May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves...May 2008 Repo Thread...Part 7

[HollyTyler]

19" is better than nothing!

Absolutely! I'd forgotten how nice it is to see the local news at night before bed. And to watch my shows when the actually come on, rather than waiting until the next day to see them online!

I didn't realise either. Is that why you and Tyler have been cleaning?

Well, no, not really. We don't actually watch much TV anyway. The cleaning is catching up from when I was feeling down for so long.


Dad and stepmon seem to be after an 'easy' life with Tyler, but being 'soft' doesn't work in the long run.

EXACTLY. I told the Dr. today that all the issues they're having with him are ones I dealt with and overcame when he was 2 years old, except for the occasional outburst, which is normal for his age, and then I have to remind him who's in charge by enforcing the rules and we're fine. Dad's just a softy, and admitted that today, so he's going to be working on that with the Dr.'s help.

 

[nskjerven]

I've been reading this thread on the "unmentionables" and have been thinking the exact same thing, but was not sure if it was proper to mention it!!

like I just said TMI

 

[Mom323]

I'm good. I've got that our team is on May 19 (Acapulco) and we have Seaulater, Mom323, Ginamarie and Cquick on our team.

The "gift" has been ordered and I am awaiting their arrival!

We also have Dvcmike on our team.

 

[Mom323]

I am thinking I will do one load of unmentionables and the rest to the service. This will be my splurge.

Pj

That's my plan as well.

 

[Mom323]

When I was in the corporate world I travelled a lot for work and my collegues and I called US Air, Useless Air. We always had the worst customer service dealing with them. Good luck with your letter!! If the contract doesn't state price adjustments as an exclusion you should get a refund, it will be interesting to see how they weasel their way out of it!

We referred to them as US Scare.

 

[lillygator]

so we'd have to put two batteries in sep bags? My Canon takes 4

 

[lillygator]

the girls passports came today, now just waiting on John's.

 

[taysmom]

I just watched last weeks lost...did ben say "who" it was? I missed it if yes..someone tell me..I can't keep up with this show.

 

[Mom323]

These are the numbers I got for the fish teams...


total # of people - 367 (note, this number is EVERYONE, those who'll have FE and those who won't. Detailed FE info is below)
total # of children under 18 - 112
total # of 18 and over - 255
total # of cabins - 141

I also have from that post

gift summaries:

yes FE, yes gifting group -67 cabins which is 115 adults and 69 kids

yes FE, no gifting group - 8 cabins which is 32 adultis and 7 kids

That would make 75 cabins with FE's

 

[taysmom]

Thanks for the info...that helps alot!

 

[Tigger1221]

I also have from that post

gift summaries:

yes FE, yes gifting group -67 cabins which is 115 adults and 69 kids

yes FE, no gifting group - 8 cabins which is 32 adultis and 7 kids

That would make 75 cabins with FE's

Thanks, its not as many as I thought. I wish our captain would show back up as I liked her idea.


I am so upset with DH right now. He lost his passport and he told the girl scout he didn't want any cookies. I love the cookies with coconut,chocolate,and caramel but couldn't find any girl scouts this year. He likes thin mints but Keebler makes the same thing so I bought him some of those. They are great and he agrees they taste the same, but he doesn't like coconut so didn't get me any. Oh well my mom got me the kind with peanut butter. Off to search for the passport some more, this is why I keep all the important information.

Oh hi honey, Next time buy me my cookies. (he is reading the Dis upstairs).

 

[pjpoohbear]

the girls passports came today, now just waiting on John's.

My passport came today too, I have to pick it up at the PO tomorrow.

Pj

 

[iankh]

Danish would be lovely, thank you. I don't like coffee.

Or was this offer only for Monica?

Would you prefer tea?

 

[iankh]

See I have brought greater meaning to your life once again ,

PJ,

You're not my VP of Imagination and Magic for nothing!

 

[pjpoohbear]

I did a count from the master list.

If you are looking at just FE (giving and not giving) that will be hanging from this DIS group, there are 92 FEs. Several cabins have several "families/singles" inside. I Think one of the cat 3 or 4's will have three individual ladies sailing, etc.

Pj

 

[pjpoohbear]

PJ,

You're not my VP of Imagination and Magic for nothing!

I think I need a door plate, lol.

Now I have to come up with something else, hmmmmm.......

Pj

 

[Mom323]

Thanks, its not as many as I thought. I wish our captain would show back up as I liked her idea.


I am so upset with DH right now. He lost his passport and he told the girl scout he didn't want any cookies. I love the cookies with coconut,chocolate,and caramel but couldn't find any girl scouts this year. He likes thin mints but Keebler makes the same thing so I bought him some of those. They are great and he agrees they taste the same, but he doesn't like coconut so didn't get me any. Oh well my mom got me the kind with peanut butter. Off to search for the passport some more, this is why I keep all the important information.

Oh hi honey, Next time buy me my cookies. (he is reading the Dis upstairs).

He turned away a Girl Scout?
My DH is a softie and orders from every girl. We had 18 boxes of cookies this year. Thanks goodness we were able to send most of them off to college to DD. I love the shortbread ones with tea in the morning. DH will eat any of them.

 

[iankh]

Go naked... except for Dinner... then wear shorts... Oh and pack quarters... I got some laundry detergent (small sizes) at Walmart in the travel section by the beauty and stuff aisles... I got the small All bottles because they do 2 loads each - make sure you pack them in zip lock bags so they don't leak!!!

Michelle - you always have such sage wisdom.

How are you going to survive getting up at 4:30 if we go to sleep at 4???

I'm rather spry for my age.

 

[iankh]

Does your camera take AA batteries? If so I learned that not all AA batteries are the same and some cameras are quite persnickety about their batteries.

Apparently AA batteries are actually made at different lengths. Very minimal to the naked eye, but what happens is the contacts on the AA batteries do not necessarily always make contact with the leads in the camera. This then has the camera thinking the batteries are dead or dying (depending on the amount of contact) even though they might have been just brand new out of the package.

Also, if they are rechargeable batteries (like Nimh) they will tend to lose their charge as they sit in your spare pocket waiting to get used. And as they get older they tend to hold less and less of a charge.

I'm currently in the process of changing all of my rechargeable camera batteries over from Nimh to Lithium. Lithium are supposed to hold their charge better. Howver, you do have to worry about the new rules when flying in the US about Lithium batteries in your checked luggage.

I just bought a bunch of Sanyo Eneloops rechargeable batteries, which are supposed to be quite good. I haven't opened them yet as I am saving them for the cruise. Until then I am going to run down my Nimh rechargeables till there is basically nothing left of them.

On the rechargeable battery front I HIGHLY recommend Powerex. I had never heard of them until someone clued me into them, but they are AMAZING. I have never seen rechargeables that good. Plus the charger made for them has "intelligence" to "condition" the batteries so as to avoid memory.

I had to find them online, but if you read up on them, you'll see that they get phenomenal reviews.


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[Tigger1221]

He turned away a Girl Scout?
My DH is a softie and orders from every girl. We had 18 boxes of cookies this year. Thanks goodness we were able to send most of them off to college to DD. I love the shortbread ones with tea in the morning. DH will eat any of them.

I know I was surprised too. I LOVE cookies and he knows that, don't know why he said no. They came to his work.