The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Goofyernmost]

Has anyone done corona curbside pickup at a retail store?

You check in on your phone, they bring the item right out-literally in less than a minute- and place it in your trunk.

And then you get home and grab the container they were placed in. You check the list of how long the virus can survive on objects made of plastic, paper or cloth and you have to leave them in your car for about a week before you can even remotely feel that it is safe to touch. And what if that nice person that just brought out your stuff and put it in your trunk, tested positive for the virus. We don't know, because thanks to our useless government the only people that can get tested are the rich, the famous and tigers. Those of us that we have constant contact with are so far down on the concern list that there is nothing we can do to prevent contact at some point or the other. The only thing we can do is wash our hands and stay in a bubble. Don't eat or breath.

If you still go into nearly empty stores, like I do, you will see worker after worker stocking shelves and perhaps, preparing your order for curb service, doing what they do without a mask or gloves. We are indeed incredibly foolish when it comes to stuff like this. If it keeps people employed, then that is good, but otherwise it is a waste of time.

 

[FutureCEO]

My dad and I just had an argument about whether vegetables belong in lasagna or not.

I think we've either run out of things to argue about or proved we can argue about literally anything.

I made one with eggplant, chickpeas, beans and other veggies (I used cheese - I know purist vegetarians don't like that). Was heavier than regular lasagna

 

[John park hopper]

Considering there are only 3200 Bengal tigers left in the world I have no problem with 3 tigers being tested, only the rich and famous --well, all those sailors on the USS TR got tested rich think not. As of April 3 over 1 million people in the US have been tested. Did not realize we had that many rich and famous people. Useless government I'd have to disagree with you.

 

[Figgy1]

That easy, vegetables don't really belong. Onions are acceptable if they are in the sauce. Spinach is kind of acceptable but otherwise it should be cheese and maybe some sausage or hamburger.

Vegetables do not belong in lasagna under any circumstances. A proper lasagna is meat, cheese, pasta and red sauce. That's why you eat salad with it.

But no. The man wanted to ruin the lovely lasagna my mom spent time making with vegetables.

I'm thinking we need to have him psychologically evaluated.

In our house no veggies except maybe spinach in regular lasagna, broccoli in white lasagna, and zucchini noodles in low carb lasagna. Debate over

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]

 

[Figgy1]

Today is meatless here so for dinner I'm making fried rice, salmon cakes with Asian aioli and sautéed garlic sesame spinach. Not too shabby considering I couldn't get to the fish market if I do say so myself

 

[Figgy1]

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Today is meatless here so for dinner I'm making fried rice, salmon cakes with Asian aioli and sautéed garlic sesame spinach. Not too shabby considering I couldn't get to the fish market if I do say so myself

My hubs would love that meal. He likes fish, I do not. So he only gets it (sometimes) when we go out to eat. What time should I send him over?

 

[Rista1313]

Minus the CMs; they're obviously never rude.

HA! That's incorrect... I got yelled at by a CM in the France Pavillion. Apparently I was suppose to wait for her to tell me when it was my turn to look at the case in Les Hal, but how was I suppose to know? They're were no signs and she didn't say anything to that effect.

 

[Rista1313]

My dad and I just had an argument about whether vegetables belong in lasagna or not.

I think we've either run out of things to argue about or proved we can argue about literally anything.

My vote is no... although I say that, and I occasionally will throw a layer of baby spinach in, just for nutrients.

 

[donaldtoo]

They're lucky to have you.

Thank you very much for that, Minnie...!!!
I think they are too, but, we’ll see how this all plays out...!!!
In my case anyway, it does appear you can teach an ol’ dawg new tricks...!!!!!
Also, it has been very interesting to see how DWifey and DS now view what I actually do for a living. It’s not that they really didn’t know, per se, but, now that they’ve seen the guts of it, they’re kinda’ impressed...!!!!!

 

[21stamps]

And then you get home and grab the container they were placed in. You check the list of how long the virus can survive on objects made of plastic, paper or cloth and you have to leave them in your car for about a week before you can even remotely feel that it is safe to touch. And what if that nice person that just brought out your stuff and put it in your trunk, tested positive for the virus. We don't know, because thanks to our useless government the only people that can get tested are the rich, the famous and tigers. Those of us that we have constant contact with are so far down on the concern list that there is nothing we can do to prevent contact at some point or the other. The only thing we can do is wash our hands and stay in a bubble. Don't eat or breath.

If you still go into nearly empty stores, like I do, you will see worker after worker stocking shelves and perhaps, preparing your order for curb service, doing what they do without a mask or gloves. We are indeed incredibly foolish when it comes to stuff like this. If it keeps people employed, then that is good, but otherwise it is a waste of time.

I wipe everything down with a Clorox wipe. I do this with groceries every time I go to the store.

 

[FutureCEO]

My gym is refunded my monthly membership

 

[StarWarsGirl]

HA! That's incorrect... I got yelled at by a CM in the France Pavillion. Apparently I was suppose to wait for her to tell me when it was my turn to look at the case in Les Hal, but how was I suppose to know? They're were no signs and she didn't say anything to that effect.

Huh. I've never had that happen. Some flirting from the males (of course, that happens with the American cast members too...though the Moroccans are the worst). The female CMs have always been polite, to me at least.

 

[Songbird76]

I've never been to France...I've met French tourists in WDW. They've always been rude, though nowhere near the level of the Brazilians. The male French CMs are flirty. The female CMs are always polite, though. I guess because they're basically living here?

My mom went to France as a teenager and said as long as they made attempts to speak French the French were overall polite. They had a Canadian with then who spoke French, and they encountered one rude French person. The Canadian put that person in their place. She and I want to go to France someday.

We always tried to speak French. My husband took French in high school, though he dropped it as soon as he was allowed to. He's forgotten a lot, but he knows enough to order in a restaurant, etc. We met a French Canadian family at Teppan Edo when we were there last Summer, and my husband was able to talk to them in basic French. But it seemed like the actually French people in France wanted us to speak perfectly or they acted like they didn't understand anything. Just really rude and arrogant.

 

[Songbird76]

It is my Birthday and all the restaurants are closed. So my kids ordered me one of my favorites for later tonight. Maggiano's has curbside order pickup. So it will be salad, Spaghetti with meat sauce along with a meatball. 'Slurp' Illinois relaxed some liquor laws and you can also order beer and wine with your take out curbside orders.

And oh yes, they ordered Salad too.

Happy belated birthday! I'm sorry the restaurants are closed! My husband's birthday is Monday, my daughter's is in a little over a month, and we have mothers day in there...We'll go out to celebrate when everything opens back up. But for now, we'll have nice family time.

 

[Goofyernmost]

We always tried to speak French. My husband took French in high school, though he dropped it as soon as he was allowed to. He's forgotten a lot, but he knows enough to order in a restaurant, etc. We met a French Canadian family at Teppan Edo when we were there last Summer, and my husband was able to talk to them in basic French. But it seemed like the actually French people in France wanted us to speak perfectly or they acted like they didn't understand anything. Just really rude and arrogant.

That amazes me. I never encountered that the two times I have been to Paris. Once in the late 60's and 4 years ago. However, I lived for 63 years no more then 20 miles from the Quebec border and never did I find a more rude and arrogant group of people then the French Canadian. I can tell you stories about the typical Quebec tourist that would curl your hair. I can say that because at least 75% of my family tree consisted of French Canadian. I will admit that the majority of my negative memories happened in the late 50's and through the mid 70's.

Speaking of other languages. I also had to take French for one year when I was in High School. If I had passed it I would have had to do a second year. I purposely failed my final so I could take English Lit. instead. What I did learn I have since forgotten. My Grandmothers (both sides) always spoke in French in the household. My parents didn't speak French so none of us Kids did either.

Now I am surrounded by Spanish and I was thinking that since I have a lot of time to kill now that I am retired, I might try to learn some Spanish. I started looking into Babbel based on ads I saw on TV. Has anyone either used the program or know someone that did and if it delivered on all it promised.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

However, I lived for 63 years no more then 20 miles from the Quebec border and never did I find a more rude and arrogant group of people then the French

Brazilians.

 

[Songbird76]

That amazes me. I never encountered that the two times I have been to Paris. Once in the late 60's and 4 years ago. However, I lived for 63 years no more then 20 miles from the Quebec border and never did I find a more rude and arrogant group of people then the French Canadian. I can tell you stories about the typical Quebec tourist that would curl your hair. I can say that because at least 75% of my family tree consisted of French Canadian. I will admit that the majority of my negative memories happened in the late 50's and through the mid 70's.

Speaking of other languages. I also had to take French for one year when I was in High School. If I had passed it I would have had to do a second year. I purposely failed my final so I could take English Lit. instead. What I did learn I have since forgotten. My Grandmothers (both sides) always spoke in French in the household. My parents didn't speak French so none of us Kids did either.

Now I am surrounded by Spanish and I was thinking that since I have a lot of time to kill now that I am retired, I might try to learn some Spanish. I started looking into Babble based on ads I saw on TV. Has anyone either used the program or know someone that did and if it delivered on all it promised.

I'm a firm believer in being somewhat of an ambassador when I travel to other countries. I know people will judge Americans based on their experiences with Americans they have met. So I try to not be the "stupid American tourist", etc. My husband had several languages in high school. I took 1 year of Spanish, and 3 years of German....French was not offered. I had to give up my German when I learned Dutch because the words are similar, but pronunciation is really different and it confused me. But when we go to Germany, I'll ask my husband to help me order in German...I'll ask him how to say something in German so that I don't make an idiot of myself, but don't look like an ignorant American. In France, my husband has been the one to speak because he was the only one who could speak French at all. But my husband always tried to speak in French and he'd ask in French if they spoke English if it wasn't working out, but people just really seemed to disdain foreigners, whether they tried to speak French or not.