8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #4

[captaincrash]

Drat!

I had been drafting a LONG multi-quote from the old thread... complete with pictures, chuckles and so on... and when I went to PREVIEW the posting it declared the thread had been CLOSED! And I lost everything I had been working on...

DRAT!

At any rate... to make a long multi-quote short - I'll just say thanks for all the kind remarks folks about Alicia being ... (ahem) ... easy on the eyes. I count myself lucky she stayed with me patiently for so long before I proposed. And at that... after hanging around 8 years I went ahead and failed to pop the question with any romance or preparation.

Aside from that... the last 3 days has seen Alicia visiting 8 local Macys' stores at leisure. Monica, you're right that most of the clearance racks were only an extra 30% off... however, there were some racks which had everything already 50% with an EXTRA 50% off for a total of 75% discount... and some racks were marked with 75% off and those had little signs on top declaring an additional 60% off for a total of 90% off.

Last nite at the party Alicia was chatting about her findings with some of the ladies and a couple of them abruptly ducked out of the LONG party to hit a couple local Macy's. Although Alicia found nothing herself at those 2 stores, she shopped with her girlfriends. One of which I know spent $70 getting mostly blouses at a total of 75% off... plus a cute button down sweater with metallic sparkles AND an astonishing imperial purple silk dress which Alicia found for her. Those last two were 90% off and the dress in particular was $12 reduced from $120. I don't recall what the sweaters' value was.

Since my first report on Alicia's shopping she's only added 3 blouses (90% off at $6, $7 and 25% off at $12.50)... and a couple pairs of shoes at 25% off for $20 and $30. Alicia was complaining today that everything was pretty well picked over now. However, she did pick up ONE of those shoes today. Plus she seemed really pleasant in demeanor from the days' wanderings.

 

[captaincrash]

:
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i75/mrmerlin56/100_0279-1.jpg?t=1204526433

..i could be wrong...but i think..he's been barking with crash,

* ignore the pink color. it was supposed to been purple...

I must have MISSED somethin'....

Cuz I still am feelin' mighty INNOCENT tonite...

 

[captaincrash]

It is getting late and I did not have much time for this but could not resist.

Although the wenches would probably prefer the more relaxed Mr. Gibbs.

LOL!

 

[captaincrash]

lright so now I've seen just about all. What's next? A bunny dressed for St Paddys day?

Come on I dare somebody to come up with a green live image bunny!

maybe I shouldn't dare this group? :

I've been beaten to posting a green bunny...

However I did run across some interesting bunnies...

plus this odd critter..

 

[captaincrash]

Crash: o.k so this is 2 weeks late............even though we were the only ones in chat at that time, it was nice chatting with you.

Oooo....

... has it been 2 weeks already? It feels like nearly yesterday we were chattin' so late at nite. And may I say I too was pleasantly surprised to find you on hand to visit with for a little while. I got yer card... and may I offer congrats again!

 

[radioclash2]

Evening all! I see we are on to part 4.

Hear an interesting rumor today, while doing a GS cookie booth. The other mother I was with, her mom is a CM in WDW. She recently was promoted to another position, but was a character handler. They have been holding auditions for Tink! I guess some women were coming out of the audition crying, because they wanted to be the first Tink. When Tink appears she will be located in Toon town in the main tent, where the princesses and other characters are! So here is the chance to meet and greet with Tink and get her autograph! Also got the scoop on Capt Jack. He doesn't sign autographs, because when they first tested it, his line was way too long! Also I guess there have been mixed reviews on the Pirate & Princess parties. DD and I will find out for ourselves on May 2nd, I got us tckets! Interesting what you can find out when working a cookie booth!

cool news

 

[captaincrash]

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops on Sunday to the border with Colombia, accusing it of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa also ordered troops to the Colombian border, saying "Ecuadorean territory has been outraged and bombed by an air attack and the later incursion of (Colombian) troops."

On Saturday, Colombian security forces killed senior rebel leader Raul Reyes and 16 other Colombian guerrillas at a camp across the border in Ecuador.

Correa said on Saturday that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had informed him of the raid, but later announced that he was misled after Ecuadorean officials inspected a bombed rebel camp.

Colombian officials have long complained that Ecuador's military does not control its sparsely populated border, allowing rebels to take refuge on its territory.

Colombia's government said late Sunday that documents found where Reyes was killed show that the rebel group was in close contact and was deepening relations with Ecuador's president.
Chavez said Venezuela will respond militarily if Colombia violates its border. He ordered Venezuela’s embassy in Bogota closed.

“Mr. Defense Minister, move 10 battalions to the border with Colombia for me, immediately — tank battalions. Deploy the air force,” Chavez said during his weekly TV and radio program. “We don’t want war, but we aren’t going to permit the U.S. empire, which is the master (of Colombia) ... to come divide us.”

Chavez called Colombian President Alvaro Uribe “a criminal,” and branded his government a “terrorist state,” likening it to Israel for its U.S.-backed attacks on militants.

Colombian officials have long complained that Ecuador’s military does not control its sparsely populated border, allowing rebels to take refuge on its territory. The same holds true for Venezuela, where rebel deserters say the guerrillas routinely rest, train, obtain medical care and smuggle drugs.

Chavez denies that his country provides refuge to the FARC.

In protest of Colombia’s raid, Ecuador recalled its ambassador from Bogota but said commercial ties would remain unaffected. A spokesman for Uribe, Cesar Mauricio Velasquez, announced Sunday that Colombia would apologize to Ecuador for the military incursion on its territory.

Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, said the rebels were “bombed and massacred as they slept, using precision technology.” He said Colombia’s military violated Ecuador’s airspace and that the camp bombed was 1.2 miles from the border.

Ecuadorean soldiers recovered the bodies of 15 rebels in their jungle camp, and found three wounded guerrillas.

Lt. Col. Jose Nunez told reporters in the remote village of Angostura, where the bodies were found, that officials determined there were two bomb attacks on the camp early Saturday.

Before the Ecuadoreans arrived, Colombian commandos removed the cadavers of Reyes and one other rebel.

Chavez called the raid “cowardly murder, all of it coldly calculated.”

'Could be the start of a war'
“This could be the start of a war in South America,” Chavez said. He warned Uribe: “If it occurs to you to do this in Venezuela, President Uribe, I’ll send some Sukhois” — Russian warplanes recently bought by Venezuela.

He called Uribe a “lapdog” of Washington, saying “Dracula’s fangs (are) are covered in blood.”

Neither Colombia’s foreign minister nor the country’s military leadership would comment on Chavez’s actions when asked by reporters on Sunday in Bogota as they departed a funeral for the lone Colombian soldier killed in Saturday’s raid.

Chavez has increasingly revealed his sympathies for the FARC. In January, Chavez asked that it be struck from lists of terrorist groups internationally.

His Sunday announcement pushes tense relations with Colombia to a new nadir, though cross-border trade, worth some $5 billion annually, has not yet been seriously affected.

It could not be determined whether troops had yet been mobilized for the border. Chavez did not specify how many he was sending. A Venezuelan battalion traditionally has roughly 600 soldiers.

The peasant-based FARC has been fighting Colombia’s government for more than four decades, seeking a more equitable distribution of wealth. It funds itself largely through the cocaine trade and kidnaps for ransom and political ends.

Well...

I'd consider the FARC to be terrorists of the worst kind ... through thier pursuit of the cocaine trade which destroys lives and families all over the world indiscriminately.

Now... on the other hand ... all this posed above is NEWS to me. I won't pretend to be any kind of authority or otherwise possess any special understanding on the affairs of South America. So... if I am spouting off ignorantly... please remember .... I am forever the INNOCENT ONE here.

 

[radioclash2]

Good evening everybody!

Long time no post.

Took me most of this evening to upload these pictures but here is what I've been working on in my spare time over the last 2 months. Unfortunately I've been unable to post as much as I would have liked.

Let's see if this works:

This is the costume I made for Jack's daughter Nastassja

WOW

 

[radioclash2]

Hello Everyone
I am taking a short MUCH overdue break to Dis a little. My foot is not helping things but then again I am not able to follow the doctor's orders either.

My update: Chuck's last day was Friday, he left this morning to Georgia to get settled in his place to start his new job tomorrow. Meanwhile I am packing,cleaning and everything else. We load the truck Sat. morning where I will stay at a hotel for 2 days and fly out Monday morning to our brand new home in Myrtle Beach !!!

My Doctor will see me again on the 4th and I will have to find a foot Doctor down in SC where he will transfer records. He took alot of bone out and recovery is still looking like 5 months hopefully not in this BOOT !!!

Hope you have a speedy recovery !!

 

[radioclash2]

Happy Monday Everyone

 

[LITTLEKID58]

GM

Presently 63 going up to 82 here in Sunny Central Florida

A little sore this morning in the calfs.. lol... I used muscles this weekend that I though I did not have... Help our DS move and of course it is on the Third Floor...

and prayers to everyone who is going to need it today

aboard to all the newbies

Happy Birthday and Anniversary to all we have missed

Have a great Monday

 

[sk8ingmom]

G'mornin' s

I think we are back to upside down here...back in Davy Jone's locker.

Lots of hockey this weekend. It was our league tournament for both kids. DS9's team made it to the championship game & played it close through 2 periods (down 2-1 at the end of the 2nd). Then got creamed 7-3. Oh well. It as a great season and 2nd place in the entire DC area isn't a bad thing! DS7's level doesn't keep score - so technically a jamboree, not a tournament, but he has 7 games this weekend. He got a hat trick in the last game!!!!

Evening all! I see we are on to part 4.

Hear an interesting rumor today, while doing a GS cookie booth. The other mother I was with, her mom is a CM in WDW. She recently was promoted to another position, but was a character handler. They have been holding auditions for Tink! I guess some women were coming out of the audition crying, because they wanted to be the first Tink. When Tink appears she will be located in Toon town in the main tent, where the princesses and other characters are! So here is the chance to meet and greet with Tink and get her autograph! Also got the scoop on Capt Jack. He doesn't sign autographs, because when they first tested it, his line was way too long! Also I guess there have been mixed reviews on the Pirate & Princess parties. DD and I will find out for ourselves on May 2nd, I got us tckets! Interesting what you can find out when working a cookie booth!

Hmmm, I love Tink, but I'm not sure I like the 'meet a real person Tink' idea. She's a fairy - much smaller than a small woman. During Wishes she is up in the air, so you can't tell size.

I hate waiting in line for characters, so we've never met Capt Jack. I didn't know he didn't sign. Interesting.

I know we have some math experts here so I was wondering if somebody can help DD & I. Her & I both get the same answer...which is wrong!

Solve the following by the linear combination method.

3x-y=14
-3x+4y=-6

Diane!! Where was the MATH ALERT??????

...we really are in Davy Jones Locker...

57 Jacks X 1 peanut / 10,000 rock crabs = ???

Wristband Info

Thanks for doing this Tina! Since you did this for school, I assume there will be kid sizes???

What about TOAL on them?

Good evening everybody!

Long time no post.

Took me most of this evening to upload these pictures but here is what I've been working on in my spare time over the last 2 months. Unfortunately I've been unable to post as much as I would have liked.

OMG! That is amazing!
I still don't have curtains in my kitchen because I hate the thought of cutting and sewing a straight hem!

Reposting so it doesn't get missed - I know we've got folks who don't read backwards

Group Tastings​

Excellent! I'm booking the Lush package...here's hoping that they aren't on the same day!

Hello Everyone
I am taking a short MUCH overdue break to Dis a little. My foot is not helping things but then again I am not able to follow the doctor's orders either.

Tina, I hope your foot is doing better. Don't overdue it. Easier said than done, I know.

You win the prize - you've now moved more during the life of this thread than I have!

Sea day perhaps? Wonder if they would consider making a stop at Panama?

DH would LOVE that! He's spent several months in Panama & was really disappointed when he found out we don't have a port call there.​

 

[Downrivermama]

Happy Monday everyone. That was a fast weekend. We did conduct dd's science experiment though. 5 oranges gave up their lives for science! Now to prod dd into writing it up and putting her science board together before this weekend. It's due on the 10th.

We went and saw Penelope yesterday. It was really cute and had a great message. I was only 90 minutes.

Thanks for doing this Tina! Since you did this for school, I assume there will be kid sizes???

What about TOAL on them?

Oops, didn't post sizes. They come in 6", 7" & 8". I bought the adult size the 8" and it is big on dd's wrist. I know we were talking about keeping an eye on the kids so we could get lime green for them! Kristina came up with the text I posted as an example of what could be put on them. Limited to 24 spaces on both sides. As long as the text stays the same , sizes and colors can be mixed and macthed and still get the pricing.

 

[darthrugby]

Hello Everyone
I am taking a short MUCH overdue break to Dis a little. My foot is not helping things but then again I am not able to follow the doctor's orders either.

My update: Chuck's last day was Friday, he left this morning to Georgia to get settled in his place to start his new job tomorrow. Meanwhile I am packing,cleaning and everything else. We load the truck Sat. morning where I will stay at a hotel for 2 days and fly out Monday morning to our brand new home in Myrtle Beach !!!

My Doctor will see me again on the 4th and I will have to find a foot Doctor down in SC where he will transfer records. He took alot of bone out and recovery is still looking like 5 months hopefully not in this BOOT !!!

Hope you have a speedy recovery. Hope your foot is better for the TOAL.

 

[darthrugby]

It is getting late and I did not have much time for this but could not resist.

Although the wenches would probably prefer the more relaxed Mr. Gibbs.

This is too funny.

Tom, by the way thanks for the news letter and creating the info boards on thepiratezone.

I'll add you to the Rugby Tournament list. Thanks for volunteering. What shirt size are you?

 

[bellelinus]

Good evening everyone!

So,I'm excited....my mother wants to surprise my dad (the original disney fanatic in the house) with a surprise weekend in June....wants me to come and she will cover (part of the surprise for dad!)....

We are thinking the Grand Floridian....always wanted to stay but not stay the length we usually do at WDW there..so a mini trip would be great!(this would also mean I have stayed at all MK resorts!)

I know this is our "TOAL cruise" thread but I am sure some of you had to have stayed here...any helpful hints? Also I have never noticed...do all the rooms have balconies? (mom loves them!)

I am soooooooo excited!

Have great night everyone!

Chrissie

You would love the GF . . . we have been there 3 times, I think. I think all the rooms that are not on ground level have a balcony, except for some of the main lodge rooms. But if you book garden view you will get one of the non-lodge buildings and you could put in a request for a non-ground-level room.

 

[bellelinus]

Wristband Info

I know we had been talking about wristbands. Here is information on the company I used. I used wristbandconnection.com when I ordered wristbands for dd's school. I got the black/red (school colors) with printing on one side. I went with them because they seemed to be the only company who would give a price break for quantities under 1,000. 500 wristbands cost me $250.00 which is 50 cents each. Free shipping on orders over $50. They were very prompt. I don't know if it even took a week for the order to come. I ordered them last summer. The words were debossed or molded into the band. Sunken lettering. They have a cool font called "Bones"

I emailed them to ask about using own artwork and they will.

They also allow mixing sizes and colors as long as the text stays the same.

So here are the options based on ordering 500 wristbands.

1 Side Text Only-50 cents each
2 Side Text Only-54 cents each
1 Side Text & Pic-55 cents each
2 Side Text & Pic on front-59 cents each


Suggested Text

Capt Jack’s EB Repo 2008 and/or
A Pirates Cruise For Me!

I have found a small skull & crossbones clip art that we could use.

Pricing for other quantities:
100-199 1.05
200-249 .95
250-399 .85
400-499 .65
500-749 .50

I have tried to take a decent picture of mine, but I can't get it to show the print.

Any thoughts?

Sounds wonderful to me!

 

[tom31b]

Chief Magical Official videos

 

[PBader]

Happy Monday everyone. That was a fast weekend. We did conduct dd's science experiment though. 5 oranges gave up their lives for science! Now to prod dd into writing it up and putting her science board together before this weekend. It's due on the 10th.

Sounds like an interesting project Tina. If Adam had a priject due the 10th, he would have started on it the 9th.


Oops, didn't post sizes. They come in 6", 7" & 8". I bought the adult size the 8" and it is big on dd's wrist. I know we were talking about keeping an eye on the kids so we could get lime green for them! Kristina came up with the text I posted as an example of what could be put on them. Limited to 24 spaces on both sides. As long as the text stays the same , sizes and colors can be mixed and macthed and still get the pricing.

These will be great!

 

[pansmermaidzlagoon]

When my DS and BIL did a Panama Cruise a few years ago - they had a scheduled stop in Cartegena. It got changed to a sea day at the last minute due to the political climate. My BIL was really surprised that we had Cartegena as a Port call. I fully intend on us doing a history tour at this Port. Who knows if we'll get a chance to go again.

I agree! We were planning that too. We are looking forward to this as well for the history. If something did happen I would hope for another port - rather than another day at sea. Time will tell, I guess!

the conditions there right know just got me wondering what the options were, what might Disney do,etc - is this situation likely to be long term and affect us or to be short lived posturing??? ........."always prepared"!!!!...got to plan, you know!