Chit Chat Thread for the week of December 5th, 2011

Been cold here in Mesa, AZ ... down in the high 30's. Sure is nice to be able to say "Dang it's cold" and meaning the 30's, and not 25 below like back home!

RT

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Please report back to the Collective immediately.

Hi all

Anyone watch the Jon Jones/Lyoto Machida pay per view? Machida got choked flat out. Saw a good arm break in one of the opening matches too.

Cold and sunny here.

going to the mountains

Go Blackhawks

Go Packers 12-0 soom 13-0

Here is a link to a read light and camera detector. Think the gps we use here is better.
www.gpsangel.com I found it in the J C Whitney e-mail it get from them. 99.95

that's Fahrenheit. will soon warm up to a balmy 40

Have a nice day.

In Oshawa last night for a Christmas party, spent the night. Had a great time.

Interesting! Its posted for $49 at Amazon, Stylintrucks, and JC Whitney. Lifetime updates included and they say they update weekly. I checked the Rochester NY area and they have 18 of 20 cameras shown (2 just went in last week so not listed).

Just checking in

we finally got rid of our heat in Texas

The Captain used his GPS to get us there and back safe.

and show how a child can quickly and concisely say and do the right thing.

God's Wife
IT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF

I especially liked number 5!

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once
Talked about a contest he was asked to judge.
The purpose of the
Contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was:

1. A four-year-old child, whose next door
neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his
wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old
Gentleman's' yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
When his mother asked him what he had
said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, 'Nothing, I just
Helped him cry.'

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2. Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were
discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture
had a different hair color than the other members. One of her
students suggested that he was adopted.
A little girl said, 'I know all about
Adoption, I was adopted..'

'What does it mean to be adopted?', asked
another child.

'It means', said the girl, 'that you grew
in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy!'

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3. On my way home one day, I stopped to
watch a Little League base ball game that was being played in a
park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-
base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was
'We're behind 14 to nothing,' he answered
With a smile.

'Really,' I said. 'I have to say you
don't look very discouraged.'

'Discouraged?', the boy asked with a
Puzzled look on his face...

'Why should we be discouraged? We haven't
Been up to bat yet.'

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4. Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot
in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott.

Jamie was trying out for a part in the
school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being
in it, though she feared he would not be chosen..

On the day the parts were awarded, I went
with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her,
eyes shining with pride and excitement.. 'Guess what, Mom,' he
shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to
me....'I've been chosen to clap and cheer.'

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5. An eye witness account from New York
City , on a cold day in December,
some years ago: A little boy,
about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the
roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering
With cold.

A lady approached the young boy and said,
'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!'

'I was asking God to give me a pair of
shoes,' was the boy's reply.

The lady took him by the hand, went into
the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks
for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water
and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.

She took the little fellow to the back
part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed
his little feet, and dried them with the towel.

By this time, the clerk had returned with
the socks.. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him
a pair of shoes..

She tied up the remaining pairs of socks
and gave them to him.. She patted him on the head and said, 'No
doubt, you will be more comfortable now..'

As she turned to go, the astonished kid
caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears
in his eyes, asked her:

'Are you God's wife?'

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SEND TO ALL WHO LOVE AND CARE FOR CHILDREN.
Hope this put a smile on your face it
Sure did mine!

c-c-c-cold. AL is not suppose to get this cold!

and just home from a week in Florida with Mickey

58 degrees in San Diego, CA!!

It's 32F (0C) here right now. Where's that T-shirt...?

Still BBQ at -40

Any time is the right time to grill! +40, or -40!

Great week everyone

The Packers are 13-0

And the Ravens beat the Colts today. Oh yeah.

- Phil

Going xmas shopping this week. Got my list and checking it twice and starting to make a route to hit the malls and stores. Happy Holidays everyone!

We are quickly coming up on the end of the year!

good morning all

Hi, Have a great week and fun holidays.

They done it.

... sitting & waiting for the new Chit Chat topic.

if I could even got on the computor was acting up real slow . Probably like its owner.
Morning Gary

Good morning John.

Now that racing is over waht football team are you for?

Yesterday I cheered on the Packers (W), the Redskins (L) & last night, the Giants (W).

But I am having NASCAR withdrawals.

the grandson is a Miami Dophiine fan
Close game with the Giants and Cowboys.

You are also trying to be the last one to post here.

Happy Monday.

Say that

you keep replying to MY posts.

I thought it was just chatting between friends.

I must have mis-understood.

Good morning.

Can do that once in awhile. did you see the line earlier about the red light and speed camera detector ?

Good morning, Charlie!

I don't remember seeing anything about a red light and speed camera detector, John... where was that?

I posted it arond friday or saturday in the chit chat section. I will try to find the link.

I may have seen it, I just don't remember.

I'm beginning to suffer from CRS.