Canadian Buffoon's Back to Front Vacation - Update! 05/18 - Falling Down

[Captain_Oblivious]

Hit the road, Jack.

And don't come back!

Oh, sorry. Reflex kicked in there.

First though, we must decamp
before we depart.
I had to get dressed,
deflate my sleeping pad,
roll up my sleeping bag,
take down and pack up
the tent fly and tent,
and then pack it all up
and stow it in the trunk
of the car.

I was on the road by 6:10am.

Impressive. It's always amazing what you can do when unencumbered by other people.

Holy crap! That's an awesome shot!

I've tried several times to capture a lightning bolt on camera. Only succeeded once, shooting down the street in my neighborhood. It wasn't nearly as cool as this.

Extremely stupidly, illegally,
and dangerously driving
in the left-hand lane.

When I was directly beside her,
she decided that it was finally
time to change lanes.

Who knows how many minutes
or hours she'd spent in
the passing lane.
But now that someone was
finally in a spot that she couldn't
have, that was the time to move.

I really don't understand people sometimes. I also love it when you finally give up and decide to pass and they suddenly hit the gas pedal.

"I had just moved over to
(insert reason. Pass a car?
Miss a bunny? Get better
cell reception?) and was
moving back into the
right hand lane when
this maniac swerved
around me and tried to
pass on my right!
Isn't that illegal???"

And everyone will nod
sagely and she will
go on driving in the
passing lane, secure in
the knowledge that she
is an excellent driver.

I'm fairly certain this happens just about every time.

Nice shot. And yes, it totally looks like Windows XP.

You are invited to explore
the interior of the tea house.

I love its simplicity
and clean lines.

I can definitely see that. But where would you sit to watch the football game?

Can you find all fifteen
"islands"?

I counted 14. I assume one of those rocks is actually 2 masquerading as 1.

Beautiful. I really liked the waterfall feature in the next photo, too.

You are also rewarded with
views back to the tea house.

Not as exciting as the back side of water.

I must admit to a little photoshop
trickery in the preceding photo.
In the spirit of full disclosure,
there is a bench that sits
alongside the path.
But there were two people who
were sitting there with several
items of clothing and other
bric-a-brac littering the ground.
It really detracted from the photo,
so I removed it and them.

That's understandable.

I began to see the foothills
of the Rockies.

That must have been a welcome sight. "Wow, the elevation actually changes!"

I just like saying "Kootenays".



Kootenays.


I also like saying "hootenanny".

Those are excellent words. So is "curmudgeon".

"Where do you live?"
"Winnipeg." I say.
"Manitoba." I add, in case
he hasn't heard of Winnipeg.
"Canada." I continue, in case
he hasn't heard of Manitoba either.
I do not add "North America,
Western Hemisphere, Earth,
Solar System, Milky Way,
Local Group, Virgo Supercluster,
Laniakea Supercluster."

"Are you constipated?"

OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
STOP! JUST STOP! ENOUGH!

It's just your lot in life. Sky is blue, grass is green, @pkondz looks constipated.

He nodded and said. "I understand, son."
He then handed me a box of Ex-Lax.
"Take these. Just make sure
you're where you want to be
for the night, first."

He could have just directed you to the nearest Taco Bell.

I drove past a small
group of motorcyclists,
stopped on the side of the road.
Moments later, it started to hail.
I sure pity those guys.
I presume they put their helmets
back on and stood there in misery.

Oh, man. They picked the wrong day.

By the 1970s, the bridge had
fallen into disrepair and the town
was considering tearing it down.
Instead they repaired it and
turned it into a public market,
opening in 1983.

Cool idea. I love when communities do things like that.

I've always been a fan of theaters with those old-fashioned marquees out front.

Excuse me?
They have gelato?
Well, I'll have to get...
Wait... chocolate chip cookies?

What is a man to do?
Gelato? Or a cookie?

I did what any sane
individual would do
and got both, of course.

This is correct.

I set up my palatial residence
and wandered over to check
out what I presume was
Little Diamond lake.

Looks like a nice little spot.

Did you see it in this chapter?

I thought it was a bobblehead.

 

[TeresaNJ]

Yes, I remember that.
You didn't tell me that
you had some shots
before the epidural, though?

I've had multiple epidural injections over the last several years. They're done in an outpatient surgery center, under conscious sedation, guided by fluoroscopy. They usually only lasted about four to six months, but this last round lasted a year. I never had pain like this before, so I guess I've never had back muscle spasms. My pain was more of an intense aching that was only relieved when I would bend forward, and it would hurt when I tried to walk. Then I started getting shooting pains down my leg. This time was so different. The pain was totally immobilizing, and stretched from my lower back, across my butt, and around my hip, and was much worse on the right side. I literally couldn't move because it hurt so much. After two weeks of ice, heat, and tons of ibuprofen it got a lot better, but would still strike out of the blue. One minute I'd think, yay, it's going away, and then a few hours later, nope, it's back. After doing some reading, it seems that's a hallmark of muscle spasms. My husband went out and bought me KT tape and taped my lower back up, and that, along with spandex leggings, really helped, as the leggings were snug around my middle section. I thought I was imagining that the tape & leggings helped, but my doc confirmed it would help because of the support it gives.

Whoa. That's cutting it close,
isn't it?
How long does it normally
take between the shot
and your starting to feel better?

It usually takes about a week to notice a big difference, but I can already notice a difference from the trigger point injections. In fact, my doc told me if I feel a lot better that I can cancel the epidural, but no way am I cancelling it. It's like my insurance policy. I don't want to be in WDW, and experience those spasms again. Not to say it still couldn't happen even with all the precautions, but keeping my fingers crossed it doesn't.

(And do you know how long
I looked at that last line??

"your starting to feel better"?
"you're starting to feel better?"

I substituted "recovery" for
"starting to feel better"...
Yep. Got it.)

Don't worry, I'm not a grammar Nazi! It is you're, though!

Uh...

Now I'm worried about you.
It's Kidani… and Disney...
so I'm hoping the sofa
is going to be fine.
I just remember when we used
to put the kids on those...
or I've slept on one myself...

Not comfortable.

But... it being Disney,
I expect it to be better.

I know, right? My sister & I are flying out very early Thursday, March 28th, staying at Coronado for the night, then we move over to a Jambo studio the next day. Yikes, I just remembered that the studios have a queen and a sleeper sofa, too. Ugh. I'll actually be on the sofa three extra nights. Crap! Then the husbands were suppose to fly in Monday afternoon, April 1st, because my BIL is a teacher, and was going to work that day. Then he decided to take the day off, so they were going to fly in early Monday morning, but that would cause a problem getting our dog to my daughter's, since the guys would have to be at the airport by 4am, which means our dog would have to go to my daughter's on Sunday, and my sister's dogs, she has three of them, would be left alone from 3am until the dog sitter got home from work, which would be way too long, so now the guys are flying in Sunday evening, and we're all going to sleep in the Jambo studio Sunday night! Good thing we get along! Monday morning we switch to a one bedroom at Kidani until Sunday, the 7th, but my husband & I are actually switching to POFQ on Saturday, the 6th because he's running the half marathon on Sunday, and I felt like it would be too crazy with my sister trying to pack since they are leaving Sunday morning to go home, and my husband would want to be in bed somewhat early Saturday night since he has to be at the bus for the race no later than 3:30am, etc. I was just envisioning a fiasco. We're staying until that Tuesday, the 9th. Since my sister is using her DVC points, I don't feel right to ask them to give up the bedroom. Now if she offers, I may take them up on it!

Maybe? But they are designed
for camping so they're narrow,
and quick inflation/deflation,
so they're thin.
But it did make a world of difference.
I can check what brand mine is if
you'd like?

I would think they should sleep on the sofa bed with your back issues, buy thats between y'all.
I slept on the sleeper sofa for 5 nights at Kidani Feb of 2017. It's not as comfortable as a bed, but better than most sleeoer sofas. I think you'd be okay without the pad, but if you have a camping pad also, even better.

So if you read my above reply to pk, now I'm going to be on a sleeper sofa for 8 nights! I forgot a Jambo studio is a queen bed and a sleeper sofa. Unless my sister and I sleep in the same bed together, I'm on the sofa. Geezus. Maybe she'll offer to switch. If she wasn't using her DVC points this wouldn't be an issue. Of course, she could always offer up the bed at Jambo, and then the bedroom in Kidani, but I don't expect her to. Maybe she'll feel sorry for me. Yea, that's not gonna happen. We tried to book two studios, but since we didn't make the reservations until a few months ago, all the studios for our dates were gone.

That's what I meant.
Put the pad on the sofa bed.

That's what I thought I'd do with it. There's also a sleeper chair in the living room, so maybe I'll sleep on that with the pad, and let my husband sleep on the couch.

Thanks for letting us know
about the comfort level, Doc.
Appreciate it.

Yes, thank you!

And @TeresaNJ
My sleeping pad is this:

Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Xlite
(that link is in CDN dollars.
I'm sure you can find it
for much cheaper.)

It isn't the cheapest,
or the priciest.
It combines comfort with quiet.
A lot of sleeping pads are
very noisy (when shifting/rolling over.)

Thanks, again, pk! One more question. What does your user name mean, and how do you pronounce it? I'm just calling you pk in my head!

 

[pkondz]

Trying to catch up with the TR! Work has been busy, and my other free time was devoted to the DVC threads after Disney tried to pull a fast one on all the owners and mess with the point charts. Luckily they backed down (without admitting wrong doing), so now it is time to branch back out to the TR pages!

What were they trying to do?
I presume it was something
that would cost you more.

Wow -- that is scary. I once rode one of those centrifuge carnival rides back to back when I was in high school and it more or less made feel like I was completely wasted. Everything was spinning so bad -- I can't imagine trying to drive on the freeway like that.

It wasn't very fun.
And could have been
very dangerous.
Thank goodness it
passed fairly quickly.

Good thing you pay attention while driving -- DW zones out and pays ZERO attention to anything around her. Drives me insane to where I can't be in the passenger seat while she's driving b/c it makes me so nervous how much stuff she does not see.

You have to be aware.
Otherwise...

You're a statistic.

Yes! Again!

WHOA. I didn't know it was THAT kind of party!

Oh -- wait. You mean coca cola.

Who said anything
about Coca Cola???

maybe the server was getting high in the back.

He was going to call
the cops if I didn't share.

in the picture behind you.

In Canada, can't you just apologize and be forgiven of minor crimes?

Oh, sure.
But it's still a hassle
when the polite police
pull you over.
They know it of course,
and apologize for it...

But still.

whoa! That does not look good.

nope

What? No pictures??? More TR fail!!!

"Well, the last photo on his phone
is of the inside of a tornado..."

Seriously though, my heart rate went up just reading this. I can't imagine what it was like driving through it.

Unnerving.

it'd be hard to miss Marvin hitch hiking in that vast void.

I was going to guess it was two animals having sex...because for the life of me I can't see a bear in...that.

I actually had to walk
around it to figure it out.

isn't snow kind of dirty? Or are they using shaved ice?

Dirty snow?
I don't know what kind
of snow you get down
there, but snow ain't dirty.
Can you not drink rainwater
where you are?

You're not having good luck so far. That looks very ominous -- particularly for so early in the morning.

It was just a thunder-bumper.
No big deal.

Is it actually illegal to pass someone while you're in the right lane?

I tried to find that, but...
It only said you should
move over after passing
when the passed vehicle
is in the rear-view mirror.

So... it probably isn't illegal...
but it's definitely dangerous.

It is illegal to drive in
the passing lane, though.

drives me nuts when people park their *** in the left lane. I REALLY hate it when they are side by side someone else and both driving the same speed.

Ugh! The worst!
Especially when there's
only two cars for miles
around.

that is remarkably similar.

Right?

I cannot. Can you give a hint?

I'll show you in the
next update.

that place looked amazing.

another stunning view.

Thanks!

Marvin getting his zen on.

 

[pkondz]

Loving the tour through Western Canada!

Thanks, Donna!
More to come!

Most of my relatives are in southern Saskatchewan, so I am very familiar with Regina, Moose Jaw, and have had family reunions at Gull Lake several times.

No way!
Small world.


Do not start humming
that song.

. And my sister currently lives in Medicine Hat. But unfortunately no amount of your endorsements will have me attempting to tent, l-ing-ol!

Okay. Fair enough.

 

[docsoliday1]

So if you read my above reply to pk, now I'm going to be on a sleeper sofa for 8 nights! I forgot a Jambo studio is a queen bed and a sleeper sofa. Unless my sister and I sleep in the same bed together, I'm on the sofa. Geezus. Maybe she'll offer to switch. If she wasn't using her DVC points this wouldn't be an issue. Of course, she could always offer up the bed at Jambo, and then the bedroom in Kidani, but I don't expect her to. Maybe she'll feel sorry for me. Yea, that's not gonna happen. We tried to book two studios, but since we didn't make the reservations until a few months ago, all the studios for our dates were gone.

I DID read your reply and was responding to it TRYING to be of help. I did not know your sister used her DVC points, I was simply thinking of your back. Sorry.

 

[pkondz]

And don't come back!

No more, no more...

Oh, sorry. Reflex kicked in there.

Ditto

Impressive. It's always amazing what you can do when unencumbered by other people.

How exactly would you know????

Holy crap! That's an awesome shot!

Thanks!

I've tried several times to capture a lightning bolt on camera. Only succeeded once, shooting down the street in my neighborhood. It wasn't nearly as cool as this.

I got lucky.
I saw it up ahead and noticed
that there was frequent lightning.
I pulled over and kept shooting
until I got one.
Maybe... 6? 8? shots?

I really don't understand people sometimes. I also love it when you finally give up and decide to pass and they suddenly hit the gas pedal.

Ugh.
Or... when someone races by you,
then cuts into your lane...


And slows down.

I'm fairly certain this happens just about every time.

Probably.

Nice shot. And yes, it totally looks like Windows XP.

Right???

I can definitely see that. But where would you sit to watch the football game?

Silly.
Upstairs, of course.
Where the big screen and
the La-Z-Boy recliners
and the drinks and the snacks are.

I counted 14. I assume one of those rocks is actually 2 masquerading as 1.

All will be revealed.

Beautiful. I really liked the waterfall feature in the next photo, too.

Thanks!

Not as exciting as the back side of water.

Well...

Nothing is.

That must have been a welcome sight. "Wow, the elevation actually changes!"

It was a nice change from
dullness to...

Well, to anything.

Those are excellent words. So is "curmudgeon".

Ooohhh... good one!

It's just your lot in life. Sky is blue, grass is green, @pkondz looks constipated.

He could have just directed you to the nearest Taco Bell.

I only wanted to be unstuck...
Not live my entire vacation
in a toilet.

Oh, man. They picked the wrong day.

Yeah.
I was thinking about that
today, actually.
If I'd passed them
when it had been raining
really hard... or hailing...
Would I have had the presence
of mind to pull over and offer
them shelter?

I will try to remember that
in the future.

I have seen that before...
but they were under an
overpass, so... dry.

I've always been a fan of theaters with those old-fashioned marquees out front.

This is correct.

Of course it is.
I'm no fool.


Don't answer that.

Looks like a nice little spot.

Not bad!

I thought it was a bobblehead.

It actually was the result
of a Google head search
for Marvin Martian Bobblehead.

 

[pkondz]

I've had multiple epidural injections over the last several years. They're done in an outpatient surgery center, under conscious sedation, guided by fluoroscopy. They usually only lasted about four to six months, but this last round lasted a year. I never had pain like this before, so I guess I've never had back muscle spasms. My pain was more of an intense aching that was only relieved when I would bend forward, and it would hurt when I tried to walk. Then I started getting shooting pains down my leg. This time was so different. The pain was totally immobilizing, and stretched from my lower back, across my butt, and around my hip, and was much worse on the right side. I literally couldn't move because it hurt so much. After two weeks of ice, heat, and tons of ibuprofen it got a lot better, but would still strike out of the blue. One minute I'd think, yay, it's going away, and then a few hours later, nope, it's back. After doing some reading, it seems that's a hallmark of muscle spasms. My husband went out and bought me KT tape and taped my lower back up, and that, along with spandex leggings, really helped, as the leggings were snug around my middle section. I thought I was imagining that the tape & leggings helped, but my doc confirmed it would help because of the support it gives.

Interesting about the tape. I'm surprised...
but really glad that it helped!
Pain shooting down your legs is not
good at all, though. My PT would always
ask if I was experiencing that.
I'm really sorry to hear you're going through this.
And that's from someone who knows what it's like!

It usually takes about a week to notice a big difference, but I can already notice a difference from the trigger point injections. In fact, my doc told me if I feel a lot better that I can cancel the epidural, but no way am I cancelling it. It's like my insurance policy. I don't want to be in WDW, and experience those spasms again. Not to say it still couldn't happen even with all the precautions, but keeping my fingers crossed it doesn't.

<sigh>
Yeah...
I hate not knowing when
it might strike again.
I've decided to be as
careful as I can...
but live life on my terms...
Not my back's.

Don't worry, I'm not a grammar Nazi! It is you're, though!

Nope! It's "your" in the context
I was using it.
I was using "starting to feel better"
as a noun.

Put it this way.
"I hope that the starting to feel better starts soon."
So then you would write it as:
"I hope that your 'starting-to-feel-better' starts soon."
(single quotes and hyphens added for clarity.)

However!!!!
I hope you're starting to feel better.

I know, right? My sister & I are flying out very early Thursday, March 28th, staying at Coronado for the night, then we move over to a Jambo studio the next day. Yikes, I just remembered that the studios have a queen and a sleeper sofa, too. Ugh. I'll actually be on the sofa three extra nights. Crap! Then the husbands were suppose to fly in Monday afternoon, April 1st, because my BIL is a teacher, and was going to work that day. Then he decided to take the day off, so they were going to fly in early Monday morning, but that would cause a problem getting our dog to my daughter's, since the guys would have to be at the airport by 4am, which means our dog would have to go to my daughter's on Sunday, and my sister's dogs, she has three of them, would be left alone from 3am until the dog sitter got home from work, which would be way too long, so now the guys are flying in Sunday evening, and we're all going to sleep in the Jambo studio Sunday night! Good thing we get along! Monday morning we switch to a one bedroom at Kidani until Sunday, the 7th, but my husband & I are actually switching to POFQ on Saturday, the 6th because he's running the half marathon on Sunday, and I felt like it would be too crazy with my sister trying to pack since they are leaving Sunday morning to go home, and my husband would want to be in bed somewhat early Saturday night since he has to be at the bus for the race no later than 3:30am, etc. I was just envisioning a fiasco. We're staying until that Tuesday, the 9th. Since my sister is using her DVC points, I don't feel right to ask them to give up the bedroom. Now if she offers, I may take them up on it!

More nights on the sofa?
I sure hope your back will be okay.

Crazy on the dog front.
So many moving parts to make it all come together!

That's what I thought I'd do with it. There's also a sleeper chair in the living room, so maybe I'll sleep on that with the pad, and let my husband sleep on the couch.

I wonder if that'll be more
or less comfy than the sofa bed?

Will you take the more comfortable one?

Thanks, again, pk! One more question. What does your user name mean, and how do you pronounce it? I'm just calling you pk in my head!

It's one of life's great mysteries!
pk works... some call me that.
A lot of people call me ponzie,
especially my longest DISfriends.
At work, everyone calls me KP.

I've always pronounced it
similar to this:



Then again... you can pronounce
that differently too.

So the mystery remains!

 

[pkondz]

I DID read your reply and was responding to it TRYING to be of help. I did not know your sister used her DVC points, I was simply thinking of your back. Sorry.

Why sorry?
Your answer was very helpful, Doc.

 

[vamassey1]

Umm... not quite?
It was heading East
(like most do)
and I was going West.

I was by it fairly quickly.



But don't forget those are
over several days,
sometimes weeks.

You'll be fine.







(But not at a
Japanese garden.)



Ah!
That's why I like them.

Our drive was long but without mishap. Thanks for the good thoughts.

Our hotel has the Japanese vibe so it reminds me of you and to stay calm.

 

[pkondz]

Our drive was long but without mishap. Thanks for the good thoughts.

Our hotel has the Japanese vibe so it reminds me of you and to stay calm.

Any photos?

 

[TeresaNJ]

I DID read your reply and was responding to it TRYING to be of help. I did not know your sister used her DVC points, I was simply thinking of your back. Sorry.

Uh oh. It seems I've offended you, but I'm not sure what I did. I absolutely took your post as trying to be helpful. I was just explaining the room situation, and the predicament I'm in concerning the sleeping situation. I'm sorry if my tone or words were misinterpreted.

 

[TeresaNJ]

pk, if I pronounce your name the way I pronounce pecans, I would phonetically be spelling your name as pkandz!

 

[docsoliday1]

Uh oh. It seems I've offended you, but I'm not sure what I did. I absolutely took your post as trying to be helpful. I was just explaining the room situation, and the predicament I'm in concerning the sleeping situation. I'm sorry if my tone or words were misinterpreted.

Now my apology is more sincere. Sorry. I guess I did misinterpret. I thought you were saying more along the lines of if you'd read my reply, you'd know why. Since I work with computers, when someone says read the reply or read the instructions, it inherently means they're suggesting you haven't already read it, so that was my impression. Again, my apologies.

 

[docsoliday1]

It's one of life's great mysteries!
pk works... some call me that.
A lot of people call me ponzie,
especially my longest DISfriends.
At work, everyone calls me KP.

I've always pronounced it
similar to this:



Then again... you can pronounce
that differently too.

So the mystery remains!

It depends...some of us just call him crazy (I mean he met up with me, so that tells you something!). Others call him CC (of CCA). Still others call him PK and Ponzie.

This is quite ironic this particular subject came up...I was eating some pecans yesterday and was pondering (and going to ask) how do YOU pronounce it?

Pecans or pecans or pecans?
(Pee cahns) or (Pee cans) or (peh cahns)? I've heard it pronounced all three ways. Oh wait, 4 --- Nuts!

I've always pronounced it peh cahns myself. Just saying it a few times in my head and it could almost be phonetically spelled puh cahns. If I fully understood @MeghanEmily 's official syntax or how to type it, I'd use that instead.

 

[TeresaNJ]

Now my apology is more sincere. Sorry. I guess I did misinterpret. I thought you were saying more along the lines of if you'd read my reply, you'd know why. Since I work with computers, when someone says read the reply or read the instructions, it inherently means they're suggesting you haven't already read it, so that was my impression. Again, my apologies.

No problem! I went back and reread what I posted, and if I read it in a different tone I could see how you misinterpreted it. I was trying to say I wasn't sure if you had read what I replied to pk. Anyway, no need to apologize! These things happen when we're having conversations online. You can't hear or see a person's intentions. I'll be sure to be more careful in future posts.

 

[buzzrelly]

Did you see it in this chapter?

Now I did!

Wait.
You mean you don't usually
question my sanity?

Well….errr…

 

[Tracy161]

Besides... I didn't really want
to dawdle too much,
as the skies were looking a tad...

Tornado-y.

Again!? <--- only in hindsight did I realize the appropriateness of the swirls above the head...

People. Please.
Never underestimate
the human mind's capacity
for ignorance.

Oh I don't. I've endured a couple years of training on this very thing...

Okay, enough doom
and gloom.
I spotted this Windows XP
background wannabe.

Not too far off, right??

You did not oversell this! Wow!

Moving on...
One can sashay on and
over the bridge to get
a different perspective
of the gardens.

You just came from a Zen
garden. Exude that.
Go.

"Take these. Just make sure
you're where you want to be
for the night, first."

What is a man to do?
Gelato? Or a cookie?

I did what any sane
individual would do
and got both, of course.

Wise man. Always knew you were smart!

Did you see it in this chapter?

What a great update! Your photos were gorgeous.

 

[pkondz]

Uh oh. It seems I've offended you, but I'm not sure what I did. I absolutely took your post as trying to be helpful. I was just explaining the room situation, and the predicament I'm in concerning the sleeping situation. I'm sorry if my tone or words were misinterpreted.

Now my apology is more sincere. Sorry. I guess I did misinterpret. I thought you were saying more along the lines of if you'd read my reply, you'd know why. Since I work with computers, when someone says read the reply or read the instructions, it inherently means they're suggesting you haven't already read it, so that was my impression. Again, my apologies.

No problem! I went back and reread what I posted, and if I read it in a different tone I could see how you misinterpreted it. I was trying to say I wasn't sure if you had read what I replied to pk. Anyway, no need to apologize! These things happen when we're having conversations online. You can't hear or see a person's intentions. I'll be sure to be more careful in future posts.

 

[pkondz]

pk, if I pronounce your name the way I pronounce pecans, I would phonetically be spelling your name as pkandz!

See? Wasn't that easy?
I'm easy...
whatever floats your boat!

 

[pkondz]

It depends...some of us just call him crazy (I mean he met up with me, so that tells you something!).

Truer words were
never spoken.

Others call him CC (of CCA). Still others call him PK and Ponzie.

I won't tell you what
DW calls me when
I "forget" to do my chores.

This is quite ironic this particular subject came up...I was eating some pecans yesterday and was pondering (and going to ask) how do YOU pronounce it?

Pecans or pecans or pecans?
(Pee cahns) or (Pee cans) or (peh cahns)? I've heard it pronounced all three ways. Oh wait, 4 --- Nuts!

I've been called worse!

But this should clear
it all up.

So now we know...

...that the only response
to Cashew is...
Gesundheit.

I've always pronounced it peh cahns myself. Just saying it a few times in my head and it could almost be phonetically spelled puh cahns. If I fully understood @MeghanEmily 's official syntax or how to type it, I'd use that instead.

And according to the above
video and your location
in the US... you'd be right.

But so is everyone else.