Random Questions

[ZellyB]

Paris. I have heard it is very dirty, crowded and the locals can be rude to Americans, but I don't care. I want to sit outdoors at a Parisian cafe sipping coffee and eating French pastry while gazing at the Eiffel Tower.

Only speaking for myself, I adore Paris. Yes, it's a bit dirty in places and crowded (it's a big city, so I didn't think it was unusually so) but I generally found people to be courteous. And if you replace Eiffel Tower with the Opera House, I spent an amazing afternoon doing exactly what you describe. It was magical.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Holy Land

 

[Meriweather]

Egypt.....was booked for a river cruise last year.....but it was cancelled. Not sure it will happen now.
Same with Russia.....booked, cancelled.

Also Galapagos Islands

 

[prestoncaldwell]

Prague

 

[reecejackox]

WHAT PROJECT DID YOU DO AS A KID:

Can be at age

I helped paint my bedroom when I was 14.

 

[ronandannette]

Paris. I have heard it is very dirty, crowded and the locals can be rude to Americans, but I don't care. I want to sit outdoors at a Parisian cafe sipping coffee and eating French pastry while gazing at the Eiffel Tower.

NONE of that is true, in my experience. We were only there for a few days (spring of 2019) but it was perfectly enchanting. So many things your eyes fall on seem straight out of a fairytale. Gritty in spots perhaps, but authentic. And Parisians are not rude, they're just not sycophants like maybe some tourists are used to in other parts of the world. The service we received was uniformly efficient and professional.

 

[Moliphino]

NONE of that is true, in my experience. We were only there for a few days (spring of 2019) but it was perfectly enchanting. So many things your eyes fall on seem straight out of a fairytale. Gritty in spots perhaps, but authentic. And Parisians are not rude, they're just not sycophants like maybe some tourists are used to in other parts of the world. The service we received was uniformly efficient and professional.

My feet did get absolutely filthy when I walked around the city all day in flip flops once, but the city doesn't look dirty. I love Paris, it lived up to all my expectations and then some. Just don't be an obnoxious American and you'll be fine.

 

[PollyannaMom]

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO:

If I have to pick only one answer, California! It's definitely on my list, for both places and friends/family I'd like to visit.

If I can add a couple more - Hawaii, Italy, and more of Canada. (I've been to the Canadian side of the falls, and flown out of Toronto, but never spent any significant time there.)

 

[BrianL]

Disneyland Paris
Hong Kong Disneyland
Shanghai Disneyland

 

[tvguy]

Australia and New Zealand.

Me too. My mom went and had two strong opinions afterwards. First, it was beautiful. Second, the flight was so long she would never go again until on a cruise ship.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

We moved into a very dilapidated old house when I was sixteen. My room had holes in the walls and cracked plaster and needed to be painted because it was down to the bare plaster. I waited and waited and waited for my Dad to get off his butt and get around to fixing it up while I had to share my sister's bedroom with her (her room didn't need more than paint), a situation my sister hated and I hated a little more than her, being an introvert by nature who loved to escape to my bedroom and be alone. My Dad was in no hurry, he never was in a hurry to do anything.

Finally, both my sister and I had enough and decided to do the job ourselves. My Dad said we could (anything to get out of doing any work) and got us the materials. We patched up the cracks and sanded them, filled the holes with steel wool and new plaster, sanded all the rough spots, and painted. We also laid a carpet because the floor was scratched and had splinters and was beyond our abilities at that time. It wasn't perfect, but it was livable. I lived very happily there in that room for years afterward, and ever since I don't depend on others to do stuff for me if I can do it myself or learn how to do it myself.

 

[Dead2009]

Australia

 

[TippyThomas]

Disney World. I was on my way down when Covid happened. I'm gonna try again in the future but I am not sure when yet.

 

[NannyBeBe]

I can make a very good breakfast -- eggs, potatoes fried with onions, bacon, toast. Also, I know how to sew a blind hem.

 

[reecejackox]

What was the last thing that made you laugh ?

impractical jokers for myself

 

[Schneewittchen37]

Just finished playing a round of "Oregon Trail" the card game with the family. Everyone died. It was hilarious. Everybody laughing.

 

[amcnj]

impractical jokers for myself

Did You read that Joe is stepping down from the show?

 

[bethbuchall]

A video of my grandson that my daughter-in-law sent me

 

[val1234]

Binged watched Chevy Chase over the weekend, National Lampoon Vacation, Christmas Vacation, European Vacation and Vegas Vacation! All are so Hilarious even after seeing them so many times.

 

[PollyannaMom]

WHAT PROJECT DID YOU DO AS A KID:

I actually took wood shop in junior high. (My school was trying to fight stereotypes, and assigned a bunch of girls to it together, and a bunch of boys to home ec as well.) I made a candle holder that hung on the wall, an in-box for my mom's desk at work, and I forget what else.