The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[JenniferS]

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Actually, I may have "harmed" the tomatoes...just a little bitty-bit...

No prob.
Feel free to smash 'em, squash 'em, or as my dad would say, "muckalize" 'em!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

well, the voice actor of Sha g gy died recently.. censored in his honor?

I wonder if the admin of this site added the "bad words" manually, or if the filtering script actually came with a huge dictionary.

It's just another example of how different words mean different things in different countries.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

24 days until Christmas.

 

[MinnieM123]

I pay cash for just about everything that is not on the dining plan. If it is a big purchase I'll use my debit card.
I also put $100 on a gift card so we could easily get a bottle of water, ice cream etc when I didn't want to drag out wallet. Years ago all our spending money was in $100 units of travelers checks. It worked well 'cause you didn't have too much cash at a time. I liked travelers checks.

I miss travelers checks, actually. But the flip side to them is all the signing you have to do. Now. AMEX pushes the plastic cards instead. But with the old travelers checks, it was a little quicker to keep track of how much money you had left. With the preloaded cards, I had to save the receipts and add up a tally each night. (One good thing about the actual Disney cash cards, is that they print out the balance on the receipt after each transaction.) I had a couple of Disney cards and one Visa cash card for expenses, for my last trip to WDW in May. Worked out well.

 

[MinnieM123]

No prob.
Feel free to smash 'em, squash 'em, or as my dad would say, "muckalize" 'em!

I never heard muckalize before. Is that a common word used in Canada?

 

[MinnieM123]

SIL can go dig a hole...

Indeed! Or, as my mother used to say about people like that, "She can go pound sand!" (I never quite understood the exact explanation of her words, but I knew it wasn't anything good . . . )

 

[MinnieM123]

There have been a few references over the past few days to the PeopleMover. Can I tell you how much I love that ride? In WDW, it first began operating in 1975, as the WEDway PeopleMover; and then in 1994 through 2009, was referred to as the Tomorrowland Transit Authority. In 2010, it was renamed (again) as the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.

All I know is whatever they want to call it, it's one of the most perfect, classic rides since the 70s. It's pleasant, relaxing, you get a nice breeze, the views are great, and it lasts long enough to really enjoy the experience. (I think i liked the actual narration best when it was the Tomorrowland Transit Authority.)

So, there you have it. MinnieM123's tribute to the PeopleMover!

 

[FutureCEO]

It's just another example of how different words mean different things in different countries.

totally different meaning to the Brits

 

[Goofyernmost]

I never heard muckalize before. Is that a common word used in Canada?

Absolutely nothing is "common" in Canada, eh! Except for cold, snow, hockey and beer.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

totally different meaning to the Brits

Totally.

 

[Gabe1]

I miss travelers checks, actually. But the flip side to them is all the signing you have to do. Now. AMEX pushes the plastic cards instead. But with the old travelers checks, it was a little quicker to keep track of how much money you had left. With the preloaded cards, I had to save the receipts and add up a tally each night. (One good thing about the actual Disney cash cards, is that they print out the balance on the receipt after each transaction.) I had a couple of Disney cards and one Visa cash card for expenses, for my last trip to WDW in May. Worked out well.

While I always carried credit cards as an emergency back-up, we had an allowance pretty well figured out for each day. We started with just the one kid and then 5 years later 2 kids. $100 a day very comfortably covered our meals and snacks. We'd pay with a travelers check at breakfast and had the cash for the rest of the day and usually some left over.

Our first trip with our son, 14 months was $1100.00 including airfare for 7 nights off-sight. Off-sight wasn't an issue in the off season and that first year there were only 2 parks so we hit Sea World which he loved. By the time my DD was born Walt Disney World Travel Corp offered a free breakfast anywhere including character breakfasts so the $100 per day if you were a resort guest.

 

[Gabe1]

Coke Cola is branding their own milk that they claim will be better for you and ultra filtered. Fair Life will cost you twice what regular milk does.

 

[Gabe1]

Choco gas:

A French inventor says pills he developed to make bodily gases smell like chocolate were inspired by a particularly flatulent meal with friends.

 

[Gabe1]

A company came up some next level in the tacky Christmas attire trend. Ugly Christmas Suits.

Only $109.00!!!

 

[Wrangler-Rick]

There have been a few references over the past few days to the PeopleMover. Can I tell you how much I love that ride? In WDW, it first began operating in 1975, as the WEDway PeopleMover; and then in 1994 through 2009, was referred to as the Tomorrowland Transit Authority. In 2010, it was renamed (again) as the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.

All I know is whatever they want to call it, it's one of the most perfect, classic rides since the 70s. It's pleasant, relaxing, you get a nice breeze, the views are great, and it lasts long enough to really enjoy the experience. (I think i liked the actual narration best when it was the Tomorrowland Transit Authority.)

So, there you have it. MinnieM123's tribute to the PeopleMover!

Yay, PeopleMover!

 

[Wrangler-Rick]

A company came up some next level in the tacky Christmas attire trend. Ugly Christmas Suits.

Only $109.00!!!

You won't be finding them in my closet!

 

[Gabe1]

Painting 'sleeping lady' found in set of movie Stuart Little and an art historian spotted the painting in the background. Set designer bought the 90 year old painted for little at an Antique shop in Cali that had disappeared in the 1920's.

Opening bid about $160,000

 

[Gabe1]

London tower bridge cracked, wait staff carrying an empty beer bottle on a tray and it slipped off.

No more glass bottles on bridge.

 

[Gabe1]

TGI Friday-UK launched a mistletoe drone after research revealed that 47 per cent of Brits have never enjoyed a kiss under the mistletoe.

How many ways can this go badly?

 

[Gabe1]

The Olsen twins launched a very high end line available at Barney's. Finally something we can afford.
Sticks, $20

T-Shirt, White $260

Tank Top $235

Mini Backpack, $34,000