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

[pyramid2000]

Ok, actually we got in Feb 13, but I have been busy at work and haven't had time to post. We were a little late to the game, hadn't realized this was coming out (or that it would sell out so quickly) so we started trying Feb 1 and got a place two weeks later, thanks in large part to the efforts of Bob at Dreams Unlimited (thanks for hanging in there for us!) Cruisers will be me, dh, dd (then 12) and ds (then 10). I will never be able to read back through all the prior posts (or keep up with them at the rate they are coming!) but wanted to say we feel very fortunate to have gotten a space onboard and are looking forward to the trip of a lifetime!

More WELCOMES!!!

 

[kab407]

Hot date!

My first car was an automatic baby blue VW Beetle. It had a stick, but no clutch & I kept popping the stick out all the time. It had a hand crank sun roof & virtually no heat. I remember driving in the winter & scraping the inside of the windshield.

OMG!!!!! I had this same Bug, same coloer. If it rained, the car would not start. I can't even count the times I got stuck at school because the darn thing would not start. The radio only worked when it was above 60. Yup, I ever remember scraping the inside of the windsheild. My mechanic called it Hitler's Revenge.

 

[lbgraves]

Let me tell you about the time I had to wake up oldest DD so she could tell me where I hid the candy for the Easter baskets!

Oh I hope that I don't have to do that any time soon.

 

[Enna]

Me and Enna will be going there too, Right Enna??? Ashes, IHOP = Hell......

 

[buckifan]

My first car was a 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham - it was black with red pinstriping. The trunk was held on with duct tape.

I think I just saw your car the other day......

 

[buckifan]

Interesting combo. Does the same apply if I substitute Diet Pepsi for the SlimFast?

Diet pop works with pizza........and Doritos

 

[lbgraves]

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

Well, I found out a while ago that it had wood pulp in it...but that didn't stop me from drinking it. It is the pulp that helps to fill you up. The doctor I saw on Rachel Ray said that this liquid diet stuff can really mess up your body & make different organs not function properly. I remember specifically he said the liver. Here is the clip from the show.

http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/?q=fad-diet-myths

 

[kab407]

Heinz Time here....

Sprinkles
Subs
Soda

Cremation - I already have it specified along with what I want done with the ashes.

First Car - 1974 Buick Century in crap brown. It was a lead sled.

Long Johns- I have a set from the first and only time I ever went sking. I'm a warm weather gal.

Burgers- aaahhhhh, I remember the days of rolling out of the bars at 2AM and heading over to Greasy Tony's. Something about grease and cheese that absorbed all that alcohol.

I'm old. Back in my wild youth, you would not even consider going out before 10PM. Now I'm lucky I can stay up till 10PM on the weekend.

 

[RRBB]

I know I'm WAY behind here, but I'm trying...

Funny thing is, Angelina said she really isn't all that interested in driving just yet, but thought it would be a good idea to have her license incase she and Hazel are out, and Hazel doesn't feel like driving home. Hazel had a little fender bender accident the other day, nothing serious, but she is really starting to worry me with her driving, back in June she had totaled our new car, only had it six months at the time.

Hazel was in her 30's before she got her driver's license.

Oh well, got to grab some lunch, be back soon.

This sounds like me when I was 15/16. I really wasn't interested in getting my license because I knew I'd be hauling all my friends around and really didn't want to be a taxi service. I did get it on my 16th, and did a lot of of driving friends here and there, but I wasn't overly joyed with the job.

As for driving mom around, mine didn't get hers until she was 20+ and married. She was always a nervous driver and hated traffic. I remember one really bad day I had her pull into a parking lot to switch places. I still only had my permit then, but she gladly let me take over the wheel.

 

[Enna]

We make our own at work, not the one in the jar. All that has is Zinc oxide. The stuff that we make is Desitin (sticks to the butt better), hydrocortisone and nystatin. Actually there are some 20 different Butt past recipes.

Who knew???


I remember a doctor telling me to mix the chalky part of a bottle of Mylanta with aquaphor to make a rash ointment. Is that an official recipe?

 

[Verandah Man]

Because they are sprinkles.

 

[Enna]

Bunnies, huh? You asked for it!

The kids had a bunny rabbit that they got for Easter. Her name was Esther Bunny.

We had the coolest rabbit hutch. It had a self-waterer, a nice little place to sleep, plenty of room to hop around in. I think Esther was very happy.

We also had a big dog. His name was Wrangler and he was part Golden Retriever and part Australian Shepherd.

One day, I came home from work, and apparently, someone had left Esther's cage open. Somewhere along the line, she and Wrangler met up.

Wrangler was sitting on our front porch, waiting to show me what he had "found". He had that "look, Mommy, I found you a cute little bunny" look on his face. He was so proud.

I called Jay at work and said "What should I do? I have to get rid of her body before Megan gets home from school!" Other DD was too little to know what had happened.

Well, we live on 5 acres....and have a huge, deep canyon out back. So Jay suggested that I simply "toss" Esther off the canyon. Not knowing what else to do, and unable to dig a hole in our rocky ground, that's what I did.
Not ten minutes later, Wrangler was back on the porch with Esther.
Once again, I chucked her down the canyon. We went through this new game of "fetch the bunny" about four times before Wrangler really got his feelings hurt that I was refusing the offer of his generous gift. The last time, he decided he'd bury her himself. He was digging a grand hole in my rose bushes.
Finally, Esther went into a box, in the garage, to await a proper burial when DH got home.



Aren't you sorry you wanted bunny stories?

EWW! EWW!! EWWW!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

I bought my first car off my parents, I paid them $300 for their white 1965 Ford Station Wagon. I was 17 and had my own wheels!!! By the time I was 19 I bought a Gremlin, it was such an ugly green, but got great gas mileage!!!

Not my car color, but this was the model AMC Gremlin, LOL!!!

 

[bellelinus]

But did people dance?



In their underwear?

I hope so! It wouldn't seem like mch of a Fosse party without that!

 

[yargrnhoj]

My parting gift tonight - a list of cheerier topics for tomorrow...

Your very first experience at Disneyland / WDW
A description of the best possible cruise day
Funny stories about your favorite pet
Funny stories about your sibling(s) / childhood
If you won the lottery - what would you do with it?

G'nite! Catch you on the flip side.

This is not my very first experience at WDW, but it is my DS13's first. He was about four years old. My wife was off getting reservations for dinner so I took DS13 on his first ride ever at WDW -- Dumbo. We rode and I controlled the elephant as he said "Dumbo up, dumbo down".

We got off the ride, met my wife and our son started crying. I asked him why and he said "I want to go on more rides". The only ride he could see was Dumbo so he thought that was the only one. We showed him all the others and it was one of our best days in the park. Such a difference to see it through the eyes of a child.

 

[lbgraves]

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.

OK, so you get the worst first date award.....was there a second?

 

[yargrnhoj]

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

How much moose might a mini mouse move if a mini mouse might move moose?

 

[Enna]

This is not my very first experience at WDW, but it is my DS13's first. He was about four years old. My wife was off getting reservations for dinner so I took DS13 on his first ride ever at WDW -- Dumbo. We rode and I controlled the elephant as he said "Dumbo up, dumbo down".

We got off the ride, met my wife and our son started crying. I asked him why and he said "I want to go on more rides". The only ride he could see was Dumbo so he thought that was the only one. We showed him all the others and it was one of our best days in the park. Such a difference to see it through the eyes of a child.

Awww...what a sweet story.

 

[lbgraves]

No, No, No. Actually figured out that I had stuck a rag in the engine compartment. Did not realize that those metal things were exhaust manifolds.

OH MY!!!

 

[RRBB]

25 Ways to Tell You’re Grown Up

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00 am is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. You hear your favourite songs on the elevator.

6. You watch the weather channel.

7. Your friends marry and divorce, instead of “hook up” and “break up.”

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14 days.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as “dressed up.”

10. You’re the one calling the police because those @$%#! kids next door won’t turn down the stereo.

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

12. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.

14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald’s leftovers.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

16. You take naps.

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 am would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

19. You go to the drug store for Ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.

20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer ‘Pretty good ****.”

21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

22. “I just can’t drink the way I used to” replaces “I’m never going to drink that much again.”

23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.

24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking “Oh ****, what the hell happened?”

26. Bonus: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn’t apply to you and can’t find one to save your sorry old add.

ACK!!!! I'm Grown up!