Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

NYwdwfan

NYwdwfan

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ajrwdwgirl said:
My mom usually put our sandwiches in plastic bags but occasionally if she ran out she would wrap them in plastic wrap or waxed paper. I wasn't a peanut butter and jelly fan so our sandwiches were usually deli meat. Every couple of weeks though there would be a special sandwich, at least I thought it was special. The special sandwich was a Bacos (usually the generic brand, not even real bacon bits). I loved this sandwich and it was such a treat to get it. About six years ago my mom and I were talking about it and come to find out it was her desperation sandwich. It was what she sent when she was out of deli meat and she was embarrassed to send us to school with it. She had no idea I loved it so much, she said she wished she had known how much I loved it because it would have saved her a bunch of money to send it more often!

When hubby and I got married he was miffed at the things I would save and reuse. Like I would save twist ties, empty jars and bread bags to reuse, in fact one of our first married tiffs was when he threw away all the bread bags I'd saved. His mom hadn't done anything like that. So he had a little learning curve as to why some things could be reused. He still prefers to just discard things instead of trying to repair or fix things. I grew up with the save, fix and reuse and he grew up with discard and get new. So I guess it is all how we were raised.
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It's amazing how seemingly insignificant things can make the greatest impact on a child - both good and bad. I loved that story.

acishere said:
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I'm guessing A.C. is here ^^^

JenniferS said:
I sort of know how old you are, but I have no idea how old @MinnieM123 is. Maybe your experiences are different because of an age gap.

There are seven years between me and my youngest brother, and sometimes I listen to him tell stories and it's like we didn't even grow up in the same house. When I was 12 for instance, my brothers were 11, 7, and 5. My mother was just returning to work now that her baby was in school full time. We owned one car. Money was tight, but we made do.

Fast forward to when my youngest brother was 12, and it was a whole different story. I was 19 and had moved out. The next brother was away at school, and never did move back home. There were only two kids left, my mom was working full time, two cars in the driveway, and my parents were flush with cash.

I remember the weekly trip to the grocery store yielded one bag of cookies and one 4-pack of Laura Secord pudding - for four kids! Apples were Macs, purchased in a 5-lb bag, subject to bruises and nicks.

My youngest brother remembers the cupboards flush with cookies, pudding cups, fruit cups, and great big huge, shiny waxed Delicious apples.

Same house ... same family ... seven years difference.
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My kids think I grew up in a house loaded with Twizzlers, Oreos and Klondike bars because that's what my parents' house is now.

My dad once got a bit stern with my son and when I picked the kids up my son told me, "you have no idea what it's like to be a kid around Grandpa."

:hilarious:o_O:cautious:
 
acishere

acishere

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NYwdwfan said:
It's amazing how seemingly insignificant things can make the greatest impact on a child - both good and bad. I loved that story.



I'm guessing A.C. is here ^^^



My kids think I grew up in a house loaded with Twizzlers, Oreos and Klondike bars because that's what my parents' house is now.

My dad once got a bit stern with my son and when I picked the kids up my son told me, "you have no idea what it's like to be a kid around Grandpa."

:hilarious:o_O:cautious:
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I'm here when it isn't my turn to drive and I have a working cell signal.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MOXOMUMD said:
So Olympic breaking news, Ryan Lochte and three other swimmers were robbed at gunpoint last night. :cyclops:
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Is that true or is it like the breaking news we had here in Raleigh yesterday afternoon when one of our largest Malls was put in lock-down because of an active shooter.

Problem is that they have yet to find anyone that saw anyone shooting anything, nor anyone that even saw a gun. What they are working on is a noise that somebody heard that, to them, sounded like a gunshot. No bullet holes, no one shot, not even any spent cartridges. Just mass panic probably because some one dropped their lunch tray in the food court. People were injured because of the panic and the mob ran over them, plus a number that suffered from heat exhaustion because they were herded outside in 100 degree weather and not allowed to get to their cars.

One woman was interviewed and she said that she was a country girl and she knew what a gunshot sounded like. Not sure how a country girl would know what a gunshot in a busy mall would sound like, but, whatever. If nothing else, certain people have turned up the fear factor in the public to a degree where someone dropping something on the floor will cause a near stampede to happen among supposedly intelligent people. It's all very sad.

I swear if it wasn't for the fact that I would have to learn how to say, eh!, a lot plus remembering to say "aboat", drink Molson's and freeze the majority of the year, I'd consider moving to the land of @JenniferS.
 
MOXOMUMD

MOXOMUMD

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Goofyernmost said:
Is that true or is it like the breaking news we had here in Raleigh yesterday afternoon when one of our largest Malls was put in lock-down because of an active shooter.

Problem is that they have yet to find anyone that saw anyone shooting anything, nor anyone that even saw a gun. What they are working on is a noise that somebody heard that, to them, sounded like a gunshot. No bullet holes, no one shot, not even any spent cartridges. Just mass panic probably because some one dropped their lunch tray in the food court. People were injured because of the panic and the mob ran over them, plus a number that suffered from heat exhaustion because they were herded outside in 100 degree weather and not allowed to get to their cars.

One woman was interviewed and she said that she was a country girl and she knew what a gunshot sounded like. Not sure how a country girl would know what a gunshot in a busy mall would sound like, but, whatever. If nothing else, certain people have turned up the fear factor in the public to a degree where someone dropping something on the floor will cause a near stampede to happen among supposedly intelligent people. It's all very sad.

I swear if it wasn't for the fact that I would have to learn how to say, eh!, a lot plus remembering to say "aboat", drink Molson's and freeze the majority of the year, I'd consider moving to the land of @JenniferS.
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Not sure where you were trying to compare the two news stories but the Olympic story is true.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MOXOMUMD said:
Not sure where you were trying to compare the two news stories but the Olympic story is true.
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No, the only reason for the comparison is that we don't always get the right information at the "breaking news" point. What we seem to get is incorrect information and rumor. I'm just hoping that the robbery is not true like the active shooter was not true.
 
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Goofyernmost said:
Is that true or is it like the breaking news we had here in Raleigh yesterday afternoon when one of our largest Malls was put in lock-down because of an active shooter.

Problem is that they have yet to find anyone that saw anyone shooting anything, nor anyone that even saw a gun. What they are working on is a noise that somebody heard that, to them, sounded like a gunshot. No bullet holes, no one shot, not even any spent cartridges. Just mass panic probably because some one dropped their lunch tray in the food court. People were injured because of the panic and the mob ran over them, plus a number that suffered from heat exhaustion because they were herded outside in 100 degree weather and not allowed to get to their cars.

One woman was interviewed and she said that she was a country girl and she knew what a gunshot sounded like. Not sure how a country girl would know what a gunshot in a busy mall would sound like, but, whatever. If nothing else, certain people have turned up the fear factor in the public to a degree where someone dropping something on the floor will cause a near stampede to happen among supposedly intelligent people. It's all very sad.

I swear if it wasn't for the fact that I would have to learn how to say, eh!, a lot plus remembering to say "aboat", drink Molson's and freeze the majority of the year, I'd consider moving to the land of @JenniferS.
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Yes sadly the story of the swimmers is true. It is from a reliable source.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Goofyernmost said:
No, the only reason for the comparison is that we don't always get the right information at the "breaking news" point. What we seem to get is incorrect information and rumor. I'm just hoping that the robbery is not true like the active shooter was not true.
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It's true about the robbery of the swimmers. Just a little while ago, I was watching the Olympics and saw the interview with the 3 swimmers. Apparently, robbers dressed like police (impersonating officers) stopped the taxi they were in (they were on their way back to the Olympic village), and told them to get out. They were robbed at gunpoint, but thank God none of them were injured.
 
Donillary Crumpton

Donillary Crumpton

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unkadug said:
Shouldn't political ads be reported as being against Terms Of Service for this site?
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I wouldn't know, as I've never seen one of those ad's. Currently mine at the top of the page is IBM Watson Health: Provider-Led Population Health Management.

I know what the internet is subtly trying to tell me with this...but rest assured, the diet is working. Slowly. But working nonetheless.
 

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