The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

I saw swimwear on clearance yesterday It's not even summer yet

I saw this week Targets was 50% off.

I saw maybe a 16 year old girl (very pretty) coming back from the public pool on her bike. Tiny black bikini. Then pulled off the main road and into their local Starbucks.

I am so surprised there wasn't accidents on that main road for all the dudes watching her ride in her bikini and walk into the Starbucks. Would have been funny if one of the dudes in Starbucks was her Daddy.

I can't think of a time when my DD got out of a pool and shy of sunbathing on a chair she always had a cover-up or large tshirt over. Even as lifeguards they wear shorts and a tee over their suits.

 

[Gabe1]

Well I took this quiz....
Can We Guess Where You Grew Up Based On Your Taste In Snacks?

here it is if you want to try too, took about 5 minutes

http://www.magiquiz.com/quiz/can-we-guess-where-you-grew-up-based-on-your-taste-in-snacks/

My Results were I grew up in California. Hmpf. I visited Disneyland a lot back then, does that count?

My snack sense says you grew up in California!
Your snack preferences have lead us to believe that you grew up in California. You’ve been eating delicious earthy crunchy food all your life. You’re one healthy snacker.

 

[DryerLintFan]

The sneaks qualified to get in and then brought the paperwork home We had to go to a meeting to make it official

I did this kind of stuff as a teenager too. At one point I even signed up to go on a class trip to France, worked all summer to raise money for it but only made just over half of the cost, and *then* told my parents that I signed up when the payment was due in full. They had roughly a week to scramble to come up with the funds or I'd lose my deposit money and not be able to go. I'm not sure how they did it but I'm still really grateful and I ended up taking my mother to Paris for her birthday a few years ago to make up for it. I grew up into a very responsible adult somehow, too!

It was completely inconsiderate for him to do that to you, but I'm sure he's grateful.

 

[Gabe1]

And then I took the fast food quiz to see where I was from. Hmpf I moved again. Thinking I should be living somewhere West.

http://www.magiquiz.com/quiz/take-this-fast-food-quiz-and-well-guess-where-you-live/9/

The southwest has got it all! Whether you want tacos, burgers, or BBQ, you can have your choice of the finest in fast food cuisine any day of the week.

With the hot weather, who wants to cook, anyway?

 

[Gabe1]

Stifle and seek help! or at least just stifle and let the rest of us enjoy summerView attachment 209321

^^^^
This and that is so pretty

 

[Gabe1]

Yep, for some reason, I have always liked most of this series of movies. They were just done so well.

I read the books first. I was pretty young. Everyone was talking about the Godfather and I loved my Godfather I don't know if my Mom read them when they just came out or later but when she finished I sticky fingers took the book. I know I wasn't a teen yet, I was pretty darn little, but Mom didn't miss it she was done.

Must say it held my attention but there was sooooo much that just flew right over my head and I just kept on reading. When I was older I saw the movie and I was shocked with myself. I didn't remember all that Went back and reread the original. Yep most of it was in there, just didn't know what some of all that was. No harm no foul I guess.

 

[donaldtoo]

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[donaldtoo]

Our HOA won't allow us to have fully blooming dandelions .

Sympathy like.
I don't let them grow in the front yard, but, the back yard.......

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I just read my DD @ajrwdwgirl toilet post. Wonder if her inlaw family is related to my Inlaw family. We don't do gatherings anymore. Depending on who it is maybe a wedding. So done with all that. My one SIL on that side of the family is mean, a (w)itch, bossy and delegates everything 'cause she always deemed herself more of a hostess than a worker bee. Witchy lady would even instruct others over the years to Go Change His/Her Diaper. She had 3 kids and mostly the last 3 born unto that Inlaw side. Trust me she did figure out I never followed her Diaper orders. And they were orders she barked out about everything, fix his plate, load the dishwasher, pick that up, he's going to spill that...Crazy lady they were her kids. I took care of my own.

In laws are something else.

 

[donaldtoo]

A few pics from today.

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I just noticed something in those pics...
Since when are male CMs allowed to grow a beard like the CM in the 7th pic down...?
I know in recent years male CMs were allowed to grow mustaches, as long as they were kept well trimmed and didn't grow down the sides of your mouth or over your lip. But, when did they start allowing beards...especially that dudes scruffy looking thing...?

 

[donaldtoo]

Yesterday, i used my Weber (charcoal) grill for the first time this season. Bought a big cowboy steak at the butcher shop, grilled it up, and hubs and I devoured it. Also bought twice cooked potatoes (topped with cheese and bacon bits--the butcher shop makes those) and cooked them up in the oven.

No bone for the doggie, though. When we've given him a steak bone in the past, it doubled as a toy and also something for him to chew on. He likes to run around with it in his mouth, and then chucks it on the hardwood floor -- outside our bedroom -- at like, 2:00 AM . . . No more bones for the dog! (We give him a little piece of the steak, instead, in his food bowl.)

That steak and taters sounds YUM-O-LICIOUS!!!

In regards to Jack...

 

[donaldtoo]

I struggled a lot with reading as a kid. I'm a pretty slow reader and I can't skim. I have to read every word or I can't make sense of it. I LOVE to read now, but I hated it back in school because it took me so long and tired me out. I was great with grammar, but terrible with reading. I'm glad my kids don't have that problem. I was worried they'd inherit that from me.

I'm similar. I can read pretty fast, but my comprehension doesn't always keep up, so I find myself going back and rereading stuff to make sure I got it as best as I feel I can.
Happens here too, so couple that with the fact that I'm such a slow typer, and it's one of the reasons I'm always so far behind here...

 

[Gabe1]

I did this kind of stuff as a teenager too. At one point I even signed up to go on a class trip to France, worked all summer to raise money for it but only made just over half of the cost, and *then* told my parents that I signed up when the payment was due in full. They had roughly a week to scramble to come up with the funds or I'd lose my deposit money and not be able to go. I'm not sure how they did it but I'm still really grateful and I ended up taking my mother to Paris for her birthday a few years ago to make up for it. I grew up into a very responsible adult somehow, too!

It was completely inconsiderate for him to do that to you, but I'm sure he's grateful.

Oy. That was so wrong on so many levels. Minors and contracts don't hold up in court often, especially with a business happening in a school system. Our board would have had the 'heads' of both the sponsor and the travel company would have likely been tossed from doing business with the district. A minor entering a contract has the right to void such contract at any time. You would have gotten your deposit back as it wasn't a contract with a parent or guardian and they went around the parent to allow a child to sign and pay on a contract to take a student out of the country. So much is wrong with all that, but happy you were able to go.

 

[donaldtoo]

Awesome! Real books are a specific brand of music book for Jazz. There are "fake books" and I'm not sure why they are called that, but they are books that give you the general chords for jazz pieces and sometimes the text. They are mostly for building repertoire. And of course there are copyrights on the songs, so they can't put in the details...it's just a general outline. I was reading up on it, and the Real Book was called such to set it apart from all the other "fake books". And apparently they were illegally copied originally or something, so they were kept hidden, but now they have permission to use the songs in them.

Oooo...! I need to see about seeking some of those books out! The chords that that particular guitar teacher taught me were unique and something I had pretty much never heard before, at the time I learned them. I couldn't even tell you what the chords are anymore, but, I can still form them and play them. Django Reinhardt had those damaged fingers from a fire, so he had to improvise, but, was still such a crazy-good Jazz musician...!

 

[Gabe1]

I just noticed something in those pics...
Since when are male CMs allowed to grow a beard like the CM in the 7th pic down...?
I know in recent years male CMs were allowed to grow mustaches, as long as they were kept well trimmed and didn't grow down the sides of your mouth or over your lip. But, when did they start allowing beards...especially that dudes scruffy looking thing...?

2000 is the mustache rule

2012 is the answer you are looking for when revised.

Is this the beard you have an issue with?

If it is, it seems to fit the guidelines for hair and facial hair.

 

[donaldtoo]

2012

Interesting.
I was still working at the Disney Store until my last day on Oct. 17, 2013. I remember the home office communication about properly trimmed mustaches being OK, but, as far as I remember, full beards were still not allowed.
Maybe P&R loosened that up before DCP...?

 

[donaldtoo]

Ha! They all do that!!

For some reason, I just now heard Mufasa telling Simba... "Everything you see that the deviled egg filling touches will be yours someday!"...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Pictures for today. Back to animal Kingdom..but First Planet Hollywood pictures. This is the best place to get a burger, and fun too.View attachment 207219
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Shown while playing the Beatle's hit, yellow submarine.





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A couple more special burgers, very big.

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On the big screen and on our table top screen.

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WOW!!!!!
The atmosphere, drinks, and food look awesome...!!!
Looks like a very fun place...!

 

[Cesar R M]

dear god, I only go out for 10 hours and you all managed to make 9 pages of content! XD

I'm busy fixing a computer here.. bleh

 

[Cesar R M]

I just noticed something in those pics...
Since when are male CMs allowed to grow a beard like the CM in the 7th pic down...?
I know in recent years male CMs were allowed to grow mustaches, as long as they were kept well trimmed and didn't grow down the sides of your mouth or over your lip. But, when did they start allowing beards...especially that dudes scruffy looking thing...?

If I remember correctly. Disney changed their policy to support certain faiths, like Sikhs.