TorStar , by the # s

Oktoberfest , statistics :

6.7             million litres of beer , is down year over year
6.4             million beer tent attendees
638            patients at the medical tent , mostly  ' beer corpses '
                  unconscious from the alcohol
1                lost denture
8                lost children , one family

7.10            $ , the U.S. min. wage ( world baseline ) , 10 th best
16               $ , in Australia , highest min wage
9.77             $, Australian purchasing power , 3 rd best
10.37          $ , Luxembourg's purchasing power , # 1 in OECD
7.59            $ , Canadian purchasing power , ranked 10th

So, not as terrible as other reports , not as good as possible ( ??? )

We've discovered , on line , slot machines and table games.
Wait. All play money. sponsored by , who else ? , Seneca Casinos .
Complete w/ theme music and flashing lights etc. Oh yeah , what we needed , definitely.
Upside , we watch less TV but same screen format.
Downside , guess !

Weather , gray and rainy. Warmish 68 F

to-day is Turkey day. For once , I'll go downstairs and know that the bird is thawed , really , ready to cook , not  " Oh , we'll leave it in another 20 minutes , it'll be done by 5 "
On Turkey Talk , last year , one famous cook , said , the problem is that we cook so , few , turkeys. After all , some people only do 2 turkeys a year and most do one , assuming you go out Thanksgiving or Xmas.
Last year , we cooked a turkey , for ourselves , b/c our traditional ( 8 years now ), family , do-eey , was four days after Xmas.
This year , the advice on ' Fresh Air ' the week end morning show , ' brine the turkey ' as in marinate.
I've gone w/ ' one size fits all ' thinking. Wash the dude and dry . 
Rub down w/ soya sauce. Slam ,bam , thank you , ma'am.
Sound familiar , it should , its the base treatment for all smoking and bar B Q ing.
We serve rice w/ TD dinner , so , no one notices the oriental thing.

Around the house , disaster. Versions vary. I've got the car zapper thingy , M has the garage door gizmo. the garage door came down , the SUV trunk lid didn't. The two doors met somewhere in the garage.
at Costco , Dupont , Scratch hider was in 3 packs ( what isn't in 3 s there ) for $ 10 . what the hey , right. Brought the stuff home. Washed the effected area. Waited a day , and painted it on.
It works. Except for one place , where I fear , there could be deeper damage than a scratch.

However , this Scratch repair pen is supposed to be a clear coat finish , and it protects the metal.

Avoid disaster , don't tell her to do anything. and she never listens anyway , OK she listened , I said close the garage.