The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Tony the Tigger

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Been eating for about 30 hours (including cookies!)

Wasn't sure whether to put a happy or sad emoji on that. Maybe try for a quick nap this afternoon to recharge. Stress can be tiring. :(
Not a sad face post! Eating is one of my favorite hobbies. (Have you read my TR’s?!) 😆 Platters were coming in from every which way!
 

wdwfan4ver

Well-Known Member
Tonight's dinner: Sesame chicken, sauteed greens with ginger and garlic and jasmine rice 5pm bring protective gear ;)
I eat what the cat in the picture had. I had it from Saturday to Monday:
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I did not eat like the cat did in the picture though;).
 
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StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
No
To my knowledge the only countries that still stick to the left lane are GB and Japan. So it's hard to blame the French. You could do a protest against them for claiming French Fries as their own when they were actually invented in Belgium. 🍟
Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa also still drive on the left apparently, as well as Hong Kong. It's the British influence. Americans expelled the British long before them and don't deal with those backwards ways.
 

Tony the Tigger

Well-Known Member
Was one of the brothers the estranged one? It would have been nice for him to have been there. Sorry again. I hope you are all holding up well.

Almost mentioned him. Will later.

Later:

As always in these situations, some people step up, some people wimp out, maybe some people genuinely can't handle it or don't know what to do.

I remember when my Dad passed, how I had a funny feeling towards friends who didn't come to his service (and I and my friends were 19 at the time lol.) It's not a long held grudge, but at the same time, you kind of never forget who did come as well as who did not.

In this case, both the estranged brother and one of Brian's uncles (his father's brother) were both hemming and hawing about whether or not they should come down (both from the Melbourne area.) Mind you, the eldest brother drove down from the same place, and the middle brother flew down from NC. (They took some pushing as well. I may have pushed.) In the end, neither the estranged brother (who we like, btw) nor the flaky uncle came down, even after learning he had passed. (The brother in rehab was very broken up about it, but supposedly is doing well as far as rehab goes. And the father's other brother was intubated in the hospital at the exact same time (not for COVID.) He has since woken up, but I don't think they've told him of his brother's passing yet.)

By Sunday, I was in "Brian Protection Mode." (BPM.) I went over to help/support him after work in the evening. I asked his cousin Tiffany to come by a little later at night because I had to work more. She didn't need any prodding, even though she had just spent the day with the other uncle in the hospital. I had texted the two brothers that morning. One responded he'd be driving down the next day. The other called me Sunday night (I hope I'm not repeating myself) and said, "I'm good." What? "I want to remember him the way I saw him last week." :cautious: "I just want to make sure Brian doesn't feel abandoned by his brothers."

I said, "He does." And I offered to chip in for his flight since he also expressed that as being an issue. I knew how important it was to Brian. Brian was about to lose it at this point. It was a repeat of his Mom's passing.

In the end, Brian was the only one there, anyway. But he knew his brothers were on their way and meant to come down and share the burden. It's not their fault Dad passed sooner than may have been expected. We all spent the evening together (without the stepmother) and there is some lingering resentment on Brian's part today regarding those who didn't come. He'll get over it.

ETA: and no more sad faces and what not. This is just relaying the facts, answering questions. It's sad, but we're good.
 

Cesar R M

Well-Known Member
Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa also still drive on the left apparently, as well as Hong Kong. It's the British influence. Americans expelled the British long before them and don't deal with those backwards ways.
The irony is that everyone was driving that way even the romans until Napoleon changed supposedly to fool enemy scouts.
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Later:

As always in these situations, some people step up, some people wimp out, maybe some people genuinely can't handle it or don't know what to do.

I remember when my Dad passed, how I had a funny feeling towards friends who didn't come to his service (and I and my friends were 19 at the time lol.) It's not a long held grudge, but at the same time, you kind of never forget who did come as well as who did not.

In this case, both the estranged brother and one of Brian's uncles (his father's brother) were both hemming and hawing about whether or not they should come down (both from the Melbourne area.) Mind you, the eldest brother drove down from the same place, and the middle brother flew down from NC. (They took some pushing as well. I may have pushed.) In the end, neither the estranged brother (who we like, btw) nor the flaky uncle came down, even after learning he had passed. (The brother in rehab was very broken up about it, but supposedly is doing well as far as rehab goes. And the father's other brother was intubated in the hospital at the exact same time (not for COVID.) He has since woken up, but I don't think they've told him of his brother's passing yet.)

By Sunday, I was in "Brian Protection Mode." (BPM.) I went over to help/support him after work in the evening. I asked his cousin Tiffany to come by a little later at night because I had to work more. She didn't need any prodding, even though she had just spent the day with the other uncle in the hospital. I had texted the two brothers that morning. One responded he'd be driving down the next day. The other called me Sunday night (I hope I'm not repeating myself) and said, "I'm good." What? "I want to remember him the way I saw him last week." :cautious: "I just want to make sure Brian doesn't feel abandoned by his brothers."

I said, "He does." And I offered to chip in for his flight since he also expressed that as being an issue. I knew how important it was to Brian. Brian was about to lose it at this point. It was a repeat of his Mom's passing.

In the end, Brian was the only one there, anyway. But he knew his brothers were on their way and meant to come down and share the burden. It's not their fault Dad passed sooner than may have been expected. We all spent the evening together (without the stepmother) and there is some lingering resentment on Brian's part today regarding those who didn't come. He'll get over it.

ETA: and no more sad faces and what not. This is just relaying the facts, answering questions. It's sad, but we're good.

These situations are always tough to get through. Sometimes, people can barely hold it together, and the supportful ones in the mix can make a world of difference. As long as Brian takes this a day a time, he'll be o.k. Best wishes to the both of you.
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Ugh. Just read in N&R that Wolfgang Puck Express has closed (Disney Marketplace). That was one of my "go-to" QS places for very good food at reasonable prices. They had nice seating in there as well, and I'd go eat during off-hours there. (The other WP location further down in the Springs remains open, but that's a FS restaurant.) :(

i always meant to try the bacon wrapped meatloaf there. Guess I’ll have to make my own now.
 

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