The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[betty rose]

Have you seen 12 Monkeys? Bruce is pretty good in that one, plus Brad Pitt is in it, too.

Thanks catmom46, I getting quite the list for this winter. Now, I hope we don't have the snow to go along with the list!

 

[betty rose]

We considered having another kid, but I was pretty sure we had enough to handle with our DD. Even my mom had originally encouraged us to have another within the first year, but then the following year she agreed we made the right choice to have only one.

I have only one daughter also. She grew up to be very independent, and has always done her own thing. It didn't seem to hurt her, having no brother's or sister's. She did many things in high school, thespians, wrote for yearbook, school newspaper, drill team captain acted in plays. It made her depend on herself and no one else. Nothing wrong with that!

 

[betty rose]

I have a love/hate relationship with Illuminations. I really like the version from when I was a kid going in the late 80's-90's. I think the musical score was better with the folk music for the countries, and when Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue would come on and America would me lit up in red, white, and blue it always gave me chills. The current Illuminations has a decent start with all the fire but then slows down a lot. And the globe with the tv pictures that are barely visible (and I have near perfect vision) just really annoys me. I did watch it when I did my March solo trip and I enjoyed the show more than I remembered but I can take it or leave it.

I can't see what's on the globe at all. So it's not something I have to do. I like Wishes more, because I like colorful fireworks!

 

[betty rose]

This is a holiday I could definitely get behind! I guess I'm a little late to the party, as I see it was yesterday. I guess I can celebrate late, better late than never right!

I'm two days late. I'll party with you! That means we can have twice as much, right?

 

[betty rose]

I was a big Yogi fan! Flintstones too. And lets not forget the Jetson's. Good times.

My favorite cartoons of all time, along with Tom and Jerry!

 

[betty rose]

Years ago I switched over to contacts. Had them for 15 or so years and then I got old. Needing reading glasses I decided that I would switch back to glasses because if I had to carry glasses with me anyway, I might just as well have the one set. Progression lenses that darkened in the sunlight and went back to normal inside have been perfect. The only time it was a hassle at all was watching 3D stuff, but, even that wasn't that big a problem.

Recently, because I live in the south and play golf, I got tired of sweat dripping on my lenses every time I put my head down. (one thing you always hear playing golf... keep your head down) With the development of my cataracts I found the the contacts helped improve my vision substantially. Eye doctors told me that it shouldn't make any difference, but, I can see it, so I am hooked on contacts again. In August I am supposed to have cataract surgery which will, theoretically, make my vision in that eye 20/20 again so having a contact for my right eye should be helpful. (until the cataract in that eye starts to affect my vision) So now, I need to bring sunglasses, reading glasses and spare regular glasses in case I have a problem with the contact(s). So, the moral of the story is, life doesn't get easier when you get older. Less stressful, but, never free of some hassle or the other.

Agree, glasses are a way of life for me. First thing on in the morning, and last off at night.

 

[betty rose]

The color red was a cue dead people were there.

Thanks MOXOMUMD, I'm going to watch the movie again, and look for red!

 

[Goofyernmost]

This reminds me of the cog railroad up Mt. Washington (New Hampshire, for those unfamiliar).

Since you were a Vermont boy, did you ever get over there? I love it; ridden it maybe 8 times through the years. The only disappointment I have now concerns the newer diesel locomotives (starting in 2008) that replaced the old coal-burning steam locomotives. They started doing that to lower emissions, etc., although they were grandfathered in (exempted) from NH's state air pollution control law, because the operation had been in effect well before 1973. (The cog railroad was actually built in 1869.) It's still a great ride to the top, but I do miss the billowing smoke, smell of the coal, etc., against the backdrop of the mountains and sky. Glad I experienced the cog railway when it was in it's original glory.

Amazingly, even though I have seen Mt. Washington a zillion times from Vermont over the years, I never went to it. Then back a few years ago after the face fell off the Mountain, I lost interest. Once you have been up Pikes Peak it's like going to Disney Fireworks.. all the local ones seem bleh!

Yes, I see what you are saying about the forced perspective, but the trees do not have to be cut down every 5 years or so.

They don't in reality replace them every 5 years or even 10 for that matter. It is just that the activity with the new Hub created a lot of hyperbole about it. The ones in the hub had a very good show reason for being removed and replaced and that seems to be the thing that people are unwilling to understand. It really is quite a conundrum for Disney. If the don't change anything people say the place is stagnant, if they do change something then they are committing a crime against nature. It's a no win for them.

 

[betty rose]

My boys love the Lego Store. The biggest is the worst I have to ban him soon! Gee you'd think once they hit 35 they'd grow up a bit Each on of them always gets a cup of assorted pieces they've been looking for.

I loved playing with lego's with the grandson's. Of course they had the primary colors.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I'm two days late. I'll party with you! That means we can have twice as much, right?

Sounds good to me Betty! By the way I like your new avatar, love the Orange Bird. It makes me want a Citrus Swirl though....

 

[betty rose]

Sympathy like. Rain again? Did you move to Florida and not tell us? You are getting strange weather this year.

We've lived here over 20 years, and no one from here has seen anything like it. I like a little rain, but just not this much. We have had so many downpours, and thunderstorms, at night, which is very unusual. I wish I were in Florida!

 

[betty rose]

That's still mysterious. It makes for a good book.

Like back when my dad was a policeman, a couple supposedly jumped off the Newport Bridge (tall bridge). Anyway, so the story goes...well, it will be better if I just send you the link.

Wow that's just scary, thinking Adam could be out there somewhere...

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I was a big Yogi fan! Flintstones too. And lets not forget the Jetson's. Good times.

Scooby Doo

 

[betty rose]

Sounds good to me Betty! By the way I like your new avatar, love the Orange Bird. It makes me want a Citrus Swirl though....

I love this little guy, too.

 

[betty rose]

I'm out for awhile. Got to get to that bathroom cleaning. I want to live in Japan, they have self cleaning bathrooms!

 

[betty rose]

Have you ever taken the cog railroad to the top of Pikes Peak. I always wanted too, but, ended up driving up there instead. That was worth it due to the shear number of panicking females in the car on the way back down. I probably didn't help it much by occasionally yelling out... "OMG, the brakes have stopped working." I'm a fun guy to be around.

We did those roads, without guard rails, 38 years ago, pulling a trailer. I sat in the middle of the car, thinking that would somehow, keep us from going over the edge.

 

[Figgy1]

I'm out for awhile. Got to get to that bathroom cleaning. I want to live in Japan, they have self cleaning bathrooms!

My boys are doing mine today and everyday until I calm down about my bread and peanutbutter I'm thinking I might not calm down until school goes back

 

[betty rose]

My boys are doing mine today and everyday until I calm down about my bread and peanutbutter I'm thinking I might not calm down until school goes back

Good idea! Taking a break trying to catch up with house work.

 

[MinnieM123]

Scooby Doo

And don't forget Scrappy Do--I liked him, too!

 

[MinnieM123]

I have a love/hate relationship with Illuminations. I really like the version from when I was a kid going in the late 80's-90's. I think the musical score was better with the folk music for the countries, and when Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue would come on and America would me lit up in red, white, and blue it always gave me chills. The current Illuminations has a decent start with all the fire but then slows down a lot. And the globe with the tv pictures that are barely visible (and I have near perfect vision) just really annoys me. I did watch it when I did my March solo trip and I enjoyed the show more than I remembered but I can take it or leave it.

Oh my goodness, anything paired with Rhapsody in Blue is a winner! Rhapsody in Blue is one of my absolutely favorite pieces of music. George Gershwin wrote it back in 1924. What many people don't realize is that the complete version is almost 20-minutes long. Usually when you hear it, it's just excerpts of sections that are readily recognizable; yet, there is so much more to that exquisite musical masterpiece.