The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Songbird76]

Its gorgeous!

Interesting that the mountains do not seem very high and the soil seems so white!

No, these aren't really high mountains. But I'm not sure if where we were was actually considered in the Harz range or not. And the white is the plaster stone....or maybe it's chalk? Limestone? I can't find one difinitive answer. Marc called it "Gips steen"...gips is what you call a cast when you break a bone. It's made of plaster, basically...so I looked up plaster, and it says it could be lime, gypsum, or cement. So I'm not really sure what kind of stone it is. We brought a few small pieces home. It's a very powdery rock. But that's what the white is. I should have taken a picture of the ground up at the top of the hill. It's a farm there, and you could see exactly where the land had been plowed, it was peppered with this little white pebbles everywhere. It makes me wonder how anything grows there!! It's not soil at all, it's rock!

 

[21stamps]

Google says wasps have stingers, so they do in fact sting.

When I was 7, I got stung on my first trip to Hilton Head. I screamed and was hysterical. My mom had to slap me to get me to stop screaming.

Hence why I am wasp-phobic now.

I got stung by a wasp when I was around 8 or 9, in my mouth. You’re too young to have experienced the following, but back when I was a kid- No One cared about our health.

So anyway, after sports games the team drinks were soda cans. I had a can of Sunkist, set it down for a second, then picked it back up to drink. A wasp had decided to fly in while the can was sitting. Stung 3 Times on the inside of my lip. That shiznit HURT. I’m still mentally scarred from it.

 

[Songbird76]

FEAR THE FLUFF!View attachment 282620 INDEED.

Oh isn't he GORGEOUS!! I've always loved that breed of dog!! One of the teachers in my elementary school bred them and she did dog training. I always thought they were the most beautiful dogs!

 

[21stamps]

FEAR THE FLUFF!View attachment 282620 INDEED.

Is this yours??? Gorgeous!!!

 

[Songbird76]

Ok guys, just got our tournament schedule..

First of all, I am SO EXCITED to finally be in a big tournament like this. The crazy soccer mom in me is probably even more excited than my kid, the one of us who’s actually playing... but, he is super excited too.

So, now for the “how the heck are we going to do this” part,

We have 7 days of sports this week. Also baseball game tomorrow and Friday afternoon- make up games. Combined with all of the normal practices - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Saturday- 2 soccer games, 1 baseball game within an hour of second soccer game ending.
Sunday- 1 soccer game to start..possible second soccer game if we make it to the finals.

It will be an early bedtime for us on Friday.. and Saturday.

Oh my, I bet he's going to be a tired little man at the end of all that!! Best of luck for all the games! Hopefully you aren't the only ones who have been hindered by the weather and you are all on an even playing field!!

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

Yup @dryerlintfan , The photos of "handsome men in uniform" were few and far between. There WAS a photo posted by me of a soldier eating his lunch on top of a helicopter. Did you see that one? I don't know if he was/is handsome. Just seemed hungry
We have photos of my wife next to military personnel, but I don't post photos that include the faces of my daughter or my wife.

 

[21stamps]

Oh my, I bet he's going to be a tired little man at the end of all that!! Best of luck for all the games! Hopefully you aren't the only ones who have been hindered by the weather and you are all on an even playing field!!

At least we probably won’t get into an argument about bedtime.

Thanks! I hope so too. We’ve had 4 games so far and I know we’ve won at least 3. Yesterday at our first game we won 11-3. We missed the second game due to First Communion, I haven’t yet checked the website to see if they won, I’m hoping they did.
The boys play well together, I think they should do great in the tourney. We’ll see.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

For @MySmallWorldof4

I want to watch this now and I can't!! Have to drop a kid off at gymnastics.

 

[Cesar R M]

Oh isn't he GORGEOUS!! I've always loved that breed of dog!! One of the teachers in my elementary school bred them and she did dog training. I always thought they were the most beautiful dogs!

Really? prepare to die of overfluffiness!

 

[Cesar R M]

Is this yours??? Gorgeous!!!

nope, no pets

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I got stung by a wasp when I was around 8 or 9, in my mouth. You’re too young to have experienced the following, but back when I was a kid- No One cared about our health.

So anyway, after sports games the team drinks were soda cans. I had a can of Sunkist, set it down for a second, then picked it back up to drink. A wasp had decided to fly in while the can was sitting. Stung 3 Times on the inside of my lip. That shiznit HURT. I’m still mentally scarred from it.

I cannot like that at all. That totally would totally scar me forever as well. First day of 9th grade, I was in the schoolyard and a bee landed on my lip. My gut reaction was to smack it. I don't know how I did it, but somehow I hit it hard enough to have killed it cause it landed on the concrete dead. I also cannot believe I did not get stung.

 

[93boomer]

@93boomer I just looked at the weather forecast for Disney and it looks like you will have gorgeous weather for the rest of this week.

Thank you! It is gorgeous!!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Really? prepare to die of overfluffiness!

If they would only stay that little.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

nope, no pets

Sympathy like. At least you have your cute photos of them.

 

[MinnieM123]

I had a set of three cortisone shots in my hip area last fall. Didn't help at all.

They do help most people, but there are some that they just don't work on. Another issue is that the doctor has to be careful to inject exactly the site that you need--yes, it can be that specific.

 

[MinnieM123]

What is it about hospitals and car accidents?

Easy income for the hospital.

 

[MinnieM123]

A sprinkler system pipe burst and flooded Level 9 in ankle deep water and the water got into 50 rooms. All the people were moved to empty rooms, handicapped rooms and spa suites. Those affected were refunded their cruise cost, given 50% off a future cruise and if they really wanted to fly home from Cozumel they could for free. Only 2 people did.

In six hours they fixed the pipe, got rid of the water and all the wet carpet. Passengers could return to their room or stay where they were relocated. I would stay in my spa suite! It was handled so well most of the cruisers never knew it happened.

I also heard on the news this morning that not only did they get up the old carpet, but had new carpet put in the same day?!

 

[MinnieM123]

nope, no pets

This is not right. You would be a great pet parent, because you love animals. I hope you go out and buy yourself a dog or cat.

 

[21stamps]

They do help most people, but there are some that they just don't work on. Another issue is that the doctor has to be careful to inject exactly the site that you need--yes, it can be that specific.

I have recurring planters fasciitis for the past 3 years. It was really bad in the beginning, and I refused to give up running or high heels at that time. I was offered a cortisone shot for each foot, but declined after hearing the risks. It’s fine for my wrist, but it doesn’t sound worth it for the low success rate for feet, or the chance of permanent harm if they inject the wrong spot.

 

[21stamps]

I cannot like that at all. That totally would totally scar me forever as well. First day of 9th grade, I was in the schoolyard and a bee landed on my lip. My gut reaction was to smack it. I don't know how I did it, but somehow I hit it hard enough to have killed it cause it landed on the concrete dead. I also cannot believe I did not get stung.

Wow! Glad you didn’t get stung!

I double and triple check any drink that I have outside ever since that event happened to me.