DIS Dads DDC XV - We put the "FUN" in dysfunctional! Christopher's thread...

Dads of the DIS talk about life, bacon, Disney, bacon, kids, bacon, cars, bacon, family life, and lots of other fun stuff! And beer. And bacon.
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RodBelding and I's meet before the Marathon. Yup a meetup before 4am and you have to run 26 miles as soon as it's done. This is what happens when you let your nemesis plan the meetup.:lmao:

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If it helps, I don't remember what you had either...:rotfl2:

I was expecting a little more support Brent :lmao:

Guinness...is there anything it CAN'T do?

No, it is that good :worship:
 
These posts about getting tagged are just a pleasant diversion. Been reading about global poverty and infant mortality off and on today as well as looking through our adoption agencies waiting child list. There are so many things way more important than a tag going on in the world, but it's nice to take a couple minutes to joke about it. It's nice to be looking at something that's not horribly depressing.

I know there is terrible things going on, but I tend to avoid reading or inquiring about it, If there is nothing I can constructively do about it. I have compassion but cannot let these things enter my life. I do not know how you do it.:worship:

We as intelligent hard working DisDads have the intelligence and are responsible enough to avoid having kids we cannot raise or afford to feed. I know it's not the poor kids fault but I have just enough brain power and money to raise my own and maybe a friend of my teens..
 
Good Morning!!

I survived the weekend! My family room no longer looks pink, as all the decor for the princess tea party has been taken down (walls are now back to the same brown color with spackle here and there).

Just in time, because today is now DW's birthday.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!
 

You and I are on the same page..LOL...I just set up Itunes the other night...Just ask Scott...if it had not been for him I would not have been able to do it!:rotfl2: Technology has passed me by and left me in the dust! I have turned into my Dad:rotfl2:

Was just in Starbucks and their iPhone free app/song/book this week is TETRIS!!!

Stop in and grab one of the cards near the checkout or if you don't have one nearby let me know and I'll grab a few (My office is next to one :surfweb: )
 
You guys crack me up. I checked yesterday and you were on page 35 of this thread. I get on this morning, and we're in the 50's, with lots of posts about how slow it is in here. :rotfl2:

Got a meeting now, but I'll check in later.
 
Not as much Peanut Buttery, as more :eek:


Let's see how to put this, keep in mind, I'm kinda in shock.

Dad called me at work today. Thought I had been away for the weekend until yesterday, no biggie. He wanted me over as soon as possible, mom wanted to talk to me....

:confused3

Okay, I was in a bit of a panic, thinking something was wrong, this just sounded ominious. I was assured that everyone was fine, but I was to be told in person.

Okay.... weird.

I decided to head over there tonight, I hate drama like this, wanted to get it over with. I texted my brother trying to figure this out, he said he talked to her yesterday, it was nothing bad, that's it.

Ooookay....

So we go over and mom pulls me into the spare room, and closes the door and tells me.

I've got an older half-brother no, not one locked up in the attic, though that'd be REALLY cool.... Seems that, without a lot of details, between my mom's divorce from her first husband, and marrying dad, she had a son whom she had to give up to adoption. As it turns out, Friday he tracked her down after 42 years. So at last the trurh was bared.

Well, I am in a wee bit of shock here, to a degree. Part of me is....meh, part of me is ***, another part hungry for burgers I was catching up on posts tonight. Not really sure what the end result of all this is going to be either. This is going to be interesting...:eek:

Wow....I agree, probably going to be interesting...

These posts about getting tagged are just a pleasant diversion. Been reading about global poverty and infant mortality off and on today as well as looking through our adoption agencies waiting child list. There are so many things way more important than a tag going on in the world, but it's nice to take a couple minutes to joke about it. It's nice to be looking at something that's not horribly depressing.

Concur. :thumbsup2
 
Now that the thread is named for you, are you going to go AWOL like Dave did? :rotfl2:

:lmao: Yeah... right.

I think touring plans should enable you to enter a group of desired ADR's. They could use their park forecasts and make API calls to the dining reservation system to determine availability. They could then make a complete itinerary for you including which restaurant to eat in on which day. That would help you reduce travel time and help you visits every park on its optimal day during your stay.
They could call it fork-casting.

BRILLIANT! :thumbsup2 I'm shocked Barry hasn't approved this message yet! :rotfl2:

Hey Don, if you are naming threads after members by total posting rank, I'm next, ok? :thumbsup2

OH boy... what have I started :confused3 :lmao:

Last week was pretty nice. When I started the new job about a year ago I had to change offices in the building and unfortunately, that meant losing my window view. On Monday I was able to score an office with a view to the world outside again and be able to see the light of day (since often times I get to work before sun-up and leave after sun-down). In addition, a few of my big projects have completed and I was recognized with a moderate bonus. Although it doesn’t make up for the long hours and weekends spent in the office, it’s nice to get a little something back. :thumbsup2:thumbsup2 <-- Definitely Thumbs!

This weekend, as I worked outside, I noticed that the heat pump would cutoff and then be right back on within a few seconds. We have been having problems with this unit losing Freon for about five years now (although the unit is less than 10 years old) and were told by the last guy to come out “all we’re doing is putting a band-aid on a dying patient”. I guess that I know where the bonus check (and a few more checks) will be going… :sad2:

On top of that, my new team lead had called a meeting for 8:00 a.m. this morning and I accidentally slept until 7:25. It takes me about 20 minutes to get to work but I was able to get showered, shaved, and dressed in time to be in the conference room right at 8:00. There was no one else there when I arrived so I sat and waited for about 10 minutes before going to their offices. No one was home. While I’m searching around for these folks, I finally get a voicemail on my desk phone from the Team Lead at 8:15 saying one guy had to travel today and that he had decided that he would just take the day off. :mad::headache::furious:

Hoping for my week to improve and wishing all other Dads a great one! pirate:

Congrats on the room change and bonus! :cool1:
Maybe Zerfs can help you on the heat pump issue? Oh DAVE..... :idea:
Nice move there, team lead. :headache: Sheesh.
 
That's all true.
I guess I was coming from the perspective of trying to keep fares doable for as many people as possible. DCL doesn't allow you to include the least-expensive stateroom category in a group booking. And there aren't really any special discounts that apply to group booking. But you can sort of engineer the equivalent of a "discount" by locking in a group contract rate as soon as possible after a new itinerary is announced, so you can get lowest-tier pricing. If we tried to organize a group for a 2013 sailing of the Dream, we'd be booking into substantially higher rates. You do get a much cheaper deposit, some nice little extras, and the ability to arrange for group events on board.

I'd be willing to try for it.... :cool2:
 
hey i got on !!!! :dance3: geezzz, i tried about 4 - 5 time to log on this afternoon and couldnt get on. i had to my to my aunts viewing tonight and we just got home. ive seen some relatives i havnt seen in 35 years. my aunt(my moms sister) had 4 kids and between the grand kids, great grand kids and the great great grand kids, there were 36 of them. she was 93.

36 :eek: Wow. Sorry for your loss. Sounds like she had a nice long life!

Time to put together DD's bike for her birthday present tomorrow. I went old school with this one;

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Did it come with instructions in French, too? :lmao::lmao:

Took the kids ice skating tonight - I didn't go, I just drove them :)

It was for the Girl Guides, they had a public skating night.

So after they were finished, I went and picked then u, I carried the skate bag, and as we were walking back the car, I tripped on a slippery patch of ice / mud, and fell and twisted my wrist, my knee, and anything else that could get twisted.

So for not even lacing up skates, I am the only one to come home with injuries.

Just sad! :sad2:

Ouch. But I have to admit that I chuckled when I read this.:laughing: That would be my luck!

me and briana last june at dtd.
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Ever notice that Briana caught Tammy in this picture, too? Very cool.

disney lets anyone play with there sound boards! :lmao: the one in the orange shirt sitting in the booth is briana. she was running the sound for the dance studio she danced at.
also
today, we got a copy of the deans list, she was the last name on it!!!! :woohoo:

Awesome!! Congrats, Briana! You got a good one there, Dave!

Discussions on how to protect Catalytic Converters?:confused3:lmao:

:lmao::lmao::lmao:
 
Just got my iPhone.

Just setup iTunes (I know - about 10 years late to that party).

Just subscribed to the DISDads poscasts. (Heard most of 'em through Windows media before).

Phone charging - will be setup tomorrow.

Whohoo! :woohoo:


You and I are on the same page..LOL...I just set up Itunes the other night...Just ask Scott...if it had not been for him I would not have been able to do it!:rotfl2: Technology has passed me by and left me in the dust! I have turned into my Dad:rotfl2:

I felt like a 13 year old girl texting him back and forth for about 45 minutes just to get his phone to sync with itunes! "Apple Mobile Device" service not started! :mad:

My wife was like "Who the heck are you texting?!?!?" :thumbsup2



Good Morning all!
 
Morning all. Back to work after another 4 day weekend (snow). I decided that since there is too much to catch up on, I'll procrastinate and put myself under more pressure tomorrow. On the scary news homefront, DW is starting Biggest Loser at her work today, which means all the junk food is gone at home and I'm pretty sure she'll try to institute a no beer rule at some point. I gotta get ready for survival mode. Fortunately, being from a long line of alcoholics, I know the water is real cold in the toilet tank reservoir that can be used for emergencies like these. That Kegerator looks to be on hold.

Good morning guys :cool1:

Morning Dave.
 
Morning all. Back to work after another 4 day weekend (snow). I decided that since there is too much to catch up on, I'll procrastinate and put myself under more pressure tomorrow. On the scary news homefront, DW is starting Biggest Loser at her work today, which means all the junk food is gone at home and I'm pretty sure she'll try to institute a no beer rule at some point. I gotta get ready for survival mode. Fortunately, being from a long line of alcoholics, I know the water is real cold in the toilet tank reservoir that can be used for emergencies like these. That Kegerator looks to be on hold.



Morning Dave.

NO BEER?!?! :eek:

Say it ain't so Norm!
 
Honestly Norm - this incident was a) totally avoidable, b) totally inexcusable, and c) just plain stupid on that individual's part.

Just think of the more than 100 million people who have cruised in the past 25 years or more without incident. Cruise ships sail all over the world, each and every week without incident. Cruising remains one of the safest forms of travel, despite what this jerk did.

The seas, oceans & waterways are charted, mapped and the technology exists today that this kind of thing just does not happen - until some idiot decides to be stupid and stray from the plotted courses. He had the ship entirely too close to land. That route is traveled weekly, without incident. He needed to be a miles off shore, and simply wasn't. It's no wonder his negligence and dereliction of duty will land him in prison for a dozen years or more.


Here's some additional information for you, from CLIA, the Cruise Line Industry Association regarding the ongoing safety of cruising

I hope that helps.

Great, now you have me thinking a drunk Captain Jack Sparrow was charting the islands. Then, there are the hurricanes and Bermuda triangle. What if I'm put on trial for murder outside US? I saw Chipwrecked yesterday, and not to ruin it for anyone, but what if i end up on an island with talking chipmunks? I know it is all irrational paranoia, and i will not let it dampen my vacation. My backup plan is to be too drunk to be worried.
 
Morning guys.

RodBelding and I's meet before the Marathon. Yup a meetup before 4am and you have to run 26 miles as soon as it's done. This is what happens when you let your nemesis plan the meetup.:lmao:

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I believe this must be the record for earliest DisDad meet. :thumbsup2


We keep records of that stuff right???? :rotfl:

I still haven't gotten my red DDC thing!! Under my name..


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I have it on good authority that Barry is the tag fairy. Let him have it. :thumbsup2
 
NO BEER?!?! :eek:

Say it ain't so Norm!

She's under the delusion that if she is going to lose weight, then I have to lose weight along with her. I told her that beer would not be a temptation for me since I didn't plan to participate.
 
Great, now you have me thinking a drunk Captain Jack Sparrow was charting the islands. Then, there are the hurricanes and Bermuda triangle. What if I'm put on trial for murder outside US? I saw Chipwrecked yesterday, and not to ruin it for anyone, but what if i end up on an island with talking chipmunks? I know it is all irrational paranoia, and i will not let it dampen my vacation. My backup plan is to be too drunk to be worried.

There you go! As we say in the Boy Scouts, and as a certain wanna be king says to his henchmen hyenas... BE PREPARED!
 
She's under the delusion that if she is going to lose weight, then I have to lose weight along with her. I told her that beer would not be a temptation for me since I didn't plan to participate.

My DW is dieting as well right now. Thankfully, she didn't drag me down with her. :cool1:

Now I have to drink for two since she's not drinking right now. :rotfl2:

I'm finding it hard to drink all the beer in my keg quick enough to avoid it going skunky.

I keep trying to invite DisDads over to drink my free beer, but have yet to have any takers! :confused3

:lmao:
 
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