Team Focker Watch Chat - Version 7.0: It Slices, Dices and Rolls Up Socks

[PrincessV]

Do you guys have FPL up there too? UGH!

Nope, this is Progress Energy. TECO (Tampa Elec.) netted themselves a 12% increase.

As for being obsolete/replaced, not anytime soon. Check out this article:
http://www.cinemablend.com/games/No-New-Nintendo-Console-Coming-Soon-13414.html

My little brother got one and it came with a sports game (baseball, tennis, golf I think they were ). Ummm be careful w/ the controls because their wireless and I know when it first came out there were reports of them flying out of peoples' hands, but I think they may have fixed this problem with some strappy thing (but not sure). You'll most likely have to buy a second controller though since the majority of consoles don't include 2 controllers. Also, it plays the Nintendo Gamecube games.

Try checking out ebay to see if you can get it a little cheapers. I bought my brother's Xbox 360 on ebay 2 years ago and it was Brand New in box (ebay code: NIB) and he's had no problems ::::knock on wood:::::

Here's more info:
http://reviews.cnet.com/consoles/nintendo-wii/4505-10109_7-31355104.html

Thanks Z!

What's annoying is it's 73 outside, so you can't wear the sweatshirt and pants with fuzzy slippers and socks without sweating if you leave.

YES, that's exactly what happens here, too!

 

[HomeschoolMama]

You guys... I was so shocked today by something I heard. K went to the other office today to train some of the guys there. He met the new manager who engaged him in a discussion about politics. The guy freely used the "N" word when talking about Obama and the "F" word when talking about prop 8! OMGosh! Obama wasn't who we voted for, but we're still supportive of our President elect and happy that we have seen history being made.

I was so disgusted with the way he said the guy was talking. It's just so horrible! I'm fairly certain that this Christian-run family business would never want him representing their company. Did I mention he's only worked for them for a week?!

So, what now? He's high enough up that they will ask what K's opinion is of the new hire. The convo was between the new guy, K and another guy that's below K.

I know my husband will think about what he should do and will do the right thing according to "man-code" and his ethical beliefs and all that, but what do you girls think? And David, what do you think? How would you handle it if you were in the situation?

 

[HomeschoolMama]

YES, that's exactly what happens here, too!

We're weather twins!
I just tapped the heater up to 71 to get the chill out. K told me to open the windows, but there's no sun that will come in, so it's chilly air.

 

[KatGarcia]

BEST IN THE WEST BBQ BEAN BAKE 1 lb. ground beef

Dude- you are the recipe queen!

I ended up falling asleep at 4am So this is too early for me, but the parental unit wants to go to Wally World

Laters

I was up that late too, reading and being kept up late by KC fixing the (enter expletive here) computer again.

Morning Fockers!

So, it's cold down here. Which wouldn't be bad, except, catch this: the idiots in the FL legislature approved our electric company's request to increase rates 25%!!! My normal winter bill hovers around $300, so this is gonna be BAD. I explained to my mother, in light of this news, that we will not be setting the heat at her preferred temp of 71 this winter. She rebelled and said "just turn the hot water heater off during the day!" Oh yes, that'll be much more helpful than lowering the heat temp. And oh so pleasant when I forget to turn it back on and have to give Leo a cold shower. The woman drives my nuts. I told her I'll buy her a sweater for Xmas.

25% thats crazy! I felt it when ours went up a smaller amount than that! The amount we all pay for bills these days is just insane! I thnk we all need to send your mom some warm clothes for winter, that should help!

Where is everyone??? THe one day I can play on the Dis and no one is around. I'm bored...somebody please come entertain me

It took me a while to drag my dead butt out of bed and have coffee so I felt human... but now it seems everyone is gone!

I'm trying to make a list of things to do with the kids while he's gone. There is NOTHING to do in this God-Forsaken State! Ugh. There's a serious lack of CULTURE here. It's so sad.

Hope you guys have a good day!

MEL

You could always drive a but it the east...man I wish i had a bigger place I'd so have a free place for you all to visit!

Hi Everyone! Just lurking and trying to catch up.
Mel, you have a nice back yard! love the gazeebo.

I`m off do do some stuff...

Happy stuff-ing... that came out wrong somehow You know what I meant. LOL.

I woke up this morning feeling as though I'd pinched a nerve in my neck, I still went to golf though and played OK especially seeing as though I could hardly move my neck I then came home and had a fight with the vacuum, it nearly won but I had it in the end!!!! The roller had tons of hair around it and when I removed it the roller came off and it took me about an hour to get it back on, I now have a very sore finger where I trapped it Anyway I eventually did it

Not even a pinch nerve will stop you huh?! Take a nice hot bath and relax lady!

I'm giving somewhat serious consideration to buying a Wii. Anyone care to condone or condemn this idea?!

So did you decide yet? We loved ours when we first got it (the day it came out because KC worked for Nintendo). We played with it a lot at first, esp the bowling game. It's fun. We gave up on it even5tually but I think it's geared more for kids anyways. KC is a hardcore gamer. I think it would be a great way to get some exercise in the house for you guys. Don't worry about the whole flinging of the controllers, most people thought the senitivity wasn't as good on it and they flung around too much when really u need very little wrist movement for it to work.

If you have any questions please ask, KC knows an awful lot about it and I have a ton of friends who still work at the Nintendo Store.

and BTW you can download dr.mario on the console!

Hello all1 I'm back from NYC in one piece! Shrek was good, but I think I'd wait for the national tour to take kids, there was a lot of belching and farting, which you expect from Shrek. However, there was also an entire verse of a song using terms of blow (in the colloquial adjective context), but something I'd take into account if I were taking the boys (9 and 12).

I heard it was bad, but I usually judge for myself. I just cant get over some of the funny stuff thats going to broadway these days! Did you do anything else in the city??

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Afternoon all! I am still waiting to see if we have a house guest for the night, nothing like last minute huh? Granted all I need to do is add extra pasta if he comes, but still. I'd also like to be showered and presentable and i need a little time for that. It's irritating, just make a plan and stick to it- people make me nuts when they just wing it!

I am making: Spinache Artichoke Pasta Bake. I am making it with ravioli and reg pasta mixed (it makes more and is cheaper) and different cheeses, but same idea. I am also making more PUMPKIN GOBS for dessert- YUMMMMMMY!

So I started a new series of books I wanted to share....
"The Hollows" by Kim Harrison
The books are:
Dead Witch Walking
The Good, The Bad, and The Undead
Every Which Way But Dead
A Fistful of Charms
For A Few Demons More
The Outlaw Demon Wails

My friend loves them so much she sent her copies to me to read. So far they are pretty darn good! Just wanted to share!

 

[jcc0621]

It took me a while to drag my dead butt out of bed and have coffee so I felt human... but now it seems everyone is gone!

I'm here Kat. I just got out of a meeting. Scheduled to be an hour, wound up being almost 2 hours

 

[HomeschoolMama]

Ugh, Kat. How annoying. When do you find out if he's coming over?

 

[Hedy]

Pictures are coming-between Thanksgiving, my job change and my trip coming up soon-things are crazy around here.
We spent the rest of the weekend on Long Island-we had some stuff to do with my mom's family's graves, and then we met up with her cousin before we went home.

 

[DisneyJo]

That's exactly what I need to know - so it already comes with some games? What else would I need? I've managed to avoid video games completely with Leo so far, but I kind of think it might be good to introduce the concept now, at a time when I can push the types of games I think are appropriate, y'know?

As Z said it comes with Wii Sports but Sonic Olympics is very good too. It only comes with 1 controller and 1 nunchuck (like a controller) so you need at least 1 more of both of those, over here we have a game called Wii Play and it comes with a controller and works out the same price so you get the game free (hope that made sense) We also bought the recharging docking station for the controllers to save on batteries (unless you already have rechargable batteries!) Also lastly Wii fit is meant to be very good but that could wait till another time and Ellie has Wii Family Trainer which is fun

Next Thursday the 27th

Sorry about the fight with the vacuum Jo. I've had those fights and they're very annoying.

Thanks about the date and I got so annoyed over the hoover

Hello all1 I'm back from NYC in one piece! Shrek was good, but I think I'd wait for the national tour to take kids, there was a lot of belching and farting, which you expect from Shrek. However, there was also an entire verse of a song using terms of blow (in the colloquial adjective context), but something I'd take into account if I were taking the boys (9 and 12).

Welcome back

We're home finally. We went to a nutcracker museum and pecan orchard. It was alright. I was glad for the social time I got.

So was the museum all nutcrakers or about the ballet?

We have one at the office. It was a mental health purchase.

Mental health huh????

You guys... I was so shocked today by something I heard. K went to the other office today to train some of the guys there. He met the new manager who engaged him in a discussion about politics. The guy freely used the "N" word when talking about Obama and the "F" word when talking about prop 8! OMGosh! Obama wasn't who we voted for, but we're still supportive of our President elect and happy that we have seen history being made.

That is disgusting behaviour regardless of who he was talking about and as you say not very Christian

 

[KatGarcia]

You guys... I was so shocked today by something I heard. K went to the other office today to train some of the guys there. He met the new manager who engaged him in a discussion about politics. The guy freely used the "N" word when talking about Obama and the "F" word when talking about prop 8! OMGosh! Obama wasn't who we voted for, but we're still supportive of our President elect and happy that we have seen history being made.

I was so disgusted with the way he said the guy was talking. It's just so horrible! I'm fairly certain that this Christian-run family business would never want him representing their company. Did I mention he's only worked for them for a week?!

So, what now? He's high enough up that they will ask what K's opinion is of the new hire. The convo was between the new guy, K and another guy that's below K.

I know my husband will think about what he should do and will do the right thing according to "man-code" and his ethical beliefs and all that, but what do you girls think? And David, what do you think? How would you handle it if you were in the situation?

I live in a place where those words are used often but people throw them around like its nothing and it doesn't offend people. I am offended for people when those types of words are used! It's not exactly the same but I am mostly offended by Hispanic racial slurs. People assume because I'm white I'll let it go or laugh at a joke, but my husband is Hispanic and my kids will be too and i am more offended when people don't think tis offensive! that make sense??

I applaud you tho for your willingness to accept things, most people aren't so enlightened! Maybe K can just tell him that those words make him uncomfortable? It's gonna be a weird situation however you slice it i think. Good luck!

 

[KatGarcia]

Ugh, Kat. How annoying. When do you find out if he's coming over?

if and when he walks through the door i guess!? LOL. KC doesn't get out of work until 7pm tonight so they wouldn't come until at least 8pm (train-ing it home). what the sense of the whole thing is i dunno cause KC gets up at 8am for work and I told him NOT to leave me to entertain his uncle in the morning, that he has to leave w/ KC. URGH.

He just text- he's not coming- Hooray for PJ's all day!

 

[HomeschoolMama]

So was the museum all nutcrackers or about the ballet?

It was all nutcrackers- not about the ballet.

That is disgusting behaviour regardless of who he was talking about and as you say not very Christian

Exactly. I'm so sad about his attitude. I guess I'm pretty sheltered and don't hear people talk that way. And I don't want to- ever.

 

[HomeschoolMama]

I live in a place where those words are used often but people throw them around like its nothing and it doesn't offend people. I am offended for people when those types of words are used! It's not exactly the same but I am mostly offended by Hispanic racial slurs. People assume because I'm white I'll let it go or laugh at a joke, but my husband is Hispanic and my kids will be too and i am more offended when people don't think tis offensive! that make sense??

I applaud you tho for your willingness to accept things, most people aren't so enlightened! Maybe K can just tell him that those words make him uncomfortable? It's gonna be a weird situation however you slice it i think. Good luck!

My thing is that I tell my kids that we need to be respectful of authority. Does that mean I will agree with everything the person in authority says and does? No. It also doesn't mean do whatever the person in authority says, even if you know it's wrong or illegal. I can't expect my kids to respect people and to obey me if I don't display those qualities too.

And on the race or orientation thing- no matter what you look like, or how you choose to do, we're all equals. To use that type of language is disgusting. K said the guy is a horrible, racist, egotistical jerk. I don't know that telling a guy like that you don't like his language would matter, YKWIM?
Thank goodness we're not even in the same city as him.

if and when he walks through the door i guess!? LOL. KC doesn't get out of work until 7pm tonight so they wouldn't come until at least 8pm (train-ing it home). what the sense of the whole thing is i dunno cause KC gets up at 8am for work and I told him NOT to leave me to entertain his uncle in the morning, that he has to leave w/ KC. URGH.

He just text- he's not coming- Hooray for PJ's all day!

Hey! That wasn't there when I quoted it! How funny!

Yippeee!!! PJ day!

 

[T-i-double-g-err]

You guys... I was so shocked today by something I heard. K went to the other office today to train some of the guys there. He met the new manager who engaged him in a discussion about politics. The guy freely used the "N" word when talking about Obama and the "F" word when talking about prop 8! OMGosh! Obama wasn't who we voted for, but we're still supportive of our President elect and happy that we have seen history being made.

I was so disgusted with the way he said the guy was talking. It's just so horrible! I'm fairly certain that this Christian-run family business would never want him representing their company. Did I mention he's only worked for them for a week?!

So, what now? He's high enough up that they will ask what K's opinion is of the new hire. The convo was between the new guy, K and another guy that's below K.

I know my husband will think about what he should do and will do the right thing according to "man-code" and his ethical beliefs and all that, but what do you girls think? And David, what do you think? How would you handle it if you were in the situation?

If the company asked my opinion, I'd report what was said in my presence. I think I would report it even if they did not ask just to make sure that someone monitored his behavior with others at the company. The use of racial slurs is inappropriate anywhere, and particularly in a work place environment. I think the profanities are also inappropriate at a work place. Not only are the terms offensive, but they are potentially dangerous for the company. The company does not want to create a hostile work environment for any of its employees. I'd at least want to watch someone in authority over other employees whom I knew might have prejudices against a certain race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.

I think the racial slur would upset me more than the profanity. I'm probably a bit atypical in that I don't use profanities very often. I have enough friends who do use them to not get uncomfortable by their use. Without some extreme provocation, I'd be a bit more shocked if used by someone I'd just met or didn't know well. If the profanity usage was in a context that gave rise to a suspicion of additional prejudices, I'd be more concerned about their use, much like the racial slurs.

Hope this helps. It's kind of a heavy subject.

I'll check back later. I'm running to dinner with Mrs. T and DS6. TTNF!

 

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Happy Birthday Mickey!


You look really good for 80 years old!

 

[HomeschoolMama]

If the company asked my opinion, I'd report what was said in my presence. I think I would report it even if they did not ask just to make sure that someone monitored his behavior with others at the company. The use of racial slurs is inappropriate anywhere, and particularly in a work place environment. I think the profanities are also inappropriate at a work place. Not only are the terms offensive, but they are potentially dangerous for the company. The company does not want to create a hostile work environment for any of its employees. I'd at least want to watch someone in authority over other employees whom I knew might have prejudices against a certain race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.

I think the racial slur would upset me more than the profanity. I'm probably a bit atypical in that I don't use profanities very often. I have enough friends who do use them to not get uncomfortable by their use. Without some extreme provocation, I'd be a bit more shocked if used by someone I'd just met or didn't know well. If the profanity usage was in a context that gave rise to a suspicion of additional prejudices, I'd be more concerned about their use, much like the racial slurs.

Hope this helps. It's kind of a heavy subject.

I'll check back later. I'm running to dinner with Mrs. T and DS6. TTNF!

Thanks. I appreciate your 'man perspective'. And, it wasn't the "f" word. It was a slur used about two people who are of the same gender who like each other. You get me now?

Sometimes I give K my opinion and I wonder if it's really off because I don't work in the "real world" so it helps me a lot to hear you agree with what I told him.

Also, on a side note, I wasn't sure who was asking to be my friend on Facebook when you asked, so I ignored the request. I wasn't sure DH would like me having a man I wasn't sure about on my friend list! Kat filled me in on who you were, though.

 

[HomeschoolMama]

FYI- I finally posted my last day on my January TR. I'm so glad to be done.
I won't be doing another one, I don't think...

 

[KatGarcia]

Okay nobody pass out or anything...but I updated my TR!

 

[HomeschoolMama]

Man, I just can't seem to get all my thoughts together in one post!
Did everyone get the e-mail about DVC and the free vacay if you purchase by January 15th? If anyone needs it, PM me and I'll forward it to you.
Jen- were you about to purchase?

 

[jcc0621]

FYI- I finally posted my last day on my January TR. I'm so glad to be done.
I won't be doing another one, I don't think...

ALready read and posted...now you can start a PTR for the April trip

Okay nobody pass out or anything...but I updated my TR!

On my way to read!

Man, I just can't seem to get all my thoughts together in one post!
Did everyone get the e-mail about DVC and the free vacay if you purchase by January 15th? If anyone needs it, PM me and I'll forward it to you.
Jen- were you about to purchase?

Please send to me...Jim is trying to come with ideas for Christmas

 

[HomeschoolMama]

Okay nobody pass out or anything...but I updated my TR!

I just did mine too and posted here at the same time!