The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Figgy1]

moving up!

At this point in time there may not be available seating Is there somebody that can call for you

 

[catmom46]

One is strictly for gluten free items and the other is for things like oatmeal and mac and cheese

What's your recipe for mac & cheese? Or did you already provide it like 1000 pages ago?

 

[Figgy1]

You're going to hate me as I never measure. One pound pasta, 8 oz. cheddar cheese 2 tbsp. flour mixed a few dahes of dry mustard and paprika with a bit of milk 1 1/2 cups or so of water and I eye out the milk put in rice cooker and turn on

 

[Cesar R M]

At this point in time there may not be available seating Is there somebody that can call for you

hu... no.. my mother does not speak english. I cant speak very well (problem is understanding).
hmm.. I wonder if the spanish version is as efficient.

 

[Songbird76]

Hey, who you calling old? I agree, although many people are texting, doing makeup and other things while "driving". I was almost side swiped when I drove, and the person was on their phone. Now, that I can't hear, and vision is not good..hubby does all the driving. I get my license for I.D. only. I knew when it was time for me to stop. I wish other people, would recognize that we can get to the point, where it's not safe to drive.

Good for you for realizing it! I wish my dad would. He still thinks he's a fantastic driver and even in his prime I thought he was scary. He has a tendency to take both hands off the wheel and eyes off the road to rummage in the seat beside him to find something. And when I was there 2 summers ago, I went with him everywhere and he went 45 miles an hour on the interstate....speed limit 75, and he viewed it as being cautious because "his reflexes aren't what they used to be", but we could have so easily been rear-ended if someone didn't notice how slowly he was driving. And then one night, we were pulling out of a parking lot and he didn't notice the median on the street and actually turned into oncoming traffic and had to back out of the lane and go around the median to get into the right one. If there had been a cop anywhere near, I think he might have lost his license.

 

[brb1006]

Since Inside Out just came out on DVD, I'm going to do a Sociology project with the themed shown in Inside Out. This sounds like fun.

 

[Figgy1]

hu... no.. my mother does not speak english. I cant speak very well (problem is understanding).
hmm.. I wonder if the spanish version is as efficient.

Sympathy like but that might be your best bet. ADRs are becoming a major pain the tushie

 

[Figgy1]

Good for you for realizing it! I wish my dad would. He still thinks he's a fantastic driver and even in his prime I thought he was scary. He has a tendency to take both hands off the wheel and eyes off the road to rummage in the seat beside him to find something. And when I was there 2 summers ago, I went with him everywhere and he went 45 miles an hour on the interstate....speed limit 75, and he viewed it as being cautious because "his reflexes aren't what they used to be", but we could have so easily been rear-ended if someone didn't notice how slowly he was driving. And then one night, we were pulling out of a parking lot and he didn't notice the median on the street and actually turned into oncoming traffic and had to back out of the lane and go around the median to get into the right one. If there had been a cop anywhere near, I think he might have lost his license.

I hope he gets pulled over before he has an accident.

 

[catmom46]

You're going to hate me as I never measure. One pound pasta, 8 oz. cheddar cheese 2 tbsp. flour mixed a few dahes of dry mustard and paprika with a bit of milk 1 1/2 cups or so of water and I eye out the milk put in rice cooker and turn on

Sounds good to me! I'm assuming you shred the cheese, right?

 

[catmom46]

Good for you for realizing it! I wish my dad would. He still thinks he's a fantastic driver and even in his prime I thought he was scary. He has a tendency to take both hands off the wheel and eyes off the road to rummage in the seat beside him to find something. And when I was there 2 summers ago, I went with him everywhere and he went 45 miles an hour on the interstate....speed limit 75, and he viewed it as being cautious because "his reflexes aren't what they used to be", but we could have so easily been rear-ended if someone didn't notice how slowly he was driving. And then one night, we were pulling out of a parking lot and he didn't notice the median on the street and actually turned into oncoming traffic and had to back out of the lane and go around the median to get into the right one. If there had been a cop anywhere near, I think he might have lost his license.

Yikes. And I thought my dad wasn't a good driver, but he's never done anything like that.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Yes, ice would definitely be much worse. At least I planned to stay in and cook, then put on my jammies! This will make me a happy camper! Oh, and a nice cup of cocoa.

I have a few windows open. Probably the last time until May.

 

[Songbird76]

You dont use names, you use addresses lol

You use both. And as a mail carrier, you have the same route every day...you'd get to know the names associated with a particular address. So 2 people on the same street with the same first initial and last name can easily cause a problem. But you have to look at names, too, so if someone has moved, it can be forwarded, etc.

 

[Songbird76]

Huge sympathy like! Hopefully it'll slow down very soon.

Thanks! This is the worst time of year for me stress-wise. Over here, Christmas is strictly a religious holiday and instead, kids get presents from Sinterklaas, (St. Nicholas...so same deal, but not associated with Christmas) and it's celebrated from about mid-november to December 5th, which is the night the kids get their presents. They get candy and stocking-stuffer type gifts throughout the 3 week period, and it's a big deal at school. And DS's birthday is just before the gift night, and mine is less than a week after DS's and my nephew's is a week after mine, and then we celebrate Christmas. So this is a busy time, and now we have 3 performances in December for choir, and we're doing a Christmas market at school for which I'm supposed to help organize a children's choir, and a treat table. So it might be a couple of months before things slow down.

 

[Songbird76]

I hope he gets pulled over before he has an accident.

ME TOO!! I keep telling him that he doesn't need to drive for everything...he can ask a friend to take him to appointments or to pick up a prescription, or ask if he can go along to the grocery store, and I told him that if he happens to have a stroke while he's driving, he could kill someone, so he HAS been staying with friends who actually live closer to town a lot. Otherwise he has a 40 mile drive to get groceries. These people only live 10 miles out, and they will drive him. So it's better than it was, but I'd still like to have his license revoked so maybe he would move into town where someone could look in on him each day. But, at least he made the concession that he stays with these friends when he has an appointment or needs to run errands. And they are complete saints for driving him all over the place. So the only driving he has to do is to their house and back, which is mostly on country backroads where there's no traffic, so at least if he gets into an accident he's less likely to hurt anyone other than himself. I still don't like it, and I don't want him to get into an accident, but I think it would be worse if he hurt someone else.

 

[donaldtoo]

Later Ducky! Nice chatting with you briefly today!

 

[donaldtoo]

I'll bet your sister works harder than any of you

Oh, all 3 of us put together, of course.

 

[Songbird76]

Yikes. And I thought my dad wasn't a good driver, but he's never done anything like that.

Yep, dad's a scary driver. I think if the doctor had known how bad of a driver he is, he might not have let him keep his license. I actually talked to the doctor after dad's strokes and let him know my concerns, but he didn't want to take away dad's only transportation. Living 20 miles from the nearest town, closer to 40 from the nearest hospital, and living alone, he didn't want to leave dad with no way to get meds or food.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Hey, who you calling old? I agree, although many people are texting, doing makeup and other things while "driving". I was almost side swiped when I drove, and the person was on their phone. Now, that I can't hear, and vision is not good..hubby does all the driving. I get my license for I.D. only. I knew when it was time for me to stop. I wish other people, would recognize that we can get to the point, where it's not safe to drive.

I think many of the older generation don't want to give up that sense of freedom. I had a grandmother that drove until she was 93 and she drove better than me.

 

[donaldtoo]

So the latest drama for today:

I was volunteering this morning before my class with some members of my religious group. We went to go get lunch, me and one of my friends, who is actually my parents' age. I was driving because the other person there was my adoptive grandmother, and adoptive grandpa told her not to drive except for getting there and coming home. My friend has a car with a lock problem, so she drives it, but won't drive other people in it.

So I was driving. I pulled into a parking spot, and realized my passenger couldn't get out, so I backed up slowly to adjust, and my friend who has three kids who she has taught how to drive, so she was watching with me. White car passed, we both saw it, stopped, no issue. Out of nowhere comes this little car, neither of us saw it until it was too late. She says, "Oh, you hit me, your fault." Normally, I would agree, but she was in the wrong lane, and if she had been in her correct lane, it never would have happened.

My friend (I don't think I've ever been more happy about someone being in my car) told her she was in the wrong lane, and the woman starts yelling at my friend. Then the woman calls the police, which was completely unnecessary because neither of us was injured and I wasn't going anywhere. The police officer gets there and tells her that he didn't need to be called, so he exchanges information for us and leaves (no report, county rule says if both cars can be driven and no one was hurt, no report). But I took photos showing that the woman was in the wrong lane and the road was marked (not with yellow lines, but there were arrows and a stop sign that clearly showed it). Still, had to deal with a nasty woman, and now I have to deal with my insurance company. Thankfully, my friend is more than willing to give a statement, and actually already called my dad on my behalf. Basically, we both think that the woman was trying to have an accident for the insurance money. My friend looked at me and said, "Honey, I've been driving for years and years, and if I had been driving, the outcome would have been the same. This is not your fault." Which makes me feel a bit better, but I'm still irritated it happened.

I cannot wait for this semester to be over because it seems like it's just one thing after another....

Sympathy like.
Hope it all gets resolved in a satisfactory and speedy manner.

 

[Cesar R M]

Sympathy like but that might be your best bet. ADRs are becoming a major pain the tushie

called in, very fast and helpful. sadly nope.. california grill is now booked solid.

BOG as well, but that is no surprise lol.