The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MySmallWorldof4]

yikes, which brand? because I know it varies depending on the company.
But McDonalds definitively uses all the rest (apart from the bones) using mechanical extraction to remove all traces of meat, hides,fat and cartilage.

I thought they had gone to real chicken breast like Burger King.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Me too, so very much. She is just a beautiful soul, and miss her so...

I wonder if she never got her internet hooked up, but then grieving can take a long time. If I remember correctly they were supposed to have taken a trip to Disney about now or in February. Poor woman. I hope she is getting all the support she needs.

 

[MinnieM123]

I will have loads of ketchup tomorrow. Too tired now to do that. Things were going great til the end. Their pyramid failed completely. Little dd who is kind of the keystone in it wasn’t boosted into position properly and fell. She was ok, just her pride was hurt. She smiled through the rest of the routine while crying though. Don’t know how she accomplished that. Amazingly enough they weren’t last. They were 4 out of 5. I guess the routine they put together was more complicated without the pyramid than the team in 5th. Well you can’t win them all, byt they will try harder next time to avoid the error that was made.

She gave it her best and kept on her game face, regardless. I am in awe of some of the stunts/routines that the cheer groups do. That sport has evolved so much down through the years.

 

[MinnieM123]

The Dans almost didn't happen for us. We kept checking but we could never find actual performance times. We just happened to catch them on our way out.

Hmm . . . I wonder why they don't list their performance times, like they do for some others? To me, those guys ARE the MK--they're part of the charm and festive atmosphere of Main Street USA.

 

[MinnieM123]

They should just change the name to "The Walt Dizzy Company" at this point...!!!!!!!!!!!

(Hee, hee . . . reminds me of Spirit--he used to always call it DizzyWorld!! )

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

The new year festival is still going on on Bali.The day before yesterday was Ogoh Ogoh day, those are evil spirits that the Balinese believe visit the Island and they need to get rid of them before the new year. The Balinese young men make large paper marche statues displaying evil, that they parade around on new years eve accompanied by music and dancing ladies.
In the afternoon the statues are moved to the beach so people can admire them before the parade starts.
Some of the Ogoh Ogoh statues.
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Moving the statue to the beach is not easy.
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The ladies that tell the story of the evil statue thru dance.
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Those are amazing. Hope your mom is enjoying the trip.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Well, I must be a speed reader. All caught up.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

She gave it her best and kept on her game face, regardless. I am in awe of some of the stunts/routines that the cheer groups do. That sport has evolved so much down through the years.

She is a competitor deep down I think. When we got home, she started the counts for her routine and practiced. Yeah, a lot of the stunts are incredible. The 2 other teams from the gym we go to scored first and second. They are now in the running for a bid(an invite) to the Summit at Disney in May.

 

[MinnieM123]

The new year festival is still going on on Bali.The day before yesterday was Ogoh Ogoh day, those are evil spirits that the Balinese believe visit the Island and they need to get rid of them before the new year. The Balinese young men make large paper marche statues displaying evil, that they parade around on new years eve accompanied by music and dancing ladies.
In the afternoon the statues are moved to the beach so people can admire them before the parade starts.
Some of the Ogoh Ogoh statues.
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Moving the statue to the beach is not easy.
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The ladies that tell the story of the evil statue thru dance.
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OMG--AMAZING photos!

 

[MinnieM123]

We never seem to have found time to just stop and eat a sundae. Usually it has been an on the go ice cream bar. I may have to try and force a sit down ice cream stop.

Frequent visits to all ice cream places is very high on my vacation list!!!

 

[Figgy1]

13 days until April Fools Day

 

[Figgy1]

LOL . . . it's the SIZE of that room that gets me--much larger than our bedroom! (I mean, how big of a bathroom do people need?! They must be really filthy. )

The one thing I missed when we down sized to the smaller condo last vacation was the super size bathroom. The previous ones were large enough for 2 adults to get ready at once and not get in each others way.

 

[Figgy1]

They are similar but HOP is more "cringe" as Alvin and the Chipmunks II (because of the dumb relations between the main character and E.B. Jr.

Also HOP is more musical and has a dumb final fight scene with drums.
Peter Rabbit doesn't have a musical aspect nor has that kind of dumb "final fight". Infact, the battles in Peter Rabbit are sometimes very funny.

Animation Wise and interaction wise. I think both do good but HOP is better in that department.

For being sony's 4th "live action" with CGI characters (After the horrible smurfs franchise).. the progress wasnt that good. HOP was Illumination's first and they did pretty well.

Enviroment wise.. HOP is better. More variation.


Dialog wise, Peter Rabbit is a trainwreck.
While HOP's interactions between the loser guy and E.B. is absolutely terrible (worse than David Cross's interactions with the chipmunks trio).. The rest is very decent.

Peter Rabbit is.. I don't know.. they like.. tried to make the whole dialog as easy to digest to very young kids.. and feels so forced and unatural. At least in the Spanish dub. Very weird considering the amount of cartoony violence, indirect stuff like the fox being a nudist party goer and death references to some characters)


I give:

• HOP 3 and half stars.. ------------- 3 1/2
• Peter Rabbit is 2 and half. --------------- 2 1/2
• Alvin and the Chipmunks 1 is 3 stars, Alvin and the Chipmunks II is 1 star and half, Alvin and the Chipmunks III is 3 stars, Alvin and the Chipmunks IV is 3 stars and half. ----------------- 3, 1 1/2, 3, 3 1/2.

Thnx. We're going to pass on it.

 

[Figgy1]

Currently, when I check the weatherchannel.com forecast for the first day of spring in my town it says:
50% chance of precipitation
3-5" of snow
LOL Happy Spring!!!

Sympathy like.

 

[Figgy1]

Just WT.............. Seriously?????????????????????? What were the adults thinking????????????????? I tried quoting @MySmallWorldof4 as to the halter malfunction. The quote showed and then it didn't

 

[Figgy1]

Apologies to @StarWarsGirl, @Dead2009 and @SteveBrickNJ I'm so very sorry my blowers are sending the carp to you instead of @MinnieM123. I'm going to do my best to try and fix that ASAP

 

[MinnieM123]

Apologies to @StarWarsGirl, @Dead2009 and @SteveBrickNJ I'm so very sorry my blowers are sending the carp to you instead of @MinnieM123. I'm going to do my best to try and fix that ASAP

Well, get to it then--most of our snow is melting away. We need replenishment!

 

[Figgy1]

Frequent visits to all ice cream places is very high on my vacation list!!!

Real food is high on our list

Spoiler

and maybe and adult beverage once in a great while

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Here is a video of the trailer we are renting.

 

[Figgy1]

Well, get to it then--most of our snow is melting away. We need replenishment!

Believe me I'm working on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want any of that carp this far south!