The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Cesar R M]

Can I give you a big High Five on that one?!! MAJOR pet peeve of mine--can't STAND IT!!! What all these companies, etc., are doing is making the customer enter their own data, so that the company can get rid of more of their own staff--that used to do this for the customer. (Here's another dinosaur term for you: "Customer Service" -- the real kind.)

And I can also tell you that I have probably forgotten 80% of all passwords I've entered, and then freak out when I can't get into something. I was always afraid that if I wrote them down, they'd be found by some mysterious thief who was after my millions of dollars . ..

You could use a password manager, that way you only need to remember ONE password to manage ALL the others.
Firefox and Chrome have this functionality embedded.

 

[Cesar R M]

Although I'm not a member of linkedin, that's a good heads up for those who are. Need to be careful on any site I suppose.

I was adding linkedlin as an example, because it could be a bank like Bank of America and many others. Phishing uses many different approaches.
But the point is always the same.. check this example..



Almost all spam I've seen does something like this..
they latch on an "infected" or "vulnerable" server (in this case air.ocn.ne.jp) to send spam.
Then use a completely different account as "reply to".
Also no encryption or security.
In some cases, you will see bigger warnings like the email server (example.. wallstreetjournal.org) used to send the email in question... not matching the authorized servers of the domain(wallstreetjournal.org having 5 ips, the illegal sender using a third party one not in the list).

 

[Gabe1]

I like it overall. The rides are fun...not too intense for smaller children, but still thrilling enough for older kids and adults. I’ve only eaten at Woody’s Lunch Box once, but the food was good. The theming is amazing–it really feels like you’ve shrunk down to the size of a toy. The only thing I wish there was more of, is shade. There aren’t very many places to get under if it rains or is really hot.

Thanks for the heads up on shade and rain.

 

[Gabe1]

They should torch the whole circus and start over. They took a beautiful little "land" and turned it into a congested mess!

Couldn’t say it better.

 

[Cesar R M]

No the prices for Japan aren't too bad for us here either. I am really close to having enough Hilton points to cover our stay at the hotel nearest Disneyland plus a couple nights elsewhere in the country if we want. And I almost have enough Delta points to cover my 1st class (for a flight that long I think I want that) fare or 2 coach tickets. If we go coach the planes they usually run from Minneapolis (non-stop) have two rows in the back of just two seats together so we could do that, I just don't want some random stranger sitting in between us or next to me for such a long flight.

The thing that stops us from saying 2020 is the for sure year is the thought of including Shanghai into the mix. If we do Shanghai we would do an Adventures by Disney tour, so we could see some of China without having to worry about language or what laws we might accidentally violate. But the Adventures by Disney trip is expensive, it would be nice to knock out all three Asian parks on one trip though, that's why it might be 2022 so we can save more. We will also have to travel in the summer, so that locks our dates a bit too. No matter when we go we will also put Hong Kong as a stop on the trip.

Hold on to that, because I seen on twitter that All Japan parks were going to hike the price by quite a bit.
I think they are going to add Seasonal pricing or at least multiday packages while boosting single ticket days a lot..

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

Hold on to that, because I seen on twitter that All Japan parks were going to hike the price by quite a bit.
I think they are going to add Seasonal pricing or at least multiday packages while boosting single ticket days a lot..

Still going to be waaay cheaper than the US parks. And way better maintained.

 

[CoreNovawarAMM]

Thanks for the heads up on shade and rain.

You’re welcome!

 

[Figgy1]

They have a breakfast buffet as well. Their buffets are the best bang for your buck at Disney. @figmentfan423 ’s boys would be fed quite well.

My boys have scared the chefs at some of buffets. Seeing a few things have to come out separately I've heard "he's going to eat all that by himself???" more than once

 

[Figgy1]

Still going to be waaay cheaper than the US parks. And way better maintained.

James wants to know when

 

[Figgy1]

An unboxing party for the sewing machine at the Health food store? I guess that gives new meaning to the phrase "It's a great source of fiber"...

The health food store is around the corner from the sewing machine store. Note to self don't type before coffee

 

[Figgy1]

New sewing machine! Fantastic! Have fun at the market. We aren't going this morning, my niece is visiting and she slept in which is fine we had an early day yesterday. But she wants to go to Bingo today (it is part of your little town's summer celebration) and we wouldn't make it to the market and back for bingo in time. I'll go on Wednesday though. It has been nice to have a relaxing morning. I did make bacon and pancakes for breakfast, that made everyone in the house happy. Kapono even got her own mini-pancake.

I didn't buy the machine but it is PURTY!!!!!! Nineteen Nine is wayyy too much for me! Not that's what I would have paid but still, OUCH! I got serger thread and coffee just for showing up

 

[21stamps]

I’m leaving work to go to T’s game!! It’s 50 minutes west of here.. my house is 25 minutes north of my work.. so I think I’m going to show up to a soccer game in a pencil skirt and heels


I usually have flip flops in the car but recently took them out. Oops!!

 

[Figgy1]

I’m leaving work to go to T’s game!! It’s 50 minutes west of here.. my house is 25 minutes north of my work.. so I think I’m going to show up to a soccer game in a pencil skirt and heels


I usually have flip flops in the car but recently took them out. Oops!!

That's almost as good as showing up for a children's concert in evening clothes because it was right before an event I had to go to

 

[Cesar R M]

Its amazing how much the coastline grew... https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/hvo/maps_uploads/image-543.jpg

 

[21stamps]

That's almost as good as showing up for a children's concert in evening clothes because it was right before an event I had to go to

Ha ha! Oh at least you were the best dressed for the occasion! lol

It’s been raining for a week.. I wonder f I’ll getvweird looks if I take my shoes off and walk barefoot.lol probably better than getting stuck in the mud.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

James wants to know when

I don't know ... When are you taking your older bro ?

 

[MinnieM123]

Yes, I asked to give me until Monday to decide. Foolish because it would be nice to give notice then take a week off before the switch.. should be a no brainer, I’m just nervous. I have it pretty darn good where I am, if I leave an the benefits at the new job change for the worse in a few months, then I’m totally screwed. At the end of the day, my job is flexible.. last minute quick getaways, school events, last minute late or early days etc.. I’ll never make everything of T’s in this business, but when I really look at it, I don’t have it bad here.

I’m very conflicted over what to do.


Edit- just pretend like you don’t see the bad grammar in this hurried post. Am not going to go back and correct it.

Big decision--thank goodness you asked to wait for Monday, so that you have the weekend to weigh the pros and cons. Both jobs sound good, so I can imagine there's a lot to think about here.

 

[MinnieM123]

@donaldtoo , the sea water in Montego Bay looked gorgeous. But my favorite part of your TR so far is when you took the wrong boat back!! That sounds like something I'd do!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Your wish is my command...sorry it's not very good quality...

 

[donaldtoo]

@donaldtoo , the sea water in Montego Bay looked gorgeous. But my favorite part of your TR so far is when you took the wrong boat back!! That sounds like something I'd do!

Hahaaa...!!!
It was actually only DS that was on the wrong cat! When we were leaving the restaurant we had to cross another cat to get to ours. He, apparently, didn’t get the memo and sat down on the first cat. We were just pulling away when we noticed he was on the wrong boat. The driver went back and we got him back on our cat...!!!

Side note:
When we were in Cozumel on our last cruise, we bought a bright red bush hat for him to wear on future excursions. He gets distracted easy and tends to wander off or not keep up with the group.
His bright red bush hat was easily visible on the other cat from ours...!!!