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

[justmestace]

If I had not dropped out I would have graduated in 1973 and that was after being held back a year in the 5th grade. I will be a strong 53 years old on this cruise and believe you are only as old as you allow yourself to feel. There are times I swear I am only 5 again. I hate those moments. Much prefer when I feel mature but still young enough to enjoy life. You guys are really making me feel old . Lois

My DH graduated in 1968. He'll be 57 in June, and still plays league softball on Friday and Sunday. You're only as old as you feel. Coming up on 50 doesn't bother me in the least.

 

[Downrivermama]

FEDEX just came to my door and dropped my package for DVC Animal Kingdom Villas. I am going to take the plunge!!!


Karen

I finally watched the DVC dvd last night. I'm thinking seriously about it.

 

[justmestace]

I hate people who try to throw their weight around! Duck! LOL Lord forgive me.... I couldn't resist. My bad.

 

[justmestace]

I feel like being a today .....I'm lazy

HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!!!

Happy Birthday

Nicholas
Monica
Rahn
Bob

Lisa: How terrible about William!

Please tell him:

Poor William!! He'll be back to Gameboy in less than two days!! This comes from the "expert" of hand injuries!

 

[Verandah Man]

Now that I got all my running around done this morning, it's time to sit down, pay some bills, and then balance the checkbook. Maybe it would have been easier if I went to work today..................

 

[kap158]

I finally watched the DVC dvd last night. I'm thinking seriously about it.

I am going to watch the DVD later and I am sure I will have alot of questions!

Karen

 

[allshookup]

GOOD MORNING

Happy Birthday'S
Pat / GrayFal
Courtney / DD winnyis
Kathy / KAB407
Cade​

Good Morning!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT, CADE, COURTNEY and KATHY!

Happy Birthday

Pat, Cade, Courtney & Kathy

I hope you all have a great day!!!!!​

...OK, ketched up to myself!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

PAT, CADE

COURTNEY AND KATHY!!!!

Have a great Saturday everyone!!!​

Hi Everyone!

Happy Happy B'day Cade, Courtney, Kathy & Pat!!!!!!!!

Later, Chris

"Happy Birthday"

4/7......Pat/GrayFal
4/7......Cade/DS allshookup
4/7......Courtney/DD winnyis
4/7......Kathy/KAB407

4/8......Greg/DH w/goofy​

Thank you all very much for the birthday wishes for Cade!

 

[sk8ingmom]

So...I was writing my last post at about 7:35 this morning when I realized something...DS6's teacher conference is at 8 am today!!!! We made it in time, but I'm not exactly ready for life right now. I'm killing 20 minutes before the kids have the be back at school for the first bell. Then I need to come home, get a workout in, take a shower etc. I love my flexible job! My mothly board meeting is tonight, so I'm working late anyway. Then we are Scouting for Food at Cubs tonight (collecting for local food pantry).

The do sell Everclear in Mexico...not that I've made a few trips down there to get some

OH I am way too old for Everclear. Funny thing, it is (or at least was - not sure now) illegal in Ohio. I went to college in suburban West Virginia, so we would drive 45 minutes to WV & walk into any ol' grocery store to get it.
Illegal in one state...right next to the Gatorade in another!

Green Widow Martini Recipe
(I like this one--love Midori and even the name is kinda piratey! )

Gin and melon liqueur splashed with champagne.

2½ oz. Gin
1 oz. Midori
½ oz. Fresh sour mix
1 splash Champagne

Combine gin, liqueur and sour mix in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into a Swank Martini Glass and splash with champagne.

I vote for this one.
I'm usually a beer/wine gal, but I like the fru-fru drinks on vacation!

 

[goofyforlife]

OH I am way too old for Everclear. Funny thing, it is (or at least was - not sure now) illegal in Ohio. I went to college in suburban West Virginia, so we would drive 45 minutes to WV & walk into any ol' grocery store to get it.
Illegal in one state...right next to the Gatorade in another!

We used to drink this stuff all the time in HS. It was legal in PA but it was behind the counter and the person buying it had to sign for it.

I think it's illegal in all states in the US.

That little drink too much.....go blind thing.....

I'd love to be able to get some again.

It always went down pretty smooth for me...

 

[allshookup]

I missed ALL of you soooooo much!!!

Had a FABU time at WDW but the crowds were outta hand (yeah well what did I expect)

We had a great time at our DIS meet. I see my Pal Andy was kind enough to not only act as photographer, but to promptly post the pics also!! Thanks Andy!

Peter, Johnna, Jack, & Justine couldn't have been more hospitable, warm and kind to all of us. I think our number was around 33 and they went above and beyond and blew us all away!! Thanks very much to you all!

It was really, really great to meet everyone and put a real face and voice to the names. (Don't ask them about my voice though, Barbra Streisand remember?)

A special thumbs up to all the DIS spouses and DIS STs, SPTs, and SKs for jumping right in and joining the fun!!

I believe I can speak for everyone when I say that we ALL WISH YOU ALL COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TOO!!!!

One more special shout out from the O'Bs to Mark, Laura & STs for showing us a really AWESOME time on Test Track and Mission Space!! We had a great afternoon guys!! Thanks very much! And I tell you, having friends in high places saved us a 160 minute wait time!!! (160 min wait, have you ever?)


So then, how many pages do I need to read back then, a million?

Glad you had a great time MR! Missed you too!

One interesting tidbit from our trip, and a first for us: We got pulled over for speeding on I-95 in Virginia!!!! Speeding, who us?? naaaaah, can't be

Now you know we have that new teenager driver and our insurance rates just went through the roof already OUCH!. Well we left WDW at around 5:20 am after we gassed up and we arrived home in NJ at 10:05 pm last night, so I guess we were in VA around 4pm. After that many hrs on the road, it's all a blur. Anyway a Trooper pulled in front of us and motioned for us to pull over and he pulled over the guy in front of him too. At first we didn't think he meant us, we were travelling at 75 mph just 5 mph above the speed limit. But we decided we better pull over anyway. The Trooper then lectures us about travelling so fast in a 60 mph zone OOPS! Sorry Officer, really. He ran John's license and the man's license is clean as a whistle. One red light ticket from 1985 in all his 28 years driving. Then, believe it or not, the Trooper let us off with a warning, and told us if we didn't pull over when he motioned, it would have been a $2500 fine in addition to the moving violation!!! So thank goodness we will still be able to pay our insurance!! That's always the worst part of a ticket anyway!!

So that's what the Easter Bunny bought the O'Bs!!! HOORAY!

Oh wow! So glad you got off with a warning! My girlfriends & I went to VA Beach for our senior trip & we got pulled over by a PO for going thru a stop sign. We had a cooler on the front seat, but luckily it only had OJ in it since we had already finished all the DJ! The PO made my GF get out of the car & walk to the stop sign so he could show it to her, but he also let her off with a warning. Gotta love the VA police!

Under the "Better Late Than Never" Category:

I hope all of your Birthdays were GRRRRREAT!!!!!!

4/2
Rebecca / DD Ivanova
Nick / DS radioclash2
Steve / DH klaubaugh


4/3
Eileen / DW wdwluvrs

4/5
Alex / DS Cavu2you
Richard / DH A Little Pixie Dust

4/6
Melissa / DW DisneyVegas1

4/7
Pat / GrayFal
Cade / DS allshookup
Courtney / DD winnyis
Kathy / KAB407

Another thanks from Cade!

Just popping on to wish everyone a

What a beautiful family all dressed in their Sunday best!

Hello from Sunny South Florida!!!!

We are having aewsome weather here at my Parents...... For once I am actualy in a warmer climate that Judy !!!! JK Judy !!!!!

It was great seeing everyone at the meet. What a wonderful bunch of people......Cruise is gonna be Fantastic !!!!

Peter and Jack......... Man oh Man do you know how to throw a spread!!!! Such talented Guys!!!! Hospitality was First Class !!!!

Looking forward to spending alot more time with Ya'll. Dial Up is the pits........hope this gets through......

Hope Mary Rose and Andy had a safe trip back home.......Wait till ya'll see the pictures from our camera!!!

Judy, What a wonderful family !!!! Children are adorable !!!!!

Have to run for Dinner reservations...... Happy Easter Everyone !!!!

Mark

Glad you had fun too!

MaryRose - I am glad you got home safe.

I-95 on Saturdays and Sundays are notorious for having state police at every crossover in the middle that separates North & South. I see them everytime I get on 95S at Falmouth,VA. I am glad he didn't give you a ticket otherwise I would have had to make a phone call!!

Another bad spot is 64E heading towards the beach there is always a state trooper at mile marker 221. ALWAYS!!

KAREN

We'll be driving by their next Sunday morning. I'll give you a beep & a wave!

Okay so I guess by now you're getting the picture that this was a "dry" family vacation. Well all week we were seeing people order drinks with the light up ice cube in them and our DD really wanted one. So on Thurs. night we went for a late dinner at Chef Mickey's. This was our last opportunity to get a drink with that light up cube so I ordered a Blue Tini (martini). I left home at 3:30 the Friday before, I ran by butt off, I fought crowds, I forgot my blender, I nursed my DS through a Stomach Virus.......I needed a Adult Libation and I needed it bad! Six days into my vacation I finally get to kick back, have a nice dinner and one, count 'em, one drink.........Here it comes, it's blue, it's glowing, it's gorgeous and it's calling my name.......MR, drink me, you deserve it......Now it's glowing and it attracts the attention of all the manic kids around us.......the kids are excited, my DD is excited, I am EXCITED!!!!........The SPT at the table next to us says excitedly to his Mom, "Mom, look at that, what is it????" The Mom says "Son, That's the Devil's Juice, the Devil's Juice, you don't want to know about that"

DEVIL'S JUICE!!! Okay, so now I'm an Alcoholic too!!!! Couldn't enjoy that drink then if my life depended on it!!!

I was not supposed to drink on this vacation. End of Story.

People are outrageous though aren't they???

I was tempted to accidently on purpose dump that Devil Juice in the Righteous Woman's lap........WHOOPS!!!

She was not a nice person & you had no reason to feel guilty MR! You had a crazy week & deserved it!

Hey MR ... That could be the name for one of our TOAL Drinks.....

"I'll have a Devil's Juice, please"

Love it! From now on I shall refer to all liquor as DJ!

Nah...that would have been a waste of a perfectly good drink!
I think I may have had to be really evil and sit there with two fingers above my head like devil horns. Or ask her why she would even eat in an establishment that served alcohol.
I know, that's really childish and mean......shame on me...and on Easter, too!
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I suppose.

I don't blame you at all Stace! She is entitled to her opinion, but it's not always appropriate to voice it and especially in such a public nasty & hurtful manner. Poor MR!

Welcome Home Andy!!!! Glad you guys made it home safe and sound!

Oh and wait, I forgot to say that we almost bought Fireworks like we always do in South Carolina, but the car was way too overpacked!! Thanks Goodness for Overpacking!!!!


You know if I had my blender.....I could have offered the Trooper some Devil's Juice


I do wish I had a nice Krispy Kreme to offer the nice Trooper though........Cops like Donuts.......much in the way we like Cake!

Actually what they really like is the free coffee, but you didn't hear that from me!

Geez I thought I would have an easy time catching up today, but no such luck. Not caught up yet, but I'll have to check back later!

 

[kap158]

Glad you had a great time MR! Missed you too!



Oh wow! So glad you got off with a warning! My girlfriends & I went to VA Beach for our senior trip & we got pulled over by a PO for going thru a stop sign. We had a cooler on the front seat, but luckily it only had OJ in it since we had already finished all the DJ! The PO made my GF get out of the car & walk to the stop sign so he could show it to her, but he also let her off with a warning. Gotta love the VA police!



Another thanks from Cade!



What a beautiful family all dressed in their Sunday best!



Glad you had fun too!



We'll be driving by their next Sunday morning. I'll give you a beep & a wave!
She was not a nice person & you had no reason to feel guilty MR! You had a crazy week & deserved it!



Love it! From now on I shall refer to all liquor as DJ!



I don't blame you at all Stace! She is entitled to her opinion, but it's not always appropriate to voice it and especially in such a public nasty & hurtful manner. Poor MR!



Actually what they really like is the free coffee, but you didn't hear that from me!

Geez I thought I would have an easy time catching up today, but no such luck. Not caught up yet, but I'll have to check back later!

I'll wave my DIS FLAG AT YA!!!!


Karen

 

[kap158]

is everyone gone????

 

[goofyforlife]

is everyone gone????

Shhhhh.... I'm supposed to be working here...

(they expect that in exchange for the check at the end of the week....PITY)

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Shhhhh.... I'm supposed to be working here...

(they expect that in exchange for the check at the end of the week....PITY)

You guys working today? its a Bank holiday here?

 

[tom31b]

The do sell Everclear in Mexico...not that I've made a few trips down there to get some

Apparently its highly flammable too......

 

[Downrivermama]

Shhhhh.... I'm supposed to be working here...

(they expect that in exchange for the check at the end of the week....PITY)

Me too! Is kinda slow, but I'm not complaining.

Andrew your lucky, no rest for the wicked here!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Me too! Is kinda slow, but I'm not complaining.

Andrew your lucky, no rest for the wicked here!

We have a lot in a row.

Good Friday
Easter Monday.
Mayday first Monday in May.
Witsun, last Monday in May.

 

[tom31b]

You guys working today? its a Bank holiday here?

I think I'm moving, between your "bank holidays" and "liberal vacation attitudes" you folk across the pond hardly have to work. No wonder you can take so many DIS vacations.....

 

[jonesing]

We used to drink this stuff all the time in HS. It was legal in PA but it was behind the counter and the person buying it had to sign for it.

I think it's illegal in all states in the US.

That little drink too much.....go blind thing.....

I'd love to be able to get some again.

It always went down pretty smooth for me...

Everclear is legal most everywhere...the 190 proof version is illegal in many states but the 151 proof isn't as restricted. Note that while on our EB Caribbean cruise I brought back sveral bottles of Absinthe for friends and had no problems. I found a tidbit about various states:

Everclear IS legal to buy in New Jersey, and can be found in most major liquor stores. It is ILLEGAL in the following states: Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, California, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and West Virginia.​

Note that WV may be questionalble as some folks have reported being able to legally buy it there. Also note that this has to do with buying in those states, I'm fairly certain the state police won't be checking your bags if you bring it into the state!

"There are legitimate uses for highly pure alcohols, beyond simple fortification (the practice of increasing a liquor or wine's potency by mixing in a high-proof alcohol). Everclear, like other highly refined alcohols, can be used in the manufacture of some liqueurs, and medicinal tinctures. By steeping lemon rind in pure alcohol for several days, straining and mixing with 2-3 parts syrup solution one can produce Limoncello. A similar method can be used with mint leaves to produce Crème de menthe.

Warning: Can be lethal when used as shots or substituted for water in Jello shooters. "

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I think I'm moving, between your "bank holidays" and "liberal vacation attitudes" you folk across the pond hardly have to work. No wonder you can take so many DIS vacations.....

I but I have to do four days work tommorrow!