August 20, 2005 - L.A. to Port Canaveral - Eastbound Repo Cruise - The SHIP OF FOOLS Part 3

[jhemond]

REMINDER!!!!!!

Tomorrow is free cone day at Ben & Jerry's Scoop shops!!!!!! Free ICE CREAM!!!! And BEN AND JERRY'S at that!!!!!

All the info is here.... http://www.benandjerrys.com/ so find your nearest scoop shop and get free ice cream!!!!

 

[mickeyfan1]

Reminder, there are no Ben and Jerrys near enough to get a free scoop. Also, the flavor they invented for me - Marshamarshamarshmellow is AWFUL, DISGUSTING, REALLY BAD, they should be ashamed!!!!!

 

[jhemond]

Reminder, there are no Ben and Jerrys near enough to get a free scoop. Also, the flavor they invented for me - Marshamarshamarshmellow is AWFUL, DISGUSTING, REALLY BAD, they should be ashamed!!!!!

Ahhhh! That's too bad. There's one in Hanover (about 10 minutes from my house). We only go on free scoop day. So, you're recommending we NOT by you namesake flavor? I'll keep that in mind when we get some for DH (I try to stay away from it - WAY bad for you and I could eat the whole thing).

On a side note - I packaged up your money order and it will be mailed out tomorrow, so you should get it Wednesday. It took me a week and a half to find the padded envelope (they were buried under a pile of stuff from the December cruise on the spare bed). Sorry it took so long to get it out.

 

[jhemond]

HEY! Is it possible to get the Sisterhood logo so I can buy a shirt from imagestation? Please? Pretty please with chocolate syrup on top?? If it's out there somewhere, I haven't a clue where (I did look in the "rolodex", but it's not there). If I'm not allowed to have that's ok too.

Sorry about all the yelling. I have entirely too much energy and I'm in one of "those" moods. Too much energy and no desire to do anything....I wish I wanted to go for a walk or something....No desire whatsoever...

 

[mickeyfan1]

Ahhhh! That's too bad. There's one in Hanover (about 10 minutes from my house). We only go on free scoop day. So, you're recommending we NOT by you namesake flavor? I'll keep that in mind when we get some for DH (I try to stay away from it - WAY bad for you and I could eat the whole thing).

On a side note - I packaged up your money order and it will be mailed out tomorrow, so you should get it Wednesday. It took me a week and a half to find the padded envelope (they were buried under a pile of stuff from the December cruise on the spare bed). Sorry it took so long to get it out.

This state is definately not civilized! Especially here, in the HUGE town of Hooksett! No Baskin Robbins, no Ben and Jerrys. I have no idea why anyone would want to come here! Oh, yeah, I did, the house was brand new and cheap in comparison!

No worries about the payment, there is time. I wish that everyone that hasn't read the PM about it would do so, but there are always some stragglers!

 

[Luv2Dream]

We would like to see the cliff divers as well and the bus sounds great. Is this not an event for the children? I was figuring that Mary would come along. Any idea how late we would be?

 

[winnyis]

Lynn - I am also planning on bringing my 2 kids to the nighttime divers. On another note - welcome to the 8/19/06 cruise - I am also booked on that one. Sounds like it might turn out to be a reunion of the repo cruise

 

[jhemond]

This state is definately not civilized! Especially here, in the HUGE town of Hooksett! No Baskin Robbins, no Ben and Jerrys. I have no idea why anyone would want to come here! Oh, yeah, I did, the house was brand new and cheap in comparison!

No worries about the payment, there is time. I wish that everyone that hasn't read the PM about it would do so, but there are always some stragglers!

Wow! You are deprived. You should come up here. We have it all. WalMart, KMart, Kohls, JCPenney, JoAnn Fabrics, TJ Maxx, Best Buy, BJ's and soon a Home Depot and a Walgreens. Plus we have 2 Shaws, a Price Chopper, a P&C and a couple of Co-op food stores. Plus just about any type of restaurant you could want (including about 6 different pizza places). Only problem is that it's not cheap to live here. A 1000 square foot ranch (which is what we have) could easily sell for $200,000+.

I meant to mail your payment sooner (I got the money order on Friday they 8th), but I just couldn't find the padded envelope. I hated to go out and buy another one because I had just bought a 12 pack.

 

[disneydudette1]

We went to Savin Rock Beach for our first warm weather beachside WHOLE BELLY clam dinner! MMMM MMM love those clams!

Not Fair Robin Marie!!!! I LOVE whole belly clams!!! People around here don't have a clue as to what I am talking about when I rave about them!!

Nancy!! I want to go to Talbot's Outlet!! NOT FAIR!! I'm whining today.

Marsha-Your mom sounds terrific! Actually though, I agree with the valium. By day 5 I would probably be holding myself back from throwing my mom overboard. Something about old age...they do talk alot!! I call to tell her something and can't get a word in edgewise.

Outahere-I agree with you!!

As far as commercial health insurance...be careful...ask if they pay directly to provider or do you have to pay out first then file a claim. Anyone w/ BCBS if they participate w/. World Access you can check to see which providers out of the country are participating...they pay those directly.

 

[kmiles]

Ginny--

Really good deal on the shirts at ImageStation. Even better than the one I got when I made my order. At that time it was $5.99 but shipping wasn't free so the order for my shirt ended up coming to just over $10.00. Not that ten bucks is a bad deal!


RobinMarie--

How excited are we about the new camera?!?! And just in time for Spring! Woo hoo! I'll keep an eye out for the memory cards. It takes Compact Flash, right?


Jenny--

I don't think we have a Ben & Jerry's by us either. Yet another reason why we need to move to California or New York.


Barbara--

Why, thank you!


Marsha--

I've never been fond of marshmallows anyway. Just doesn't seem right to mix 'em with ice cream.


Lynn--

I wouldn't see why the kids wouldn't enjoy the divers.


There! I think that's just about everyone.

 

[jhemond]

I like marshmallow in icecream. B&J's has (or had) a flavor that had marshmallow in it. It was called S'mores. MMMMMMM! You're making me hungry! Too bad I don't have any ice cream here that I can eat.

 

[kmiles]

But does the furbaby like ice cream? That's the real question!

 

[mickeyfan1]

Wow! You are deprived. You should come up here. We have it all. WalMart, KMart, Kohls, JCPenney, JoAnn Fabrics, TJ Maxx, Best Buy, BJ's and soon a Home Depot and a Walgreens. Plus we have 2 Shaws, a Price Chopper, a P&C and a couple of Co-op food stores. Plus just about any type of restaurant you could want (including about 6 different pizza places). Only problem is that it's not cheap to live here. A 1000 square foot ranch (which is what we have) could easily sell for $200,000+.

I meant to mail your payment sooner (I got the money order on Friday they 8th), but I just couldn't find the padded envelope. I hated to go out and buy another one because I had just bought a 12 pack.

Hey hey, we have KMart, Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Kohls, Shaws, ONE McDonalds, ONE Burger King, 2 Wendys, 2 Subways, a few independent pizza places, Payless Shoes, Staples, and BJs. And on 99 Restaraunt. Oh and one Broroks drug store. Sad when you know everything in town, there is only one main drag and its is like a horseshoe. Your houses are cheaper than ours!

Enough of the Culture of New Hampshire! I have only one question, what does your buying bneer have to do with mailing??????? Never mind, you couldn't find the envelope because you not only bought a 12 pack, you drank it too!

 

[jhemond]

Of course he does, but he doesn't get any. His favorite thing is american cheese (and croutons....and wheat thins....and pasta....and...). He's not behaving right now though. He's laying on his blanket next to me licking his blanket (and sniffing it - I have to tell him that I know it stinks - it smells like him). He has OCD. He licks, and licks, and licks.

 

[RobinMarie]

We would like to see the cliff divers as well and the bus sounds great. Is this not an event for the children? I was figuring that Mary would come along. Any idea how late we would be?

I didn't even think of taking Victoria - I think I read alcohol and thought it wasn't for kids. Interesting question.

What's the RAW and JPEG format stuff all about? The more I read about this camera the more I think I had no business buying it. I might need a photography class.

DD1 - no whole belly clams in New Jersey? Really? I can't believe that. I wish I could find a way to send some to you. When I was pregnant my friends and I (from all over CT) would meet at places for our monthly dinners and I would get to pick the spots who served WHOLE BELLIES. What a great 9 months that was!

 

[jhemond]

Enough of the Culture of New Hampshire! I have only one question, what does your buying bneer have to do with mailing??????? Never mind, you couldn't find the envelope because you not only bought a 12 pack, you drank it too!

Maybe that's why I don't have the desire to do anything. Sorry to tell you that the only beer in our house is a bottle from the brew fest/5 k race at Harpoon Brewery that we went to in the fall 2003 . It's been in the fridge since then. I don't like the taste of beer (at lest the kind I've tasted). DH is still deciding if he wants to drink it. I doubt it would taste too good....

Speaking of not remembering.... I told them at work today that I was suffering from CRS syndrom today, so don't expect me to remember anything. Problem was, the new guy started today, so I had to deal with that. Fun, fun.

 

[ehtpnt]

DH finally downloaded the info on our excursions! Now all we have to do is discuss them.

I'd love two days at CC. Of course after all the lousy weather we've had we are getting 80 degrees tomorrow and 85 on Wednesday. Then back to yuck. We're going to have thunder storms on Thursday. But no white stuff.

Estelle

 

[kmiles]

KMiles -

I forgot I got the body only, even when it does arrive at work I won't be able to play unless I take my lens with me.

What's the RAW and JPEG format stuff all about? The more I read about this camera the more I think I had no business buying it. I might need a photography class.

RAW and JPEG are just different file formats that the camera can save data in. The main difference is that JPEG uses file compression while RAW does not. Depending on what you'll want to do with the pictures post-camera, you may decide that one format is better over the other under certain conditions and for certain uses. Many feel that RAW is the best format to save to because it doesn't compress the file like JPEG does and thus results in a higher quality. RAW is also easier to work with and make adjustments to in some cases.

The drawback to RAW is that it often results in very large files. It looks like the 20D allows you to save to both formats at once. So, if you save a single shot as RAW + JPEG (FINE) you'll end up with a 12.5 MB file. With your new PC dealing with that type of file shouldn't be a problem but you'll want to make sure you have plenty of memory cards on hand!

Deciding what you're going to do with the picture also will help determine what format you'll want to use. For example, if you wanted to post a snapshot on the web you probably wouldn't want to shoot in RAW. It just results in too large of a file to really be of use on the web. And that's even after you converted it to JPEG or GIF. Now, if you were going to do some nice portraits of your daughter to blow up and print to 8x10 or larger then RAW would be great.

I generally shoot in JPEG Fine because I'm happy with the results. I've printed this format up to 8x10 and have been very happy with the outcome.

I think you're going to love your new camera!

 

[mickeyfan1]

RAW and JPEG are just different file formats that the camera can save data in. The main difference is that JPEG uses file compression while RAW does not. Depending on what you'll want to do with the pictures post-camera, you may decide that one format is better over the other under certain conditions and for certain uses. Many feel that RAW is the best format to save to because it doesn't compress the file like JPEG does and thus results in a higher quality. RAW is also easier to work with and make adjustments to in some cases.

The drawback to RAW is that it often results in very large files. It looks like the 20D allows you to save to both formats at once. So, if you save a single shot as RAW + JPEG (FINE) you'll end up with a 12.5 MB file. With your new PC dealing with that type of file shouldn't be a problem but you'll want to make sure you have plenty of memory cards on hand!

Deciding what you're going to do with the picture also will help determine what format you'll want to use. For example, if you wanted to post a snapshot on the web you probably wouldn't want to shoot in RAW. It just results in too large of a file to really be of use on the web. And that's even after you converted it to JPEG or GIF. Now, if you were going to do some nice portraits of your daughter to blow up and print to 8x10 or larger then RAW would be great.

I generally shoot in JPEG Fine because I'm happy with the results. I've printed this format up to 8x10 and have been very happy with the outcome.

I think you're going to love your new camera!

Jason, all this tech talk makes me want to jump off the cliff with the divers.

But whatever you said, I hope it helped!

 

[piglet33]

Count us in for the cliff diving. It will be the three of us (2 adults and 2 1/2 year old). I figure I'll bring Haley's stroller so if it gets late and she gets tired, she can sleep in that.