DDC XXII - End of Summer Bash

[twokids0204]

Thanks guys, no F&W for us, we planned on doing 3 parks with a chill day before MNSSHP ( so not to wear her out too much) so one park would have to wait till the next trip and Epcot we felt she wouldn't enjoy as much on her first trip, so we have HS today and MK tomm, we are going to take our time waking up and getting to HS because some genus booked a 330 lunch ( Me) at MM in the Fantasmic package, I might run over for Fastpasses for TSM , does anyone know if you have to scan a ticket for the park in order to get a fastpass for it?

Yes you do have to use the park ticket before you can get a FP with it.

 

[twokids0204]

Happy Birthday Ryan...

 

[moose615]

Yes you do have to use the park ticket before you can get a FP with it.

Thank you, I was hoping I could get over there and get FP for sometime later (since they go quickly anyways) and let DD and grandma chill and go closer to out lunch time

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

‘Morning all…

[vent]
Going to be an interesting few days… my immediate manager resigned and we now have about ten or fewer days to transfer all that knowledge and processing responsibilities on to two or there other people (being as they don’t plan to bring in any one else to fill the spot). This will be the fifth time I’ve had to take on more work and almost certainly mark the fifth time that extra responsibility and requirement came with no extra compensation.


Don’t know why I’m complaining, no one here has received so much as a cost of living adjustment since 2007.
[/vent]


Now then, as I was sayin…
‘Morning all…

Ok happy to report DD had a great time at the party, we all enjoyed watching the parade with Norm and his family, really glad we got a meet in after we were on opposite sides of the park pretty much all night, we are exhausted and hopefully a nice day at HS tommarow, well actually today

Good to hear.
May the rest of the trip be even more enjoyable.

Morning....

Got maybe an hour ast night sleep at best..just trying to get my bearings...

Nights like that make for very long days.
Get some caffeine in ya’ and keep moving.

Hey Ryan! (IamTrike)
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And a happy birthday to Ryan.
It’s good to see you with a little extra time to spend around here again.





Now I suspect I’d best be getting back to work.
There’s much to figure out.
Y'all enjoy the day.

 

[declansdad]

Morning Gents.

My team had a great soccer win last night. We needed the win to secure the 4th and final playoff spot so we went out and demolished the 2nd place team 7-2.

Today I am staying home with DS as they have no school because of a PD day that DW was awfully excited to be attending.

Tonight I leave for a conference for a couple of days in my hometown. I wonder if I can avoid the family

Have a great day all and Happy birthday Ryan.

 

[afwdwfan]

In case you didn't see the score Notre Dame won

Did see. Don't care.

Thank you all for the positive feedback and thoughts to the thought of applying to the promotion....

As of right now I'm at 90% going to put my name in the hat, see what happens, a change might be the best thing, and getting out of a larger city'd be sweet too.

Okay, back at it....

Good luck! Hope it works out for the best, whichever way that might be!

Ok happy to report DD had a great time at the party, we all enjoyed watching the parade with Norm and his family, really glad we got a meet in after we were on opposite sides of the park pretty much all night, we are exhausted and hopefully a nice day at HS tommarow, well actually today

I'm glad you guys got to meet up. Have a great time!

Hey Ryan! (IamTrike)
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Happy Birthday, Ryan!

[vent]
Going to be an interesting few days… my immediate manager resigned and we now have about ten or fewer days to transfer all that knowledge and processing responsibilities on to two or there other people (being as they don’t plan to bring in any one else to fill the spot). This will be the fifth time I’ve had to take on more work and almost certainly mark the fifth time that extra responsibility and requirement came with no extra compensation.


Don’t know why I’m complaining, no one here has received so much as a cost of living adjustment since 2007.
[/vent]

Congratulations on the added responsibility. <-- Not Thumbs (intended for your management, not you)

 

[Emma's Dad]

Thanks for all you have done Don! <-- Big Thumb!




Seriously? Randall?

Oh great, this thread is doomed.

Thanks, Tim!

Yeah... Doomed:

Thanks for all the work and effort put into it. I'll toast ya with a beer

Mmmmm... beer. Thanks!

Thanks for looking after the club house all this time. You've certainly earned the break.



All hail Randall

I can't think of a better man to tak over the job.

Don, Thanks for all the hard work you put into the DDC , Enjoy your retirement, maybe next year we might be able to have a meet at BG


Randall, Congratulations on your promotion, hey I'll buy you breakfast next month at WDW oh wait we are already doing that

Maybe... just maybe! You sure you can't make the DDC Convention?

Thought he was Donald, and I was Don. Or is it the other way?

 

[Twin Dad]

Ok happy to report DD had a great time at the party, we all enjoyed watching the parade with Norm and his family, really glad we got a meet in after we were on opposite sides of the park pretty much all night, we are exhausted and hopefully a nice day at HS tommarow, well actually today

Glad to hear it went well. Have a good day at HS.

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

Thanks guys, no F&W for us, we planned on doing 3 parks with a chill day before MNSSHP ( so not to wear her out too much) so one park would have to wait till the next trip and Epcot we felt she wouldn't enjoy as much on her first trip, so we have HS today and MK tomm, we are going to take our time waking up and getting to HS because some genus booked a 330 lunch ( Me) at MM in the Fantasmic package, I might run over for Fastpasses for TSM , does anyone know if you have to scan a ticket for the park in order to get a fastpass for it?

Gotta validate the ticket before using the fastpasses. This is one reason I am intrigued by the fastpass plus thing. Have fun regardless!

‘Morning all…

[vent]
Going to be an interesting few days… my immediate manager resigned and we now have about ten or fewer days to transfer all that knowledge and processing responsibilities on to two or there other people (being as they don’t plan to bring in any one else to fill the spot). This will be the fifth time I’ve had to take on more work and almost certainly mark the fifth time that extra responsibility and requirement came with no extra compensation.


Don’t know why I’m complaining, no one here has received so much as a cost of living adjustment since 2007.
[/vent]

Well that just sucks...I hate this workplace trend, to get people to do more jobs rather then hire someone else. It'd be nice at least for you to get a raise...

Hey Ryan! (IamTrike)

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Happy Birthday Ryan!

 

[Venomhatch]

Happy Birthday Ryan...

Who is baking these cakes!!! You making one for me? LOL

 

[Emma's Dad]

Hey guys! Aaron posted this up on FB... and thought I'd pass it along here. Southwest is having a 40% off sale today for dates in the DDC Convention timeframe. I just saved over $200 by booking today!

BIGDEAL40

Hope this helps someone else too!!

 

[AirGoofy]

Happy Birthday Ryan.

Who is baking these cakes!!! You making one for me? LOL

We stopped at Poly yesterday for Captain Cooks. Tried to PM you.

Ok happy to report DD had a great time at the party, we all enjoyed watching the parade with Norm and his family, really glad we got a meet in after we were on opposite sides of the park pretty much all night, we are exhausted and hopefully a nice day at HS tommarow, well actually today

Still loading pics. Photobucket is stinking like some type of bucket.

Morning Gents.

My team had a great soccer win last night. We needed the win to secure the 4th and final playoff spot so we went out and demolished the 2nd place team 7-2.

Today I am staying home with DS as they have no school because of a PD day that DW was awfully excited to be attending.

Tonight I leave for a conference for a couple of days in my hometown. I wonder if I can avoid the family ]

Congrats on win and stay at home day.

 

[AirGoofy]

Have fun at the party, those fireworks are the best!!!

They absolutely are the best. We had our usually seat over on the bridge to Tomorrowland.

Attention all members. Excuse me while I drag over this dilapidated, beer-stained soapbox for a moment. I have an announcement to make.

For the last 3 years I have been privileged to be the man to coordinate the opening of new DDC threads and to officially welcome new members to the club. I still find it hard to believe that I have been performing these tasks for so long... through 19 threads! Flew by, actually. It's been a great honor!

Over the past few months I have found less and less time and energy to spend keeping up with the boards. I found myself wondering if there is someone else that could be enlisted to help or take over the responsibilities I have enjoyed thus far. This leads me to the announcement. I hope you will all agree with me that this person will more than adequately take these tasks and make it more than I could imagine Commencing with the end of the current thread, the man who will henceforth announce the reception of new members and create new threads is....

Cinderella's Fella (Randall)
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Thanks Don for all the work. Good luck Randall.

Excellent choice. I'm kind of partial to the Droids, myself. Just download Tango. I believe somebody says he has it and it does the same thing as Facetime.

I like ForumRunner. That's actually the only way I ever check that forum. The only downside is that you can't see sigs and you loose the smilies.

I use Tango when I am out of town with family and really like it.

 

[declansdad]

Congrats on win and stay at home day.

Thanks

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Commencing with the end of the current thread, the man who will henceforth announce the reception of new members and create new threads is....

Cinderella's Fella (Randall)

Don - thanks for all that you've done!

Randall - congrats on your new position!

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

For all the well wishes!

Rob, maybe it's time to update your resume.

 

[declansdad]

For all the well wishes!

Rob, maybe it's time to update your resume.

Hammertime!

 

[RodBelding]

Hey Nemesis;

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Well, it's Tuesday morning and I'm still trying to recover from the weekend. And no, Andy, the Packers blowing a 21-3 lead wasn't the worst part. (But it was a nice little salt in the wound)

I had planned to take the van into the shop on Saturday morning because it was leaking coolant from a place that I didn't want to try to have to reach to fix by myself. Turns out that problem was a small hole in the radiator. The bigger problem was badly corroded coolant lines that supply heat to the back of the passenger compartment. The shop told me that Mazda issued a recall on this for states that put salt on the roads in the winter (Hello Wisconsin!). We bought it used, and I'm sure Mazda sent a post card to the original owner who promptly threw it away. The kicker is that, that recall expired in 2010 and we were on the hook for $900 for some dealer-only parts to get it fixed. Has anyone ever heard of recalls expiring?

The bigger issue was when we woke up on Saturday the house was cold, and the furnace was blowing cold air. I couldn't get it running, so I called a service guy. We knew when we bought this house 10 years ago that we were on borrowed time with that furnace, and it chose this weekend to kick the bucket. $3200 for a new one.

Then, to top it all off, our mainframe system at work decided to freak out Sunday night and lose connection to half of it's disks. So I had to deal with all of that mess Sunday evening and all day yesterday.

I could really use a Dole Whip about now.

Bright Side - I was able to use that 40% at Southwest to book some sweet airfare for the DDC!

 

[declansdad]

Well, it's Tuesday morning and I'm still trying to recover from the weekend. And no, Andy, the Packers blowing a 21-3 lead wasn't the worst part. (But it was a nice little salt in the wound)

I had planned to take the van into the shop on Saturday morning because it was leaking coolant from a place that I didn't want to try to have to reach to fix by myself. Turns out that problem was a small hole in the radiator. The bigger problem was badly corroded coolant lines that supply heat to the back of the passenger compartment. The shop told me that Mazda issued a recall on this for states that put salt on the roads in the winter (Hello Wisconsin!). We bought it used, and I'm sure Mazda sent a post card to the original owner who promptly threw it away. The kicker is that, that recall expired in 2010 and we were on the hook for $900 for some dealer-only parts to get it fixed. Has anyone ever heard of recalls expiring?

The bigger issue was when we woke up on Saturday the house was cold, and the furnace was blowing cold air. I couldn't get it running, so I called a service guy. We knew when we bought this house 10 years ago that we were on borrowed time with that furnace, and it chose this weekend to kick the bucket. $3200 for a new one.

Then, to top it all off, our mainframe system at work decided to freak out Sunday night and lose connection to half of it's disks. So I had to deal with all of that mess Sunday evening and all day yesterday.

I could really use a Dole Whip about now.

Bright Side - I was able to use that 40% at Southwest to book some sweet airfare for the DDC!

That bites! I have never heard of a recall expiring, I would contact Mazda itself and complain. Sometimes this helps get back some of the cost if not all. Are there no after-market parts they can use? I just had a Chrysler dealer tell me that I needed about $2000 in parts and labour on my truck. had a friend get me the parts and a private mechanic do the work and it cost me less than $500.