

Mom, it's Kevin.

1:32.9

Hi, how are you?

1:34.3

Good, good.

1:34.9

How are you?

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