The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[donaldtoo]

No kidding! And it sounds like he was EXTREMELY lucky to only have bruises and sprains. (I asked my hubby, and I was right about the translation) I'm guessing the car must not have been going very fast. Still, not a good thing, but as far as getting hit by a car goes, it could have been MUCH worse.

When I was in early elementary school there was a best friend I had. His name was David. We and our moms hung out quite a bit. At one point they moved to a different neighborhood way further away, so we kinda' lost contact. One day my mother got a call from David's mom that David was dead. He had been hit and killed by a car on his street. He was just playing. A neighbor came to his moms door. As she was running towards the scene she said that can't be him because that was not the shirt he was wearing. But, then, she remembered he changed his shirt when he got home from school. Just horrific. Even though we hadn't seen each other in a while, I was sooo very devastated, and the memory has never gone away.
I always wonder what good things David would have done? He was a good friend, and such a good person.
Sorry, some memories, even ones from very long ago, never die...
And, I'm sooooo very glad your friends son is going to be OK...!!!!!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

There’s two newly formed rivers in my yard, feeding into my driveway.

When this happens, the water rushes so fast and gets high.. the pressure of it pushes beneath the garage door. It doesn’t happen often, and the most frustrating part is I just had 2 new drains, a larger one in the driveway and another one in the grass put in..to prevent it!! This is the first time it has happened since.

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I pushed the water back away from the garage, so that part has receded now.. still raining though, I’m going to keep checking on it.

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Yikes! Are you at the bottom of a hill? We have had rain on and off, mostly on, since Thursday. A creek near our house is getting close to being the same height as a main road. Luckily we are at the top of a hill, so we never flood, unless a pipe bursts. Hope all is better now and that you dry out a little.

 

[donaldtoo]

We love that movie so much that we bought it. Love the Michael Bolton scene with the two Bobs.

Same here...!!!!!
Plus, much of it was filmed in Dallas and Austin...!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

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She loved the dollhouse

That is awesome!! She looks thrilled to pieces.

 

[21stamps]

Yikes! Are you at the bottom of a hill? We have had rain on and off, mostly on, since Thursday. A creek near our house is getting close to being the same height as a main road. Luckily we are at the top of a hill, so we never flood, unless a pipe bursts. Hope all is better now and that you dry out a little.

We saw so much flooding today.. much worse than yesterday. Luckily I haven’t had a repeat of water invasion into my garage!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

^^^This. It will be at least 900 or so days before we can think about going back

Sympathy like.

 

[21stamps]

Oh, @MySmallWorldof4 We were headed to Cold Stone and I thought about your photo the other day.. asked kiddo if he wanted Orange Leaf instead. We decided to go for some froyo..

Guess which one is his




Next time I’m going to be in charge of portion control!!!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

When I was in early elementary school there was a best friend I had. His name was David. We and our moms hung out quite a bit. At one point they moved to a different neighborhood way further away, so we kinda' lost contact. One day my mother got a call from David's mom that David was dead. He had been hit and killed by a car on his street. He was just playing. A neighbor came to his moms door. As she was running towards the scene she said that can't be him because that was not the shirt he was wearing. But, then, she remembered he changed his shirt when he got home from school. Just horrific. Even though we hadn't seen each other in a while, I was sooo very devastated, and the memory has never gone away.
I always wonder what good things David would have done? He was a good friend, and such a good person.
Sorry, some memories, even ones from very long ago, never die...
And, I'm sooooo very glad your friends son is going to be OK...!!!!!

Such a sad story, it is so nice that you remember him fondly though.

 

[donaldtoo]

Such a sad story, it is so nice that you remember him fondly though.

Thank you.
Sorry for the sadness. As long ago as it happened, it has always affected me deeply.
Sorry, again. I don't think I've shared that here before.
Thanks, agsin.

 

[21stamps]

Apologies for all of the photos today.. but here’s a few that I took after leaving soccer this afternoon.

These are right at the Indiana/Ohio border. So sad. There was police everywhere trying to pump water out of people’s houses, and several street closings. We got out of the car and walked for a bit. I feel terrible for everyone who’s homes are covered in water.


A baseball field underwater..


Flooded street, notice the boat and kayakers..

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

My best friend is pediatric oncology nurse with a couple dozen different scrub tops. Her philosophy is a top with recognizable characters or holiday scenes brings a little less stress to the treatment the child is getting.

It takes a special kind of person to do that job. Kudos to your friend.

 

[DryerLintFan]

Apologies for all of the photos today.. but here’s a few that I took after leaving soccer this afternoon.

These are right at the Indiana/Ohio border. So sad. There was police everywhere trying to pump water out of people’s houses, and several street closings. We got out of the car and walked for a bit. I feel terrible for everyone who’s homes are covered in water.


A baseball field underwater..
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Flooded street, notice the boat and kayakers..

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Post lots of pictures!! This is so crazy!

 

[21stamps]

Post lots of pictures!! This is so crazy!

These aren’t mine, although I did take a few at this park a couple of days ago.. Anyway, a friend took the below photos and posted on FB. The building in the top photos is a restroom/vending machine building. To the left is the playground.

These were taken yesterday afternoon and today, same exact spot.

This may give you an idea of how hard it rained last night!

 

[donaldtoo]

Makes me wonder about Golden Oak

Rotted Oak...?!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Thank you.
Sorry for the sadness. As long ago as it happened, it has always affected me deeply.
Sorry, again. I don't think I've shared that here before.
Thanks, agsin.

No need for sorry's.

 

[donaldtoo]

It is red on my tablet. This one is pink

Same here on my iPhone 6s...red and pink, respectively...!

 

[donaldtoo]

I kinda love his thinking on this!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I’ve never been to a Disney Waterpark...unless River Country counts.
I don’t know if I’ll ever actually make it to one, but I am planning on Volcano Bay eventually.

We do love waterslides and watercoasters!

T would love the wave pool at TL!

 

[donaldtoo]

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

You, obviously, didn't take a close look at the size a' that "quaint" lunch, did ya'...?!?!?!

 

[21stamps]

T would love the wave pool at TL!

I’m sure he would! I’ve just always viewed it as a waste of money for us.. we have passes to a great waterpark near our house, we spend a lot of time there over the summer.

The theming at Disney parks does look amazing in photos that I’ve seen!