From Oil Wells to Jingle Bells-Bells,pg.66, See you in September!

[dvc at last !]

Happy New Year to all Neboites.

Very cute !
Happy New Year to all !

Rose

 

[monymony3471]

Happy New Year Nebs and Smidgy! Maybe this will be the year you get to move down to your favorite spot.

 

[nebo]

I have been crunching the numbers for a land and sea adventure. But I have not found out if I can fish off the ship and have a fish fry on the beach

Heh. Right, Randy. Maybe the Wonder can drop a rowboat behind the ship for you. You can sit there with your six pack of Bud as they tow you along, then clean the fish out on the pool deck and have the fish fry on the Lido deck. I see nothing wrong with that.

I have NOT!. Not a single one since July 23,2010 at 10:30 am

However, the habitual use of nicotine gum, nicotine lozenges, lemon drops and Wrigley's Spearmint double mint gum, along with a nice dose of Snyders of Hanover pretzel sticks is an entirely different matter...

BUT NOT ONE CIGARETTE!

that's great, Marita. every time I tried I always went through the same stuff you are, but the more i had something in my mouth, the more I wanted it to be a cigarette. I think I am just going to have to take the attitude that I just can not ever, ever again, have another smoke, it will be a matter of life or death. And that if I DO ever even so much as take another drag,
I
Will


be downgraded to spend all future trips at All Star Sports, parking lot view!

OMG that put me in the "way back machine" and back into my childhood..

Happy New Year Smidgy, Nebo and all my fellow disboarders!!

Hope everyone has a fun yet safe night!!
And hopefully the hangovers will be shortlived tomorrow!! LOL

Saw your ticker, Frank. Are you really going to risk the cold again going the same time next year? By the way, how did you like SSR?

The worst is over, Marita, now that you've gone almost 6 months. It will be easier from now on. I'm 10 years ahead of you (quit August of 2000) and I've got to say that I haven't had a craving since... well, a couple of weeks ago.
But you can do it - I believe in you!

Congrats, Sandy. But don't tell me that ten years after you still have cravings, that scares me.
(hmm, why is "I'd Love to Change the World" running through my brain?)

Happy NEW YEAR everyone! It's almost midnight which means... I'm at work! Hope everyone's New Year celebration is better than mine!

Happy New Year, Ponzi. So what are you doing that you were at work?

seriously, folks, he did have plans. I saw the red Netflix envelope sealed and ready for the mailbox.

hey, we are a couple on the cutting edge!!!

hey, I don't consider watching John Wayne and Kirk Douglas in The War Wagon, nothing to do, it's almost a classic! And there was even a Bruce Dern sighting, at least until he got himself killed.

Nebo,

I have ripped through your TR like a teenage girl reading "The Twilight Series".........I live in Florida, about as far away from Orlando as I can and still be in the same state....we affectionately refer to it as LA (Lower Alabama).

When we go in March, we will upgrade our tickets to Florida Resident, Seasonal Passes for only about an additonal 20 bucks per person. What I am getting at is that I can not imagine why you and Smidgy did not upgrade your tickets to passes as much time as you spent there last year.

Love the reports, and can not wait until I read the rest. Happy New Years!!!

Ok, Cnaut, you ready?
It's like this:
We never anticipate on going as often as we do, for one thing. This December trip was not on the agenda, it was just supposed to be April and July.
That's why we bought the no expiration/with water parks, 10 day passes with our April package, we used 5 days in April and saved 5 for July.

But.... we also now virtually have a lifetime pass for the water parks, 10 trips there is a lot, for us, we still have 8 left on the no expiration passes, each.

December came about when they sent me a 40% off PIN code good for even POP, that's why we booked that one. Then, they came out with Free Dining, which calls to Diane like the the Sirens to Ulysess. But, in order to get free dining, you have to buy at least a couple days of tickets, anyway, which would have been a total waste of money with Annual Passes. Plus, next year looks almost impossible for a trip, maybe, near the end of the year so passes wouldn't help us for next year.
There, now, glad you asked?

Didn't you read my edit???? Did you skim??? I said "Good one Nebo!!".


Smartypants is my favorite. Cheap lines are a close second. lol

Ok, sorry again, Livabiff. How about I just spend the rest of the report apologizing to you?

Actually, it's probably my paranoia coming out. I just saw where somebody I like a lot has just been banned from the DIS, and I don't understand why.
And no, I didn't see your edit so I'm sorry I said I was sorry when I shouldn't be sorry. hominahominahomina

On the way to my Dad's for Christmas, I realized that he lived near NEBO ROAD. So I quickly pulled out the camera to take some pictures. Not a safe thing to do while driving but it had to be done.


That is incredible, what timing!
And a picture of Nebo's package, to boot, WITH EMISSIONS!

There was also a Nebo Elementary School.

Another great picture for the Nebo collection; it even has the SIGNS FALLING DOWN out in front. How fitting!
Thanks, Reelmom

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Ok, sorry again, Livabiff. How about I just spend the rest of the report apologizing to you?

Actually, it's probably my paranoia coming out. I just saw where somebody I like a lot has just been banned from the DIS, and I don't understand why.
And no, I didn't see your edit so I'm sorry I said I was sorry when I shouldn't be sorry. hominahominahomina

Nebo, you ALWAYS need to pay attention to the edits on any posts from EliSabth, Mony and me. We are members of a certain Dis group that was trained to post (witty if possible) edits being a required part of any post at long time ago... if not, you would get the Red Flag

Here is a little thread to make everyone happy you aren't in Disney this week:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2623840

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Happy New Year Steve and Diane! The holidays were busy for me and I've slacked on the disboards heavily. I'm way behind ~ back on page 67 ~ but I promise to catch up. Just read your update about the nightmare before your flight! I think you are very brave for boarding after that!

Be back soon!

 

[nebo]

I have been remiss in my reporting.
A selfish, inconsiderate husband who only thinks of himself.
Bad Nebo, bad, bad.

I totally forgot that Smidgy started the trip out sick.
She felt it coming on on Friday night, her throat turned all scratchy by Satruday and by Sunday morning she felt like crap. Wasn't sure what it was but knew it was something, and brought along some Amoxycilin that she didn't take when she got it for having a wisdom tooth pulled.

I've told her in the past that antibiotics don't work on viral infections, just bacterial, but I wasn't going to mention it again, this time. She started taking the pills Sunday morning I believe, and low and behold, ini just a couple days she said she was feeling better, good thing she brought the pills.
And I wasn't going to argue with her, au contraire;
"See Diane, pills can be a good thing."

Since we are going back in time anyway, I was going to save this for the plane ride home but that chapter is a long way away right now and if I try to quit smoking, there's a chance I might be in jail by then and unable to write the chapter, so I'm going to post my thoughts now.
Maybe Letterman can use it.

The top ten things you DON'T want to overhear coming from the plane's cockpit:

10. Hey, watch this!
9. Wow, are your eyes bloodshot
8. Anybody else smell smoke?
7. Ok, who's ready, I'm buyin'.
6. Tell me again what this little button does.
5. (Hear Jack's voice) "Recalculating".
4. Shouldn't we have seen Nashville by now?
3. Oh wow man, your special homemade brownies are, like, awesome.
2. Give us our vector, Victor. Roger. Huh?

and finally, at number one
1. I don't know about you, but I can't see a thing.


Tuesday morning came and I was up early.
Too early.
Early people have no idea what to do with themselves when they are living in a controlled environment.

Especially when it's controlled by "She Who must not be Disturbed".

I tried to lie there as long as I could, maybe fall back asleep but I couldn't turn off my mind. After a while I started to vibrate, then shake, and finally I knew I was going to burst if I didn't get up. Most of my stuff was right by the bed, so getting dressed wasn't that big a problem.
I went by the vanity and slid the curtain shut, took my meds and stuff, grabbed my mug and I was out the door.

It was about 7:30 now and already pretty nice out, a little cool but they say it's going up to 83 today, I'm not only gonna take it I'm not going to want to give it back!

I got as far as ten feet away from the door on the way to the smoking area, and there they were.

Again.

Two workers, one on each side of the pool setting up to power wash the deck again.

It wasn't like I was ready for a lounger yet, but geesh, they just did this yesterday! Sure enough, while I was having my smoke in the DSA, it was like the announcer just yelled, "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

Simultaneously, both their Harleys started up.
Man, what a racket.

When I was done, I walked around them, glaring at them, cut through building 9 and eventually joined up at the main path that goes from the 70's through the 60's and the main pool and food court.

This was incredible here. At this junture of paths I actually had to wait until I could 'merge" into the main lane. I am not kidding, it was morning rush hour headed to either the food court or bus stops, mostly the food court.

There are no stop lights here, no right turn on red so I put my bliinker on and waited. I had a little opening in front of a gramma coming up I could see, but once she saw my blinker she sped up just as I was merging. Now she's right behind me, tailgating, blowing her horn and I've got a double wide stroller in front of me, nowhere to go. I considered flipping her the bird but then she was gone, exitted toward the bus stops, I guess.

After joining the throng inside the food court I went right to the coffee machines.
Here's my problem with the new style refillable mug;
it's black on the inside, coffee is black, Coke is black, even if I am just getting hot water for Smidgy's tea, since it is clear that then equals..... you guessed it, black.

I can't see it. I have to fill some, then stop and look inside, fill some more, look inside again. But today isn't too bad, I'm just getting coffee for myself.
Then I picked up an Orlando Sentinel. With this stuff, I went on down to the DSA by the pool, one of the most misplaced smoking areas in all of Disney, no wonder people complain of the smokers at Pop Century. It's right on the main path behind the Petals pool bar and even includes tables.

I started to sit at a table, then stopped myself in the nick of time. After checking, yep, the chair was still wet, the table too from the dew, so I just kinda stood by an ash tray and had a smoke.

After that, I remembered the camera was still in my pocket from yesterday and since I'm just killing time anyway, decided to take a couple of pictures.
Believe me, it was still with some trepidation that I pressed the Power On button, but it worked like a charm.

One of the Hippy Dippy Pool.

Then I remembered a shot I wanted to take yesterday, back when I didn't even know if i was going to have a camera that worked this trip at all. I don't know why I liked this shot so much, just thought it was cool getting two of the main icons in the same frame.

By now it was getting close to nine o'clock and I was getting antsy to settle in by a pool so I checked this one out more thoroughly; one pool worker power washing, it looks like this side is finished already and he's on the other side.

I walked back to the room and past our computer pool again. On the way this time, I'm going against the traffic grain. It wasn't quite as bad now but I still felt like a salmon swimming upstream needing to spawn.
And no, spawning was the last of my thoughts just then, i don't even know is Smidgy is up yet, or how she's feeling today and I didn't want to end up like the male black widow spider.

The Harley boys were still going to town on the computer pool though. One generator was on the end side nearest the lake, the other on the end by our room. Funny thing was, the hoses were so long the guy hooked up by our end is over almost to the other side, and vice versa, with another cast member on the side going along and flipping all the backs of the loungers down it was like a new Olympic sport:
Synchronized Pool Washing.

I held up an 8.

I knew as soon as I opened the door up the noise was sure to wake up Smidgy, I used to go the drag strip a lot when I was younger and this made that seem like a library. '

But she didn't wake up.
Or at least she didn't show me she was awake.

I walked in and immediately thought, "Uh oh, I see bed people", but she didn't move. Now I have to go about changing for the pool and gathering the stuff I need in the dark of the room.

All the walking around the last couple days has really had an impact on my foot, as usual. I brought some painkillers with me, just in case and now, outside in the light and clip clops I can see how swollen it is.
Great, and we havent even been to a park yet.

I hate feet.

It then took me two seconds to decide that I didn't want to deal with the Harley Boys, and headed off back to the HDPool.
When Diane wakes up, she will see I'm gone, see that I'm not at the computer pool, have to go to the food court to get her tea and find me there. I wasn't worried.

Now, that traffic-jammed walkway was empty, almost kinda spooky the way it cleared out.

Down at the pool and food court I then found out why;
it was a mob scene inside the food court, they were all in here.
This blows my mind, it's past rope drop time now in all the parks, why aren't they THERE?

All I can figure, is these are all the people that I have never been able to understand, the ones that are walking into the park as we are leaving to go back and take a swim.

The ones that get there around 11 so they can wait the longest for each ride.
I suppose they are necessary in the circle of life, if the buses weren't bring them, then, there wouldn't be any busses there to take us back to the resort at noon.

Out in front, a little ways down from the smoking area I mentioned before I grabbed a couple of loungers and put towels on them after I used one to wipe them down a bit.
Pool cleaner guy is still on the other side and just then he shut off his Harley, he was done.
Or out of gas.

Great!
I settled in, took my painkillers with my coffee and relaxed. Even though it was a madhouse inside the food court, out here it was quiet as could be, even with the hearing aids. I loved it.

I read the paper for a bit, waiting for the pills to kick in. With these I know there's a half hour until ignition, and I always look at my watch when I take them.

25 minutes into the half hour of standby, a family of 23 kids decided that I must be special, and took up residence all around me.
Even asked if I was using the chair that had our stuff on that I was saving for Smidgy.
Looking around the pool, there is a total of one person in a lounge chair by the pool, or even near the pool.

That person was ME!

They had a choice of, oh, I'm guessing 220 other lounge chairs they could sit in, but no, they wanted to be by Ol' Uncle Nebo, I guess.
On both sides of me.

Nebo was morose.

Ok, fine I thought. I'm not moving.
Nope, uh uh, I was here first, Homestead Act and all that.
I'm staying put!

I ignored them. I closed my eyes, laid back, felt the pills finally start washing over me, the pain was going away, away, all was right with the world, it's lovely here, not gonna worry about the forecast, what's a little cold for this pure enjoyment, ahhhh,,,,,,,,,,

"There you are".

I looked up to see Diane looking around at all the kids, frowning.

Then she looked at me;
"Ok, what?" "Have you been adopted?"

I shrugged, "They like me."

She went in and got her tea, then came back:
"Let's move."

We moved allright, all the way back to the computer pool since that was the whole point of taking the room we got, at least the Harley Boys had finished by now.

This then once again brought on the "chase the shadow" game. Or more like run away from the shadow game.

The table and chairs right outside our room got sun from about 9 am to 11 am, and that's it. Another problem with going in winter.

Time just flew by though, even went in the pool once, but even though it was supposedly 82 out, it didn't feel that warm. The entire sky was clear, except for two small cumulus clouds that made sure to position themselves directly between the sun and us almost the whole time, it was like they had a vendetta against us to prevent us from getting any sunshine.

Later on it was time to get in gear, we still wanted to get something to eat from the food court, have a couple drinks and then start our tour of the monorail resorts, ending up at the Poly.

But first, I wanted a picture with the Potatoe Heads before we went in.

With that done, we went back and changed, I finished first and told her I'd meet her in the smoking section outside.

And that was when I met her.
At the smoking section, sitting on a bench there.

THE 'MAZING MANIC MOTOR MOUTH!

goodnight eveyone, funny, this year doesn't look any different than last year, does it?

 

[pkondz]

Happy New Year, Ponzi. So what are you doing that you were at work?

I work shift work. The guy who was supposed to work that night, his father passes away. So nobody of course wants to work New Year's Eve. Will I do it? Sigh... sure.

 

[pkondz]

I totally forgot that Smidgy started the trip out sick.
She felt it coming on on Friday night, her throat turned all scratchy by Satruday and by Sunday morning she felt like crap.

Awww... poor Smidgy.

"See Diane, pills can be a good thing."

The top ten things you DON'T want to overhear coming from the plane's cockpit:

10. Hey, watch this!
9. Wow, are your eyes bloodshot
8. Anybody else smell smoke?
7. Ok, who's ready, I'm buyin'.
6. Tell me again what this little button does.
5. (Hear Jack's voice) "Recalculating".
4. Shouldn't we have seen Nashville by now?
3. Oh wow man, your special homemade brownies are, like, awesome.
2. Give us our vector, Victor. Roger. Huh?

and finally, at number one
1. I don't know about you, but I can't see a thing.

Funny... but the stuff that's actually said? Either funnier or scarier depending on whether you' re up in the air or on the ground.

There are no stop lights here, no right turn on red so I put my bliinker on and waited. I had a little opening in front of a gramma coming up I could see, but once she saw my blinker she sped up just as I was merging. Now she's right behind me, tailgating, blowing her horn and I've got a double wide stroller in front of me, nowhere to go.

Man, why do people do that? Drives me nuts... ummm... no pun intended.

And no, spawning was the last of my thoughts just then, i don't even know is Smidgy is up yet, or how she's feeling today and I didn't want to end up like the male black widow spider.

so Nebo can learn that discretion is the better part of valor

Synchronized Pool Washing.

I held up an 8.

Good score.

I walked in and immediately thought, "Uh oh, I see bed people", but she didn't move.

Wow! It sounds like when Smidgy sleeps, she sleeps.

All I can figure, is these are all the people that I have never been able to understand, the ones that are walking into the park as we are leaving to go back and take a swim. The ones that get there around 11 so they can wait the longest for each ride.

I love those people. They make my vacays great.

25 minutes into the half hour of standby, a family of 23 kids decided that I must be special, and took up residence all around me.
Even asked if I was using the chair that had our stuff on that I was saving for Smidgy.
Looking around the pool, there is a total of one person in a lounge chair by the pool, or even near the pool.

That person was ME!

They had a choice of, oh, I'm guessing 220 other lounge chairs they could sit in, but no, they wanted to be by Ol' Uncle Nebo, I guess.
On both sides of me.

Well, of course. Everybody loves Nebo right? Right? right.

I shrugged, "They like me."

See?

And that was when I met her.
At the smoking section, sitting on a bench there.

THE 'MAZING MANIC MOTOR MOUTH!

ooh... a cliff hanger... how very Dickensian of you.

 

[chmbnaut66]

This then once again brought on the "chase the shadow" game. Or more like run away from the shadow game.

I told a guy I teach with that "the long shadows" were the only problem that I have with winter living in Florida....it seems like the sun is setting all day long because the shadows are so huge. You did a perfect job describing it.

I told my husband about your "trick" with the little bottles.....he thought that was brilliant. Buzz Lightyear will never be the same.

 

[kath1210]

All I can figure, is these are all the people that I have never been able to understand, the ones that are walking into the park as we are leaving to go back and take a swim.

The ones that get there around 11 so they can wait the longest for each ride.
I suppose they are necessary in the circle of life, if the buses weren't bring them, then, there wouldn't be any busses there to take us back to the resort at noon.

OK Nebo - I and my family represent that remark - and I will tell you why:

1. It's vacation, so why get up early? We like to stay up late and sleep in. We have NEVER been to a rope drop and probably never will.
2. We go to Disney so often that we just avoid rides with lines longer than 20 minutes, or get a fast pass. Heck,I am happy just being in the parks.

Different strokes, right?

 

[fsmith2845]

Did we like SSR?? yes we loved it.. Our previous experiences were at POFQ.. we had a 1br villa.. I requested Congress Park, DTD view.. was rewarded with a great view (see below). It was a bit of a walk to the main building (and CS meals) but heck we didn't eat at the resort much anyway. All of our TS meals were at the Park, and of course we did CS there as well. Little bit of a glitch with checkin (didn't have our DDP as being prepaid before checkin, but i attribute that to the new system they were implementing).

Loved the Teppan Edo.. I didn't pick on our chef and tell him his volcano was small or wasn't smoking as much as the table next to us LOL. that was a pretty fun time.. our chef was very entertaining and the steak was perfect!

Ohhh.. can't remember which night, but we did dinner at T-Rex.. you're right a bit pricey (what isn't it's Disney) but food was good, plenty of it.. I figure they will be on DDP at some point.. Great theming too.. Of course the night we went, it was FREEZING!!! i know that would pretty covers both our trips..

Okay here's the view from the room..

View from the outside at our little patio.. we were first floor of course

Oh and no; no plans for another frigid trip next year.. I need up update the signature and take off the "coming soon" and add it to the "completed" trip list!

 

[smidgy]

fsmith, your view looks great! how is work coming along on the new feature pool? (not that you had a chance to use it much!)

kathy, I absolutely despisegetting up early.. but.. so much more is "accomplished" at rope drop, esp early entry at MK. AND you can grab fast passes to use later in the evening.. AND, you can have cocktail hour after pool time, and go back to the park armed with sunny ds,or fuzzy cups, or little bottles! (we are naughty)

of course, not much pool time this trip.. rats.


re: nebo and kids. always happens to him at the pools. he will sit as close to a DSA as possible, there will be NO one around, a family with tons of kids will almost ALWAYS plop right next to him!

when he has hi mustache, I would think Nebo would look a bit "frightening" to little kids (aorry, honey), but, no, they seem to always "take" to him..
our granddaughter, Kaylee... who is 2, I have to try really hard to get her ta sit on my lap.. but nebo, who doesn't try at all, just grunts once or twice, no smile.. NOOO! she wants to sit by HIM!!! harrumph!!! (she loves "papa")

 

[GrandBob]

when he has hi mustache, I would think Nebo would look a bit "frightening" to little kids (aorry, honey), but, no, they seem to always "take" to him..
our granddaughter, Kaylee... who is 2, I have to try really hard to get her ta sit on my lap.. but nebo, who doesn't try at all, just grunts once or twice, no smile.. NOOO! she wants to sit by HIM!!! harrumph!!! (she loves "papa")

Smidgy, doncha know that little girls love their grandpas.

Our own DGD is 7 now, going on 8. But ever since she was old enough to walk, whenever we'd go there, she run into my arms and not let go. She'd be there, arms around my neck, hanging on for dear life, for 15 minutes (no exaggeration!). Finally, after 15 minutes, she'd look up, look around, and say, "Oh, hi grandma!"

My DW is used to it. I'm sure you'll acclimate as well

-Bob

 

[nebo]

All righty now, I just watched the Bears lose to the Packers by the whopping score of 10 to 3. Not sure, I was drinking heaviley. heavily. Yah, that looks better.

look out, call out's coming up

Nebo, you ALWAYS need to pay attention to the edits on any posts from EliSabth, Mony and me. We are members of a certain Dis group that was trained to post (witty if possible) edits being a required part of any post at long time ago... if not, you would get the Red Flag

Here is a little thread to make everyone happy you aren't in Disney this week:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2623840

Ok, um, I did go to that web site, even posted on it, but there's a lot of great stuff there. And yes, I do miss the eits a lodt, but I did see yours, yours is easy since your siggy is so clear. Babynurse has a big pic at the bottom, and I havent' yet been conditioned properly to take it all in. No excuses, just splanations from a guy who can't see worth a shipment.

Happy New Year Steve and Diane! The holidays were busy for me and I've slacked on the disboards heavily. I'm way behind ~ back on page 67 ~ but I promise to catch up. Just read your update about the nightmare before your flight! I think you are very brave for boarding after that!

Be back soon!

Hi Lbaw, I missed you. And that dream was one of my better dreams lately, wish they could all be that cheerful.

I work shift work. The guy who was supposed to work that night, his father passes away. So nobody of course wants to work New Year's Eve. Will I do it? Sigh... sure.

Ponzi, sorry you had to work, but you stil didn't answer the questiion of what you do. Same thing has happened to Diane, many times, and ended up working those days.

Ponzi, sorry you had to work, but you stil didn't answer the question,,,,,, doing what? But Smidgy has been in that situation many times, and usualy ends up working.

Quote:
Originally Posted by nebo
I totally forgot that Smidgy started the trip out sick.
She felt it coming on on Friday night, her throat turned all scratchy by Satruday and by Sunday morning she felt like crap.

Awww... poor Smidgy.

Ok, I'm trying to be creative here right now, doing something I've never done and try to copy and paste your post. You and Janet do this breakdown thing terrifically, and I alwyays skim over them when I call it out, and it's not fair, not when you put all that trouble into it. I'm teariang up now, sorry, can't help it, hang on, need another drink, damn Bears.

Ok, all ready to intersperse clever and witty commentz.


Quote:
Originally Posted by nebo
"See Diane, pills can be a good thing."

Did I say that? No, the Bills are out of the playoffs.




Quote:
Originally Posted by nebo
The top ten things you DON'T want to overhear coming from the plane's cockpit:

10. Hey, watch this!
9. Wow, are your eyes bloodshot
8. Anybody else smell smoke?
7. Ok, who's ready, I'm buyin'.
6. Tell me again what this little button does.
5. (Hear Jack's voice) "Recalculating".
4. Shouldn't we have seen Nashville by now?
3. Oh wow man, your special homemade brownies are, like, awesome.
2. Give us our vector, Victor. Roger. Huh?

and finally, at number one
1. I don't know about you, but I can't see a thing.

Funny... but the stuff that's actually said? Either funnier or scarier depending on whether you' re up in the air or on the ground.

I keep my feet planted firmly two feet above the gourd so it's all funny to me.

ground
Quote:
Originally Posted by nebo
There are no stop lights here, no right turn on red so I put my bliinker on and waited. I had a little opening in front of a gramma coming up I could see, but once she saw my blinker she sped up just as I was merging. Now she's right behind me, tailgating, blowing her horn and I've got a double wide stroller in front of me, nowhere to go.

Man, why do people do that? Drives me nuts... ummm... no pun intended.

How many times have we seen that happen, you signal, and it's like you just declared a duel?


Quote:
Originally Posted by nebo
And no, spawning was the last of my thoughts just then, i don't even know is Smidgy is up yet, or how she's feeling today and I didn't want to end up like the male black widow spider.

so Nebo can learn that discretion is the better part of valor

Oh my goodness, yes, that handsome guy you see standing with the potato heads wouldn't stil be here otherwise.




Quote:
Originally Posted by nebo
Synchronized Pool Washing.

I held up an 8.

Good score.

No, they really only deserved a 7.
But it was Disney. And I didn't want them to power wash my bed, if they got mad.


Quote:
Originally Posted by nebo
I walked in and immediately thought, "Uh oh, I see bed people", but she didn't move.

Wow! It sounds like when Smidgy sleeps, she sleeps.

Actually, Ponzi, no she doesn't. I have woken her up by just thinking hard at times, she was just ignoring me, afraid I was going to start talking and then wake her up for good.

But that's ok, I like being ignored. I'm used to it.


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All I can figure, is these are all the people that I have never been able to understand, the ones that are walking into the park as we are leaving to go back and take a swim. The ones that get there around 11 so they can wait the longest for each ride.

I love those people. They make my vacays great.

Mine too, but different strokes for differnt folks, probably.


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25 minutes into the half hour of standby, a family of 23 kids decided that I must be special, and took up residence all around me.
Even asked if I was using the chair that had our stuff on that I was saving for Smidgy.
Looking around the pool, there is a total of one person in a lounge chair by the pool, or even near the pool.

That person was ME!

They had a choice of, oh, I'm guessing 220 other lounge chairs they could sit in, but no, they wanted to be by Ol' Uncle Nebo, I guess.
On both sides of me.

Well, of course. Everybody loves Nebo right? Right? right.

Of course they do, I make such a great target!


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I shrugged, "They like me."

See?

Yeah, and then they were all asking me for ten bucks.


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And that was when I met her.
At the smoking section, sitting on a bench there.

THE 'MAZING MANIC MOTOR MOUTH!

ooh... a cliff hanger... how very Dickensian of you.

Uh oh, I don't see your last quote letters here. Oh well. Yes, me and Ol Chuck go back a long way.
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This then once again brought on the "chase the shadow" game. Or more like run away from the shadow game.

I told a guy I teach with that "the long shadows" were the only problem that I have with winter living in Florida....it seems like the sun is setting all day long because the shadows are so huge. You did a perfect job describing it.

I told my husband about your "trick" with the little bottles.....he thought that was brilliant. Buzz Lightyear will never be the same.

Cnaut? We live north of Chicago, and winter is winter here. When we go to Disney in the winter, it really, really seems strange. You couldn't have put it better, it seems like the whole day is one,,,, long ....sunset..... to me. I keep telling myself that down here it's much closer to the equator, but in reality, it's not. Not when the sun is in the lower hemisphere. But enjoy the little bottles idea, who says Magic Kingdom has to be alcohol free?

 

[MaryAz]

Great updates. Cute pic of u with the taters. y girls managed to get in the pool at POP in mid Dec. Had a blast. Glad u got to meet so many cool Dis Peeps.

 

[pkondz]

Ponzi, sorry you had to work, but you stil didn't answer the questiion of what you do. Same thing has happened to Diane, many times, and ended up working those days.

Ugh, I always hate trying to tell people what I do. Suffice it to say that I am not an air traffic controller but I work with/for/alongside them. How's that? Hence my comment about "Funny... but the stuff that's actually said? Either funnier or scarier depending on whether you' re up in the air or on the ground. " Been there, heard that.

How many times have we seen that happen, you signal, and it's like you just declared a duel?

Yup.

No, they really only deserved a 7.
But it was Disney. And I didn't want them to power wash my bed, if they got mad.

Good call. Remember what I said about discretion?

But that's ok, I like being ignored. I'm used to it.

Hunh? Whazzat? Did somebody say something?

Yeah, and then they were all asking me for ten bucks.

Ouch! I knew Disney was getting more and more expensive, but really...

Yes, me and Ol Chuck go back a long way.

Until he up Chucked and died... sorry. You left it out there.

 

[jakeybake]

Hey Nebo,

I'm a total lurker when it comes to trip reports but I had to chime in on yours. I have no idea how I ended up reading it but I found it funny as hell (am I allowed to say that word?) and totally entertaining and just had to let you know.

Looking forward to following your posts in the future. You have converted me from a lurker to a participant, at least with your reports.

And this is coming from a cynical Boston guy so that says a lot.

Well done!!

J

 

[nebo]

OK Nebo - I and my family represent that remark - and I will tell you why:

1. It's vacation, so why get up early? We like to stay up late and sleep in. We have NEVER been to a rope drop and probably never will.
2. We go to Disney so often that we just avoid rides with lines longer than 20 minutes, or get a fast pass. Heck,I am happy just being in the parks.

Different strokes, right?

Kath, I guess that's why there's chocolate, AND vanilla, everybody's different. I also have the same 20 minute cutoff for lines, the longest we ever waited was 55 minutes for Splash back before fastpasses. My problem is I'm not a late night person, so I'm up early and it feels like we're "burning daylight" if we don't get going. But I have to admit, some of the most relaxing times is at Epcot, Future World during EMH when the only crowds are at Soarin or Test Track, so nice to walk around an not worry about getting slammed into by a Mac Stroller.

Did we like SSR?? yes we loved it.. Our previous experiences were at POFQ.. we had a 1br villa.. I requested Congress Park, DTD view.. was rewarded with a great view (see below). It was a bit of a walk to the main building (and CS meals) but heck we didn't eat at the resort much anyway. All of our TS meals were at the Park, and of course we did CS there as well. Little bit of a glitch with checkin (didn't have our DDP as being prepaid before checkin, but i attribute that to the new system they were implementing).

Frank, great view! Glad you like it there. We've visited but never stayed there.

Loved the Teppan Edo.. I didn't pick on our chef and tell him his volcano was small or wasn't smoking as much as the table next to us LOL.
Um, yeah, I learned the hard way never tell a chef he has a little volcano. We ate there again too, that's coming up later.


Ohhh.. can't remember which night, but we did dinner at T-Rex.. you're right a bit pricey (what isn't it's Disney) but food was good, plenty of it.. I figure they will be on DDP at some point.. Great theming too.. Of course the night we went, it was FREEZING!!! i know that would pretty covers both our trips..

I'll bet the kids loved it there.




Oh and no; no plans for another frigid trip next year.. I need up update the signature and take off the "coming soon" and add it to the "completed" trip list!

Ah, ok, get it. I don't think I want to risk it being cold again, I'm tired of gambling when it comes to vacations. I really like September, right after Labor Day, yes, I know there's a hurricane risk but even if one comes through it's gone in a day and a half, not the like cold that lasted all week.

Smidgy, doncha know that little girls love their grandpas.

Our own DGD is 7 now, going on 8. But ever since she was old enough to walk, whenever we'd go there, she run into my arms and not let go. She'd be there, arms around my neck, hanging on for dear life, for 15 minutes (no exaggeration!). Finally, after 15 minutes, she'd look up, look around, and say, "Oh, hi grandma!"

My DW is used to it. I'm sure you'll acclimate as well

-Bob

One thing though, Bob. It's a different story with our grandson, he can't get enough of Gramma Smidgy, I think because she always puts the games away and he doesn't have to do it.

Great updates. Cute pic of u with the taters. y girls managed to get in the pool at POP in mid Dec. Had a blast. Glad u got to meet so many cool Dis Peeps.

I noticed you didn't say, YOU managed to get in the pool, too. Isn't it funny, it can be 50 degrees and kids will still go in the pool, blue lips and all.

Ugh, I always hate trying to tell people what I do. Suffice it to say that I am not an air traffic controller but I work with/for/alongside them. How's that? Hence my comment about "Funny... but the stuff that's actually said? Either funnier or scarier depending on whether you' re up in the air or on the ground. " Been there, heard that.

Ok, that works for me.




Until he up Chucked and died... sorry. You left it out there.

Yeah, that probably qualifies for "the worst of times".

I always get a kick how, in the south, nobody dies, they have to "Up" and die. "Yeah, that was the day 'Ol Buford just up and died."

Hey Nebo,

I'm a total lurker when it comes to trip reports but I had to chime in on yours. I have no idea how I ended up reading it but I found it funny as hell (am I allowed to say that word?)

Yes, you can say "funny".

Looking forward to following your posts in the future. You have converted me from a lurker to a participant, at least with your reports.

And this is coming from a cynical Boston guy so that says a lot.

Well done!!

J

Hey Jake, glad to have you on board, it will be fun when my Bears meet your Patriots in the Super Bowl.

 

[nrod]

Hey Jake, glad to have you on board, it will be fun when my Bears meet your Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Nebo, Nebo, wake up...it's not 1986, it's 2011!

Also, in my family the kids love Buppa because he plies them with junk food. I told him one time that my sister in law didn't want my niece to have anymore cookies and he told me to mind my own business...it was his job to give her cookies. "That's what Grampa's do." My kids will arrive there at 10am and start asking for gummy worms, if I wasn't there he'd give them those horrid things at 10 in the morning ! That and he never scolds them - unless they are about to kill themselves.

 

[jakeybake]

Hey Jake, glad to have you on board, it will be fun when my Bears meet your Patriots in the Super Bowl. [/QUOTE]

I still wake up in cold sweats thinking about what your Bears did to us back in '86!!

J