August 20, 2005 - L.A. to Port Canaveral - Eastbound Repo Cruise - The SHIP OF FOOLS Part 2

[Bmwdsny]

I got responses from many of you already!! Thanks!!
Below that are bolded are the ones i am waiting for yet.
Then i will explain the next step.

Early Dining Seating Linked-Reservation List-EAYOR

Bmwdsny (6)
Mississaugamom (5)
Carolsherman (3)
Izzinmac/Gassmandy (5)
Piglet 33 (3)
Winnyis (4)
Mark & Sandra (6)
Denine (3)
Ivanova (21) or (23)
Tigger24/DCLDreamer (10)
Sandygirl (3)
Buckaroo's Dad (3)
Scratch42 (2)
Grumbo/Jazzman/DeniseW (11)
Luv2Dream (3)

Total: 88/90 people [/B] [/B]

 

[Mom2Belle&PeterPan]

OK, while the Sisterhood is busy getting all the family holiday stuff in order, and these LooneyHOODs are sitting on their behinds with their glasses of Zinfindel and posting away...go back to your remotes!!!

JAZZMAN - You are the only LooneyHOOD who is allowed to relax today, a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

DENISE: That was the funniest card, I really laughed and laughed!!! You are a good wife & SISTER, can't wait to meet you!

Kmiles - I know who you are!!! Figured it out a bit ago from your clues!!! Glad you are here, but be careful...it appears you a on the side of the LooneyHOODs and we sisters are known for our sweet revenge...

AuntyBrat: Put the laundry away!!! - happy nap...you deserve it!

Arlene, what in the heck did you do??? Melinda, it must have been pretty bad... Did someone get a hold of Melinda's password and is posting under her name to get the Sisters riled up??? Arlene, hugs to you with all you have to do...pixie dust for perseverance and fun despite all your hard work preparing.

Melinda, Hurray for lunches with dhs!!! I went out to lunch with my dh today too! Is your dh a principal?

Estelle, you make me LOL so much!

And Scratch, hope you are feeling better!!!

My car broke down yesterday in the midst of all this holiday fun, and I am driving dh's car while it is getting fixed. Then, his *!#$#@! steering wheel lock jammed while I was out and he had to come save me. Good thing I'm in such a good mood...hee, hee.

So, as is the case with all the Sisterhood, I'm up to my ears with lists and holiday chores, but boy is it fun!!!

Mark...you OK? Sandra must have you baking the holiday cookies.

Time to get dd from school!!!

Merry, Merry everyone!!!!!!! PS I know all about engineers, dh is an aerospace engineer. If anyone wants to see the C-17 while here in CA, let us know. Dh can sometimes get passes...flew in it on a test flight while in Charleston, S.C. years back - was the thrill of his life!!! Later!

 

[carolsherman]

Thanks all for the website

 

[mark & sandra]

Mark...you OK? Sandra must have you baking the holiday cookies.

Yes I'm here now!! The only problem with owning your own business is working 16 hour days during the holiday season. All Sandy does is look at the extra funds and she's already planning on rebooking our next cruise while onboard in Jan. We have a road trip to Cedar Point planned for Memorial Weekend and the Repo Cruise booked, I'm finding it hard to concentrate on work with all this vacation planning going on!!

 

[Mom2Belle&PeterPan]

Hey Mel,

Really sorry to hear about what Arlene did to you. I cannot believe that she went against the Sisterhood. I’m thinking we should have a “Three Strikes & You’re Out” of the Sisterhood clause. Do you think this counts as one or two strikes? Guess you just never know. Maybe Arlene is really a “male” posing as one of the Sisters???

Barbara

 

[Mom2Belle&PeterPan]

On the first day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, a Mark in the JGE’s tree.

On the second day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, two kmiles smilin’, and a Mark in the JGE’s tree.

On the third day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, three Jazzmen with cheap wine, two kmiles smilin’, and a Mark in the JGE’s tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, four Grumbos grumbling, three Jazzmen with cheap wine, two kmiles smilin’, and a Mark in the JGE’s tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, FIVE HUNDRED GOLDEN SISTERS! Four Grumbos grumbling, three Jazzmen with cheap wine, two kmiles smilin’, and a Mark in the JGE’s tree. – (and izzinmac with his social security! )

 

[Mom2Belle&PeterPan]

The only problem with owning your own business is working 16 hour days during the holiday season. All Sandy does is look at the extra funds and she's already planning on rebooking our next cruise while onboard in Jan.

Sandra, you go girlfriend!!! What do they think we Sisters do all day, eat chocolates and drink white zinfindel??? Keep planning those trips Sandra, lol!

So Mark, just what kind of business do you own??? Uh, one for posting on the cruise boards to get at the Sisterhood???!!! (Just kidding, rest up and eat all the cookies Sandra had you bake today! )

 

[mark & sandra]

We own a picture framing company, located on Long Island. The name is 'ARTRAGEOUS CUSTOM FRAMING'. I'll never understand the amount of framing people want around the holidays. I'm not talking about the usual things you find in any store, I mean the customized jobs, memorabilia collages and shadow boxed items like sport jerseys, baseballs and the like. I'm not complaining, it's just that these are things that could be done anytime of the year. The last week before Christmas is the worst. I usually work round the clock, naps replace sleep. My kids call it my grouchy time. I always hear them whispering to each other, " Is he in a good or bad mood now". To which I reply in my best grouchy voice, "How do you think we can afford to go on all these dang vacations your mom plans, now go bother your mother!!"

 

[Bmwdsny]

On the first day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, a Mark in the JGE’s tree.

On the second day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, two kmiles smilin’, and a Mark in the JGE’s tree.

On the third day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, three Jazzmen with cheap wine, two kmiles smilin’, and a Mark in the JGE’s tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, four Grumbos grumbling, three Jazzmen with cheap wine, two kmiles smilin’, and a Mark in the JGE’s tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas my DCL gave to me, FIVE HUNDRED GOLDEN SISTERS! Four Grumbos grumbling, three Jazzmen with cheap wine, two kmiles smilin’, and a Mark in the JGE’s tree. – (and izzinmac with his social security! )

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bmwdsny]

Hey Mel,

Really sorry to hear about what Arlene did to you. I cannot believe that she went against the Sisterhood. I’m thinking we should have a “Three Strikes & You’re Out” of the Sisterhood clause. Do you think this counts as one or two strikes? Guess you just never know. Maybe Arlene is really a “male” posing as one of the Sisters???

Barbara

Yeah I am really really disapointed in Arlene too! I am beginning to wonder myself that she may be under disguise!! What she did was extreme that i think it should 2 XX against her! I gotta feeling that Grumbo is much closer friends with mississaugmom that we think it is!!! They are in it together!! What do you think???

 

[Grumbo]

What do you think???

Don't hurt yourself ladies.

Cheers,
Grumbo

 

[Bmwdsny]

We own a picture framing company, located on Long Island. The name is 'ARTRAGEOUS CUSTOM FRAMING'. To which I reply in my best grouchy voice, "How do you think we can afford to go on all these dang vacations your mom plans, now go bother your mother!!"

Ah you sound like my BOB!!

But hey Bob will LOVE YOU!!! HE LOVES framing and all he does is run to the Deck of Walls and frames this and that!!!!! Some worthwhile and others...stupid stuff!!!!

 

[Bmwdsny]

Don't hurt yourself ladies.

Cheers,
Grumbo

What did you say???? You are grumbling!!!!

 

[mark & sandra]

I live in a suburb of Long Island, many farms in the area, and can cut about 10 minutes off my drive home by taking some back roads on the edge of city limits. I left the store at about 9:15 pm and took my usual route home. I was crusin' along listening to the Rolling Stones when all of the sudden a pig was right in the middle of the road in front of me. Yes a pig and yes I hit the **** pig. I figure it escaped from one of the nearby farms. Anyway, I hit this **** thing and it did some nice damage to my Minivan, I am guessing 2-3 grand. Are my problems done..no. The pig is still alive (severely wounded) and now stuck in the middle of the road.

What do I do I thought. I had a phone book so I looked up the phone number for the county animal control. After going through the thousand choices on the voice mail message, I was finally able to page the person who was on emergency call for the night. According to him I was out of county limits and he would not come out to do anything, call the county animal shelter, they are open 24 hours and will help me. Great! I first called Sandy (I also called my insurance agent) told her what happened, she was not happy to say the least. She told also told me that for insurance I should get a report from the county to verify what happened since this is odd.

So I called the county animal shelter, told them what happened and they of course tell me that I need to call someone else, some company that has the contract to remove animals from the county roads. So I call this place and think I wake up Bubba who thinks it's funny I hit a pig. After giving him directions to where I am at, he tells me that he can meet me there in about an hour, I am not happy about that but what can I do? He then asks me what credit card I want to use...Huh? There is a charge of $250 for removal of a dead animal on a roadside, $100 of this is because it is after 6pm. I tell him that this is crazy, I shouldn't have to pay for it, the owner of the pig should, plus the pig isn't even dead. That was a mistake, there is an extra fee if the animal is not dead since they will have to put the animal to sleep. What is that charge I asked in a not very happy way. $500 he tells me, I hang up the phone, knowing there is no way I am going to pay anything to remove the pig that has already cost me a few grand on my Van.

I call my wife and tell her what they were going to charge and told her that I was leaving the pig and coming home. She says see you in 10 minutes "pig killer" my new nickname.

Anyway I drive around the pig and go home. Naturally when I get home I need a drink, I sit down talk with Sandy, cuss like a sailor over this **** pig. About 30 minutes go by and the doorbell rings. I go to the door and there are the police. They ask if I am Mark *** owner of a Dodge Grand Caravan with licence plate XXXXXX (sorry won't give the real plate number). I say yes, thinking to myself now I need another drink and a lawyer, they then ask to see my vehicle in the garage. GREAT!!!!

I bring them into the garage and they look and see the damage and tell me that I am under arrest for a hit and run, leaving the scene of an accident, and some other violation dealing with leaving a live animal involved in an accident. The officer also asked me how much I had had to drink tonight.

Sandy is now flipping out, I am wishing that I had a really big drink, and another police car pulls up to the house. Of course the neighbors are starting to look outside the windows or just walking over to the house to see what was going on. The escort me to the police car that just pulled up and put me in the back seat, no cuffs thank the lord! I am in the back answering questions about what happened for 5 minutes or so and finally decide that I want to ask a question.

I ask the officer how did you guys find out it was me that hit the pig, I don't remember giving my name to the county animal guy. The officer looks at me and says,

"The Pig Squeeled"

Rim Shot Please!!

 

[Bmwdsny]

You know Mark, you full of ****!!

How do you come up with these stories????

Wanna see something funny???? I got something funny to show you since you have a cat....I only wish i could show here here on boards....

Look for my E mail..... YES E MAIL, NOT PM...that's E M A I L!!!!!

 

[mark & sandra]

Ah you sound like my BOB!!

But hey Bob will LOVE YOU!!! HE LOVES framing and all he does is run to the Deck of Walls and frames this and that!!!!! Some worthwhile and others...stupid stuff!!!!

One of my customers is a local Deck the Walls. Most people don't realize that when you go into these mall stores they usually farm out your work to wholesalers like me who do the work and then return it completed. We charge a percentage of the jobs cost and they deal with the customers. A very fair trade-off. Retails Stinks, if I had to spend 3/4 of an hour with a customer(usually a woman) to pick out a matt on a 15.00 order, I'd probably wind up shooting them...Mark

 

[Bmwdsny]

One of my customers is a local Deck the Walls. Most people don't realize that when you go into these mall stores they usually farm out your work to wholesalers like me who do the work and then return it completed. We charge a percentage of the jobs cost and they deal with the customers. A very fair trade-off. Retails Stinks, if I had to spend 3/4 of an hour with a customer(usually a woman) to pick out a matt on a 15.00 order, I'd probably wind up shooting them...Mark

Interesting!! I will tell Bob that!

My parents can symapthize with you, Mark!! They own a flower business. OH, the patience my mom has to have with customers decieding who has BIG ideas and after awhile they just end up getting a carnation bud vase!! Mom likes funeral orders, because customers are so distressed they will buy anything but for weddings, forget it!!! A bride just doesn't know what she wants!!! Mom is busiest at Christmas and Valentine's and then Mother's Day.
For years i delievered flowers all over! Love getting the tips!!

 

[Mom2Belle&PeterPan]

We own a picture framing company, located on Long Island. The name is 'ARTRAGEOUS CUSTOM FRAMING'. I'll never understand the amount of framing people want around the holidays. I'm not talking about the usual things you find in any store, I mean the customized jobs, memorabilia collages and shadow boxed items like sport jerseys, baseballs and the like. I'm not complaining, it's just that these are things that could be done anytime of the year. The last week before Christmas is the worst. I usually work round the clock, naps replace sleep. My kids call it my grouchy time. I always hear them whispering to each other, " Is he in a good or bad mood now". To which I reply in my best grouchy voice, "How do you think we can afford to go on all these dang vacations your mom plans, now go bother your mother!!"

Very interesting business you guys have!!! OK, we of the Sisterhood will give you a break from our wrath until Christmas…really feel for you… Oh, btw, I’M ON VACATION!!! – (uh, sorry, couldn’t help myself). No really, take care and try to get some sleep both you and Sandra. Not easy to get through the busiest times of a work season. Well, now we know that you and Sandra are creative souls in all respects as well as writing! Hang in there Mark and Sandra!!!

 

[Mom2Belle&PeterPan]

Yeah I am really really disapointed in Arlene too! I am beginning to wonder myself that she may be under disguise!! What she did was extreme that i think it should 2 XX against her! I gotta feeling that Grumbo is much closer friends with mississaugmom that we think it is!!! They are in it together!! What do you think???

Melinda,

Do you think that Grumbo is really Arlene’s dh and that they both are conspiring to get the Sisterhood – perhaps “Doris” and “Martin” are alias’? I remember Arlene saying how much she enjoyed shopping at Costco. Or, maybe Arlene is really Grumbo’s professional partner at work??? Hmmm… it’s all coming together now, this is a real possibility. That would explain the whole situation.

Barbara

 

[Mom2Belle&PeterPan]

"The Pig Squeeled"
Rim Shot Please!!

You SWINE!!! I "almost" fell for this story too & with concern again, but not quite!!!