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

[nebo]

Hmmm... you don't get out much, hunh? "Mommy, why is that man staring at the boats and laughing?" "I don't know dear, but don't stare, it's impolite and he might notice us."



I've only taken one once. My DW asked me where we were going and I had to say, "Dunno, but I'm pretty sure we'll get where we want to go eventually."



Makes me kinda glad Disney doesn't have its own airline.


If they did some parts of it would work better, for instance you'd just stow your belongings in the pouch under the seat. And if a guest acted up, they'd just stop the flight in mid air and that would be that.

That's a great job touching up that picture of Pepe LePew.

Is that like the full Monty? (and yes, I recall the noodle story)






There you go again. Don’t you remember our conversation about the knight rescuing the damsel? I’m guessing Smidgy is much tougher than you. Deny it if you can.

Nope, not gonna deny it. She'll beat me up.




Oh, yeah. That’s much better than “smoke, lovely smoke”

yeah, well the way things are going you're going to hear about me hanging around firehouses so I can get the jump on a burning building, would that be better?

“Look, mommy! It’s that man again, and he’s still doing it!” “Yes, dear. Let’s go eat somewhere else.”

Little kids shouldn't be eating in places like this anyway, let them go to Hurricane Hannah's. Oh, that's right, you only go every 5 or 10 years whether you need to or not, so you probably don't know what Hurricane Hannah's is.




Ore Ida Tater Tots? I might’ve done that ore ida ordered something else.

In Smidgy's case it should have been, Ore Ishoulda Potatoes,,,,,,hers had way too much horseradish in them, and I've read a lot of complaints about just that from the Yachtmans Steakhouse.

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Ore Ida, then! (think, "all righty, then"… did I mention that I’ve had almost no sleep the past three days?)

COLOR="blue"]Is that an excuse or an alibi?[/COLOR]

Ok, Ok, I believe you! Go to bed!
Awww….



Atta girl, I would too.

You know, that steak is in the almost perfect shape of Illinois if you turn it a little.... by the way, I haven't really slept since I quit smoking, been two and a half weeks now and except for the two dead cats no one be able to tell anything if they came over.

And you see something wrong with this? Carnivores of the world unite! Smidgy and I will be charter members… we’ll consider letting you in… if you behave… or whatever it is that you do.

SOunds like a great idea! But you need a name for your new charter, something catchy, how about:
WKRP?
W elcome to K iss my R umproast, P eta? COLOR]

Waiters have very extensive and rigid training to only come to a table after you’ve taken a large bite of something chewy. This way when they ask how everything is you have no choice but to nod and give them the thumbs up. Either that or risk telling them what you really think and choking. Oddly enough, they don’t get training on the heimlich maneuver. If you don't have food in your mouth they're not quite sure what to do. Sad, but true.

Billy Bob and Jimmy Bob were having a fine dining experience in Jasper with the sign out front that said, "Eat."
Suddenly they noticed a single woman start choking at a nearby table.

"Hey Jimmy Bob, that there woman, I done think she's got herself a problem. "
"Yeah Billy Bob, methinks you just might be right, she looks like she also just might be turning blue!"
"Well Bimmy Job, you reckon on maybe doing something about that?"

"I reckon I'll have to ****y Jim." '
And with that he walks over and yanks the woman to a standing position, then lifts up her dress and gives her a big tongue slurp right on her bare butt.
The completely shocked and surprised woman gasps,,,,, and out flies a chunk of the chicken that was choking her.

Billy Bob goes back and sits down.
"Yes siree Bob, that there "Hind Lick" maneuver works every time."




Oh man, if only the bus driver had stuck to her line just a liiiiitle longer.

No kidding, if you could have seen her face at the time,,,,,, yep,,,, i just wanted one more "go around" with the "right heres".

Considering all the other stuff that happens to you, let’s just call is a bit of Disney magic, shall we?

Is the magic retroactive? And where do I pick up the claim forms?

Looking forward to it! Read ya later, gator.

great post again Ponzi. We gotta get you back ;there so you can do a report,,,,,,,, and then I can play your role,,,,,,,yeah, that's what we need, I'll set up a trip for you, what month you want to go?

 

[pkondz]

yeah, well the way things are going you're going to hear about me hanging around firehouses so I can get the jump on a burning building, would that be better?

Ooohh... That was you?

Oh, that's right, you only go every 5 or 10 years whether you need to or not, so you probably don't know what Hurricane Hannah's is.

Welll.... considering I've never even seen Stormalong Bay, I'd have to say you are correct sir. But hey! Thanks for kicking a guy when he's down! Oh, wait, I do that to you don't I?

Is the magic retroactive? And where do I pick up the claim forms?

It is! To pick up your claim form, take the monorail or bus to the Magic Kingdom. Follow the signs to the boat launch. Walk to the end of the dock and face the Seven Seas Lagoon. Jump!

We gotta get you back ;there so you can do a report,,,,,,,, and then I can play your role,,,,,,,yeah, that's what we need, I'll set up a trip for you, what month you want to go?

Nahh. My report would either be boring (Woke up early, went to bed late, rode a bunch of rides in between. Repeat.) or completely made up to make up for all the tedium. However, I'd be more than happy for you to set up and pay for a trip. Let's see, airfaire alone for us is in the neighborhood of $5000. What is that, 2 or 3 cartons of cigarettes?

 

[TigerTown]

NEEEBOOoooo!!! How are things in Chi-town? Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do today. I always seem to catch your TR's late. Hope all is well!

 

[nebo]

Hey there Kyle, nice to see you again, or did you just come to brag about how you re-signed Maggs to another extension?

 

[nebo]

Hi everyone, we should have a new update by tomorrow night, and believe it or not, no pictures in this at all.

I also plan on updating the you on the eye thing,,,,,,,that will be coming also probably tomorrow,

 

[mmeb144]

I hope the news is good at the doctor's office. Looking forward to the update.

 

[TigerTown]

Hey there Kyle, nice to see you again, or did you just come to brag about how you re-signed Maggs to another extension?

No Bragging this time His production is down a bit but the team in general really worries me this year. How are your White Sox looking???

 

[Thumper_Man's Wife]

Hey, that's a great story, I almost passed it up and missed it. Sounds to me like all the Sheens and thme should have gotten your grandfather's autograph.

Funny enough, he probably would have given it to them

It never ocurred to me that it could happen in reverse, that the waitress doesn't want to talk to you when you have a mouth full........nah, not buying it.

Hmmm...now that I think of it, it was probably something the customers would do on purpose. I would see them chatting away, and think it would be a perfect time to check on them, fill their coffee or tea or soda, so here I go to their table, they would see me coming to check on them, and BAM! in would go a fork-full of food just as I came to their table.

Hi everyone, we should have a new update by tomorrow night, and believe it or not, no pictures in this at all.

I also plan on updating the you on the eye thing,,,,,,,that will be coming also probably tomorrow,

Still thinking of you and hope the eye is doing better, along with everything else

Oh...By the way...HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY NEBO AND SMIDGY!!!!!

 

[nebo]

Sunday morning arrived with a whimper on my part; my back wants nothing to do with the everyday activities that make up a typical Disney Vacation morning. Plus, this is supposed to be a kind of busy day today.

Hollywood Studios, early lunch at Mama Melrose, back to the resort for a while, then go back for the Osbourne Lights and Emh.

What I can't believe is it's already been a week since we checked in, boy, time flies in the Frozen Tundra.

With Diane's help I got dressed and soon enough we were on our way to the bus stop with a hearty Slim Jim breakfast in hand.
One thing that in a way is comforting to see hasn't changed though,,,,,,,the Harley Boys at back at it power washing again.

If I was management I wouldn't worry about the dirt so much as erosion from the power washing.

That's one thing I like so much about the quiet pools at CBR, most of those poools are under some kinds of papaya or mango trees that drop these huge bombs all around the pool deck, they don't even try to power wash those decks, or really bother with them much at all except to dump out the towel returns. If you're ever going to find a gator in a pool at Disney, the Aruba pool would be my guess.

Just don't try to take the noodle away from him.

So far our gator count at Disney is holding at 3, one little one below the castle in MK, a small one below the Dawa Bar in AK and a 5 footer or so in Lago Dorado at Coronado.

One thing I don't have with me this morning is the camera, didn't think of it until we were almost at the bus stop and decided the heck with it, won't really need it until tonight anyway.

It's not like we're going to run into any old friends or anything like that, right?

We barely took our seats on the bus when Connie and Randy walked up to us. He had spotted us first in line and had to convince Connie it was us.
We had run into Randy back in April at Animal Kingdom, in the smoking area behind the Dawa Bar, but his wife Connie was across the park at the time so he took a picture of him and I together.

Connie just walked up and started talking, about finally getting to meet the famous Smidgy, Randy's sister was also with them and we all walked into the park together, but only up till the rope drop, then we had our different agendas to adhere to.

I was afraid of ToT and Arrowsmith with my back so we were the Toy Story side crowd while Randy couldn't wait to throw up on somebody so they went the other way.

During the "brisk" walk to Toy Story Diane left me in the dust as she was going for fastpasses, my job was to get in line and kind of hang around the back. It was nuts, you don't want to fall down in this group, but I held my own, mostly, and had to keep letting more people go ahead of me waiting for Smidgy.

Isn't that a book? "Waiting for Smidgy"?

Diane won again on Toy Story,,,,as usuall I had her up unitill the last screen, then she blows me away. Our scores are pretty bad though, about 95 thous for me and 115 for her.

From here we had a smoke by the Brown Derby, then rode The Ok Movie Ride.
But this time, Diane asked the girl if we can get in the cars that have the Cowboy take over the train instead of the gangster, and the cast member had us stand on the side for a bit.

I would say, that out of the last ten times we've ridden this we have gotten the gangster every single time. I didn't think they still had a cowboy come from out of that scene anymore but apparently I was mistaken. Diane got her cowboy.

From here we headed on down Sunset Blvd. to the DSA by ToT, just to kill a little time until we can get seats for Beauty and the Beast. THis smoking area is a bit out of the way, and you have to climb up halfway to the Hollywood Hotel to get to it.

And it's shady here, too shady, at least for a day like this.
Only one shaft of sunlight was making it's way threw the trees on this walkway, just one shaft of light, and warmth.

Randy's sister was standing in it.

Wow, so this is what it's like to be on the other side of the sunbeam!

As we talked Randy and Connie joined us again, he just couldn't get enough of Rock n' Roller Coaster but again, we had to split up to catch the next Beauty and the Beast show, not sure where they are going.

After the evil Gaston was defeated again we had just enough time to knock off the Muppets before our lunch seating.
Well, "knock off" in a figurative sense, wouldn't actually kill a Kermit or Sam Eagle.

Miss Piggy? Maybe.

Had time for a half a smoke afterwards, then they were seating us at Mama's.

This was when I noticed something else concerning how Disney runs things: they don't change their protocol for anything.
Even though it's only in the fifties outside, all the shops and restaurants have their doors wide open, I guess to make it look more friendly and inviting.

It also makes for cold restaurants.
We were lucky, we were around the corner from the wide open door but it was still pretty chilly in there.

For my lunch I ordered the chicken parmisagna over spaghetti, with COFFEE as my beverage of choice.

The meal was ok I guess, not much better though than the one you can get at the Port Orleans food court.

Diane was going to get the shrimp pipette, but she swears she changed her mind and ordered the pork chop with bread pudding. No, the bread pudding wasn't a dessert, it's just a fancy way of saying stuffing.

According to her, she loved the pork chop, no love for the stuffing. And don't bother looking, the pork chop isn't on the All Ears menu.

WHich now brings us to the dessert.
We both just refreshed our memories by viewing the menus again and all I can say is:



We both think we got the chocolate truffles, whatever that is. I guess whatever it was it sure wasn't too memorable. I prefer Prime Time the best at the Studios.

After lunch we ran into Connie and Randy one more time, again by a smoking area they were just leaving. He said they were going to stick it out all day, I needed to rest my back a while and with that we never saw them again on this trip.
I still blame Free Dining for making you such a slave to your schedules.
That was a shame cuz they seem like nice folks that we wouldn't mind spending time with.

In the room again we just lied around for a couple hours, then before it was time to go back I went outside for a smoke. In the meantime Smidgy went and got ice.

Remember that broken ice machine?
Smidgy pointed it out to a housecleaner and asked her why it's taking so long to fix.
The housecleaner looked at the out of order sign, ripped it off and pushed the button for the ice....
it worked like a charm. The sign was somebody's idea of a joke, not an "official out of order " Disney sign.

In other words, it ain't broken unless Disney says it is!

But how clever on somebody's part: they never had to worry about ice machine being empty when they needed it.

And, Boy, how trained we all are when it comes to doing what signs tell us to do.

When she came back with the ice she made us both a drink, seeing I wasn't by the smoking area, she found me in one of the few remaining patches of sunlight out behind the Rubik's Cube towards the parking lot.

We then moved back towords the staircase to be closer to the room, which has now got the latch flipped across to keep the door from totally closing and locking us out.

Around the corner, Smidgy heard someone talking, sounding like it was coming from right in front of our room.

Hmm, could be resort thieves, I told her she ought to check it out.

WHAT? Hey, I still had half a smoke left!

Turns out to be a guy in a real cute outfit with the lettering SECURITY across the back. He was calling in an unlatched room door, ours. Then when Smidgy told him it's our room he started yelling at her for leaving it open like that,,, I ducked back around the corner, no sense in both of us getting yelled at.

When it seemed he was just about done, I walked up having finished my smoke.
"Hi, something wrong here?"

Security guy gave me a Reader's Digest version,,,well he tried to. I interupted him with,,,,"Honey, you left the door unlocked?" "You know we should never, ever leave it unlocked like that."
"It's ok officer, all taken care of, won't happen again."

He left.

Heh, Heh, Heh,

heh,


heh

I was about to laugh, but it appears I was the only one left there doing that.

This gives me a chance to try out a word I don't believe I have ever used before in a report but always wanted to , not even really sure the exact meaning, but here goes:

Smidgy was non-plussed.

She really didn't see the humor, and didn't appreciate how "cocky" I was acting. From this point on this day is referred to as Cocky Sunday, this was just a warm up.

This also falls into the categorie of what I prefer to call, "making my own entertainment."
I'm sorry, if I can find it anywhere, I will take it. It is supposed to be a possible sunburnt afternoon here today in the frozen tundra. Do you realize it's not even winter? That's 3 weeks away yet, this is autumn in sub tropic Florida, can't get too cold, right?

We made fuzzy cup drinks to go, with a couple of little bottles to replenish them with.
The bus ride from Pop to DHS is so quick you barely have time to make a dent in the fuzzy cup but we aren't planning on going on any rides right away so it didn't matter. We had times it just about perfectly, Diane really wanted to see the start of when they turn on the Osbourne lights and after a smoke we ambled on over there to the Streets of America.

This area was filling up fast, we weren't the only ones but we have to actual official time that they turn them on so we just stood at the end of the street by a couple of young cast members.

You could tell they both had the cream of the crop jobs tonight, just stand there and make sure everything goes ok.

Diane saw them and asked one of them how much longer till they turn them on.

His response was "Not till Dusk."

And that was when the Cliff Claven came out of me, I couldn't help it and besides, these two guys aren't really doing anything but keeping an eye on the crowd.
I said, "Excuse me, but the beginning of dusk was ten minutes ago. "

Hey, if he's gonna be that vague, I can be that annoying.

"How do you know that? " , the taller guy asked me.

"Because the official sunset time was ten minutes ago, given at the Orlando airport, and "dusk" is the time after sunset and before it gets totally dark out."
"Oh really?" he wisely interjected.

"Yes, depending on the time of year and your location,it constantly changes, dusk can actually last for hours,,,,,, during the summer solstice up in Alaska, dusk can actually lead right into "dawn". "Dawn being the time of day before the official "sunrise", but when you still can see the sky start to get lighter. "

I could tell I was rubbing this kid the wrong way.
Heck, I was rubbing me the wrong way. Didn't care.
Good!

He turned to me, "Ok, so what's the difference between "dusk" and "twilight"?"

With that, Smidgy's head swung back towards me, remember she's still not pleased with me,,,, and her face now has that,,,,"Yeah, go ahead, answer that cocky guy!" yeah, that pretty much summed up the look on her face.

Can someone be non-minused?
Anyway,,,,,,,,



You want to talk pressure?
This was "In your Face!" pressure,
and any delay would be deadly.

You have to understand, this is my reputation at stake here, and remember,,,,, you are only as good as your last snarky comment, fame is fleeting.

I looked him dead in the eye:
(yoohoo, anytime you're ready mr. inspiration)

"Ah grasshopper, the answer is simple, for there is no difference."

(buying time, buying time)

They both looked at each other in confusion, then, back at me.

"No, for you see there is no difference, both of the franchises sucked with brutal acting,,,,and both are about vampires. "

They looked at each other again with a blank look, then the shorter guy laughed, "Oh, I get it, From Dusk till Dawn, loved those movies with George Clooney."

Smidgy and the assasin guy both dropped their heads a bit.

Then the taller guy gave it one more shot, as soon as he started talking Smidgy's eyes perked up in desperate hope:

"Ok wise guy, at what time will "dusk",,,,,, or "twilight", officially end tonight?"

Diane glanced at me, then turned away, no hope left in her eyes, she knew better.

"Oh, that question is simple, it ends when the Osbourne Lights are turned on."


In a perfect world, oh heck, a perfect trip report world, the lights at that precise moment would have burst on, but no such luck, we still had to stand there for another five minutes. Making small talk,,,,,, and yes, I was a good boy.

Finally, "Good evening everybody and welcome to the Osbourne Family's Spectacle of Lights."

And with that they threw the switch.

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

Non-minused. Oh you make me laugh!

Great update Neebs!

Now, how about that eye update?

 

[Thumper_Man]

Hey Nebo/Smidgy.

How's the eye Nebo? How's the non-smoking going? I hope both are good.

So to better arm you for your next trip to Blizzard Beach, literally Blizzard Beach , we'll arm you with some knowledge about sunset, twilight and dusk.

Sunset is when the sun is no longer visible in the sky.

Twilight comes right after sunset. After sunset, it generally takes about 30-35 minutes before it becomes completely dark.

Dusk falls within twilight time. It is generally the last 5 minutes, or so, of light in twilight before it's completely dark.

So you were right to say twilight and dusk are the same, just that dusk is the last part of twilight. But then would it still be considered twilight if it's dusk? Wait, now I'm confusing myself.

Did you get all that? Now go put your new found knowledge to the test.

 

[jcc0621]

O.M.G. I'm sorry DIane but

Although I would have kicked him after the door being unlocked thing (plus it would have taken his mind off his back)

 

[smidgy]

just absolutely hilarious!!!

 

[pkondz]

Hollywood Studios, early lunch at Mama Melrose, back to the resort for a while, then go back for the Osbourne Lights and Emh.

Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy! ... what?

What I can't believe is it's already been a week since we checked in, boy, time flies in the Frozen Tundra.

Now do you get cryogenics?

If I was management I wouldn't worry about the dirt so much as erosion from the power washing.

So far our gator count at Disney is holding at 3, one little one below the castle in MK, a small one below the Dawa Bar in AK and a 5 footer or so in Lago Dorado at Coronado.

Ever been to Gatorland? Well worth the trip if you haven't.

...my job was to get in line and kind of hang around the back.

With your back...

Isn't that a book? "Waiting for Smidgy"?

Yes, by S. Beckett... I assume the "S" is for Smidgy.

But this time, Diane asked the girl if we can get in the cars that have the Cowboy take over the train instead of the gangster, and the cast member had us stand on the side for a bit.

Didn't know that was something that you could ask for. I'll have to remember that for the next time... whenever the heck that is. I'll have forgotten it by then, I'm sure.

After the evil Gaston was defeated again we had just enough time to knock off the Muppets before our lunch seating.

Well, "knock off" in a figurative sense, wouldn't actually kill a Kermit or Sam Eagle.

Miss Piggy? Maybe.

There you go again with the whole carnivore thing. 'Course I do like bacon... mmm... bacon....

We both think we got the chocolate truffles, whatever that is. I guess whatever it was it sure wasn't too memorable.

Was it this?

I still blame Free Dining for making you such a slave to your schedules.

Me too.

In the room again we just lied around for a couple hours

Proof that Nebo lied! He admits it! Hah!

The housecleaner looked at the out of order sign, ripped it off and pushed the button for the ice....
it worked like a charm.

My question is why did the mousekeeper have to wait for a guest to point it out? No, wait. I don't want to know.

But how clever on somebody's part: they never had to worry about ice machine being empty when they needed it.

Smidgy was non-plussed.

Well we don't want her to be plussed do we?

And that was when the Cliff Claven came out of me, I couldn't help it and besides, these two guys aren't really doing anything but keeping an eye on the crowd.
I said, "Excuse me, but the beginning of dusk was ten minutes ago. "

Hey, if he's gonna be that vague, I can be that annoying.

Just curious. Outside of your legion of fans on the DIS... do you have any friends? (Kidding!)

He turned to me, "Ok, so what's the difference between "dusk" and "twilight"?"

With that, Smidgy's head swung back towards me, remember she's still not pleased with me,,,, and her face now has that,,,,"Yeah, go ahead, answer that cocky guy!" yeah, that pretty much summed up the look on her face.

Can someone be non-minused?

Yes, it's being plus-plussed.

"No, for you see there is no difference, both of the franchises sucked with brutal acting,,,,and both are about vampires. "

"Ok wise guy, at what time will "dusk",,,,,, or "twilight", officially end tonight?"

Diane glanced at me, then turned away, no hope left in her eyes, she knew better.

"Oh, that question is simple, it ends when the Osbourne Lights are turned on."

Well, of course. That only makes perfect sense. But... where does "gloaming" fit in?

In a perfect world, oh heck, a perfect trip report world, the lights at that precise moment would have burst on, but no such luck, we still had to stand there for another five minutes.

Doesn't matter. In my mind that's exactly what happened.

And with that they threw the switch.

Hmmm... the way the trip's going, I'm guessing they threw the switch and with a shower of sparks a large section of lights fell from the closest building and landed on your back? I could be wrong. Thanks for the update!

 

[nebo]

Non-minused. Oh you make me laugh!

Great update Neebs!

Now, how about that eye update?

Nicole, what there is to say about the eye is coming up at the end of this post, I'll know more tomorrow.

Hey Nebo/Smidgy.

How's the eye Nebo? How's the non-smoking going? I hope both are good.

So to better arm you for your next trip to Blizzard Beach, literally Blizzard Beach , we'll arm you with some knowledge about sunset, twilight and dusk.

Sunset is when the sun is no longer visible in the sky.

Twilight comes right after sunset. After sunset, it generally takes about 30-35 minutes before it becomes completely dark.

Dusk falls within twilight time. It is generally the last 5 minutes, or so, of light in twilight before it's completely dark.

So you were right to say twilight and dusk are the same, just that dusk is the last part of twilight. But then would it still be considered twilight if it's dusk? Wait, now I'm confusing myself.

Did you get all that? Now go put your new found knowledge to the test.

See that Thumper Man? There's a little Cliff Clavin in everybody I guess.

O.M.G. I'm sorry DIane but

Although I would have kicked him after the door being unlocked thing (plus it would have taken his mind off his back)[/QUOTE


Janet, your signature is just pathetic, makes me sad: a two and a half year Ticker?
That seems like more of a sentance than a vacation ticker, like you should be marking the days on the cell block walls. What will you call it, The Shawshank Vacation? You at least need a 4 day weekend jaunt at a Value resort before your "Dream" vacation. You've been through a lot lately, you deserve it.

Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy! ... what?



Now do you get cryogenics?
I still say that's what they're using the Wonders of Life pavillion for, Ol' Walt's frozen in there.


Ever been to Gatorland? Well worth the trip if you haven't.
One time. We took this wooden "wildlife adventure hike" through the Amazon out back. Didn't see one sign of animal or reptile life but a huge mutant insect dive bombed me in the forehead leaving me bleeding as it flew away with a chunk of skin.





Yes, by S. Beckett... I assume the "S" is for Smidgy.

no, it's for Steve.

Didn't know that was something that you could ask for. I'll have to remember that for the next time... whenever the heck that is. I'll have forgotten it by then, I'm sure.

See above comment to Janet.

There you go again with the whole carnivore thing. 'Course I do like bacon... mmm... bacon....

Nebo and Smidgy love bacon too. But real bacon, not that "Canadian" bacon stuff you get on an Egg McMuffin.

Was it this?

I have no idea what that is so I guess not. See? THis is why I don't like taking pictures of food, unless you're in film production with all the red and yellow lights aimed at the food it seldom looks very good. That looks like it's from a sixties movie, "I Ate Mother's Brain"

My question is why did the mousekeeper have to wait for a guest to point it out? No, wait. I don't want to know.
that's funny, I said the same thing to Diane when she told me.




yeah, somebody's great idea. Bad enough they try to reserve pool chairs whilest they, (whilest?)_whilst they go to the parks, now they're reserving ice maghines for their Coleman's.

Well we don't want her to be plussed do we?



Just curious. Outside of your legion of fans on the DIS... do you have any friends? (Kidding!)

There was a sighting recently of a guy in Newnan Georgia whom, when asked, admitted he was a friend of mine.




Well, of course. That only makes perfect sense. But... where does "gloaming" fit in?

Guess we'll have to ask Gabby Hartnett that. (nobody is going to make the connection there, I know it.)



Doesn't matter. In my mind that's exactly what happened.

I'm pretty sure it will in the film version, it has to!

Hmmm... the way the trip's going, I'm guessing they threw the switch and with a shower of sparks a large section of lights fell from the closest building and landed on your back? I could be wrong. Thanks for the update!

thanks Ponzi,,,,ya think some pictures are going to be coming up next chapter?


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For some reason, I have never liked the phrase 'yin and yang'. Not sure why, never liked "karma" either. Always preferred, "What goes around, comes around." and I can still hear my mom, "You know Steven, you have to take the bad with the good."

I always wondered why?
Hey, I've got an idea, I'll just take the good and put it in my pocket and just leave the bad sitting on the table, ok?
Better yet, you take the bad if you want it, I don't mind.

It seems my whole life is going that way lately, yin and yang, good and bad, pro and con, Jolie and Barr.
Ok, skip the last one, I don't like Jolie either.

The good, we just found out that our friend that we didn't meet until he divorced us has plenty of points and his wife put in our requests that mostly went through how we wanted.

In September,,,,, 6 nights at Bay Lake Towers, followed by 6 nights at Animal Kingdom Lodge, Jambo House studio. We asked for a Jambo house standard studio because I'm told they all face the main pool, no parking lot risk and cheaper points than a savannah view, which isn't that important to me. I'd probably rather watch what's going on at the pool than look at a wildebeast standing out there chewing grass.
And wildebeast look terrible in bikinis.
Yeah, yeah, so do a lot of people.

So, basically our trip is set: the only thing that may change is we have a Lake View at BLT and we'd rather have a standard room there. We're on a wait list for that and I think it will probably come through since it's still 7 months away, that will be about 130 dollars cheaper.

The entire cost for these rooms will be 1408, and again, 130 or so cheaper with the standard room. That's for 12 nights total,,,,,116 a night if you average it out to stay at Deluxe resorts in studios.
Getting divorced was the best thing that happened to us.

We may have to get divorced again, in order to keep this friendship.

It'l be worth it.

and the icky,,,,,,,

Tomorrow morning is my appointment with the Marquis Dr. Sade. No, the first eye injection didn't do anything, pretty sure it's gotten worse since then. What scares me the most is that is can also happen in my other eye, no guarantee it won't, and if that happens,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I have no idea what will happen tomorrow, my guess is another shot at the injection shot, he was real reluctant to go to the laser for making things worse, permanently. And yes, we are planning on driving down in September, not gonna be on free dining, we'll have studios and can bring our own food. Besides, I need to say, "Annnnnnd we're off!" at least one more time.

So, I'll let you know what happens, both the good and the bad. Funny thing,,, I never would have gone for a trip with two deluxe resorts only,,, never really cared that much for the total indoor corridors thing,,,,, mainly because it made it so hard to smoke.

Yes, it's over 3 weeks now for daboteofus, not even a drag so maybe, finally, I'll be able to enjoy sitting out on the balcony and enjoying whatever views we get.

Thank you for caring, thank you for reading, I'll let you know.

 

[chmbnaut66]

I laughed so hard at the Dusk, Dawn, Twighlight jokes!!!! Blah ha ha! I feel like an addict needing another Nebo and Smidgy fix. Everytime I find your posts, it makes me very happy.

Glad to hear about the upcoming September vacation!!! Great news!!! We are going over Labor day, but I think you are not going till after that.

Today's weather in the Florida Panhandle was 75, so I am more than excited about our upcoming trip to Disney!!! WE are under a month but this is the earliest that we have ever been. (March13th....do you know what to expect for weather?)

Thinking good thoughts for your eye appointment tomorrow. And will say a little prayer.

 

[jakeybake]

Best of luck on your upcoming appointment Nebo.

I hope it's injection free!!

Jay

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow, my friend.

On a lighter note, congrats on the Sept. trip! Sounds wonderful!

 

[dwheatl]

Tomorrow morning is my appointment with the Marquis Dr. Sade.

Is he a smooth operator?

Smart alec comments aside, I wish you and your eyes all the best.

 

[pkondz]

Guess we'll have to ask Gabby Hartnett that. (nobody is going to make the connection there, I know it.)

The Homer in the Gloamin' is one of the most famous walk-off home runs in baseball folklore, hit by Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs near the end of the 1938 Major League Baseball season. The expression was a play on the popular song, "Roamin' In The Gloamin'".

God bless the internet. For the rest of the details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_in_the_Gloamin'

Your upcoming trip sounds terrific. I think the longest I've spent at DW is 5 days? Something like that.

Hope all goes well with the eye appointment. I'll be sleeping (if it's midnight, I must be working) but when I get up I'll be checking every now and then for an update. Good luck!