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Gabe1

Gabe1

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MinnieM123 said:
Yah, it is all confusing. A few months ago, I had different bags that clearly stated Made in Mexico. These newer bags (although different candy) now say Mfg. in Mexico, and the printing is more discreet. I figure there's a distinction somewhere, but I doubt we'll ever get to the bottom of this! ;) I'll just continue my lifelong pattern: see chocolate, open mouth, devour!! :p
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I was in Target and if anyone was watching me boy they must have been laughing. I did find a pattern though. It seems with all the bags I looked at all of the candy manufactured in Canada and Mexico was the novelty candies for the holiday or spring line, with about half of it being manufactured in the USA. I moved over to the regular candy area and all the Hersey stuff was manufactured in the USA. The one item that I did find from their year round area was those zip lock bags of mini pencil eraser sized peanut butter cuplets. That was from Mexico.
 
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Gabe1

Gabe1

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donaldtoo said:
Somewhat. ;)
Although, interior design is not my specialty, it's definitely a part of what I have to take into consideration in the overall big picture. :)
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My DH is terrible at interior design. He has that math grid mind, it fits here that fits there. He can't wrap his brain around if it looks good or not. When we are going out somewhere nice, I pick out his clothes. He is color blind and misses that idea of too casual or too dressy thing too. Over the years he just asks what he is wearing.

But when it comes to building and assembling stuff He and my DD are the go to peeps.
 
donaldtoo

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MinnieM123 said:
All I know is that it was on last weekend, but I don't know the "original" air date. However, if you Google his show, I think I saw that it mentioned he started off his final season with that big festival (that I had mentioned to you recently) in Austin; and I think he was down there during some of that--so that would be recently. Anyway, on the Travel Channel web site, I think they have all the episodes and I think that maybe you could see the original air date if you clicked on his visit to Austin.

Oh, one of the food selections was a bunch of shellfish (some local type of shellfish that's common down there) that they cooked together with ears of corn and man, did that ever look tasty!!
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Ahhh, Thanks! :)
If it's his final season and he was here for SXSW, then it's recent.
Hope they rerun it soon. If not, I'm sure I'll be able to find it somewhere on the interwebs. :)

That last part sounds like a mudbug/crawfish boil. Although not recently, we've done those a few times over the years, as well. :hungry: :)
 
StarWarsGirl

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Today was the last day of ice skating class. :( It was sad. But at the end of class, they said that we could stay on the ice for additional time if we wanted to. I stayed along with the lone guy in the class. He left after a few minutes, and then I had the ice 100% to myself. I enjoyed it. Probably will never get an empty rink to myself again.

Also bonus, now my day starts at 1:30.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Gabe1 said:
My DH is terrible at interior design. He has that math grid mind, it fits here that fits there. He can't wrap his brain around if it looks good or not. When we are going out somewhere nice, I pick out his clothes. He is color blind and misses that idea of too casual or too dressy thing too. Over the years he just asks what he is wearing.

But when it comes to building and assembling stuff He and my DD are the go to peeps.
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Yep, we all have our strengths and weaknesses. Being able to recognize the difference, acknowledge them, and adjust accordingly, is key in life. :)
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

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I was in Target and if anyone was watching me boy they must have been laughing. I did find a pattern though. It seems with all the bags I looked at all of the candy manufactured in China and Mexico was the novelty candies for the holiday or spring line, with about half of it being manufactured in the USA. I moved over to the regular candy area and all the Hersey stuff was manufactured in the USA. The one item that I did find from their year round area was those zip lock bags of mini pencil eraser sized peanut butter cuplets. That was from Mexico.
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Actually, that last bag there was manufactured in Canada.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Gabe1 said:
I did the QS this time and payed out of pocket the sit down services we did. Even that is over priced for my appetite as was the regular DP we have done many times. I walk the parks with a resealable Coke or Water Bottle so I really on QS don't need a beverage with my meal. What really jacked up the price was the dessert with QS. With a few good exceptions i.e. Seasons @ Epcot and Contempo @ the Contemporary I would never buy the desserts I have the choice of. I'm not a big dessert eater and if I am going to indulge it is going to be from any of the little kiosks or shops that have yummy stuff not a cookie or prepackage brownies, so called key lime pie etc.

I have been on the dining plan for years now only because of the family CM discount. What my family has always gotten our moneys worth out of is the refill mug for decades. Just the coffee and tea alone did it for me and it was convenient at the resort not digging for money for my kids to go get something to drink while at pool as they got older. I think the DP is more a preplanned budget thing for families. It is paid for by the time you are ordering and leaves the stress of the expensive food prices out of your mind. Gift cards bought in advance would also do the same thing if the people you are handing them too are responsible.
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Yep, of course, the Disney gift card was something we used to get asked about all the time at The Disney Store. "What can it be used for?" At the time the answer was... "Pretty much everything, except Rainforest Café..." and there was one other eatery that, for the life of me, I can't remember right now. :confused:
When I was a CM there, if I remember correctly, it could be loaded with anywhere between $5-$1500.
I think, at some point, the minimum went up to $15. :)
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Eric1955 said:
Yes, I think English food is great. I don't understand the bad rap it gets. Although, I have been told my taste in food is very bland.

Marmite is definitely an acquired taste. The first time I ate it I thought it was the most disgusting thing. The second time it wasn't that bad. The third time it actually started to taste good. Now I love it.
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One of the partners at the office (actually, the one who gave me my review today) and his family went to England and France (mainly London and some Paris) over spring break. He said the English/British food was awesome!
This, comin' from a native Texan that has eaten tons of BBQ, Tex-Mex, Asian, Italian, etc., over his lifetime.
Maybe it was the fact that they've never really had it before, but, they just loved it...! :)
 
Eric1955

Eric1955

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donaldtoo said:
One of the partners at the office (actually, the one who gave me my review today) and his family went to England and France (mainly London and some Paris) over spring break. He said the English/British food was awesome!
This, comin' from a native Texan that has eaten tons of BBQ, Tex-Mex, Asian, Italian, etc., over his lifetime.
Maybe it was the fact that they've never really had it before, but, they just loved it...! :)
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Lucky! I want a vacation to England. :(
 

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