8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 14

[dahuffy]

Hello!!!! Anybody ta home

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Anyone know of some good cruise packing lists we can link from the website? post 'em please.

Tom I found this one on the main board. It is in Excel format with lots of neat stuff. I have downloaded it and scanned for viruses so I think that it is safe.

DCL Packing List

Cruise Diva's Packing List
This one has Cruise packing lists for Men, Women and Children off to the right

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Of course, if you want to scare yourself....

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/camerica.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/caribean.htm

Most of these are if you are venturing out of the cities. Panama is a problem for malaria and yellow fever but not in the canal area (lots of bug spray). Same with Cartagena, the town is OK but if you venture out into the jungle you are on your own. With Hep B you are diffinately on your own since it is transferred by bodily secretions. Hep A is the only one that could be a potential problem but even then unless you are eating from street vendors your chances should be rather low. The thing is that everyone should be talking to their Md's now since we are coming up on the one year mark and some of these require 6 months for the full vaccination.

 

[captaincrash]

There is nothing better then a pastrami sandwich in NYC along with Pizza, Knish, Bialy's and Chinese food.

Can I meet up with you?


Karen

Talk like that is making me hungry as a BEAR!

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[captaincrash]

Thought you might like to see a couple recent pics of Harley. His ears are coming along quite nicely,I think. He ways 23.5 lbs as of today and he's 4 months old.

These pix are a RIOT. The poor critter with his "cone" an' all. Hope he heals up well. I have not read enough to think I'm fully caught up but I assume he had his ears clipped ??? Or if not then I'll figure it out as I gradually catch up - I have my spouses' computer today so I have access - but still a bit of a schedule to juggle today.

 

[kap158]

Talk like that is making me hungry as a BEAR!

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Cute!

 

[captaincrash]

What does a 320lb woman look like in a mini skirt and hot pants?.....

She's 7'4" and lives in Holland.
Not what ya thought,was it?

Now some may know my spouse is a SIZE ZERO PETITE... so by comparison to this charming lady from Holland I am without comment - except to say I am quietly stammering as I look at the image at the bottom (above). And as you can see below - size has nothing to do with limiting her keeping ME in line....

 

[allshookup]

Hello All,
Happy Belated to those that I have missed.

Just thought I would mention this...............Brooke had her doctor's appt. the other day for school. She was given 4 shots !

First time meeting new Doctor and she said Brooke would need Hep. A shot due to upcoming cruise. She goes back in 6 months for the booster.

She also recommended getting " Florastor " It's over the counter and taken twice a day while on the trip prevents you from getting sick. Especially if eating any local foods.

Just thought I would pass this info, along. When DH & I went on our double dip cruise there was alot of talk weather or not to get the Hep. A shot. We did and I already had my booster done. DH didn't get the booster.

Thanks for the info Tina! Especially about the Florastor. I'll have to look into that. DD & I already get stomach ailments very easily so any preventative meaure will be appreciated.

Oh great, pregnancy stories! What is this Friday night chat?


jk

Actually my wife had two terrible pregnancies (did I mention we have only 2 kids - get the connection?). Swelling, 9 months of morning sickness, a month plus of "off feet" with second child.

Funny thing was, she goes for "final" checkup right before the first was born. Dr. is very laid back so wife asks "how big do you think he is now." She was concerned since at x# of weeks he was estimated at 6+ lbs and if the books are right and the baby grows 1/2 lb. per week, her math has a whopper of kid. Dr. gets this "oh carp" look on his face and says he wants her to have an ultrasound "to make her feel reassured." We went to ultrasound, the tech does it and goes to the (fill in blank of job title of person who actually interprets the thing) and he sends her back to do it all over (can't be right). The tech is all embarrassed because she has to do it again. After its done, we sit in room for 25 minutes or so and she comes back in and says "Your Dr. would like to see you at 12:30," its 11 at this point.

We get to Dr. after stopping for lunch (he's 10 minutes from ultrasound place) and are immediately ushered to his office. Apparently ultrasound charts only go up to a little under 10 lbs. The measurements for Chris had him at a minimum of 9 lbs 10 oz. but when the extrapolated the actual measurments out, their range was 9.5 to 12 lbs. (Let's say Doc is a bit embarrassed at this point for not taking DW more seriously). After lengthy discussion of risks of large babie and natural delivery, she opted for c-section. Chris came in at 10 lbs 2 oz. (Mitch beat his brother at the birth weight game by 1 oz).

Hey, how about that a swabbie posting a pregnancy story....

Tom that was a great story! Apparently the wenches are rubbing off on you!

Context is everything with lines like that......

Well, If *my* DH posted my prenancy story it would be all about how his feet hurt because he had to walk back and forth and get ice chips and cold cloths. This is what I had to listen to through my last 12 HOURS of labor. I was like, "ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME"!!!!!!!

OMG I really almost spewed my drink all over the computer screen!!!

Happy Thursday!!!!

I like many of you have been trying to shape up before we ship out!

It is the fault of bread and french fries! Why are you sooo good!(ok my fault too!)

Been on a diet plan and recently started working with a personal trainer. I too have a nonexistent metabolism...can I buy one at the store please (with a side of fries?)?

I have been annoyed this week..this sunburn on my back is so sore/uncomfortable I can't lean/put pressure on my back and arm movements are limited. So no trainer this week

I can offer some advice: WATER!!!!
You should have 8/8. But try to up it....I switched from drinking soda(tonic,pop) and water to JUST water. I couldn't believe how much I lost with just that! I drink while I am driving (water that is) or bored etc. I use that as a substitute.

Just a thought....AND good luck to everyone in reaching your goal!
(So we can chow down on our cruise and not feel guilty!Like we would anyway!)

Chrissie

Good advice Chrissie! That's what I do all the time lately. Keeping a water bottle in my hand keeps me from constantly running for a snack.

 

[tom31b]

Tom that was a great story! Apparently the wenches are rubbing off on you!

My wife has trained me well

 

[brack]

He's a fantastic Soap Actor

Isn't that an oxymoron?

Sorry I couldn't help myself.

 

[tom31b]

Originally Posted by Friend_of_Piglet
He's a fantastic Soap Actor

Isn't that an oxymoron?

Sorry I couldn't help myself.

And its easy to be a fantastic soap actor, since the story is always the same and moves slower than a snail....


Excuse my while I duck away from all the fire about to be thown at me.....

 

[brack]

Oh great, pregnancy stories! What is this Friday night chat?


jk

Actually my wife had two terrible pregnancies (did I mention we have only 2 kids - get the connection?). Swelling, 9 months of morning sickness, a month plus of "off feet" with second child.

Hey, how about that a swabbie posting a pregnancy story....

Another one then .....

my DW had one terrible pregnancy and that is why we only had one child. A very good child but the only one!

 

[micmse2003]

Love eBags! Too bad we moved to CO and now have to pay sales tax on their stuff.

Not a belt per se but I've used this and like it a lot...
http://www.amphipod.com/155/155.html

It holds 2-3 passports, some credit/KTTW/id cards and a little cash. When in unfamiliar or pickpocket-prone areas, I keep the important stuff in this and my "diversion wallet" in my back pocket. The diversion is 2 or 3 debit/credit cards (with expired, old, deactivated numbers), a couple of gift cards that have no value and maybe $6 in singles folded to make it look like a bankroll.

Anyway, the Amphipod is nice to hold the valuables. Plus, the outer/top flap holds your sunglasses

One tip I got from another travel forum was from a guy who routinely travels to Hong Kong and Marrakech where the urchins are verrrry skilled at pickpocketing. So, he uses a unique plan to thwart/catch them. He uses a decoy wallet like I mentioned but he stuffs it with 10-15 $2 bills. Why $2 notes? Because $2 notes are an oddity enough here in the US, imagine what they are like overseas! So when a skilled pickpocket lifted his decoy from his buttoned back pocket, he told his hotel concierge who called the police. The he told the police that the wallet had some $30 in $2 US notes with sequential serial numbers...don't you know 10 minutes later a local police station got a phone call from a currency exchange booth because some fool was trying to pass the strangest US dollar notes they'd ever seen! Bad guy was caught, went to jail and our intrepid traveler got his $30 back.

And to see what a skilled pickpocket can do....
http://newsvoid.com/videos/fastestpickpocket.html
(Note, keep an eye on the guy in suspenders!)

I love to hear when bad guys get caught!!!!

Thought you might like to see a couple recent pics of Harley. His ears are coming along quite nicely,I think. He ways 23.5 lbs as of today and he's 4 months old.

I had a boxer named Muggsy for 14 years. Boxers are such lovable dogs. Thanks for the meories.

Most of these are if you are venturing out of the cities. Panama is a problem for malaria and yellow fever but not in the canal area (lots of bug spray). Same with Cartagena, the town is OK but if you venture out into the jungle you are on your own. With Hep B you are diffinately on your own since it is transferred by bodily secretions. Hep A is the only one that could be a potential problem but even then unless you are eating from street vendors your chances should be rather low. The thing is that everyone should be talking to their Md's now since we are coming up on the one year mark and some of these require 6 months for the full vaccination.

Thanks for the info Roger. Looks like I will be on a diet when we are in Cartagena!!! Waiting til Jaunary and see what the doctors says I need. I forgot to ask last week.

 

[kap158]

And its easy to be a fantastic soap actor, since the story is always the same and moves slower than a snail....


Excuse my while I duck away from all the fire about to be thown at me.....

Here it comes!!! DUCK!!!

 

[brack]

Which is why I still have AOL. My AOL address has been the same for 13 yrs -- oldest ds deleted my first one and I had to come up with something FAST. I will never change that addy! LOL!

I've had my main address for a very long time. MICanMIN@aol.com That was when you could only get 8 characters for a name. It's nice that after all this time it is free!

 

[brack]

Aww.... Abby weighed more than that at 8 weeks old.

JoJo the DISDog is 14yo and weighs a "hefty" 11 pounds.

 

[castoff]

Oh Good only 4 pages to Ketchup on then time to make dinner.



MR: Do you still watch BB? It's on tonight.

 

[castoff]

Thanks for the info, Tina. I was wondering if we needed any special shots for our TOAL. My DD has shot phobia so this should just make her soooo happy
Congrats, Diane .


I have lost and gained back the same 15 pounds for the last two years. I've come to the conclusion I can not use the word "diet". I prefer the phrase "healthy eating", and *sometimes* that actually works



I can certainly relate to that

One *Important* thing I should mention is...............when we got our shots we were going to be charged 100.00 each. It is what the Dr. puts on form like a code or something. If the Doctor is telling you that you need this shot it will just cost you the copay visit.

If you have any left over, my reservation number is ********* feel free to pay that too

Good for you (I have to figure how to pay for June's trip to WDW, bill should be arriving any day)

Yes I did have some left over Then this thing called bills showed up.

 

[captaincrash]

Cute!

I was not kidding about being hungry... I finished off the remains of a half gallon of strawberry ice cream with coke (a godzilla sized coke float). And maybe "godzilla" was an exaggeration... <chuckles>. I only do this maybe 3 or 4x a year ... that is to go on a coke float splurge.

 

[PMDR59]

We have had DSL for ages - I'm thinking probably 9-10 years. Back when we first got it, no one even knew what we were talking about when we told friends about it! Since we are both computer geeks, it was worthwhile even back then when I think it was about $80 per month! We have stayed with the same company the whole time (Earthlink) because we have had pretty decent service and they contact us and LOWER our cost each time they start offering it at a lower price. Another reason we haven't switched to cable modem (other than just that I don't want to give Comcast more money) is that I really don't want to change my email address. I've had the same address for around 12 years. It started with a small ISP named Sprynet. They were purchased by Mindspring. Mindspring was purchased by Compuserve who later spun it back off and sold it to Earthlink. Even with all of those changes, I have never had to change my address! A lot of family and friends have that address and I would hate to have to change it. Also, the neighbors who have a comcast cable modem seem to be having trouble all the time...

Pamela (pdarrah)

I had DSL for quite a few years as well. Never really had any problems with it either. It was better htan dial-up. We were still on the slow end though only getting 786k download speeds. Now we have FiOS internet and get
20 Mbps download. Its AWESOME!