The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

I'm back on my bike and cutting out alcohol for awhile. Those two things, along with no snacks or dessert should help. At least I hope it does.

I understand the calorie cutting thing...but...but...but...shot of Tequila is ONLY about 64 calories. I'd leave that one 'snack' stand.

 

[betty rose]

Good evening to all. Time for my late nap, and then puzzle. Oh, that reminds me....hubby download our Christmas puzzle...meaning the one we do on Christmas Day....here it is...

 

[Gabe1]

Thanks, I'm going to get one this time, we are staying in the Hilton, and I don't have recent experience with their pillows.

The Hilton across for Disney DTD Springs? If so, I love love that hotel. Real nice if it is chilly at Disney.

 

[Gabe1]

Me too there is something about the tang, I just love. Add some ham and mustard...I'm good to go.

I love baked ham with mustard and leftovers are so good on rye bread. On Christmas Eve I grabbed the mustard out of my Mom's fridge and a fyi to her I told her she was going to need more mustard soon. Oh the tone of 'what are you going to use MUSTARD on????'
Dear Lord.

Knew we should have ordered Pizza.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Its a flat rate in my country. for all states and federal.
example, anything you shop that is a "product". Will get 16% tax rate. (very similar to europe's VAT)

Is that like a sales tax? Our local sales tax rate is 6.5%.

 

[Gabe1]

Me too, I crank the heat up, and their is always a chill. Cold when the gas goes off warm when it goes on. We had electric heat in Indiana, it was a constant temperature. I wish that would come back. But, we would be in the poor house.

Last night we had snow, then slush snow and then more snow. I cleaned up the first two rounds but by the time the 3rd round came I was in my Jammies and had enough.

This morning I get a call from my DD. She can't get either door of her car open. I pick her up, take her to work and will go back and fetch her in a couple of hours. After I dropped her I went to her apartment with a snow brush and cleaned the top layer off and then could see the slush had sealed the crack completely between the car door and body frame. The wipers were even worse. For 30 or so minutes I lightly chiseled away with my plastic scraper and finally got the door to unseal but not open. I hit the door with my hip to close hard and then it opened. Boo-ya!!! Turned the car on, both defrosters on high. Started on passenger door eventually getting it open and one of the two rear doors. No such luck with trunk or door number 4. I went up to her apartment to thaw out and watched her running car from her desk, didn't close the door just close since it was still running, that is all I'd need. Went back down in 20 minutes got wipers really going and scraped all the windows and cleaned off the car. Till she got her apartment her car always lived in the garage with mine.
So freak'n cold.

I still am cold and keep pushing up the thermostat. Currently it is 8 degrees. FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA

 

[donaldtoo]

Lucky you, I still remember the taste. I miss it so much. Good though or I would have several spare tires to remove right now!

Hahaaa...!!!
We can get sourdough bread here, and we do from time to time.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

 

[Cesar R M]

Take care of yourself, and get lots of rest. Everyone needs that after Disney and UNI. Sorry about the cold.

definitively will rest as much I can.
might not be much lol. as I have a lot to do!

 

[Cesar R M]

I have the I'm looking at ways to get a work visa blues

Work VISA for?

 

[Gabe1]

Apparently there was four 10K winners in CT and one 10K winner in RI. Not me though. 1.3 billion now which someone should win. I don't see another jackpot where someone doesn't win.

Who knows. Nobody has won I think since November and they changed the game in October increasing the number of white balls up to 69 now.

 

[Cesar R M]

Is it just me or does Judy Hopps remind me of the Pink Berets?

you dont.
Thats exactl what I was thinking when I seen her.
her entire design looks alot based on Frozen and body wise a lot like the Berets.

 

[Cesar R M]

Sorry about your injury's". You must be made of sturdy stuff...still going...Hope you heal quickly.

hah! not at all, I'm extremely fragile myself XD

Im lucky I didnt get a cold.
I usually get a cold or stomatch issues right before or after the trip (stress mid planning mostly, and after the trip.. because of tiredness)

But I'm ok right now, just tired and sleepy

 

[Cesar R M]

Our tax for products is 12 1/2%. In Colorado, it changes with each county. For big ticket items, like a car we go to another county with much smaller taxes.

Thats the smart way!
Wish we could do that to reduce taxes in some stuff.
Or getting better cheaper fuel.
Our fuel is mostly flat across all the country and over expensive..

 

[Gabe1]

In the case of what happened at my school, the kids parents are basically never home. He has access to the whole house and isn't a dumb kid, and a 13-14yr old kid, so he could find what he wanted and since no one is home to watch he has the time to do it. Plus in our area hunting is very common and people have a lot of guns. The gun this kid brought to school wasn't a hunting rifle but a pistol instead and easy to conceal. You'd be surprised how clueless some people are with guns and other items that are a danger to children.

I grew up in an Urban area, not hunters but my Dad and his buddies did before I think I was born and obviously wasn't his thing. Along with his golf clubs and bowling ball there were always two rifles. I always heard they were broken down (whatever that really means) but I knew where they were, I could have picked one up and walked out with it. We were told never to touch, same for the golf clubs. We didn't. My uncle a collector of rifles has them now for a while. Though well into his 80's he has a much better system for storing rifles than do not touch. I learned to shoot a rifle in church camp and I was very good at it and won in my age group. We shot targets and clay. I could never ever shoot an animal, I'd never get that out of my head.

 

[Gabe1]

Here's a 1984 photo of Tokyo Disney Resort with actual snow. It appears Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris are the only Disney Parks to get real snow.

Duly Noted. When and if I get to Paris or Tokyo do it during the summer season.

 

[catmom46]

But what's the definition of "Separated"? Is it the day you decided to divorce? Is it the date the papers are filed? Is it the day he moved out? Do you have to file for separation? If you won, and he suddenly said "I want to get back together, we were never separated!" or lies about the date...I mean, the chance of winning is almost nil anyway, so it's kind of a moot point, but there are probably loopholes galore.

Date of separation in California is the day the decision to divorce was made. But didn't win anyway, so as you said, moot point.

 

[donaldtoo]

OMG it's hailing right now here!!

Wow. I don't remember it hailing even once during the 8 years we lived in No Cal. Although, as I've mentioned before, we did get about a half inch of snow the year we left, which was '76.
Definitely a different story down here in Texas.
At one point, all 3 cars we owned had hail damage. Youngest DDs truck, DWifeys minivan, and my old Lilly Dimples (thus, the nickname ).
Now, with DWifey and myself havin' newer rides, DDs truck is the only one of our vehicles left with hail damage.
But, that could very well change tomorrow...!

 

[catmom46]

Morning @figmentfan423! You're up early! I'm off to take a bath and read Outlander, then to the in-laws after lunch.

Early? This is normal for Figgy.

 

[catmom46]

No winner here either. I'm assuming we didn't win anything worthwhile in our work pool either since I haven't heard anything from my co-workers (I could look at the numbers but I left the photocopy of it on my desk at work). But I guess there wasn't a winner for the jackpot. So that jackpot is going to be huge on Wednesday. I just have to figure out how much $$ I want to lose on trying to win.

Yep, we're going to try one more time, too. Someone has gotta win on Wed!