The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Progress.City]

One thing I don't understand about here. Yesterday, I was talking to someone from Netanya and asked him a question about Jerusalem and he said he has never been to Jerusalem. Tonight, I asked several people here in Jerusalem questions about Tel Aviv and they all said they never go to Tel Aviv. With such a small country, how it possible that they don't travel outside their local urban areas?

 

[catmom46]

Nope, that's mine. I hate mornings. I'm probably just falling asleep when you morning people are waking up.

Same here! Hence my post of Garfield about 100 pages back now. We sure are active on this thread, aren't we? I think we give the spirited thread a run for its money.

 

[catmom46]

One thing I don't understand about here. Yesterday, I was talking to someone from Netanya and asked him a question about Jerusalem and he said he has never been to Jerusalem. Tonight, I asked several people here in Jerusalem questions about Tel Aviv and they all said they never go to Tel Aviv. With such a small country, how it possible that they don't travel outside their local urban areas?

Maybe it's similar to the US in regard to "inner city" residents not realizing there's more to their neighborhood and actually an entire country of varying cultures, experiences, and people?

 

[catmom46]

you got a fantastic view!

It is a great view. However, since it's next to the pool area, which is open until 11pm, you get to hear the lovely sounds of kids screaming until it closes! Not conducive to getting a good night's sleep.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I ran a printing an publishing company for close to 14 years back in the 70's and 80's. We printed our own shopping newspaper and did many other local web printing jobs for the area stretching from Vermont to Maine. So I spent a lot of time with those big rolls of paper. One of my girls recently told me that every time they pick up a paper now, the ink smell hits them and they remember back to when I used to come home smelling like an ink.

Spoiler

On bad days, I used to hide behind those giant rolls of paper.

I understand the whole smell thing, that's true.

 

[Progress.City]

Maybe it's similar to the US in regard to "inner city" residents not realizing there's more to their neighborhood and actually an entire country of varying cultures, experiences, and people?

I just find it odd that I just got here and I'm going back and forth between cities almost daily and they have lived here their whole lives!

I just left the club, by the way. It's 6am here and the club is still jamming.

 

[donaldtoo]

Ouch, I must have had a poor Doctor, I felt everything. I thought my stomach was going to explode!

Sympathy like.
I was wide awake and felt, pretty much, nothing.

 

[Progress.City]

I'm at the Jerusalem Central Bus Station waiting on my bus back to Netanya. 45 minute wait until the next bus.

 

[donaldtoo]

YES!! One of the best parts of WDW vacation. It begins tomorrow for us! First TS dinner is at BOG and I'm hoping we get to sit in the West Wing.

We had dinner in the ballroom, but, after the meal we visited the other dining rooms.
We also had our picture taken with Beast. Enjoy!

 

[donaldtoo]

Why would a site need mods to approve the posts ? they got spam problems?

My point, exactly...I have no clue.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

use the excuse to wander around downtown disney disney springs!

I'll probably keep calling it Downtown Disney for awhile.

 

[donaldtoo]

Getting very old! It's raining and 63*. Who turned off the warm?

 

[donaldtoo]

87 here and feels like 95

Getting bad weather later, though.

At 4p here it was 95 with a 101 heat index.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

What are the structures see in photo #8?
They remind me of Normandy safe houses and defence positions.

Also, is it dry season for Hawai? some areas looks very very dry.

Yes it is dry season.

Half of the island is wetter than the other side. The dry side, which is where Aulani is located, is technically desert.

See?

This was on another hike, but, cactus! This summer has been particularly hot and dry, according to the locals, but it was even worse when we first went in 2012.

Some of the structures you may be seeing are along the path for shade. But there are bunkers left there. They use them for lookouts during World War II. On another hike, we walked nearby one and found a fork that said "USN" on it "US Navy", left there all that time. You can see remnants of a bunker in the cactus pic.

 

[donaldtoo]

Here's mine - I got it done a lot cheaper than the hospital would have charged me...

Actually, that's the video of how everything looked before they gave me the junk to blow out my colon before the first colonoscopy...!!!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Here's a little something for the Weather Channel fans:

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I'll take those temps!

 

[donaldtoo]

Good luck on that! We have set mainly in the main dining room.

That's actually a job I'd love to have. Nobody expects ya' to be right anymore, anyway.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Actually that was Steve Carell.

Yes, yes it was. He's quite a good voice actor.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[MOXOMUMD]

HAPPY MINIONS DAY!