8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #15 /Life After the PC

[cruisin'Mike]

Pirates and Wenches:

Welcome back and it is good to hear you all had a great cruise. Chatty Cheryl told me all about the good and the bad and it sounds like the good far outweighed the bad.

Another birdie told me that the piratezone had disappeared, which was news to me, but then I hadn't gone out there in a while. So I looked into it. One of my credit cards was 'compromised' in August and since it was one I had not used in over a year, I just cancelled it. Turns out, that was the one the piratezone had been registered with and when the registration expired on September 1, the provider closed the account.

Anyway, since I think most of what it was being used for was chat, if you want to chat, you can use the same interface over my website at the following URL.

http://jrgray.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_blastchatc&Itemid=59

Sorry for the inconvenience.

No need to apologize JR!

We appreciate all that you've done for the group!

Charging for a picture like that is very common in a lot of countries. If you see a guy with a donkey, iguana, monkeys...or in this case, the fruit lady....then you know they're going to want you to pay to take their picture. That's why I have so many pictures of the donkey, monkey, iguana, fruit people's BACKS.
I just wait til they turn around!

Once again proving that you're not as innocent as you claim, eh Stace?!?

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Well..we made it home! Almost 3000 miles later and we have arrived..I am exhausted! All of the suitecases are on the floor except the ones that came home with Richard..he has already put the clothes away.

I will have to check to make sure everything made it unbroken. I am just so happy to be home! I have a meeting in an hour so the unpacking will have to wait..I have another meeting in 5 hours so I think i am taking tomorrow off and getting this back to normal around here.

glad you made it home safe and sound!
Wow your DH already put the clothes away? That man is a keeper!
Hope nothing is broken and fret not if you don't unpack for awhile... I just TODAY got the luggage unpacked- but that doesn't mean every single item is put where it belongs..... yet. LOL

Pirates and Wenches:

Welcome back and it is good to hear you all had a great cruise. Chatty Cheryl told me all about the good and the bad and it sounds like the good far outweighed the bad.

Another birdie told me that the piratezone had disappeared, which was news to me, but then I hadn't gone out there in a while. So I looked into it. One of my credit cards was 'compromised' in August and since it was one I had not used in over a year, I just cancelled it. Turns out, that was the one the piratezone had been registered with and when the registration expired on September 1, the provider closed the account.

Anyway, since I think most of what it was being used for was chat, if you want to chat, you can use the same interface over my website at the following URL.

http://jrgray.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_blastchatc&Itemid=59

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Ah, so that's what happened! I thought it was odd to disappear so quickly after the cruise! Too bad... and sorry for your card being "comrpomised"!

Charging for a picture like that is very common in a lot of countries. If you see a guy with a donkey, iguana, monkeys...or in this case, the fruit lady....then you know they're going to want you to pay to take their picture. That's why I have so many pictures of the donkey, monkey, iguana, fruit people's BACKS.
I just wait til they turn around!

LMBO!!!!!!!!

 

[grumpy62]

Well, we have survived the first day back to work for DH and I and school for DD10 and DS15. The ground has finally stopped rolling so much, unless I get up or move really fast. The pile of work on my desk was not too bad, which was a nice surprise. The girls loved the pictures (shutters only so far), especially the one with DS and DSGF engagement pic's from the first night.

I saw this a bit ago and found the drydock pictures absolutely fascinating, so I thought I'd post it.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1946337

Happy Monday to all!

THANKS FOR SHARING KEWEL PICTURES

 

[justmestace]

Once again proving that you're not as innocent as you claim, eh Stace?!?

What??!! It's a free country!! Oh wait.....OURS is a free country.....never mind.......

 

[cruisin'Mike]

What??!! It's a free country!! Oh wait.....OURS is a free country.....never mind.......

 

[allshookup]

She is a doll! I had no idea she was your daughter but I liked her and I was glad Ruby was hanging out with her too and in fact wish Ruby had hung out with her MORE.

Okay this is going to sound weird but I want to find out who the other girl belongs to! I'm pretty sure her family was a DIS family.... but it's embarrassing because Ruby can't remember her name! To be fair though- Ruby is just HORRIBLE with names or actually ever even learning people's names in the first place (ie: never asks people their name in the first place. for instance she's had friends in school that she's ate lunch with every day, hang out waiting outside after school with them everyday waiting for me to pick her up, considers them "friends" and then yet when I ask her what the person's name is- she's always oh I don't know, I never asked. LOL Ruby is weird that way.. names don't matter to her I guess -for some weird reason)

ANYWAY.... trying to figure out who the other girl was. Maybe you can ask Taylor, if you don't mind? I saw this girl all the time on the cruise so I really think she was a DIS'ers daughter. She was kinda tall but that's relative since I'm so short. LOL But Taylor might remember because on the last night it was Taylor and "the other girl" that came to get Ruby and were asking if she could come to the stack with them. At first I said I'd TAKE Ruby up there for a short time (she was grounded, and couldn't trust her to actually go to the stack on her own apparently) but the girls waited for awhile, the "other girl" eventually left... Taylor waited a little longer and they kinda hung out right there in the hall waiting for me (I was trying to get everything packed to get bags out in the hall on time) and finally I said okay Ruby can just go. And off she and Taylor went. Well, I'm trying to figure out who that other girl was...... I think Ruby hung out with her too and I know I saw her a lot on the cruise but I don't know her name or if her family is a DIS family... so maybe Taylor knows who I'm talking about?

Oh and Ruby is begging me to buy her a dress like that for a dance at school. She loved the dress. LOL Again, thanks to your sweet daughter for sharing it with her (and to you for letting her). So incredibly nice of you both!


Emaciated horses?

Shelly that would've been Devon, Kristina's DD! Taylor said she was one of the nicest people she met up in the stack. Sounds like they all had a blast hanging out together!

Pirates and Wenches:

Welcome back and it is good to hear you all had a great cruise. Chatty Cheryl told me all about the good and the bad and it sounds like the good far outweighed the bad.

Another birdie told me that the piratezone had disappeared, which was news to me, but then I hadn't gone out there in a while. So I looked into it. One of my credit cards was 'compromised' in August and since it was one I had not used in over a year, I just cancelled it. Turns out, that was the one the piratezone had been registered with and when the registration expired on September 1, the provider closed the account.

Anyway, since I think most of what it was being used for was chat, if you want to chat, you can use the same interface over my website at the following URL.

http://jrgray.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_blastchatc&Itemid=59

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Wow J. R. that is so nice of you....AGAIN! You were sorely missed on the TOAL! I hope we can all do another one someday & this time you can join us!

ooooh chat.... Thanks JR

Well first day of "work" went good. Much quieter than my previous job and only 7hrs. Better than nothing for the next 2 weeks.

I rode my "steel horse" in. (ok maybe my scooter is more like a steel little mexican horse but no TICKS)

~Kristina

Glad your first day went well K!

 

[goofyforlife]

Shelly that would've been Devon, Kristina's DD! Taylor said she was one of the nicest people she met up in the stack. Sounds like they all had a blast hanging out together!

Yes DD was one of the tallest younger ST's on-board. (Well maybe Doreen's son was the same height or a little taller.)

I hadn't had time to see if that was her (as she ran off to bed before i remembered to ask.) It seems 5am comes pretty early around here. (That's when DD has to get up as her bus comes at just after 6:30) Heck I'm not even up that early.

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

ooooh chat.... Thanks JR

Well first day of "work" went good. Much quieter than my previous job and only 7hrs. Better than nothing for the next 2 weeks.

I rode my "steel horse" in. (ok maybe my scooter is more like a steel little mexican horse but no TICKS)

~Kristina

Glad your first day went well...hope you find something permanent soon!

Well, we have survived the first day back to work for DH and I and school for DD10 and DS15. The ground has finally stopped rolling so much, unless I get up or move really fast. The pile of work on my desk was not too bad, which was a nice surprise. The girls loved the pictures (shutters only so far), especially the one with DS and DSGF engagement pic's from the first night.

I saw this a bit ago and found the drydock pictures absolutely fascinating, so I thought I'd post it.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1946337

Happy Monday to all!

Thanks for the pictures..difficult to believe that we were on her only a week ago (ok..a week and a several hours) and now she is getting all pretty!

I loved the pix of your son and his fiance!

 

[canterqueen8]

Shelly that would've been Devon, Kristina's DD! Taylor said she was one of the nicest people she met up in the stack. Sounds like they all had a blast hanging out together!

hey Diane!! This is Kristina's DD, Devon!!! WHile you are on topic, does Taylor have an email address??

If she does, can you pm it to me whenever you get a chance?

 

[MrsScooby]

yeah...

... I was surprised to find folks saying this same cough was making it's rounds back home on our return too! Oh well... it's back to school nite tonite... and trash day tomorrow ... so I have to finish pick up of the trash around here before we head off to school to formally meet the new teachers in our daughters' 2/3 class.

Anyone have an opinion as to if it's a good thing (or not to have your kid in a combination 2 + 3 grade class? I used to think it might be good to expose her to 3rd grade work / students ... then again, if it were my child in 3rd grade mixed with little kids ... would the opposite hold true that my 3rd grader is slowed down with 2nd graders mixing with my child? It's a case of the "glass being viewed as half full or half empty". What are the most meaningful factors in play here? I'll compare notes when I return as I'm sure our teachers will have a "pat" answer to these sort of questions.

Cheers to all, from

Tom​

Tom, both my kids wound up in this type of mixed class and we were less than thrilled with them
Regardless of whether the child was in the older half or the younger half of the class, the teacher was stressed trying to teach 2 different curriculums. My DD had a very good teacher and didn't really suffer, but my DS had a teacher that wasn't really great and his class did

I swore after watching my DD's teacher (who was a model of organization and hard work) rush back and forth between the groups that I wouldn't let my kids be in another mixed grade class again. I didn't need to worry because they did away with them at their school after trying for a few years and having many complaints

It isn't the end of the world if your DDs end up in one, you'll get a mixture of teachers over the years. Some great, some very good and some ok
Kids learn to manage with what they have

 

[dahuffy]

BTW - whenever I need to smile I just think of you and your dd in Categena.... I never saw a woman throw her dd in front of a building before.

Coral....you didn't!

 

[allshookup]

hey Diane!! This is Kristina's DD, Devon!!! WHile you are on topic, does Taylor have an email address??

If she does, can you pm it to me whenever you get a chance?

Sure thing!

 

[dahuffy]

Ha! And I bet you I will not even be able to remember why in 6 months.
One of our best friends is from Colombia so I was trying to take any memorable picture of her country. Since my headset did not work I have no clue what anything was I took a picture of.

We did the Mr. Emerald Tour and had no headsets.

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

Tom, both my kids wound up in this type of mixed class and we were less than thrilled with them
Regardless of whether the child was in the older half or the younger half of the class, the teacher was stressed trying to teach 2 different curriculums. My DD had a very good teacher and didn't really suffer, but my DS had a teacher that wasn't really great and his class did

I swore after watching my DD's teacher (who was a model of organization and hard work) rush back and forth between the groups that I wouldn't let my kids be in another mixed grade class again. I didn't need to worry because they did away with them at their school after trying for a few years and having many complaints

It isn't the end of the world if your DDs end up in one, you'll get a mixture of teachers over the years. Some great, some very good and some ok
Kids learn to manage with what they have

When my DD went to her private school..she had a combo class for 2 years..luckily her teacher was very good and she did well... now she is stuck with just me ..no wonder she looks forward to Friday when she gets to be with other kids at her school (her home school meets on Fridays with all students for Art, Music and History)

 

[maine_jennifer]

Has anyone heard from MaineJennifer
Her DM got sick while on the TOAL and they had to leave early
I know she was stable when they left and they were mostly being cautious, but I haven't seen her post yet. I hoping everything turned out ok
They were great tablemates.

Sorry I haven't posted, I came down with a cold the day we got off the ship, then as it was clearing up last week, I suddenly lost the hearing in my right ear. Finally cleared up today, but it's been annyoing enough that I didn't feel like doing too much. Also had to deal with submitting 4 insurance claims for our escape out of Aruba. Three for trip interruption and one for medical expenses. Plus, I've been signing my life to DVC. We started the process quickly before we got off the ship in Aruba, so we had a lot to go over with our guide once our paperwork arrived after the ship got home.

Yes, mom's doing ok, thanks for asking. We flew from Aruba to Charlotte to Boston and got in around 1am. Spent the night at my brother's in Lowell then drove straight to mom's doctor in Maine the next morning. A quick exam by her PCP to confirm what the doctors suspected on the ship, straight to the hospital for treatment, then finally home around 6 hours later. Mom's doing fine now and has a follow up visit/test next Wednesday to make sure everything's progressing as expected.

We didn't participate in the FE exchange, but I do know that the rubber chickens came from Maine Jennifer.

I am also hoping everything is okay with her mom.

Krista

Yup, I'm the chicken lady. My best friend and I had these in high school, though I'm not sure why. We just loved them and when I saw them, I thought, why not. Rubber chickens are just plain funny and I like to make people laugh. Glad you all liked them. I witnessed the real dead chickens in Acapulco and thought it was hilarious!!


Cheers!

Jennifer

 

[dahuffy]

Wow! I missed that! Oh yeah, I was dodging the fruit ladies and the shaking maracas venders!

Don't forget the man with the Sloth!!

 

[MrsScooby]

When my DD went to her private school..she had a combo class for 2 years..luckily her teacher was very good and she did well... now she is stuck with just me ..no wonder she looks forward to Friday when she gets to be with other kids at her school (her home school meets on Fridays with all students for Art, Music and History)

I wish I had the patience to home school
I can barely handle the homework

 

[A Litle Pixie Dust]

Sorry I haven't posted, I came down with a cold the day we got off the ship, then as it was clearing up last week, I suddenly lost the hearing in my right ear. Finally cleared up today, but it's been annyoing enough that I didn't feel like doing too much. Also had to deal with submitting 4 insurance claims for our escape out of Aruba. Three for trip interruption and one for medical expenses. Plus, I've been signing my life to DVC. We started the process quickly before we got off the ship in Aruba, so we had a lot to go over with our guide once our paperwork arrived after the ship got home.

Yes, mom's doing ok, thanks for asking. We flew from Aruba to Charlotte to Boston and got in around 1am. Spent the night at my brother's in Lowell then drove straight to mom's doctor in Maine the next morning. A quick exam by her PCP to confirm what the doctors suspected on the ship, straight to the hospital for treatment, then finally home around 6 hours later. Mom's doing fine now and has a follow up visit/test next Wednesday to make sure everything's progressing as expected.





Yup, I'm the chicken lady. My best friend and I had these in high school, though I'm not sure why. We just loved them and when I saw them, I thought, why not. Rubber chickens are just plain funny and I like to make people laugh. Glad you all liked them. I witnessed the real dead chickens in Acapulco and thought it was hilarious!!


Cheers!

Jennifer

So glad to hear she is doing well! I am sorry you had to leave the ship tho. Thanks for the chicken..we thought it was hysterical!

Don't forget the man with the Sloth!!

I got in trouble with the man with the sloth...earlier in the day we saw a different one and he wanted $1 for a picture..DD did not want a picture...so later we saw another man with a sloth and she said she wanted a picture by him by did not want to hold the sloth...so I said no problem..we told the gentleman what we wanted and took the picture..I tried to give him $2 for being so nice about holding onto the sloth near Tori..he got angry and said it was $5! I felt bad but seriously only had $3 on me..we didn't take much in with us and only bought a couple of things..he tossed my money back at me and said $5 again..I told him I only had $3 and tried to give it to him...I thought he was going to throw the sloth at me He finally took the $3 and I felt bad and it was my fault not to check first but I really thought it was only $1 or $2 as everyone else that day had been only a couple of dollars.....so...no more pictures for us! I practically ran to the bus.

 

[MrsScooby]

Sorry I haven't posted, I came down with a cold the day we got off the ship, then as it was clearing up last week, I suddenly lost the hearing in my right ear. Finally cleared up today, but it's been annyoing enough that I didn't feel like doing too much. Also had to deal with submitting 4 insurance claims for our escape out of Aruba. Three for trip interruption and one for medical expenses. Plus, I've been signing my life to DVC. We started the process quickly before we got off the ship in Aruba, so we had a lot to go over with our guide once our paperwork arrived after the ship got home.

Yes, mom's doing ok, thanks for asking. We flew from Aruba to Charlotte to Boston and got in around 1am. Spent the night at my brother's in Lowell then drove straight to mom's doctor in Maine the next morning. A quick exam by her PCP to confirm what the doctors suspected on the ship, straight to the hospital for treatment, then finally home around 6 hours later. Mom's doing fine now and has a follow up visit/test next Wednesday to make sure everything's progressing as expected.


Jennifer

Glad your Mom is ok
The head waiter and our servers kept asking about you all after you left, but I couldn't find an old post of yours with the search function to email you

Our table felt so empty after you guys left

 

[dahuffy]

Were you guys on a DCL excursion with the headsets? We didn't have any with the Mr. Emerald tour but our guide spoke very clearly and we didn't have a problem hearing her.

Lisa, were you able to get in to the Gold Museum,where they had the larger pieces? We weren't able to. We got there at about 12:50 and they wouldn't let us in cuz they closed at 1:00.