The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MOXOMUMD]

If you look up in the left hand corner of everyone's avatar you will see a little green triangle on some of them. That tells you that that person is online at the moment. If you see nothing up there at all, that means they are not on line. So the answer is... we have ways of knowing if you are eavesdropping or not, so no, you don't have to tell anyone that you are not on line at the moment. Even without that, we can usually tell by the lack of any responses. I'm on and off 30 times a day. If I spent that much time telling people I'm not here I wouldn't even have time to eat.

EDIT: I should add that there are some exceptions to that rule. If you turn off that option, which some do, you cannot tell for sure. I don't see that as overly important because I don't expect a response immediately anyway.

Not quite sure why you quoted me with this but I knew that already. And I'm not sure what you mean about eavesdropping. Are you singling me out (because I read in every section) or are you talking to everybody?

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I never knew about the little green triangle thing. Neat tip. Although if I never log off but turn off my computer am I still seen as on line?

No. Even if you have your computer on and here on your screen, after a certain time of inactivity it will show you aren't online. Somebody asked about that in the Help section but I'm too tired to look for it.

 

[MinnieM123]

Found it

Ha! You're awesome! Sometimes, I think I laugh harder watching these videos the 2nd time around. Maybe it's because I miss that show so much, that these skits seem even funnier to me now. Thanks for finding that!

 

[MinnieM123]

Ah, 1970's Walt Disney World. Wish I could have seen it.
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Yup, right with you there. I can't imagine how truly, and I mean truly, "magical" it was back then.

 

[MinnieM123]

One of the best things about that car was how many people you could cram in it. Friday night at the drive in was $4 a car load. We'd all meet up at the mall across the street cram into my car. No seatbelt laws back then.

I don't recall what kind of (really large) car it was (maybe one of the kids' parent's Chryslers), but I also remember a similar situation back in my late teens--except mine was even more bizarre than yours. It was also a $4 fee for the drive-in, but that was for up to 4 people in the car. Then it was an additional $2, (maximum extra fee), beyond the 4-person, $4 fee. So my cheapskate friends and I (all six of us) would have 4 of us drive up to the booth in the car, and the other two kids would be hiding in the trunk!! Those were the days! (But hey, the extra $2 bought us some popcorn, candy and sodas at the concession stand!)

 

[MinnieM123]

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(singing this song )

Too FUNNY!! OMG--I can't believe they used that cheezy commercial all over the country at the drive-in's!!! I miss drive-in's -- there's hardly any left anywhere. I think it was about maybe 12 years ago that we did find one somewhere, but it wasn't really the same. The reason was that instead of those big, glompy speakers that used to hook on to the driver's side door, they now had you turn on your own car radio to hear the audio. If I go to a drive-in, I want the entire retro experience!

 

[MinnieM123]

Let's all go to the lobby;
Let's all go to the lobby;
Let's all go to the lobby
To get ourselves a treat.

Delicious things to eat;
The popcorn can't be beat.
The sparkling drinks are just dandy;
The chocolate bars and nut candy.
So let's all go to the lobby
To get ourselves a treat.
Let's all go to the lobby
To get ourselves a treat.

 

[MinnieM123]

My parents first house. 18000 Now for sale 520000 EEEEK!

Sympathy like -- (The 18,000 must have been many years ago!! But the price now is insane! )

 

[MinnieM123]

I bought some Hello Kitty tape there to jazz up my daughter's school binders.

What a sweet mommie you are!

 

[MinnieM123]

So I'm seriously contemplating buying the pay per view for the Mayweather/Pacquaio fight. I'm not much of a boxing fan but it's supposed to be historic and I'm a sucker for historic.

Hubby's a boxer (no, not pro or anything, but it's his sport), and one of his chummies signed up for the pay-view ($100) of the match tonight. A bunch of the guys are going over to his house. He told me it's a full card, so he's guessing the main event may not be until around midnight-ish (Eastern). They're all rooting for Pacquiao.

 

[MinnieM123]

Well for me at night when I stop posting one knows Gabe has yet again fallen asleep with laptop.

(Sleep to be occasionally interrupted, with Walt jumping up on the bed and chewing his dog treat! Hey, the dog likes company at his meals!) I still remember that funny picture you posted of him at midnight, gnawing on rawhide!

 

[MinnieM123]

Sadness....Sadness....Sadness....Political Correctness run amok

Ghirardelli is getting rid of peanut butter

WHY? I love peanut butter. I don't understand.

Updating my post here at 6:55 a.m.--I just read the reason why they're doing this, in Spirit's thread.

 

[MinnieM123]

Yep, we rode in the back of pickups, our bikes in the foothills all day, climbed trees better than monkeys, ran like Banshees all day long. Simpler and good times, indeed...!

I used to love climbing trees.

 

[MinnieM123]

Edited--ignore. Once again, my previous post came up twice--there was a delay and then it posted a second time. Whatever . . .

 

[MinnieM123]

I'm in and out all day (and night). When you see your alerts popping up, I'm here.

I like the drive-by approach: I'm here, then I'm not! Poof! (But you'll see the little triangle when I'm "driving" through.)

 

[Figgy1]

Four gone so far. Ripped off below the skin line.
My manicurist is going to love me later tonight!

OMG I'm so sorry to hear that!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cry if my polish chips. I hope the babies are better soon.

 

[Figgy1]

My parents bought their last house in 1964. They paid $12,000.00 for it. When they had both passed, I sold my half to my sister for $120,000.00. Not a bad investment really, but, the ones that actually paid for it, never benefited from the increased value.

Actually they did, they had all the best memories.

 

[Figgy1]

Oh, and the physical injury tally -
9 nails ripped off at or below the skin line, one ginormous blood blister on my left pinky, a pinky toenail totally torn off, and a large plank of wood dropped on the toe that I broke twice last summer.

I'm thinking I've earned a 20 minute nap; and that my brother owes me $55 for my full set of tips and Bio gel manicure.

Sympathy like!!!!! OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd say full set and at least 2 fills!

 

[Figgy1]

Hahaaa...!
Awesome!!! Another TSSFF (t-shirt, shorts, flips flops) person...!!!!!
Although, I'm gonna' guess you're probably not a TSSFFBR (t-shirt, shorts, flip flops, beer run) person...?!

Not exactly. I've had about 7 or87 adult beverages since my June 2013 vacation.

 

[Figgy1]

I opened windows today, A/C will go on tomorrow. High 60s today, 70's tomorrow, 80s Sunday. We will get some rain I hear this week but it is kinda looking like late may early June weather this upcoming week. I hope I get to dig some holes and stick a few plants in. One of the 3 tomato plants I stuck in the ground 2 weeks ago looks a tad sad over the cold we had this week, upside some of the grass seed I put down in March is sprouting.

A/C for the eighties? I don't even put mine in until it hits 90 for the first time. Have I mentioned how much I love Disney in the summer.