The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[seahawk7]

I'm a foodie. Almost thirty years in the restaurant business will do that.

Another reason to like you. I too have worked many years in restaurants.

 

[seahawk7]

So remember how I sprained my left ankle and only recovered fully about 3 months ago? Well, I stepped off a curb today and sprained my right ankle. Went completely down. At least it hasn't doubled in size like last time. But still, I cannot win

Sympathy like. I am so sorry. Feel better.

 

[Gabe1]

So remember how I sprained my left ankle and only recovered fully about 3 months ago? Well, I stepped off a curb today and sprained my right ankle. Went completely down. At least it hasn't doubled in size like last time. But still, I cannot win

I'm sorry. Sucidoodles.

 

[seahawk7]

Ha! Mine is the white load of laundry. I think I have four loads over a month still sitting in baskets at the end of the hall. I fold everything else.

Whites can be a pain. My favorite load to wash are towels since they are folded quickly.

 

[Gabe1]

And, an image of a blown hot rod snowmobile for you...!

Shiney!

 

[seahawk7]

This is more my style, thank you.

 

[seahawk7]

You can speak to travel and tourism in Mexico better than I can that is for sure. I look at it only from the amount of travel bans and warnings we have had in this century. From getting in cabs, going outside resort areas etc to Disney this century pulling out of some ports in Mexico a couple years ago. I wonder if this plays into that decision not to invest billions of dollars to build theme parks in Mexico? That and how many new guests would be generated vs just displaced from WDW or DL where they normally head.

Maybe the DCL would factor in.

 

[Gabe1]

Oh my. Sympathy "like" for the salt situation.
They spread sand on the roads down here when we have any kind of ice/snow issues.
Then, there was the time we had the three snows in the winter of '85, and pop was actually able to use the chains that came with his old truck that was bought when we lived in NoCal. He had a bit of fun playin' tow truck.

Just a few years ago we had lots of snow and the brains of the town ordered less salt to save money. Couldn't back off the driveway without skidding into the curb across the street. They put sand down but that only works if you can get most of the snow off the roads before it freezes. Then they had to hire sewer dudes to get all the sand out of the sewers and treatment plant. They ordered more salt the next year.

 

[Gabe1]

Maybe you should just stop walking.

*Says the girl who jammed her toe last night, and thinks it may be broken.

And on the bright side at least you did that after your trip not just before. Glass half full!

Was it that doohickey at the end of your bed again?

 

[seahawk7]

And, an image of a blown hot rod snowmobile for you...!

I think @MinnieM123 would love the snow!

 

[JenniferS]

Okay, I've decided on what tattoo I'm getting.

In big block letters - IT'S NOT ME. IT'S YOU!
On my right butt cheek.

 

[JenniferS]

And on the bright side at least you did that after your trip not just before. Glass half full!

Was it that doohickey at the end of your bed again?

Not the bench this time.
The suitcase.

 

[JenniferS]

I want to be a member of your family. The past few years my presents have been under $25 total. Last year my mom sent me a $6 contact kit but I don't have anyone else that gives me presents. (I think this is another reason I like Halloween a little more.) My daughter still is clinging to the belief in Santa Claus so I buy myself a few things and mix them in with all her presents. Kudos to you for spreading the love amongst your family.

Now you've made me sad. Everyone deserves a nice gift or two.
All evidence of my recent Disney shopping spree aside, I usually buy waaaaaay more stuff for others than for myself.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I really could care less about cars. Though I love Aston Martins and Jaguars.

I like motor sports. (I also own 2 pairs of shoes and 1 purse. )

 

[JenniferS]

I like motor sports. (I also own 2 pairs of shoes and 1 purse. )

I own a lot of flip flops and thong type dressy sandals.
And TWO Dooney & Bourke handbags!

 

[JenniferS]

You just know it's going to be a lousy day when you realize you've been wearing your underwear inside out all day.

And quite frankly, that's been just about the best part of today.

I'm going back to Disney. Who wants in?

 

[donaldtoo]

Right now, here in Ontario, trade school/apprenticeship is the way to go.
Plumbers, electricians, bricklayers, auto mechanics, roofers, welders .... Not too many of them on the dole right now.

Teachers, however, are waiting seven, eight years to get a permanent full time position with a school board. The only exceptions being those with special skills: fully (truly) bilingual, musical or artistic majors, or men willing to work in the primary grades.

I can definitely relate to this. I do not have a college degree. I took vocational drafting in HS my junior and senior years for 3 hrs., first thing, every morning. That is all that teacher taught. Two three-hour classes a day, and he was also an active architectural designer, as well. I was hired to render brochures in ink, at night, by a local firm three months before I graduated HS. They hired me full-time as soon as I graduated. I know of at least 4 other guys from my drafting class that never went to college, that are very successful. Two are partners in their own firm (not the one I work for), one is a designer/builder, and the other is a developer.
Different things work for different folks.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

@MOXOMUMD , how are my (oops, sorry . . . your ) Christmas cookies coming along? What are some of your favorite kinds that you make?

Easiest to make--buckeyes. Yum! My favorite to make are anything decorated--gingerbread men, sugar cookies, etc.

 

[Gabe1]

Unfortunately trade schools or any trades are not pushed in high school. At least where I live. And it is a shame because as the baby boomers retire, and they will, I think there is going to be a problem. I have 2 twin nephews that can't afford college but one is going into marketing and the other counseling.

I'm happy we don't Push students into trades at a young age in high school. We have taken most of the trades out of the schools here too. It is available at the Community College. Education has taken a major shift. There is not the funding for these any longer either, the equipment, staff, insurance is so expensive for the low percentage that want to commit to that direction and some frankly don't have the talent to pull some of it off, Tool and Die for example is math and computer heavy these days.

We also pay into a co-op for those who want to go to HS for a half day and County Co-op for high schoolers for tool & die, cake decorating, beauty school, quite a list of things and still get a high school diploma. We do the opposite of pushing these kids into the trade schools as it ties them for the future with the lack of prerequisites for college, so if they have a change of heart anytime in the future they must first take additional courses at a Community College to bring them up to the level of a college bound high schooler.

So we recommend to parents if their kid really wants to go the direction of refrigerator or A/C institutes to do so at 18 in a community college and leave the door open for change of heart. Many of these kids drop out of the co-op by their Junior Year and wind up back at high school on the 5 year plan. What sounds great at 15 might not be what they want at 17 or 18 or there after. But that is my slant, most that know me here know I am an advocate for higher education. Staff that would have tried to push my kids into a trade over furthering their education would have met my wrath but that is just my thought process.

 

[donaldtoo]

So remember how I sprained my left ankle and only recovered fully about 3 months ago? Well, I stepped off a curb today and sprained my right ankle. Went completely down. At least it hasn't doubled in size like last time. But still, I cannot win

Sympathy "like".
Hope it feels better, soon.