The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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catmom46 said:
Why did he check his engine while still in the lane???
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If you car stalls in the lane, its not like you can mentally " push " it out of the lane. You still have to push the car.
I suppose his custom car was too heavy (or with his batman suit too cumbersome to push the car out of the way).

I still wonder how can people crash in completely straight highways.
Then, After witnessing how people drive in Houston... I remembered how bad some people drive (or get distracted by phone so easily)
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Gabe1 said:
ba-dum chah!

*mops up spit coffee*
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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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theNmaster2000 said:
Indeed... I experienced both Katrina and Wilma, albeit the former hadn't yet turned into the Cat 5 storm that decimated NOLA and was only a Cat 1. I had to live outside my house temporarily after both storms. South Florida has been really lucky with tropical storms since then, but everybody-- including myself-- feels like something big is coming eventually.
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getting hit by Cat5 storms is never fun.
NO power for weeks, flooding, massive communication problems.. looting..etc..
I didnt get hit by these big storms, but he had our own on our side ( Hurricane Kenna )
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Gabe1 said:
I gave the example yesterday of Chief Illiniwek at the University of Illinois. Basically the Universities Mascot with the permission of the tribe. Illiniwek is gone basically because using any stereo type of any given race as a Mascot is frowned upon where it was all marketing in the 1950s and a common practice.

Pedro to me is really not any different. A white businessman creates a mascot for his business. The Mascot was not a white, Jewish man like he was. He created Pedro in a 50s stereo typical depiction of a Mexican, poncho, huge mustache and a mega poncho.

In both cases I can understand why Native Americans and Mexicans might find these stereo typical mascot depictions of their races for marketing offensive. We will have to agree to disagree on this one.
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I understand what you are saying, I just disagree on what it reflected and the intent of it to begin with. So, I also agree that we will have to agree to disagree and just move to a less heavy topic.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
This is for "floor time". You need them sitting a certain way, so that minimal space is used; no one is stretched out, invading someone else's space; no kid decides to actually lay flat and snooze; no one pokes, prods or otherwise annoys anyone else.
Very complicated business indeed.
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seahawk7 said:
Sounds like marriage. :hilarious:
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I agree, I think the stretched out, poking, prodding and annoying can and is a big part of any marriage over 5 years in duration.

seahawk7 said:
If your name isn't Jennifer than I'm going to have to reorganize some things in my brain.
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I believe she prefers to go by Jenny. Jenny loves tomatoes.
 
FutureCEO

FutureCEO

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Gabe1 said:
The young adults are very guarded and were raised as a whole to be respectful to all types of individuals. While our generation was kinda split between those who had the mindset to see the slights and those who at times embraced the slights. I watched with interest the issue of the confederate flag issue to see how those states would resolve all that. Just another layer that was left over and embraced by some.
Me, I watched while sitting on the school board a simple childhood instruction in school to sit Indian Style be officially changed to sitting with legs folded. Growing up I never thought anything of the saying but times they do change.
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Gabe1 said:
I think maybe we are coming at 'stuff' like this from a different point of view than the generation we raised or those who followed our children. What our generation genuinely meant as no harm no foul is looked at differently than those of us who grew up through the Civil Rights era. I just think of some of the rhymes that went along with the outdoor games we played as innocent kids that I could not wrap my innocent brain around the underlining meaning and I by adulthood cringed. Different era changing times. They were not taught to my kids.

I look at what colleges are going through with their collegiate names and mascots being forced to abandon them. My sons first college lost their feather during his era at that college. Prior to my DD arriving at the University of Illinois they dropped the Chief that is still very much alive among the students despite the University abandoning. The University years back contracted the tribe to make two head pieces, beautifully done. The Chief performed an authentic dance at all major sporting events carefully taught by the tribe, it was a co-op performance taught by the tribe to the performers. It was a tribute to the tribe and the tribe was all in. Others ultimately won. The University was forced to return the head pieces to the tribe even though they were bought and payed for by the University to the tribe who willing replicated the two head pieces for the dances. It was kinda a shame 'cause it taught students what the Illini were all about. It respected heritage.

The young adults are very guarded and were raised as a whole to be respectful to all types of individuals. While our generation was kinda split between those who had the mindset to see the slights and those who at times embraced the slights. I watched with interest the issue of the confederate flag issue to see how those states would resolve all that. Just another layer that was left over and embraced by some.
Me, I watched while sitting on the school board a simple childhood instruction in school to sit Indian Style be officially changed to sitting with legs folded. Growing up I never thought anything of the saying but times they do change.
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I had a good reply. I really did but the website won't let me upload the clip. Anyway picture the footloose scene from Guardians of the Galaxy.
 
catmom46

catmom46

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Cesar R M said:
If you car stalls in the lane, its not like you can mentally " push " it out of the lane. You still have to push the car.
I suppose his custom car was too heavy (or with his batman suit too cumbersome to push the car out of the way).

I still wonder how can people crash in completely straight highways.
Then, After witnessing how people drive in Houston... I remembered how bad some people drive (or get distracted by phone so easily)
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Ah, my bad. Somehow I missed where it said it broke down.

It's extremely infuriating how badly people drive - they're either distracted or don't look ahead far enough. We're not talking rocket science here. :mad:
 

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