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 evolving
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
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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Well hello. Hope everyone's having a wonderful day. I just realized it's Friday the 13th and it's been such a great day.
Hello to you fren. I love the number 13 because I don’t consider it unlucky. It’s just another pagan superstition, like a black cat crossing your path. Can’t believe I used to do an X if one crossed my path.
Absolutely! once I rode a motorcycle in a rainstorm on Friday the 13th while staring at a billboard of the movie Friday the 13th. True story. Freaking pagans got to ruin a good thing.
Oh gosh, that doesn’t sound like fun. I see things like this as God teaching us a lesson. I don’t presume to know what the lesson would have been for you in that situation. I’ve ridden a motorcycle once and have no desire to do it again. I have ridden roller coasters since I was a small child and none were as scary as the motorcycle. Not even the thing that went very high in the air and you are dangling like a tiny rag doll.
I begged my Papa to sell me his parents house, my great grandparents. I begged, pleaded and once talked very rudely to him for many years. I don’t why he finally caved, but he did and we got it very cheap. Was built in 1946 by him and my great granddaddy. Needless to say there was much improvements to do. One day I was on a ladder scraping decades of layers of paint off the ceiling. I busted out laughing & my hubby asked what was so funny. I said, God is telling me, you wanted it now you got it. I watched Bob Villa religiously for a long time and really wanted to have an old house. He was right! There’s nothing romantic about fixing up an old house. I feel like it’s a lesson from God I’m still learning because we are still working on this old house. It’s been totally remodeled and we are getting ready to redo the bathroom once again because it’s very small and a tight space.
I love Bob Villa! Have you seen The Money Pit unfortunately with Tom Hanks? Thank you for sharing your story I love it!