Cruise 10/11/2003 Part 2

[Tulirose]

Wishing Eric and Anja a very nice vacation in their nation's capital.

Last Saturday on SAT CHAT, the subject of a web page came up again which would display photos of Cruisetoberfesters. It will help us get to know each other even more before we meet in RealLife. Eric said he has only received 5 pictures, not enough to make the effort of putting a webpage together worthwhile. I have to admit, that I am guilty of not yet sending him a photo, and I LOVE the idea. I think it was mentioned once or twice and perhaps people didn't see it, or like me, haven't found an appropriate photo to send in yet.

Eric said that he would love to start working on this in April upon returning from his vacation if more people send in photos. So, I think we should make this our project for the next week. Dig up and send Eric some photos of ourselves. Just make sure you send them to his AOL email address (which is on the cruise list he mails out) and NOT the Cruisetoberfest email link in his signature because that is a Yahoo account and there is a size limit with that and pictures take up a lot of space.

 

[Tulirose]

Originally posted by papa
Eric and I smart alec's??? We are as pure and innocent as the driven snow. The very models of good manners, respectful to the ladies and shy demur husbands. Friends of the working man and woman.............Mike

Oh Puh-LEEZE!!! Next thing, you will be saying is that you and Eric speak with no accents!!

Originally posted by Viking
Mike, thanks for defending you and me against those unjust accusations of the lady, who gets the punchline of every second joke only..........

And just WHAT is THAT suppose to mean????

 

[Tulirose]

Originally posted by papa
............I read Shirley's post about the tee shirt shops there in Key West and how rude a lot of them were. ............

I looked but could not find this. Could you help me out here?

 

[Tulirose]

Amy - Don't work so hard. Life is too short. I know, easier said than done (I think I'm repeating what Goofynut already said.) Hope you get to enjoy a great weekend with Chris and Emily.

Nancy (padisneyfan) - Sorry you are having AOL-booting-you-off problems. I've read where some people first write out their posts on a regular wordprocessing program. This way they can take their time and check for spelling errors. Once they like what they have, they cut and paste. I only did that once myself when I was posting an article from the local paper and I wanted to make sure I was retyping it correctly. I would hate to type out a post and then have it lost because I was kicked off line. This might be a solution for you to try.

Also, I remember you writing a while back about the FASFA forms. Did you ever manage to do it online? I just finished filling out our forms today. What a pain! And like I believe you said, it will be for nothing (except for allowing our son the "privilege" of a loan!).

Have fun on your Carnival Cruise in 60 days!

Fiona (cdmickeylover) - I saw you posted last week on the Survivor thread!! Happy to see you there. I didn't notice if you posted this week yet. Have you checked it out yet?

 

[Tulirose]

Don't mind me. I'm just on a posting roll....

Nancy (Windy) and Tina (Hopkins) and Nancy (padisneyfan) - Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is the National Aquarium in Baltimore our "National" aquarium officially, or is that just a name? I understand that the Inner Harbor area is suppose to be a pretty neat place to visit. We have never been there, just passed around it on the way down to DC or Virginia or Florida.

 

[Tulirose]

Eric - Congrats on the 3% raise. That will come in handy come October!

Originally posted by hopelea

.......I am so ready for our cruise!! I went shopping at a Disney Catalog Outlet in Pigeon Forge, TN last weekend. It really go me in the mood. I can't believe we have to wait until October!!........

Great Going Girl! So, tell us. What did you buy????

 

[hopelea]

I bought a great big mickey duffle bag for to use as my carry on. Great deal on shirts, sheets and costumes for the kids. I didn't buy very much. It was just fun being in the store. I do love my red mickey duffle bag!! DH didn't think I needed it, glad he wasn't with me to talk me out of it! I am hoping to get up there again before we go!!

I have almost worn out the pages on my passporter already. Don't know what it will look like when October finally rolls around.

gotta run......dd's just found a spider in there room, lots of screaming going on!!!

Hope

 

[papa]

Rosemary here is the thread http://disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=349101 Hope that I did that correctly. Mike

 

[Tulirose]

I think a red Mickey Duffle bag is just the ticket for a Disney Cruise! I guess you are pretty far north in Alabama if a trip to Tennessee for shopping is not a big deal. Do you know where Bessemer, Alabama, is? My baby brother lives there.

 

[hopelea]

Bessemer is around Birmingham, right? I live about two hours north of B'ham. We live in the corner of AL that touches TN & GA. Pigeon Forge is about 3 1/2 hours. I was just checking out room rates for Pigeon Forge for another shopping trip with my mom.

Hope

 

[Tulirose]

Now I wanted to write to Cathy (Goofynut) and others about the war. I was saving it for last because this is not cruise-y stuff, it is politics and I generally don't like talking politics. Exceptions are made to every generalization...

I may regret posting the following. It doesn't really belong on this thread but I am going ahead anyway. It's gonna be long probably.

First off, the Manhattanites who held the protest "die-in" are (please excuse my language) a bunch of *******s. They represent such a small portion of the population but made nationwide news. The very next day, another rally was held at the very same spot. Mothers of the troops gathered to show their support and tied yellow ribbons around trees and signposts in the area. Did that make nationwide news? I don't think so.

And you know, of course, who was making a big deal out of this "die-in". The news media. As NY'ers, we were aware it was going to happen, aware when it did happen but basically wrote it off and tried to ignore it. You have to remember, this was in Manhattan. Manhattan has all types of people living there. Rich said something about them being "cliff dwellers who have no life"- LOL. And, of course, NY is a liberal state. After all, NY'ers (NOT ME, mind you!) elected that carpetbagger to our senate office. Anyway, I digress, the liberal news media didn't want this protest rally to be ignored and they played it up to the hilt.

Let me quote a few things from one of my favorite news columnists:
"....There were more excuses than demonstrators on the streets of Midtown yesterday. Despite the valiant efforts of a few high school hooky players, college class-cutters, trust-funded artists and vintage radicals....yesterday's so-called "die-in" was dead on arrival."

"Its message was as confused as its participants were clueless. At one point, women wailed at the tops of their lungs over the deaths of Iraqi children. But one poster I saw that supposedly depicted such an atrocity in fact bore a famous photo of a family butchered by - guess who? - Saddam Hussein."

I take everything I hear on the news with a grain of salt. As a matter of fact, I have been avoiding the news this week. Yes, we watched President Bush last week and I do keep posted as to what is going on but I do not obsess about it. It would drive me crazy.

Richie's best friend's brother is stationed with the 101st Airborne over there. Another one of his friends is on a ship over there. I found out last week that Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Maltz who died in the helicopter crash in Afghanistan was the brother of a woman who was the PTA President when I was PTA Recording Secretary. Yesterday, I first heard on the radio and then read in the paper about a woman I worked with for years, has a son over there. A newsman embedded with the troops interviewed him and then the radiostation called her to let her hear it. She was thrilled to hear his recorded voice, not having been in touch with him since early February. She happen to make the paper the same day because has started a network of troop moms - to share news and feelings with one another, because no one understands what they are going through, unless you have a son/daughter over there too.

IMHO, the participants of that protest may as well as stabbed each and everyone of the above and the rest of the coalition forces in the back.

I guess what I'm trying to say here is that despite the news media trying to make a small group of people - who have the right of freedom of speech - appear larger than they are, they are NOT representative of the millions of other NY'ers and Americans who support our troops and back our President. We have the right of freedom of speech too, perhaps we should utilize it more.

Tulirose stepping down from her soapbox now. Don't plan on stepping up again on it anytime soon.

 

[papa]

As a Vietnam veteran I know what our troops are facing with regards to enemy fighting forces identification. My solution would not sit well with folks so I will not say anything. What rubs me raw is what that professor from Columbia University had to say the other day hoping that there would be thousands of Mogadishu's. Wish that gentleman would come down south and say that. Off my soapbox now.

Key West seems to have two prices for things. One for locals and one for everyone else.

Grand Cayman is a little expensive for a caribbean island and prices for items should be a little cheaper in Cozumel. Mike

 

[papa]

Cathy hope that you do not get too much in the way of snow there. They are predicting about 3 inches for the smokey mountains in eastern Tennessee.

Hope that your studies are going well Elaine and that your new home construction is on track.

Mary have the azaleas started to bloom in Charleston yet? Quite a few of our trees here are starting to get leaves. The maple trees are full of the little helicopter seeds.

Ave hope that the new job is going well for your husband. I don't know how in the world we would live without air conditioning once we have gotten used to it. Mike

 

[ripp]

this is for bettemom or any one else that can tell me what a irish tag is ? im new to this so i dont hace a clue yet ,and maybe i will never get one .. lol

 

[okwmiester]

Hi folks, just returned from ski trip in Keystone Colorado. Just missed the 90 inches of snowfall by a few days but turned out to be perfect timing for great skiing!! Many cars completely covered by snow. Vacations are great, but it was difficult to take my mind off the troops.....God Bless them!

Mike: Ditto on the t shirt experience @ Keywest. Last year DW's Visa was overchaged by $$$ and they tried to tell her it was a mistake. He then tried to deduct the differenct and still overcharged. We decided to cancel the order and shop elsewhere. Congrats on the raise!

Fiona & Eric: Ditto regarding the aching teeth. I go in for a new crown tomorrow.

MaryJo & Ave: Thanks to your dd's for the kids list, dd and ds are excited to begin their email chats with other kids.

WOW, I noticed I was 7 pages behind on this thread.....It took some seriious POWERLURKING to get caught up..

Caution....April Fools day Tuesday.

 

[bettemom]

Ripp...

An Irish Tag....really not sure...Tag Faries gave me tag that said "TGS are faster than Leprechauns" That tag dissapeared (no clue why) & this one appeared.....Maybe it was an Irish Tag Fairy...LOL

If you would like a tag,perhaps if you ask politely,they will give you one...

Bette

 

[RellingTwin]

Mike the pear trees bloomed a week ago, now the dogwoods, mimosas, and azaleas are blooming. I think next week they will be "peaking". The nice thing about azaleas is that they "peak" for weeks.

Rosemary, I agree with everything you said!Thanks for giving a NY'er point of veiw!

 

[Windermere]

It's snowing, it's snowing, it's snowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Windermere]

But alas, it does not seem to be sticking. So much for having a white Easter.

 

[Windermere]

No one is here today. Must be out enjoying the wonderful bits of frozen water falling oh so delicately from the sky.