Odds and Ends

At Thanksgiving the Elders were popping each others back, they seem to have a lot of trouble with their backs.
Our kitchen isn't very big so a couple of Elders had to sit by the sink to eat at Thanksgiving.
The rest of us are at the table. Ukrainians seem to be quite superstitious, here are some of the things they believe. They never shake your hand in the threshold of the door if you're coming in only after you're in, it's a sign of insincerity. They never drink cold water or drinks (maybe that's why there is no ice) it will hurt their throat. They always wear a hat in the winter when it's cold. They never sit on the cold cement, it will make you infertile. Never open the windows on opposite sides of the house to cause a draft, you'll get sick. If you sit at the corner of the table, you'll be single forever. When entering someones house you always take off your shoes, I like this one. When it comes to queuing (getting in line) Ukrainians are the very worst (it says in a Ukrainian book) even worst than Greeks, they just crowd in. On the Marshootka's (bus) they pass their money up and down the aisle to the driver always trusting those who get on the front or the back to pay but if you're in a store and they don't have enough change to give you a few kopecks they just don't.
The first video is of some Indian dancers trying to earn money down the center of town. A couple of days after Thanksgiving at our Branch party the Elders did a dance, I hope this works o.k.