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

[lbgraves]

This happened to my brother at Home Depot. Took my niece there when she was 2 or 3. She had a fit because he said it was time to go and she wanted to look at Christmas lights. She started screaming and crying, he said very calmly if you can't behave, we're going to leave. She decided to kick him, so he quietly told her that was not nice to kick daddy, picked her up and went to the truck. Someone took down his license plate # and called the police. When he got home, they were waiting in the driveway. The police asked him what happened but he told my niece to tell him. After the convinced her that it was ok to talk to the stranger because he was a policeman, she told him. Daddy said no and I kicked daddy. Then we had to went home because I was bad.

I'm glad people are alert but that's a little silly. If they really thought something was wrong, why did they let him out of the parking lot?

Good grief!

 

[lbgraves]

You won't hurt me when I admire him, will you??

 

[pdarrah]

We've lived in Chicagoland for almost eight years now and rarely go into downtown. The train takes too long (no express on the weekends) and we often find ourselves waiting for it. The commuter train (Metra) does not connect to the "L" downtown so you have to walk a few blocks to catch the subway after taking the train from the suburbs. We just end up driving and paying the parking, which is about as cheap as taking the train+subway for five people.

Just a different viewpoint from a suburb dweller. I'm sure other Chicagoans on the boards have different viewpoints.

We nearly always use the train - but we literally live 2 blocks from the station here. My parents who live 3 miles away, usually drive. We are on the West line to Chicago and it is around 45 minutes to get downtown. Once there, we usually use taxis or buses. To get to the El would be a few blocks walk and usually we are going to the museums and the buses are a better option. Last summer, we "played tourist" downtown for a long weekend. We took the train down (with our suitcase) and took a taxi to the hotel. Then we used buses all weekend. Then taxi-train back home. Worked great.

the NERVE ... remind me not to mention that I took my youngest to the World for a week when he was only 8 weeks old. He's 7 now and that was the EASIEST we have ever had it with that child on vacation

We took DS7 at 6 weeks old!!! He was 2.5 weeks late, so the original plan would have had him at 8 weeks old. I totally agree - it was the easiest trip with him. We have been back nearly every 6 months since then. The hardest were 1 year - 3 years.

A few people actually commented to us that "you know, he won't remember this" - Well, duh - the trip wasn't for him! It was for me as a reward for surviving the whole ordeal!

pdarrah (Pamela)

 

[lbgraves]

Well, that could be awhile!

 

[allshookup]

There is a weight loss thread for our group there already. The link is in the first post.

Now we just need a support group for those trying to lose "weight" off their Disney Visa's.

 

[poohssmum]

"you know, he won't remember this" - Well, duh - the trip wasn't for him! It was for me as a reward for surviving the whole ordeal!

I didn't want to waste my maternity leave from work Actually, my poor DS might have a complex from that trip ... his face was hardly in any pictures. I the background you'll see a stroller, or you'll see his little legs hanging from the snugly, but there's very few pictures of his face the whole time. I also remember a trip with him when he was 20 months old ... DH and I sat for about an hour in Epcot while DS watched the duckies because it made him happy

 

[lbgraves]

Hey, I was already in FL and I was going no matter what! DH would have had to deal with his 3 little girls.

LOL! That's right! You were going to cruise with your fellow geeks with or without them.

 

[lbgraves]

Heck, I could never find anyone in my family on our last cruise!!

I can vouch for that!

 

[lbgraves]

Ah, but that is what I love about TAM! It is really hard to target a team. It has been tried, as and far as I remember, has always failed. The teams on this season do not seem to have the animosity the teams on their original season did.

Not to mention the fact that some of them just don't have the smarts to do it right.

 

[lbgraves]

He was seriously p****d off that when we went for dinner, our servers had the kids drinks already on the table along with my Cosmo.

OH MY! Imagine getting wonderful service...on a cruise no less!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Thank you Andrew -- you already know how I feel about London, and my oldest daughter is a huge Anglophile. I wouldn't be surprised if she ended up living in the UK one day.

I walked around the Financial district down broadway all the way to times sq, one day, also walked to Chinatown, greenwich village.

Helicopter tour around the island of manhatten and I did go to the top of the WTC as well as the Empire state.

Loved it.

 

[bellelinus]

I walked around the Financial district down broadway all the way to times sq, one day, also walked to Chinatown, greenwich village.

Helicopter tour around the island of manhatten and I did go to the top of the WTC as well as the Empire state.

Loved it.

Walking is the best way to see the city . . . in the summer sometimes I will take my girls downtown to Chinatown via subway and wander through Chinatown and Little Italy, through the Village (West and East) and end up at the Union Square greenmarket, before taking the subway back home. It's so much fun just to wander and explore -- it's my favorite thing to do while visiting another city (and have plenty of "wandering time" planned into our time in Europe this August) and I don't want to forget to do it here. Another fabulous place to wander is Central Park, particularly when it's warm and there's so much going on. Last night my girls' school held its annual family skating party, where we have Wollman Rink to ourselves, and seeing the buildings all around in the nighttime in the middle of the park, while skating, is something I marvel at freshly each year. I can't remember when I've been to the top of the Empire last (when someone was visiting) but do remember my last time at the top of the WTC.

 

[lbgraves]

Okay, this is a much more managable pace. I don't know how you folks have kept up with this thread, I just couldn't do it. But it seems to have slowed down considerably so I'll try to be around more.

Welcome back, Robin!

 

[Esteri]

Hey Lisa! I really miss the website!
(sk8ingmom made me do it. sk8ingmom made me do it!)

BTW, why are we going to a secure website, and using BCC on the emails? Were there problems?

Just color me clueless. <-- that's a nice color, don't ch'a think?

PM me if it's been hashed out here before and doesn't need to be rehashed. Or just ignore the question all together. I'll just go with the flow - it's nothing but idle curiosity.

Welcome back!!!

Thanks Enna. We had fun. Though it was either raining or cold. But we still had fun. You know it's cold when the dog sleeping on the bed next to you wakes you up shivering. (that was my clue to go turn on the heater!) I had to decontaminate the inside of the rented motor home at the end. Took a scrub brush to get the mud off the entry way.

The best part was DS5 doing his Michaelangelo immitation on the ceiling of the loft. Pouring rain outside. Crayons. Rented motor home. White textured ceiling panels. Getting a good picture? He had to use his electric toothbrush to get it off. And yes, he brushed his teeth with it afterward. (We only use biodegradible cleaners - nothing was going to hurt him.) Somehow, I don't think he'll be coloring on the walls or ceiling again. (We've had the problem with him several times before at home.)

I just take the books people leave on their chairs for hours up by the pool. Free towels, too.

I'll bet you get all sorts of interesting reads that way.

Along that same line of thought...does that mean when you go to the club/lab to pick up your children that you can select another if yours is crying or behaving poorly?

You know - since they always seem to behave better for other parents - that might not be a bad idea... I've always wanted a little girl...

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Walking is the best way to see the city . . . in the summer sometimes I will take my girls downtown to Chinatown via subway and wander through Chinatown and Little Italy, through the Village (West and East) and end up at the Union Square greenmarket, before taking the subway back home. It's so much fun just to wander and explore -- it's my favorite thing to do while visiting another city (and have plenty of "wandering time" planned into our time in Europe this August) and I don't want to forget to do it here. Another fabulous place to wander is Central Park, particularly when it's warm and there's so much going on. Last night my girls' school held its annual family skating party, where we have Wollman Rink to ourselves, and seeing the buildings all around in the nighttime in the middle of the park, while skating, is something I marvel at freshly each year. I can't remember when I've been to the top of the Empire last (when someone was visiting) but do remember my last time at the top of the WTC.

Brings ack good memories must go back, I know London like the back of my hand and tak the kids around mostly walking although I know the underground tube so well.

I find walking so great just to see everything and feel the city, but the kids moan about their feet!

 

[lbgraves]

Lisa was that the night you were looking for him on the 12/9 cruise?

It must have been. There was only one time I didn't know where he was.

 

[lbgraves]

Now we just need a support group for those trying to lose "weight" off their Disney Visa's.

LOL! Booking this cruise isn't exactly the way to do that.

 

[dahuffy]

OOOOOMMMMMMGGGGGG!!!!!! That one takes the cake!

Did someone say Cake??

 

[justmestace]

So did ya??

Nah...but at least tonight when I serve the leftover beef, I KNOW I won't forget the mashed potatoes.

 

[Esteri]

This happened to my brother at Home Depot. Took my niece there when she was 2 or 3. She had a fit because he said it was time to go and she wanted to look at Christmas lights. She started screaming and crying, he said very calmly if you can't behave, we're going to leave. She decided to kick him, so he quietly told her that was not nice to kick daddy, picked her up and went to the truck. Someone took down his license plate # and called the police. When he got home, they were waiting in the driveway. The police asked him what happened but he told my niece to tell him. After the convinced her that it was ok to talk to the stranger because he was a policeman, she told him. Daddy said no and I kicked daddy. Then we had to went home because I was bad.

I'm glad people are alert but that's a little silly. If they really thought something was wrong, why did they let him out of the parking lot?

The family went to Costa Rica last year to visit DH's family. I had to stay on for work, so DH was traveling with DS5 alone. (DS9 was traveling with his grandparents.) There's all sorts of paperwork he had to carry to take DS5 out of the country (and back in) with only one parent. Anyway....

They're returning to the US. At passport control the officer checks their passports, and the paperwork. Stands up and peers over the counter at DS5. (who was then 4) "Son, where is your father?" Big eyes. Thoughtful silence. "Who is your father?" Thoughful silence. "Are you traveling with your father?" Thoughtful silence continues. DH is starting to get a bit concerned at this point thinking DS5 is going to come up with "God" or "Heaven". DS5 is thinking too hard. Yet, he knows that he can't look concerned since that will trigger the officer to be concerned. The officer is starting to look a bit frustrated. DH quietly, and calmly says "Try 'Daddy'." "Son, who is your Daddy?" Index finger comes out and points at DH. "Thank you sir, you may go."

Ok, my turn for a "child gone bad" story I was the child throwing a fit in the store because my Mom wanted me to stay with HER, but I wanted to go through the store with my Aunt. My Mom had had ENUFF and she popped me on the mouth with her fingers. Mind you, it wasn't a closed fist, it wasn't all that hard or malicious ... just enough to get my attention. It just so happened that it was that time of year when my lips get incredibly chapped (still do every fall to this very day) and when she popped me, my lip started to bleed There was a woman standing close by that saw all of this happen and when she saw the blood on my lip she "HARUMPHED" pretty loudly at my Mom. My Mom, who was beyond mortified by this time turned to the woman and said, "Lady, another sound out of you and YOU'RE NEXT."

Great come back!