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

[Sandy Mouse]

So when we go to Teppan Edo in March, I will show them this picture and tell him "See this guy...

who is often seen with this lady....

I don't know them" to gain favor with the chef.

My grandson (6'3" and almost too cool to be seen with his grandmother) will have to wear the chef/birthday hat, too. I'm really looking forward to that.

 

[nebo]

I had a friend who joined weight watchers while she quit, saved her the trouble of gaining weight. Just a thought? Now that you aren't purchasing the cancer sticks, you can afford WW. Again just a thought. Or you can become an advid gum chewer.

Nix on the gum chewing, I very rarely chew gum. Besides, gum is the one thing that can't be bought anywhere at WDW.

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Originally Posted by nebo
Can water be replaced with manhattans? hust hust

can water be replaced with manhattans?

can change be replaced with manhattans?

Le Cars were the result of manhattans.





Well, it's day one and you still have a sense of humor!

Or is the sense of humor the result of manhattans?

Can humor be replaced with manhattans?

Yes, there are some great coasters at Holiday World. My favorite is The Voyage. The 3 main coasters are all wooden and have that great clickety clack feel and sound.


Here's a short youtube about the Voyage. (if you are so inclined)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OKI3_JNrf4


Also, Holiday World has free unlimited soft drinks. And the staff are super friendly. It's a great little amusement park.

This park sounds great! I also adore wooden coasters, The Beast is still my all time favorite and I like The Mean Streak at Cedar Point a lot too.

Does he like ravioli? All the Chef Boyardi(sp?) commercials talk about how a serving of their ravioli has a serving of vegetables. I do have to agree with him on the oatmeal though.

P.S. I would try getting him to eat the healthy stuff now. He can't see, so how will he know what he's eating.

Is that right about the Ravioli? I'm not nuts about those little pillows but at least I can eat them.

Ouch!

Ouch is right!
That ol' acorn didn't fall too far from the tree this time did it?

So if Smidgy ONLY craves cigs when she drinks, does that mean she will also cut down her alcohol consumption? OH NO!!! LOL, however.... that would mean more money saved for another trip to WDW.

Ok, even I'm finding the drinking to be problematical. The drinking definately makes you want to smoke a lot more, but if I don't, that means a very long night staring at the ceiling and fuming.

Once, again.....you are a master story teller and a very funny guy. Wish I had been at the hibachi table with you and Smidgy. Bet that was hysterical!!!

Thanks, Cnaut, but I can honestly say I'm not feeling too hysterical right now, at least not "funny" hysterical. More like, "BLUBBABLUBBBABLUBBA hysterical.

 

[nebo]

I those old wooden roller coasters. The new steel ones with loop-de-loops make me sick, but the old wooden ones are great! That video reminded me of The Bobs at Riverview. Anybody here old enough to remember that park? Western at Belmont, Chicago.

Bonus points - remember the name of the character in all the commercials? "Laaaaugh your troubles away...at Riverview!". Hint - his most noticeable physical feature was part of the name...

-Bob

Hey Bob, I've talked about Riverview Park in some of the older trip reports. Yeah, I just loved it there, the Bobs scared the hell out of me but I rode it anyway, even after that guy got "thirded" by a train when he stood up to wave to his wife and the sign knocked him out of the train. I even wanted to go to Lane High School, right next door but the year before I graduated grammer school, they closed Riverview for good and I ended up at Steinmetz instead.

But I don't remember an advertising mascot even though I remember the slogan.

Anybody keeping score yet? New and improved Nebo 0, Cold Weather 2.

Yeah, I'm losing but it's not a blowout yet.

I can! It's 2! Sheesh, that wasnt' that hard...



You're gonna wake up "She who must not be disturbed"???

Well, I didn't did I?

Dylan Thomas... Independence Day... poetry mixed with action/adventure movie. Sure, why not?

Hey, it worked for Bill Pullman.

Got it!



My sister got some records (vinyl... remember when they weren't spun back and forth by hand?) from K-Tel. And I remember saving Rice Krispies box tops for something... don't remember what though.

I remember saving them too and I can't rememb er for what either.




He's DONE IT! Ladies and gentlemen. Nebo has, singlehandedly, solved the bed bug problem! <applause>



So you could ask, "How they hangin'?" with a straight face?

Funny as that sounds, that very well could have been in the back of my mind when I took that shot. Like I said, when I wrote the last chapter my mind was all over the place.

Oh man! I've got soooo many things I want to say. Hands always in pockets... playing with things... Nope, it's a family board, gonna keep it that way I am.






So long!
Another example. Can't believe i left that out, if I had read it before posting it would have jumped out like it did for you. Nice catch.


I used to saunter... now I prefer to sashay.





1 Spray rice liberally with quick drying glue.
2 File one chopstick down to a sharp point.
3 Stab the solid rice brick with the chopstick.
4 Dip.
5 Lift to mouth.
Eating it without breaking teeth was not on the exam.


Didja feel like a kid caught passing a note in school?

More like a Nebo getting caught with a loaded Sunny D at the Magic Kingdom.

Soylent Green is people!!!!

Wonder if Soylent Green ever ended up being Charlton Heston.

Yup. He won. That's all I'm gonna say. Never kick a man when he's down.

Another great update Nebo! Thanks!

And another great chapter breakdown Ponzi!

MY daughter loves the white sauce, she asked our guy to just spoon it directly into her rice bowl I think she ended up with more sauce than rice, but she ate it all.

I can see maybe doing that if you're a kid, but I don't think any adult would ever ask for that.

Now why didn't we think of that!

Nope, can't see how it would work anyway.
The sudoku trays were all first distributed, then the chef filled all the empty compartments with the sauces way before our waitress showed up with the rice. Maybe the sauce was still in the area though.

Holiday World is in Santa Claus Indiana. Kinda far from you, but worth the trip, IMHO. Love me some water park fun! They have a new water roller coaster. (It opened in 2010.) I haven't made it over there of late due to finances, and trips to WDW...

Are there cheap motels nearbye?

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://whyquit.com/whyquit/a_benefits_time_table.html

For hour 24+, mixed news:
Anxieties peak in intensity and within two weeks should return to near pre-cessation levels.

But at 72 hours, it brightens:

Your entire body will test 100% nicotine-free and over 90% of all nicotine metabolites (the chemicals it breaks down into) will now have passed from your body via your urine. Symptoms of chemical withdrawal have peaked in intensity, including restlessness. The number of cue induced crave episodes experienced during any quitting day will peak for the "average" ex-user. Lung bronchial tubes leading to air sacs (alveoli) are beginning to relax in recovering smokers. Breathing is becoming easier and the lungs functional abilities are starting to increase.

See, there's hope in them thar hills! Keep on trucking...

Thanks Marita, that's pretty much what I was looking for. Ok, I need to be explicit here. Do you mean the long pretzel rods or the little stick ones?
As today is going on I can feel myself get more and more crabby. Right now I have Lemonheads, Life Savers, both hard and gummi, sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts and if these don't work I'll be going for pinochio's nuts.

Can't believe I just said that. I'm losing it!

oh you soooo rock. I have had a dreadful week and midway through you have me laughing like crazy. Please thank Smidgy for giving that to you. My week started with a full lock down at the school I work at. At first we thought it was the drill we were due for... that is until I walked out to an external hallway to do the required door check (my job is to check that the doors are locked and lights off etc. and then our team gets inside,, after the students and teachers are locked in) and ran into the deputies with the tasers and guns out seems some kid used one of the classroom phones and made a crank call. grrr. so you can imagine how i so needed a laugh.
Thanks for posting that. Sounds like some of the stuff that I have seen working at a school. If ya think that is bad you should see some odf trhe stuff I have found during searches. some scary some funny some just...eeewwwee
and yeah what exactly are shin splints?

Yes QB, that sounds like a wonderful week, glad I could help.
Shin splints usually kick in after the 3rd long day of walking at Disney. Not sure what exactly it is but it hits the lower front or your legs where the shins are, and every step turns into an "ouchy" time.

My grandson (6'3" and almost too cool to be seen with his grandmother) will have to wear the chef/birthday hat, too. I'm really looking forward to that.

 

[mmeb144]

Nebo, the closest hotels to Holiday World are about 1/2 hour away. Well, the more inexpensive ones anyway. The last time we went, it was around $90 a night to stay at a Quality Inn. They had a free breakfast and a fridge and microwave in the room. It was a pretty ok hotel, not the best ever, but certainly not the worst.

Check out this link for hotel info:

http://www.holidayworld.com/visit/hotels-camping

 

[monymony3471]

Thanks Marita, that's pretty much what I was looking for. Ok, I need to be explicit here. Do you mean the long pretzel rods or the little stick ones?
As today is going on I can feel myself get more and more crabby. Right now I have Lemonheads, Life Savers, both hard and gummi, sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts and if these don't work I'll be going for pinochio's nuts.

Can't believe I just said that. I'm losing it!

And you thought you wouldn't be funny off them things. Brilliant Nebospeak!

 

[nowellsl]

I can see maybe doing that if you're a kid, but I don't think any adult would ever ask for that.

Hah, she was 25 at the time.

 

[Sandy Mouse]

Ok, I need to be explicit here. Do you mean the long pretzel rods or the little stick ones?
As today is going on I can feel myself get more and more crabby. Right now I have Lemonheads, Life Savers, both hard and gummi, sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts and if these don't work I'll be going for pinochio's nuts.

Can't believe I just said that. I'm losing it!

I see what the problem is... you don't have any chocolate.
The situation calls for Peanut M&Ms.

 

[queenbetsey]

Regarding Diane's green tea pudding, EEEEWWWWWEEEE. RIP Edward J Robinson. It really did look like, like words escape me (a first)

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Thanks Marita, that's pretty much what I was looking for. Ok, I need to be explicit here. Do you mean the long pretzel rods or the little stick ones?
As today is going on I can feel myself get more and more crabby. Right now I have Lemonheads, Life Savers, both hard and gummi, sunflower seeds, pistachio nuts and if these don't work I'll be going for pinochio's nuts.

Can't believe I just said that. I'm losing it!

I mean the short, skinny ones, but whatever works for you, doesn't matter.

I'm not commenting on the pinochio nuts, no, not going there....

 

[GrandBob]

Hey Bob, I've talked about Riverview Park in some of the older trip reports. Yeah, I just loved it there, the Bobs scared the hell out of me but I rode it anyway, even after that guy got "thirded" by a train when he stood up to wave to his wife and the sign knocked him out of the train. I even wanted to go to Lane High School, right next door but the year before I graduated grammer school, they closed Riverview for good and I ended up at Steinmetz instead.

Cool! I've read a couple of your old trip reports, but not all of them. Very understandable, though even Riverview wouldn't have made me want to go to high school in Chicago, LOL. I guess I was raised too suburban.

But I don't remember an advertising mascot even though I remember the slogan.

OK, with all the Chicagoans following Nebo and Smidgy, nobody remembers Two Ton Baker? It seems like his Riverview advertisements were on TV constantly when I was a kid. And what kid can't have a ball making fun of someone named Two Ton? Around our house, it was a running joke.

Sorry, no bonus points

-Bob

 

[nebo]

My grandson (6'3" and almost too cool to be seen with his grandmother) will have to wear the chef/birthday hat, too. I'm really looking forward to that.

Now that is just plain cruel

Nebo, the closest hotels to Holiday World are about 1/2 hour away. Well, the more inexpensive ones anyway. The last time we went, it was around $90 a night to stay at a Quality Inn. They had a free breakfast and a fridge and microwave in the room. It was a pretty ok hotel, not the best ever, but certainly not the worst.

Check out this link for hotel info:

http://www.holidayworld.com/visit/hotels-camping

Thanks Marie, between Disney and Cedar Point we are so spoiled with staying on site. What's funny is the first sampling we got for "staying no site" was at the filthy Indiana Beach cabins by the Park. But we kept going back, must have stayed a "Big Chief Lodge" 4 times. Ever stay there? Babynurse, you?

And you thought you wouldn't be funny off them things. Brilliant Nebospeak!

Not quite sure if maiming falls into the "funny" category but glad it worked for you.

Ok, ok, I admit, even I cracked up after re-reading it when you posted.

Hah, she was 25 at the time.

But a "young" 25.

I see what the problem is... you don't have any chocolate.
The situation calls for Peanut M&Ms.

Hey, you know that sounds like a just dandy idea, gots ta gets some.

Regarding Diane's green tea pudding, EEEEWWWWWEEEE. RIP Edward J Robinson. It really did look like, like words escape me (a first)

What I can't believe is that she ordered it, how can any food "tea" flavored sound like a good idea?
And boy, they sure went all out for my birthday, didn't they? I had a dessert coming anyway on the dining plan, did you see that little cup of vanilla ice cream in front of me? Wow, they stuck that little baby candle in there.

I mean the short, skinny ones, but whatever works for you, doesn't matter.

I'm not commenting on the pinochio nuts, no, not going there....

Ok, Ok, stop it now. That seems so much funnier coming from you! Allright, gonna get me some pretzels and chocky PEANUTS.

Cool! I've read a couple of your old trip reports, but not all of them. Very understandable, though even Riverview wouldn't have made me want to go to high school in Chicago, LOL. I guess I was raised too suburban.

Bob, I didn't have a choice really where I could go, I grew up righdt off of Irving Park and Austin area



OK, with all the Chicagoans following Nebo and Smidgy, nobody remembers Two Ton Baker? It seems like his Riverview advertisements were on TV constantly when I was a kid. And what kid can't have a ball making fun of someone named Two Ton? Around our house, it was a running joke.

Sorry, no bonus points

-Bob

Wow, I remember the name so well, but I never could have told you what the name was associated with.

I loved Riverview, my love of all wooden coasters is from that place and still lives in my heart, The Comet, Silver Streak, Bobs, Fireball, Greyhound,,,,,,,,and the guys in the dunk tank would egg my dad on so bad when we passed he would just about go nuts trying to hit the button to drop them in the water, and back then, there was no politally correct thing going on between the races.
And remember the little monkeys driving the race cars you would bet on?

 

[nebo]

Sorry, forgot to update the sitchyashun;

it is quarter after 5 right now,,,,,or T MINUS 69 hours and 15 minutes since I was happy.

I can see now that the old adage for dieters doesn't apply here, "Hey, if you screw up just get right back on it."

Nope, just one smoke means you are going to start from scratch all over again, I blew it that first day when I went 20 hours and then finished up the couple of smokes that were still left.

So, I am not sure if I have ever gone this long without smoking, at least since I was about 17, but no kidding, I am still in the battle.

Now is you'll excuse me, I am going to get this Slim Jim lit if it kills me!

 

[Thumper_Man]

All you need is one happy thought.

I'll be able to see the next time I go to DISNEY WORLD. I'll be able to see the next time I go to DISNEY WORLD. I'll be able to see the next time I go to DISNEY WORLD. I'll be able to see the next time I go to DISNEY WORLD.

Almost 3 days. Way to go. It does get easier.

 

[babynurse1]

Wow! I think I just fell in love. Now I wanna go, I wanna go Where is this place again?


-Bob

Yeah, I get that a lot. Oh wait. You mean the coasters.


Holiday World is in Southern Indiana. It is a great place to take the family.


http://www.holidayworld.com/

 

[babynurse1]

1.

2. This time, i'm gonna be good, better than good, I'm gonna make our chef maybe, just maybe, like me.

1. Would I be overstepping my bounds if I submitted this particular shot to National Geographics annual amatuer photo contest?


2. Hey, it's good to have goals. Nice try Nebo, heckuva nice try.


2a. Great installment. Thanks

2b. Way to go being smoke free. I can only imagine how incredibly difficult it is.

 

[queenbetsey]

'What I can't believe is that she ordered it, how can any food "tea" flavored sound like a good idea?
And boy, they sure went all out for my birthday, didn't they? I had a dessert coming anyway on the dining plan, did you see that little cup of vanilla ice cream in front of me? Wow, they stuck that little baby candle in there. '

Maybe chef grouchypants from you previous experience is in charge of the birthday dessert thing. really lame from a table service. Next time remember to byod and take one of those chocolate cakes in the plastic container and a real candle!

 

[pumba]

I love trip reports almost as much as FOOD TRIP REPORTS....you know over to the Restaurant board reviews...

As for cessation of smoking......it is one of the hardest thing to do ...I was a heavy smoker and I mean (2 1/2 to 3 packs a day) back when I didnt have anything better to do except clean the house and watch the kiddos.....but cold turkey one January 1st day and have been faithful since.......Well one inhale puff off my sisters cigarette at a BAR.....never again I promised..

keep up the good work and thanks for the trip report...and like I said before..
COME ON OVER TO THE RESTAURANT BOARD AND give us a food report.....pretty please...

 

[orangecats2]

Ok so I don't know if you were messing with me or it's your eyes or what but...
I asked you a little while ago (too lazy to go look up the post) if you were going back to disney this year or next September and your response was - We're going this next September !!! So which year are you going? 2011 or 2012?

 

[pkondz]

Ok so I don't know if you were messing with me or it's your eyes or what but...
I asked you a little while ago (too lazy to go look up the post) if you were going back to disney this year or next September and your response was - We're going this next September !!! So which year are you going? 2011 or 2012?

Don't be silly, he obviously meant this next year.

 

[mmeb144]

Hey, Babynurse1, we should organize a Holiday World Dismeet. Kinda like WDW north or something.