10-14-2006 Cruisetoberfest IV

[Viking]

PixieDust to Jennifer ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
This is the extra-potent German stuff
Your disease is called Pfeiffersches Drüsenfieber in German (Translated verbatim: Pfeiffer's Gland Fever) and even though I fortunately didn't have it so for, I know that it really sucks
Gute Besserung
wünschen Dir Anja & Eric
(Get well soon)

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Pixie dust to Jennifer - have never had it but it's sounds yucky!

Laura - no need to apologize for venting. I felt the same way.

Fiona

 

[Viking]

Eric..I think you and I are going to get along just fine! I have a friend from the States who lived in Dormagan for 2 years. Her DH works for Bayer. She got us hooked on Kinder Schokolade! She would send us Kinder bars whenever she sent a package home. Also, she would send the boys what we called Eggs. They are the schokolade with toys inside! I was really careful not let the boys have too many at a time so they would last longer! They are gone now! I would in turn, send her chocolate chips so she could make cookies as well as other things she could not get there.
Can't WAIT to see photos of the new car! Sounds pretty! I am glad you got the deal you wanted!

Michelle,
not only you call 'em eggs: Their official name is Überraschungseier, which means surprise eggs. They're available virtually everywhere over here. Usually they're displayed near the register of supermarkets, gas stations, department stores, etc. Just in easy reach for kids Momma, I want one!!! Dad, can I hav a Surprise Egg!! Although some supermarkets have specially designated 'temptation-free' registers - but have you ever tried to steer a kid towards one of those?
People - Adult people!!!- collect those toys from inside the eggs, there are even conventions for collectors to trade and sell them. They're at least as crazy as Disney Pin Traders In my department a Surprise Egg is the typical 'currency' to thank someone for a favour done. I only have to look left and right of my two computer screens to see several of those toys. Last year they had a special with 'Lord of the Rings'-figurines, people went berserk to get them all!!! Then there is a xmas-calendar available with 24 eggs in it, and during Easter and Xmas-season there are special eggs available, which are about half the size of an American football with huge toys and lots of small solid chocolate eggs in it.
BTW, the company producing them is located in Frankfurt (Headquarters) and surrounding townships (Production facilities).
If you're really like them so much we could start a TTT (Transatlantic Treat Transfer) Anja & I love Reeses!!!
I can check out the postage and the customs regulations. Or I can bring some in September/October to Boston and mail 'em from there.

Just half an hour the salesman from the Frankfurt dealership called me regarding the car and said he couldn't match the other offer, but would give his right arm to know how this guy did it When I told him, that last Friday I was prepared to place my order with him, if his boss (The salesman had a day off then) had given me an offer for our old car, he made some strange noises I told him, that I only started looking for another office, because he and his boss were too slow to make the deal.
I even called him on Tuesday to ask for the numbers at 1230pm, but he said 'Sorry, we're closing at 1pm, because we want to go the fairground to celebrate'. I told him today that I didn't want to force him to sell me a car
I must admit, that rubbing it in that way was fun

 

[ARLO1]

Laura:

Thanks for your post - it expressed how others of us feel to a tee. He really does need to chill and just enjoy the trip. If he chooses to ignore this thread oh well....maybe the better for us so we wont have to be lectured at again.

 

[JJsmama]

Tracy,
Prayers for your mom. I'm glad she paid attention.

 

[@GoofyNut]

First of all ... Pixie Dust to Jennifer and really hope you get thru this fast. Sounds really yucky.

Tracy ... Glad you pressed on with your Mom cause you really shouldn't ignore those signs. Nice to hear she's getting better.

Laura ... Thank You so much cause I thought I was being too touchy. I think you just have to have been with our bunch to understand how close we are.

BTW

 

[@GoofyNut]

OMG ... Jim - "UseThe Force" Your description of a bad day was just too hilarious. You're just 's! (In a nice way)

 

[walczak4]

Goodmorning All!

CdnMickeylover...we have main dinner seating. I see from the cruise list that a majority of the group have late dinner seating. Our kids are just too young to eat dinner that late.

WDWCrazzyCunninghams...hubby & I both worked retail pharmacy before (hubby for 15 years) but the stress of filling 1000+ scripts a day got to both of us. Not to mention working every other weekend! I moved on to a pediatric hospital & hubby moved on to a clinic with Mon-Fri 9-5 schedules! The stress level in our lives has gone down dramatically! I had our second child 2 years ago & have taken a "leave of absence" for the next couple of years. That's one good thing about our profession...it will be very easy to just jump back in when I am ready!

Pixie dust to you Jennifer...isn't it amazing how quickly children can recover from an illness! I was always amazed at kids who would be up walking around the hospital the day after a heart transplant!

Winotracy (my fellow Wisconsinite!)...Best wishes to your mom who at least listened to you. My mom (who is diabetic) has a bad habit of calling me to ask my advice on whatever health problems she is having & then completely ignoring it! It drives me CRAZY!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Tracey

 

[MDenn1213]

Okay Jim you did it - you actually made me laugh out loud at work. Boy did people think something was wrong with me.

Glad the family jewels are intact and hope the dog enjoyed the feast...

Arlene

OMG!!!! Ditto here!
Marianne

 

[alikat99]

Tracey - We haven't booked yet, we will be booking onboard in September during the DVC member cruise. But, we'll be getting main seating for dinner too. Our girls will be 2 1/2 and just turned 5 for the cruise, so there's no way that we could do late dinner.

 

[jeanneg]

Tracy: glad your mom finally took care of things and is feeling better
Jennifer: Several of my kids had Fifth's Disease when thet were preschool age. All I really remember about the sickness was that they had flaming red cheeks just before they felt sick. It sounds like it hits older people a whole lot harder. I hope you're feeling better soon.
We saw Star Wars last night and it was AMAZING....very dark, but totally tied up all the loose ends. Now get this.....I only had 3 hours of sleep and played my best golf ever today. I even had best ball several times. Go figure....either the Force was with me or I sold my soul to the dark side for better golfing skills. Either way, I'm a happy camper again.

 

[jeanneg]

Sorry...couldn't seem to send it and then it appeared twice!

 

[Viking]

Tracy: glad your mom finally took care of things and is feeling better
Jennifer: Several of my kids had Fifth's Disease when thet were preschool age. All I really remember about the sickness was that they had flaming red cheeks just before they felt sick. It sounds like it hits older people a whole lot harder. I hope you're feeling better soon.
We saw Star Wars last night and it was AMAZING....very dark, but totally tied up all the loose ends. Now get this.....I only had 3 hours of sleep and played my best golf ever today. I even had best ball several times. Go figure....either the Force was with me or I sold my soul to the dark side for better golfing skills. Either way, I'm a happy camper again.

Isn't John bothered by your heavy breathing, Darth Jeanne? Do you use a 9 Iron or a Light-Wood?
And can you put without ever touching the ball?

I haven't seen Episode III yet. Anja isn't what you would call a StarWars-fan But she has to do the lateshift and a couple of nights very soon and I will see it then. I guess I will even go to the one cinema in Franfurt showing the original English version instead of the German-dubbed one.

 

[Viking]

Mike,
I eat my gummibears with the left side of my jaws only at least for the time being. And fortunately the German bears aren't as sticky as the American ones.

 

[Viking]

For those of us linking their dinner ressies:
As soon as you have established your group, think up a name for it and I'll put it on The List. Or if everybody agrees with it I can sort The List to show the dining groups.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

I'm hoping to see Star Wars over the weekend. Unbelievably our student in the office hasn't seen any of them -- we all just looked at her in amazement but she was born in 1977 so I guess it's understandable. (sort of) Makes the rest of us feel old though as we saw all of them in the theatre the first time they were released!! Really looking forward to seeing it though.

Fiona

 

[Viking]

Fiona,
exactly my thoughts. We have a girl at the office, born in 1977, who despises Episode I and II and says only the original movies are the real thing - without ever having seen them in a cinema
When 'The Empire Stikes Back' was released in the UK I was there on vacation and saw it at a cinema - Five or six months before it was released in Germany. Everybody at my school envied me for that experience. With the simultaneous releases nowadays things like that don't happen anymore.

 

[bettemom]

Hi Guys,

Kim here... Quiet sea day today.Had a captains signing today, had a bunch of Panama Canal stuff signed. We will have adult night tonight in the Oceaneer's Lab, many Diser's are going, hopefully we get to make Flubber.


Tomorrow...

Panama Canal Day !!!

The pilot master is scheduled to board the Magic at 5:30am and we are scheduled to enter the canal starting at 6:30 am and will depart the last lock at 3:30 pm. If anyone can capture photos I would be estatic!!!! I will be on deck early to get lots of photos. If you are able to capture the Magic in any of the locks of in the lakes PLMK.

Thanks, Kim

P.S. hopefully we will check in tomorrow,( The internet is messed-up)

 

[Viking]

Sounds great, Kim.
I have been through locks on the River Main several times, but only with vessels measuring about 40m/130ft. It must be impressing to do it with a huge ship like the Magic.

We'll have a day off tomorrow: For Anja it's a scheduled day off, and I have what we call a KO-day in my office - Knocking Off some overtime. We'll visit the Opel-Zoo tomorrow. Opel is the German branch of General Motors. The Opel-family, who started it in the 1800s, sold the company to GM in 1928 and used some of the money to found a public zoo. It's wonderfully situated on a hillside of the Taunus Mountainrange about 8 miles northwest of Frankfurt granting a great view of the skyline. After Monday's holiday this make it a short week for me with only three days at the office But after about 15 to 20 hours overtime in the last two weeks that's OK with me

 

[winotracy]

Hi Guys,

Kim here... Quiet sea day today.Had a captains signing today, had a bunch of Panama Canal stuff signed. We will have adult night tonight in the Oceaneer's Lab, many Diser's are going, hopefully we get to make Flubber.


Tomorrow...

Panama Canal Day !!!

The pilot master is scheduled to board the Magic at 5:30am and we are scheduled to enter the canal starting at 6:30 am and will depart the last lock at 3:30 pm. If anyone can capture photos I would be estatic!!!! I will be on deck early to get lots of photos. If you are able to capture the Magic in any of the locks of in the lakes PLMK.

Thanks, Kim

P.S. hopefully we will check in tomorrow,( The internet is messed-up)

Kim,

Bill is going to try to capture the images. If he does, I will post them when I can and let you know.

Tracy