The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

Not the bench this time.
The suitcase.

Well that is a piece of irony.

 

[Cesar R M]

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

at least you're even in both legs now. (ps dont kill me plz )

 

[Goofyernmost]

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?

I was taught that it was a way to stretch out the laundry needs. Wear them inside out one day and right-side out the next day. Cuts laundry in half and therefore is environmental friendly since less detergents are used as well. I'm not sure if that classifies as multi-tasking or not, but it's still conserving time.

 

[Cesar R M]

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.

Eeeh, I actually didnt mean a full scale park.
I was thinking more along the lines of an "Aulani" Mayan inspired.

 

[donaldtoo]

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.

I guarantee, nobody pushed me anywhere. It was completely my idea. I honestly knew what I wanted to do at 15, and am still doing it at 52. I knew I didn't want to be a doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc. I knew architecture was what I wanted to do. The way I did it doesn't work for everyone, but neither does a college degree always work. I put forth every bit as much effort as anyone that got a 4-5 year college degree. I got my education on the job, in the real world. That's what worked best for me.

 

[Cesar R M]

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?

I'm in.. actually.. going to be there in feb if nothing bad happens (almost everything paid now)

 

[JenniferS]

I was taught that it was a way to stretch out the laundry needs. Wear them inside out one day and right-side out the next day. Cuts laundry in half and therefore is environmental friendly since less detergents are used as well. I'm not sure if that classifies as multi-tasking or not, but it's still conserving time.

Pass.

 

[donaldtoo]

I work for a new home builder. But for the illegal Portuguese bricklayers, 3/4 of the homes currently under construction in the GTA would remain brick/stone free. Most of these guys are in their 50's and 60's. Lots of opportunity for masons in the next decade.

All of our itinerant farm workers have gone home for the season, but that's another field (no pun intended) that is begging for workers.

 

[JenniferS]

Well that is a piece of irony.

Yup - taking merchandise photos.

 

[FutureCEO]

So taking the train home, I come to realize that either I'm allergic or highly sensitive to cologne/perfume. Whopper of a headache that I didn't have before.

 

[donaldtoo]

Yea, this would be more Al's style...

 

[donaldtoo]

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.

Yea, anything needed on the roads down here is so infrequent anyway that it doesn't really matter. And, sand is plentiful and cheap.

 

[donaldtoo]

I think @MinnieM123 would love the snow!

I know, that's why I found the cool 'T'-mobile for her...!

 

[willtravel]

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.

One person I like is Mike Rowe from Dirtiest Jobs. He has a foundation called mikeroweworksfoundation scholarships. He is a big supporter for trades jobs. I do not feel you should substitute trade school for normal high school education. That should come first. But there are many stories of young adults also going to college and wasting 1-4 years and find out college is not for them or cannot find jobs based on there degree and are working at Starbucks. There are many trades other than refrigerator or A/C.

 

[JenniferS]

This reminds me of a funny story one of my Site Supers told me.
The Builder/Owner's son-in-law started working one of the sites as a General Labourer.

The Assistant Site Super asked him to sweep out a few of the basements.
Son-in-Law said, nuh-uh, not gonna do it.

The Super, who has been a highly valued employee for 20+ years took SIL aside, and assigned him the task of digging a ditch - X number of inches wide by X number of inches deep, times hundreds of yards long.
It took him three days to do it.

Then the Super said ... wait for it ... "Now fill it in. And then, when you're done, sweep out those basements."

The SIL decided being a General Labourer was not for him after all.

 

[JenniferS]

One person I like is Mike Rowe from Dirtiest Jobs. He has a foundation called mikeroweworksfoundation scholarships. He is a big supporter for trades jobs. I do not feel you should substitute trade school for normal high school education. That should come first. But there are many stories of young adults also going to college and wasting 1-4 years and find out college is not for them or cannot find jobs based on there degree and are working at Starbucks. There are many trades other than refrigerator or A/C.

The school system up here integrates academics and vocational classes quite well.

As early as grade nine, students can take courses in hair dressing, cosmetology, wood working, agriculture.
From grade eleven on, they can take H/VAC, welding, construction, small engine repair, auto mechanics ....

And that's just here in my own small town. Schools in the big cities offer significantly more choices.

 

[Gabe1]

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.

I have mixed feelings about gifts at Christmas. I'd rather exchange something small than totally stop it. But the two sisters that are married to my DHs two brothers (yeah it is a strange family dynamic) informed DH, the lone not inter-married sibling that gifts have been stopped. It worked the same way with Birthday gifts when the two sisters decided they were not going to do that anymore...we found out when my DS didn't receive any Birthday Gifts on his Birthday (mind you we did gifts at a duel Birthday for their kids the month before.) We still do gifts on my side of the family though they are less than what they once were which is fine. Odd thing is this is the same group that threw the niece a baby shower last month and very little was on the list that wasn't in the $200-$500 range. The $200 diaper bag made me chuckle.

 

[Gabe1]

Went to Walmart and Hobby Lobby so my DD can continue with her crafts. Todays supplies for this wreath.

 

[Andrew C]

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.

Half my family in Niagara Falls are teachers...definitely had issues getting permanent positions for several years as you said.

 

[Gabe1]

Here's an image of a blown '70 Chevy Chevelle 454 SS for her, then...!

I lived next door to a similar Nova that was too pretty to be a Drag Racing car for decades. Knew it was spring when it would come back from storage.