The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Mr Ferret 75]

Compared to the tarnish and former damage, you should hardly notice the little scratch I added! By the way you can have it back now. It's a little to heavy to wear around all day!

With great power comes great responsibility

 

[betty rose]

Hahaaa...! Thanks!

Tried to find some silly family portrait Christmas greeting cards, but, no dice.
However, I did find this bit of silliness...!

I Call Judas!

The problem with framing your family Christmas portrait like the last supper is that one person gets to be revered as Jesus and one person has to be Judas. This great Awkward Family Photos picture was submitted by their reader Robert.

 

[betty rose]

We are being threatened with an ice storm again in the morning rush hour. Since the remnants of the last Slush Storm still has not left us
I'm not thrilled about a coating of ice atop that too. Hope it is media hype since the last one was nasty.

We never truly know how much snow we are going to get. Just a change in a few miles can change a 12 inch snowfall into nothing. I wait until it clouds up and snow starts falling. Then they still have trouble predicting amounts. We have so many different climates out here due to the mountains and terrain.

 

[betty rose]

It's official I'm now the smallest person in my house. My ds just called to tell me he's now taller than I am. I am so not ready for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oldest grandson is taller than me too. He seems to be growing so fast.

 

[betty rose]

***Waves Hi!***

Walt climbs up on my bed but he is not allowed on any other furniture. I can easily clean the quilt-upholstery not so much. None of Pups were allowed on furniture but all have had state of the art Pup beds for us to trip over during the night.

Walt can only look out of one window though he can see the entire road for a block in each direction from there. It is a foot off the ground.
The window treatment has 4 tracks and the drapes can be separated and pulled in any direction, all to the middle all to one end or half to each end etc. Under there is 3 tracks of moving sliding decorative screen that is translucent. During the day I can see out, nobody can see in. I pull the drapes closed over them at night. Anyhow the window to the left (1 of 3) on the front wall has a shorter screen cut to the height of top of Walts head. We have an extra screen on the track we could pull over that spot but we never have. That smaller width window at night or during the day never gets covered. One of his beds is also under that window so he can pop up if he hears something or wants to watch the neighborhood.

Similar to this but my sliding screens are black in little checkerboard pattern and then curtains of those.

You are good owner of Walt. I love seeing what he is up to!

 

[betty rose]

With great power comes great responsibility

So sorry, I failed. Guess I'll have to try again someday...when neck stops hurting!

 

[betty rose]

For long-haul flights I can only do first class now, but I use frequent flyer miles, so it's a bargain! I always think of the Seinfeld episode whenever I fly first class because it's so true.

I love that episode, I remember the hot cookies, so funny with Elaine in coach.

 

[betty rose]

I love Boudin's bread. I didn't know they had a store in the SF airport, I guess if I need any connections out that way I'll pick that airport. Just like the good thing about flying out of O'hare in Chicago was getting my cheese popcorn at Garrett's.

It wasn't even a Boudin store, just one of those variety stores in most airports. It was displayed right out front, and I couldn't resist. Those were the good old days....now, I just look at bread and gain weight.

 

[betty rose]

This was a movie prop from the HBO series "From The Earth To The Moon" on display at the Tellus Museum in Cartersville, GA.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Gabe1]

Did that happen a lot that kids' flights were canceled or they missed their connections? I imagine that wouldn't be fun for ANYONE. And how do you decide who to bump to get a special needs person on the next flight?

My final winter it happened multiple times a week. One horrid snow after the other and one time I spent 3 days in a row at the airport, couldn't get home. Ohare is a major airport that has so many connecting flights from it. Cargo was a much better fit until a stupid barge hit a bridge at 3am but that wasn't all the time.

Now this is prior to online check-in but I'm sure it still works similarly. I could tell who were premier level travelers, business travelers, the elite, VIPs. Did anything not to bump the 'important' people' 'cause I'd trade one problem for a new LOUD problem.

For special needs people I'd first look at the notes of disability. A generalization but my blind passengers generally wanted an end seat, hard for them to climb over other passengers. I found deaf passengers normally picked window seats and often took photo's during the flight out the windows. For kids UMs I'd look for a seat as far up as I could and on an end so the attendant would see them. We usually had a cute badge on them especially the younger ones to ID them as a UM. I'd also look for a Mom-ish aged woman to be in the middle seat next to the UM and I tried never to bump one family member traveling together. I found myself when I had kids flying as UMs, Moms traveling with children tended to take my kids under their wing when boarding etc. One time the same family came home again with them and my Sister was so surprised this 'stranger' in Ohio airport knew my kids names, lol.

I also tried to bump a passenger that had not yet checked into that flight, then the gate agent had to deal with the bump not me. The gate agent-when bumping passengers was happening-always made an announcement for volunteer bumps. Volunteers at time usually got a credit for that flight and a voucher for $100-400 for their next flight. Many years ago my family took a bump at MCO. We were overnighted at the hotel at the airport and went out on the next morning flight. We walked with $1600.00 in vouchers for our next Disney vacation. So often the person I first bumped wasn't the one left at the gate. I know it is cold but you kinda get numb to passenger fits even when they are in the right. When it came to UMs or Medical Transport passengers, if a flight was going they were going to be on it. I hated to make that call to their parents and the receiving person of the UMs that their kids were stranded at Ohare due to a lost connecting leg flight and would be staying overnight. Parents and worse grandparents tended to freak and I understood the panic. Nicer phone call, flight cancelled so they are now inbound on Flt. XXX instead arriving at xxx. It is also why when I sent my kids to Ohio, Cali or Florida it was always on a Non-Stop flight.

 

[Figgy1]

I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for no snow. Of course then I'd get nothing done and would walk funny.

I don't care if I don't get anything done as long as it doesn't snow

 

[Figgy1]

@figmentfan423 any idea where to purchase locker loops? Those little loops sewn into back collar of coat to hang on a locker hook?

I've never looked for them. What about making your own with either bias tape or ribbon? Should cost next to nothing that way

 

[MOXOMUMD]

And given this thread's injury rate, you should definitely use all limbs and appendages correctly!

I can trip over air.

 

[Figgy1]

I would do anything to avoid Atlanta. I missed a connection there, not good memories.

I was worried driving home from Disney through Atlanta at rush hour, I kept hearing how bad it was. I didn't think it was bad at all. Then again somebody thought making me drive through the Lincoln Tunnel at rush rush hour after having my learner's permit for only a few days was a good idea

 

[Figgy1]

We are being threatened with an ice storm again in the morning rush hour. Since the remnants of the last Slush Storm still has not left us
I'm not thrilled about a coating of ice atop that too. Hope it is media hype since the last one was nasty.

sympathy like. Good luck and hopes for hype.

 

[Figgy1]

Compared to the tarnish and former damage, you should hardly notice the little scratch I added! By the way you can have it back now. It's a little to heavy to wear around all day!

The weight is due to a lead base and cheap plating He really shouldn't buy such items at the dollar store

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Is there a clinic for relish and ketchup as well ?

They better mustard one up!

 

[Figgy1]

OK who is she??? Will you send me in a conversation message so I can google. Now I'm curious.

That may be dangerous you have been warned

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I googled her...wow...crazy that her shenanigans have made her famous. At least in the Disney world. They really shouldn't let her do that, though! She probably mostly does it because they let her.

She's not in touch with reality.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Oldest grandson is taller than me too. He seems to be growing so fast.

My daughter is eye to eye with her father. He hates it.