The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[ajrwdwgirl]

Has anyone been to the Disney 100 Exhibition?

I would like to go. I'm planning on going to the version of it in Chicago in December.

 

[Figgy1]

I had an Italian style pasta bake with pepperoni, that's close enough right?

 

[Goofyernmost]

congrats!

That picture reminded me of a real head shaker on I-81 around Scranton. I noticed that up ahead a lot of brake lights were coming on, traffic slowing to a crawl. When I got up to the spot there was a guy riding a bicycle in the middle of one of the lanes of traffic. It wasn't a slow moving area either, people were coming up on him at over 70 miles per hour. It was beyond stupid. He was taking up a whole lane when there was full lane sized shoulder on the road that would have been much safer, but not overly bright, just safer. I wouldn't think it would be legal to ride a bike on an interstate highway.

 

[93boomer]

Thank you!

 

[93boomer]

@93boomer Congrats!!!!

Thanks Tink!

 

[Cesar R M]

envyyyy.. I still can't cook fully.
The kitchen isnt done here still.
They just installed part of the countertops..
Missing the guards and then add the sink.
The kitchenette is already here.

 

[Figgy1]

envyyyy.. I still can't cook fully.
The kitchen isnt done here still.
They just installed part of the countertops..
Missing the guards and then add the sink.
The kitchenette is already here.

There are days I want to take a sledgehammer to my kitchen so I have an excuse not to cook. Enjoy your rest and adjustment period while you can and then take full advantage of your brand new kitchen! Have you scoped out your local grocery stores yet? Can you get everything you could at home?

 

[donaldtoo]

My favorite apples are MacIntosh that will start to arrive here soon, however, I have never purchased Maple Syrup and never will. It's good but it's more expensive than gasoline. $27.00 a gallon, nope!

The company Apple has the Macintosh line, wonder why they never put out a Granny Smith line…?!!!

 

[Cesar R M]

There are days I want to take a sledgehammer to my kitchen so I have an excuse not to cook. Enjoy your rest and adjustment period while you can and then take full advantage of your brand new kitchen! Have you scoped out your local grocery stores yet? Can you get everything you could at home?

There are a few but honestly, nothing is really that close. Which means Walmart shipped to my home sort of works. Unless my landlord wants to go to Costco or similar. So Well go together, etc..

 

[Figgy1]

There are a few but honestly, nothing is really that close. Which means Walmart shipped to my home sort of works. Unless my landlord wants to go to Costco or similar. So Well go together, etc..

We've had good luck with both Sam's and Walmart shipping for pantry items. Good luck!!!!!!!!!! as it usually takes a while knowing all the ins and outs of the localish stores when moving to a new location

 

[donaldtoo]

Which Country Bear is that…from the new show, maybe…?!!!!!

 

[FutureCEO]

We've had good luck with both Sam's and Walmart shipping for pantry items. Good luck!!!!!!!!!! as it usually takes a while knowing all the ins and outs of the localish stores when moving to a new location

There's an Aldi's right next to me that I have yet to go to . Why? Because if I need a shopping cart, I don't have 25 cents. I never use cash anymore. Well, haircut place only takes cash.

 

[Figgy1]

There's an Aldi's right next to me that I have yet to go to . Why? Because if I need a shopping cart, I don't have 25 cents. I never use cash anymore. Well, haircut place only takes cash.

A couple of stores require a quarter between my house and the city so I have on our keychains. Well worth it to not have to remember to keep a few in the cars. I think the set came to 6ish on Amazon

 

[donaldtoo]

What do you put on pancakes or waffles if you don't purchase maple syrup?

10W-30…?!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Oh, and September birthdays office lunch treat today…!!!!!

 

[Cesar R M]

A couple of stores require a quarter between my house and the city so I have View attachment 744079 on our keychains. Well worth it to not have to remember to keep a few in the cars. I think the set came to 6ish on Amazon

I'm still confused about the whole money thing. I assume to encourage people to push the carts back in?

 

[Figgy1]

I'm still confused about the whole money thing. I assume to encourage people to push the carts back in?

That's pretty much it. It's to prevent damage in the parking lots or cart theft

 

[donaldtoo]

CNBC as of Jan 2022 is reporting 56% of Americans do not have $1K in savings to cover an emergency expense.

We’re definitely not 1-percenters, but, we definitely have wayyyyy more than $1K in savings to cover emergencies.

 

[donaldtoo]

I went to a Maple Sugaring when we were living in Toronto - it was a day trip sponsored by the U of T. Spent the morning/early afternoon collecting sap and then made it into syrup. Followed by a pancake supper, followed by square/folk dancing. Lots of fun!

Back in the early 70’s, my grandparents on my Moms side grew a crop of sugar cane on a small parcel of their farm, here in Texas, with the intent of making molasses.
It took a coupla’ days during a summer vacation, but, we stripped the stalks, cut them, loaded them on a trailer, and then hauled them to the press on the last morning.
We cut off chunks of the sugar cane stalks to suck on…!!!!!
Back in the day, the press was usually powered by a donkey or mule that walked in a circle around it.
The one at that time was powered by a gasoline engine.
The cane was run through the press, and all the goodness ran down into a huge vat that slowly cooked it down into molasses.
Sooo good, and one of the best summer memories of my life…!!!!!

 

[Figgy1]