The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[StarWarsGirl]

Allow me to vent for a minute...well not really venting. More like amazed of the stupidity.


So at work, we have these forms people fill out to have their next of kin, dependents and etc. You can go update at anytime.

Anyway, the person in question had a kid in 2009, updated his paperwork and signed it when it was updated. The person did this few times between 2009 and today. Fast forward to today, he finally realized that one of his kids birthdays was inputted in wrong It's like seriously, 6 years for him to figure that out. And worse thing was that he signed the document.

It's a Dad thing. My dad sometimes tells me the wrong age (when I was 19 he did this a lot, "How old are you again?") calls me by his sister's name, calls me by my mother's name, calls my mother by my name, etc. My maternal grandfather has not ever been able to spell my mother's name right. Like I said, it's a dad thing.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

And just like that, I'm off. Will catch up with you all tomorrow!

 

[Goofyernmost]

Sorry, I already have brother. I like him most days of the week.

Oh, and he likes Star Trek too, so it works out.

I thought of you today as I watched a 2 hour Biography Channel show on the Captains of Star Trek, starting with Kirk. I watched the show the three years it was on originally and stopped the movies after they killed off Spock. Never did watch the Jean Luc era and just generally lost interest. I did find it interesting though to see the different ones that I didn't even know existed.

 

[catmom46]

I hope you enjoyed CRT!

CRT was nice, but definitely a one-time deal. It wasn't as "magical" as I'd hoped it would be. Our daughter loved meeting the princesses and getting their autographs, but that's about it. The sound system needs to be louder, as you could barely hear what the narrator was saying, especially during the wishing ceremony. Food was very meh, which we expected, although our daughter loved the chicken nuggets and dinner rolls. There were 5 princesses: Cinderella, Ariel, Jasmine, Snow White, and Aurora. I think Snow White was the best character-wise. Also, since it was so busy, service was on the slow side. Our ADR was for 8:10pm, but we didn't get dessert until after 9:30pm! So, we dawdled a bit in order to catch Wishes, which was cool.

 

[Gabe1]

I'm doing my happy dance as it looks like I too might finally be getting summer! It's only the middle of July! Does this signal no winter at all? I can dream

Right there with ya sister friend!

 

[Gabe1]

maybe a young kid took it and the parents returned it?

That's the thing, no young kid could reach the top of the antenna. I can't reach it, while yes I am vertically challenged the SUV is tall and in order to reach the top to change out the toppers I have to stand on the running board and lean quite a bit. The reason why I just let the peeps there pull Mickey off.

Funny some of my toppers fair better than others. I decapitated Easter Donald going in and out of the garage.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

15 days until Friendship Day.

 

[Cesar R M]

Yep, that's pretty much it, unless you're talking about the rum drink or perhaps the musician Rob Zombie...

Well, theres also different species depending on which world you want to base it on.

Theres the slow zombies.. fast zombies.. infecting zombies.. spiked zombies (who throw tongue or spikes to infect).
etc..etc..

 

[Cesar R M]

I try to think I'm the tourist that blends in...okay I know I don't .

next you will be wearing a camo to "blend" ?

 

[Cesar R M]

Because if you're in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. It's what you do

lol, reminds me of the first scary movies.. so funny.

 

[Figgy1]

My daughter's car was my "old" car. I told her that she could borrow the money from me to buy a newer, used car - or she could use our old one, and i would get it painted, etc. She chose the latter. She drove the car for one year in HS (we didn't allow her to drive until her senior year) and when she was home from college. We had money in her college fund, and used it to purchase a new car in her JR year - she had a scholarship, which meant we didn't have to pay as much.

My son didn't get car until he graduated from college - he really doesn't like to drive, so didn't want one. So, again, he had money left in his fund because he got a scholarship.

But most of their HS classmates had cars given to them by their parents, so we were considered pretty hard-nosed.

Overheard in an ER (after the teen had wrecked his car) "Don't worry - we know you didn't like that (expensive) car anyways, so we'll get you a better one." That was NOT our attitude!

I knew a kid same thing went through 3 cars before his parents wised up and get him a total junker I

 

[Figgy1]

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15 days until Friendship Day.

@MinnieM123 will love that one, while I'm finally enjoying the real weather

 

[Figgy1]

Good morning and have a magical day! I'm going out early and heading to the farm market. and more can, can!

 

[MinnieM123]

I always have a smile after looking at your pictures, even the ones without snow!

Betty, I fixed the typo in your message above to MOXOMUMD, for you!

 

[MinnieM123]

I have a question about cars and kids. How many think that they should buy their kids a car when they get old enough to drive? I know I'm old school, but, I always helped my girls buy a car and I may have even let them borrow the money from me to get a down payment and signed for a loan as well, but, it was always their first major purchase and I was not about to pay for them to be on the highway all the time. Probably, just me. Oh, I made sure that whatever they did buy was safe and reasonably reliable, but, it was still their purchase and responsibility. The cars were always in my name and covered by my insurance (which they also had to reimburse me for), but it was their car and I expected them to pay for it. I, fortunately, never had to deal with what I would have done if they didn't pay me, but, I am pretty sure that it would have been sitting in the yard until they did pay.

Now that I read this, I'm starting to feel pretty mean, but, I never heard a complaint from them even to this day. To lighten the burden a little, as each of them graduated from college what ever balance was remaining was forgiven and I signed the title over to them. Which makes me kind of a nice guy since I gave them the car that they had paid for. Now I feel mean again. Not enough, however, to make me think that I would do it any different today. The part that tells the whole story is the thought that I used to have involving the fact that they had to get a job to pay for the car that they could drive to get to their job so they could pay for the car. But, in a way, I guess that is what we all do.

You're not even close to mean; I think that was very nice what you did for your girls. First, they learned about the value of the car and made payments. Then, to have the remainder of the loan forgiven when they graduated from college, was a perfect graduation present.

Each family's situation is different. My parents never bought a car for any of the 4 of us kids. They just didn't believe in it; they expected us to work for whatever we wanted. Now, keep in mind, we were in an area that had public transportation, so we all had options to get around to either school or work. (Not every family lives in an area with public transportation; so for them, I think that completely changes the discussion about the decision to buy/not buy your kid a car. For some, a car is a necessity, period.) We also had friends with cars and could sometimes carpool to places.

The first one to get a car in my family was my eldest brother, and he earned the money through various jobs he had, starting in jr. high school. When he went to a full-time job (after high school), he bought the car maybe 6 months after that, but it was a culmination of his saving money (including saving cash gifts he received for birthdays, graduation, etc.) for quite a few years. Interesting to note: he drove it for a year and sold it--why? Because he enlisted with the Marines! He knew he wouldn't need a car for about 4 years at that point!

In conclusion, there are too many factors that weigh in on this car buying discussion, and each family needs to carefully weigh the options and do what's right for them.

 

[MinnieM123]

Nope! It's a beer sunset for @donaldtoo.

Oh, I know--I was just posting that A&W comment to get a reaction from you or one of my other buddies here!

 

[MinnieM123]

Sympathy like. We lost our bookstore but at least a different one cam in almost right away. It's not as good as the old one and their coffee stinks. Oh well at least they have books. I'm spending lots more time at the library lately!

At least you still have one so enjoy it, regardless of their coffee . . . We have ONE big book store left (a Barnes & Noble) and it's a free-standing store, not in a mall or anything. There's a tiny independent store in a town nearby (no coffee, no chairs--no room for them inside!) and I always go and shop there each year for some Christmas presents. I like supporting small businesses when I can.

 

[MinnieM123]

I saw some of those types of bears they were super cute.

Hee hee . . . do you know that if I went on a fabulous trip to London like you did, I'd definitely buy one of those bears, and probably nothing else?! I just love teddy bears!!!

 

[MinnieM123]

Allow me to vent for a minute...well not really venting. More like amazed of the stupidity.


So at work, we have these forms people fill out to have their next of kin, dependents and etc. You can go update at anytime.

Anyway, the person in question had a kid in 2009, updated his paperwork and signed it when it was updated. The person did this few times between 2009 and today. Fast forward to today, he finally realized that one of his kids birthdays were inputted in wrong It's like seriously, 6 years for him to figure that out. And worse thing was that he signed the document.

He sounds perfectly normal to me! After working in the business world for many years, very little surprises me anymore. You get to the point where you just sort of roll with things . . .

 

[MinnieM123]

It's a Dad thing. My dad sometimes tells me the wrong age (when I was 19 he did this a lot, "How old are you again?") calls me by his sister's name, calls me by my mother's name, calls my mother by my name, etc. My maternal grandfather has not ever been able to spell my mother's name right. Like I said, it's a dad thing.

Post of the day!!!!!!