The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[TomP]

Remember that the news wants to make it the most shocking to keep people scared and hooked to the TV.

newschannels have devolved to Tabloids type reporting lately :/

I'd like to "like" this a thousand times.

 

[TomP]

So...AAA still is not here. Battery is very dead; you can't even lock the car. And there's a snowstorm coming. Second school is already closed, my school will probably follow suit. Just watching Big Hero 6 on my tablet until AAA gets here

Hope it works out for you. A discharged battery can freeze at 32F, so if it is an old battery...ut oh. It may not even take a charge or a jump...sorry to be Debbie Downer. Fingers crossed for you.

 

[MinnieM123]

I ate a lot of this. It was my favorite.

Loves me some deviled ham sammies!! That concoction was developed in Boston back in the 1800s, by William Underwood. In the 1960s, the William Underwood Company sold out to PET, then Pillsbury acquired PET, and I think B&G owned the products at some point after that; so, it's long gone as a MA company. The cool thing is that they kept the logo and name through all the different owner changes. The original trademark goes back to 1872 and still in use today, making it one of the oldest "active" trademarks on record. Deviled Ham is still fairly popular around these parts, although not exactly health food--but mighty tasty!

 

[seahawk7]

Hope it works out for you. A discharged battery can freeze at 32F, so if it is an old battery...ut oh. It may not even take a charge or a jump...sorry to be Debbie Downer. Fingers crossed for you.

 

[TomP]

He survived Calgary in September (might have been August), he'll be fine.

There's freezing weather in Calgary in Sept??????????????????????????????????

 

[TomP]

Can I be your adopted aunt? That way, your adopted mother, @JenniferS , could invite me over for Sunday dinner, and you could cook us up a great Mexican feast!!

I need to worm my way into the quasi-familia situation some way. I love Mexican food (the real stuff).

 

[MinnieM123]

Elderberry is awesome for respiratory viral infections. I know I've mentioned it before.

Curious: How do you know how much to use? Is it in a liquid form for example, and would you take a teaspoon of it? Is it sweet?

 

[TomP]

Yeah...I'm a bad, bad boy. Just trying to manage expectations.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Your nationality is determined by the nation to which you belong. I am not trying to debate anyone but I just want to make sure people who were born in the United States who look like people from other countries are not excluded. In the state our country is in with race, a person who wears some clothing that others find unique might not be classified as American even if they were born in the United States.
In the hospitals I work in, I work with a lot of Canadians and, from what I gather, they don't have any issues with traveling within our states. But some nurses who are of Asian, Latin American descent and are American do. So this is what I was referring to. American doesn't look one way, dress one way, or believe one way. I wanted to convey that.

And my opinion is that this is exactly what our ethnicity is. We are all those things, we are not just one group of people to identify with. We are the sum of our people.

This is an oh goody for me too cause I get to quote my favorite movie of all time: The Happiest Millionaire. "Being an American is adding something. It isn't subtracting."

I think you're correct though that if you're family was born in America you're an American. However, I think family heritage should count for something as many families have their own unique traditions not part of the larger American culture because of their own family ancestry.

In my opinion, the origin of family is only that... the origin, it is where we came from, but it is not where we are. If you take any grouping, is it possible that every single generation in that family originated in that country? If your family is from Italy, for example, then your history is Italian, but, what if four generations before they came here, their parents ancestors came to Italy from Portugal? Wouldn't they still call themselves Italian if they didn't know about that connection? Record keeping a few century's back was not all that dependable. One should be defined by where they are, their routes are their history only. An important part of their family structure, but, doesn't define them. Again the fact that we do incorporate traditions in our culture is part of the definition of our culture. It's what make us, us!

In this country the generation of my grandparents, there was very little discussion concerning the links to other places. Some were French, but, never taught their children the language because they were in the United States and left France for a reason. A reason that they pretty much kept to themselves. That is one of the reasons that Family Search business are doing so well these days. Nobody, really ever talked about their origins.

 

[Wrangler-Rick]

Lots of food discussion today, no wonder I'm hungry!

 

[MinnieM123]

You would have to sell a kidney.

And that's just for the appetizers!

 

[MinnieM123]

I just wanted the distinction to be made between nationality and ethnicity otherwise it's a slippery slope into some people being excluded from the American club because of their ethnicity. I'm not insinuating anyone here by any means but I thought that distinction should be made. No offense meant.

You know, it's complicated with people. I mean, with dogs of mixed background, we just call them mutts! Makes life simple!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Ready for the rant? Because here it comes...

AAA finally came. 2 hours after I called. Guy comes out. He gets the engine to turn over. And then...he takes the key out of the ignition! And guess what? Now for some reason the key won't turn in the ignition. My parents told me to leave the car at school and we would take care of it on Friday. When I hung up with them, after the guy left, I noticed that he left my driver's side window down. In the rain. Before a snowstorm. And the window is electric, so it won't roll up now.

So now I am back on the phone with AAA trying to get the problem fixed. Someone is going to face a very p!ssed version of me...

 

[MinnieM123]

More absconded office luncheon food...

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Well, it's about time! There's been quite a lull lately, in your um, "complimentary" office food that magically ends up on your desk?! (I was beginning to think that the management there was cutting back on the budget.) You know how much I love seeing your free food pictures, so I can live vicariously through your experiences. It's all for one and one for all here!

 

[MinnieM123]

no....just no.

It's better with Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise. Lettuce on top is o.k. too--never add diced celery, by the way. Oh, this is funny: I recall an elderly aunt who loved Deviled Ham sandwiches. Apparently, there just wasn't enough FAT in that recipe, so she used to add BUTTER on her bread! No, I'm not making this up; you can't make up stuff like this!!!!!

 

[seahawk7]

Curious: How do you know how much to use? Is it in a liquid form for example, and would you take a teaspoon of it? Is it sweet?

There is a dosage on the bottle. You can get it syrup (I'm told it's sweet), pill form, and tea form. Tea form is too weak for medicinal purposes. I take the pill form. I take one dose a day for prophylactic purposes but two doses if I get sick. It helps prevents viruses but if you do get sick it shortens duration.
My fellow RT, who has practiced for 30 plus years and moonlights as a Chinese medicine doctor (he is a 67 year old Jewish guy from Chicago!) advises hypertonic saline nasal rinses. You take teaspoon of any salt Mix it with 8 oz distilled water and snort three snorts up each nostril. You wait 5 minutes after doing that and then bend over (keeping the curve in your spine) for one minute then you can blow your nose. He uses this on his immunocompromised patients who can't afford to get sick. And yes he uses elderberry also.

 

[TomP]

You know, it's complicated with people. I mean, with dogs of mixed background, we just call them mutts! Makes life simple!

While I appreciate that acknowledging one's background is a good thing, I don't think there are many people in the U.S. that can claim one ethnicity/race unless they are first generation immigrants, and they will probably change in a few generations. This country is called a "melting pot", after all. I've never understood how one group (any group) can denigrate another group (any group) based on race, ethnicity, political slant, socio-economic class, gender/identity, orientation or any other characteristic. We're ALL mutts eventually.
Sorry, hope I didn't get too political.

 

[MinnieM123]

I just wanted the distinction to be made between nationality and ethnicity otherwise it's a slippery slope into some people being excluded from the American club because of their ethnicity. I'm not insinuating anyone here by any means but I thought that distinction should be made. No offense meant.

Both sets of my grandparents emigrated from Ireland. So I guess that makes me Irish. Can I join the American Club, too? Is there a pool and tennis courts, and a club house that serves delicious meals? Do I need a sponsor to join, and if so, will you sponsor me?

 

[TomP]

It's better with Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise. Lettuce on top is o.k. too--never add diced celery, by the way. Oh, this is funny: I recall an elderly aunt who loved Deviled Ham sandwiches. Apparently, there just wasn't enough FAT in that recipe, so she used to add BUTTER on her bread! No, I'm not making this up; you can't make up stuff like this!!!!!

Sorry....just can't even think about canned meat. BTW, my grandmother buttered all sandwiches also. She said it kept the bread from getting soggy from condiments.

 

[JenniferS]

There's freezing weather in Calgary in Sept??????????????????????????????????

Not generally, but this year there was a freak storm.
@Cesar R M can remind us of the exact date.