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

[buckifan]

I work for a non-profit & we are usually feeding board members, committee members, volunteers, etc. So we invented the theory of "philanthropy calories". If you eat something at one of our meetings, you can just give the calories away!

I've decided that it also counts if I eat lunch at my desk.

You are such a do-gooder! It's always give, give, give with you isn't it?

 

[yargrnhoj]

Easy for you to say. I actually love to fly. I would much rather fly anytime than drive. (Although my control issues make sure that I'm always the driver).....my problem is the confinement. I don't like sitting there for any length of time with no way out.

There are several exits throughout the plane. Don't you listen to the flight attendents when they tell you where they are. Just open the door and step outside for some fresh air.

 

[PBader]

That is a great pic

 

[castoff]

Good Morning Everyone
My first car.........boring will tell story about getting my driver's license.
*Warning* don't be drinking anything while reading this or it may come out your nose. I tried to get my license in NY and failed. I moved to PA and had to wait 6 months to become a resident and took the test and failed. I moved to Boston again waited 6 months and the tester at the end of the test asked me do you have a car? I said no I will be taking the subway. He asked me if I will always wear my seatbelt? I said yes. He said I passed. So at 21 I got my driver's license and it was about 2 years after that I moved back to NY and got my first used piece of junker.

 

[PBader]

You all will hit another pirate before I get home. Good luck Wenches!

 

[yargrnhoj]

That's worse than going postal. Someone in need of cafiene could go Latte!

 

[Diznyfan68]

And better attended.

Since 1/3 of the passengers will be DIS, and we'll have several dining rooms to ourselves - it'll probably even be listed in the Navigator.

I can hear Lisa on the phone now. "Hello. I'd like to do some planning for our group?" "Lovely, how many are in your group?" "Six hundred and ninty-two."

 

[yargrnhoj]

I found Cherry Coke Zero this afternoon. It is chilling in the fridge over night. I am really hoping that it is good.

Let me know what you think. I thought it was too much like Zero and not enough like Cherry. The sugar substitute overpowered the cherry substitute.

 

[castoff]

Diane: My problem is I always ask for a pepsi and they say is " Coke " o.k?

 

[Diznyfan68]

Well, it looks like I am not going to catch up tonight so I will tell you what I did today instead of being here. I ran in to the school to pick up the last of the boxtops since they were due today and found a letter from the school board to Kathryn...so I took that too & dropped it off at her house. We started talking about what is happening at the school and 3 hours later I went home, had lunch, ran to the grocery store, dropped off the packages at the PO, and put everything away then rested my eyes on the couch while waiting for the kids to come home. They got here then I rested a bit more, made dinner, cleaned up, and finally got to check in.

Tomorrow is the first goal committee meeting at the school. This is made up of parents and teachers to make recommendations to the principal of what we expect to happen now. We need to take advantage of the voice that the board has given us...though this isn't going to be easy. That will take a couple hours at least and I will have to unwind from the stress.

Good luck today - give'em h e double hockeysticks!

 

[Diznyfan68]

Now that has been cleared up, I am compelled to ask:

sub, grinder, hoagie or hero ??

Hero because I'm from NYC but up here in the sticks they call them subs.

 

[castoff]

This is a pic of my Dante when he was a puppy. I planned 6 weeks before I got him from Alabama. He is spoiled and is my 3rd child. He is 17 months old now.

 

[castoff]

Hero because I'm from NYC but up here in the sticks they call them subs.

I guess I am in the sticks because here in Upstate NY we call them subs.

 

[yargrnhoj]

Was it the one that was closed down recently?

At least that one had plenty of other meat to cook.

 

[Enna]

Ok, you have a reserved seat next to me on the bus to Hell...

That's going to be one crowded bus full of DISers.

 

[Diznyfan68]

A submarine sandwich (or just submarine where context would exclude the sea vessel, or even just sub) is any of various sandwiches made on a long roll (usually at least 12" long by 3 " wide) or baguette (called "French bread" or a "submarine roll" in the U.S.) , so called because of its shape. The contents typically include meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and various condiments, sauces or dressings.

The term is believed by some to have originated in a restaurant in Scollay Square in Boston, Massachusetts at the beginning of World War II. The sandwich was created to entice the large numbers of navy servicemen stationed at the Charlestown Navy Yard. The bread was a smaller specially baked baguette intended to be similar to the hull of the submarines it was named after[1].

In the United States, the terms "submarine" and "sub" are widespread[2], but there are also many regional names for the sandwich, especially in the northeast part of the country:

Bomb — New England, usually used for hot sandwiches with melted cheese & other toppings, such as a Steak bomb
Bomber — New Jersey
Cosmo — North Central Pennsylvania in and around Williamsport, PA - a cosmo is an oven toasted sub.
Grinder — New England (some say this refers specifically to an oven-toasted sub) and Riverside, CA
Hero — New York, northern New Jersey and the Eastern United States
Hoagie — Philadelphia and environs, including South Jersey
Poor boy or Po' boy — Gulf Coast, especially around New Orleans
Spuckie — Boston, Massachusetts (now rare)
Torpedo — New Jersey
Wedge — Specific to some northeastern coastal sections of the Bronx, and the Long Island Sound shore towns of Westchester, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, though definitely not universally recognized even in the region. Also in sections of northern New Jersey, adjacent Rockland County, and Putnam County in New York.
Zep (trunc. of German zeppelin or Italian zeppoli) — New Jersey and Norristown, Pennsylvania
Italian — Maine, where "Italian" is used regardless of the filling, which is specified separately, as a "ham Italian", "veggie Italian" or "roast beef Italian". A regular Italian is usually a ham Italian, made up of: ham, cheese, onions, olives, green peppers, pickles, and tomatoes. Italians are made to order at most convenience stores and gas stations. This term is also found in New Jersey.
An Italian sub, Italian combo, or Italian hoagie consists of Italian luncheon meats, typically capicola, prosciutto, and Genoa salami, with provolone, lettuce, tomato, oil, and vinegar. Thinly sliced pepperoni and bologna are sometimes added, and less expensive ham is often substituted for capicola and prosciutto.

A cheesesteak or steak and cheese is grilled sliced steak with melted cheese on a submarine roll. Common local variations include grilled onions, peppers, lettuce, tomato, ketchup or tomato sauce. The cheese is usually American, cheddar, provolone, or Cheez Whiz. Cheesesteaks are strongly associated with the Philadelphia area, while "steak and cheese" is more often heard elsewhere.

And here I thought when I was ordering a Cosmo I should be getting a drink.

 

[buckifan]

I can't wait to get DD's. You will all see it since it will be her formal dress for the princess night.

Good idea!! I hadn't even thought of that, Lisa!! Dd will make her 1st Communion next Spring, so that will be perfect.....and this Fall she will be in my brother's wedding....so that dress will be for the other formal night!

 

[castoff]

Well, I am heading off for work now. Chat with you all this evening. I am supposed to go to an all day crop(scrapbooking) tomorrow and haven't gotten a thing organized to take with me. But I have tons of things to work on if i can just get it together.

Wish I could go. I want to start on my cruise scrapbook. Maybe this weekend. Isn't it hard to pack everything up and stay organized? Ugh !

 

[yargrnhoj]

And here I thought when I was ordering a Cosmo I should be getting a drink.

me too. Would be very upset if my Cosmo came with ham on a bun.

 

[poohssmum]

Now that has been cleared up, I am compelled to ask:

sub, grinder, hoagie or hero ??

When I was growing up in the Boston area it was always "Sub". Now that we're in Western, Mass it's always "Grinder" and it doesn't matter if it's hot or cold :dunno My guess is that this discrepancy has something to do with the whole "state ends at Worcester" phenomenon