8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 13

[Andrew DEREK UK]

If it were just me deciding ALONE... yes. But the spouse wants to sail with her family (group) ... and to preserve that potential we're fading from this great deal. RATS! Oh well...

You guys go an; have a blast for us folks who stayed behind to keep the thread going!!!

Ah pity!! you cant make it.

 

[Verandah Man]

Wait until you start replacing body parts like I have!

This is not mine (mine is on the right) but it looks just like it. It does set off the airport metal detector!

Brack--that looks like Hazel's hip..............

 

[lbgraves]

Hey MR, just found out that my new man has a cordless blender. I told him that the blender goes on the cruise, whether or not he does!

Was that one of the preliminary questions?

 

[jonesing]

and that's why we can all tune it out so easily.....

 

[lbgraves]

This is OPRAH'S term for it. I laugh everytime she says it and she cracks up everytime she say it.



Karen

Actually, I think that it started on Grey's Anatomy when Dr. Bailey said it. Classic moment.

 

[lbgraves]

I was laughing about as hard as the guy on the show was.....

Picture of Obama - "Who is this?" "Uh, Will Smith?"
Picture of Jon Edwards - "Who is this?" "Uh, George Bush?"
Picture of Kim Jung Il (North Korea) - "Who is this?" "Uh, Jackie Chan?"

How about the question about what Charles Darwin is famous for? One of the girls asked if it was something going on right now.

 

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Watch this pirates....

Another person with way too much time on their hands ......


or a really cool job!

 

[jonesing]

How well I remember. Growing up as a USAF brat I remember the times when I would pop a fever, head to the ER; hit my head, go to the ER; get a sniffle, mom callsthe clinic but if they can't see me within the hour, head for the ER!

By today's standards, she was a hypocondriact by proxy!

But the best part was those prescription bottles in the heavy, thick brown GLASS! Me and my buddies would use the empties to make hand grenades when we played war. Americans vs. Commies!!

I had a group physical as well as that fake scoliosis check...it was actually to check for child abuse, boys lined up shirtless in the gym while they check your spine, girls were in the locker room.

G'mornin' s.

It is hot tub cleaning and eye doctor day in my world. Can I go back to work now?????

GUESS WHAT???? I actually got our CC cards yesterday!!! Mickey does love us! This is the first time that we have received a DCL mailing. YAY!

OK on the Doc thing - I am so jealous of those of you who get to pick your doctor. We get shuffled and ordered around the military sytem. The only time I've ever seen the same doctor more than once is the one year that I had my own emplyee health insurance & the 2 years that we lived more than 50 miles from a military facility - let's just say we wouldn't have DS#2 if I had to go back to a military hospital. Our current system is to call every morning at 7 am for routine care appointments - the same day! People who are sick just wait until they can't stand it anymore and head to the emergency room. Don't even get me started on the 'group' school physicals for kids. They literally line kids up and go down the row (picture WWII boot camp movie). So much easier for them, but my kids are pretty healthy, so this is my only chance to talk to a pediatrician each year, or not.

 

[brack]

I had to pass this one on!

According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently
faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls had begun to use
lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they
put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens
of little lip prints. Every night the maintenance man would remove them and the
next day the girls would put them back.

Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the
girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained
that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had
to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little
princesses).

To demonstrate how difficult it was to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance
man to show the girls how much effort was required. He took out a long-handled
squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.

Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.

There are teachers.... and then there are educators.

 

[yargrnhoj]

Reminds me of the joke my grandma used to tell about the family who kept stopping by for dinner unexpectedly. After a few times, the hostess asked for help in the kitchen, laid the dirty plates on the floor, let the dog lick them clean & then put them back in the cabinet. Game over.

My stepmother-in-law lets her dogs lick the plates, along with the old refrain about the dog's mouth being cleaner than a human's, but I don't usually lick my plate -- just my spoon.

Used to give my wife the creeps. I do think she ran the dishes through the dishwasher afterwards. I think.

 

[justmestace]

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"Elizabeth/DD FairyGodmother"

Too cute to not


HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET SIXTEEN!!

 

[yargrnhoj]

You girls just think that you do no talking about this; the guys REALLY do not talking about it!

Actually, Brack, there are many things I could have said. But I don't need another warning from a moderator not to be rude.

 

[yargrnhoj]

I'm just wrapping my early lunch hour - and I need some help guys.... I am just a little confused as to this "brazillian cut" thing. I googled it and even tried variations with the search words - trolling to get an animation ... and I could not find one - or find enough for me to feel there was a consensus opinion on what a Brazilian cut was referred to in the original posting.... <sly chuckles> ... so c'mon guys ... does anyone have any opinions on the Brazilian cut thing?

And remember... this is a FAMILY oriented board... <silent soft chuckles> ....

So what do you think of these couple of images I found which MIGHT be representative of "Brazilian cuts"... am I on the "right" or "wrong" path?

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... I am running off now for some last minute chores before we get the kids and hit the road... gotta get a hair cut so my FIL and MIL can renew thier opinion of me as something more then a the lucky bum that I am.... I'll at least be a reasonably groomed lucky bum... (lucky to have won the love of thier wonderful daughter...) .... So... here's a little something for todays conversation if anyone cares to follow this with thier opinions... (chuckles)

Does this qualify as a diplomatic change of subject? ​

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I gotta go get my haircut... and ... my FIL just called from Honolulu to say his plane is not gonna arrive in HNL until 6PM! All those thunder storms back east - which played havoc with my spouses' flights yesterday probably... And now his departure flight has been delayed until this evening .... which relaxes our travel schedule to meet them in SF. However, I still want to follow the original agenda - just in case somthing changes again they come in close to on time. Which reminds me - my BIL/SIL from Boston may have a rough time getting out here tomorrow too if these storms persist.... Sigh...

Gotta go now and get my hair cut... Have a great weekend DIS friends!!!

Crash:

1) I will assume you are only joking when you say you don't know what a 'brazilian' is? We may need to check your man card.

2) The haircut is an adept change of subject, as long as you are going to a licensed barber to have the hair cut... on your head.

3) A blonde was sitting in a train station reading the paper. The headline read, "12 Brazilian soldiers killed in shootout". She turned to the man next to her and asked "How many is a brazilian"?

 

[brack]

:my experiences....later made me very toward my wife. so
why i kid around , iam very loyal to my lil'cutie. to me, there isn't
any greener grass...though there are times, she drives me a lil'
grumpy. [* howver, i am sure i have gotten the better of the deal]
and ..i really enjoyed the traditions of making soemthing very
wonderful last. yes, it is my choice. ...

Me too! I have had 35 years (and a few months) with the woman I love; the only woman I have ever been with and the mother of my child. I definitely believe that I got the best of this deal. No matter what she may do to preplex me I know that she puts up with far more of my junk each and every day!

 

[jonesing]

Crash:

1) I will assume you are only joking when you say you don't know what a 'brazilian' is? We may need to check your man card.

2) The haircut is an adept change of subject, as long as you are going to a licensed barber to have the hair cut... on your head.

3) A blonde was sitting in a train station reading the paper. The headline read, "12 Brazilian soldiers killed in shootout". She turned to the man next to her and asked "How many is a brazilian"?

I was going to say all of those photos were way way WAY off base!

How sexist of that salon...men only have the option of a back or unibrow waxy?

 

[yargrnhoj]

I hear you! These people are something else. I use to be very involved in local politics (Undergad major: Poly Sci) but not in the city I live now. Actually these board members are a good advertisement for home schooling!

I would perfer to take a buy out. If sb registrtion is $50 (also includes uniforms) and $30 of raffle tkts to sell, just charge me $80 and get it over with!

Same here. I am so tired of all the fundraising sales. Luckily soccer didn't require the candy sale this year. But Boy Scout popcorn is coming in the fall and it is so hard to sell and now that I have two in Boy Scouts and can't rely on the Cub Scout Show-and-Sell, it will be even harder to sell $500 worth of popcorn. The Troop only gets $80 out of the $250 quota per Scout, and 25% goes to the Scout account, so I think I'll just write a check for $120 to cover the two boys' contributions to the Troop and save me and my neighbors the hassle.

 

[jonesing]

How's this for a change of subject?

Armless, One-Legged Man Eludes Police In High-Speed Car Chase

NEW PORT RICHEY -- (AP) -- Authorities were led on a high-speed vehicle chase by an armless, one-legged man, and they said this wasn't the first time the 40-year-old eluded police.

Michael Francis Wiley taught himself to drive after losing both arms and a leg in an electrical accident when he was 13. He spent time in prison for kicking a Florida Highway Patrol trooper after an accident in 1996. He led police on a 120 mph chase in 1998.

On Tuesday, Wiley sped off in a Ford Explorer when police approached him at a convenience store, New Port Richey police Capt. Darryl Garman said. Officers pursued, but called off the chase after eight minutes because they did not want to put others in danger, Garman said.

Wiley was arrested the next day on charges of fleeing from police and habitually driving without a license. He also is awaiting trial on separate drug charges and traffic violations. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

Defense attorney John Hooker said his client has paid off previous traffic fines that got his license suspended and tried to get a new driver's license, but he was rebuffed by state officials. Wiley's license has been revoked so many times it is now a felony to drive.

''What makes him do it?'' Hooker said when asked why Wiley keeps getting behind the wheel. ``I think it's an urge he has that makes him feel as important and as good as anyone. It gives him a sense of self-esteem.''

Hooker said he had not had a chance to talk to Wiley about the most recent charges.

Even before Wednesday's arrest, prosecutors were seeking to send Wiley to prison for at least five years for felony drug and traffic charges.

''He has a hideous record,'' Assistant State Attorney Mike Halkitis said after an August 2006 arrest. ``It's just got to end.''

Wiley was being held in the Pasco County jail on $500,000 bond.

 

[sk8ingmom]

OK, now I think I might be flying to DC at the end of the month. I can schedule 3 real interviews with people I've had good phone interviews with, & I might be able to narrow our house hunt down to an area or two by driving around.

I can stay with friends & I can get a down-right bargain basement $500 flight, which I am totally justifying by figuring if it gets me a job a few days earlier, then it has paid for itself. Plus, I can't figure out how to go to job interviews this summer while to kids are home with me & I really don't want to pay for day care until I'm actually employed. Life just keeps getting more complicated doesn't it?

We've decided (at least this week) that we can't really look for a house until I know where I am working. My kids are in school, but I have no interest in both of us being 1-1.5 hours away from them all day.

Oh and I think I really, really, really want one of the jobs I am going to interview for while I'm there...

 

[yargrnhoj]

How's this for a change of subject?

Armless, One-Legged Man Eludes Police In High-Speed Car Chase

NEW PORT RICHEY -- (AP) -- Authorities were led on a high-speed vehicle chase by an armless, one-legged man, and they said this wasn't the first time the 40-year-old eluded police.

Michael Francis Wiley taught himself to drive after losing both arms and a leg in an electrical accident when he was 13. He spent time in prison for kicking a Florida Highway Patrol trooper after an accident in 1996. He led police on a 120 mph chase in 1998.

On Tuesday, Wiley sped off in a Ford Explorer when police approached him at a convenience store, New Port Richey police Capt. Darryl Garman said. Officers pursued, but called off the chase after eight minutes because they did not want to put others in danger, Garman said.

Wiley was arrested the next day on charges of fleeing from police and habitually driving without a license. He also is awaiting trial on separate drug charges and traffic violations. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

Defense attorney John Hooker said his client has paid off previous traffic fines that got his license suspended and tried to get a new driver's license, but he was rebuffed by state officials. Wiley's license has been revoked so many times it is now a felony to drive.

''What makes him do it?'' Hooker said when asked why Wiley keeps getting behind the wheel. ``I think it's an urge he has that makes him feel as important and as good as anyone. It gives him a sense of self-esteem.''

Hooker said he had not had a chance to talk to Wiley about the most recent charges.

Even before Wednesday's arrest, prosecutors were seeking to send Wiley to prison for at least five years for felony drug and traffic charges.

''He has a hideous record,'' Assistant State Attorney Mike Halkitis said after an August 2006 arrest. ``It's just got to end.''

Wiley was being held in the Pasco County jail on $500,000 bond.

I was going to say it will be hard to find a lawyer to take his case because it sounds like he doesn't have a leg to stand on, but I guess that's not true -- that's all he has.

And how does a one-legged man kick a state trooper? Like a Pele bicycle kick?

 

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My stepmother-in-law lets her dogs lick the plates, along with the old refrain about the dog's mouth being cleaner than a human's, but I don't usually lick my plate -- just my spoon.

Used to give my wife the creeps. I do think she ran the dishes through the dishwasher afterwards. I think.

JoJo the DISDog gets to "clean" the meal plates but they are washed in the dishwasher afterwards. I love JoJo but I would wash the dishes after I licked them.