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

[KSDisneyDad]

It was the Mediterranean cruise question,s the first posters questions were answered quickly, someone then hijacked it, I as ever tried a balance response, in a professional way,

I am not pleased with the Mod's final closing comments. Maybe I took them the wrong way, but I take them to say the poster who upset me and others is correct, and he wouldn't travel to Europe.

If you read the full thread and the Dis profile, its interesting.

http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=23647705&postcount=68

Unbelievable. Is there a way to report a moderator?

 

[Michelle2]

Unbelievable. Is there a way to report a moderator?

Maybe report to one of the Webmasters?? It kind of sounds like going through the Jedi order....The padowans answer to the jedimasters, the moderators answer to the Webmasters, etc etc??

 

[geffric]

ARGH.....

Gonna Ketchup.. be back .. ARGH

 

[m&m's mom]

It was the Mediterranean cruise question,s the first posters questions were answered quickly, someone then hijacked it, I as ever tried a balance response, in a professional way,

I am not pleased with the Mod's final closing comments. Maybe I took them the wrong way, but I take them to say the poster who upset me and others is correct, and he wouldn't travel to Europe.

If you read the full thread and the Dis profile, its interesting.

http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=23647705&postcount=68

Too funny.
DH and I annoy each other with that song all the time!



Which begs the question: To whom do you report a moderator?

I'll admit that I can't resist skimming through locked threads & I have never seen a mod join the fray as he/she was closing it. Not cool IMHO.

I sent him a PM that I thought the comment was rude and uncalled for and not very "DIS-like".
You can report a moderator to another moderator. I bet the Webmaster would be interested too.

 

[geffric]

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning
> submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are
> asked to supply alternate meanings for common words The winners
> are:
>
> 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
>
> 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have
> gained.
>
> 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
>
> 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
>
> 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
>
> 6. Negligent (adj.) describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
> answer the door in your nightgown.
>
> 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
>
> 8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
>
> 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are
> run over by a steamroller.
>
> 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
>
> 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
>
> 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by
> proctologists.
>
> 13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
>
> 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with
> Yiddishisms.
>
> 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand):
> The belief that,
> when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
>
> >
> The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take
> any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
> changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's
> winners:
>
> 1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
> bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows
> little sign of breaking down in the near future.
>
> 2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
> of getting laid.
>
> 3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
> subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
>
> 4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
>
> 5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
> person who doesn't get it.
>
> 6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running
> late.
>
> 7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
>
> 8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
> credit.)
>
> 9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these
> really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
> like, a serious bummer.
>
> 10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
> consuming only things that are good for you.
>
> 11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
>
> 12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
> when they come at you rapidly.

 

[tom31b]

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning
> submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are
> asked to supply alternate meanings for common words The winners
> are:
>
> 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
>
> 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have
> gained.
>
> 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
>
> 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
>
> 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
>
> 6. Negligent (adj.) describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
> answer the door in your nightgown.
>
> 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
>
> 8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
>
> 9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are
> run over by a steamroller.
>
> 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
>
> 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
>
> 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by
> proctologists.
>
> 13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
>
> 14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with
> Yiddishisms.
>
> 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand):
> The belief that,
> when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
>
> >
> The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take
> any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
> changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's
> winners:
>
> 1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
> bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows
> little sign of breaking down in the near future.
>
> 2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
> of getting laid.
>
> 3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
> subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
>
> 4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
>
> 5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
> person who doesn't get it.
>
> 6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running
> late.
>
> 7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
>
> 8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
> credit.)
>
> 9. Karmageddon (n): its like, when everybody is sending off all these
> really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
> like, a serious bummer.
>
> 10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
> consuming only things that are good for you.
>
> 11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
>
> 12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
> when they come at you rapidly.

I like it....

 

[geffric]

Yep me too.. just hanging out in the Bozone.. waiting for the day to end..

 

[goofyforlife]

One Mod has just closed one of the threads down as its got a bit personal, but also I feel made a closing 'dig' comment themselves about not wanting to go to Europe, so backing the person who has been rude ?

BTW everyone... We are not allowed to quote or discuss closed threads either.... (it was a problem before)

(don't ask why; just a mod rule) Trying to be nice so they don't have to edit our thread too much now...

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

i'm sorry andrew, ..[ i didn't read that thread until now.]

..maybe that person, shouldn't be a mod, if his self-control doesn't
improve? [ anytime someone "jumps"...or act implusive without having
a prior history..usually indicate a "reaction formation"..from a previous
bad experience].



from my view point, i europe...& would love to do one of
the upcoming cruises. we're hoping. europe has very special meaning
because of family ties. ..some of my all~tymes..favorite
memories..are those from my backpackin days..& the euro-rail.

*i really..enjoyed..your postings on the dcl pictures of the day..,




...right, all~shook up, that's what i need to do...smell
the keyboard..for evidence... ,as if i didn't already..had enough
smelly things..in my life... .... but, it got me thinking..where
did she...[ my lil' ]..get her hands..on say chocolates????,
ha! me thinks someone found...my secret stash...

..or she read...my previous posting..of keeping a secret stock pile...
of goodies..for emergency measures..woow, she showing her lil'miss..

.


..i jus ..the lil'kiddies storys...

during the 11-nighter..the seaturtles..adventure..was full. so we
took a non disney..[ at barbos.]...& as luck would..have it, there
was only us & one other young couple..from england. [ he was
lawyer..as was his mother...& he told us she worked for the queen]
..anyway..they were thinking of having kids...& his wife...had
a grat time "babysitting" jordan.


me?..well..they had..."rum"..for ...30 people.....so i was "set."

. but oh, man...the walk back..seem like forever..




ha! ..a red raider..well, that jus figure...he, he,

 

[buckifan]

BTW everyone... We are not allowed to quote or discuss closed threads either.... (it was a problem before)

(don't ask why; just a mod rule) Trying to be nice so they don't have to edit our thread too much now...

I didn't know we weren't even allowed to discuss a closed thread.....

Foreshadowing?


Okay, if a MOD is reading....I am TOTALLY just joking here!

 

[yargrnhoj]

It was the Mediterranean cruise question,s the first posters questions were answered quickly, someone then hijacked it, I as ever tried a balance response, in a professional way,

I am not pleased with the Mod's final closing comments. Maybe I took them the wrong way, but I take them to say the poster who upset me and others is correct, and he wouldn't travel to Europe.

If you read the full thread and the Dis profile, its interesting.

http://disboards.com/showpost.php?p=23647705&postcount=68

Not sure if it was out-of-line, but it was certainly off point. No one was saying 100% of American families were interested in cruising in Europe (just as 100% aren't interested in cruising period and not all families are even interested in going to Disney World).

I think the mods do a great job, but make occasional human mistakes like it seems like here. I tend to give the mods some slack because it isn't an easy job.

I do wish they could keep some of the threads on topic to avoid these type of things. I got warned by a mod once for comments I made and was really ticked and left the boards for awhile. Someone posted asking about internet access on board and I gave her my opinion on the service and then someone else came back with the "why would anyone want to work on board a cruise" which started a lot of heated discussion.

I told the woman to take her 'holier-than-thou' attitude elsewhere since the OP wasn't looking for a value judgement, just advise. She came back with a remark about 'going away to polish her halo' and I responded with something along the lines of "I have something you can polish"... One of those "I shouldn't have said that moments".

But my point, (yes I do have one), is the mod should have been the one to step in and tell the other poster she was off topic.

 

[buckifan]

...I told the woman to take her 'holier-than-thou' attitude elsewhere since the OP wasn't looking for a value judgement, just advise. She came back with a remark about 'going away to polish her halo' and I responded with something along the lines of "I have something you can polish"... One of those "I shouldn't have said that moments".

I just polished off a sleeve of Thin Mints......

 

[tom31b]

I think the mods do a great job, but make occasional human mistakes like it seems like here. I tend to give the mods some slack because it isn't an easy job.

I think JR makes a great point, but lets discuss our cruise and not DIS operations.

So, important groundhogs....

Will the DCL reservation system crash on the 19th?

What color t-s**** for embarkation?

Who has the worst accent in the US?

What woman has broken up a band lately?

How about peeps in the microwave?

 

[tom31b]

I just polished off a sleeve of Thin Mints......

Mmmmm Thin Mints.....mmmmmmmm

of course, my other mantra is

Mmmmmm beer mmmmmmmm

but the two don't go together.....

 

[tom31b]

6 TRUTHS OF LIFE

1. You cannot touch all your teeth with your tongue.

















2. All idiots, after reading the first 'truth', will try it.














3. The first truth is a lie.












4. You are smiling now because you're an idiot.













5. You will soon forward this to another idiot.















6. There is still a stupid smile on your face.

 

[tom31b]

I think JR makes a great point,

Was I drinking when I posted that?

 

[arlenesp]

Firstly thank you all for your kind words, over the last few days on the Main cruise forum, I just really have reached an all time low point.

I agree that it seems some people just want to contradict or snipe at a comment you make, if you say bottled water is around $30 for 24 bottles someone comes in and says we actually its precisely $33.50 including tip and postage and packing.

One Mod has just closed one of the threads down as its got a bit personal, but also I feel made a closing 'dig' comment themselves about not wanting to go to Europe, so backing the person who has been rude ?

I am posting here only now and after this cruise, I will be stopping the Dis-boards.

Too funny.




Which begs the question: To whom do you report a moderator?

I'll admit that I can't resist skimming through locked threads & I have never seen a mod join the fray as he/she was closing it. Not cool IMHO.

I remember that thread, and I remember thinking that the other poster that was going after you was completely out of line...getting all technical on something silly. I totally phased out on their responses...just all fluff, and is all about people's opinions.
I do not agree with how the moderator closed the thread either. I could care less about their opinion of going to Med....their loss.

Unbelievable. Is there a way to report a moderator?

Andrew I'm sorry they came down on you. I agree the Mod was wrong in airing their opinion. Just should have closed the thread,period.

Not sure if it was out-of-line, but it was certainly off point. No one was saying 100% of American families were interested in cruising in Europe (just as 100% aren't interested in cruising period and not all families are even interested in going to Disney World).

I think the mods do a great job, but make occasional human mistakes like it seems like here. I tend to give the mods some slack because it isn't an easy job.

I do wish they could keep some of the threads on topic to avoid these type of things. I got warned by a mod once for comments I made and was really ticked and left the boards for awhile. Someone posted asking about internet access on board and I gave her my opinion on the service and then someone else came back with the "why would anyone want to work on board a cruise" which started a lot of heated discussion.

I told the woman to take her 'holier-than-thou' attitude elsewhere since the OP wasn't looking for a value judgement, just advise. She came back with a remark about 'going away to polish her halo' and I responded with something along the lines of "I have something you can polish"... One of those "I shouldn't have said that moments".

But my point, (yes I do have one), is the mod should have been the one to step in and tell the other poster she was off topic.

I just polished off a sleeve of Thin Mints......

Thanks Deanna, I forgot I had it stashed in the freezer. Good thing the kids don't open anything they think is food.

 

[allshookup]

Mmmmm Thin Mints.....mmmmmmmm

of course, my other mantra is

Mmmmmm beer mmmmmmmm

but the two don't go together.....

Anything goes with thin mints!

Notice I didn't say beer. That stuff is vile!

 

[geffric]

...right, all~shook up, that's what i need to do...smell
the keyboard..for evidence... ,as if i didn't already..had enough
smelly things..in my life... .... but, it got me thinking..where
did she...[ my lil' ]..get her hands..on say chocolates????,
ha! me thinks someone found...my secret stash...


.
Chocolate Stash???... my kinda person ...Hm.. are you bringing the Chocolate stash on the cruise... maybe I can help get rid of the chocolate so the suitcase isn't as heavy to carry.. actually there is a winery here that coats the red wine in chocolate. so you can eat and drink at the same time..


me?..well..they had..."rum"..for ...30 people.....so i was "set."

Rum for 30.. sign me up..

.

DH thinks he will be going on the cruise.. earlier this week, he had talked with his aunt sophie and reported back that she would only watch the boys 1/2 the time.. so we needed to get someone else for the other 1/2.. well I told him that I have asked everyone.. and no takers..

So.. he was okay.. no problem.. and I said .. Shall i tell Sally that she is going not you?? He was WHAT??? Well the deal all along has been that I was going and he was my first choice but if he couldn't them Sally would.. He never thought I was serious and that I would just cancel the trip.. So after thinking about it some more.. He talked with Aunt Sophie and she is in for the whole time and DH is going on the trip.. YEAH!!!!

 

[buckifan]

I think JR makes a great point, but lets discuss our cruise and not DIS operations.

So, important groundhogs....

Will the DCL reservation system crash on the 19th?

What color t-s**** for embarkation?

Who has the worst accent in the US?

What woman has broken up a band lately?

How about peeps in the microwave?

How did I miss peeps in the microwave? I have to try that!

Have you ever thrown a marshmallow into a fire? Must try that with a peep, too....I am scaring myself.