8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 12

[jonesing]

"This just in to newschannel DIS: Locusts reported in Colorado."

Bite your tongue! It was bad enough they were instructing folks to move the livestock to a safe spot! Ranchers lost several hundred head of cattle caught out in the fields during the last big storms. They tried to airlift a bunch of food to them because the cows couldn't move in the deep snow and therefore, they couldn't get to the gras right at their own feet so many perished

Oddly enough it's about 55 degrees, sunny, clear skies. The sn*w is gone off the streets here in the central/southern areas. By tomorrow it should be gone everywhere...

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I thought Norfolk was behind the times but that's ridiculous !!!

David

You can tell the time up there then? Didnt know that!!!!!!!!! (joke)

Just had my computer kick me off this thread for a while, I was able to keep posting on the Med thread but couldnt get on.

Maybe its the Germans unhappy with my comment to balance it I must say.

How do you find a good resturant in Spain or Greece, with high standards and good service when you are on holiday.

Answer, go to one where the Germans are eating, they will only go to the best.

 

[micmse2003]

Remember it is not a requirement that we leave our kids an inheritance

I must repeat that to myself as I am leaving for the PCEB cruise.

Gosh, that is a shame! Our Target CS is great! The manager knows me and a couple other ladies who bargain hunt. Whenever he sees us roaming the store he says hello and thanks us for clearing out the unmarked markdowns. He donated a GC to the school's auction baskets too.

I think he should just hold all the markdowns til you see if you want them first!!! I got some great goodies after Easter for 75% and 90% off!!!! I am just as addicted to bargains as I am the Mouse!!! My addiction to the mouse is more expensive!!! How is DS doing????

Just checking in to say Hi everyone. Been crazy busy this week but I am trying to keep up reading. Hope everyone had a good day today. It was beautiful here.

I had issues logging in today. I thought I would have to get a new identity too!!!

I've started a diet at the request of my doctor. I just had a rice cake for breakfast. It has no taste or appealing properties of any kind. I wonder if I could save money by eating sawdust from my workshop.

Does anybody actually like these rice cakes? Somebody must if they keep selling them.

JR have you tried the carmel corn flavored ones ??? They are the best!!!

The bad thing is , Toby is in chicago and I am in Vegas ...

but thanks for the heads up

If your partner in crime (movie making) lives in Chicago, should I be scared???

Problem? What problem? It's only a problem if the boss catches ya!

I am Disney obsessed though. My dd and I go out on payday Fridays to eat and I told her we would go to the local mall to eat and check out the Disney store! She just looked at me, she wanted to go to Applebees! Most times we don't buy anything but look around. I was thinking that if I can't go to WDW, least I can go to the Disney Store! Now when they get to know my name, than I'll be in trouble.

That is how I got my job there. I was waiting in line for Roy to sign my book when the cast members handed me an application form. Since I was always there, I might as well get paid for it!!!

If it's any consolation, Disney Stores in the UK are still owned by Disney but apart from Christmas time, they're nothing special any more.

David

No I totally agree!!! Say hi to Helen!!!

I find the odd thing but yes I agree, aimed at the 3-5 age group

I loved when the stores carried lots of home decorating and clothes for the adults. Now it is one big toy store here.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I like once upon a toy at Downtown disney, and the cruise ship stuff, but our local Disney store is for pre school kids now. DLP has good shops.

 

[Downrivermama]

The really sad thing is that I am the "boss". It's getting "caught" by my employees that is funny.

Your my kinda boss!

 

[allshookup]

Diane,

My prayers are with you and your family. Here is a just because. You know if you need anyone to talk to we are here for you anytime. Here is another

Karen

Thank you so much Karen! It's nice to be back among friends!

POSTED ON THE 28TH JULY MED THREAD

Originally Posted by Lil' Grumpy
..thanks for the warm wlecome...back in jan.

however, i am sad to say....it was intended for the pamana
cruise site..boy, are they going to be surprised to find i was
talking bout them on another site....maybe not, they'er
a really fun loving group, & not against mixing drinks....

..ooops!, that's why it didn't make sense.... ,


* i then got busy at work and never realized my mistake until andrew
asked me...woowsers, sorta showed how "skilled" a poster iam?

Thank you for posting this on the July 28th Medthread, sorry you are not with us, have to wait to 2008 to meet.

All the best.

That's funny! Not that I'm laughing at LG, but he really appears to have many of us pegged!

 

[kap158]

The really sad thing is that I am the "boss". It's getting "caught" by my employees that is funny.

Brack - I agree with you as I am the boss too!!!! I am Disney Obsessed!!!


Karen

 

[yargrnhoj]

Do you understand my posts in English then? Corr your clever!

If I post in Germany I would have to reserve everything first!

Heaven is a place where the chefs are French, the police are British, the soldiers are German, the lovers Italian and it is all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is a place where the chefs are British, the police are German, the soldiers are French, the lovers Swiss and it is all organized by the Italians.

 

[kap158]

I haven't found much at the Disney Store worth buying in years (since they sold them off to Children's Place, really). I wish they'd make them more like the park stores with more unique stuff and not pretty much the same clothes I can find at Target.

I agree with you. I wish the Disney Store was like a mini World of Disney Store. I used to be able to go in all the time. The CM new my name and would always ask when I was going to WDW. When they changed hands I really haven't bought anything. I buy on line from DisneyShopping but it isn't the same.


Karen

 

[yargrnhoj]

You can tell the time up there then? Didnt know that!!!!!!!!! (joke)

Just had my computer kick me off this thread for a while, I was able to keep posting on the Med thread but couldnt get on.

Maybe its the Germans unhappy with my comment to balance it I must say.

How do you find a good resturant in Spain or Greece, with high standards and good service when you are on holiday.

Answer, go to one where the Germans are eating, they will only go to the best.

The European Commission has announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU, rather than German, which was the other contender.

Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had room for improvement and has therefore accepted a five-year phasing in of "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make sivil servants jump for joy.

The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k", Which should klear up some konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f", making words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the fourth yer, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and everivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer.

Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

(Und efter ze fifz yer, u vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.)

 

[lbgraves]

Of course, these statistics do not take into account the rapid decline in post count in March and April.

The first post was on January 13.
The 7024th post was on February 1, for an average of ~350 posts/day in January.
The 35,869th post was on March 1, for an average of ~1000 posts/day in February
The 50,510th post was on April 1, for an average of ~475 posts/day in March
The latest post today means we've only had an average of ~200 posts/day in April.

If that rate remains steady and does not experience the half-life effect seen so far, there would be roughly 98,000 more posts by the time we cruise.

(I didn't do exact math -- this was back of envelope calculation).

As the founding member of Friends of LisaG, I declare that effective immediately there is a new subgroup that will forever be known as Friends of Tom.

 

[Downrivermama]

I agree with you. I wish the Disney Store was like a mini World of Disney Store. I used to be able to go in all the time. The CM new my name and would always ask when I was going to WDW. When they changed hands I really haven't bought anything. I buy on line from DisneyShopping but it isn't the same.


Karen

Our store is small. Before The Childrens Place bought them ours was going down hill. Getting junky. Last summer they had the Mickey Hawaian shirts for the whole family that were reasonably priced. We were at the swanky mall in Troy MI a month ago and at that store they had really cool antenna toppers. I got the one that is the skull with the bandana with the beads like Capt Jack. I don't see them that often at ours. It is true the stores are geared more toward Pre-school level, but when I go in they are playing Disney DVDs and at least it's a fix! Of course now dd always wantes it on radio Disney when we are in the car too!

 

[yargrnhoj]

As the founding member of Friends of LisaG, I declare that effective immediately there is a new subgroup that will forever be known as Friends of Tom.

Wait until you see us trying to calculate the speed of the Magic as it leaves the port based solely on the size of the wake...

 

[tom31b]

Oh, no doubt. (My math showed that even without any spikes in the post rate). I am surprised the post totals have dropped off so dramatically in March and April -- I knew Feb. was an abberation from the excitement of booking, but with summer coming, will the totals drop even more? I don't even need ketchup any more -- there aren't enough posts a day.

However, we will need to observe the posting patterns of the North American LA-TPC-PC DISer to see if the Feburary post rate was the anomoly or was the March/April decline due to other factors such as the late occurrence of sn*w which may have lead to some SADDD (Seasonal Affective DISposting Decline Disease) or perhaps the increase in the LA-TPC-PC DISer migratory patterns with the annual spring slight to Orlando may have caused a change in posting. It may even be that the LA-TPC-PC DISers have been medically prohibited from DISposting due to DISbutt, DISneck, etc.

 

[captaincrash]

I got my time calculation from http://www.timeanddate.com/ which also gave the following celebrations for us to look forward to:

Useless dates related to the thread's birthday

Round number of seconds later
5,000,000 seconds later: Monday, March 12, 2007 at 2:32:20 PM
10,000,000 seconds later: Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 11:25:40 AM
15,000,000 seconds later: Friday, July 6, 2007 at 8:19:00 AM
20,000,000 seconds later: Sunday, September 2, 2007 at 5:12:20 AM
25,000,000 seconds later: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 2:05:40 AM
30,000,000 seconds later: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 10:59:00 PM

Round number of minutes later
50,000 minutes later: Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 10:59:00 AM
100,000 minutes later: Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 4:19:00 AM
150,000 minutes later: Friday, April 27, 2007 at 9:39:00 PM
200,000 minutes later: Friday, June 1, 2007 at 2:59:00 PM
250,000 minutes later: Friday, July 6, 2007 at 8:19:00 AM
300,000 minutes later: Friday, August 10, 2007 at 1:39:00 AM

Round number of hours later
1500 hours later: Saturday, March 17, 2007 at 5:39:00 AM
2000 hours later: Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 1:39:00 AM
2500 hours later: Friday, April 27, 2007 at 9:39:00 PM
3000 hours later: Friday, May 18, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
3500 hours later: Friday, June 8, 2007 at 1:39:00 PM
4000 hours later: Friday, June 29, 2007 at 9:39:00 AM

Round number of days later
50 days later: Sunday, March 4, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
100 days later: Monday, April 23, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
150 days later: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
200 days later: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
250 days later: Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
300 days later: Friday, November 9, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM

Round number of weeks later
5 weeks later: Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
10 weeks later: Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
15 weeks later: Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
20 weeks later: Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
25 weeks later: Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM
30 weeks later: Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 5:39:00 PM

Lines that are highlighted are the "next" big events in each category

Note that these calculations do not account for time zone changes, daylight saving time and leap seconds (may be one hour off real difference)

What fun! I'll have to check this site out!

​

 

[Downrivermama]

The European Commission has announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU, rather than German, which was the other contender.

Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had room for improvement and has therefore accepted a five-year phasing in of "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make sivil servants jump for joy.

The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k", Which should klear up some konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f", making words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the fourth yer, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and everivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer.

Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

(Und efter ze fifz yer, u vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.)

Vat is to funy! LOL!

 

[tom31b]

Wait until you see us trying to calculate the speed of the Magic as it leaves the port based solely on the size of the wake...

Don't forget that we will have to factor in the waving of hands/fans at sail away party and the presence or absence of fireboats squirting water.

 

[atakaratemom]

Too Much Math here today!! My brain hurts just from looking at all of these numbers.

Now Tom, why would you waste a boring conference call doing math? Don't you know mind-numbingly dull conference calls are the perfect time for a mani and a pedi?

 

[yargrnhoj]

However, we will need to observe the posting patterns of the North American LA-TPC-PC DISer to see if the Feburary post rate was the anomoly or was the March/April decline due to other factors such as the late occurrence of sn*w which may have lead to some SADDD (Seasonal Affective DISposting Decline Disease) or perhaps the increase in the LA-TPC-PC DISer migratory patterns with the annual spring slight to Orlando may have caused a change in posting. It may even be that the LA-TPC-PC DISers have been medically prohibited from DISposting due to DISbutt, DISneck, etc.

Excellent points. Also have to consider if we lose our jobs due to posting on DIS instead of working, will that mean more time for us to post, thereby artificially increasing the post rate.

 

[yargrnhoj]

Don't forget that we will have to factor in the waving of hands/fans at sail away party and the presence or absence of fireboats squirting water.

yes, but like any good college-level physics problem, we can assume the weight of the DISers is neglible.

The proof is left as an exercise for the reader.