The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MinnieM123]

Just got off the phone with the cable company Me I want to cancel the television part of our service
Them would you like to upgrade to our premier package if you're not happy with your service
Me we never watch it and it's a waste of money
Them with the upgrade you can log in and use our services on all your mobile devices
Me I could care less, just tell me what I need to do to cancel
Them we'll give you a major discount if you get a one year contract (we've never had a contract)
Me I don't care I just want to get rid of the service
Them we'll need to set an appointment to pick up your box
Me it will be faster if i drop it at your office
Them by making an appointment it will give you time to reconsider
Me no thank you
Next week we start looking for a new internet service

I've heard your story many times from others--whether it's cable or satellite TV. They put you through the ringer to keep you as a customer. Too bad they didn't lavish all the "love" on you -- until you wanted to cut the cord . . .

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Just got off the phone with the cable company Me I want to cancel the television part of our service
Them would you like to upgrade to our premier package if you're not happy with your service
Me we never watch it and it's a waste of money
Them with the upgrade you can log in and use our services on all your mobile devices
Me I could care less, just tell me what I need to do to cancel
Them we'll give you a major discount if you get a one year contract (we've never had a contract)
Me I don't care I just want to get rid of the service
Them we'll need to set an appointment to pick up your box
Me it will be faster if i drop it at your office
Them by making an appointment it will give you time to reconsider
Me no thank you
Next week we start looking for a new internet service

Which company have you been using?

 

[Goofyernmost]

It depends. Yes we were taught. We spent maybe a week on the Great Depression before moving on to World War II. World War II was covered in World History and American History, plus we read books in English that took place during World War II. As a result, I remember way more about World War II than the Great Depression. When your school devotes more time to one subject than another, yeah, you aren't really going to remember a whole lot. Same with Napoleon. Since it's not covered on the AP World History exam, we spent ten minutes on Napoleon. Napoleon is covered more thoroughly in AP European History (which I did not take). Repetition is a big factor, though. Not to mention that there was an additional 47 years of history that hadn't happened yet when you went to school that we had to cover, and they weren't exactly uneventful. So yup, basically what I remember of the Great Depression is that the banks all failed in the 1930s, which led to social reform programs and regulations on banks, as well as governmental insurance for banks, and then it ended with World War II. Got the general idea.

Then there are other times that it's weird what you remember. My brother brings home his science homework, and I barely remember a lot of it from 9th grade bio, but his algebra homework I can explain fairly easily.

The problem with education is that I have found that they don't really cover much of even fairly current history. We, for example never got to WWII when I was in high school. I graduated in 66, the war had been over for two decades by then. My kids never saw anything from Korea or Vietnam and that was done almost 30 years before they graduated from high school. What I did get a lot of was ancient history, which at the time, I had no interest in at all. There was no possible way that I could care less about Egypt or Greece at the time.

I was born and raised to age 15 in a small city in New York State. Plattsburgh to be exact. One of the major battles of the war of 1812 was fought there on Lake Champlain. I never even heard about it until I was in High School in Vermont. Why wouldn't local school systems teach some thing of local historical interest. I never could figure that out and now I'm to old to care.

 

[MinnieM123]

The problem with education is that I have found that they don't really cover much of even fairly current history. We, for example never got to WWII when I was in high school. I graduated in 66, the war had been over for two decades by then. My kids never saw anything from Korea or Vietnam and that was done almost 30 years before they graduated from high school. What I did get a lot of was ancient history, which at the time, I had no interest in at all. There was no possible way that I could care less about Egypt or Greece at the time.

I was born and raised to age 15 in a small city in New York State. Plattsburgh to be exact. One of the major battles of the war of 1812 was fought there on Lake Champlain. I never even heard about it until I was in High School in Vermont. Why wouldn't local school systems teach some thing of local historical interest. I never could figure that out and now I'm to old to care.

My pet peeve in school was that they didn't have at least one course devoted to practical skills. For example, when I was in high school, many kids had a savings account and a few actually got a checking account in senior year. But many kids didn't have a clue how to balance a checkbook, for example. It would have also been nice to include procedures for people buying a car--and how to register it, insure it, etc. Many kids didn't know how to read a road map and plot out a trip. Now those are all just a few, random topics I would have appreciated learning about in school.

 

[Goofyernmost]

My pet peeve in school was that they didn't have at least one course devoted to practical skills. For example, when I was in high school, many kids had a savings account and a few actually got a checking account in senior year. But many kids didn't have a clue how to balance a checkbook, for example. It would have also been nice to include procedures for people buying a car--and how to register it, insure it, etc. Many kids didn't know how to read a road map and plot out a trip. Now those are all just a few, random topics I would have appreciated learning about in school.

I would guess that those things were considered parental responsibilities. Like how baby monkeys learn how to peel a banana by watching its mother and so on. I did have that stuff in school because I took a primarily business based curriculum, but, many others did not. I think it would be a great idea to devote one semester to that sort of thing. (Elective, of course)

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

So, it appears I will be singing the alma mater at graduation!



Holy carp, I'm singing the alma mater for graduation in front of how many people? The entire gymnasium plus the overflow in the auditorium and however many people watch the live stream?

I'm sure you will do a fantastic job!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I went to the grocery store tonight and I had a full cart as I'm going to do my Christmas baking this weekend. So anyway, I'm unloading my cart and I only got about 1/4 of the items out when this guy comes up behind me and starts unloading his stuff. I quick throw up the divider thing but that doesn't stop the belt or him from unloading stuff. Soon his stuff is by the clerk and I say something to him about wanting to unload my groceries first since I'm in front of him. He just looks at me and says sorry but then continues to unload. The clerk finally said something (although she should have stopped the belt from moving, that would have helped) and he finally realizes what was going on and stopped unloading, until I was almost done and then he put some items on and it got in with my stuff and I had to move them and he was all like "Oh my bad" (and I hate that phrase). Ugh. I was like seriously dude!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Living with the land Tomato tree won an award for most harvested tomatoes in a year. 488 Over its lifetime it should produce 14,000 Tomatoes.

Guess they really know how to develop tomato seeds in Beijing

Slurp.

Yum, just think of all the roasted tomatoes and salsa that could be made from that!

 

[donaldtoo]

Just noticed my countdown timer to graduation...

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Hmpf-New boxes for Magic Bands, now recyclable. Reason: Guest requested recyclable boxes. hahahaha

Now I support recyclable boxes but I can't imagine that many guests upon receipt of their magic bands stopping to take the time to contact Disney to say 'hey! how come this box isn't recyclable?'

Guilty.

Spoiler

Just kidding I get all the Magic Bands I can and I just rip open that box. But it is nice if it is recyclable.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

If they have Thursday night showings, I might go on the Thursday. If not, possibly the Friday. I wanna see it before I head to SC because other than my brother, I am the only Star Wars fan in my family, so it's not like we'd see it down there if we had a yucky weather day.

Thinking I'm probably going to skip Moana and just wait for the DVD.

I think my hubby is planning on us going to Rogue One on opening night. I am trying to decide if we should see Moana on the ship opening weekend or waiting until we come home. I don't want to waste any prime ship time on a movie I can see at home. Moana looks good though.

 

[donaldtoo]

PappaDeux


My DD took a survey leaving AK. They said 5 minutes. Took over 30 cause they kept peppering her with additional questions when the wanted response wasn't what they were looking for. Being also a Statistics Major she knew the platform and rubric they were using so she just kept messing with it.

I've never been to PappaDeux. There is one in the Western Suburbs of Chicago and I do go that way to a mall a few times a year.
How expensive is it. There are great yummy menu's minus the catfish and crawdaddy thinglets but none of the menus have prices.\
Hate that.

Here's a menu with local prices here...

https://files.pappadeaux.com/images/dyn/menus/menu_2004.pdf

 

[StarWarsGirl]

The problem with education is that I have found that they don't really cover much of even fairly current history. We, for example never got to WWII when I was in high school. I graduated in 66, the war had been over for two decades by then. My kids never saw anything from Korea or Vietnam and that was done almost 30 years before they graduated from high school. What I did get a lot of was ancient history, which at the time, I had no interest in at all. There was no possible way that I could care less about Egypt or Greece at the time.

I was born and raised to age 15 in a small city in New York State. Plattsburgh to be exact. One of the major battles of the war of 1812 was fought there on Lake Champlain. I never even heard about it until I was in High School in Vermont. Why wouldn't local school systems teach some thing of local historical interest. I never could figure that out and now I'm to old to care.

I'm not sure what to tell ya there. AP world at the time covered until the 2000s, US history covered up until Obama's election, History of Spain in college covered right up to the year I took the class, we took trips to Philly and St. Mary's city in elementary school, and yes, we were taught that the Star Spangled Banner was written in Maryland. We did a lot of colonial history in elementary school. Didn't get to ancient civilizations until middle school, and then it was World Cultures, so we heard about a variety of cultures. The most thorough coverage I got of Greece was in AP world, but again, it was the world, so we didn't spend a ton of time on it

 

[Gabe1]

You really should see it once. It's a sweet movie and BTW make sure to see it in black and white not one of those silly colorized versions. Most libraries that have DVDs have it. It's my favorite Christmas movie because it reminds me of my grandparents and their era I think Jimmy Stewart was to one of my grandmothers what Chris Pine is to you.

Is this where I tell @StarWarsGirl DONT DO IT? One person's sweet is another person's depressing

 

[donaldtoo]

Yah, I wonder if they seek out only the intoxicated guests to respond to the food "portion size" survey.

Hahaaa...!
Apparently, you've never been intoxicated, 'cause us intox...uhmmm...errr...
I mean...those intoxicated guests would definitely be askin' for larger portions.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

My pet peeve in school was that they didn't have at least one course devoted to practical skills. For example, when I was in high school, many kids had a savings account and a few actually got a checking account in senior year. But many kids didn't have a clue how to balance a checkbook, for example. It would have also been nice to include procedures for people buying a car--and how to register it, insure it, etc. Many kids didn't know how to read a road map and plot out a trip. Now those are all just a few, random topics I would have appreciated learning about in school.

At my high school, seniors were required to take an economics course. The options were AP economics or a personal finance course that was one semester. I opted for AP, which was the right decision for me since my parents had already taught me the personal finance skills, plus having six economics credits coming into college was helpful; it meant I could take upper level business courses more quickly, but it was a nice option.

As far as map reading, I remember learning how to read a map. I suck at reading maps, which is why Google Maps is a very good thing for me, but in a pinch, I can figure out a map.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I hope somebody films it!!! I think it's great that you were chosen!! Not only do you know about bank runs, but you also can sing--that's a lot of talent.

I also fixed the audio on one of the computers during class for my professor so she could show a video...I'm on a roll

 

[Gabe1]

I'm sure it'll be on TV at some point when I can watch it.

Although I have finals until December 15, I graduate on December 19, and then I leave for SC on December 22, come home on December 29, and then I leave for California on January 3, and I don't come back from Florida until January 23, and somewhere in all of that I have to squeeze in Rogue One...yikes, I am busy.

Dang, that cat is going to knock you upside your head by January.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I hope somebody films it!!! I think it's great that you were chosen!! Not only do you know about bank runs, but you also can sing--that's a lot of talent.

It's quite flattering to be chosen. what's most flattering is that I didn't audition; I got directly asked. Nice feeling indeed.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Dang, that cat is going to knock you upside your head by January.

I'm sure I'll get yelled at when I get back.

Speaking of the cat, for some unknow reason, she keeps dropping her toys in her water bowl. Why that is fun is a complete mystery to us.