The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Cesar R M]

I tried to snowboard at one of our tiny mountain hills. It wasn't pretty.

lots of flailing involved?

 

[French Quarter]

Sounds like a fabulous time! Universal Studios has Grinchmas, too: http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/grinchmas/grinchmas_event/

Yes...would love to go sometime.

 

[Cesar R M]

Congrats on the flight getting fixed. Do you have a confirmation number for the hotel? If you made a deposit UNI should have fixed it by now!

Its prepaid using a concentrator
they still claim the reservation was canceled, which is strange, as the concentrator says it is still valid.
This is hell of a coincidence :/

 

[Cesar R M]

I wish I could go to Disney over the holidays! Talk about envy! Hopefully by the time Ratchet comes out you'll be able to swing it.

dont think so, my implant upgrade is first! and that thing will cost at least 6 grand.

 

[French Quarter]

I think because the Jesus Christ SuperStar show is pretty much a jew take on the story of Jesus.
And they make it as a pop icon, not a god.
The creator of the series is not christian (andrew lloyd webber). Maybe that is why some conservative christians do not like the show at all.

Andrew Llyod Webber belongs to the Church of England and his father was a church organist. He is not Jewish.

I think people were offended by JCS because it challenged traditional theology. It brought Jesus into a modern setting and made him look like a hippy. Many people thought this was sacreligious. I think it is absolutely fabulous.

 

[Cesar R M]

I'm betting it helps that Star Wars is now Disney. Not that Disney isn't amazing WITHOUT Star Wars, but if he was a huge fan, it probably wasn't TOO hard to convince him. Or was this before Starwars headed to Disney?

maybe he hated how Disney killed the "extended universe" of star wars?.
that was a huge bulk of stories, comics, merchandise..etc..

 

[French Quarter]

Good afternoon, all. Hope everyone is enjoying the week-end. Hubby and I are going to the zoo, it's a 70 acre display of Christmas lights. Animals and Christmas lights. These are two of my favorite things!

How fun is that! I'm sure you had a great time. I love events like this.

 

[Cesar R M]

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6 days until Christmas!

holy carp.. already 6??? D:
time flies!!

 

[French Quarter]

Its prepaid using a concentrator
they still claim the reservation was canceled, which is strange, as the concentrator says it is still valid.
This is hell of a coincidence :/

What is a concentrator?

 

[Cesar R M]

Yes, I do understand that. I just mean that the airline and hotel likely assumed (incorrectly) that it was you who cancelled. That is why they didn't contact you when it was cancelled.

Glad you got it figured out in the end.

the hotel is still not resolved.. thankfully all disney seems safe and no errors so far.

 

[Cesar R M]

One of my early Christmas presents to myself arrived today! The other is a phone case with the same pic.

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love that artist!

 

[Cesar R M]

Andrew Llyod Webber belongs to the Church of England and his father was a church organist. He is not Jewish.

I think people were offended by JCS because it challenged traditional theology. It brought Jesus into a modern setting and made him look like a hippy. Many people thought this was sacreligious. I think it is absolutely fabulous.

weird, I could swear I read somewhere he was not catholic or Christian

 

[Cesar R M]

What is a concentrator?

a company that buys huge blocks of inventory on hotels, to resell to smaller vendors, travel agents and tour operators for very low prices.
imagine a onion in layers.. concentrators are the innermost layer anyone can buy from the hotel. and usually the cheapest
then the big conglomerators are next (big travel agency companies). then travel agency companies.... then the public prices.

 

[French Quarter]

weird, I could swear I read somewhere he was not catholic or Christian

Could you be thinking of Irving Berlin who wrote White Christmas and a number of our most popular Christmas songs? He was Jewish.

 

[brb1006]

Oh my goodness guys, Santa just passed by my house on a firetruck and talking on a walky talky!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Welcome to the only spoiler-free zone on the internet

I saw Star Wars on Thursday night and when I went to work a bunch of my students asked me how it was. Before I had a chance to answer a kid (who surprisingly was in class, as I have only had him in class a total of 4 times this quarter and we are in week six of it) blurted out one of the big surprises of the movie. The other kids looked shocked and crushed all at the same time. I was so TICKED off at that kid, as the others still wanted to discover it for themselves. They asked me if it was true, so I asked the spoiler kid if he saw the movie and he said no but he had read the plot details on the internet. So I just said that you can't believe everything you read on the internet and that I wouldn't confirm or deny. I felt like throttling the kid but later I took him aside and told him it was a jerk move to try to ruin things for people especially when he didn't have first hand information to even know if it was true. I kind of felt like a mom trying to keep up the ruse of Santa Claus for the other kids.

 

[Cesar R M]

Could you be thinking of Irving Berlin who wrote White Christmas and a number of our most popular Christmas songs? He was Jewish.

nope, it was a major video and musical producer..

 

[Gabe1]

They can't ban ECV because of American with Disabilities Act. I agree some strollers are ridiculous.

Yeah. Disney brought that stroller thing on themselves, they only have greed to blame for that. Guests rented strollers until they jacked the prices up so much that guests brought their own tanks into the parks or rented the tank strollers from outside vendors. I rented strollers from Disney for $5 that were a reasonable size for the park. They still made money hand over fist for metal strollers that lasted decades.

lots of flailing involved?

It is a different way of manipulating yourself. No flailing but it put me in the novice at best category for control and I am very good skier. I didn't like not having control, too old to go boom.

 

[Gabe1]

the old gaming systems were really built to last..

Still perfect except where my German Shepard puppy chewed through the cord and electrocuted herself. She never chewed a cord again.

 

[Gabe1]

Sometimes it can be worse in my opinion.. I once had a box, inside a box inside a bag that contained smaller retail boxes for the products lol.

The good is, I usually use these boxes to send stuff I sell on ebay and other sites.

While my kids were in college I loved having extra boxes to mail them stuff. I still save the bubble wrap and air pouches.