The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Figgy1]

Sympathy like.
But, also, hahaaa...!!!
I'm not a growing boy anymore, so it would be a food prep vacation for you...!!!!!

Ha! Today was almost a vacation with only one home due to weather I think we lost Easter vacation. As of now it looks like only Good Friday off

 

[donaldtoo]

Ha! Today was almost a vacation with only one home due to weather I think we lost Easter vacation. As of now it looks like only Good Friday off

Then again, it sounds to me like whether they're home or not, you're still having to provide them with grub...!!!!!

 

[Figgy1]

Then again, it sounds to me like whether they're home or not, you're still having to provide them with grub...!!!!!

After the last couple of days I sent James in with lunch money today First time all year.

 

[donaldtoo]

After the last couple of days I sent James in with lunch money today First time all year.

Oh my!
That's some serious desperation right there...!!!
I can barely remember the last time mom ever gave myself and my two bros lunch money, as opposed to a Breakfast Club Andrew-sized sack/bag lunch...!!!!!!!

 

[Gabe1]

eeeh, I wasnt explictly talking about what DVC is geared up. I mean the financial dependency of Disney Orlando into selling DVC to make their numbers higher than they really are and pretty much making artificial reductions on their hotel capacity. This in return is used to claim the hotel is filled more than they really are and use it as excuse to raise the rack prices even higher.

Gotcha!

 

[Gabe1]

It is not that unusual to walk places but there is also good public transportation for those who prefer it. The Lidl location is easier to walk to than drive, even if I had a car. Parking in London is difficult and expensive so lots of people don't own a car.

Much like the downtown Loop area of Chicago.

 

[Figgy1]

Oh my!
That's some serious desperation right there...!!!
I can barely remember the last time mom ever gave myself and my two bros lunch money, as opposed to a Breakfast Club Andrew-sized sack/bag lunch...!!!!!!!

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Bag lunch how quaint. I have containers so they can take hot food and also have containers so they can take chilled items. My favorite days are when I have to pack both types for them

 

[Gabe1]

It is red on my tablet. This one is pink

How odd is that. I just went back and yep it is black on my screen. This one you just posted is pink.

 

[Gabe1]

Obviously, I must have missed a post explaining the background of your comments above--are you going to take a vacation with kids in the pokey?

Yep. We'll come by you and Stay in The Liberty Hotel aka former Charles Street Jail.

Have to love a prison where the drunk tank is converted to a lounge called the Clink!

Have you ever stayed there?

So cool they even left the catwalks up

 

[Gabe1]

Thnx but nope. Dh made to work and I'll worry about him driving home. Currently 29, frozen over and some more carp coming in. School??? Who knows. Tonight's dinner groundhog and chips

Will it be baked or deep fried?

 

[Gabe1]

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[Gabe1]

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[donaldtoo]

When I was a kid, my father would not let us watch Kung Fu (David Carradine), because he said kung fu was violent. But he didn't realize that the show had so much depth and the monks taught peace and restraint first. It was a great show--watched it years after that in reruns.

I remember watching it sometimes, although, mom and pop were more prone on us all watching things, generally, more lighthearted-ish.
Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Carol Burnet, etc.
And yes, I always got the message that it was restraint before violence.

 

[donaldtoo]

I recall the Legion of Decency too! (My brothers would giggle when they published the movie ratings, and would seek out the (coveted ) "C" categories, and try to sneak into movies with that rating!)

Copied from Wikipedia on Google (below) --

• A: Morally unobjectionable
• B: Morally objectionable in part
• C: Condemned by the Legion of Decency

The A rating was subsequently divided:

• A-I: Suitable for all audiences
• A-II: Suitable for adults; later — after the introduction of A-III — suitable for adults and adolescents
• A-III: Suitable for adults only
• A-IV: For adults with reservations

In 1978, the B and C ratings were combined into a new O rating for "morally offensive" films.

Woof!
Interesting. I was born and raised Catholic and remember absolutely nothing about that legion. A northeastern thing, maybe...?

 

[Gabe1]

I should be able to get out tomorrow It will be raining

Woke up to rain today. Drove to Ohare in Rain. It is still misting. Bored with it all
Mister Groundhog.

 

[Figgy1]

Will it be baked or deep fried?

Deep fried, it hurts more

 

[Figgy1]

Woof!
Interesting. I was born and raised Catholic and remember absolutely nothing about that legion. A northeastern thing, maybe...?

I think it had more to do with the priests. We had one who would drone on forever about it and one who could have cared less and a few in between

 

[Figgy1]

Woke up to rain today. Drove to Ohare in Rain. It is still misting. Bored with it all
Mister Groundhog.

For you

 

[Gabe1]

After the last couple of days I sent James in with lunch money today First time all year.

Nice. Our elementry/middle schools did not provide meals. If a student was 'free' lunch a teacher or aide was stipend to make a dozen sandwiches, put an apple in bag and something else toss it in a brown bag and put in their locker before the students arrived.

By the time they went off to high school (they never overlapped) I was so over packing lunches. With school lunches being subsidized they were dirt cheap. They got $20 a week for lunch. $35 during swim team season as they had breakfast at school. Weights started at 530 am so they were out by 500am.

When they were back from college during summer or graduated I found myself sad as I was making lunches again. Packed a lunch box for DD today as she was off to job #2.

 

[Gabe1]

Bag lunch how quaint. I have containers so they can take hot food and also have containers so they can take chilled items. My favorite days are when I have to pack both types for them

I was able to do that for my DD. DS nope. Containers never ever came back.

My son has to have be on a volunteer committee or more as part of his responsibilities for his department. They tried to place him on the environmental committee. He laughed as told them you likely don't want me on that committee. I eat off paper plates and from paper bowls. I use disposable silverware and use papertowel and paper napkins. They put him on Risk Management instead. Good idea.