Off Topic Part Deux

[trailmix 77]

So my daugher called, all excited, to tell me she had won a bunch of money at the Blackjack table in Vegas. She and her fiancé had gone with 10 of their friends for a 30th birthday surprise. So after we hung up I went to the local grocery store to pick up some items and saw a sale on Butterfingers. When I got to the checkout it didn't ring up as the sale price so I said "Oh. Those were marked on sale. But that's okay. It's only 6 cents so don't worry about it." But the cashier wanted to verify it and ended up refunding the full amount of the item and then gave me the item for free as well! Store policy.

And so ends the tale of two generations. My daughter is chuffed that she won the cost of her trip and I am chuffed that I got a free Butterfinger. Oh, how my expectations have been lowered throughout the years.

WOW what store was that? I've never had that happen to me. "Chuffed" is a new word to me. What does it mean?

chuffed = pleased or happy about

[thetreble 19]

HAHA! Krikit! I would have been well chuffed with the win + the butterfinger too I think we should start using our British slang around here, Krikit. We could rule the world with how many slang words we probably know. My grandma lived in Manchester and I visited her often..I also had a british boyfriend for quite some time and have many british friends...and my dad is from Glasgow...so I'm as British-Canadian as you can get without being born in Britain.

I AM BOSSLESS TODAY! WOOOOOOOOO! I needed this SO badly! My boss is a nightmare and last night I Finally snapped at her. (probably why she didn't come in)

AND THEN...our cuban housekeeper who obviously has a crush on me brought me a mini cherry pie. It was so cute of him. Made my day!

Makes me think I should do stuff like that more often for people...

Edited January 16, 2009 by thetreble

[Carlawarla 1]

HAHA! Krikit! I would have been well chuffed with the win + the butterfinger too I think we should start using our British slang around here, Krikit. We could rule the world with how many slang words we probably know. My grandma lived in Manchester and I visited her often..I also had a british boyfriend for quite some time and have many british friends...and my dad is from Glasgow...so I'm as British-Canadian as you can get without being born in Britain.

I AM BOSSLESS TODAY! WOOOOOOOOO! I needed this SO badly! My boss is a nightmare and last night I Finally snapped at her. (probably why she didn't come in)

AND THEN...our cuban housekeeper who obviously has a crush on me brought me a mini cherry pie. It was so cute of him. Made my day!

Makes me think I should do stuff like that more often for people...

You have a housekeeper?

[Sprailenes 47]

We're going to Delaware on Sunday. We have this little state that is so close to us, we haven't even really been there to visit. So on Sunday we're going to Wilmington to explore.

Anyone know of anything interesting in Wilmington??

[Emancipation 2]

Anyone know of anything interesting in Wilmington??

http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/attractions.htm looks like a cool little town

[thetreble 19]

We're going to Delaware on Sunday. We have this little state that is so close to us, we haven't even really been there to visit. So on Sunday we're going to Wilmington to explore.

Anyone know of anything interesting in Wilmington??

I was just there a couple of months ago. Their downtown is cute. It's basically a college town.

You have a housekeeper?

Yes! At work, of course..not at home. I work at a university so we have housekeepers that do all the dorms and offices. He just takes out my garbage and sweeps. He's seriously one of the nicest men I've ever met.

[Emancipation 2]

Poor TO.. no power.. geesh! Hope my auntie has power.. I haven't seen a friend online today, so me thinks she's in the grid w/o power

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/200...wer-outage.html

[trailmix 77]

Hope Jen doesn't mind me quoting her here - just found this in the waiting for K1 interview thread:

1/2 hour later I was called into room 8 for the interview. He was super nice and joked around with me...Also when I mentioned I had used VJ for information, he said "oh you must have read about me? I was the one people said was really nice and was a joker" LOL. So say nice things, because it *seems as though he has a VJ account!

[Emancipation 2]

Hope Jen doesn't mind me quoting her here - just found this in the waiting for K1 interview thread:

1/2 hour later I was called into room 8 for the interview. He was super nice and joked around with me...Also when I mentioned I had used VJ for information, he said "oh you must have read about me? I was the one people said was really nice and was a joker" LOL. So say nice things, because it *seems as though he has a VJ account!

I think he likes the fact that he's famous on VJ!!

[Flames9_RN 358]

I'm sure this site is very well known to them!!

[trailmix 77]

I'm sure this site is very well known to them!!

Me too. I always think it's funny when people say nooooo, these people are far too busy to come in here and read this stuff.

I don't find it at all unusual that someone who works somewhere would visit a website where they discuss it.

Edited January 16, 2009 by trailmix

[SpiritAlight 1]

I posted this in the other Off Topic, and in case some of you do not venture over there, I really wanted to share this with you.

A friend sent it from Vancouver.

It warmed my popsicle heart (hey I'm in Chicago, and the temp. is hovering around -20F!).

(L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L)

Enjoy!

[trailmix 77]

Hope Jen doesn't mind me quoting her here - just found this in the waiting for K1 interview thread:

1/2 hour later I was called into room 8 for the interview. He was super nice and joked around with me...Also when I mentioned I had used VJ for information, he said "oh you must have read about me? I was the one people said was really nice and was a joker" LOL. So say nice things, because it *seems as though he has a VJ account!

I think he likes the fact that he's famous on VJ!!

I think it's nice that he is nice to people

Edited January 16, 2009 by trailmix

[Emancipation 2]

there's a man that comes to my office that needs help faxing, writing letters etc. I generally help him (depending on the request), and he brought me a cyclamen plant today. very sweet.. I know it was a sacrifice for him.. he gets so little (on disability), and should be using the $$ for taking care of himself.. AND today he came in without a jacket (feels like -14 today)... i promptly scolded him.

[Krikit 1,164]

Was posting their video above, but oh well.

Anyway, this is one of their older songs, I like this.

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So my daugher called, all excited, to tell me she had won a bunch of money at the Blackjack table in Vegas. She and her fiancé had gone with 10 of their friends for a 30th birthday surprise. So after we hung up I went to the local grocery store to pick up some items and saw a sale on Butterfingers. When I got to the checkout it didn't ring up as the sale price so I said "Oh. Those were marked on sale. But that's okay. It's only 6 cents so don't worry about it." But the cashier wanted to verify it and ended up refunding the full amount of the item and then gave me the item for free as well! Store policy.

And so ends the tale of two generations. My daughter is chuffed that she won the cost of her trip and I am chuffed that I got a free Butterfinger. Oh, how my expectations have been lowered throughout the years.

WOW what store was that? I've never had that happen to me. "Chuffed" is a new word to me. What does it mean?

It's the Publix stores. Not sure if you have them where you are. And, yes, Trailmix is right. Chuffed means pleased/happy. Like Treble says, it's British slang. I'm originally from England so I'm bilingual.

HAHA! Krikit! I would have been well chuffed with the win + the butterfinger too I think we should start using our British slang around here, Krikit. We could rule the world with how many slang words we probably know. My grandma lived in Manchester and I visited her often..I also had a british boyfriend for quite some time and have many british friends...and my dad is from Glasgow...so I'm as British-Canadian as you can get without being born in Britain.

Haha. Maybe we should start a slang thread for all countries and we can learn a new language.

AND THEN...our cuban housekeeper who obviously has a crush on me brought me a mini cherry pie. It was so cute of him. Made my day!

Makes me think I should do stuff like that more often for people...

Awwwww. That was so sweet of him.

Poor TO.. no power.. geesh! Hope my auntie has power.. I haven't seen a friend online today, so me thinks she's in the grid w/o power

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/200...wer-outage.html

I had no idea the power was out. Good thing my daughter is in Vegas. Except my son is in Toronto so I wonder if he's been affected? They live in The Beaches so their house is alright, but they work in the downtown core so it looks like that's where it is.

Hope Jen doesn't mind me quoting her here - just found this in the waiting for K1 interview thread:

1/2 hour later I was called into room 8 for the interview. He was super nice and joked around with me...Also when I mentioned I had used VJ for information, he said "oh you must have read about me? I was the one people said was really nice and was a joker" LOL. So say nice things, because it *seems as though he has a VJ account!

Hmmm. I wish I knew who that was. There were two guys there who were super super nice to us. One was the interviewer who was youngish, but I don't recall him making any jokes. The other was an older guy who went out of his way to get me my visa later that day, and he did make some jokes.

there's a man that comes to my office that needs help faxing, writing letters etc. I generally help him (depending on the request), and he brought me a cyclamen plant today. very sweet.. I know it was a sacrifice for him.. he gets so little (on disability), and should be using the $$ for taking care of himself.. AND today he came in without a jacket (feels like -14 today)... i promptly scolded him.

Oh wow. Another kind deed. Isn't that lovely.

Edited January 16, 2009 by Krikit