The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

Yep, it's just been crazy lately. All those years with so little rain, and now parts of 24 counties have been declared disaster areas by the Governor because of flooding. And, that doesn't even include the counties of Travis and Williamson (where we live), which pretty much encompass the entirety of Austin...yet.
Luckily, we live on the high end of a dead end street, so we've never flooded (knock on wood - my head ).

Been thinking of you as I see the reports. With all the rain we've had that you sent us our river has not gone over YET. We did the tornado warnings, one hit but far enough away from us, this has been a rocky week. As I said yesterday, uncle already. Thinking of you guys, be safe.

 

[Gabe1]

Since I am now 15 pages behind I've fast forwarded. Hopefully I can find some moments to go back and see what I've missed.

 

[Gabe1]

Apparently Marie is so popular in Japan. That she was given her own manga called "Miriya & Marie" which came out in Japan on March 2015 and later to Brazil. I'm still waiting for an English release of this manga.

Hello and welcome to our little corner of the forum. I too have a bond with Aristocrats. Many many years ago, (my kids are 20 somethings) when I was in high school my gymnastic routines were often set to the music from Aristocrats.

 

[Gabe1]

Good grief. This show is makin' me wanna', as always, shoot myself in the face.

I'm out...
Sweet dreams to all, and y'all be cool...!
Laterrrrrrr...!!!

 

[Gabe1]

makes you wonder..
they should build huge waterways to move the water from Colorado and other heavy rain areas to heavy drough zones like California

I just was watching on the news where a private firm has built a plant in California to convert Ocean water to fresh water. Hope that all works out, it could really help.

 

[Gabe1]

Sympathy like

Memorial Day is one of the worst days of the year to get stuck with bad weather

EDIT: You can always tell when I've been typing on my iPod. Make typing mistakes.

Yep, we had horrid storms this morning and the back of the property was a swamp. Upside I don't have to water but one of my palms I planted yesterday is now planted sideways. By 1pm the sun was going in and out and I trucked over to my DD waterpark and floated in the lazy river for 2 hours. I am still winter white and I really need some color. Downside is all of our Memorial Day stuff was cancelled this morning, no parade, no Veterans Day Service. It means so much to our local veterans and there is always a bring your own picnic afterward in the center of town. The kids practice for months for marching band too to have it all canceled. Disappointing for all of them. At least it wasn't a total wash out day for us.

 

[Gabe1]

go figure, tornados in Mexico are VERY VERY RARE..
and stronger ones even rarer (most of them are F0)

except for yesterday night...

where a reported F4, touched down for just 6 seconds (according to the witnesses) and killed 13 people by leaving a small trail of destruction before roping out.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estad...impacta-a-ciudad-acunia-coahuila-1102497.html

Yikes! That's not good. This series of storms are nasty and staying strong. Be safe.

 

[Gabe1]

I still listen to that song.. really inspiring!

I wholeheartedly agree. I was at Disney many times over the Tapestry era. Where we often hop to the MK now to fill in gaps of time now back then we would hop back over to Epcot to catch just Tapestry and Illuminations before calling it a night. It was great music and a really original parade. I miss it.

 

[Gabe1]

you can actually change your selections using the App (if its working of course..)

I managed to change a few times when I was there.
Including when it gave me Space Mountain, I changed it to Haunted Mansion. and worked fine!

And you hit that point well. It is so hit or miss for guests if Disney can keep up with their own tech goals. It fails too often in the parks and at the resorts while the whole system for guests is so dependent on Disney getting their tech operational. I find that so disappointing that Disney lags so far behind.

 

[Gabe1]

yikes.. stay safe!

I wonder how valuable portable generators are during these circumstances.

We bought our first generator for the new millennium, we were in Disney but it was a good investment that we didn't need then but used many times after. If I were to build a new home or had the flex of dollars I'd put in a generator for our home so it would be an auto kick in verses portable. I think we paid around $600 for it and worth every penny.

 

[Gabe1]

For some reason I got soaked on that drop. Never got so wet on SM before. Luckily it was a million degrees outside so I dried quickly.

My DD and I both got soaked last year unlike any other time. It was post refurb so I have to wonder. My clothes dried pretty quickly but my DD did not. I wound up taking her back to Main Street and buying her new clothes cause she was so uncomfortable.

 

[JenniferS]

Good grief. This show is makin' me wanna', as always, shoot myself in the face.

I'm out...
Sweet dreams to all, and y'all be cool...!
Laterrrrrrr...!!!

The Bachelorette?
Proud to say I have seen not a single minute of either the male or female version.

Big Brother is my guilty pleasure. Survivor, my twice/year staple.

 

[Gabe1]

I was talking my aunt yesterday. Apparently my cousins girlfriend (I'm really not sure why they are together) had $100 K in school loans when she got out of school. In 2 years doing her masters of Georgetown. Anyway, she is down to 60 K now. I'm really not sure to believe it or not.

Education is so freak'n expensive. While my kids were given a real good chunk of funds for their education they both still have some loans to pay off. I have empathy for these students that don't have any other way of getting though school without taking out loans for 100% of it. It is sucidoodles.

 

[Gabe1]

It's grilling time. YES!

We've had a long standing tradition of grilling brats after the memorial day festivities in town are over. Not like the town can return their fixings for the festivities to the store. We still managed to keep the tradition alive as the rain let up.

 

[Figgy1]

I miss Hyperspace Hoopla too.

Bring it back!

 

[Figgy1]

I HATE Columbus Day. The man discovered Haiti/Dominican Republic, not America. Not to mention all the unsavory aspects.

There is one good thing about it, canned tomatoes and pasta go onsale

 

[Figgy1]

Grades came out:

B+ in the class with the group work and the slacker group member.
A- in Spanish
As in everything else, except ice skating which was pass/fail (and I passed).

WOO HOO CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew you could do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Figgy1]

Good morning! and stay hydrated! For those of us on the east coast we're getting Disney weather al week! YEA! I love summer! cue Olaf

 

[MinnieM123]

Well, that was fun.
Rotation all around, straight line winds, lots of thunder and lightning, and tons of rain. Still raining, with even more on the way.
Now, reports of flooding, washed out roads, signage and trees down, roofs damaged.
We lost a sizeable limb on one of our trees in the front yard, but, I don't immediately see any other damage.
The power went out briefly. Others not so lucky, they've had now power for a while. It's so dark, it's pretty much looked like dusk for hours now.
Fun, fun, fun.

Oh dear. Sorry to hear about the awful weather. I was watching the national news last night and saw flooding, severe weather warnings, etc. Hopefully, that one tree limb in your yard is the worst of the damage that you encountered at your home.

 

[MinnieM123]

Grades came out:

B+ in the class with the group work and the slacker group member.
A- in Spanish
As in everything else, except ice skating which was pass/fail (and I passed).

That is outstanding!!! You earned those high grades, and I'm so happy for you!!