The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[donaldtoo]

Nope. Since I had drop foot a few years ago I can't wear flipflops or slide in slipper shoes. It's sturdy shoes or bare feet from now on.

Sympathy like. Had no idea what this was, and thought it was a typo in your post until I saw @Gabe1's answer to your post, and googled it.
Hope this is something that can be remedied in the near future.

 

[donaldtoo]

I find that some perfumes (on others) tend to burn my eyes a little, if I get too close to them. I hate heavy perfumes in general. But that also goes for heavy men's colognes or after shave products. I kid you not--this morning, I was walking up the long ramp to the train, and a man passed by me, absolutely reeking of cologne--and I could STILL smell it when he was a good 30 feet ahead of me. I pitied the poor people who sat around this guy on the train. I watched where he walked, and I walked to the opposite end of the train platform!!

Yep, so much of the froof froof just seems so senseless to me these days. Just shower/bathe properly, throw on some deodorant and your done. Why all the froof. And, I love the people that think the froof is gonna' mask their BO if they haven't showered in a few days...nope, just gonna' make ya' smell like an even bigger disaster...

 

[donaldtoo]

Well ladies, your prayers have been answered! You can now get Star Trek swimwear!
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I know, no reason to thank me....

If you Google some of the outfits from the original series, this new stuff is beyond tame...

 

[donaldtoo]

Have you ever tried a thunder blanket? Our neighbors have it for their dog. It keeps her very calm during a thunder storm. When I dog sat for them, I would put it on her if I was going to be gone for a long period of time as it kept her calm as well. It works wonders for her.

This is something we talked about again for our "Belly Crazy Cakes" again this weekend.
Knowing our luck though, as soon as we bought one, it would be drought city again for the next several years.

 

[donaldtoo]

Probably the new owners thinks they can recover their investment fast.
They are stupid.. as sometimes.. that can kill business AND malls.

No new owners. It's the same Simon Properties it's been owned by since the mall opened in '93. This part of the country is just booming like crazy.
For now...

 

[donaldtoo]

weird, I searched thunder blanket. and IT gave me a row of thundershirt like vests for doggies.

That's because that is exactly what they are.

 

[donaldtoo]

OK gang, I'm out...
Hope you're all sweet Disney dreamin'...!
Laterrrrrrr...!!!

 

[Cesar R M]

No new owners. It's the same Simon Properties it's been owned by since the mall opened in '93. This part of the country is just booming like crazy.
For now...

I though you said they changed hands?

 

[Figgy1]

The mall rents at double what he's paying now, is just greedy. He's been there for 6 years as a good business tenant, and has brought in customers, who may then visit other stores in the mall, too. These types of short-sighted, quick buck decisions (doubling the rent), can backfire and I hope it does.

What she said!

 

[Figgy1]

Gotta sign off here. Big thunderstorm outside and my dog is shaking like a leaf! He's such a wuss.

We had a few go through last night and they seemed to have really brought down the temperatures I hope you enjoy the cold weather because somebody has to

 

[Figgy1]

Enjoy!
After talkin' about it so much here, we may just hafta' hit it ourselves this weekend...!

I wish I could go out for dinner with my dh! It looks like his we can't plan anything schedule will be starting again soon with a new project he'll be starting on in a week or 2. or maybe by Friday

 

[Figgy1]

For my theatre peeps: The wonderful new musical Dear Evan Hansen has just announced that it is opening on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre December 4th - here you can watch future superstar Ben Platt singing Waving Through a Window from the show:

Thank you it was quite enjoyable while playing ketchup.

 

[Figgy1]

ok who turned on the cold? I should not have had to wear my Olaf jammies in June! Tonight's dinner groundhog under glass, if there are any of those suckers left!

 

[MinnieM123]

Have you ever tried a thunder blanket? Our neighbors have it for their dog. It keeps her very calm during a thunder storm. When I dog sat for them, I would put it on her if I was going to be gone for a long period of time as it kept her calm as well. It works wonders for her.

We bought one of those about 3 years ago. Tried it a few times on him, but didn't really seem to make much of a difference.

Oh, I just recalled that you also have to be careful with those in the hotter months, because they fit so tightly, and the dog could overheat, if not in air conditioning.

 

[MinnieM123]

For my theatre peeps: The wonderful new musical Dear Evan Hansen has just announced that it is opening on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre December 4th - here you can watch future superstar Ben Platt singing Waving Through a Window from the show:

He has a nice voice, and I also really like his suspenders, by the way!

 

[Figgy1]

We bought one of those about 3 years ago. Tried it a few times on him, but didn't really seem to make much of a difference.

Sympathy like. My neighbor has a dog who barks like crazy every thunder storm. They've tried those and several other things and nothing has worked. I guess dogs are like people some people are bothered by storms and some aren't

 

[StarWarsGirl]

We bought one of those about 3 years ago. Tried it a few times on him, but didn't really seem to make much of a difference.

Oh, I just recalled that you also have to be careful with those in the hotter months, because they fit so tightly, and the dog could overheat, if not in air conditioning.

They always keep her indoors.

 

[MouseDreaming]

Good Morning! Time for some

 

[MouseDreaming]

That is our inclusion program-vs the old way of 20 years ago as a contained environment classroom. We have a contained for extreme behavioral issues and one for catastrophic physical and learning differences within our middle school building. Some of these students arrive by ambulance type vehicles each day and some have their own aides and one on one Registered Nurse. The costs are dramatic.
Our inclusion students have either a one on one aide or 2 to 1 depending on needs. We have a facilitator that reworks the lessons to adapt to the students specific needs vs a classroom teacher. We belong to a co-op of 8 districts that we all pay into and then the special educators travel between all the buildings or a few depending on demand. We actually had two speech therapists assigned to our district. Remember english as a second language or now called english language learners go to speech therapy to learn how to properly pronounce sounds and then the other students that have developmental speech needs. Where the line in the sand is-deaf students. We ship them to a special building for the deaf at the request of their parents. We would place those students in an inclusion environment but every single parent asked for the school for the deaf.

Interestingly enough, our elementary district has different schools of choice. One is a Japanese dual language, one is a Chinese dual language program, a few are Spanish dual language program, and one is American Sign Language. Each of these kids take native speakers and kids that are just learning.

 

[MouseDreaming]

So how do you find the prices at your farmers market by you? Our prices are generally higher than at a grocery store. Usually much fresher at the Farmers Market but we get that sticker price shock.

$6 for a full pint of strawberries. Well worth it, too. The strawberries are red through, juicy and flavorful. Unlike the ones DH brought home from his open air produce market, that many think is a farmer's market. Nope, just brought in from the produce wholesale in the city.
The asparagus was $4 for a bunch. Again, well worth it. Best asparagus I have ever had. And that is from a non-asparagus lover.