The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Eric1955]

Special liquor infused strawberries.

I could totally go for this. In moderation of course

 

[Gabe1]

Would love to live somewhere in Europe one day. Never been though. I want to go badly but life keeps getting in the way.

I think I would like living in England. I describe myself as a 21st century Loyalist. God save the Queen!

Matching bookends!

 

[donaldtoo]

If she was on her tablet gotta hate autocorrect.

Ahhh, thanks, that's it!
I always get autospell and correct check mixed up.
Wait............

 

[StarWarsGirl]

My mom was the only one of her three sisters to be born in Canada, but spent her childhood in England.
I have lots of family there, but have yet to visit.

My last name is British and supposedly my family on my father's side came from England. Not sure how far back that was though. I don't know much about my family on my father's side.

I feel so uncultured around all of you...

Parents: American
Grandparents: American
Great Grandparents: one Native American and the rest...American.

 

[donaldtoo]

I could totally go for this. In moderation of course

To heck with the moderation...
STRAWBERRY SHOTS!!!!!!!

 

[Eric1955]

If she was on her tablet gotta hate autocorrect.

Ugh! Autocorrect can be so annoying. One time it changed a text of mine from wrapped to raped. That was awkward.

 

[JenniferS]

I never got into that show, but, I definitely loved the movie "Office Space".

Not the same. Not even similar.
You should try the t.v. show. It was very well done.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

He did the best he could to provide for all of you, with the money he had to spend. That's what matters, and I'm sure all four of you turned out fine.

I'm thinking we did. One of us is an activities coodinator for a senior assisted living complex, one is a manager for a major entertainment venue, one is a manager for a government contractor and I've been in the restaurant business for almost thirty years.

 

[Gabe1]

Of course, European architecture I love

Very similar architecture to a chunk of the Mag Mile near the lakefront area-Chicago
Easier to move here.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Well, we know one did!

Thank you too.

 

[JenniferS]

I feel so uncultured around all of you...

Parents: American
Grandparents: American
Great Grandparents: one Native American and the rest...American.

My dad was born in Germany, after the war, in an old internment camp.
My Dida had been captured as a POW - Ukrainian, fighting for the Russian army.
My Baba was a Pole, marched into Germany in the middle of the night, and put into forced labour.

My dad was literally a DP, WOP - displaced person, without papers.
He entered Canada with a birth certificate/baptismal papers, signed only by the priest. No legal gov't docs to speak of.

 

[JenniferS]

That wall colour looks very similar to the accent wall in my bedroom.
Me like.

 

[Gabe1]

If we're going to talk European architecture I have to say I absolutely adore Westminster Abbey. I have got to see it one day. The history in that building is just incredible.
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So pretty. I have a thing for cathedrals. Got married in one. They lack air-conditioning though. Found that out the hard way.

 

[Eric1955]

I feel so uncultured around all of you...

Parents: American
Grandparents: American
Great Grandparents: one Native American and the rest...American.

On my Mom's side of the family:
My Grandmother's parents were Cajun and German. They could speak English, French, and German.
My Grandfather's parents were Spanish and Italian.

 

[Gabe1]

That wall colour looks very similar to the accent wall in my bedroom.
Me like.

All the walls in my room are that color and the ceiling and woodwork is all snow white.

 

[Gabe1]

Dessert was not ordered.

Including Hubby's two beers:
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I, of course, drank water. (Too cheap to pay $3.00 for two sips of pop.)
$7.06 in tax - outrageous, no?

Can you imagine what that meal would have set you back in WDW at a Table Service?

 

[donaldtoo]

I think it was something about that generation . . . the sloppier the meal, the more they loved it!

The funny thing about my father was that he was very cultured, highly educated, etc., and he could eat at the finest restaurants, with the manners of a perfect gentleman. Yet, he always preferred to just relax at his own kitchen table, and look forward to the various stews, soups, chowders, and other kinds of beef and gravy dishes that my mother used to cook. Sometimes (at home) he'd even lick the plate! He told my mother that he was extending the supreme compliment to her cooking!!

Yep, probably somewhat of a generational thing, although I'll do the same if the dining situation presents. Also, I think it has something to do with my folks coming from very modest farm backgrounds, as well. No waste. Eat and sop up every last bit.

 

[Eric1955]

So pretty. I have a thing for cathedrals. Got married in one. They lack air-conditioning though. Found that out the hard way.

The church I go to is no cathedral but I think it's pretty.

 

[Cesar R M]

We have 13% tax on virtually all goods and services.
Like I said - Universal Health Care may be free ... but it ain't cheap.

16% tax on everything else too.
we got health care as well

 

[Cesar R M]

I'm 47. Close enough.
Prepare the papers.

yeees mooooooooooooooooooooooom.