The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[ajrwdwgirl]

I feel bad for the both of you. That's 2 days of your lives, that neither one of you will ever get back!

Thanks! But I'm just trying to push them out of my mind again until the next time I have to see them. A week from today I will be in Disney World!

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

at least diners have heat

@figmentfan423......what state do you hail from?

 

[donaldtoo]

Thank you. She'll be in the hospital for another couple days, and then will have to spend 4-6 weeks in a nursing home to receive physical therapy.

Sorry, still behind here.
Hope she is making a speedy recovery.

 

[Princess Leia]

Sorry, still behind here.
Hope she is making a speedy recovery.

She's doing pretty alright given the circumstances I baked her a mini sour cherry pie today (picked the cherries yesterday) to help her regain her strength.

 

[Gabe1]

He was probably conditioned to their behavior, all the time that he was growing up with them. His defense mechanism was probably just tuning them out. You're an outsider (in a sense) to his family, because you didn't grow up with them. So you could see that the women (his siblings) were lunatics, right off the bat!

Family dynamics are tough to deal with, let alone even try to figure out. He's between a rock and a hard place with those gals. He probably does the minimum around them, just to keep in touch with the family. The more people I know, the more I find it difficult to find people whose family is not, in some way, dysfunctional !!

^^^
This

Did you ever not my signature? There use to be two, somewhere along it fell off. It read....

Friends are God's way of apologizing for our families.

I always kinda liked it. Rang kinda true, we are cyber friends and we tell each other things, sound off about life...things we normally wouldn't say to much of our family members.

 

[Cesar R M]

Hate the heat, hate the heat, hate the heat . . .

Stayed inside at work today--went outside for 2 minutes at lunch time, and walked right back in. We have another day of this stinking heat spell, too.

we're getting toasty here, thank god its been mostly cloudy.
Hopefully we will start getting our first rains D:

 

[StarWarsGirl]

It was her and her parents. Basically they thought that she should be getting more money than she did. They thought every check should be at least $100 and if it was less they were all like, why didn't so and so give more because they can afford it or why wouldn't so and so give you more money we are such good friends. Keep in mind the parents are both engineers and make boatloads of money. The grad girl, I think started to realize how petty it was, and mentioned how bad they were being and she didn't make many more comments, but I had enough and escaped. I don't care if someone gives me a small Dollar Store gift, it is the thought that counts.

Hubby likes to keep the peace with these people and his parents have passed away a long time ago. But I think he is finally realizing how his sisters are.

They are so ridiculous. I found that most people, when I graduated high school, gave around $50 in cash or gift cards. My uncle gave me a gold coin and a set of vintage Star Wars cards. My grandma gave me $500, plus gifts (and this is really sad, but I was her first grandchild to graduate high school with a diploma, on time...and I have three older cousins. So she was excited). My long time friend's grandparents, who are like adoptive grandparents for me, gave me a bunch or stuff. Then there were those who could only give a card.

So yes, it's completely ridiculous to expect everyone to give $100. Just...silly.

 

[donaldtoo]

I escaped Catholic school only because our local schools were so highly rated that my parents couldn't afford both catholic school and extra courses in STEM but I did have to go to CCD which wasn't so bad because it was on Sunday morning instead of after school like the next parish over. I never got hit but one kid in my year seemed to get whacked at least twice a month for talking back and swearing, hitting was no longer allowed after 3rd grade where I lived, he spent many days in the hall after that.

When we first moved to No Cal back in the day I was just starting school. My folks wanted to put me in Catholic school, but, the closest one was too far away, there was no bus service, and we only had one car at the time. So, public school it was. Myself and all of my siblings only ever attended public school.
My moms hometown had both a public school and a Catholic school. Her and her 5 siblings went to and graduated from the Catholic school.
My pop and 2 of his brothers (the third brother was born mentally retarded - he was deprived of adequate oxygen at one point during his birth - and he passed at the state school in his early 30's. They were all born on the farm, as was my mom and all of her sibs) went to public school. The town is very small, so they never had a Catholic school.
All 3 of my youngest brothers kiddos are/were at a Catholic school through 8th grade. That's as far as they teach at that particular school. The oldest is going to be a junior at the public high school and their middle child will be a freshman. The youngest child is still at the Catholic school and, I believe, will be in 5th grade.
All 3 of our kiddos went to, and graduated from public school.

ETA...
I, and all 3 of our kiddos were all in CCD.
DWifey was raised Lutheran and also attended religious education. She converted to Catholisism shortly after we were married.
We both actually taught CCD together at our parish on Sunday mornings before the kiddos started grade school. DWifey continued to teach in the evenings through grade school.

 

[Gabe1]

Hubby likes to keep the peace with these people and his parents have passed away a long time ago. But I think he is finally realizing how his sisters are.

Yes, the problem still remains even after you have that brick of reality slap ya upside the head, the problem people are still there, not going anywhere and it isn't like having a conversation fixes dumb. I've found the dumb turn it around and blame everyone else for their dumb. And ya can't fix dumb.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Happy pride! Unless you're not into that kind of thing. In which case....errr....happy colorful surfboards on the beach.

 

[donaldtoo]

She's doing pretty alright given the circumstances I baked her a mini sour cherry pie today (picked the cherries yesterday) to help her regain her strength.

Glad to hear she is doing pretty good!
Continued prayers and Pixie Dust for her speedy recovery...!

 

[donaldtoo]

Happy dance time the last dance of the year was last night

Sounds to me like it was the next day...!

 

[donaldtoo]

Not close enough to Disneyworld.How about this one ?
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Too crowded...!

 

[donaldtoo]

Commute was about the same--long. And the traffic is always heavy, in and around the city for miles. Waaaayyy too many vehicles on the roads here. Depending upon what route I take (bus to train, or just the express bus only, up the highway), it always takes me anywhere from 70 - 90 minutes.

Sympathy like.
My commute to or from the office generally takes about 30-45 mins., depending on the time I leave, and the time of year. With school being out, the drive in is definitely quicker. The drive home is generally a little quicker.
But, as I posted last week, we had those big storms that one day for 2 straight hours before I left the office. I left at about 6:30 and didn't get home 'til about 8.
It would have probably been 8:30 or later if I hadn't noticed from an overpass that another side highway looked clear. I was prepared to go all the way north to catch a different main highway (because my country back road was flooded out) with all the other lemmings. I went up to the next crossover and headed back a few hundred yards south to get on that clear highway. Once I got on it, I was home in 10 mins.

 

[donaldtoo]

In my times that I quoted for the commutes, it also includes the walking time, to and from public transportation.

How long is the walk to/from your closest public transportation point?

 

[donaldtoo]

That sounds like such a wonderful way to spend the 4th. I haven't been in Boston for it since I was a kid and that was only once Last time I was there I did a walking tour of the historic area and it was worth every penny we got a great guide. I'm sure a self guided one would also be great.

You did a "walking tour" and survived...?!?!?!
I AM impressed...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Actually, no, I don't. I use it for catching up on my brain dead time. Many people are on their phones, or tablets, laptops, or reading a book or newspaper. I prefer nothing cerebral during the commutes. Blank staring at nothing is good, and I kinda look like this; I also prefer the seat to myself, please --

Hahaaa...!
Maybe I'll be able to do that in my future self-driving car...!

 

[donaldtoo]

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Do you know where this is?
If I zoom in, I can see what looks like an arched bridge terminating in a building in the middle upper left-ish of the pic.

 

[Gabe1]

If hubs hadn't shown up for this graduation he would have been in deep poo with his sisters. They treat him like dirt but expect him to leap hurdles for them. It is very frustrating but until their kids grow up it is a part of life. Luckily the distance means that we don't have to see them very often.

Yeah. About 10 years ago I stopped going to inlaw events minus weddings, showers, MIL 90th and Funerals. These people had things going always, very cult-ie MIL the grand matriarch. She even drove my FIL batty that would have been happier reading his newspaper. Miss that dude. RIP A good guy.

 

[donaldtoo]

OK gang, I'm out...!
Y'all be cool...!!!
Laterrrrrrrrrrr...!!!!!