SIDEBAR #57 - Travis Alexander forum

[Hatfield]

Hatfield asked, "

Has anyone ever won something big?"

Not me. The "biggest" prize I ever won was an ugly long-legged ceramic frog sitting on a pot. (the frog could come off, thus actually a bowl I suppose) I don't even know what it was supposed to represent, but it made me think he was sitting on a toilet. we have had a lot of laughs over it through the years.​

This is hysterical. :floorlaugh:

 

[Hatfield]

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...and I had NEVER made chili before, and didn't even have a recipe that day! Just made it to *taste* and won over 100 other participants lol

WOW. Congrats. That's a really nice prize and it definitely is in the large category with 1000.00. Nice prize and I bet the chili was GOOD. Mmmmmmmmm

I make a pretty mean Venison chili but I am not too consistent and it comes out different each time. LOL

 

[Wagara]

Exactly. But......not sure what the situation is exactly, but adding that if this person chose for herself to searching, without being asked by the family or without consulting with the family, then IMO she doesn't have any right to expect reimbursement.

Her wonderfully generous choice to go act, but.. .her choice.

But this isn't about her IMO! The family should offer regardless. Whether she accepts is a different matter.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

1962 - The first record album to poke fun at a U.S. President became the #1 LP in the country. Vaughn Meader’s The First Family made the humorist a household word. The album stayed at #1 for three months.

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[Spellbound]

...and I had NEVER made chili before, and didn't even have a recipe that day! Just made it to *taste* and won over 100 other participants lol

Woohoo!!!! Chili at ATL's during the holidays!!!!!

 

[atthelake]

Woohoo!!!! Chili at ATL's during the holidays!!!!!

Lol. I have no idea how I made it! I tried making it during the Superbowl the next year and it was awful lol .

I just remember starting the night before with 8 folks at the dinner table drinking over 8 bottles of wine and after that it was just making chili the next morning starting at 6 a.m.
:doh:

I do remember we put a half a can of Miller light beer in it because they sponsored it :biggrin:

I do remember.. I started out with 12 pounds of meat.

ETA Real chili doesn't have beans :/

 

[coffeejunkie]

I won a free hair color once at an opening of a beauty shop...does that count?

 

[coffeejunkie]

I love CHILI that my comfort food

 

[Dmacky]

The police has a couple suspects that they are questioning (regarding the stolen/fire of our car). You know what really ticks us off? We have the cost of the storage and towing fees that WE must pay! Just doesn't seem fair...


Was just a very bad day yesterday We received word that my DH cousin in FL passed away while sitting in a chair talking with her family (heart attack, she was only 62) How sad is that? Then daughter called yesterday afternoon and said that SIL grandmother passed. Can we have a do over of yesterday?

Oh my dear coffee, Spell is right...You don't want to do THAT DAY over at. I liked Zuri's idea better, with the magic wand that can undo things.
I'm so sorry to hear about you losing your loved ones yesterday :frown:
It's always MUCH sadder if it happens around the holidays. :hug:

That's not right about them making YOU responsible for towing and storage for your car that was STOLEN from you!

We didn't have to pay anything when we picked up my daughters car's from the Impound. All she had to do was show them the police report and her drivers license. That was my first trip EVER to an impound lot, and it was absolutely not a place on my bucket list. Good grief I've never seen so many cars in my life. From wrecked cars to brand spankin new ones...4 different lots. CRAZY. The office we had to go in was a nasty dirty little place...and I mean little. People/we were lined up all the way out of the door. It took forever, and I could hear/see that everyone else in there were paying fee's. Some were really big ones, it was unreal. From the paper we received, I am enclosing the summary of charges people had to fork out money for. It was very sad for me to watch...as judging from the people I saw, it didn't look like they could afford all that "extra" money. :frown:
Seems to me like the city revenue from impounding cars is a big money maker!

Summary of charges
1. Storage
2. Tow bill
3. Dolly fee
4. Labor
5. Handling
6. Tax
Thank goodness there was a typed "waived" by each of these for us.
I hope you can get it out today coffeej, from my understanding, they charge for "storing" by the day.
Sending hugs for you and Mr. Coffee :wink:

 

[Dmacky]

Congratulations ATL !! That's quite a story, about winning 1st place on something you had never even made before!
Your cookies look delicious, and you are kind to make them for your neighbors...wish I was your neighbor :smile:

 

[Dmacky]

There's so many posts I want to respond to, but I can't get to them right now. I'm lost today because WS is the first thing at look at in the morning...I had a 7:30 appointment this morning and that has thrown off my whole routine, and my entire day!!

 

[Dmacky]

Back...for a minute.

Sending LOVE ~ HOPE ~ LIGHT ~ and ~ HEALING PRAYERS
to our sweet NORE :heartbeat:
We love you Ms. Lady, please get well soon :grouphug:

 

[Hope4More]

Lol. I have no idea how I made it! I tried making it during the Superbowl the next year and it was awful lol .

I just remember starting the night before with 8 folks at the dinner table drinking over 8 bottles of wine and after that it was just making chili the next morning starting at 6 a.m.
:doh:

I do remember we put a half a can of Miller light beer in it because they sponsored it :biggrin:

I do remember.. I started out with 12 pounds of meat.

ETA Real chili doesn't have beans :/

LOL! Reminds me of when I was a young thing and visiting a friend who wanted me to crew for a sailboat race the next day. His friend who owned a restaurant/pub was celebrating his 30th bday the night before.

Most of the whole town of 30 odd folks (literally) attended a fine meal and a few glasses of wine or mugs of beer. Around 8 at night he kicked out everyone except a group of 8 of us. Out came the champagne. A dozen or so bottles later in and the evening began in earnest. I was the only woman there, all of the guys were 3rd or 4th generation watermen (crabbers, fishermen, the like). They had plenty of practice drinking, me not so much but I wasn't willing to look like a wussy sissy girl so I tried to keep up.

It's amazing how quickly morning comes when there is no limit to the amount of champagne and great company to be had. By daybreak the wives began to arrive, most giving me dirty looks as they rolled their DH's into trucks and drove off.

I remember being fascinated by the restaurant floor, completed carpeted with champagne corks, like a forest clearing with an overgrowth of mushrooms.

My friend's wife collected him and me in the back of her pickup truck and drove us home for many cups of coffee.

The sailboat race went on as planned, even though the majority of captains were probably still legally drunk, and for sure suffering from horrible hangovers. I crewed for my friend. We came in next to last. The victory was in not puking during the race, as far as I was concerned.

I did notice the winner of the race turned down- emphatically- an offer of celebratory champagne.


And PS...pffft. Good chili has BEANS!!!

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

LOL! Reminds me of when I was a young thing and visiting a friend who wanted me to crew for a sailboat race the next day. His friend who owned a restaurant/pub was celebrating his 30th bday the night before.

Most of the whole town of 30 odd folks (literally) attended a fine meal and a few glasses of wine or mugs of beer. Around 8 at night he kicked out everyone except a group of 8 of us. Out came the champagne. A dozen or so bottles later in and the evening began in earnest. I was the only woman there, all of the guys were 3rd or 4th generation watermen (crabbers, fishermen, the like). They had plenty of practice drinking, me not so much but I wasn't willing to look like a wussy sissy girl so I tried to keep up.

It's amazing how quickly morning comes when there is no limit to the amount of champagne and great company to be had. By daybreak the wives began to arrive, most giving me dirty looks as they rolled their DH's into trucks and drove off.

I remember being fascinated by the restaurant floor, completed carpeted with champagne corks, like a forest clearing with an overgrowth of mushrooms.

My friend's wife collected him and me in the back of her pickup truck and drove us home for many cups of coffee.

The sailboat race went on as planned, even though the majority of captains were probably still legally drunk, and for sure suffering from horrible hangovers. I crewed for my friend. We came in next to last. The victory was in not puking during the race, as far as I was concerned.

I did notice the winner of the race turned down- emphatically- an offer of celebratory champagne.


And PS...pffft. Good chili has BEANS!!!

Literally 30 people, or 30 odd people?

 

[Hope4More]

Literally 30 people, or 30 odd people?

LOL a'gin. Literally 30 people, but most also oddly wonderful.

 

[Niner]

Hi everyone!

1st BBM:

I don't think this is correct. The 12/15 deadline is if you DON'T want to make changes. If you want to make changes, you actually have until 1/31/16 at the latest, but the changes won't take effect until March. Here is a link that explains it:

https://www.healthcare.gov/quick-gui...and-deadlines/

2nd BBM:

I did notice them and thought they were adorable.

Well, I just got back from spending ALL morning (well, most of it) at the Human Services Dept. (3 hours

) and they said that the people coming off Medi-Cal going to Covered California don't have to worry about any dead lines, as the State hasn't figured out yet - what they are going to proceed with! But she said don't worry about paying for the Huz' meds... so I'm hoping she is correct!

I'll have to find my cows and post a picture of them. They're in a box in the basement...

OK, I need a Focus Group Consensus:

This past summer, a woman went missing in another country while on vacation. Her BFF got on a plane and went over to help find her as the local LE hadn't really done anything. She found her deceased unfortunately after 5 weeks of searching. This BFF took time off from her life and job and used her own resources while searching.

If you were this woman's family, would you reimburse the BFF?

This is the lady in Scotland, I think it was? I followed that case. I don't know if she should get reimbursed... :thinking: She IS/was her BFF, so... it's not like the missing woman's husband told her to take off 5 weeks to search; so my thinking is no, she shouldn't get reimbursed. Is she expecting to be reimbursed? I know she was wealthy, but still... I believe, she did it for the "love" of her friend, and prpbably never expected to be reimbursed.

So as not to make this too long, I'll post now as I'm only on page 8... and will keep reading!

 

[Niner]

I wrote this on the Susan McLean thread months ago. What an amazing friendship these women had. Just wanted to share what I learned from that thread.

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I remember when you wrote that! :luv: I have a friend like that - if she went missing I would go to the ends of earth to find her too!

Nore :hug: Take care!!

The police has a couple suspects that they are questioning (regarding the stolen/fire of our car). You know what really ticks us off? We have the cost of the storage and towing fees that WE must pay! Just doesn't seem fair...

I believe you can get restitution from the "theives"!! Keep your receipts!

Sorry to hear about your relatives passing away! :hug:

Has anyone ever won something big?

Nope... Did the T-shirt "say" anything on it??

...and I had NEVER made chili before, and didn't even have a recipe that day! Just made it to *taste* and won over 100 other participants lol

:cheer:

and speaking of cooking...
I've learned what boil vs rolling boil is! And what a dash, a pinch, and a smidgen are! LOL! Cooked Guiness Beef Stew the other night; but than the Huz HAD to add more seasoning, and put in a Little TOO much pepper! LOL! But it cam eout okay when we cooked a little longer than it was supposed.

I won a free hair color once at an opening of a beauty shop...does that count?

Of course! Hair coloring is expensive!!

And PS...pffft. Good chili has BEANS!!! :wink:

YES!! And cute story!

okay - watching "It's a Wonderful Life" in COLOR!!

 

[Niner]

Oh - if you all have watched "It's a Wonderful Life" - the Granville house they live in. I built a dollhouse of this house! It came out beautiful!! I think I mentioned this before! Anyway - maybe I'll remember to find those pictures and post a few!

:seeya:

 

[Hatfield]

I won a free hair color once at an opening of a beauty shop...does that count?

Yes. It sure does count. Anything free is a good thing.

 

[krkrjx]

Good Evening Everyone...

I hope all are feeling well and those who aren't will be before long.

For anyone who was following the story of the cat with the tumor on his foot, he is home and doing very well. He had the amputation last Thursday and by the next day was scooting around rather well. He was a little lopsided looking but, hey, it was one day post op...I was impressed that he was up and about at all!

Now, five days out, he is looking awesome and full of spunk. My friend still has him sequestered as her other cat likes to pick on him and for the time being he is vulnerable to her attacks. But even in that regard, I think he will do a respectable job of defending himself just as he always had. I do not think he thinks of himself as disabled in the least. Animals are cool about such things, IMO.