Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an intergral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on it's evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
What is on your favorite coffee cup?
I have a Cow sitting on the handle.
National Security Agency
Mine says "LIFE IS GOOD" (yes, all caps).
I've got a few. 😁
Pair of God Bless America ones with wrap around flags. Simple, not elaborate. Big; they hold the most coffee.
A cartoon one in Spanish with a mom in a business suit running out of the house, with a frying pan with an egg in it, a briefcase, a dog chasing her, a cat in the yard yowling, and her two kids holding lunchboxes and a banner that says "Bravo Mama!". She's also about to trip on a skateboard. The headline is "Como tu no hay ninguna". I've appropriated this from my wife. I got her a large soup size mug with "Good Morning Gorgeous" on it in exchange.
A 1970s wrap around cartoon one with a fireman carrying a hose around the circumference of the mug, over a bed of little flames. He's spraying a fire at the end. It says "Fireman " in trippy comic book style flame letters. This is my spiritual warfare mug - based very loosely on Twin Peaks lore.
#1 Dad mug. Though it's small, and right-handed only with the graphics, and I'm a leftie.
"World's OKist Employee" is also in rotation.
Years ago I used to thrift and flip mugs for fun and small profit. This is a subject dear to my heart. 😁
I can visualize all of them LOL! I used to be a teacher, so I have all kinds of coffee mugs myself. I have one with a mouse on it trying to lift a barbell bigger than him that says, "Give me Strength." I used to collect cows also, so I have a bunch with cows on them that my students gave me. The cow loving story: When I was in college, I used to work at a hardware store as a cashier. This guy used to come in ever day and say, "Mujer." and I would say, "Man". I did not know spanish at the time and I would tease him and say, "why are you calling me a cow hide?" One day he brought me a stuffed cow. Of course, we started dating and I started loving cows. LOL. My students loved that story. That was ages ago, but I still love cows and still collect the mugs. I also flip stuff, but now, that is one ONE of the things I do now for my living. I went from teaching Reading to 5th graders to flipping stuff online, at flea markets (whenever I can find one), to growing plants (legal ones LOL) and selling them wholesale. I just got finished putting up four greenhouses. :-) Growing Veggies!
mine says" Live slow, die whenever"