The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Yep, many still won't talk about it.
But many others will. Seems as they're approaching the inevitable, many are becoming more willing to do so, at the risk of losing too much of that history before they pass.
That was how the WWII vet I worked for at the go-kart track back in HS thought about it. He was already in his late 70's back then.

There's nothing like first-hand accounts of history.
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
Guess we all have our vices . . . ;)

Sooo true dat...! ;)

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ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
I listened to it yesterday.
I bought the CD of all the attraction/ride music last year. Love it!

I feel a little sad every time the PoC track comes on, knowing that it will be closed for our upcoming trip. Last November we rode it 7 times. Even in its current state, I enjoyed every ride through.

Now to find the in-park music CD. I love the different music as you traverse from one land to the next.

I have a bunch of park music and CD's but for some reason the Tiki's didn't make it onto my recent playlist. I'll be changing that soon.
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Just heard from my grandmother. She says he is doing better and that it was allergies. The doctor also reminded her that he is 98. We've been used to him seeming and acting much younger for years (he was riding his bike several miles a day when he was well into his 90s; he only recently gave that up). Hard to see his body betraying him now. :(

Glad it was just allergies!
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Haven't been to Vegas in years, but I have been there 4 times. I visited between March and early May, and I thought it was very nice. I'd never go in the summer though; it is a desert, after all. ;)

My sister and I went in July about 12 years ago (wow!) and it was hot. One day it was 114 degrees! I made the mistake of getting out of the pool and walking barefoot across the pavement to my lounger. I was okay while my feet were wet but that didn't last long, boy that pavement was fryin'!
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Isn't it just amazing all the different "layers" of entertaining things there are at WDW. People usually focus on the rides, some of the shows, landscaping (especially in Epcot) some meet and greets, etc. Then there's the music playing in the background . . . it has a subliminal effect on us all. The music contributes so much to the overall experience, and it's easy to forget sometimes, just how much of an impact it makes. :cool: :)

I think some of my favorite background music has to go back to my first trip to WDW, in the mid-80s, with my mother. I recall one evening we were walking past Spaceship Earth, and I heard that incredible space-age sounding, background music. Between the dark nighttime sky and the twinkling lights as we headed for the exits, I felt like I was walking along in another galaxy!! :inlove:

What a great post, it really has me feeling nostalgic for mid 1980's WDW now.:)
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
Glad it was just allergies!
Me too. So relieved. Was not thrilled about getting a text that said "I thought he was dying" yesterday.

My step grandfather basically been my cousins', my brother's, and my grandfather. My cousins have never met our biological grandfather, and while we live five minutes from my bio paternal grandfather, he's never had very much to do with us. We've been estranged up until recently from my maternal grandfather, so while my mom has reestablished her relationship with him, my brother and I don't have as much to do with him. My cousins' other grandfather passed before they were born. So basically, he's been it for us. I must say that it says a lot about him that none of us are biologically his grandchildren, but it hasn't ever mattered to him or us. He's really such a good man that we love. We're also very grateful to him because my grandmother had two different husbands leave her, so she could have been really bitter, but they've been happily married for 25 years, so she's had the opportunity and is not bitter. Whenever he does eventually pass, it's going to be extremely difficult.

Think I'm going to have to start calling my grandmother about once a week and texting her every day or every other day. I know she's feeling anxious (and she already has anxiety issues) about all of this and I know talking to me helped calm her down a little bit. She's supposed to call later this week.
 

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