10/24/2009 Bash On the Boat (I'm with B.O.B.) - Thread #26

[cntkg1]

Good night everyone. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is on.

 

[goofyfreak]

dont let her fool you rose. robin and i caught her picking that tree clean every morning last month.

Julia just walked by the computer and saw this pic and asked what it was. I told her it was Nancy picking money off her money tree. She said "OOOOhHHHHH, I wish I had a money tree!"

 

[goofyfreak]

I'm free of auditors after tomorrow. Now I will be able to get back to a "normal" life (if you could call it that).

YIPPEE for you. I bet Suz will be happy.......or maybe not.

 

[goofyfreak]

Nite Nancy. And everyone else. Caught up now and heading off to bed. Have a good and safe evening.

 

[JLDSMD]

My flight to Florida is only about 40% full as well.

Flights back from FL to WI will be stupidly full. ALL schools are off 2 days up here at that time and a lot of people go to FL that weekend.

I'm hoping for a schedule change though to maybe get a chance to switch to the last flight back on the 1st.

 

[JLDSMD]

YIPPEE for you. I bet Suz will be happy.......or maybe not.

She'll be happy that I have time for them now. I'm actually off with DS Thur, Fri as well as Mon and Tues. He starts school next Wed.

I just hope I can sleep normal. I've had so many nights with only 2-5 hours of sleep. I'm sure I'll get a night where I go to bed around 10, but will wake by midnight and be up until 3.

 

[JLDSMD]

Nite all who left. Guess I'll start doing work then.

I'll check back a little later to see if anyone is on.

 

[ciao_gina]

The only feedback so far about the kids meet is that it should be early in the cruise and near the Mickey Pool

How about Sunday morning-ish????

For those of you who have kids who will be attending, does that work????

Is this for all kids or a teen thing?

 

[minnieandmickey]

Thanks Becky. Same to you.

Let's see, it would be 6:15 on the west coast right now, we will have had our first dose of Sasha.

7:30 now and Ron is about to hear about Sasha from Suz

 

[JLDSMD]

7:30 now and Ron is about to hear about Sasha from Suz

No, that was the second night, remember? And that was within I think the first 15 minutes of night 2.

 

[minnieandmickey]

No, that was the second night, remember? And that was within I think the first 15 minutes of night 2.

It was classic. Unfortunately there was no help for Sasha.

 

[minnieandmickey]

Speaking of Ron. Don't forget to see if he is still serving in Palos....but hoping he's been promoted.

 

[Timon]

Is this for all kids or a teen thing?

I believe it's for all kids who want to get together to meet other BOBer kids

 

[Timon]

For those of you who watch Big Brother....holy drama this year eh?

I read some stuff about what happened over the weekend

 

[B9erSteve]

Where's Steve? Did he get his 7 posts in today?

Could you imagine if we all did 7 posts a day? Even if you figure 20 regulars doing that, we'd be doing almost 10 pages a day (o.k., 8+, but who's counting).

No I hadn't done it yet. If I can think of enough things to post maybe i'll make it tonight. I finished day 5 for eight 12 hour days in a row. Yecch!

I was just checking DCL's website. Can you believe the room were in is still pricing out at the same price as it did back in December 2007?!

I take it that ship isn't too full. Anyone do a cabin availability lately? Maybe I'll be up some night unable to sleep and I can check actual cabins that are open.

I printed out my stuff from the site today and it F O R E V E R to load!

I thought I read that either Steve or Christian checked it out recently.

I see that Cat 6 and 7 are GTY only.

Cat 5 only had 4 rooms listed.

Cat 4 had 8 listed, but that was the max under the old system, so it might be more.

I did notice that I can still upgrade into a Cat 7 for only $468 - again, the same as when we originally booked.

I've been watching prices and availiability for a while now. There was a lot of changes in prices and availiability at the time that DCL re-did their website, but mysteriously it all went back to normal a few days later. So, I don't know exactly what happened, maybe a glitch in their system. I've been looking at upgrading to Cat 6 for $500 but the way my finances are going lately I'd be hard pressed to find that money.

For those of you who watch Big Brother....holy drama this year eh?

I read some stuff about what happened over the weekend

I've only been watching the show, I haven't been on Morty's this season. Mike was saying that there's a LOT going on behind the scenes. I need to look all that up.

 

[JLDSMD]

No I hadn't done it yet. If I can think of enough things to post maybe i'll make it tonight. I finished day 5 for eight 12 hour days in a row. Yecch!

I'm still around. I can try and help you get there.

Although, you would probably be better getting some sleep.

 

[B9erSteve]

Here's the latest on my "I need to sell my Truck" saga.

I'm not sure that I have told the whole thing so here goes the whole story:

As many of you know Laura's grandmother died a short time ago. She had been sick for a long time and had not driven her PT Cruiser in over 2 years. (Laura's dad kept it up while she was sick) Well, I've been thinking for a long time that I would like to buy it. It is 2005 and only has 11,000 miles on it. The whole thing looks like the day it was driven off the lot and that's no exaggeration. Well, after she died, Laura's parents offered it to us again. High Blue Book was $8000 on it and that's what we agreed upon.
Our original plans for a new car were that once my F250 was paid off, we would buy a FULLY loaded mini-van for Laura. But the way the economy is going and with gas prices fluctuation so much, we decided that a more economical car would be in our better interest. The PT Cruiser was perfect.
Well, taking on another car payment, means that I need to pay off the F250. I only have $3100 left to pay and I figured that I'd easily be able to sell the Laura's Explorer for that once I got it cleaned up a bit. The Explorer is a 2000 year and has less than 100,000 miles on it. It was fully loaded when we bought it and it looks great for having raised two kids from infant to school age in it. But when I took it from Laura (I don't drive it much) I noticed that it was running a bit roughly. I knew instantly it would not pass smog. So, it went into the repair shop. $600 later it roars out of the dealership as if it were new. So now I think, I have to sell the think for at least $3700 now. But once I cleaned the carpets, leather and buffed out all the various scratches and marks I began to realize that the cleaner I made it the more that cracked console cover stood out. It took me $200 to order a new one. Now I need $3900. Grrrr! It passes it's smog with only a small glitch (burned out check engine light) and I'm out another $100. $4000 is what I need now.
I proudly display a FOR SALE sign on it with a price of $4950. A very fair price. Low Blue Book is $4500 and High is $7000. It really is in High blue book territory but only dealerships can demand that kind of money and get it for a 9 year old car. So the Explorer is only on the street for 1 day and I suddenly notice a small puddle under a vehicle that heretofore has NEVER dripped in the 8 years I have owned it. DOGGONE IT! Someone offers me $4000 for it "AS IS" and I decided I'll take that before anything else goes wrong. But then they call me back the next day and want me to repair the leak THEN they'll pay me $4000 for it. No friggin' way! I know that it'll cost between $300 and $400 to fix that and that means that I'll be giving the thing away!
So I put it in the shop today. Cracked Radiator. Can you flippin' believe it? $650. And as an added bonus, the Battery is not holding a charge very well. add at least another $50 Now I need $4700 to break even on this truck. If I could afford it, I'd keep it. But what am I going to do with another car? Oh well. I'll be putting it back on the Market and I think that I'll be asking $5250 so that I can be chewed down to $4700. I may take it to CarMax and see what they'll offer me.

 

[B9erSteve]

I'm still around. I can try and help you get there.

Although, you would probably be better getting some sleep.

Yep, I'll be heading to bed soon. It's really late where you are!

 

[JLDSMD]

Don't you just love the "money pit" that older cars are? We dropped $2,500 into the Bravada the other month, but there we plan on driving it for another 3+ years. Just hate dropping that kinda cash in a vehicle.

 

[JLDSMD]

Yep, I'll be heading to bed soon. It's really late where you are!

I think I'm heading really soon. It is after midnight now.