The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

Funny, reminds me of my "curse".


For example, it RAINS .. EVERY.. SINGLE.. TIME during my last day of each trip.


And has been raining on the last day (even if it was not supposed to rain) for the past 20 years.


Rained on the last day of my cruise, then once was out of the cruise.. it stopped raining and was sunny.. until my last day before getting on my plane.
Even on this last flight from Houston.. It rained before boarding in Houston.

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On the good side.. many times when we were told rain or hurricanes would ruin our trip.. it didnt..
Examples, first trip to Orlando to Disney World with my mother.. hurricane nearby, derailed north when we arrived.. not a single day of rain until the day we were leaving.

First Oasis and Last Oasis trips.. Hurricane and rains on the path... they all veered off or dissipated.
Last day, rained on both cruises as we arrived port or in the day we took the plane.


I think my first day the cruise started, It was on Philadelphia for a comic convention.
And its been happening since then.

I've been at Disney for 3 hurricanes, last one was Irma when WDW closed for 2 days but it was in the middle of the trip. It didn't ruin anything for us as guests. We were able to more in the parks before and after. Enjoyed the Wilderness Lodge for 2 days eating some wonderful meals and playing with all the Pups. Day three and we were back into the empty parks. It ruined nothing for us as guests, unfortunately for all the CMs that live in the area the outcome was not the same for all.

 

[12in12]

How is hour mom @RedNoseMickey ?

My mum's doing pretty well. She was really happy the cast got removed and now she just needs to use a brace. My mum and sister are leaving for Bali today, it will be good for her to just sit in the sun and relax.

 

[12in12]

Cool...!!!
Considering all the places you’ve been around the world, it must be arranged similar to this...?

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It's more like this.

But instead of hands it has highlights from my life.

 

[12in12]

It’s been an overall wet, chilly for mid June week today included. So off for a treat we did go.

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That looks delicious! Sometimes you just need to treat yourself.

 

[12in12]

Arrived. Waiting on bags. Playing a game of "Avoid the flowered leis"

Have a wonderful vacation, I'm glad the flight made up for the delay and you got there safely.

 

[MinnieM123]

8 now. Another hotel added to the list. Wow. Many others sick.
This is crazy.




The death count ticked to eight on Friday, when the family of a 78-year-old Ohio man revealed he died suddenly after dinner and drinks at the Dreams Punta Cana Resort & Spa.

Yah, I think you could find a better vacation spot, at least until all these incidents get resolved. That could definitely take time . . .

How about taking T to a National Park here in the U.S. for a summer vacation? I don't think you've mentioned those before, so it was just a brief thought that entered my mind.

 

[MinnieM123]

I wondered about the expiration thing, too...!!!

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Seriously, I never knew that. O.k. I'll dump it.

 

[MinnieM123]

Stuff like that isn't surprising, but it does make me regret being to rough on my toys as a kid and throw away the boxes. I bring that up because I grew up owning the original transformer toys Hasbro released. What I mean by Original transformer toys is Transformers have been around way before Michael Bay started to direct movies. Michael Bay graduated from college in the year the first Transformers movie came out.

The catch is I do own a lot of video games. A lot of my games really went up since I bought them. As far as my game collection goes, I do not give out the total of games I own or the worth.

Oh, I know what you mean! I've often thought that I should have saved specific dolls (and the boxes) as some of them would be worth something now. Oh well.

 

[Figgy1]

to all the fathers of 2 legged ones, four legged ones and parents who are both mother and father

 

[Figgy1]

 

[MinnieM123]

My mum's doing pretty well. She was really happy the cast got removed and now she just needs to use a brace. My mum and sister are leaving for Bali today, it will be good for her to just sit in the sun and relax.

That's a wonderful update on your mum. Glad to hear that things are looking up for her!

 

[MinnieM123]

@figmentfan423 , what are the plans for your hubs for Father's Day? Will the boys cook dinner for him?

 

[Figgy1]

@figmentfan423 , what are the plans for your hubs for Father's Day? Will the boys cook dinner for him?

No big plans just grocery shopping and mall walking. I wish the boys would cook but James isn't here to help and dh requested a rather tricky steak dish

 

[MinnieM123]

No big plans just grocery shopping and mall walking. I wish the boys would cook but James isn't here to help and dh requested a rather tricky steak dish

The good thing is that you dh gets to celebrate his day with those at home. (Too bad James isn't there today, but he can catch up when he gets home.)

It's the acknowledgement that's most important today for fathers, not so much the specifics of a celebration.

And while I'm at it, let's acknowledge our fathers that have passed on. It's still their day, regardless of whether they are physically here anymore.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

They managed to make up time, so it was 9 hours 40 minutes. Still long...but it was supposed to be 30 minutes longer. They ended up landing only ten minutes later than intended with the delay.

That’s pretty good. Hope we see lots of pictures. No pressure or anything.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I had all of these (some were different colors, but, the same model) and more, back in the day...never even crossed my young mind to hold onto ‘em and keep ‘em in good condition, ‘cause they could be worth a small fortune someday...

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I know, just like the tons of baseball cards I had in the 70’s that got thrown out. I know I had some hot wheels.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

What is wrong with the weather?

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

@RedNoseMickey Vlad to hear your mom is doing better and in better spirits. Is Bali a popular place for people from the Netherlands to vacation at? It isn’t a place I hear brought up often in the states.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Don't have or can't have? The original recipe was the dumpling filling from View attachment 381540 and I converted it to vegan and made a few minor changes of my own

I just looked up whether water chestnuts need to be bought organic or not and didn’t really get an answer to it. I did however find out they have lots of health benefits. I always thought they were fun crunchy filler things in Chinese food.

 

[Figgy1]

I just looked up whether water chestnuts need to be bought organic or not and didn’t really get an answer to it. I did however find out they have lots of health benefits. I always thought they were fun crunchy filler things in Chinese food.

It's hard to find them not canned sometimes I can find them frozen at an Asian grocer, sometimes It's one of the few things I buy canned, just make sure to rinse them well