The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

We have a couple in our area, but, haven't been in quite a while. Pretty good, just sooo many places to get a great burger around here.
Whataburger here has an insanely great patty melt...!!!

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Closest Whataburger to us is in Arizona.

 

[Gabe1]

More drama over here at the fun house. Appliances were scheduled to be delivered today, which I told Mr. Donkey, who said yesterday it was OK for the delivery people to move the ones he's taking into the garage. This morning he tells me to move my car because it may get scratched (while he's putting stuff into his van) and of course I get snarky with him. Seriously, though, why would my car possibly get scratched when our driveway is big enough to hold 3 cars across??? Because of that, he told me he would not allow the delivery people to touch "his" appliances (I had to point out they're still community property) for fear of them damaging them. Next thing I know he's saying he'll call the police if anyone touches him, he's recording the entire interaction with the delivery people, he's telling them we're in the middle of a divorce, and I know they're just thinking we're a couple of nut cases.

On top of that, now he's telling me that I will only have our daughter from Sat morning to Mon morning and he'll have her the rest of the time. Over my dead body!!!

Oh, and he may not be moving out this Sunday. Apparently that date wasn't actually the move date (even though his email says it is) - it's the date when he'll have all his "inside items" moved out. He won't be officially moved out until his "outside items" are moved as well. Isn't it lovely how he can just change his mind on a whim?

Nice that he puts some of the stupidity in writing so the judge can have reading material. Interesting he is taking over custody determinations, what the judge normally has final say over. Crazy. He just seems to be digging himself a bigger hole. Foolish.

 

[donaldtoo]

We did eat what they shot. This was back in the early 50's, and it was common in our area to supplement our garden with meat.

Sounds like both sets of my grandparents and their farms. Along with the hunting, they both had huge gardens. Also, fruit trees. Everything from citrus, to fig, to pomegranate. Plus, livestock and foul for meat, milk, and eggs.
And, of course, the crops they grew for income, like cotton, corn, and maze (sorghum).
Yep, they worked their beeeeehinds off every single day, except Sunday, but, they were the salt of the earth.

I think I may be a little misty now...

 

[catmom46]

Nice that he puts some of the stupidity in writing so the judge can have reading material. Interesting he is taking over custody determinations, what the judge normally has final say over. Crazy. He just seems to be digging himself a bigger hole. Foolish.

Yes, that's why my lawyer filed for ex parte relief (scheduled on 1/21) for a temporary parenting plan, appoint minor's counsel, and an order shortening time on request for order set for 3/7/16 and for the minor not to be removed from the family residence. Keeping my fingers crossed!!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Give it 20, 25 years when some of those taste buds change. So many things I learned to love around 40 or so.

Chocolate is not my favorite. I like M&Ms and Oreos and some other types of milk chocolate, and I'll eat chocolate cake with vanilla icing, but I don't like chocolate ice cream, chocolate icing, chocolate icing, or dark chocolate. I like hot chocolate, but make it with water usually. Sometimes I can only take it in small amounts. I think it has less to do without taste and more to do with the resulting stomach ache. I think I've learned to dislike it because I know it makes me sick to my stomach. The basic rule is milk chocolate in small amounts preferably with something else. I'm not a huge dessert fan in general. I can go without. Which is probably why I end up losing weight in WDW. Salt is more of my downfall.

My mom wonders where I came from because she loves chocolate so much. She didn't get a chance to walk in that shop at Disney Springs, but she'll be back.

 

[donaldtoo]

OK gang, Half-day Friday tomorrow, and I'm off to Dreamland...!
The sweetest of dreams to all of y'all...!!!
Hasta lu-bye-bye...!!!!!

 

[catmom46]

Sounds like both sets of my grandparents and their farms. Along with the hunting, they both had huge gardens. Also, fruit trees. Everything from citrus, to fig, to pomegranate. Plus, livestock and foul for meat, milk, and eggs.
And, of course, the crops they grew for income, like cotton, corn, and maze (sorghum).
Yep, they worked their beeeeehinds off every single day, except Sunday, but, they were the salt of the earth.

I think I may be a little misty now...

This world needs more people like y'all.

 

[catmom46]

Chocolate is not my favorite. I like M&Ms and Oreos and some other types of milk chocolate, and I'll eat chocolate cake with vanilla icing, but I don't like chocolate ice cream, chocolate icing, chocolate icing, or dark chocolate. I like hot chocolate, but make it with water usually. Sometimes I can only take it in small amounts. I think it has less to do without taste and more to do with the resulting stomach ache. I think I've learned to dislike it because I know it makes me sick to my stomach. The basic rule is milk chocolate in small amounts preferably with something else. I'm not a huge dessert fan in general. I can go without. Which is probably why I end up losing weight in WDW. Salt is more of my downfall.

My mom wonders where I came from because she loves chocolate so much. She didn't get a chance to walk in that shop at Disney Springs, but she'll be back.

Yum, I think it's time for some chocolate ice cream now. Again, the power of suggestion!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Yum, I think it's time for some chocolate ice cream now. Again, the power of suggestion!

I just read your post. Go eat a gallon of ice cream if it will make you feel better.

 

[catmom46]

I just read your post. Go eat a gallon of ice cream if it will make you feel better.

A quart will do nicely.

 

[Gabe1]

sympathy like. I was like that when my bad nail was almost pulled open when I was trying to pick up my bag at MCO airport right before boarding the magical express.
lots of blood, not fun! D:

eek. what a way to end your travels to Orlando. Painful commute on so many levels. Sorry. : (

 

[MOXOMUMD]

3 days until National Snowman Day.

 

[Cesar R M]

THREE actually. Lemmy, lead singer of the British metal band, Motorhead, died from cancer on 12/28. He had just turned 70 on the 24th. There's a picture of the three of them giving the camera the bird.

I dont think that counts, we're counting 2016.
Alan and David died Days apart, not weeks.
There were other deads as well, like Robin Hood's voice and other minor actors.

 

[Cesar R M]

There's some in that list I won't miss but I will bawl like a baby when Ian and Patrick pass. (And Denzel ) I may have cried today. I'll be very sad when it's Maggie Smith's time.

Agree. Dame Maggie smith is someone you just cant hate.
Love her acting in downton abbey.

 

[Cesar R M]

Celine Dion's husband/manager passed away today from cancer.

he did? oh wow.. :/
she must be devastated considering how much that man did for her.

 

[Cesar R M]

That's my fav Bowie song!

speaking of songs.. the last song of Bowie was.. creepy.. the Lazarus one.. its like he knew he was going to die.. and decided to give a farewell song.

 

[Cesar R M]

There is a reason the popular films are popular and usually it is because it is a good film.

Not at all.
As I've said in many threads.. there are movies which sport appeal based on something.. (see transformers). but technically and artistically.. they're garbage.

 

[Gabe1]

Wow....12. Yikes. My mom was only one of 3. Her two older brothers were 10 and 13 years older than her..she was kind of a surprise. And her father died when she was 2, so her brothers kind of filled that role a bit for her, as well as her uncles. But in those days, the man was supposed to be the bread winner, so without a man in the house, they didn't have much either. I suspect my mother learned how to be frugal from HER mother. But she saw when my dad's dad passed away that siblings tend to get nasty with each other over the things they want....my father and his brother and sister fought like cats and dogs over things they didn't even want, just to keep the others from having it. Mom didn't want that with my brother and I...so we had to play nice or we got nothing. My brother wanted all the valuable things and I wanted all the sentimental things, and then there were a few things my mom had specifically said she wanted me to have, or my brother to have, so there was not much that we disagreed on.

Oy. Estates do such bad things to some families. Sad really. My Mom only wanted to have me but got talked into my Sis as the world didn't believe it was good to have only children. My Sis was a baby with lots of issues. Kinda got spoiled because of it, she had a rough couple years to which I heard your Sis is sick... suc it up basically, but I was little and didn't really comprehend at such a young age. Then she was a handful through high school and pushed my parents buttons through college and there after for a while. Me, I was really the fly on the wall at home and school.

My Mom remembers clearly how poor they were, lost their home (though my Aunt a Nun secured a new one in Indiana for them through Catholic Charities,) having to move to a new state by Junior High. She remembers clearly there not being food. Eating Oatmeal and bread my GrandDad would make along with more children almost every 18 months. So my Mom only wanted one kid so she could give attention to and not have to worry about funding though that didn't matter ultimately. My Mom's family had nothing to leave but my Dad's family had Wars over family stuff upon my Gran's death. I never saw any of his family after Gran's funeral until one of my Aunt Inlaw wake a few years ago. So 30+ years. And I certainly didn't tell my Dad I went. You would have thought I was the second coming of the Lord with the greeting I got by extended family members. Frankly I found it creepy cause I had not seen these people since I was in high school but I was very close to my Aunt when I was small. I've always been fond of the quote:

“Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.”

 

[catmom46]

Not at all.
As I've said in many threads.. there are movies which sport appeal based on something.. (see transformers). but technically and artistically.. they're garbage.

Ugh, can't stand the Transformers movies.

 

[Cesar R M]

Not sure what the issue was, but I have not been able to access the forums for most of today.

So...summary of today.

This morning I woke up and went to check my phone. I discovered the screen would not turn on. An online chat with HTC later determined my less-than-two -year-old phone needed replacing. Can't make or answer calls, basically a paper weight.

A cab ride and trip to the AT&T store later, and I have a new phone. Albeit a much better phone, but still not exactly how I intended to spend my day at WDW.

Spent the rest of today at Disney Quest, which was virtually empty. Apparently, attendance dropped off when they announced the closure. Then we spent the evening at Disney Springs. And yes, I did check out the new Star Wars shop. It was great. Although I found the lack of Rey disturbing.

DHS tomorrow.

That was a funny rant on many star wars websites..

Rey is the MAIN CHARACTER in the whole movie.. and all packages of Star Wars do not have a single REY figure.. nor any other female lead.
The whole "separation" of gender roles in toys is still annoying as hell... but thats how many Toy maker CEOs still think today.
Like cavemen of the 50's.. where misogyny was "normal" and the only place for women was the kitchen..

by the way, I recommend using ubber. We used it at Orlando and was very effective.. almost half the price of a normal MEARS cab.
The price difference was ridiculous.