The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Mr Ferret 75]

Yesterday was too windy to be outside and today it's raining. I'm feeling like a shut in

Yeah it's horrible here as well

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[MySmallWorldof4]

Yeah it's horrible here as well

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You have a messed up view of horrible weather.

 

[MouseDreaming]

That was a great and inspiring movie but I'm not sure it's worth buying, the book on the other hand was

I am an avid reader, and I barely made it past the first chapter, but I loved the movie. Maybe this summer, I will try the book, again.

 

[MouseDreaming]

Yesterday was too windy to be outside and today it's raining. I'm feeling like a shut in

Our weather today, well, at least the sun is out. Definitely feels like spring. High of 39, but some 60's later this week.

 

[MouseDreaming]

When I was growing up, my parents and grandparents never talked about the past, but, even if they had they really weren't able to go back much more then two generations. They always told me that we were German and that the spelling of our last name was changed during WWI because of it's German Spelling. About three years ago I sat down and did a family tree, working backwards it appear that my namesakes, came here from Great Britain in the mid 16 hundreds. The patriarch was given a land grant by whomever was King of England at the time for about 100 acres near Boston. It followed a perfect line right to myself. So I am not German at all, not even close.

An interesting note was that the original patriarch arrived here with his wife and two young boys. Just months after they arrived, he died. Then due to the fact that, at the time, the wife had no rights to anything, the land grant was revoked. It didn't say how she supported herself and her two children for over 18 years until the Crown finally gave her three acres of the original 100. I was a descendant of one of his/her sons. They never amounted to anything famous, a family trait that I continued to uphold, and they never ventured very far away from Boston, ending up near the Canadian Border of New York state, where over the years we all seemed much more French Canadian then British. As far as I know, I am the only one that ever located very far away from New England.

She must have been a very interesting person. Certainly, very strong. I know how hard it was for my grandmother to be a single parent in the fifties after her husband passed suddenly. I can't even imagine what your ancestor must have gone through, with no real legal rights to anything. I am surprised that she was given any land at all in her lifetime, and wouldn't be surprised if it was deemed not fit for any agricultural use.

 

[MouseDreaming]

(Please think of the 12 Days of Christmas as you read this)

On the first day of Spring Break, my DD came to me with one giant pain in the neck.

In all seriousness, I have her on Advil and a heating pad. I am not sure how well it will work, though. I keep telling her, stop staring at your phone, that it isn't doing her neck any favors. She is 15. That can't possibly be aggravating it. I am so glad she knows everything.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

You have a messed up view of horrible weather.

That photo is ruined by lack of snow.

 

[Figgy1]

I get that same happy feeling on 95, even if I am not going to Florida. I associate that road with great family memories, even if some of them are crawling at 15 mph. Glad the drive helped your mood.

You have a messed up view of horrible weather.

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[Figgy1]

I am an avid reader, and I barely made it past the first chapter, but I loved the movie. Maybe this summer, I will try the book, again.

It does read like a technical manual at times. so it's not for everyone.

 

[Figgy1]

(Please think of the 12 Days of Christmas as you read this)

On the first day of Spring Break, my DD came to me with one giant pain in the neck.

In all seriousness, I have her on Advil and a heating pad. I am not sure how well it will work, though. I keep telling her, stop staring at your phone, that it isn't doing her neck any favors. She is 15. That can't possibly be aggravating it. I am so glad she knows everything.

I'm so sorry I laughed but my older ds sprained his wrist at school once and when the ER doc was wrapping him up all he said was he needed his thumb left free to play video games Please take her phone so she heals more quickly. Pixie dust being sent her way

 

[Figgy1]

That photo is ruined by lack of snow.

CAGE!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

(Please think of the 12 Days of Christmas as you read this)

On the first day of Spring Break, my DD came to me with one giant pain in the neck.

In all seriousness, I have her on Advil and a heating pad. I am not sure how well it will work, though. I keep telling her, stop staring at your phone, that it isn't doing her neck any favors. She is 15. That can't possibly be aggravating it. I am so glad she knows everything.

Mine will say her head hurts. Yep, just lije yours she will say it has nothing to do with her staring for hours at the little screen. Teenagers.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Not that I know.
The first would have been a writing error. only the QUE with the accent is valid.

Seven years of Spanish and I still have trouble with Por vs. Para.

 

[MouseDreaming]

I'm so sorry I laughed but my older ds sprained his wrist at school once and when the ER doc was wrapping him up all he said was he needed his thumb left free to play video games Please take her phone so she heals more quickly. Pixie dust being sent her way

She is distracted by Disney Channel right now.

Mine will say her head hurts. Yep, just lije yours she will say it has nothing to do with her staring for hours at the little screen. Teenagers.

I just love the way she says it, like I have no idea what could help or hurt it. And she has to be better tomorrow for her mall trip with the girls. To plan the mall trip, she needs phone access. Duh, Mom.

Anyway, I rented 2 movies for her, and maybe me, too. Crimes of Grindlewald, and Ralph breaks the internet. I think that is a good spring break day!

 

[MouseDreaming]

That photo is greatly improved by lack of snow.

FTFY

 

[Cesar R M]

Seven years of Spanish and I still have trouble with Por vs. Para.

20+ years of english.. and I still make preschool mistakes.. so we're on the same side

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Life with cats...

You hear the sound of metal clanking. You hear it once and suspect a cat. You hear it a second time and know it's a cat. You know specifically which cat.
You go to your cat and find her playing with a metal hair clip. You do not know how she got said hairclip or when the last time you even wore said hairclip was.
You take hairclip away from cat, who looks sad even though she has an entire box full of toys and definitely does not need your hairclip.
Then she starts rubbing around your ankles to remind you that she's cute.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

20+ years of english.. and I still make preschool mistakes.. so we're on the same side

That's okay. So do native speakers...

 

[Goofyernmost]

That is so interesting! Amazing to know that at one point your family owned property that is now worth millions of dollars. I guess that is kind of sad too.

Well, now that is something I hadn't thought about. Now I am depressed. I coulda been somebody!

I wish. Haven’t seen a flower even. Waiting for buds on trees to show themselves.

Most, not all, of the flowering trees are in full bloom. Some of the others have leaves, albeit small ones, and all the rest are budded and should be producing leafs soon. Even played golf yesterday. Not much, 9 holes, don't want to put to much pressure on the back, but, It was short sleeve shirt weather.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I get that same happy feeling on 95, even if I am not going to Florida. I associate that road with great family memories, even if some of them are crawling at 15 mph. Glad the drive helped your mood.

What's the most interesting to me is how different it is then my first trip in 1983. So many new buildings and housing. Some of the old still exist, but, they all seem to be abandoned. I remember seeing the old tobacco drying sheds along with falling down sharecropper houses along the way. Not anymore.