8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 9

[lbgraves]

Oh my word Diane, I laughed so hard Hazel came running from the other room to see what all the racket was about, that clip was soooooooooooo funny!!!

OMG!!!! Did you watch any of the other videos from her calls. I am listening to her views on love now.

 

[O'BWV]

Ok, I think you are kidding me about my nutmeg. I had a pharmacology professor in pharmacy school that taught us about illicit drugs. This looked like he had not only taken every kind but probably made them as well. He told us that a teaspoonful (or maybe a tablespoonful) of nutmeg would produce the same effects as LSD. They both have the same structure and work in the same way. Here is the kicker though. When you take that much nutmeg you have to go through about 24 hours of dry heaves until you get to the hallucinogenic effects. According to him if you could not find any LSD it was hell to get there but you get the same trip.

Roger I have to tell you that is truly frightening!

Yikes why am I still up?????



It's that darn Letterman I tell ya!

 

[lbgraves]

Yes, Andrew UK and someone else (I always forget -- sorry) are on the Med cruise before me, and Monica and the Captain are on the Med repo after me . . . I think it would be great "young fun" to try to successfully hide messages for each other that the cleaning crews don't manage to find and get rid of!

You could always leave something with a bartender or someone at GS.

 

[lbgraves]

Glad you all liked the clip. Isn't she hysterical? Especially the part when she says..."Listen I'll be honest with ya...I love Jesus, but I drink a little!" Cracked me up!

Oh, you have to hear what she says about her DH. They have been married 50 years or so but with all the napping he has done it's really only 10 and then he doesn't pay attention most of that time so you have 5 good years.

 

[lbgraves]

Okay - so maybe I didn't splain so good. The first fifty brings you even - so no increase. The next fifty increases you 100% and the last fifty increases you another 100% for a total of 200%.

If you make 50 the first year and the second year you would have raised 100% of what you did the first year. If you made 100, you would have raised 200% of what you did the first year.

 

[lbgraves]

Ok, I have a little time to ketchup on the fluff since I last checked in, so good evening, everyone.

 

[Esteri]

My dog Gracie is cracking me up right now. I gave her a raw hide double knot bone yesterday. She doesn't actually eat it. She just goes around hiding it. She will walk around the house for ever crying because she can't fine a place to put it. Then she will hide it behind the curtains or under pillows on the couch. She will even put everything back the way it was before she hid the bone so you would never know that the bone was there. But the best is when she hides it in plain site like next to a chair and then guards it. If you even glance at it, she then has to move it and it starts all over again. She will do this for days before we either have to take the bone away or she forgets where she hid it. It is really quite entertaining and it keeps her from playing the in and out game for a while.

Hey Laura - I can beat that for weird..

Does Gracie suck rug??

This is an older picture. The dog on the right isn't with us any more. We lost her very strangely when she was 10 months old. The dog on the left is 12 1/2 years old and sucks rug to this day.

No, they're not chewing. They're nursing the rug.

 

[lbgraves]

ONE GB a day is a lot! Of course... you may be shooting larger files then me too. Shooting say 10MB with a RAW+JPEG pairing would take up a lot of space per shot. I don't shoot RAW yet.... as my computers are not very high powered and just opening a RAW image takes significantly longer for me.

On average for the last cruise I shot about 300-800 frames a day - depending on what we did that day.

I don't use a high setting...just enough for 10x13s if we want them. We can usually fit 800 on a 1GB card. We end up with 1000s of pictures to go thru...not all of them are printable but you never know when you will catch that perfect shot.

 

[DisneyVegas1]

Been too busy today to really post or catch up .....so if I missed anything ..Please let me know ...Also I have to say Finally a Day we didnt post 1000 posts ...Thank You Thank YOu ....

 

[lbgraves]

I would also think the answer is 300%. 50 X 300% = 150

WOW! Someone else has the same equation I gave and it has to be you.

 

[Esteri]

This one is in honor of our naked, Crisco covered, rugby players...


Why don't pirates play sports?

There is no AYE in team!


Now, why do I have the sneaking suspicion that our teams will resemble this joke?

 

[got2travel]

Diane, you made my day.....finally got a chance to watch the Ellen video....that was great!

 

[lbgraves]

Good Friends!!!!!

Chat tomorrow night then?????

Be there or Be square!

Or is it be there or be talked about?

Or be there or be volunteered for a task force?

 

[lbgraves]

Good night all! Hope to be able to join in the fun earlier tomorrow.

 

[jonesing]

The equation would probably be 150 = x% of 50....so 150 = x% x 50

150/50 = x%
3 = x %
300 = x

I would also think the answer is 300%. 50 X 300% = 150

If you make 50 the first year and the second year you would have raised 100% of what you did the first year. If you made 100, you would have raised 200% of what you did the first year.

Yep, the 150/50 = x% is correct IF you wanted to find out what percentage 150 is to 50.

But if you want to find the percentage difference (or change in percent) of the two numbers then you need to use the formula:

........EndAmount - StartAmount
%Chg = -------------------------- X 100%
...............StartAmount

 

[JLDSMD]

If you make 50 the first year and the second year you would have raised 100% of what you did the first year. If you made 100, you would have raised 200% of what you did the first year.

I believe the original question was how much did they increase from year 1 to year 2. So 200% would be correct for 150. When looking at the increase, you need to back out the denominator.

If you are looking at what percent of the prior year you produced in the second year, then yes, 100 would be 200% and 150 would be 300%.

 

[Esteri]

We interrupt your regular programming to bring you this special news bulletin...

Good Evening. Tonight we have a special report from our music reporter. Take is away Tuneful...

Hello Folks. This evening we had the 4-6 grade concert.

Actually, it wasn't that terrible. Each class performs separately - I don't think they're put together as a larger group until 7-8th grade. So, every "Music" class got up and sang, and played their recorders. The 4th grade did the simplist choral music - 3 parts. The 6th grade did a 4 part version of Scarboro Fair, accapella, that was just outstanding. the 5th grade did a very nice ring dance as part of their work.

Then there was the 5th and 6th grade winds. That one really was . On the other had - there's only so much you can do with 4 clarinets, 4 trumpets, and a drum (6th grade).

The strings classes were quite nice. This is the first year for the 4th graders on an instrument (other than recorder, which they started in 1st grade) - they did simple pieces, but acquitted themselves quite nicely. the 6th grade did Vivaldis "Spring" and was quite excellent. Rather unfortunately, there's someone in the 5th grade who can't keep time. It left the audience a bit like this.


Thank you Tuneful. And next we have our travel report. Over to you Wheels...

Good Evening. I'm very pleased to report that the family had made their precruise ressies at the HoJo. Two nights prior to the cruise for a quick peek at Disneyland. I hear the folks at the hotel were just great to work with!

Thank you Wheels. And thank You for tuning into our late evening broadcast.

We now return you to your regular programming...

 

[JLDSMD]

A train (T) leaves Chicago at 8am (Tt) bound for Miami.

A car (C) leaves Las Vegas at 9am (Ct) bound for Dallas.

A missile (M) is launched from the Kauai Test Facility at 3am (Mt) bound for the Kwajalein Atoll.

At what time (BFt) does Lorri bash your face in?

Immediately!

That was close to my answer.

I was going to say 5:29 p.m. CDT (Central DIS Time - central time zone adjusted for the 20 minutes the DIS clock is off) the time he posted the question.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Esteri - your roving reporter shtick it too funny!

I was at Pizza Hut twice in NO when we were robbed...once was a joke but we were ready to break the window to get out of the dining room. They were robbed again on a day I was suppose to cover for someone but they said they didn't need me. That time they were locked in the walkin.

I've never been robbed, but my replacement was robbed at gunpoint about 3 months after I quit a job. I was the night manager of a hotel in Kodiak. (Again kids, in terms of career development, a small island off the coast of Alaska is not the best place to move right after college).

I also missed the excitment when the guest in room 102 shot through the ceiling into room 202 while cleaning his hunting rifle! It was my night off.

 

[sk8ingmom]

If you make 50 the first year and the second year you would have raised 100% of what you did the first year. If you made 100, you would have raised 200% of what you did the first year.

I've having my own personal groundhogs!!
Math sucks!

Yep, the 150/50 = x% is correct IF you wanted to find out what percentage 150 is to 50.

But if you want to find the percentage difference (or change in percent) of the two numbers then you need to use the formula:

........EndAmount - StartAmount
%Chg = -------------------------- X 100%
...............StartAmount

so what's the answer
Oh wait, I can go ask my eight-year-old