The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[donaldtoo]

Went to say good-bye to Auntie this morning. She has since left for the airport at 1:00, and will arrive in Tanzania sometime tomorrow afternoon.

If anyone is inclined, please remember this 70-year old missionary in your prayers. Although cleared for travel, she is still feeling under the weather. And because I am the one to whom she tell things she doesn't want her kids to know, I am privy to some medical information that will eventually be serious (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). She has aged 10 years since just before Christmas, and for the first time ever, I see glimpses of my mom's frailty in her.

Nonetheless, she has a calling, and will continue to spend 6 months/year in Africa tending to street children and homeless young mothers, as long as she is physically able.

So sorry to hear of her chronic illness.
May God bless her and help her to do the work she loves so much, in as much peace and comfort as possible, until he calls her home.

 

[JenniferS]

Wow, that looks like amazing. I just ate dinner but I could eat that right now.

Yup, would go great with my tomato soup!

 

[JenniferS]

So sorry to hear of her chronic illness.
May God bless her and help her to do the work she loves so much, in as much peace and comfort as possible, until he calls her home.

She's got many years ahead of her, I'm sure.

What surprised me today was seeing my mom. As you know, my mom passed at only 62. She had not been well for about ten years, but she literally curled up in a ball and willed herself to die when she lost my dad.

Auntie was almost 5 years older than Mom, but always looked and felt 10 years younger - no smoking, no drinking, worked out, ate well, and stayed out of the sun - no mean feat considering her decades in Africa.

Today, I saw my mom - thin, frail, tired.
I'm sure in another couple of weeks, she'll be back to her real self. But today, seeing her pack her multiple scrips, and her Boost meal replacement drinks, I had a sudden flashback.

Pretty sure the Lord isn't finished using her yet.

 

[JenniferS]

sounds like a plan!

I'm all about the plan!

 

[donaldtoo]

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Oh my. This really got me in a sentimentally good way.
Hope to see all of our pups again, someday.
Although, not even remotely close to anytime soon...!

 

[donaldtoo]

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For me, it actually started with these two...

 

[Gabe1]

Hmpf. Caught a few posts, a few pages, but 10 pages behind? You peeps have been busy!

 

[JenniferS]

O.k. Look. I was o.k. going with the possibility of trying the celery salt, but man, poppy seeds (or poopy seeds as I used to call them when I was a little tyke . . . ) on a bun, with a hot dog, just isn't right. For a perfect dog, you need a PLAIN white bun, grilled with a little butter on the outsides of the bun.

Hey, speaking of hot dogs, have you ever had red hot dogs? They're popular up in some areas of Maine, and they're delicious. I'm sure they're horrible for you, but they are tasty! It's funny when you see them boiling in the water--the water turns completely red!!

Poppy seeds on a hotdog bun are a beautiful thing.
That is all.

 

[Gabe1]

but do crowd drop a lot? how full are they compared to between september-october ?

September is better than October. October is bringing larger and larger crowds for F&W and F&W is not what it had been. My DD and I met a lady & her hubby at Panera, she was about 60. A drunk bumped into her and she told him to watch it so he punched her in the face. She goes about 3 or 4 times a year, she said that was the last F&W for them. September is great. I've done the first week, 3rd and 4th and you are conditioned for hot and humid. Once F&W starts though all bets are off especially weekends.

Early January depends on how the week falls and when the kids will return to school. 2015-16 NYE/NY day fall pretty well. Th-Sat would be crowded not so much from then on. It should also be a great time for Uni after that Saturday. I've never done Uni for a holiday though, their crowds do seem to drop before Disney's do though in low periods, it was like that in the off weeks of December.

 

[donaldtoo]

O.k. Look. I was o.k. going with the possibility of trying the celery salt, but man, poppy seeds (or poopy seeds as I used to call them when I was a little tyke . . . ) on a bun, with a hot dog, just isn't right. For a perfect dog, you need a PLAIN white bun, grilled with a little butter on the outsides of the bun.

Hey, speaking of hot dogs, have you ever had red hot dogs? They're popular up in some areas of Maine, and they're delicious. I'm sure they're horrible for you, but they are tasty! It's funny when you see them boiling in the water--the water turns completely red!!

Oh my. You haven't lived 'til you've tried a poppy seed kolache!
This is a good representation of both of my grandmothers and my moms...

And, yes. Very familiar with the red hot dogs! Or, as we call 'em, weenies.
Those were the only kind they sold at the butcher shops in both my parents hometowns, and were awesome for summer weenie roasts...!

 

[Goofyernmost]

O.k. Look. I was o.k. going with the possibility of trying the celery salt, but man, poppy seeds (or poopy seeds as I used to call them when I was a little tyke . . . ) on a bun, with a hot dog, just isn't right. For a perfect dog, you need a PLAIN white bun, grilled with a little butter on the outsides of the bun.

Hey, speaking of hot dogs, have you ever had red hot dogs? They're popular up in some areas of Maine, and they're delicious. I'm sure they're horrible for you, but they are tasty! It's funny when you see them boiling in the water--the water turns completely red!!

If the red hot dogs are what I'm thinking about, those are natural casing hot dogs. They usually are a little spicy and the casings snaps when you bit into them. They are really good if you get past what the casing are, but, that's true with most food we eat. If we were to see how most everything is made, we would probably never eat again.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Oh my. You haven't lived 'til you've tried a poppy seed kolache!
This is a good representation of both of my grandmothers and my moms...

That looks like road tar on a bun to me.

 

[donaldtoo]

That looks like a delicious southern dish. Question: is it just biscuits and gravy, or is something else put in with it? What kind of gravy is it?

It's a typical peppery cream gravy. But, If ya' look closely, there are bacon chunks all in it. Also, the guy that prepared it all for the b-day boy brought an entire casserole dish filled with fried bacon. And, not wimpy microwave bacon. This was BACON.
Apparently, I was a bit delirious at the beginning of the whole experience 'cause I forgot to get a pic of all a' that particular bacony goodness, before I devoured it...!

 

[donaldtoo]

That looks like road tar on a bun to me.

Of course it does.

 

[FutureCEO]

So I was looking at Florida on Google Earth. There is something about the state that's off. Don't get me wrong, I apply for a fair amount of jobs there so I wouldn't mind it for a couple years or so. But I wouldn't spend my whole life there.

1. Lack of trees or maybe it was the few spots I looked at. (not counting the environment management areas)
2. Too flat
3. Architecture.....horrible. Like the whole state is a Disney's Toontown Fair.

 

[Goofyernmost]

So I was looking at Florida on Google Earth. There is something about the state that's off. Don't get me wrong, I apply for a fair amount of jobs there so I wouldn't mind it for a couple years or so. But I wouldn't spend my whole life there.

1. Lack of trees or maybe it was the few spots I looked at. (not counting the environment management areas)
2. Too flat
3. Architecture.....horrible. Like the whole state is a Disney's Toontown Fair.

It does have it's own color scheme. Sort of the Miami Vice look. Pinks are a big thing there.

 

[Gabe1]

I'm sitting here watching ice come down outside, figure this is a good time to try and jump back into this thread. Haven't been able to be on here enough lately to keep up, you guys move way too fast!
Anyway, stay safe out there and GO BUCKEYES!!!!!

Hi! Welcome back!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

So I was looking at Florida on Google Earth. There is something about the state that's off. Don't get me wrong, I apply for a fair amount of jobs there so I wouldn't mind it for a couple years or so. But I wouldn't spend my whole life there.

1. Lack of trees or maybe it was the few spots I looked at. (not counting the environment management areas)
2. Too flat
3. Architecture.....horrible. Like the whole state is a Disney's Toontown Fair.

1. There are a lot of areas across the country that have far less trees than Florida does, and it must've been the areas at which you were looking because it seems pretty populated with trees.
2. My house is on top of a hill. I used to have to climb the hill when my bus would drop me off because it dropped me off at the end of the street. I thought that was bad. Then I decided to go to a college on top of a hill. Climbing that if I want to go to Subway is even worse. Although the hills on my drive there are gorgeous, I have an appreciation for flatness.
3. Mickey's Toontown fair no longer exists, so the whole state had to make up for it.

 

[OSUgirl77]

Hi! Welcome back!

Thanks! The holidays and football I care about are over, now I'll pretty much hibernate for the winter. Lots of time to hang out online and catch up on tv!

 

[OSUgirl77]

So guess who has an ear infection, severe asthma symptoms, and is supposed to fly on Friday?

Ugh, I hope you get everything under control and start to feel better soon! I've flown with an ear infection before, that is definitely no fun.