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

[allshookup]

Oh and that marvelous picture of Andy was spawned when Long Johns were mentioned.

Long johns can be:

A name for long underwear.
Another name for éclairs in some parts of the United States.
A bar-shaped doughnut, which may or may not be filled.
A traditional two-wheeled Danish freight bicycle for carrying heavy loads.
The Long Johns are the British satirists John Bird and John Fortune.

Sorry! It's a sickness. I'll stop now. I'm on a diet so I don't have any self medication going on with alcohol, chocolate, etc. It's making me crazed & an insomniac to boot!

 

[sk8ingmom]

Romanburgers? I missed the Romanburgers. What're they?

It is one of those things that I could take or leave when I lived there, but MUST HAVE everytime we go home. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world.

Mr. Hero is a regional chain. I'm not sure how far they go beyond Cleveland-Toledo. A Romanburger is a hero (sub, grinder, hoagie) with Italian meats, cheese, lettuce, tomato, dressing and 2 burger patties!! MMmmmm. Combo comes with waffle fries and cheddar cheese dipping sauce. MMMmmmm.

Heart attack on a tray indeed.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Someone mentioned cabinets earlier?

A milkshake is:

in the United Kingdom and the New England region of the United States, a beverage which is made from milk and flavourings.
in Canada and most regions of the United States, a beverage which is made from milk, ice cream, and other flavourings such as fruit and chocolate sauce. This usage is also common in the United Kingdom, alongside the above.
A milkshake made with ice cream, as in North America, is also known as: a thickshake in the United Kingdom, a frappe (pronounced "frap") in parts of New England and Canada, and a cabinet in Rhode Island [1].

HAH! I was RIGHT!

What do I win?

 

[justmestace]

Is that really what the Friends of Bill so and so on the navigators? It's a DIS AA meeting? I always wondered about that . .

That's what it is...Friends of Bill W.
Now, this is evil, and someone should stop me from telling this story.....






No one? Okay.......

On the 11 Night cruise, we had brought a bunch of our own wine, etc. My friend had brought a 6 pack of O'Douls. Well, this is the friend who had to leave the ship because of a death in the family. Toward the end of the cruise, we were starting to think about packing....and couldn't decide what to do with the O'Douls. We'd asked every crew member we saw, but they didn't want it if it wasn't "the good stuff". So we came up with the bright idea that we could stand outside the Friends of Bill W meeting and maybe give it away.
No, we didn't..........

 

[captaincrash]

I have two brothers who are private pilots. I agree that learning the basics may ease your fears. Flying is way safer than driving. It might even be worth looking up the stats. I'll take an airplane over a car any day . .

Well ...

.... since the question was posed... I took it upon myself to look it up.

And, did you know that the odds of dying are as follows... with the first number being the number of occurances in the USA in a 2003, the 2nd number being the odds of each event in a year, and the 3rd number is the odds of the event happening to you in your LIFETIME.

1) Chance for sufferring a fatality in a transport accident - 48,071 in USA, 1 in 6,050 for 1 year, and 1 in 78 over lifetime.

2) Chance for sufferring a fatality for ANY reason - 166,857 in the USA, 1 in 1,743 in a year, and 1 in 22 over your lifetime.

3) Chance for a fatal Motor Vehicle accident = 44,757 in the USA, 1 in 6,498 in a year, and 1 in 84 over your lifetime!

4) Chance for a fatality in an air or space transport vehicle = 742 in the USA, 1 in 391,981 in a year, and 1 in 5,051 in your lifetime.

5) Chance for a fatality by bite or sting from nonvenomous insect or other arthropods - 12 in the USA, odds in a year are 1 in 24,237,500... and odds in your lifetime = 1 in 312,331.

6) Chance for suffering a fatality from assult with a FIREARM = 11,920 in the USA, 1 in 24,400 in a year, and 1 in 314 over your lifetime.

7) Chance for sufferring a fatality from Complications of medical and surgical care and sequelae = 2,855 instances in the USA, which amounts to 1 in 101,874 for a year, or 1 in 1,313 in your lifetime.

Clearly, driving is a dangerous undertaking statistically. Out of 166,857 fatalities 48,071 involved transport, and 44,757 were from motor vehicles. In fact, it looks like about 95% of fatal transport accidents involve automobile vehicles. And only 742 of 188,857 were involving air or space craft.

These 7 catagories of fatality were taken from among a hundred plus different catagories. Click here to see the original list I used to draw these 7 examples... http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm

 

[sk8ingmom]

That's what it is...Friends of Bill W.
Now, this is evil, and someone should stop me from telling this story.....






No one? Okay.......

On the 11 Night cruise, we had brought a bunch of our own wine, etc. My friend had brought a 6 pack of O'Douls. Well, this is the friend who had to leave the ship because of a death in the family. Toward the end of the cruise, we were starting to think about packing....and couldn't decide what to do with the O'Douls. We'd asked every crew member we saw, but they didn't want it if it wasn't "the good stuff". So we came up with the bright idea that we could stand outside the Friends of Bill W meeting and maybe give it away.
No, we didn't..........

Nice.

 

[allshookup]

It is one of those things that I could take or leave when I lived there, but MUST HAVE everytime we go home. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world.

Mr. Hero is a regional chain. I'm not sure how far they go beyond Cleveland-Toledo. A Romanburger is a hero (sub, grinder, hoagie) with Italian meats, cheese, lettuce, tomato, dressing and 2 burger patties!! MMmmmm. Combo comes with waffle fries and cheddar cheese dipping sauce. MMMmmmm.

Heart attack on a tray indeed.

Never heard of it, but I could reach right into the screen & grab it...it looks so damn good. I'm starving!!!

 

[jonesing]

"Soft drink" commonly refers to cold, carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages in the United States. Carbonated beverages are regionally known as:

"Coke", in most of the South, including New Mexico and much of eastern and southern Oklahoma. Some older generations of Southerners refer to soft drinks as "dope".

"Pop" in most of the upper Midwest and into the western part of the Northeast, including such cities as Cleveland, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Detroit, Michigan; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Erie, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, NY; west up to and including the Pacific Northwest; and as far south as the northern half of Oklahoma. The majority of the state of Michigan (including the Upper Peninsula), especially the Metro Detroit area specifically call soft drinks "Pop" (Faygo, a brand of soft drink made in Detroit is an example of this). In the lower Midwest, such as southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and the Cincinnati, Ohio area, "soft drink" predominates (which is why the term is used in Kroger stores, which is Cincinnati-based). The state of Colorado also uses the term "pop."

"Soda" in the Northeast, the Southwest (California, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas), Hawaii, and parts of South Florida (near Miami), and parts of the Midwest (around St. Louis and parts of Wisconsin, especially in the East, and around Milwaukee).

"Tonic" is used all over eastern New England although the usage is becoming archaic.

"Soda pop" is used by some speakers especially in the mountain west.
"Drink", "cold drink", and "soda" are locally common in southern Virginia and the Carolinas, spreading from there as far as Louisiana.

"Cold drink" is the phrase of choice in New Orleans, Louisiana.

At many restaurants in the U.S., one finds that the products of only a single major beverage producer, such as The Coca-Cola Company or PepsiCo, are available. While patrons requesting a "coke" may be truly indifferent as to which cola brand they receive, the careful server will confirm intent with a question like "Is Pepsi ok?" Similarly, 7 Up or Sprite may indicate whichever clear, carbonated, citrus-flavoured drink happens to be at hand. The generic uses of these brand names does not affect the local usage of the words "pop" or "soda", to mean any carbonated beverage.

And if you order ginger ale you GOTTA make sure they really carry ginger ale! I'm indifferent to the brand--Canada Dry, Schwepps etc--so long as it's real ginger ale! Can't tell you the number of times I've forgotten to ask (usually if the place has a bar) if they carry ginger ale only to discover they mix cola & Sprite to "make" ginger ale!

 

[justmestace]

I can't drink that anymore after hearing what is in it and how it can affect your body. It didn't help me lose weight anyway.

I think you better share that with me, because I didn't hear it.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Can we talk about happy things tomorrow??

 

[justmestace]

Hey Stacey I'm right there with you Pal! Had my last baby in '93 and I was 32 years old!

And they wonder why we hit the blender....

 

[allshookup]

Oh goody Crash is here. Ask us something & see how fast we can both look it up.

 

[allshookup]

And if you order ginger ale you GOTTA make sure they really carry ginger ale! I'm indifferent to the brand--Canada Dry, Schwepps etc--so long as it's real ginger ale! Can't tell you the number of times I've forgotten to ask (usually if the place has a bar) if they carry ginger ale only to discover they mix cola & Sprite to "make" ginger ale!

You ARE kidding me!!! I've never heard of such an atrocity! That's just not right!

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

70' VW beetle yellow (in 72'), drove it for 3-4 months. Took it on a first date with this very nice girl to the Music Center in LA. While driving on the freeway through what is now south central LA it caught on fire and burned to the ground. Try explaining to a waiting dad about this as you are returning from your first date in the back of a CHP unit. Hot date huh.. Second car 71' Super beetle blue which I drove for some 10-11 years. Took to Montana for 5 years and Wisconsin for 3 more years. Went everywhere possible in between. I think that I had some 170,000miles on it when I blow a cylinder coming over a pass in Colorado but still able to drive back to LA. That was an incredible car.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Oh goody Crash is here. Ask us something & see how fast we can both look it up.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Hey that's even more difficult to type than it is to say!

 

[Esteri]

It is one of those things that I could take or leave when I lived there, but MUST HAVE everytime we go home. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world.

Mr. Hero is a regional chain. I'm not sure how far they go beyond Cleveland-Toledo. A Romanburger is a hero (sub, grinder, hoagie) with Italian meats, cheese, lettuce, tomato, dressing and 2 burger patties!! MMmmmm. Combo comes with waffle fries and cheddar cheese dipping sauce. MMMmmmm.

Heart attack on a tray indeed.

I lived in Dayton for 8 years and never heard of them. So, they didn't make it far out of Cleveland-Toledo.

HAH! I was RIGHT!

What do I win?

a Romanburger??


Well, the chores are done. The boys are in bed. Their lunches are made. It's time for this wench to head down to the foksle and find her bunk.

 

[captaincrash]

Boudreaux's Butt Paste is definitely the best. Last time DS had an issue I tried just about everything and this is all that would clear it up. Now we use it at the first signs and haven't had a problem since. But don't waste your time with the small tubes. Go for the JUMBO JAR!!!

Now I've seen it all....

Buttpaste.​

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Did anyone celebrate today that it has been one month gone by since we all booked? What is that 1 down and 17 or 18 to go. Oh well at least it is one less.

 

[jonesing]

It is one of those things that I could take or leave when I lived there, but MUST HAVE everytime we go home. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world.

Mr. Hero is a regional chain. I'm not sure how far they go beyond Cleveland-Toledo. A Romanburger is a hero (sub, grinder, hoagie) with Italian meats, cheese, lettuce, tomato, dressing and 2 burger patties!! MMmmmm. Combo comes with waffle fries and cheddar cheese dipping sauce. MMMmmmm.

Heart attack on a tray indeed.

mmmmmmm haven't hear of these but looks good!!!!!

All this food talk make me want a Tommy Burger

or maybe an In-n-Out burger mmmmmm

 

[captaincrash]

Oh goody Crash is here. Ask us something & see how fast we can both look it up.

Hows 3 minutes for a speedy reply?

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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Hey that's even more difficult to type than it is to say!

< chuckles >​