8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #14

[sk8ingmom]

I feel for you.. i am supposed to be focused on predictive analytics for a session i am doing on Friday.. but i really dont care about relational databases or OLAP right now.. much less prediction or data mining

yeah wow, I don't care about any of those right now either.


Ummm, what are those??

 

[geffric]

You, sir, are brilliant!

What with that Black Pearl curse and all, it make complete sense.

Now, can someone get Dr. Snow Angel off the floor to fill out DH's paperwork??

 

[geffric]

yeah wow, I don't care about any of those right now either.


Ummm, what are those??

M Thought you were like me trying not to work.. I keep shutting down the DIS everytime my manqager walks by.. or any of the other 6 million managers..

 

[disfreaks]

A last minute request for some prayers....

I just rec'd a phone call that my favorite cousin passed away. She was only 50. The doctors found a blood clot and had her resting..seems she got up to use the restroom and the clot let loose and went to her heart.


If you could remember my family in your thoughts and prayers..it would be appreciated.

Prayers for you Desiree and your family. I am so sorry!

 

[disfreaks]

Ok--we are ready to go! YEAH!!!

See you all on Sunday if not before!

 

[geffric]

Ok--we are ready to go! YEAH!!!

See you all on Sunday if not before!

have a great trip.. see ya real soon

 

[sk8ingmom]

So here is what I am doing at work while quietly losing my mind:

6 trail descriptions from a mapping trip 6 weeks ago (300 words each)

Answering insane questions such as "tell us everything you did this year with the gabillion dollars we gave you, the challenges you faced, how you resolved them, and what your plans are for the future" (1000 characters) about 8 lines of text! This post is longer than 1000 characters!

Submit a "detailed" letter of inquiry for a multi-year multi-gabillion dollar new initiative (500 words or less)

WHAT IS IT WITH ALL THE FREAKING WORD RESTRICTIONS THIS WEEK????

I usually have length restrictions, but they are more like 5 pages, 10 pages, etc. This whole week is insane.

I need a vacation.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

A last minute request for some prayers....

I just rec'd a phone call that my favorite cousin passed away. She was only 50. The doctors found a blood clot and had her resting..seems she got up to use the restroom and the clot let loose and went to her heart.


If you could remember my family in your thoughts and prayers..it would be appreciated.

will definitely remember your family in thoughts and prayers. I'm so sorry Desiree.

well as you can obviously tell- we didn't make it all day nonstop at DL- not even close! WE only got there right at 8am and barely made it to noon! well rita started saying she was starving to death and although I thought we'd eat lunch in the park- I was getting blisters wearing SEMI-new (not new enough that I thought they'd give me blisters!) shoes so I was like whatever- let's walk back over, the food from von's should be there to have a less expensive lunch (and it was- and they even put the food in our room and the frozen stuff in the fridge. How nice of them huh?) and I can change shoes... and then ofcourse they were all like well can we swim for awhile before we go back?

I said okay- although it's not NEARLY as hot here as it is in Texas, it's still sunny and not much of a breeze today- so I figure we'll sit out the hottest hours of the day here at the hotel like probably 50% of the rest of the people do too LOL and we'll go back when it's a bit cooler and we've rested up a bit. We're just nightowls- all of us.... so we'll hang better tonight than we do in the morning or early part of the day. LOL
DH is the one that gets us going bright and early but he's not here yet! LOL

Crisis averted (bought Robert another pirate hat) and I got them all embroidered at the store there in DL- the kids have had hats before but not mickey ears and not embroidered.

Okay they are ready to go splishing and a splashin'- so I'll talk more later! Hope everyone is having safe travels and no issues so we all make it to the ship safe and sound!

Oh just so everyone knows where we're at- in case you care to get in touch or something LOL we're in room 1208 at HOJO and we're also wearing our dis green wristbands while here at HOJO and DL. (pirate ones we'll wear on the cruise) so maybe you'll spot us! Kids said they saw someone with the same bracelet on yesterday in the pool but didn't tell me! ack! LOL I informed them that next time they need to tell me so I can see if their parents are someone I know! obviously I should- unless some people bought these bracelets but aren't posting on this thread? like maybe family members of those that post on this thread, or something like that.
Okay gotta run.... fun in the sun time!

 

[Nutty4Disney]

Okay fellow repo cruises, I need opinions please! We're getting a little paranoid because we're schedule to land at 12:30...with the ship leaving at 4, that's not much leeway. Tony has double-booked us (I LOVE SW) so we can fly out either Sat. night or Sun. morning. It looks like we could get an airport hotel w/shuttle at a decent rate. So what would y'all do? I hate to abandon our pets for an extra day (a sitter is coming in but it will still be traumatic), but I'd also hate to miss the ship and be swimming to Cabo to catch up!

If we had it to do all over again I would arrive on Saturday. We don't get to LAX (if everything goes as planned) until 11:50. We only have 40 minutes in DFW to change planes. No direct flights from our area. I would even go for staying in DFW (DH has family there) overnight and flying from there Sunday morning, but we already booked through DCL and it is too late to change things now.

 

[lotsofboys]

It's hard to believe so many people are already there. We don't leave until Sunday morn.5:00 a.m. I haven't packed a thing yet Have a lot of piles. Tomorrow will have to start and then clean house before we leave. Sunday can't get here fast enough.Everyone have fun in DL and enjoy our great Cali.
weather.Genny

O.k I think you get the last to leave award .

Actually, there are quite a few So Cal people who won't be leaving until as late as 9:00am!

Is the captain around? shhhh no packing pirate costumes for us either. Pirate t-shirts though.

Pirate t-shirts for the boys here too, but I have a slightly "upgraded" outfit, not quite just a t-shirt but certainly not a costume. And the boys are now complaining that I didn't make something for them, geez



Michelle

 

[lotsofboys]

will definitely remember your family in thoughts and prayers. I'm so sorry Desiree.

well as you can obviously tell- we didn't make it all day nonstop at DL- not even close! WE only got there right at 8am and barely made it to noon! well rita started saying she was starving to death and although I thought we'd eat lunch in the park- I was getting blisters wearing SEMI-new (not new enough that I thought they'd give me blisters!) shoes so I was like whatever- let's walk back over, the food from von's should be there to have a less expensive lunch (and it was- and they even put the food in our room and the frozen stuff in the fridge. How nice of them huh?) and I can change shoes... and then ofcourse they were all like well can we swim for awhile before we go back?

Yay Shelley!!!! You got in the park okay with the passes? I have been so worried about that, now I can concentrate on packing



Michelle

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

I beg to differ!!!! What about Saturday!!!

Well I will be spending time with my new friends, but I am still in LA and that is not on vacation to me

 

[lotsofboys]

A last minute request for some prayers....

I just rec'd a phone call that my favorite cousin passed away. She was only 50. The doctors found a blood clot and had her resting..seems she got up to use the restroom and the clot let loose and went to her heart.


If you could remember my family in your thoughts and prayers..it would be appreciated.

's and prayers to you and your family.



Michelle

 

[geffric]

So here is what I am doing at work while quietly losing my mind:

6 trail descriptions from a mapping trip 6 weeks ago (300 words each)

Answering insane questions such as "tell us everything you did this year with the gabillion dollars we gave you, the challenges you faced, how you resolved them, and what your plans are for the future" (1000 characters) about 8 lines of text! This post is longer than 1000 characters!

Submit a "detailed" letter of inquiry for a multi-year multi-gabillion dollar new initiative (500 words or less)

WHAT IS IT WITH ALL THE FREAKING WORD RESTRICTIONS THIS WEEK????

I usually have length restrictions, but they are more like 5 pages, 10 pages, etc. This whole week is insane.

I need a vacation.

Sounds like a lot of work to me..nothing that I could be even romotely decent at.. hope you get through the next few days.. and then you can relax on vacation..

It reminds me of the college essays that DS needs to write..

 

[geffric]

Well I will be spending time with my new friends, but I am still in LA and that is not on vacation to me

But we will be on vacation.. so you get vacation Pixie Dust by association..

 

[lotsofboys]

I bet you can guess my least favorite Beatles song.

Bet it's the same one as mine!




Michelle

 

[ElastigirlWannabe]

Prayers are with your family!!!



You found it ...........it was the one by Joe Jones!!! You talk too much you worry me to death!!
How many other people can say they had a song written about them.

hey, don't forget about "Cherie Baby"

 

[captaincrash]

If anyone is interested in the below sessions led by my FIL... Sam ... my PM box is almost full with messages I am inclined to keep for one reason or another. So if we miss initial communication (I'll send a confirmation PM or EMAIL acknowledgement to you) - you can leave messge on my ship based voice mail or on my cabin door... or even contact Sam at his cabin as he is listed on the ships map - deck two opposite side of the ship from my cabin.
My email address is Thomas_Gin1@HOTMAIL.COM

This is NOT a "fee for consultation" thing.​

QIGONG

My Father in Law has asked me to offer:

If anyone is interested in learning more about the Chinese healing techniques and holistic approaches related/associated - my FIL would like to offer courtesy treatment sessions and informal fact finding meetings on the ship. He's a retired chest surgeon who has practiced for decades in the greater Pittsburgh area - and now resides in Honolulu. Anyone so interested can PM me = and I'll keep you advised as to when they he will host meetings. he may lead Chinese style early morning exercise sessions too. He has been doing all this in Honolulu for many years.

I was expecting / thinking he might conduct his meetings in the promenade lounge and off the fantail on the secret verandah deck 7? Here's a photo below with Sam on the far right: If you're interested and spot him on the ship - just stop him and ask about his session plans:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qigong

Qigong (or ch'i kung) refers to a wide variety of traditional “cultivation” practices that involve methods of accumulating, circulating, and working with Qi or energy within the body. Qigong is sometimes mistakenly said to always involve movement and/or regulated breathing; in fact, use of special methods of focusing on particular energy centers in and around the body are common in the 'higher level' or evolved forms of Qigong. Qigong is practiced for health maintenance purposes, as a therapeutic intervention, as a medical profession, a spiritual path and/or component of Chinese martial arts.

The 'qi' in 'qigong' means breath or gas in Chinese, and, by extension, 'life force', 'energy' or even 'cosmic breath'. 'Gong' means work applied to a discipline or the resultant level of skill, so 'qigong' is thus 'breath work' or 'energy work'. The term was coined in the twentieth-century and its currency, Ownby suggests, speaks of a cultural desire to separate 'cultivation' from 'superstition', to secularize and preserve valuable aspects of traditional Chinese practices.[1]

Attitudes toward the scientific basis for qigong vary markedly. Most Western medical practitioners and many practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, as well as the Chinese government, view qigong as a set of breathing and movement exercises, with possible benefits to health through stress reduction and exercise. Others see qigong in more metaphysical terms, claiming that cosmic qi can be drawn into the body and circulated through channels (aka meridians).

​

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Yay Shelley!!!! You got in the park okay with the passes? I have been so worried about that, now I can concentrate on packing



Michelle

Yep, no issues at all!
I'm sorry I had you worrying! Funny thing is- worrywart that I am I was NOT worried about this. weird huh? LOL Hakunah matata becomes my motto once I'm in "disney" land (or world LOL)
Didn't even ask for zipcode, although I did remember to memorize that right before handing her the tickets. and UGH I wish i knew that they didn't do fingerprints here.. I'd have bought more tickets for us to go more days and just made sure one day was left for us +1 for Jeff on saturday. Live and learn! LOL All they did was scan it... no fingerprinting so now I know that we could have "shared" tickets with each other. But no problems using them at all.

Get theee packing, lady! hehe

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

hey, don't forget about "Cherie Baby"

Hey, your suppose to be packing and doing aren't you