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

[TigerTown]

I agree, Kyle, but I think it's all a moot issue anyway, just hand the division to the Twins again, especially with Morneau coming back healthy.

So true...Then they will get swept in the first round by the Yankees. Sorta feels like the movie "Ground Hog Day".

 

[Thumper_Man]

Mrs. Thumper, would you please go and smack your husband upside the head? This whole report is taking place in the exact time frame he is wondering about, it's pretty dead up until Pop Warner comes in, usually at the end of the first week in December.

Slap DH upside the head...Check!

So,,,,, how did the smacking go?

I would say it went pretty well. I still have a headache thanks to the 2 of you.

And yes, I know the time frame I'm looking at is the time frame you're reporting about. Since you're being such a diva and whining about the cold and your back, it merely slipped my mind for a moment. Just letting you know what I've read on other threads. I know the taping of the parade is the weekend after Thanksgiving. So really just a matter of when I (yes I. Mrs. T leaves all the planning to me) want to deal with the crowds. The weekend of Thanksgving, weekend after, the weekend after that. Our plan is to stay a full 2 weeks this time. So maybe we'll just avoid the parks on the weekends and just relax by the pool. Yes I can foresee the future and it's going to be lovely weather to kick it by the pool. Or maybe we'll just hang out downtown. We've yet to still see all of it. If we decide on a park, we'll just stay away from MK and hit that during the week. Hit the other parks instead.

How many days has it been now that you quit smoking? Still holding strong I hope? Glad to hear the eye is getting better.

 

[nebo]

We have now passsed the four week mark without so much as a puff
I'm pretty sure the same holds true for Smidgy.

Ok, we've got a really big show lined up for tonight, we've asked humor writers from all over the world to come and join us. Unfortunately, none of them showed up but we have gotten the writers of those famous hit shows, My Mother the Car, and I'm Dickens, he's Fenster.

Our report now brings us to Monday morning, it comes right after the Sunday night when we were watching the Osmond Lights.
(Donny and Marie were so cute)

On the schedule, this was a day I was really looking forward to. Why? You ask.

I'll tell ya why.

Because after 4 days in a row of having to meet a sitdown table service reservation there ain't a single one on the schedule for today!
We can eat when we want to at any counter service we want to, maybe use up some snack credits, this is a Magic Kingdom day and there are great opportunities there for different usage of snack credits. For example, we often use one for splitting a funnel cake at Sleepy Hollow.

Only one problem though:
I woke up stiffer than the Tin Man if he was left outside during the monsoon season.
Or any summer afternoon in DisneyWorld.

I rolled over twice to get to the edge of the bed, then almost went over the edge trying to figure out how to get my feet on the floor while keeping my upper torso still on the bed.

Finally, I just had to go ahead and do it, swung my feet down which lifted my body up to a sitting position,,,
and I screamed!
Which caused Diane to scream a bit in shock from my scream.
( I scream you scream we all scream cuz I screamed)

Do you think the "she" who must "not be" was "disturbed"?

"Sorry, couldn't help myself," I told her.

Yeah, a video of that little sequence would have been plenty entertaining, I'm sure.

Going about the morning "chores" was a real pain in my present condition. Needed Smidgy's help again just putting on my socks and shoes. (she never did get the left sock on quite right, the heel was too far over to the left, a little twisted. hey, don't mean to complain but it drove me nuts all day!)
I know,,,short drive!

(hmm, I seem to have a quotation marks and parenthesis thing going this chapter,,,, oh well)
("")

Now here's the problem:
After finally getting dressed even though we are looking right at the tv with the weather channel on, I had to go outside for a smoke anyway so now's the time to get the "real feel" temps.
First thing I noticed right away was that, once again, bright sunshine, nary a wisp of a cumulo or a cirrus in sight.

Not even a Cirrus Black!

sorry

And the second thing I noticed was that they weren't kidding when they said the wind chill was in the teens, Jack Frost wasn't just nipping at your nose, he was performing rhinoplasty!

Hold it a moment.
Those quotation marks in parenthesis looks like something doesn't it? Can't figure out what though.
And it reminds me of .....

Ok, gotta do this, just humor me, ok?

Who can tell me what this is?
C'mon, lean back a little bit, you can get it.
Anybody? What? That's right!


l.. l
l . O
O.. l
l. . O
O.. l
l.. l
l..... l

It's a bear climbing up a tree from the other side.
Ok, I'm done.
Hey, who are these guys in the clean white coats coming up the stairs?

Hey! What happened to my bear? This isn't how it was laid out on the screen. hmm, but it's back to normal in the edit screen,, let's try a copy and paste, see if that does it.

Nope, fooey, it won't leave my spaces alone when it posts. Oh well, never mind.

Ahem....
In the cold, I hobbled over to get in the sun with my body all hunched over and my butt sticking out for ballast and "enjoyed" a very quick smoke.
Tv says this morning and tomorrow morning will start out about 30, going up to highs in the mid fifties, and of course dropping way down by nighttime.

I didn't know what to do.
We were going to make rope drop, but we've done the
"freeze our arses off" thing already at the Magic Tundra early in the morning,, and tonight is an Emh night when I was hoping to get the rides I need to do at night in.

Leaning on the can at the smoking area I also thought about my other major problem:
(yes, I think great thoughts at the DSA's when I"m shivering and in great pain)

I have only got 4 doses of vics left.
And I don't mean Vapo Rub!

Crap, what to do, what to do, I couldn't make up my mind, to rope drop or not to rope drop, that is the question.
Then I tried to stand back up straight and this dope almost dropped!

I hobbled back to the room and told Smidgy I just can't go yet, gonna have to wait a while.

I was helpless and useless for quite a while, around 10:30 I decided to give it a shot and armed with nothing but Ibuprofen we headed out to the Magic Kingdom.

Remember what I said about the snack credits I wanted to use?

I never even thought of it then!
The fudge on main street, maybe an ear of corn in Liberty Square, I have wanted an orange/vanilla citrus swirl from Aloha Isle for 3 trips now and never gotten one. Right, I'm getting an ice cream treat today. Guess that rules out the root beer floats and shakes, too.

Instead, we headed directly to Columbia Harbour House for lunch, wanted to give the fish basket a try since the angus burgers and the nachos supreme and the Cosmic Ray ribs have all bombed so far.

Entering the park we see they have now moved the tree where it belongs since the shooting is over.

Here, now look at this sky,,,, looks like it's a hot sunny day in July, doesn't it?
I partly took this picture because the guy right in front of me apparently thinks it July, also.

By the time we got to Columbia Harbour House I was shot, I still couldn't stand up totally straight and I was getting the feeling this was not maybe one of my brighter ideas coming here today.

And you know what?

I was getting a tad crabby!

SO, with that info, you know what's gonna be coming next right?

You got it! A woman tried to take me on, and I wasn't in the mood.

Here's how it went down:

We get in line after reading the menu, we both are getting the fish basket with fries.

As we get up to the girl in her enclosed enclave Smidgy does the ordering.
While she is ordering, a family gets in line behind us, mom, dad, one kid, maybe two.
And mom is berating dad for what seemed like everything from it being cold out to not getting reservations at Crystal Palace to Pluto not being called a true planet anymore.

She was a _itch!

Can I say it that way? Hows this?
She was a real Donkeyhole.

Listening to them try to agree on what she will allow him to eat, Smidgy told me that since it seems a little crowded, why don't I go on upstairs and get us a table.
I agreed, and left.

We usually sit upstairs by a window, but today there really isn't many tables open up here at all. After checking the whole area out I grabbed what seemed like one of the few remaining tables and took off my jacket and laid it on the top of it.

Then I went over to the fixins bar and started grabbing napkins and tartar and other stuffage we'll need.

When I got back to the table, wanna guess who's standing there with my jacket in her hands?

I walked up right behind her and kind of scared her a bit when I loudly said, "What are you doing with my jacket?"
Loudly because I wanted other nearbye tables to be able to hear me start off with that.

"Oh, this jacket is in my way since I need this table."

"No, that jacket is showing you that this table is spoken for."

She must have left them downstairs to wait for the food and did what we did, go up to get a table. Guess the kids decided to stay with dad.

Then she leaned over way too close to my face and said, "You can't reserve a table when you don't have any food with you."

I had reached ignition stage at this point:
"And where is your food or are you planning on trying to pull that out of your donkey too?" no, that' not the word I used. This caused a look on her face of shock and indignation, I followed that with, "And if you don't put my jacket back where it was I'm going to call security for attempted theft."

With that she threw it back down on the table, but way in the corner up against the wall.

But the one hand would still not let go of the chair she had been holding onto.
I had an idea then,,,,

Since I knew we were ahead in line we were almost bound to get our food first before her group.

"Tell you what, why don't we both sit down right now and just stare at each other, and whom evers family comes up first with their food gets the table?"

In a weird, strange way, I almost didn't want this fine woman to leave; all while this is going on I am not thinking of my back, and it's giving me a chance to vent a bit.

But even though I didn't think she noticed me when she was nagging her husband, she had had enough I guess and tried to slam the chair into something as she turned and walked away but even that didnt work either.

She went downstairs and I never saw her again.

Ok, it didn't happen exactly that way but that's the way my mind embellished it over time.
Bottom line was, whe grabbed my jacket, tried to push her way in and I had to threaten to call securtity.

Smidgy showed up and I had to tell her all about it when she asked why my jacket is in a bunch up against the wall.

Fish baskets there are really good, fries good,, milk for a drink good,,,,,,, and,,,,,, that same chocolate cake in a plastic cup for dessert.

I was getting addicted to those cake in a cups.

We then went over and did Hall of Presidents just to see if anybody has assasinated Obama yet but he was still in it, the Disney security it top notch.

But I couldn't take it anymore, it was shooting down my leg now and the ibuprofens were just not cutting it so we went back to the resort so I could rest up a while.

Oh we came back, oh yeah, got back right at nightfall/dusk/twilight/gloaming/,,,,,,,when it was "darking out".

But this time I'm packing!

Yeah, well, that didn't work out so well either.

We both had a couple drinks as usual in the room, we brought fuzzy cups but finished them before we went in the park and have each a Sunny D bottle, armed and dangerous.
Oh, and a couple of little airplane bottles of vodka for when the Sunny D's get low and need topping off and there's still a couple of laps left.

And yes, the last of my fuzzy cup before we went through security check washed down one of my last 4 doses of painkillers.

All of this insanity gave me a total of about an hour and a half of relatively, pain free touring enjoyment.

Kind of.

A little bit.

We actually, stupidly, did TTA, or Wedway to you purists,,,, man,,, it was cold up there.

From there we finally did Potsie, have to do that at least once every trip. I even got to see Davy Jones or whoever that image is in the mist, maybe it's Potsie!

We waited 10 minutes and rode Big Thunder,,,,,, it was still really cold, and still slow.
Splash Mountain was deserted, wonder why?


And we finally did Haunted Mansion, but by this time everything was already wearing off and it wasn't as much fun. It was also reall blurry inside the ride for some reason, here, I took a picture, let me show you.

See how blurry she looks?

Anyway, I crapped out, I just couldn't take the one two punch of the cold and the back anymore and we even left without even seeing Wishes.

I did get one last Magic Kingdom picture during the Holidays as we turned down Main Street.

So much for EMH, we were back at Pop by nine, but the real problem was the remaining pills were calling me like sirens from inside the safe.

Finally, I cracked.
I got up, walked over to the safe, I grabbed my jacket that was hanging in front of it and asked her, "You still hungry? Want to go get something from the food court?"

And that last bit of sanity closed out a strange Monday.

goodnight everybody

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Oh the nerve of that woman! Glad you put her in her place.


Four weeks without a puff, huh? Well then I guess that doesn't explain that whole bit in the middle about the bear.


Just teasing! So proud of you and Smidgy.

 

[pkondz]

We have now passsed the four week mark without so much as a puff
I'm pretty sure the same holds true for Smidgy.

Nope, no joking on this one. Congratulations to you both. And keep it up! We're all rooting for you!

Ok, we've got a really big show lined up for tonight,

That remains to be seen (read?) and it's pronounced "shew"... just ask Ed.

we've asked humor writers from all over the world to come and join us. Unfortunately, none of them showed up but we have gotten the writers of those famous hit shows, My Mother the Car, and I'm Dickens, he's Fenster.

Just how old are you mister?

On the schedule, this was a day I was really looking forward to. Why? You ask.

WHY?

I'll tell ya why.

YAY!!!!

For example, we often use one for splitting a funnel cake at Sleepy Hollow.

You should never spit food at Sleepy Hollow, or anywhere else for that matter. It's considered rude and... what? Oh, splitting... Nevermind.

I rolled over twice to get to the edge of the bed, then almost went over the edge trying to figure out how to get my feet on the floor while keeping my upper torso still on the bed.

One day I felt the onset of a kidney stone attack and I tensed up so much that I threw out my back. The pain was so bad that I wasn't sure if it was the kidney or the back that was causing the problem. I went to the hospital and was on a bed when some young doctor, fresh out of med school, came in and started asking the dumbest questions I'd ever heard come out of a doctor's mouth. "What makes you think you were having a kidney stone?" "Been there, done that, don't wanna go back." "And why do you think something's the matter with your back?" "'Cause it hurts there and I can't move." After a few more brilliant observations/questions on her part she asks me to stand up. I ask her if she's got a few minutes, 'cause it's gonna take a while. She says yes. The last thing I want to do is try to get up, but I try... and try... and try. After a couple of weeks (okay it was a few minutes) I finally get vertical. I'm standing there now, out of breath with sweat pouring down my face when she looks me right in the eye and says (after watching me struggle for the past decade), "Okay, now touch your toes." I stared at her and blurted, "Are you (the DIS would delete the expletive at this point) ...ing kidding me????" I don't normally swear, and never at a doctor, but I made an exception in this case. Now back to our regularly sponsored program.

Finally, I just had to go ahead and do it, swung my feet down which lifted my body up to a sitting position,,,

and I screamed!

I bet!

Yeah, a video of that little sequence would have been plenty entertaining, I'm sure.

Oh, the horror.

(hmm, I seem to have a quotation marks and parenthesis thing going this chapter,,,, oh well)
("")

!

First thing I noticed right away was that, once again, bright sunshine, nary a wisp of a cumulo or a cirrus in sight.

Not even a Cirrus Black!

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Put a pic of padfoot in.

sorry

me too.

Who can tell me what this is?
C'mon, lean back a little bit, you can get it.
Anybody? What? That's right!


l.. l
l . O
O.. l
l. . O
O.. l
l.. l
l..... l

It's a bear climbing up a tree from the other side.

l.. l.O.......O
l.. l..(o) (o)
l.. l....{ O }
l.. l...{~~}
l . O
O.. l
l. . O
O.. l
l.. l
l..... l

for those that can't see it, it's (from top line) ears, eyes, nose, mouth

Ok, I'm done.
Hey, who are these guys in the clean white coats coming up the stairs?

Doctors… for your back. Just relax. They’re here to help

I have only got 4 doses of vics left.
And I don't mean Vapo Rub!

Michael Vick? Queen Victoria? Nope, I’m lost.

Crap, what to do, what to do, I couldn't make up my mind, to rope drop or not to rope drop, that is the question.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer back pain from
The slings and arrows of TSM,
Or to take arms against the pirates of the caribbean,
And by taking vics, end it?

Here, now look at this sky,,,, looks like it's a hot sunny day in July, doesn't it?

Nope. Not if you’re from Canada. The first thing the eye notices is the clothing. Jackets? Cold. Blue sky? In winter? Really cold.

I partly took this picture because the guy right in front of me apparently thinks it July, also.

Probably Canadian. We don’t feel cold until it drops below 5 or so.

I was getting a tad crabby!

Uh, oh. Hold onto your hats folks. This should be good.

SO, with that info, you know what's gonna be coming next right?

She was a _itch!

In a hard to reach place?

Can I say it that way? Hows this?
She was a real Donkeyhole.

Hmmm... Disney... Donkeyhole... Got it! You're referring to the scene in Pinocchio where all the boys get turned into donkeys. Don't get it, but go on, I'm all ears.

When I got back to the table, wanna guess who's standing there with my jacket in her hands?

The Blue Fairy? We're still talking about Pinocchio right?

Then she leaned over way too close to my face and said, "You can't reserve a table when you don't have any food with you."

I had reached ignition stage at this point:
"And where is your food or are you planning on trying to pull that out of your donkey too?"

Bless the simple people. I can't believe she thought she could pull that one off.

I followed that with, "And if you don't put my jacket back where it was I'm going to call security for attempted theft."

Yes, call security, that'll show her! What? No officer, don't mind the fuzzy cups, sunny D bottles or little airplane bottles...

yes I know you brought them in later, but it's more fun this way

With that she threw it back down on the table, but way in the corner up against the wall.

Hmmm... it may have been a good thing (for her) that your back was out.

Oh we came back, oh yeah, got back right at nightfall/dusk/twilight/gloaming/,,,,,,,when it was "darking out".

When? Oh you mean at eventide. Check.

And we finally did Haunted Mansion, but by this time everything was already wearing off and it wasn't as much fun. It was also reall blurry inside the ride for some reason, here, I took a picture, let me show you.

See how blurry she looks?

It was cold out, then you went into a warm and possibly more humid environment. Possibly condensation formed on the lens. Yeah, that must be it.

Actually, I like that shot.

So much for EMH, we were back at Pop by nine, but the real problem was the remaining pills were calling me like sirens from inside the safe.

Finally, I cracked.
I got up, walked over to the safe...

So now you're a safe cracker. Thanks for the update!

 

[babynurse1]

l.. l
l . O
O.. l
l. . O
O.. l
l.. l
l..... l

It's a bear climbing up a tree from the other side.

Your talents are unparalleled! Color me green with envy. (Even my smiley is green!)

And that last bit of sanity closed out a strange Monday

On a Monday, I was arrested uh uh


Sorry I break out spontaneously in song. Can ya name the artist? You get a special prize if you can!!


Great installment, except for the part about you couldn't get out of bed. That would put a little damper on things. But glad to see you dug deep, found the cowboy in you, pulled yourself up by your bootstraps and trudged forward into the Icelandic cold that is Florida....apparently.

 

[TigerTown]

We have now passsed the four week mark without so much as a puff
I'm pretty sure the same holds true for Smidgy.

That is awesome... Keep it up!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

I wonder who was in more pain, you or that woman hobbling down Main St. on crutches? Anyway, it sucks...

About that _itch, sadly, my BFF is married to that woman. Well, maybe not exactly HER, but her evil twin sister...

Sorry you had such a painful day, but a great installment as always!

And you are doing better than I am with the smoking. Well, not a puff for me in over 6 months, but I am still gum and lozenge dependent.

 

[nebo]

I would say it went pretty well. I still have a headache thanks to the 2 of you.

And yes, I know the time frame I'm looking at is the time frame you're reporting about. Since you're being such a diva and whining about the cold and your back, it merely slipped my mind for a moment. Just letting you know what I've read on other threads. I know the taping of the parade is the weekend after Thanksgiving. So really just a matter of when I (yes I. Mrs. T leaves all the planning to me) want to deal with the crowds. The weekend of Thanksgving, weekend after, the weekend after that. Our plan is to stay a full 2 weeks this time. So maybe we'll just avoid the parks on the weekends and just relax by the pool. Yes I can foresee the future and it's going to be lovely weather to kick it by the pool. Or maybe we'll just hang out downtown. We've yet to still see all of it. If we decide on a park, we'll just stay away from MK and hit that during the week. Hit the other parks instead.

How many days has it been now that you quit smoking? Still holding strong I hope? Glad to hear the eye is getting better.

Diva? Me? I much rather prefer Drama Queen.
By the way, as long as Pop Warner isn't staying at the resort ykou are, they are no problem at all, I've never noticed them at all in the parks, I don't think they get much of a chance to go in them. Only problem is they are also invading Port Orleans now besides the All Stars, but I don't think they have ever stayed at Pop Century. Where would you prefer to stay?

Oh the nerve of that woman! Glad you put her in her place.


Four weeks without a puff, huh? Well then I guess that doesn't explain that whole bit in the middle about the bear.


Just teasing! So proud of you and Smidgy.

Thanks Nicole. You have no idea how long I worked on trying to fix that little bear picture, and every time I got it right again in the edit, it would be moved all around when it posted, the spacing is important,,,,,,, and,, oh,, never mind.

That remains to be seen (read?) and it's pronounced "shew"... just ask Ed.


You are correct and that's exactly almost how I planned on typing it, (shoe), but when I got to that word my brain forgot the memo.

Just how old are you mister?

My Mother the Car was a terrible show starring Jerry Van Dy-e, Dick's brother. If I type it out it will be bleeped by the Dis. I believe it was about the main character's mother coming back to life as a Studebaker or something. Re-incarnation was big way back then.
And I'm Dickens, he's Fenster starred Marty Ingles and Samwise's daddy, John Astin, before he went on to great fame as Gomez and a recurring role on Night Court.
At least I think that was him, watch me be confused with a different actor.


One day I felt the onset of a kidney stone attack and I tensed up so much that I threw out my back. The pain was so bad that I wasn't sure if it was the kidney or the back that was causing the problem. I went to the hospital and was on a bed when some young doctor, fresh out of med school, came in and started asking the dumbest questions I'd ever heard come out of a doctor's mouth. "What makes you think you were having a kidney stone?" "Been there, done that, don't wanna go back." "And why do you think something's the matter with your back?" "'Cause it hurts there and I can't move." After a few more brilliant observations/questions on her part she asks me to stand up. I ask her if she's got a few minutes, 'cause it's gonna take a while. She says yes. The last thing I want to do is try to get up, but I try... and try... and try. After a couple of weeks (okay it was a few minutes) I finally get vertical. I'm standing there now, out of breath with sweat pouring down my face when she looks me right in the eye and says (after watching me struggle for the past decade), "Okay, now touch your toes." I stared at her and blurted, "Are you (the DIS would delete the expletive at this point) ...ing kidding me????" I don't normally swear, and never at a doctor, but I made an exception in this case. Now back to our regularly sponsored program.

Hey, I'm a big fan of the Stones, have been since they came on the scene in the early sixties and try to never miss them, Fred and Barney.
Yeah, I've had doctors like that myself, and from what I understand, passing a kidney stone is like giving birth,,, if you were giving birth to a hippo.



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Put a pic of padfoot in.
I was so sad when Padfoot was killed,,, Gary Oldman is just terrific in anything he does.










Michael Vick? Queen Victoria? Nope, I’m lost.

If I say Victoria Principle you gonna ask how old I am again?


Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer back pain from
The slings and arrows of TSM,
Or to take arms against the pirates of the caribbean,
And by taking vics, end it?

That was very good, but who's gonna believe that Vick's Vapo Rub can be fatal?

Bless the simple people. I can't believe she thought she could pull that one off.

It wasn't just her actions either, it was the LOOK on her face,,,,, man,,, you couldn't help but wanna smack her.


Yes, call security, that'll show her! What? No officer, don't mind the fuzzy cups, sunny D bottles or little airplane bottles...

yes I know you brought them in later, but it's more fun this way

understood

It was cold out, then you went into a warm and possibly more humid environment. Possibly condensation formed on the lens. Yeah, that must be it.

Actually, I like that shot.

[COLOR="blue"]Thanks, Ponzi, had fun writing that chapter.

And I can tell you did too, unwriting it.

Your talents are unparalleled! Color me green with envy. (Even my smiley is green!)





On a Monday, I was arrested uh uh


Sorry I break out spontaneously in song. Can ya name the artist? You get a special prize if you can!!

Geesh, I'm going to have to draw it on paper, then have it scanned into the printer, transfer it into the computer and then upload it into photobucket so I can then download it so you can all see how that was supposed to come out.

or I can forget about it.

Um, no, I have no idea what that song line is from, if it's after 1980 it's doubtfull I know it.



Great installment, except for the part about you couldn't get out of bed. That would put a little damper on things. But glad to see you dug deep, found the cowboy in you, pulled yourself up by your bootstraps and trudged forward into the Icelandic cold that is Florida....apparently.

You have no idea how much cold can ruin a trip for me, cold and Disney in Florida just don't go together, I can't wait till next September, hope we can keep that trip.

I wonder who was in more pain, you or that woman hobbling down Main St. on crutches? Anyway, it sucks...

About that _itch, sadly, my BFF is married to that woman. Well, maybe not exactly HER, but her evil twin sister...

Sorry you had such a painful day, but a great installment as always!

And you are doing better than I am with the smoking. Well, not a puff for me in over 6 months, but I am still gum and lozenge dependent.

I did notice that girl on the crutches, forgot about her but after seeing that pic again I remember she was moving pretty good on them things and she was alone.
AS for the smoking goes,,,,, no, haven't had a stick of gum yet,,,, but am now suffering from a bad toothache, not sure if it's from the un clogged arteries in my body or sucking on too many lifesavers. I have found a replacement mostly for the lifesavers though, now my main habit is chewing on the inside of my lip.

 

[pkondz]

On a Monday, I was arrested uh uh


Sorry I break out spontaneously in song. Can ya name the artist? You get a special prize if you can!!

Well... since Nebo has already passed, would you like me to guess? What's the prize? Is it 'Cash'? If I get it wrong will I go to jail the next day?

 

[pkondz]

If I say Victoria Principle you gonna ask how old I am again?

Hmmm.... Let's just say that I haven't thought of Victoria Principle in a loooonngg time. But I used to think about her a lot.

That was very good, but who's gonna believe that Vick's Vapo Rub can be fatal?

Ever try eating the stuff? There ya go.

 

[nebo]

As our trip was winding down I was hoping for a break in the cold, but that was not to be, in fact, the next morning, Tuesday was the coldest day of all.

For this day we ended up making some hasty changes due to my back, the cold and the times guide.

One thing we were hoping to do this trip was Turtle Talk with Crush, something we haven't done in at least 3 years now. This should be done either early or late to avoid waiting. We also want to hear the Voices of Liberty sing at the American pavillion, but they only play for about two hours in the early afternoon.
Our problem is that's when our reservation for Coral Reef was, 1:30, perfect timing to screw everything up. We tried for months to get it earlier but no dice.

However, yesterday we were able to book Morocco, first lunch seating at 11:15. Then we can catch the Voices, take a break and come back at night.

But holy cow was it cold out that morning, Weather Channel said it's "Currently 29 in Disney World."
I'm not sure why, but 29 up here in Chicago is a LOT warmer than 29 in Orlando, I don't care if it doesn't make sense, I stand by it.

We were up early, but weren't really trying to make rope drop, I WAS working hard on making the Dope stand up though.

She went for coffee and tea and a paper for later after again helping me with my shoes, I went out just to have a smoke.

That was when I saw the funniest thing I'd seen on the whole trip:
The Harley Boys are setting up for business and hanging out their shingle again, the one guy was just about to fire up his Sportster and start the power washing routine we have all grown to love so much. I'll bet that a chair or lounger was never used the entire day before, and the onlything that could have dirtied the concrete is if a bird had an accident doing a flyover.

This was my old buddy, the chair counter guy and he stiffened up noticably when I walked up to him.

"Good morning," I said, "Decided Disney needs a few more law suits against them?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Not a "Hi, how are you?", or a "Good morning yourself," or even a "I can tell by the way you're hunched over walking that my curse on you worked." Just a "What do you mean by that?"

"The tv says it's currently 29 degrees out, what do you think is going to happen to that water after it's sprayed on the concrete?"

"It will freeze?"

"Correct!" I said. And instead of your "wet floor" signs you leave out it might be a whole different ball game when it's man made ice people are falling and hurting themselves on. "

He stood there with that kind of blank look on his face like a kid in class who is asked to stand up and say the capitol of Hungary as punishment when he's caught talking to the kid behind him.

Finally, he made his decision:

"Nah", and he went back to work.

As I hobbled to the smoking area I'm ashamed to say that I thought bad thoughts then, "hmmm, if something like THIS had caused my bad back,,,,,,,,,,,"
Right, they'd probably give me a free Itsakadoozie!

Then I went back inside to re check my supply.
Yeah, I was right, 3 decent doses left, hmmm, today Epcot, tomorrow Animal Kingdom, leave Thursday.

Not gonna worry about Thursday so that leaves today and tomorrow, Animal Kingdom will be a shorter day, less walking, more shows.
Ok, one dose this morning, one tonight, last one sometime tomorrow. As I was doing this, Smidgy came back and I hurriedly put them away so they wouldn't get wet from the mugs.

I was really ticked at the whole thing yesterday, cutting the day short and not seeing Wishes. Wow, a whole trip without Wishes or Spectro, that stupid Main St. Electrical Parade, I really want to see Illuminations again tonight.

And wow, a trip to Disney without Splash Mountain!

We got to Epcot just before ten, again, Diane ran in and got a couple of fastpasses for Soarin', (apostrophe trademarked), then for some STUPID reason, just to kill a little time, we went and did the SECOND worst attraction in all of Disney, the Lack of Imagination Ride with Figment.


I don't know why, just to see if somehow it got better or something, but it still sucks.
Yeah, "One Little Spark" is what's needed in there on top of some gasoline soaked newspapers.

By the way, the worst attraction is
Stitch's "Gotcha trapped" ride.

We had a smoke, then went on into World Showcase but it didn't take near as long as I thought it would and we ended up standing around in England waiting for the second rope drop.
We did look around for what I have read is a "secret garden" next to the restaurant Rose and Crown, but neither of us could find anything that would qualify for that.

I guess that's why it's a "secret".

But what really IS being accomplished during this time is that in my "spring" jacket, I am becoming numb, then I thought to myself suddenly, "OMG, I forgot to take the painpills!", and I jammed my hand in my pocket to find,,,
nothing.

I never did put them in my pocket, wow, even my brain is becoming numb. Probably just as well now, too close to a big meal, but if I had taken them when I planned to , (soon as we got to Epcot) at least it might have helped Figment.

They let us through and we walked on to Morocco.

I'm sure the lagoon had something to do with it but the wind was really biting this morning, seemed to go right through you.

Then we found out we probably couldn't have picked a worse resaurant for today.

Why? You ask?

I'll tell you why.

Morocco is an extremely open air pavillion.
All of the shops and stuff are barely under roofs, (rooves?), and some don't even seem to have doors.

The doors to Marrakesh were wide open, and that's the way they were to stay. I briefly considered trying to really get in the mood of things and break out with a,
"Did you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express," but I didn't.
At first there was nobody at the podium, so we just looked around for a bit, then when we checked back in at our reservation time we were told to "Go away, nobody gets in to see the Great and Powerful,,,,,"
actually, she told us to go away and come back in ten minutes, for some reason, so we wandered some more.

Here we are, in Morocco, Northern Africa and as we walked around you could see your breath it was so cold.

So much for global warming.

At almost 11:30 we were seated,,, ten minutes later we asked to be moved into the side up the stairs,, and away from the open doors it was so cold in there.
I never took my jacket off!

While waiting for our beverages we took turns going to the restroom, when she came back I did give the "atmosphere" thing a shot this time with a lame, "Of all the gin mills in all the world, she has to walk into mine, " but she just looked at me.

The meal was ok, we both got the Sultan's Sampler,,,
couscous, bastilla, brewat rolls,,,, but the brewat rolls seemed really dried out this time.
Bread was good, I got coffee, she got tea and for dessert I got what I thinkk is called bastilla too, a very thin layer covering the whole plate in a kind of apple tasting sauce.

The waiter did come by once and asked me if I want my coffee refilled, I told him, "Yes, fill it again Sam", and I saw his eyes roll up into his head.

As for the dessert?

It was ok, I gave a bunch to Smidgy cuz whatever she got was real small and not very good. As we walked out we both kind of looked at each other concerning the meal and shrugged, I told her, "We'll always have Flame Tree."

Back outside it was still, "quick, get in the sunlight" cold, but everything just seemed so clear out and "crisp". Again, not a cloud in the sky.

Now we are basically just killing time waiting for the Voices to start, (boy, at home I'm always hearing the Voices), so we wandered into the main courtyard in Italy where in the back is a smoking area. Right in the center in the back is a fountain with a sculpture in the middle.
I'm not sure if it's supposed to be Neptune or Poseiden or just an old homeless guy and all I remember from literature concerning this pavillion is something I think based on St. Mark.

I can guarantee, if somebody has a camera, they will be taking a picture of a family member in front of this thing, I'll bet more pictures have been shot here than of the castle at MK.

So I refused to play along, I'm now looking for the "shot not taken", and I think I found it.

See?

Cool, huh?

I have no idea what it is.

But it's in the front of the Italy pavillion, two towers with a thingy on top, I think they're bird feeders for the sea gulls.

With about 15 minutes left to kill we gave in and went back to the American Adventure to warm up waiting inside.

Nope, warming up is not gonna happen really here either, these doors are wide open too, and you can see your breath in the huge lobby inside. Since we were early we were able to grab a cushy bench that's right where the performers perform.
The room slowly filled up and about eight singers came out all dressed up in top hats and flowery dresses and did their thing.

Ok, the guys were in top hats and the female units were the ones in the flowery dresses, geesh!

Boy, were they good! The harmonizing was incredible singing mostly traditional Christmas songs and a few Hymms. They ended their show with a terrific version of Amazing Grace.

Which of course led to another weird Abbott and Costello type conversation with Smidgy:

She said, "I love that hymm," but I wasn't really paying attention to her at the time, and all I heard was, "I love,,,him." I thought she was really taken with a certain performer so I looked at where whe was looking and it was the young guy on the end with the deep voice.

"Oh, him? " I asked. "The one on the end?"
But she heard "The one at the end."

"Yes the one at the end, that's a hymm."

"Oh, that's a nice, " I said,

"What makes "a him" so special?"

"You don't like Amazing Grace?" she asked.

"Sure I do, but I thought we were talking about him."

"We are talking about a hymm, wait a minute, what are you talking about?" And she followed my eyes and burst out laughing. "You idiot, not him, a hymm"

I gave up and walked over and told the guy with the deep voice who was greeting guests, "Great job! Here, talk to my wife," and I walked outside.

We were now done for awhile and walked over to Germany to catch the boat across the lagoon. For some reason though, I always have to take a pic or two of the trains in Germany, I remember there was a reason for taking these shots at the time but darned if I can figure out what it was now.

There was no lizards doing the Godzilla thing so beats me why I took the pics again. One thing I had always wanted to do was bring a bunch of the green army men and make it look like occupied Berlin. On our way out we got a fastpass for Test Track and were back at the resort in no time.

My main thought is that at least I've got vikes for tonight, but I had no idea of the scary situation that was going to happen later on tonight at Epcot.
by for now

 

[Echo queen]

you left us hangin.

 

[mrsksomeday]

But holy cow was it cold out that morning, Weather Channel said it's "Currently 29 in Disney World."
I'm not sure why, but 29 up here in Chicago is a LOT warmer than 29 in Orlando, I don't care if it doesn't make sense, I stand by it.

It makes complete sense, Bill and I were saying the same thing. Forty degrees in Disney is NOT like 40 degrees in Southern Illinois at all.

I would have went off on the lady that had your jacket too, she had no right to touch it.

So sorry you were hurting, I can't imagine how painful it was walking.

I can't believe you left us hanging like that .

 

[mmeb144]

My main thought is that at least I've got vikes for tonight, but I had no idea of the scary situation that was going to happen later on tonight at Epcot.
by for now

NNNNOOOOOOO! (Can't wait! )

 

[chmbnaut66]

My main thought is that at least I've got vikes for tonight, but I had no idea of the scary situation that was going to happen later on tonight at Epcot.
by for now

You have got to be kidding me??? And now it is going to take you a week before I get the next installment? Are you trying to kill me? LOL

On a side note, my daughter drove to Orlando on Friday, spent yesterday in the Magic Kingdom with some friends, and drove back today. ( To be young again and do a 7 hour drive, park commando, followed by a 7 hour drive! )

She would not stop talking about the new Winnie the Pooh queue. And said that it was worth going through the long line to experience all of the interactive elements. Guess I will find out in a couple of weeks!

Great report, keep them coming!!!

 

[babynurse1]

Well... since Nebo has already passed, would you like me to guess? What's the prize? Is it 'Cash'? If I get it wrong will I go to jail the next day?

The prize is the satisfaction that you got it correct, which you did. Very clever you are. Sorry I channeled my inner Yoda for a sec.


NEBO: IT WAS WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY BEFORE 1980. It was by a little known artist named JOHNNY CASH!!!!!!


Sorry I don't have time to read your latest installment (hey at least I'm honest) But I promise to get back to you as soon as all the babies are birthed at work.


See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!

 

[nebo]

you left us hangin.

I'm a "veddy veddy bad man."

It makes complete sense, Bill and I were saying the same thing. Forty degrees in Disney is NOT like 40 degrees in Southern Illinois at all.


So sorry you were hurting, I can't imagine how painful it was walking.

I can't believe you left us hanging like that .

Tracy, I also think that 90 in Disney isn't as hot as it is in Chicago, down there it just feels normal.

NNNNOOOOOOO! (Can't wait! )

Marie, I really don't want to exploit this 'cliffhanger', it didn't have any thing to do with vikes or really me for that matter but we were still more than a bit concerned.

:
You have got to be kidding me??? And now it is going to take you a week before I get the next installment? Are you trying to kill me? LOL

It will be up Thursday at the latest, maybe sooner if I get sick of "Idol".

On a side note, my daughter drove to Orlando on Friday, spent yesterday in the Magic Kingdom with some friends, and drove back today. ( To be young again and do a 7 hour drive, park commando, followed by a 7 hour drive! )

Does she live with you? That sounds like too long a drive from "L. A.", it can't take that long, can it?

We have already picked out where we want to live if we can ever get what we need out of out house;
it's on 192 just 5 minutes SW of Disney in a gorgeous manufactured home community,,,,,,,,here's the web site,,
Vistadellago.net .

She would not stop talking about the new Winnie the Pooh queue. And said that it was worth going through the long line to experience all of the interactive elements. Guess I will find out in a couple of weeks!

Great report, keep them coming!!!

Where are you staying in a couple of weeks? Cant remember if you told me. I don't think the Pooh Queue,,,(pool cue?),, was finished when we were there, but the one time we rode it in December we just about ran through the line cuz it was first thing in the morning and 30 degrees out and we wanted in.

The prize is the satisfaction that you got it correct, which you did. Very clever you are. Sorry I channeled my inner Yoda for a sec.


NEBO: IT WAS WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY BEFORE 1980. It was by a little known artist named JOHNNY CASH!!!!!!

No kidding, boy, probably heard it a million times, never paid attention to the words. Something like Fullton Prison Blues ? Fullsome?
Anyway, ya got me good.


Sorry I don't have time to read your latest installment (hey at least I'm honest) But I promise to get back to you as soon as all the babies are birthed at work.

You know, it doesn't cost that much more to get "Baby Waiting".


See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!

Taking after your good friend, Celerystalker I see.

 

[zianha]

My main thought is that at least I've got vikes for tonight, but I had no idea of the scary situation that was going to happen later on tonight at Epcot.
by for now

Hi Nebo! I've been reading your trip reports for a while now but I've never left a comment......mostly out of sheer laziness.......but your cliffhanger warranted an evil look (hey, Darth Vader is pretty evil) and me shaking my fist at the screen in frustration.

Can't wait to see what happens!!

 

[OhMari]

I am sitting in my house,cold and I read your latest installment and Now I feel even colder. I am praying really hard for warm weather in 27 days.

Hmmm, cliff hanger, it magically warmed up that nite.