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

[Grumbo]

Just checking in.
Had a wonderful day in Mississauga and Toronto yesterday.
Enjoyed a magnificent turkey dinner that our hostess provided. Thanks

Also went and saw National Treasure in the evening. It is a GREAT family movie and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. If you have kids maybe 7 or above I think it would be great and if you don't have kids its a great couple of hours of fun and action.

Cheers,
Grumbo

 

[Bmwdsny]

Just checking in.
Had a wonderful day in Mississauga and Toronto yesterday.
Enjoyed a magnificent turkey dinner that our hostess provided. Thanks

Also went and saw National Treasure in the evening. It is a GREAT family movie and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. If you have kids maybe 7 or above I think it would be great and if you don't have kids its a great couple of hours of fun and action.

Cheers,
Grumbo

Yeah, that was playing on the cruise i went on, but didn't get to see it!! Too busy!!!! TOO BUSY typing live report for you crazy fools that is!!! LOL!!!

 

[piglet33]

New computer is up and running so fast. I really love this thing. The bad part is loading all my software. That seems to take forever. Lenny set the other one up in the basement and loves it. He sits on the couch and surfs. Looks like I may never see him.

Now I just have to catch up on the pages that I've missed.

 

[Grumbo]

Sinkhole swallows 4 lanes of road

DELTONA, Florida (AP) -- A sinkhole opened beneath a road in central Florida on Saturday, swallowing four lanes of pavement and forcing the evacuation of 20 homes.

Officials had been watching the hole since Monday after noticing collapsed asphalt on a street. Workers were pumping a cement mixture under the damaged road when the hole formed.

"All of the sudden, they started feeling rumblings in the ground," said Robert Rogers, deputy chief of the fire department in Deltona, about 25 miles southwest of Daytona Beach.

The ground opened up, destroying all four lanes. The hole grew to 50 feet deep and at least 150 feet wide.

"It has not stabilized yet, so I'm sure its going to get a lot bigger," Rogers said.

The sinkhole also threatened to take down a major power line and forced authorities to evacuate 20 homes near the electrical wires. Residents in all but three houses were expected to return Saturday night. A local senior, who would only identify himself as "Bob" was excited by the excitement in his area. He was revving up his Mustang Cobra and babbling about "jumping the canyon". His wife took him back into the house and told him "Come on Bob you can watch the Disney Cruise video if you're good.".

One house was in imminent danger of falling into the hole, Rogers said

 

[mickeyfan1]

Grumbo, you have out done yourself!

 

[Grumbo]

Hey Marsha I don't write 'em. I just copied it

Hopefully it is warm where you are. Windchill is supposed to go down to -37 C tonight. It is brutal and we are very susceptible to the snow squalls off of the lake. I was in Toronto yesterday and they don't have ANY snow on the ground. Unbelievable the difference a 45 minute drive makes in the weather.
Here is today's forecast http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/forecast/city_e.html?wcu

Cheers,
Grumbo

 

[kmiles]

Sink holes? Gotta love Florida!

 

[izzinmac]

Sorta cold here in Florida-about 60F and going down to 30s tonight. We're having a nice day just sitting around. Mary made me some nice hot chocolate, and we watched the Disney Cruise Video!

Hey, did any of you hear about that big sinkhole in Deltona!! Wow!!!

 

[kmiles]

Tampa is having a nice day as well. Although it's suppiosed to get pretty cold here!

 

[Bmwdsny]

Hey, did any of you hear about that big sinkhole in Deltona!! Wow!!!

Interesting!!!!
Grumbo, thought you were putting me on for awhile and i had to check the "real" news...Thought you had a little bit of Mark in you!!

Whoever would thought that Florida would have sinkholes?? I just thought it just doens't occur there...There are lots of Sinkholes in my area because of the Lime Rock beneath us.
Isn't Florida sea level?? Wonder what you are looking down the hole to?? The swamp?? The Atlantic Ocean? LOL!!!!

 

[DenverVal]

Sorta cold here in Florida-about 60F and going down to 30s tonight. We're having a nice day just sitting around. Mary made me some nice hot chocolate, and we watched the Disney Cruise Video!

Hey, that's what it's like here in Denver, 59 degrees! It's a heat wave and we're enjoying wearing short sleeves and bare feet! Woohoo!

 

[gassmandy]

Have I missed anything important in the past 10 days?? I have been entertaining my MIL from Montana since Dec. 8th. She leaves the 28th.

If I change my Christmas Advent calendar to count down the days till she leaves as opposed to counting down till Christmas morning--do you think she or my husband will notice?

And isn't there some sort of saying about company that stays past a few days?? Three weeks of watching my husband act like a complete fool around his mommy starts to make you twitch................

 

[Grumbo]

Have I missed anything important in the past 10 days??

Other than your dad being talked out of doing his Evel Kneivel imitation in Deltona with his Cobra not too much

Cheers,
Grumbo

 

[Luv2Dream]

Great job on the EAYOR ressies, Melinda ! This is going to be quite a group. The dining rooms will NEVER be the same after they meet us! Those poor waiters.....

Well, I finally booked my airline tickets today on American. We cashed in the majority of our frequent flyer miles to fly first class from BOS to SNA and then MCO to BOS. Nothing like first class for the sisterhood, right ladies? The only change in plans was the departure flight. We JUST couldn't get a decent time out of MCO on 9/3 so we HAD to stay overnight and fly out the next day.......oh, twist my arm for that one! Thus, we'll head over the WDW, plant ourselves in a 1 bedroom villa somewhere and start to do laundry. This has turned into an 18 day luxury vacation. I am absolutely thrilled.

I hope everyone else's evening is going as well as mine! Have a Merry Christmas week..

 

[mark & sandra]

After a LONG DAY, some deep thoughts:


I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it.

I had amnesia once -- or twice.

I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Now what?

Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic.

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

If the world was a logical place, men would ride horses sidesaddle.

What is a "free" gift? Aren't all gifts free?

They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home, and when he grows up he'll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.

Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long.

Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

One nice thing about egotists: They don't talk about other people.

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.

A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?

My weight is perfect for my height -- which varies.

I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.

The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.

How can there be self-help "groups"?

Is there another word for synonym?

Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all"?

The speed of time is one-second per second.

Is it possible to be totally partial?

What's another word for thesaurus?

Is Marx's tomb a communist plot?

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants off.

It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.

Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken?

 

[mark & sandra]

With a little help from Steven Wright. (see Bob, I don't plagiarise everything)


All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.

OK, so what's the speed of dark?

How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

Shin: a device for finding furniture in the dark.

Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.

I intend to live forever - so far, so good.

Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded.

Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

I used to have an open mind but my brains kept falling out.

I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried

before.

Change is inevitable....except from vending machines.

Drugs may lead to nowhere, but at least it's the scenic route.

Borrow money from pessimists-they don't expect it back.

Half the people you know are below average.

A fool and his money are soon partying.

 

[Bmwdsny]

I see that Mark isn't too busy at the Framing shop!!

Ok, from what i understand, Mark, you are the guy in the back with a white shirt waving at us!!!! Am i right, or am i right?? Your DD is next to you!!! And i will not reveal my sources either!!!!

 

[mark & sandra]

Just finished the last order and Sandy is delivering it as I write this to the my mall customer. She didn't seem to mind going to the mall at this hour!! I wonder if she...Yup, she took the checkbook and the circulars. Now I know why she asked how much the bill was for this order!!...Mark

 

[mark & sandra]

I see that Mark isn't too busy at the Framing shop!!

Ok, from what i understand, Mark, you are the guy in the back with a white shirt waving at us!!!! Am i right, or am i right?? Your DD is next to you!!! And i will not reveal my sources either!!!!

Sorry, but you're wrong. I will tell you some people though. My son is back row, on right (he had just had surgery on his face, a boomarang accident) next to him is Sandy and next to her is my daughter. My cousin Dave (the coaster freak) is sitting next, in the jump seat.

 

[mark & sandra]

My customer just called and told me his customer was waiting in his shop when Sandy showed up with the order. Everything was perfect! Everyone's happy!! He placed another huge order with me due Tuesday, so I guess sleeps off tonight and tomorrow, oh well, back to work!! He also told me that he gave Sandy 2,000 cash towards his bill. NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!! Sandy's loose in a mall that doesn't close till midnight with 2 grand in her pocket...Mark