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 integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its 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
Thankfully I was able to get the grandbaby’s birthday cake finished before this crud hit me at full force. I really thought I wasn’t getting sick it had been almost a week since sil was sick. It hit my daughter last night.
Since I can’t show a picture this website will have to do. I used to think this chocolate icing was a secret and her’s exclusively until I found it online. This recipe is a little different. Mine is simple with fewer ingredients. This right here is just one of the reasons sweets have had a hold on me most of my life. My grandma baked every grandkid a birthday cake. My brother always had chocolate & I had strawberry cream cheese, strawberries in cake batter and icing. A few years after she passed my daughter and I spent most of the day making it. It was such joy to make what she did every year well into adulthood.
Hard Chocolate icing cake
I love that you’re carrying on your family tradition with ‘homemade with love’ birthday cakes!
Sorry you got the crud. My family has had it all week and I thought I was going to be spared but this morning, I can feel it coming on.
Rest easy and feel better soon so you can enjoy your grand baby!