The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MinnieM123]

And healthier for it!

Disagree. Your dinner was much healthier than mine. I just like Cheerios for dinner sometimes; I never thought of it as "health" food.

 

[Gabe1]

Worst. Commute. Home. Ever. So I started out on my normal route home, backroads. A police car passed me with the sirens on, but I thought nothing of it. About 5-10 minutes in, I saw that there was an accident, and the mysterious cop car was there. So I turned around to take the highway home. I figured my 30 minute commute would turn into more like an hour total. After sitting in some traffic, which further delayed me, my car says "Low Tire Pressure". So I then have to get off the highway and pull over to check my tires. Thankfully, the tires just looked low, not like they had a nail or something in them, so I just took backroads the rest of the way home, and sat in more traffic on the way. So my 30 minute commute home turned into a 90 minute commute home.

{{{HUGS}}}

When my office was in the city I really enjoyed the train, at least until cold and flu season. The reason why people can't cover their mouths?

 

[Gabe1]

what do you mean "inappropriately touched"?
You mean touched in a way it could be considered "sexual" on purpose?

That is what I took it as...the whole post was hilarious. And going back for more.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

{{{HUGS}}}

When my office was in the city I really enjoyed the train, at least until cold and flu season. The reason why people can't cover their mouths?

We've got the light rail, but most of the time, it's more convenient to drive. Except when accidents close the main road

 

[Gabe1]

I love the Witch Museum in Salem. I remember when I was little I didn't want to leave and my sister cried hysterically and had to be carried out.

I have not been back there in 25 years. I should go back, but then there is O-Town.

 

[Gabe1]

Disagree. Your dinner was much healthier than mine. I just like Cheerios for dinner sometimes; I never thought of it as "health" food.

Maybe I get points for eating the white meat without skin.

 

[Gabe1]

Like seriously, your a multi-billion dollar company and you can't add a couple rooms or another floor to an existing building.

Was it a for profit University?

 

[Gabe1]

I've run into professors that manage to get themselves off topic. But never into a political rant covering all issues in the upcoming Maryland election.

A couple of semesters ago my DD had a math instructor that got off on tangents about all the things that were going to kill all the students. A water bottle on a desk could throw her into a rant about chemicals in plastic.
A student with a pen in their mouth would go into germ absorption and foreign made products lacking safety quality checks. She had some really odd math instructors and professors. Once likely brilliant but posters for ending tenure.

 

[Gabe1]

Not ready for the snow this year.

No, me either. Summer arrived in July and left half way through August. I had the heat on most days at least first thing in the morning throughout October. Today was beautiful, 77 mostly sunny. The warmest day of October.

This afternoon the Sun was out, 77 the leafs were falling and blowing in the light wind. Perfect Day.
We took Wally to another county where they have Elk and walked through their preserves, silly boy never noted the huge Elk, he was having more fun walk through the deep piles of crunchy leaves, he was having a blast shuffling through them (and pee'n on them). Great way to spend a day.

 

[FutureCEO]

Was it a for profit University?

Nah. This place built subs for the government. I can do a multi-building campus easy in the city. Found my interview easy at BU the time I went. Probably because I only went to 1 building. This was the suburbs/rural in CT near Mystic.

 

[Gabe1]

You did everything correctly, in this day and age.

I guess where I grew up, we must have been lucky. Most people would give us candy bars, but we also went to a house where the people gave out pop corn, that was still warm from their popper with butter on top . Another house served us scoops of ice cream in small cups. The father in another house worked at the big wholesale fruit exchange in Boston, and he'd bring home cases of apples, so we'd all grab an apple from that house. Other people would give us small bags of mixed candy with "loose" candy corn, hard candies, and licorice sticks. None of the above ever had anything wrong with it, and we never gave it a second thought. Sigh . . . memories.

*Times Gone Bye* I remember being able to walk to school and go bike riding to nowhere. Just being home by the time the street lights went on. Today just TV alone gives these weirdos ideas.

 

[Gabe1]

Nah. This place built subs for the government. I can do a multi-building campus easy in the city. Found my interview easy at BU the time I went. Probably because I only went to 1 building. This was the suburbs/rural in CT near Mystic.

Yeah, City is easy, my DDs Campus was living with the corn, but they did have their own cemetery.

 

[Gabe1]

I love molasses! It's not all that popular anymore. My grandmother came from the old country (Ireland) and she used to put some on a slice of bread and give it to us as a treat. I kinda liked that as a kid, but I far preferred it "straight up" right out of the bottle!

Ha! My Gran & Pa were from Ireland too but met here. (That is a story someday) She did have some odd notions of treats and molasses was one of them. She was big into bread and rice puddings too. Most made me gag. (This was NOT the Gran that taught me to cook.) But Gran had 12 children during hard economic times, I believe she was into just making sure their tummies were full.

 

[donaldtoo]

Got fingerprinted for the first time ever (now I'm in the system and the government can track me)

Actually, the government's been able to track you just fine since before the day you were born.

 

[Gabe1]

Sounds a bit like the hospital complex where I work. They have offices, labs, etc. all over the place, even in neighboring cities. That's the problem with big organizations; they get too big!!

Here they are buying up one another. Not a fan.

 

[donaldtoo]

Pssst....

It is 77 degrees at the moment!

It's 77 here right now.
Our high today was 87.

 

[donaldtoo]

Not ready for the snow this year.

Neither am I.
Fortunately, probably won't have to worry about it too much, down here.

 

[Gabe1]

It's 77 here right now.
Our high today was 87.

We were at 35 the other night so I'll take the 77! It was a great day.

Wind kicking up, cold front moving in, rain a come'n.

 

[Gabe1]

No secret I am so over Frozen, but for once I think Disney has a good idea with replacing Cinderella Holiday Wishes with Frozen Holiday Wishes. That actually is a pretty good fit with the lit castle.
*don't slap me*

 

[donaldtoo]

You did everything correctly, in this day and age.

I guess where I grew up, we must have been lucky. Most people would give us candy bars, but we also went to a house where the people gave out pop corn, that was still warm from their popper with butter on top . Another house served us scoops of ice cream in small cups. The father in another house worked at the big wholesale fruit exchange in Boston, and he'd bring home cases of apples, so we'd all grab an apple from that house. Other people would give us small bags of mixed candy with "loose" candy corn, hard candies, and licorice sticks. None of the above ever had anything wrong with it, and we never gave it a second thought. Sigh . . . memories.

Yep, I too experienced those times. Good memories.