Dear Gabby

Welcome back to the Dear Gabby advice column. It’s November, and Thanksgiving has been putting the “dys” in family dysfunction since 1621. The complaint I hear most about family gatherings is people don’t communicate with each other. Want your relatives to talk to you when they come to dinner? Change your wifi password. We all have much to be thankful for, so please take a moment to make a list of all your blessings. Here are a couple of suggestions to make this task easier: Do not watch the news, and stay off the bathroom scale.” When you’re done trippin’ on tryptophan, drop me a line to Dear Gabby at PostcardsLive. com. I am thankful for you!

What is the deal with surveys nowadays? I can’t buy anything online, visit a doctor’s office, or even buy underwear at a department store without being sent a survey to ask me how I enjoyed the process, the product, or both. They ask a lot of personal questions, too. It’s getting annoying. NONE YA

I’ve noticed the same thing! I love to give credit where credit is due, but the surveys are getting ridiculous. At my age, do you know how long it takes for me to scroll down to the year I was born? I don’t have that kind of time left! If it was an outstanding or appalling experience, send your survey. If it was as you expected, just ignore it. They’re just in it for your information.

GABBY

Wince the pandemic, I have been working at home. I kind of like it, so I may try to arrange it with my office to keep working here. I have all the necessary equipment here and none of the drama of an office. My production has gone up, so I don’t think they’ll object. What are your thoughts.

SELF-MOTIVATOR

Working at home is absolutely the answer for some people. There are others who are too easily distracted by important things at home (like the cell phone or the refrigerator). I will give you a clue which category I am in. A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

GABBY

THANKSGIVING: My first choices would be carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.