The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Songbird76 said:
Ah, I have some friends there and my brother lives in Laramie, which is only an hour away. I prefer Laramie, with the mountains right there, and the University with all its cultural and sporting events, but Cheyenne has its own charm and conveniences.
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I know nothing about the area, but, it sounds nice!
She was born in Minot, ND, and I know that she went to Charles M. Russell HS when her pop was stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, MT.
He was also stationed at Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden, Germany for a while, as well as Ramstein AB in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
And, that's all I know about that...! ;) :)
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Dead2009 said:
Today's kids in school have it easy. Winter storm warning was announced yesterday and everything closed. It's almost 7:30 in the morning and there's nothing on the ground. I dont even see flurries. Not to sound old, but when I was in high school....we had to go regardless of what it was doing. No heat? Had to show up anyway. No AC? Turn some fans on and open the windows. You had to hope and pray that the school system would think about shutting down. Now? All you have to hear is the slightest threat of snow or ice and they lose their minds. Then it ends up doing nothing but raining.
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I think it has to do with safety/well-being. It's just like car-seats, seat belts, etc....so many incidents, they have to put new regulations in place to protect the vulnerable. I mean, you shouldn't HAVE to tell people that coffee is hot, so be careful, or that a knife is sharp. But if you don't, and someone gets hurt, they can sue you and say they didn't know it was going to be dangerous. And on the other hand, people will do whatever they can get away with...if you don't restrict them from making kids sit in a freezing school building with no heat, some will put the kids at risk so they don't have to make up days at the end of the year. When I was in school, we were at a speech meet on the other end of the state, the weather turned bad and we asked if we could stay overnight and the principal said no, we had to come home. One of the girls got food poisoning and we landed in the ER....still, the principal told us we had to come home. He put us in severe danger....we had to go through a mountain pass in a blizzard and they closed the road right behind us..they had already been advising no unnecessary travel, but the principal refused to approve money for hotel rooms for us, so we had to come home. If something had happened to us, he would have been in hot water. It was all to save money. These days, I would hope that wouldn't fly. But those are the kinds of things that are catalysts for change...kids today benefit from all the things in the past that people complained about and that are no longer acceptable. Schools are forced to put the kids' safety first now.
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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Cesar R M said:
I'm still wondering why they do not use biodegradable plastics.
The paper straws might degrade faster, but they taste awful and their texture gives me the jeebez.
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I got some reusable straws the other day for our disney trip. They are metal and came with a cleaning brush. We'll be able to just rinse them out after each use, and wash them in our hotel sink each night. Not as convenient as plastic straws, but better than the paper ones that disolve in your drink!
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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donaldtoo said:
I know nothing about the area, but, it sounds nice!
She was born in Minot, ND, and I know that she went to Charles M. Russell HS when her pop was stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, MT.
He was also stationed at Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden, Germany for a while, as well as Ramstein AB in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
And, that's all I know about that...! ;):)
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Yikes...Minot, ND. One of my high school classmates moved there when her husband got transferred. It's definitely not her favorite kind of climate, and they were ready to move to Texas, had a house picked out and everything, and then her husband was offered a lot more money to stay where they were....so they did. Her daughter is doing the Disney College Program right now and is LOVING the nice weather.
Laramie/Cheyenne is a really nice area, if you like urban areas that don't have huge populations. Cheyenne and Casper are the 2 largest "cities" in Wyoming, with about 50,000 people each last I knew. Those are the 2 cities with things like a shopping mall, a lot of restaurants, etc. Casper is just in a different part of the state. Laramie and Cheyenne are close together (by Wyoming standards) and it's a really great area for outdoor activity...you're close to the snowy range if you want to go skiing, there are a lot of lakes for fishing, there's Veedauwoo for rock climbing, and hiking, there's medicine bow national forest....so a lot of NATURE. But you've still got all the amenities like a hospital, grocery stores, restaurants, movie theater, etc. A lot of the smaller towns don't have those things and have to go to one of the bigger towns for that. Where I come from, we had to go to Gillette if we wanted to go bowling, or to the movies, or roller skating, or just about any other recreational activity besides swimming. And Gillette was 40 miles away. If you wanted to go shopping, you had to go to Casper, which was 75 miles away.
So the Laramie Cheyenne area is kind of ideal in that regard because you don't have to go far to get out of the city and take in some nature, but you also didn't have to travel 40 miles to see a doctor, or 100 miles to get radiation treatment for cancer. I've been thinking a lot about this lately, because DD is thinking she'd love to do an exchange program when she gets older, and I've been thinking about where to send her. I could probably have a friend or family member host her, but I don't know where I'd rather have her be.....in a small town where she could be involved in numerous activities like drama, music, sports, etc, or in a slightly larger area that is more convenient, but where she wouldn't have as many opportunities. The nice thing about my small town was that there wasn't much competition....everyone who wanted to be on the basketball team, could be on the basketball team. You might not play as much, but you'd get the experience. So I was in basketball in junior high, I did cheerleading (that, you actually did have to try out for and only a few made it. But that and the plays were the only things that you didn't get into automatically), speech and debate, German Club, student council, choir, band...I got to do a ton of things that I wouldn't have gotten to do in a larger school. BUT, the trade off was that we didn't have the choices for classes that Gillette kids had, like psychology, Russian, engineering, etc. We only had the very basic stuff.
Anyway...that's a great place to live IF you can handle the weather.
 
SteveBrickNJ

SteveBrickNJ

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Today was our school district's first full day closing of the winter. We've had delayed openings only up until today.
I can't believe as I compose this post it is only approaching 3:30pm. The day has moved so slowly. I watched some tv. Made scrambled eggs and heated english muffins. Read my book.
My daughter has enjoyed the day though. She's either been talking on the phone or snacking on the couch while watching cartoons.
 
Rista1313

Rista1313

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Today’s breakfast a version of eggs Benedict that was a biscuit with a fried green tomato, a poached egg with a tomato sauce and a few shrimps. The other is a chicken with a poached egg, and a pork Tasso sauce. Both were pretty good. But the biscuits were disappointing. Hubby got a flight of pancakes, and we shared.

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After breakfast we went to the casino and I broke even, Scott was down just $10. Not too bad. We then went to the museum of death, and the oldest pharmacy in the U.S. museum. (As I said hubby got to plan the touristy stuff.)

We are going to go to a Mardi Gras museum after our rest.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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Rista1313 said:
Today’s breakfast a version of eggs Benedict that was a biscuit with a fried green tomato, a poached egg with a tomato sauce and a few shrimps. The other is a chicken with a poached egg, and a pork Tasso sauce. Both were pretty good. But the biscuits were disappointing. Hubby got a flight of pancakes, and we shared.

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After breakfast we went to the casino and I broke even, Scott was down just $10. Not too bad. We then went to the museum of death, and the oldest pharmacy in the U.S. museum. (As I said hubby got to plan the touristy stuff.)
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Oh Dear Lord.....I so miss NOLA. SLURP :hungry:
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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Mr Ferret 88 said:
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Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day. Date When Celebrated : Always on February 20. On this winter day, people go out at noon, wave their hands over their heads and chant "Hoodie-Hoo". It is a day to chase away winter blahs, and bring in spring.

Lots of (fun minded teachers) will bring their students outside to do the Hoodie-Hoo at Noon. If you ever see a group it is a hoot. I love when teachers do light hearted fun things with students. It has grown to the adult population now for those who don't want to grow up, much like most of us Disney Fans. :geek:
 

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