The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MinnieM123]

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I see what you did there.

 

[MinnieM123]

A yellow orb poked it's way out and then this happened View attachment 358039 along with some yoga @Sans Souci and @HouCuseChickie. @MySmallWorldof4 I used store bought bias binding for the neck and arm holes, sometimes lazy is good lol

With all the clothes you make, you'll be needing an addition built to your closet!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

@Cesar R M sorry to hear the interview didn't go the way you wanted. I hope something great comes along soon.

 

[MinnieM123]

I know I'm 5 hours and 20 minutes early but View attachment 358045

it's still winter.

 

[MinnieM123]

I know about barter based on what I was told growing up. My mom told me that she took piano lessons when she was growing up in the small city she lived in. I said small city due to it being just over 6,000 people at the time my mom took piano lessons.

The piano teacher was not good at baking bread from scratch, but knew my mom's mom was. The Piano Teacher and the grandma that died before I was born were friends.

The piano teacher wanted fresh loaf of homemade bread as payment for each piano lesson and that what she got based on what my mom told me years ago.

I love this story! Seriously, I'd love to barter once in a while for something specific. Some people also do a half barter (half cash/half services). It's a personal way of interacting with others, with both feeling good about the transaction.

 

[donaldtoo]

My husband is the same way... raw tomatoes, no... everthing else, sauce, ketchup, etc... he's fine.

I love tomatoes...fresh, sun dried, and everything in between...!!!!!
I’ve been known to pop an entire carton of cherry tomatoes like some folks pop grapes...!!!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Cheese (certain types) is one of my favorite foods. Given the choice of cheese over steak, I'd choose cheese, please!

I loooooves me some cheese , but, to me it’s more of a snack, or adornment, or dessert ...!!!
Thus, given the choice between having to pick either cheese or steak, I’m goin’ with the steak...!!!!!



But, there’s also a reason this was invented...!!!!!!!



Sooooo...

 

[Gabe1]

I love cheese even more than bacon.

Agree. But I sooo love Bacon! Bacon! Bacon! too.

 

[Cesar R M]

OH MY.. season 3 of Stranger things is almost here.. also Happy new trailer

 

[donaldtoo]

The car I like is a bit too much money and the dealerships probably won't take too much money off. Toyota Corolla Hatchback

Yep, a bit expensive (as shown) for a compact...



My folks paid $3,700 for this similar setup back in ‘71...



I also remember them paying $5,700 for a brand new full-sized Buick LeSabre back in ‘77.
Not sure since then, but, among a few other vehicles between them, they’ve bought 2 brand new Honda Pilots in the last 6 years.
To see the price increases of new cars over my years has been interesting...

 

[Gabe1]

My husband is the same way... raw tomatoes, no... everthing else, sauce, ketchup, etc... he's fine.

I will pull a beef steak tomato off the vine and eat it like an apple.

I had a female golden that stole my tomatoes off the vine. Further went onto eating a large bowl of fresh tomatoes off my kitchen table leaving me none.

 

[donaldtoo]

I would do swiss and butter as a kid. No mayo.

Something I used to really love (and am now craving again) was braunschweiger on a Kaiser roll with butter and onions...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

Alrighty gang...!



Y’all all be cool...!!!
Laterrrrrrrrrrr...!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gabe1]

The car I like is a bit too much money and the dealerships probably won't take too much money off. Toyota Corolla Hatchback

My son bought a Chevy Cruze for $19,000 that he really loves and it handles well.

His is 4 doors and a trunk as he put it could fit 4 adults with ease. The car holds 5 and is roomy. The rear seats fold down to he can also move things in it.

My DD goal for her Grad School present to her self at the end of the year is a Subaru Forester, in a deep blue. She is leaning towards this make as the 4x4 is standard not an additional option---the ones she has looked at are $22-$23,000

Me, when I stop being a snow bird and immagrate south the vehicle on my bucketlist when I no longer need a truck is to find one of these. So love them.

So pretty.

 

[Gabe1]

I'm exactly the opposite. A high credit card bill will freak me out and then I check my bank account and go, "Okay, not good."

Cash I'm like, "I have it; I shall spend it!" I pay more attention if it comes out of my bank account.

Plus, all of my cards earn cash back, so I don't see the sense in paying cash when I can earn what is essentially free money.

But considering most of my shopping is done online because with Amazon Prime, credit cards are more my speed anyway. I am admittedly spoiled and too lazy to go out hunting for something when I can have it show up at my door. I basically only shop at the grocery store or go to a specific store on the off chance Amazon doesn't have it. I'm single handedly trying to keep them in business. Not that they need any help...

Admittedly I buy a great deal of stuff online and I'm likely going to go to delivery for most food items minus things like produce and meats, those I want to see and pick myself. Just about anything that I can order online I do. My weakness is Target and Malls. I buy things I didn't know I needed. Makes online my safety net.

Clothing I have little luck with, sizes vary way too much. Most are free shipping back but that requires me taking rejects somewhere so I stopped trying for most clothing . Shoes I will at times try on at a brick & mortar or know my size like my Ascics or Under Armour. They run true to size in the styles I order and I can usually get a better price online as I do not require the very latest style release so their are bargains online.

Now if I can only find those pesky Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bars. They are slow to come to this area.

 

[Gabe1]

My little cousin pops cherry tomatoes as if they were M&Ms. I'm not quite as averse to them as you (if they are on a sandwich, I will eat them, but will pick them out of a salad. Or order Caesar) but I find that completely gross.

In the summer months I will buy cherry, grape or my favorites-sweet 100s at Farmers Markets and pour them in a bowl on the counter. I pop them like popcorn. Love them.
Right now that bowl is filled with Easter bite size Dove Chocolates.

 

[Gabe1]

Cheese (certain types) is one of my favorite foods. Given the choice of cheese over steak, I'd choose cheese, please!

As much as I love cheese, a good steak would win. I'd rather settle for a nice finish plate of cheese at the end of a steak meal. Win Win Deliciously.

 

[Gabe1]

They do now though... in the smart phone age... paypal and square have made a plug in card reader that you just plug into your phone, and viola', you can scan cards. But I know what you mean. I usually take cash to knitting conventions as a way to curb my spending.... once I'm out of cash, I'm done shopping!

Our Cash style for the New Millennium.

I'm far from a young Disney traveler, lol. Funny because I started my Disney Travels before Disney World existed, my first trip to Disneyland when I was not yet 2 years old and the addiction remained, no better place for families in my mind.

I go back to the days of Travelers Checks. It was a great system for cash. In our early days I allotted first $100 a day in travelers checks and up'd it to $150 when my kids hit school age and ate more or were no longer free to eat under 3, my kids are 5 years apart so I had wiggle room. Some days we used the $100, some not. We'd cash in the travelers check at lunch time. We often were allotted by Disney Travel Corp free breakfast CS or TS free for September October Travel as we always did.

We never held back on a dessert extra or stands for Dole Whips, Pretzels etc. We were on vacation. But the $100 guideline gave us parameters in our choices. If we did well a few days we'd go to a TS restaurant. One year the Dad had been eye'n an ESPN WDW jacket. He wasn't never a man of extravagant purchases. It was a black leather, the soft kind like well made gloves, jacket embroidered very tactfully with WDW also. He eyed it multiple times over the two weeks. $300. The day before our trip ended we were well ahead of my projected expenses and I ripped out $300 from our travelers check booklet and handed it to him and said go for it. He wrestled with it, I insisted, he bought it and wore it for decades as it was a classic style and quality. Still has it, still timeless style.

Our new version of Travelers Checks now that we are all adults with income is we as an example throw in $300 for our long trip for Gift Cards from Sams Club. We opt for room discounts over Free Dining as dollar for dollar as annual passholders we are afforded a better value with the room discount and the discount on dining with the AP and Landry's members, I so love Yak & Yeti.

I have a kid in its mid 20's and one hitting 30. They are so about debit and credit, Venmo.
Still when we all vacation multiple times a year to WDW we fallback to yesteryear with a flexible 'cash' type budget with our Disney Gift Cards. We travel paid off before we arrive and the Gift Cards are pre-paid dining and snacks. It works for us. Our Cash style in the new millennium.

 

[Gabe1]

Hmpf. I tried. Only 7 pages behind today.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Yep, a bit expensive (as shown) for a compact...

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My folks paid $3,700 for this similar setup back in ‘71...

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I also remember them paying $5,700 for a brand new full-sized Buick LeSabre back in ‘77.
Not sure since then, but, among a few other vehicles between them, they’ve bought 2 brand new Honda Pilots in the last 6 years.
To see the price increases of new cars over my years has been interesting...

Car prices are ridiculous. You are better off buying an off -lease vehicle with a warranty or a dealer car instead of brand new.