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

[cinderella_mom]

Thanks a bunch! I really needed that! It's been a rough day. Just found out my DDad is in the ER in Hackensack...complications from a prostate biopsy he had done on Monday. Four trips back to the doc since and now they're talking about admitting him.


DHs says every day is a good one when you wake up and there is no tag on your toe! (Can you tell he was in the Army for 21 years?)


I know, I know....it's all in the details!

Sorry to hear that. I hope he's okay.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Did you say you needed some ketchup? Hey everybody, Andy needs ketchup!

 

[cinderella_mom]

It's like that old V05(?) commercial - "then she told two friends, and so on..."

 

[Joel110]

They have Tink too!

We saw both planes last March in Seattle when we were flying to FL for our cruise. It was very exciting.

How can anyone be afraid to fly on one of those planes Maybe the Dis could charter them to pick the nervous flyers up

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

It's like that old V05(?) commercial - "then she told two friends, and so on..."

Wispering canyon cafe, Wilderness lodge WDW

 

[atakaratemom]

Oh, looks like I missed some earthquake discussion somewhere along the way...We're near a major fault line (New Madrid Fault) along the Mississippi River. We're about 25 years overdue for "the big one".

Not this is a laughing matter per se...I know the magnitude with which we would be screwed if and when it finally does happen.

I just remember coming home from school when I was a kid and preaching to my mom that the BIG ONE was on its way, and we needed to stockpile canned goods and water!!!

I think we did do a family disaster kit once, and kept it in our basement. But We never really seriously kept it up to date.

When we went through the Northridge earthquate in 1994 we were so unprepared. My DH and I were both born and raised in CA, so you'd think we would know better having lived through many earthquakes, but most are minor so you start to not take them seriously.

The Northridge quake was the only time I have ever felt truly scared during an earthquake. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and I think that made me feel even more vulnerable. Of course everything was a mess. No electricity, no gas, no ability to get food at the market and nothing open. We had very spare cupboards as I was planning to go on my weekly restocking trip that day. I remember my DH was so concerned that I keep eating, (although already being the size of a parade float it was probably hardly necessary ). He pulled everything out of the cupboards and proceeded to make something called "prison spread". He learned it from a formerly incarcerated employee of his parents. Apparently the idea is derived from the prisoners buying items from the vending machines and mixing them all together with condiments to create something "homemade".

It consisted of tuna, mayo, mustard, cheese, canned peas, olives, crushed walnuts and some assorted seasonings we had on hand. Since we had no bread, we ate it on Fritos!! It was actually pretty good!!

Thankfully things got up and running again with in a day or two and we had my well stocked parents nearby. So you'd think after that we'd have a stockpiled earthquake survival kit stored away. Nope!! If the big one hits tomorrow we'll be eating prison spread again!!

 

[ChrizJen]

I guess in a way, I wasn't surprised that they did that. I think that pretty much tells you what snakes they are going to turn into. I bet they were all kicking themselves, too, for not asking Papa Smurf to "hang in there" one more day. They probably would have preferred to just dump him then!

I guess I haven't been skimming well enough today because I missed this conversation too...
I could NOT BELIEVE when I saw Moto give up immunity to keep the comforts. And when Papa Smurf was being carried off, they showed Lisi shrugging her shoulders saying something like "Do I care that he's leaving? Well, the bottom line is that it's one less person to compete against."

I mean, I know that it's a game, but that's just a slime-ball thing to say when a teammate is being carried off the island on a stretcher!!!!
I was pulling for the Ravu anyway, because I always seem to be drawn to the underdog, but that just reinforced my support for Ravu.

That being said, they need to get their a**es in gear and start winning!!! The WHOLE team just looked resigned to losing throughout the entire immunity challenge last night!!! They need to do SOMETHING to get the morale up!!

 

[goofyforlife]

I've heard that Alaska Airlines are one of the very best.....

Yes as long as people forget about that little tailscrew incident.....

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

When we went through the Northridge earthquate in 1994 we were so unprepared. My DH and I were both born and raised in CA, so you'd think we would know better having lived through many earthquakes, but most are minor so you start to not take them seriously.

The Northridge quake was the only time I have ever felt truly scared during an earthquake. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and I think that made me feel even more vulnerable. Of course everything was a mess. No electricity, no gas, no ability to get food at the market and nothing open. We had very spare cupboards as I was planning to go on my weekly restocking trip that day. I remember my DH was so concerned that I keep eating, (although already being the size of a parade float it was probably hardly necessary ). He pulled everything out of the cupboards and proceeded to make something called "prison spread". He learned it from a formerly incarcerated employee of his parents. Apparently the idea is derived from the prisoners buying items from the vending machines and mixing them all together with condiments to create something "homemade".

It consisted of tuna, mayo, mustard, cheese, canned peas, olives, crushed walnuts and some assorted seasonings we had on hand. Since we had no bread, we ate it on Fritos!! It was actually pretty good!!

Thankfully things got up and running again with in a day or two and we had my well stocked parents nearby. So you'd think after that we'd have a stockpiled earthquake survival kit stored away. Nope!! If the big one hits tomorrow we'll be eating prison spread again!!

Same here. I have lived in Southern California all of my life and been through all kinds of earthquakes including the 1970 Northridge quake. But the 1994 quake shook me more than anything that I could ever imagine. Everything was on the floor in our house. The walls were all cracked. This was not the worst of it. I work about 7 miles form the epicenter and the hospital was a disaster area. Part of our building separated from the main tower and every time that there was an aftershock the two buildings would slap together. Went to work for about 7-8 days straight after the quake and lived through alot of aftershocks. We had some 50-80 heart attack victims that morning. I could not sleep for weeks afterwards.

 

[atakaratemom]

Yes as long as people forget about that little tailscrew incident.....

That happened right off the coast where we live and my DH and nephew were involved in the recovery effort as we had two fishing boats at the time. It was pretty devastating and put my DH off flying for a long while. With that being said, we flew Alaska Airlines to Seattle this last summer and it was wonderful. I would fly with them again. DH is still pretty nervous, but as others have pointed out, the miracle of a little medication does wonders!!

 

[kap158]

Hi everyone

Boy everyone has been busy on thses boards!

Andy my friend - I am sorry about the tree in your yard!
I hope no one was hurt.

I have been watching the news all day and my heart goes out to all the people in the southern states with all damage that has occured in their areas and to the families who have lost loved ones.

To everyone who has someone ill in their families my prayers are with you.

 

[cinderella_mom]

When we went through the Northridge earthquate in 1994 we were so unprepared. My DH and I were both born and raised in CA, so you'd think we would know better having lived through many earthquakes, but most are minor so you start to not take them seriously.

The Northridge quake was the only time I have ever felt truly scared during an earthquake. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and I think that made me feel even more vulnerable. Of course everything was a mess. No electricity, no gas, no ability to get food at the market and nothing open. We had very spare cupboards as I was planning to go on my weekly restocking trip that day. I remember my DH was so concerned that I keep eating, (although already being the size of a parade float it was probably hardly necessary ). He pulled everything out of the cupboards and proceeded to make something called "prison spread". He learned it from a formerly incarcerated employee of his parents. Apparently the idea is derived from the prisoners buying items from the vending machines and mixing them all together with condiments to create something "homemade".

It consisted of tuna, mayo, mustard, cheese, canned peas, olives, crushed walnuts and some assorted seasonings we had on hand. Since we had no bread, we ate it on Fritos!! It was actually pretty good!!

Thankfully things got up and running again with in a day or two and we had my well stocked parents nearby. So you'd think after that we'd have a stockpiled earthquake survival kit stored away. Nope!! If the big one hits tomorrow we'll be eating prison spread again!!

The Northridge quake change the course of my brother's life. He was all set to start CSUN in the fall when the earthquake hit and the building where his classes would have been was demolished.

Instead he ended up in Chadron, NE, where he met his now wife.

My other brother and I had spent the night at a friends house in Long Beach. I awoke to her yelling at us to get our shoes on and get out of the house. She saw the power lines outside her window about to fall.

After the second one hit an hour or so later, she was so freaked that she made us all sit outside in the street of her mom's house (cul-de-sac).

Personally, I just wanted to go back to bed.

 

[atakaratemom]

Same here. I have lived in Southern California all of my life and been through all kinds of earthquakes including the 1970 Northridge quake. But the 1994 quake shook me more than anything that I could ever imagine. Everything was on the floor in our house. The walls were all cracked. This was not the worst of it. I work about 7 miles form the epicenter and the hospital was a disaster area. Part of our building separated from the main tower and every time that there was an aftershock the two buildings would slap together. Went to work for about 7-8 days straight after the quake and lived through alot of aftershocks. We had some 50-80 heart attack victims that morning. I could not sleep for weeks afterwards.

I just remember seeing the pictures around Cal State Northridge and feeling so devastated. That's where I went to college so I recognized everything. It just didn't seem real!

The day my DS was born we had one of the major aftershocks in the 5 range and I was strapped in a hospital bed by fetal and contraction monitors. I told the nurse and my DH that we were having an earthquake and they laughed and told me it was just a contraction. I think I felt it first because I was laying down. Then they felt it and they both ran out of the room! They left me laying there strapped to the bed! They were both pretty sheepish when they returned. I still give DH a hard time about that one!

 

[goofyforlife]

That happened right off the coast where we live and my DH and nephew were involved in the recovery effort as we had two fishing boats at the time. It was pretty devastating and put my DH off flying for a long while.

Remember TWA Flight 800 (the one the blew up over Long island) I lived in/near the town that had roughly 35 or so HS students on that plane. (Montoursville,PA) Two of my co-workers had children that died on the plane and one of my dh's co-workers lost a dd.

I still fly and yes it's a calculated risk.... If i think about it though i'd probably lose it. I go by the whole odd's ratio and it's safer than driving. (Especially on 95)

 

[atakaratemom]

The Northridge quake change the course of my brother's life. He was all set to start CSUN in the fall when the earthquake hit and the building where his classes would have been was demolished.

Instead he ended up in Chadron, NE, where he met his now wife.

My other brother and I had spent the night at a friends house in Long Beach. I awoke to her yelling at us to get our shoes on and get out of the house. She saw the power lines outside her window about to fall.

After the second one hit an hour or so later, she was so freaked that she made us all sit outside in the street of her mom's house (cul-de-sac).

Personally, I just wanted to go back to bed.

That's amazing about your brother. I guess for him it turned out to be a blessing in disguise!

 

[Diznyfan68]

Every time I get caught up, I'm called away to do some work!

These people need to get my priorities straight.

Tell me about it! Now they want me to help stuff envelopes for our conventioneers - I mean Hello! don't I have a thousand other things to do such as DIS, update budget/forecast, DIS, DIS, pay some bills, DIS, DIS and DIS that are much more important than stuffing envelopes?

 

[Diznyfan68]

I missed these earlier - SORRY!

Happy Birthday Karen and Jordan

 

[ChrizJen]

When we went through the Northridge earthquate in 1994 we were so unprepared. My DH and I were both born and raised in CA, so you'd think we would know better having lived through many earthquakes, but most are minor so you start to not take them seriously.

The Northridge quake was the only time I have ever felt truly scared during an earthquake. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and I think that made me feel even more vulnerable. Of course everything was a mess. No electricity, no gas, no ability to get food at the market and nothing open. We had very spare cupboards as I was planning to go on my weekly restocking trip that day. I remember my DH was so concerned that I keep eating, (although already being the size of a parade float it was probably hardly necessary ). He pulled everything out of the cupboards and proceeded to make something called "prison spread". He learned it from a formerly incarcerated employee of his parents. Apparently the idea is derived from the prisoners buying items from the vending machines and mixing them all together with condiments to create something "homemade".

It consisted of tuna, mayo, mustard, cheese, canned peas, olives, crushed walnuts and some assorted seasonings we had on hand. Since we had no bread, we ate it on Fritos!! It was actually pretty good!!

Thankfully things got up and running again with in a day or two and we had my well stocked parents nearby. So you'd think after that we'd have a stockpiled earthquake survival kit stored away. Nope!! If the big one hits tomorrow we'll be eating prison spread again!!

Well, what really SHOULD scare me is that there is a big difference between our fault line from the ones in CA. Ours is described as several fault lines all stacked up on one-another. So the "big one" here will probably destroy a good portion of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and be felt by something like 16 or 17 other surrounding states...

Below is a map of the last big quake here on the New Madrid in 1895, and as you can see, it was a 6.8. The red is all area where structural damage occured, and the yellow is where movement was felt. Compare the area effected with that of the 6.7 in CA in 1994. It's really scary to see such a wide area of destruction!!

 

[yargrnhoj]

Tell me about it! Now they want me to help stuff envelopes for our conventioneers - I mean Hello! don't I have a thousand other things to do such as DIS, update budget/forecast, DIS, DIS, pay some bills, DIS, DIS and DIS that are much more important than stuffing envelopes?

In the middle of all that, when are you going to find time to DIS?

 

[Grandma x3]

Below is a map of the last big quake here on the New Madrid in 1895, and as you can see, it was a 6.8. The red is all area where structural damage occured, and the yellow is where movement was felt. Compare the area effected with that of the 6.7 in CA in 1994. It's really scary to see such a wide area of destruction!!

The 1989 Loma Prieta quake in No. CA was 6.9 - my family was in the S.F. area while I was at our family ranch very near the epicenter. Having lived in No. Ca for most of my life - this one was the worst I ever experienced. The part of the freeway that collapsed in the East Bay was the one I had traveled on to work - it made me ill to took at the pictures!!

Chris