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
So yesterday my wife took my truck to work to haul some large toys we were donating to a coworker's child, leaving me and our toddler with her sedan.
We were getting ready to go out for the day, car wouldn't start. Not a huge deal, but I couldn't work on it alone with the toddler. Wife (and her boss) was gracious enough to come home to work remotely so that I could fix the car, etc. We decided to get some lunch together in the truck at the local Mom and Pop "Dairy Queen" type establishment. It was a great, big, unhealthy meal followed with our toddler's first ice cream cone - we don't eat out often, and don't do candy and snacks for the kid. They have a small playground, and our kid got to play with some other children while we ate a pretty lazy meal.
Getting back to the truck, the door lock had broken, and as I'd lost my fob a few months ago we couldn't get in with the keys. Spent the rest of the afternoon waiting on a locksmith. Will have to fix both vehicles today. 😅
Anyway, while we were waiting, this young probably 18 year old boy brought his 17/18 year old girlfriend to work. Turns out he used to work at this place and was all bravado and charm with his former coworkers. The young love coming off these two was awesome.
She was going back and forth amongst her coworkers and the regulars inside and outside, getting ready for her shift, gossiping, making the rounds, while the boy was up front at the counter with the "Queen Bee" older lady / manager who was just picking his brain about Valentine's Day. He didn't know exactly what their plans were, but he had IDEAS. And they just got wilder and more expensive as he told the manager about them, stopping only occasionally as his girlfriend got into earshot, or literally got close enough to grab him and assert her ownership. 😅
It was the sweetest damn thing. And even sweeter because it's almost exactly like how my wife and I started out, over 25 years ago. I even worked at an ice cream shop.
That's a good Valentine's Day.