DIS/DISUnplugged/Dreams December Event Info – DISapalooza (continued)

[wildfan1473]

Can I just say

I think I'll just watch football now...

 

[shellyminnie]

This thread has taken a strange turn.

I'm voting with Paul on this one.

I'm with Paul and Anne on this.... Yikes

After all of the interesting discussions we've had in the past, this can't surprise you!!

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Todd,

Another "event" going on is TLinden's (Karen) 7th annual Jelly Rolls Meet on Thursday, Decembe 10 @ 8pm. Cover charge = $10

You gonna be there, MJ? I'm planning on hopping over after a little bit...save me a seat!

 

[TXYankee]

A few notes on the emasculator: They are used in horses. If you want to castrate a cow you make a quick incision and pull (no anesthesia). For a sheep you place a rubber band down there shortly after birth and they fall off. For a dog you need anesthesia and it is a little more like the surgery you think of. For a cat all you need is a little sedation and a scalpel blade. You can castrate a cat on your kitchen table if need be (don't ask how I know this). Rodents are like cats. I think that is the complete list of species I know how to castrate.

Ummmm...Thanks.
Ya never know when information like that might be useful.
Let me just tuck that into the back of my mind and save it for later.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Ummmm...Thanks.
Ya never know when information like that might be useful.
Let me just tuck that into the back of my mind and save it for later.

"A little sedation" for cats, hmmm??? I knew you were one of those cat-hating vets! We always used anesthesia on our cats. But yep, it's a quick zip/snip for them...and they never miss 'em. AND they make lovely earrings...

 

[jeanigor]

Arn't the Clydesdales fixed?

Yikes!!!!

 

[jcb]

Maggie,

Your partner is lucky to have you. I'm a rope drop person too but DW isn't a morning person. (I worked in expedition everest twice before she woke up.)

we went last year during pop Warner. It wasn't too bad - though I would not do MVMCP during it again.

Have fun.

 

[chirurgeon]

VERY interesting topics on the thread today. When my dad had a farm, he raised cattle. He had one cow that had a c-section and couldn't take care of the calf. He lived in the garage for a while. And he was a lucky little calf. He did not have the procedure mentioned earlier. He got to be the bull on the farm. He was awfully cute. We named him Ziggy, after the vet.

Kim

 

[jeanigor]

All signed up!

 

[jeanigor]

A few notes on the emasculator: They are used in horses. If you want to castrate a cow you make a quick incision and pull (no anesthesia). For a sheep you place a rubber band down there shortly after birth and they fall off. For a dog you need anesthesia and it is a little more like the surgery you think of. For a cat all you need is a little sedation and a scalpel blade. You can castrate a cat on your kitchen table if need be (don't ask how I know this). Rodents are like cats. I think that is the complete list of species I know how to castrate.

Nice. Right before we go for lunch. Yum.

 

[OKW Lover]

A few notes on the emasculator: They are used in horses. If you want to castrate a cow you make a quick incision and pull (no anesthesia). <snip>

Cows? Aren't cows female?

 

[k5jm]

Cows? Aren't cows female?

Yikes, my utter!!

 

[kathrna]

Do you know how a vet determines if a cow or horse is pregnant?

I'm gonna guess: with reeeeeally long gloves.

 

[kab407]

Trust me. I have seen and done worse. When I was in school we would bring bloody marys into the anatomy lab on Sunday morning while studying. That is so gross I can't even believe we did that.

Do you know how a vet determines if a cow or horse is pregnant?

With the use of a very long rubber glove?

 

[katscradle]

Thats not what you use. You use one of these. It is called an emasculator (I kid you not)

Now that's scary!
Men run for your lives!

 

[mickeysaver]

Maggie,

Your partner is lucky to have you. I'm a rope drop person too but DW isn't a morning person. (I worked in expedition everest twice before she woke up.)

we went last year during pop Warner. It wasn't too bad - though I would not do MVMCP during it again.

Have fun.

Jack,

I have always referred to Gabby as my gift from God. She is the most amazing person and the only person that I can ever see spending the rest of my life with. I know that I am very blessed.

I have never wanted to go during Pop Warner. We ususally go the third week in December and sometimes we arrive at the tail end of Pop Warner, which has given us some interesting memories of those kids. We are going to the Sunday and the Tuesday MVMCP's during Pop Warner this year. We are going to focus on rides one night and the shows and stuff during the other. It's the only way that I can see that we will be able to enjoy the event.

The catch phrase for our trip is, "Oh no, you are not going to steal my joy!" We will have a great time. We have a great itinerary with lots of fun stuff and some great meals planned. Gabby will be spoiled and that's the important thing. She hasn't had a real vacation since 2007. She works so hard travelling all over the country for a living, she really deserves to have killer vacations. I just hope my plans work out to help her to have the fun and relaxed vacation that she wants and deserves.

Missing out on the seminar is a bummer for sure. But, it's like when I won the Dream FP last year on our last day at Disney. I could have used it while Gabby was delayed in arriving at the Epcot because her mom was having an exceptionally bad morning and they didn't get to Epcot until almost 1pm. However, I saved the Dream FP and once we got her mom into the Santa's and Storytellers groove, I gave it to Gabby and said, "Go play". She refused at first, but I said, "Really, go play, you really need it." She agreed and handed her mom off to me and went to play. For about an hour and a half, Gabby was actually able to have a little fun. The smile that was on her face when she came back was priceless and was worth so much more to me than the fun that I could have had with it. As long as Gabby has fun at DHS, which has her 3 favorite Disney rides, then missing the seminar will have been worth it.

If I am ever lucky enough to have another chance to meet Marty Sklar, I am so on it like white on rice.

 

[katscradle]

On a personal note:

Due to my partner, Gabby's work schedule, we were forced to take our WDW vacation the same week as Pop Warner, if we were to go at all this year. So, I rolled with the punches and schedule a trip that was as laid back as possible and zigged and zagged around the Pop Warner kids and the crowds as much as possible. This has been quite a challenge, especially with Disney offering Free Dining. This itinerary is as close to perfect as I can make it. The whole point of this vacation is for me to give Gabby the vacation at WDW that she needs because she had such a bad vacation last year due to her mom's failing health and the need to care for her all through the trip. It was not a vacation it was a huge disappointment. This trip is all about spoiling Gabby. This is not to say that I am not going to have fun this trip, because I will but the pace of it is all about doing Disney the way that Gabby wants to do it, which means, arriving at the parks at 11am and sleeping in, which is not the way that I do it, because I love rope drop mornings. The stuff that we are going to do, like the Wishes Dessert Party and the Wildlife Discovery Excursion, are both for her. You hopefully get the point, heck, we book YC CL to make sure that she was spoiled, thank God for 40% off codes.

Now, let's get to why I have posted this info here, I have intentionally tried not followed the DISapalooza plans because I knew that there was no way that we could do the TSM meet this year. We tried to attend it last year, but due to my MIL's unexpected severely poor health, we could not make it to the event, which was dissappointing. Since the DISapalooza event dates were focused on the weekend that we would be leaving, I figured that we wouldn't be able to work any of it in anyway, so I just kept out of it.

This year, our last park day is the 11th and we will be over at DHS. I just "accidentally" found out that the seminar is the same day. I would love to take part in the seminar because Marty Sklar, well, he is a personal hero of mine and the fact that he worked so hard bringing Walt's dreams and plans to life, well that just makes him someone that I hold in very high regard. To say that I am very very sad that I won't be able to work this into our plans without creating stress on our last day is a complete and total understatement. I can't in good consciousness pay to attend the TSM meet and not go, because we head home that day. I also can't force Gabby to go listen to two guys speak that she has no idea who they are or why I would be so geeked out over.

Sigh. I guess I just want to let you guys that are able to go to the seminar know that you are really stinkin' lucky. Please savor every minute of it and know that I wish that I was going to be able to be there with you.

That's nice you planning a trip all around her.
It suck's that you won't be able to attend the TSM party or the seminar!

 

[k5jm]

DAP to the "Emasculator." Oh my!

Back on track.

 

[LMO429]

DAP to the "Emasculator." Oh my!

Back on track.

Love the Picture! My mom and I are staying at the Grand for the first time during DAP, I am looking forward to it. Our past 10 trips to wdw we have stayed at the Beach Club 8x and the Boardwalk 2x...so this is a much anticipated change from my epcot resort addiction. I am so curious to see how I will like it havent stayed on the monorail line in years

 

[sshaw10060]

This will officially end the castration talk for the day. To answer the few remaining questions: The giant "life-saver" is basically an opening into the cows rumen that people use for research. Doesn't bother the cow at all. The correct term for male cows are steer and bull. Pregnancy detection in the cow does involve a very long glove and sticking your whole arm into a very warm place. Google the rest if you like.

Now back to regularly scheduled programming.....