CSE-- Pg. 74 SATAN'S HAMMER, Ch.18, pg.160 "Goodnight Sweetheart" epilogue

[dwheatl]

Poor Nebo doesn't even have hair to cushion the fall

Sorry, Nebo, I do feel your pain, really I do, J/K

I was about to write the same thing about hair, then saw your post below where I was typing. It just needed saying.

 

[GrandBob]

I just can't believe that the most simplest things have to be changed, modified, altered, swithched and bewitched by Disney.

It's the hot dog bun, strangest thing I've ever seen!

You said a mouthful there, Mr. Nebo. Over here on the left coast, they took away fries from a lot of CS eateries, and replaced them with sweet potato fries. I mean, I even kinda like sweet potato fries on occasion, but c'mon! How can you have a hamburger, or hot dog, or even a sandwich, without fries?!!? Yep, this "healthy" kick has gone too far.

We did get good seats down in front for the entertainment, Sunny Eclipse, but that turned out to be a waste, only person watching ol' Sunny was me.
Heck, I've gotten to where I'm now singing along with him to Yew Nork, Yew Nork. And, "I get paid weekly, very weakly."

Heh, reminds me of the 3 stages of marital bliss:

Tri-weekly

Try weekly

Try weakly

OK, OK, so I got that off a greeting card. Not from experience, believe me. Or not.

This was taken somewhere that morning, but offhand, I have no idea where, maybe I'll know when I see it full size.

Looks like Splash to me.

The Fifties pool was open!
The Sixties is closed due to lightning, but apparently this is a lightning free county all the way over in the fifties section.

All I can figure is that they already had a lightning strike in the bowling pin pool and they think that lightning won't strike twice in the same place.
Jackson and Smidgy took another dip now in this pool.

No, no. It's just that, back in the '50's, they didn't worry about little things like lightning strikes. Just nuclear strikes.

I am falling straight backwards, as if I was standing at the edge of a pool, with my back to it.

. . .

In a last act of total desperation, even though I was pretty much already unconscious, I thrust my arm out hoping my hand could grab that post and save me.
Grab it, grab it, squeeze it, then just hang on, the feeling will pass, everyting will be allright and we can go on as normal, so just grab the damn post!

It missed.

OMG, Nebo!

This has gone way beyond entertaining, and is now downright scary and upsetting!

Please write back right away and tell us that you didn't die!

Seriously, we're all glad you're OK. Now tell us what happened. NOW!

-Bob

 

[winkers]

hmmm....maybe flower3: should come before the

You are the king of cliff hangers!
I'm just glad we know things turned out ok, since you're telling this story.

As one who passes out somewhat frequently due to a medical condition I know what the holy shist feeling is right before the world goes dark. Not fun.

oh and...Napolean's bony parts....nice.

 

[Heluvsme]

This is hard to read. I know you're obviously OK now, well, I hope there aren't lingering issues, but still....

~Dawn

 

[Mom&RN]

Oh Nebo concrete and heads don't get along well!!! I must admit that the Nurse Ratchet in me is reading this trip report and trying to diagnose you as you tell us your symptoms, I mean stories.... I think when you buy your Disney cup you might also consider a Disney helmet?

 

[jakeybake]

Another cliff hanger (is it one or two words?)!!!!!!!

Wouldn't it be just like Disney to have a CM come flying over and slide a mickey shaped mattress underneath you right before you hit the ground. With a huge price tag on it of course!

And I am just like you are, I see the world through the eyes of a child, especially in WDW. That being said it drives my poor wife nuts.

Looking forward to the next installment. I would be quite nervous right now if I didn't know that you survived and are doing well!!

Jay

 

[mmeb144]

Oh, c'mon, I can't believe you did it again. Another cliffhanger! Really? Really? I hope you have the rest of this chapter written, mister, because we are going to be needing it today.

 

[yellowtink]

Oh, c'mon, I can't believe you did it again. Another cliffhanger! Really? Really? I hope you have the rest of this chapter written, mister, because we are going to be needing it today.

Or we will start throwing fruit??

 

[Thumper_Man]

I think we need to start a pool on how many chapters it will take for Nebo to tell us what actually caused him to fall like this.

Bets, place your bets here. Oh! right! No gambling.

Guesses, place your guesses here.

 

[Thumper_Man]

( Uh oh, c'mon, just look at this, Buzz, he's killing time, really, he's just babbling putting it off. I know Marie, but what can we do about it? I guess nothing, even threatening to do play by play birthe scenes hasn't affected him, we are totally at his mercy right now.
When he's finallly done with his stupid cliffhangers, you just watch how fast I find a new trip report to hang around. heck, I may even try a Universal report!.
Oh, you wouldn 't Marie, not really, would you?)

(Ponzi, com'on, you and Nebo are best buds, you have an in with him, please get him to hurry this along a bit, PLEASE? I Really, really, need to know what happens, and soon! I can't take it anymore so pleased TALK to him,,,get HIM to talk.

Well, Ok, I'll try again, but you just may have noticed that he has been using me as "open season" lately, so not exactly sure how much he's going to divulge to me, I'm sorry Smidgy, I really can't help you.")

(yes, I always find ways to amuse myself)

He must have hit his head harder than we thought. He's talking to himself. He think he's Marie, Buzz, Ponzi and Smidgy. It must really be bad if he's thinking he's Ponzi.

 

[kath1210]

Oh My Gosh!! What are you doing to us, Nebo? I read the last few paragraphs, and of course I am now quite tense.

I will go back now and read the rest and hope I can calm down. Lol!

 

[jcc0621]

Oh no......

 

[Sandy Mouse]

Just caught up... comments later. But...

To answer BB (bunny boy). No.

Nothing beats Secret Ponzi Man. And gee, thanks, now it's stuck in my head again!

You're right. Secret Ponzie Man is Thump's best effort to date. It runs through my mind a lot, but I've been getting Secret Agent Man stuck on my head for decades. I watched that show and loved Johnny Rivers.

 

[Self_resqing_princz]

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! THAT'S how you're going to leave us?! You are terrible.. It's like watching your favorite tv show, during the last episode of the season... Giving me a freakin' heart attack over here! G's!

 

[melk]

I was holding my breath through that whole chapter! I thought for sure you were going to be hit with that lightning strike

I know you are well enough to be telling your story but I really don't like where this is heading.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

Thanks Bob, yeah, I'm all better, but "impact" site is still a tad sore to the touch.

It was almost a hundred.
Ok?
The first few days there the crowds were crazy, they really dropped off as August wore on, but the first few days were value season now, so with that moved up, everybody that usually has to go during summer waited to book a value rate. Which is what we did with teacher Kim, normally they can never get a value rate before school starts.

Pssst, wanna know a secret? They may be killing you, but they are fun to write.

Thanks Jay, I'm a Freddie fan myself.

Attagirl Cindy, got the John McLaine quote!


Pffft. The strolle debacle is old news, been there, done that, gotta keep coming up with new and creative ways of self defacement, pain, and embarrassment, that 's why I now have my own set of Imagineers working round the clock!

My chapter made you shiver? Great, you mean I can do SOMETHING right?
Then you are going to really hate the next chapter, especially the ending, well, all of you are going to.

Always loved that from Airplane! "Captain, you have a Mr. Ham on line 5, and the Mayo Clinis is also waiting to speak with you."

Peter Graves: "Ok, give me Ham on five, hold the Mayo."

Now you've done it ... You've made me hungry AND anxious for whatever is going to befall you to, ... er, fall. If I could get that little popcorn eating watchful smilie on my phone I'd put it here, just so I could steal his popcorn.

Very nice chapter, Nebo.

PS. I was doing some reports at work and came across a Nebo Street in Bastrop, Louisiana. Wow, you get around.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

YAY,I was actually of help to someone. Hope you have a great vacation.

You were a huge help to me - Brody was impressed. And I'll be in a little mermaid room in 44 days.

 

[cjlvsccm]

He must have hit his head harder than we thought. He's talking to himself. He think he's Marie, Buzz, Ponzi and Smidgy. It must really be bad if he's thinking he's Ponzi.

Good point!!

I was holding my breath through that whole chapter! I thought for sure you were going to be hit with that lightning strike

I know, me too!!


Smidgy, I know you had to be terrified seeing all this happen. And just in time for the rest of the family to walk up on it, too!

But hey, like you said... you got a good story out of it for your patrons.

 

[Thumper_Man]

You're right. Secret Ponzie Man is Thump's best effort to date. It runs through my mind a lot, but I've been getting Secret Agent Man stuck on my head for decades. I watched that show and loved Johnny Rivers.

Hmm. I might have to step up my game and see if I can do better.

 

[nebo]

Ok, now I'm the one doing ketchup on the last chapter before the last chapter. (The best of the best of the best)

Check in, car out....

Okay Mr. Neboyagi, but when do I get my black belt to hold up my pants?

Is this a "wax on, wax off thing"?

No fair! That's cheating! You have to settle in poolside and then as soon as you do, the inevitable call is supposed to come. You can't just wander around... you're off script!

artistic liscence. lisence. license. licence.
Pick one. I vote for number 3.

Judge, looking stern: Judge, looking grim: "

in 500 words or less, please describe the difference in facial features that delineate between the obvious encompassing emotions that are visible to all members in the courtroom, as in, 'stern' = and 'grim= .


And yes, it is my duty to keep some of Stevie Wright's best lines alive.

OMG, is that why we keep coming back???

Oh no, it's my secret ingredient in my trip reports, just like early Coke a Cola, a certain narcotic you didn't realize you were getting with the rest of it.

Cool. And thanks for all the pics. Nice to see Disney hasn't 'lost it'.



I too prefer the outside corridors... it reminds me that I'm somewhere warm. ergo: on holidaze.

It's amazing how they will surprise you sometimes, and yes, I expected to see a lot of corner cutting, but if so, it wasn'[t obvious in the short time we saw it.

Awesome security! People there must feel very safe. "Don't worry, Selma. The non-selfclosing gate should keep the riff raff out... and if it don't the two foot high fence, surely will."

You forgot about the barbs along the chain, not sure where they found all these security guards named Barb though.


Nebo’s Packing List
Tooth brush
Toothpaste
Comb (Ha! Just kidding)
Deodorant
Vikes
Clip clops
Bathing suit
Vikes
Shorts
Shirts
I wrote Vikes already, right?
Underwear (clean, no holes… for the inevitable emergency room visit)
Sunglasses
Did I put down Vikes?
Fuzzy cups
Various little bottles and fixins for Manhattans
Hat
Camera
Pretty sure I didn’t put Vikes down yet
Notebook and pens for the TR
Chainsaw to take care of a ‘little problem’ with the view of the lake.

Oh, and Vikes.

Packing list? That's my birthday and Christmas present list.
By the way, I'm registered at Walgreens.




A watched cell never rings. (The whole ‘watched pot never boils’ is so last century. Who watches pots of water anymore? There’s 300 channels of TV, the internet, facebook, twitter, etc, etc, ad infinitum… who the heck’s got time to watch a stupid pot?!?!?)

I still watch a pot at times. Not sure why, but I find myself doing just that. I'll also stand next to the microwave until it dings, even though I can't see the display anymore, it's so old and my eyes are so old tht the numers are faded out, so i just stand there and wait for the most annoying Ding, Ding, DIIIIIIIIIING sound!





But does he talk about it at all? What does he say?

Well, not as much as I would have hoped. Again, people hardly ever seemt to act the way you would expect them to.

Yup. My DMil has the extremely unfortunate habit of snapping ‘family’ shots… whenever we try to eat. We can be together for the whole day and she won’t take a single picture. But put us at the table with food in front of us… <click>…

I have seen way too many pictures of people with food in their mouths.

If it was up to me, I would eat all my meals by myself. I really don't like to eat with other people, I'd much rather eat in front of a tv showing MASH or Cheers or something. I especially hate haveing to meet people, new people, over a lunch or dinner, you are thinking about what your are going to say, what they ARE saying, is mustard in my moustache,,, whatever, instead of just enjoying the food.

Jackson, “Make mine a double, grampa!”

Papa Nebo

Well… yeah. It’s the novelty of the thing.
“Look! I can go from their room to ours… without going into the hallway!!!

Oh, the wonder of it all.

Yep, you hit it on the head.

When we were staying at POR, after the rest of the fambly was passed out, I’d hop on the boat and go to watch free magic demonstrations. Not only was the magic cool… but the store was cool too. Wasn’t it supposed to look like Houdini’s library, or something?

I'm not sure what it was but your expanation sounds good, it was very unobtrusive, and I do miss it also.


“Try these chips!”
“I don’t taste anything.”
“Exactly! Nobody will hate them!”
“But doesn’t that mean that nobody will like them?”
“Don’t worry about it…”



“CLEAR!” <zot>
“AGAIN! CLEAR!” <zot>

I’m sorry, I tried to save that joke, but it was already toast. Which probably would’ve tasted better.

Rest in pizza, joke.

thank you.

You can stop now.

Read the book a few times as a kid… never did see the movie.

WHAT? It's a great movie, really, a definate fave of mine. And the tears chance at the end makes the tears at the end of Love Story, It's a Wonderful Life or Old Yeller seem like you were watching The Waterboy, in comparison.
YOu WILL CRY!


(right before my very eyes)

Thank you for that, and no, I never did like that song, or that group either after their second album.


I don’t know if I believe in them or not. I mean, claiming that you can see or communicate with the dead can’t really be proven, can it? If someone says that the ghost of Abraham Lincoln likes to watch American Idol and is particularly fond of Golden Girls re-runs, who’s going to prove ‘em wrong? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying there is no validity in it… I’m just saying that it’s a hard thing to prove….

What?

Oh, physics….

Nevermind.

"He's Here!"
"And he won't shut up."

I keep picturing you closing a hermetically sealed door.

Sully helps me.

Actually… Don’t you ever get one of those rooms…. When you don’t know the neighbors… and check to make sure that they can’t get in through there?

I know I do.

Oh absolutely

I am so not surprised. People don’t listen anymore. It’s like the Far Side cartoon:

What Nebo says: “Hi, this is room xxxx. My son and his family are in the adjoining room and earlier tonight we all went out to dinner. Except my son put the deadbolt on his room before we left and came out through the connecting doors and then we all left through our door. I guess when we closed our outside door, the inside connecting doors shut and now we can’t get into their room.”

What the operator hears: “blah blah blah room xxxx. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah door. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah door, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah can’t get into their room.”

I remember that too, what you say, and what dogs hear, right? Every year Smidgy bought me a Far Side Calender , one day tear off that I kept on my work bench at my job.

Poor Kim… or is it just you that she slaughters?

I don't know, it was not resolved.


Thank you for totally destroying what little faith I had in my hotel door deadbolt.

I do wish I had seen him do it, but I forgot all about it by the next night.

Well, at least what I thought was going to happen didn’t happen. Or did somebody walk in on someone in the middle of getting changed, later?

Sorry, no American Pie scenes.

You call that a good night? Oh, dear. This is not going to be good, is it.

ctually, I had a nice night or two later on.

kinda

I think



But I am glad you got to experience that with your family.



I don’t care how many people tell me that the train is faster. To me, part of the fun/ambiance/memories is that first walk down Main Street. There’s just no way I could miss that. Maybe on a 2nd visit, but never on the first.

Oh, I get what you are saying, but we have been there a ot more than you, and Todd and them don't know that yet.

You must’ve been sweating! “C’mon train! Move!”



You are right again. The really disconcerting part is that the Welcome Show train that brought Mickey and all of them, LEAVES, without you. Not sure why,, oh,, I get it now, it's a special kind of sideways facing you train.
So now you have to wait for that one to leave, and then another "real" train to arrive.
Yep, the foot is tapping, as you try not to look at your watch.


Other than speed, any other changes you might’ve noticed?

Who, me?
Oh yes, difinately.
I now noticed some quartz flecks intermixed in the limestone as you climb the first hill inside the cave on the waterfall lift, and you can see now that the goat on the top of the mountain has been neutered, I guess they got tired of explaining the private anatomical parts to too many kids. and,,, I also,,,

Hey, I noticed it was faster, OK?

Ah, well. That’s pretty normal isn’t it? For a boy to want to do stuff with his Dad? Especially given that he doesn’t see him that often.

Yes, I know, I know.

Again, too bad. A decent skipper makes or breaks that ride… for the adults anyway. I really wonder if the kiddies get as much out of it as the kiddies of 40 odd years ago.


i doubt if Jackson got a single joke from her.

That and… it’s boring.

This is one of those things that my brain keeps changing on me, telling me it's just got to be really coll and interesting. Then you find out once again,, like you said, It's boring.



Thanks for the chapter! Sorry it’s taking me so long to get to them. That should change now at least.

Again tanks to you, How about Abrams?