The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MouseDreaming]

I know I'm a weirdo.

Then, I guess we are just weird, together.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Trip Report Part 14:

San Juan PR , Some photos before we continue the text wall..

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Infront of the Fountain..

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The Fountain's back. Looking towards downtown old San Juan.

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A walled door in one of the walls that lead towards La Fortaleza. With a resident local cat doing what cats do best.

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Old San Juan with its old ancient cobblestone.


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The statue commemorating the "miracle".

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The old tree slowly recovering.


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The view, note the tree and the pier damage..

Here is an older image so you can see the differences.. including destroyed lightposts.

Continued in part 15.

All of this is so interesting! Love how indepth you get. I feel like I am there. That homeless person’s yellow house is really interesting.
You sure have one heck of a huge lens. Don’t know that I have seen one that big. Keep the tr coming!

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Belive me, I'm trying one to 3 tonight and we may get slammed Sunday night which means my dh and boys will have from tomorrow until Tuesday off. It's a good thing I checked the weather after my meditation today

My sympathies of course.

 

[MouseDreaming]

What a good boy.

 

[MouseDreaming]

Well you were in the Pine Barrens

That’s creepy.

Ours kills children.

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Jersey Devil - Wikipedia

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Of course, they teach us about this in grammar school.

I still remember watching that film in grade school. Why did they think it was a good idea to show us that?

 

[Go.Nijntje]

That is like candy to me, if only it wasn't so expensive.

It's a lot cheaper when you buy it in actual Parma. I lived near Parma for 18 months and feasted on Parma ham and parmesan cheese most days.

 

[MouseDreaming]

Well @Gabe1 I finally sucked it up and ordered an I-Pass transponder today... we are going to be in St. Charles in May... and I'm tired of having to move all the way over to the right on the freeway to pay tolls. I'll probably only use it twice a year.. but since funds never expire..it's worth it!

We resisted, too. But, now it is pretty convenient, and cheaper, too. Plus, tolls by me are starting to go to open toll, or remember to pay on line.

 

[Rista1313]

We resisted, too. But, now it is pretty convenient, and cheaper, too. Plus, tolls by me are starting to go to open toll, or remember to pay on line.

The only toll we have in Michigan our bridge tolls.... but we go to IL at least once a year... and it never expires... so I think it's worth the $10

 

[MouseDreaming]

Today was a trying day at school. Lots of crying and upset 2 & 3 graders. Momo stories are driving them crazy.
I really hope this one dies off soon.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Well @Gabe1 I finally sucked it up and ordered an I-Pass transponder today... we are going to be in St. Charles in May... and I'm tired of having to move all the way over to the right on the freeway to pay tolls. I'll probably only use it twice a year.. but since funds never expire..it's worth it!

We even have an i pass, so much easier for our trips down to Illinois.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I still remember watching that film in grade school. Why did they think it was a good idea to show us that?

Dh is from Clifton and he said he never saw that film.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Today was a trying day at school. Lots of crying and upset 2 & 3 graders. Momo stories are driving them crazy.
I really hope this one dies off soon.

Dd’s coach put a fb post about it. To be honest I never heard of it up to then. My kids don’t watch those videos thankfully. How horribly sick those people are. How is youtube not able to find the creep and put an end to it. Hopefully there is some behind the scenes stuff going on.

 

[MinnieM123]

Maybe I should have looked at the map before I typed all the states I had been to?

Yes you should have, and don't ever do that again.

 

[MinnieM123]

I've been to Ben and Jerry's.

When I was driving municipal buses, we had one route that was called the College Street Shuttle. It ran from the waterfront on Lake Champlain up through the University of Vermont campus at the top of the hill in Burlington. Along the way was a vacant lot that was where the original Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream store was located. At that time it was being used as a small parking area with a small historical display on the corner. I used to point that out to people that were just visiting. I'll tell you how old I am, I remember when Jerry used to stand on the street corner or go to small conventions and scoop out free ice cream samples trying to build the business.

Been there, too! Loved the factory tour and especially the delicious free samples of ice cream at the end!!

 

[MinnieM123]

@Cesar R M , best of luck in the next phase of your interview! We're all pulling for you here.

 

[MinnieM123]

Yes, went to Yellowstone, Fort Laramie, Cody, and other places. Saw the Buffalo Bill museum.

I've seen the Buffalo Bill gravesite -- it's in Colorado on Lookout Mountain. (Hubs grew up very close by there.)

 

[MinnieM123]

Dd’s coach put a fb post about it. To be honest I never heard of it up to then. My kids don’t watch those videos thankfully. How horribly sick those people are. How is youtube not able to find the creep and put an end to it. Hopefully there is some behind the scenes stuff going on.

I only heard about this on the news this morning. No limit to the number of twisted sickos out there. I'm glad I was a kid who grew up in the Stone Age, so wasn't I exposed to this garbage.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I've seen the Buffalo Bill gravesite -- it's in Colorado on Lookout Mountain. (Hubs grew up very close by there.)

Amazing, I was stationed in Denver for training. We used to drive up to the top of Lookout Mountain. There was a small club there, if the legend was correct, the place where Janice Joplin started out. We'd tank up and head back down the mountain. Like most mountain roads in Colorado there were no guardrail and were made up of winding twisting roads all the way down. You could see scattered car parts all down the side of that mountain where cars had gone off the edge. How I survived my youth is anyone's guess. Must be some powerful source wanted me to live long enough to spread my wisdom all over the interwebs via discussion groups.

 

[MinnieM123]

Amazing, I was stationed in Denver for basic training. We used to drive up to the top of Lookout Mountain. There was a small club there, if the legend was correct, the place where Janice Joplin started out. We'd tank up and head back down the mountain. Like most mountain roads in Colorado there were no guardrail and were made up of winding twisting roads all the way down. You could see scattered car parts all down the side of that mountain where cars had gone off the edge. How I survived my youth is anyone's guess. Must be some powerful source wanted me to live long enough to spread my wisdom all over the interwebs via discussion groups.

Yah, a lot of those mountain roads are really scary!! (Talk about deep drop-offs!)

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I only heard about this on the news this morning. No limit to the number of twisted sickos out there. I'm glad I was a kid who grew up in the Stone Age, so wasn't I exposed to this garbage.

Agreed. All these videos should be scrutinized by some authority before they can be allowed to go live. All tv shows have ratings. We may need something like that in the future because the small amount of crazy people ruin things for everyone.