8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 11

[Joel110]

Happy B-day Captain, Pete and any others I may have overlooked!


Favorite Ocean: Ocean's Eleven (Twelve was horrible)

Favorite Pet – kind and name: Dog and Black Beardie

Favorite Vacation Spot: Sunset Beach Bar, St. Maarten

Favorite Food: Mexican

Favorite Pirate slang:

Pirated off: http://www.talklikeapirate.com/howto.html

10 . Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?

9. Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?

8. Come on up and see me urchins.

7. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.

6. I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.

5. Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?

4. How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?

3. Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.

2. Well blow me down?

And the number one pickup line for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day is …

1. Prepare to be boarded.

Bonus pickup lines (when the ones above don't work, as they often won't)
They don’t call me Long John because my head is so big.

Wanna shiver me timbers?

I’ve sailed the seven seas, and you’re the sleekest schooner I’ve ever sighted.

Brwaack! Polly want a cracker? … Oh, wait. That’s for Talk Like a PARROT Day.

That’s the finest pirate booty I’ve ever laid eyes on.

Let's get together and haul some keel.

That’s some treasure chest you’ve got there.


Favorite Treasure Chest Jewel - i.e. Gold, Diamond, Pearls, Rubies: Not all treasure comes from silver and gold.

Favorite Pirates of the Caribbean Icon (Ride or Movie): Jar of Dirt

Favorite Pirates of the Caribbean Character from the RIDE: I guess the village wenches...It's been five years since I've ridden (the POC ride that is).

What Pirates of the Caribbean Movie Character do you best relate to?:
Choices are:
Pirate...............Governor.....................Blacksmith
Navy Officer......Spy............................Assassin
First Mate.........Gunner........................Personal Assistant;
Ghost...............Merchant....................Deckhand;
Guard...............Crewman.....................Captain;
Town Clerk........Governor's Daughter......Maid;
Pirate Wench.

I like relating best with Wenches

 

[arlenesp]

Arlene did I miss something??? Are you coming to OKW???

That would be awesome!!

Yes, we are going to try to get down there on Fri. We watch the GKs til usually 5ish and then we will take the back toll road right into the park. The drive takes around 25 min.Looking forward to seeing you all.

 

[PBader]

:
sooooo, pbager, just because you can walk around in your basment,
dosen't provide ..all the picture?...what's in your closets?

They are clean too! My girlfriend called me today and she is moving to a smaller place and wants to store some of her "unused things" here. She says it is just a FEW boxes. Of course I told her OK. As my mind wandered back to the posts from last night.

My vice is scrapbooking--I have so much paper, albums and embelishments and yet another box was on my porch today when I got home from work! When we finished our basement, we put a mini kitchen area with cabinets, sink, wine cooler, microwave etc.... It is about 5 base cabinets long with upper cabinets also. This is where most my scrapbooking stuff is stored. I also have a large file cabinet full.

 

[PBader]

OK - I can cheer now -

We are almost official - just Fed Ex'ed our paperwork along with a big check to DVC HQ - with God's luck - on 4/4 we shall be official! Time to celebrate!

I'm doing the jig --

another DVC'r
You will enjoy it

 

[PBader]

I really am not complaining, because my job is great, but sometimes I just start to feel a little bit overwhelmed. I wish there were more hours in the day!

I could use a few more every day Mary. Trouble is they would probably still be devoted to work. Hope it gets better soon for you.

 

[PBader]

How about a "Perfect Ten"!

 

[PBader]

Yesterday was great we were able to do a cast preview of Monster Inc.. quite a bit of interaction with the audience.. reminds me of the comedy warehouse in Pleasure Island... They should be having a soft opening for the guests this weekend. Andy have a great time here the weather should be perfect. We are leaving to D.C. on Wednesday 4/4 and returning 4/9.. My daughter is turning the big 30....

Monsters, Inc. sounds like it should be fun! Have a great trip to DC! Enjoy your DD milestone Bday.

 

[PBader]

Morning

Wow 3 more posts to go!

Hope everyone has a great day today. Hope you don't mind if we drop by on Friday. That is if we can get away from the DGKs. So we will be a maybe.
Everyone is coming down to the World in the next few weeks. Just remember to bring your sunblock and hats to protect yourself from the sun.Hopefully it won't be too hot and you guys can really enjoy the park!

Hope you can join us. that would be great.

 

[PBader]

I'm sure I'm not one of those people you are talking about today!!!

Of course you are

 

[PBader]

I'm in the process of doing that now. My SIL suggested getting a dumpster. DB and I rented the largest one and cleared the house of junky stuff. Our ds was mad and said that I wasn't following the trust (I'm the excutor) and that I threw out everything that that our dad worked for. It was a lot of stuff that you wouldn't want to try to sell at a garage sale! WE even swept the garage. Hey if my db didn't know what something was..would I? LOL!

Of course I know my dad wouldn't of had a problem with what we did. I will be glad when it is all over and the house is up for sale. I got the house, but dd and I decided that there were to many memories there, plus we like our neighborhood.

Will be glad when it is all over and I don't have to deal with issues from 50 years ago. (I'm only 46! LOL!)

Tina, apparently your DS wasn't involved in helping you all go through things. If that is the case they also do not have the right to complain about how it was done. She probably wouldn't have found it to amusing to have had the full dumpster delivered to her. (sorry I do have a mean side)
So sorry you are dealing with this. I know it is not something any of us look forward to.

 

[PBader]

Good Morning everyone. I am so behind. I haven't been able to log in at work because our internet access was taken away until a few days ago and I was only able to check out the Dis a few times from home.

The lack of internet access is due unfortunate events at my place of employment. I work in the marketing department of a wholesale mortgage company that specializes in non-prime lending. We are privately owned and managed by a capital holdings company that owns other mortgage related companies. On March 15th, the holding company layed off almost 3,000 people, about 55% of the entire workforce. My company lost about 1,000 people and my department went from 37 to 12. Though I still have a job, they are moving us to another location, which will increase my drive by about 20 minutes, and that's if I leave the house by 7am. By 7:30 the traffic would be a total nightmare. The people who were laid off got 2 months severence and insurance coverage. I actually wish I had been let go so I would have 2 months pay while I looked for a new job. I hate that this is happening because this job has been pretty good to me - flexible hours, relatively good pay.

I know the jobs in this industry are market driven, but it was so hard watching everyone leave and the last two weeks, morale has been so low, that it's a struggle coming to work everyday.

Anyway, that's my story. I am glad I have the Dis and am now looking forward to this cruise more than ever.

Now to try to ketchup a bit.

Happy to be able to "talk" to you all again.

So sorry Karen.

 

[PBader]

We want lots and lots and lots of pic's - those of us who are not attending want to live vicariously through pic's!

I'll have mine

 

[PBader]

My friend sent me this for my birthday. I about died laughing when I opened it!

http://www.blueq.com/shop/item/18-productId.125837537_18-catId..html

How fitting Stace!

 

[PBader]

Count me in on the merger then lay off battle with corporate America. I will find out tomorrow whether or not I have a job. The told us last friday that we are cutting by 23%. Everyone will be told tomorrow whether they still have a job or whether they have 60 days to find something else in the company. If we don't find another job, we will be given a severance depended upon our years of service.

I can't worry or stress over it. My performance reviews have always been good. I've been hand picked for every job change or promotion. At this point I rely on my faith and belief that after this all shakes down I will be where I'm supposed to be at this time in my life. If that means still employeed but with a larger work load. Or if that means unemployeed and looking for work, then that's what I'm supposed to do. I used to stress over it. But we buy someone else every year or two and face cuts each time. I'd be in a perpetual state of fear if I let it rule me.

 

[PBader]

You go and do the support thing for everyone who can't be there...

BTW, my DH found this on the net the other day, and I love the commentary of the pride, rivalry, and ultimate comraderie of the armed services: Reveille

That was wonderful.

 

[PBader]

So I had my first PC cruise dream last night. Interesting that I was talking to people whom I've not yet met, but everyone looked like their pictures that I've seen!

Stace were we wearing our black or white t-*****s?

 

[PBader]

Hazel is baking chocolate cookies that we can nibble on during our drive to Florida, the smell is making me mighty hungry. I think I might have to taste test one or two of them..............................

I like cookies

 

[PBader]

Just had to come back and share. Even though announcements were not supposed to happen until tomorrow, my boss just had a converstaion with me.


I STILL HAVE A JOB!


I won't be working for the same boss or even the same kind of work. I got slotted for another position within the company. I was targetted for getting laid off because I'm not working on one of the major projects right now. But my boss and her director lobied for me and found me something.


Now I'm going to miss the pirate run.....unless you all are kind enough to wait a few hours.....I'm about to hit the 75 min commute....

That is great news.

 

[PBader]

OK Here it is ! My 1000th POST

 

[PBader]

Hello Everyone!!! Happy Thursday!


I don't have alot of time to chat tonight because of preparing for the big trip!

I did want to let you guys know I two, count 'em two drs. appts. today.

The first one for the ankle swelling. When I woke up today not only was my right ankle swollen but so was my right eye! Dr. is not too alarmed but needs to find out why I'm retaining fluid like this. The three big things to rule out are: Kidney problems, Congestive Heart Failure, and some Leg Vein problem. She took blood today, told me to go to Fl., watch my salt intake, drink a lot of water and we'll go further when I get back.

The other appt. was for my rosacea treatment. It REALLY hurt this time and now I look like a tomato!

Boy do I need this vacation!