The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[catmom46]

I remember when gas was 29 cents a gallon, with yellow or green stamps. That you could redeem for appliances. Toasters, irons, or dish ware. My Mom and other Mom's saved these. I remember helping her lick the stamps to go into those "valuable" books.

Wasn't there a Brady Bunch episode about those stamps?

 

[catmom46]

I'm so glad that kids have moved beyond cliques. It was so awful back then. I think of our class president not moving beyond middle school. That's sad. He is a Doctor in Ind. I would never go to him. He wasn't a smart person either, how did he get through college......he had powerful parents, with a lot of money to donate. My sister says, he is known as a very bad Doctor, but somehow he keeps his license. I guess this is how the world works today.....Sorry for the rant. This has been on my mind for several month's since I talked to a former best friend in high school, who still lives in my hometown. Thanks for listening, or feel free to move on. I just did my own therapy, and it was free!

I know what you mean! This thread is so therapeutic.

 

[Cesar R M]

I'd be in heaven with an additional mushie pillow. I use to travel with my own pillow but once the bed bug thing started I feared loosing my beloved pillow and they are expensive.

and they are not built like the older ones anymore.
I swear I have gone to like 30 stores.. and noone has a comfy pillow like my old18 year old one.
the new ones are either too hard (rock solid) too hot (plastic memory foam), or too soft (nailon or other compressed shredded stuff)

 

[catmom46]

I just wish you could be rid of him forever. I hope he will move on eventually.

Thanks - I wish, too! I don't know if he'll ever move on, though. I think he's incapable of letting go of anything negative in his life.

 

[catmom46]

Much better than my hometown, and high school. Hubby and I have never gone back for a reunion, we were so glad to be out of high school and into college.

I actually have fond memories of high school, despite battling with depression during those years. I was so insecure, but I still had lots of friends. It just took me a long time to finally realize I'm a good person and be happy with myself. Again, a late bloomer. One thing I hope for my daughter is that she has a strong sense of self and self-worth, like @Goofyernmost. Whoa, did I really just say that?

 

[MOXOMUMD]

10 days until National Snowman Day.

 

[catmom46]

If I had to take a stab at it, he wants to be full time care giver and collect both child support and maintenance for himself.

That's my take, too. But we can request a vocational evaluation, which he'll refuse, but I don't think he'll have a choice. If it determines that he can make more doing something else, then the court will impute income so I won't have to pay more support, even if he chooses not to get a job.

 

[catmom46]

peer pressure as in being surrounded by yesmen?

Sort of - that and feeling like I didn't measure up to everyone else.

 

[catmom46]

Its just a strange illogical thing. I dumped one of first girlfriends because of this.
I couldnt even ask another girl for homework info (because Im deaf and even the teachers told me to copy the assignament info from other students) yet she still threw a fit. Almost felt like she took me as her property lol.

I can't handle jealous people - insecurity is so unattractive.

 

[Gabe1]

I understand that, but if she's ALLOWED to break the rules, she won't even TRY to follow them. From what I read, and obviously I don't know her, so I can't judge, but everything sounded like basically she just cut in front of lines and things because she had always been allowed to. No one ever told her she couldn't. I'm a firm believer in at least making an effort to let someone do as much as they can. I don't think you do someone any favors by letting them skate by and assuming they aren't capable of doing better. I had a student when I was teaching music and he was severely mentally handicapped. He was in 6th grade but read and did math at a 1st grade level. He had an aide that came with him to class to help him. I had the kids doing a listening exercise where I played a few pieces of music and I had each kid draw a venn diagram and in the first circle they wrote down the instruments they heard in the first piece, in the second circle, they did the same for the 2nd piece. And in the overlapping, they wrote down whatever instruments they heard in BOTH pieces. Very simple, and a 4 year old can tell you he hears a piano, or a violin even if he can't spell the words. The aide told me he couldn't do that assignment. I asked why not...there was nothing in the assignment he couldn't do. He can listen, I wasn't checking for spelling or how many instruments they got right...just wanted them to pay attention to what they were listening to. So I told her I wanted him to at least try. And he did it. If you tell someone constantly that they are incapable of doing something and you just give them a pass, what incentive do they have to try? Even if Linda Skywalker isn't in touch with reality and she might actually believe she's Luke's wife, I'm sure she can understand the concept of waiting her turn in a line. Letting her cut in line does nothing but teach her she's above the rules, which she is probably perfectly capable of following. I don't think it's kind to her to let her do that. Because at some point there will be someone who won't allow it and it will completely shatter her world.

Yep, in a perfect world. But if the guest is challenged you have a big box of worms. Disabilities are very touchie with the Disability Act. You can have a child totally melt down with a disability in Disney and go pretty out of control and it will be rare for Disney to step in and tell them they can't do that. They might, might ask the parents if they can be of assistance. Disney could possibly be wedged into a gray area with this particular passholder. If that is the case they might be waiting for a legal way to step in and deal with this patron. A very fine line and a very expensive one to litigate.

My DD had a very high IQ early on in elementary school but also had an IEP. The IEP was outlined clearly. If a teacher ignored the IEP I stepped in. My DD was also hypoglycemic and had a medical plan. She was self managing but it anyone interfered with her management plan I stepped in. My DD is the reason why I became a school board member. Not out of any great desire to be an elected official but to bring consistency and policy for those students with special needs. Our district did have the IEPs nailed down. They somewhat had a gifted program sort of. What they didn't have policy for was a Gifted Student with an IEP. It was very much an either or. Fixed that through policy because we could not have different teachers having different expectations for the same students. While I knew No Child Left Behind was destined to fail, it was flawed, I did embrace the flavor of the getting all students to achieve the best they could be.

 

[catmom46]

and they are not built like the older ones anymore.
I swear I have gone to like 30 stores.. and noone has a comfy pillow like my old18 year old one.
the new ones are either too hard (rock solid) too hot (plastic memory foam), or too soft (nailon or other compressed shredded stuff)

I love my Tempur-Pedic mattress and pillow! Just the right amount of pressure.

 

[Gabe1]

Yep, I had originally planned on taking the other half to the office tomorrow for Half-day Friday lunch, but, that other half was screamin' my name...!!!

Rueben's just don't rewarm well and the meat isn't the same cold, that fat just is so much more flavorful when juicy warm. So I eat it all.

 

[Gabe1]

Yep, I had originally planned on taking the other half to the office tomorrow for Half-day Friday lunch, but, that other half was screamin' my name...!!!

Rueben's just don't rewarm well and the meat isn't the same cold, that fat just is so much more flavorful when juicy warm. So I eat it all.

 

[Gabe1]

I'm just now at the top of page 3211 from Tuesday on my ketchup...

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But you are more diligent than I have been as of late. I've skipped chunks and days in my ketchup quest. I'm to 730 AM Thursday. And fading fast.

 

[donaldtoo]

Ok gang, I've just woke up from gone like extra gone sauce, so time for me to call it a nighty-night
Half-day Friday tomorrow...!!!!!
Dream those sweet, Magical Disney dreams, all of y'all awesome folks...!
See y'alllllllllll...!!!

 

[Gabe1]

If she's that unstable though, she shouldn't be in the parks unaccompanied. She must not be THAT bad if she's on her own.

Oh there are plenty of people that are beyond unstable walking about. Remember here you cannot ask for details about disabilities or discriminate against those. You can ask how you can be of service to assist and what they might have difficulties with, standing, being in the sun etc. Very dicey path.

 

[Figgy1]

I remember when gas was 29 cents a gallon, with yellow or green stamps. That you could redeem for appliances. Toasters, irons, or dish ware. My Mom and other Mom's saved these. I remember helping her lick the stamps to go into those "valuable" books.

OMG I must be old. I sort of remember those stamps. More like I remember a rant my father went on when he had to drive a bit to turn in the last of them

 

[Figgy1]

Oh my! High class...!

I think we only had AM radio and 2-60/4-60 AC (2 windows down at 60 mph for the truck, and you can guess for the 4-door sedan ) in any vehicles before we moved back to Texas in '76, and my folks bought their first-ever brand new car...a '77 Buick LeSabre. AM/FM radio AND AC! Talk about livin' high on the hog...!!!

That television wasn't built it in was a portable that ran off the cigarette lighter. Now that I think about it maybe it was a little fancy. More like something to keep kids quiet on long road trips. As far as car radios go I had FM before my parents. That's something they never sprung for. I changed out the radio in my first car, I wanted music.

 

[Figgy1]

And I've finally reached the first posts of the day for today. Woot.

Congrats

 

[Figgy1]

I'd be in heaven with an additional mushie pillow. I use to travel with my own pillow but once the bed bug thing started I feared loosing my beloved pillow and they are expensive.

After a day at Disney I could sleep on a bed of nails and sleep like a rock.