8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 7

[m&m's mom]

OK, I sent my SM email. That sounds like a ton of fun.
We had these when I worked at the office (I now work from home) and they were so much fun.
The 1st year I worked at my company I was recently out of college and had no clue what a Secret Santa was. I erred on the side of caution and bought really nice gifts slightly over the limit to make a good impression. What did I get in return? A small bottle of diet grapefruit breath spray. Spray it in your mouth and you will be too disgusted to eat all day. I was so hurt. I did not get the gag part of the gift. 15 years later I had the same guys SS and got the most hideous Christmas ornament you have ever seen (think disgusting frog w/ tons of warts on it - how is this Christmas?), a puzzle 2 million pieces that are a millimeter big, and an Ove Glove. Now this person knows me very well. We have traveled leisurely together and he is my "work husband" (WH). My own DH is fine since my WH since WH is gay.
Sure hoping this SM turns out a whole lot better!

 

[atakaratemom]

Mary Congrats on the tag too!!!

Thanks Diane, but I didn't get a tag. I just put in my own to try to fit in with all of you, but I took it off cause it seemed a little desperate and silly. I guess I was embarrassed. I am happy for all of you though!

 

[buckifan]

F O U R

M O N T H S !!!!

<I'm feeling a little whimpy now...>

siggy with-held out of sharp embarassment!​

11 years ago as a reservist, my dh was deployed to Bosnia for 9 months....missed our ds 1st birthday, first steps, first lots of things....it was so hard!

 

[Enna]

Thanks Diane, but I didn't get a tag. I just put in my own to try to fit in with all of you, but I took it off cause it seemed a little desperate and silly. I guess I was embarrassed. I am happy for all of you though!

I thought your tag was fun. I think since you're a black belt, it looked GREAT in black. The tag fairy often leaves people's personal tags and then adds a little color. (Lisa's is an example, as is DarthRugby's, and of course...mine).

Hopefully, you'll get a tag soon, but please it isn't desperate & silly to add your own. That space is yours do with as you please until the tag fairy decides otherwise.

 

[kap158]

I too ate the peanut butter Hersey kisses. They are so good and I don't even like peanut butter!! The dark chocolate ones are my favorite. I gave up chocolate for lent so I had to get my chocolate fix for 40 days!

Karen

 

[lbgraves]

I wonder how long glow sticks and glow bracelets will still glow? I mean if you haven't made them glow yet- could you buy them now and really hold them that long and still have them work when we cruise? Or is it better to just wait and get them later?
hmm

I bought this batch a couple years ago. They worked fine in December. Just keep the tube sealed & they should work.

 

[lbgraves]

DW and I went to PV for our anniversary a couple of years ago. She swore she'd never go back! To copy from another travel chat site, I will refer to the timeshare sales hawkers as "sharks"....when we left the customs area we steped into THE SHARK TANK! Essentially this is DMZ *before* you get into the arrivals hall where a BUNCH of sharks sit at desks forcing you to run the gauntlet! Even walking around various markets and plazas you'd find them swimming around!

 

[lbgraves]

Isn't that funny, my DH loves King Crab. He really loves watching "Deadliest Catch". Although we don't get the conditions here that they deal with in the Bering Sea, commercial fishing is sort of a fraternity and he sympathizes with what they go through. There definitely is a unique call to the sea that people like your DH and my DH have. He is really looking forward to meeting him. He has lots of Coast Guard buddies here locally.

We watch that show. I would be terrified to be on one of those boats!

 

[buckifan]

I killed a bag of Hershey's kisses last night just to watch it die...

 

[bellelinus]

OK, I sent my SM email. That sounds like a ton of fun.
We had these when I worked at the office (I now work from home) and they were so much fun.
The 1st year I worked at my company I was recently out of college and had no clue what a Secret Santa was. I erred on the side of caution and bought really nice gifts slightly over the limit to make a good impression. What did I get in return? A small bottle of diet grapefruit breath spray. Spray it in your mouth and you will be too disgusted to eat all day. I was so hurt. I did not get the gag part of the gift. 15 years later I had the same guys SS and got the most hideous Christmas ornament you have ever seen (think disgusting frog w/ tons of warts on it - how is this Christmas?), a puzzle 2 million pieces that are a millimeter big, and an Ove Glove. Now this person knows me very well. We have traveled leisurely together and he is my "work husband" (WH). My own DH is fine since my WH since WH is gay.
Sure hoping this SM turns out a whole lot better!

Yeah, it's terrible when you get a bad Secret Santa . . .however, the diet grapefruit breath spray is about the worse I've heard of!

 

[windermerejudy]

From a paper entitled:
FEMINIST FIELDWORK IN THE MISOGYNIST SETTING OF THE RUGBY PITCH

In a semi-inebriated state, I surveyed the loud and rakish crowd of men and women. For the past two hours, nearly everyone at this "rugby party" had been consuming enormous quantities of draft beer. Many of the men had also been singing several different rugby songs in an increasingly feverish tone. All of this activity had been taking place in the very cramped quarters of the so-called rugby house. Suddenly, without notice, the whole atmosphere seemed to change. Many of the men started a deafening chant, "Alouette! Alouette! Alouette!" All of the rugby players (male) surrounded a woman who had previously and naively agreed (this was her first rugby party) to be their "rugby queen" so that players could serenade her with a "nice" song. The remaining women and men present formed a loose circle around the players. Without even asking the rugby queen, one of the larger players hoisted her effortlessly up onto his shoulders. Everyone--players, spectators, and even the rugby queen herself--were now all cheering and chanting "Alouette." Finally, one of the club leaders screamed, "Shut up. Shut up. It's Alouette time!" Within seconds, everyone quieted and the players started to "serenade their rugby queen" with the following song, sung to the tune of "Alouette"

Ummm - can't post the song...

When I had witnessed the singing of "Alouette" in the past, several times the rugby queen "willingly" complied with this chant by flashing the participants with her breasts as a means of stopping the song.

Depending on the team, just flashing your ...ummm....bra is perfectly acceptable. Thank goodness

Side note - ya gotta love the social sciences. I have my students read a scientific study about pick-up lines in one of the communication classes I teach.

Okay I think I'm glad I wasn't chosen
BIP-----Good luck!!!!Alouette!!!!!

 

[lbgraves]

1000.

 

[windermerejudy]

Knock Knock.... CandyGram!

Thank you ......finally another SNL fan

 

[windermerejudy]

well, at least if any of the old geezers have a heart attack playing N.R. on CC, we have medical staff on hand.

Okay well lets see: Pete is the one playing NR

 

[Enna]

Yeah, it's terrible when you get a bad Secret Santa . . .however, the diet grapefruit breath spray is about the worse I've heard of!

Julie--

Are those tags new?

 

[lbgraves]

You guys gave me a nightmare last night!!!!! All this talk about people not knowing their staterooms did it. We got the final bill notice and the cost of the cruise had gone up from 8200 to 9800!!! I called DCL so upset & they told me that they made a mistake before & since I was assigned a room when I booked the cruise instead of GTY I should have been charged more.

 

[windermerejudy]

You guys gave me a nightmare last night!!!!! All this talk about people not knowing their staterooms did it. We got the final bill notice and the cost of the cruise had gone up from 8200 to 9800!!! I called DCL so upset & they told me that they made a mistake before & since I was assigned a room when I booked the cruise instead of GTY I should have been charged more.

A premium upcharge........

Just to spark a little conversation here......who out of the ones who have room numbers requested specific roomnumbers and who just happened to be given a room number......you get what I mean.......I thought perhaps you had to have requested specifically to get a number.......

My example:
We had just stayed in those rooms that we got and when we booked I asked for those 3 rooms specifically......we got them.

 

[Enna]

You guys gave me a nightmare last night!!!!! All this talk about people not knowing their staterooms did it. We got the final bill notice and the cost of the cruise had gone up from 8200 to 9800!!! I called DCL so upset & they told me that they made a mistake before & since I was assigned a room when I booked the cruise instead of GTY I should have been charged more.

That IS a nightmare. Remember, I lived that when airfare ($2116 for 4) was added to my reservation online. At least you didn't have to listen to DCL hold music to get your situation resolved.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Mornin' from Alaska. High 13 - Low -3

And I'm sick. I've tried to deny it for 2 days, but I'm sick. Achy, stuffy, hacky oh-my-god-is-it-possible-to-actually-die-of-a-cold SICK!

You guys gave me a nightmare last night!!!!! All this talk about people not knowing their staterooms did it. We got the final bill notice and the cost of the cruise had gone up from 8200 to 9800!!! I called DCL so upset & they told me that they made a mistake before & since I was assigned a room when I booked the cruise instead of GTY I should have been charged more.

NNNNOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!
We have a room too. In the sea-going-public-relations-ninja wing. Boy, karatemom, we really do have a lot in common!

 

[lbgraves]

We did the same. I plan to just bring my stocking again this time, if I can get it away from the since it had Cinderella on it. I may be the only idiot on the cruise with a Christmas stocking on his door in the heat of summer, but at least then EVERYONE on the cruise can say 'oh he's that idiot" rather than just the people who read the DIS.

YEAH!!! You wont be the only one with a Christmas stocking on the cruise then. We will, DH Chrisva has one, Todd, Brack.