May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 2

[fourmcds]

Who was the buyer?

Good catch.... had to go back and reread the original one about 5 times before I got the meaning!!!

 

[fourmcds]

It can be annoying Holly, so I try not to do it too often . . .

But like I said, some I just can't pass up pretending to be clever.

I am the guy who while driving is looking at all the signs on the roadside, and checking spelling, grammar, and syntax - I also read every sign while driving. Can really annoy Amy sometimes . . .

John...knowing that, I got an email today you might enjoy. It was a bunch of signs etc with the wrong meanings. I found a few quite funny. PM me with you email addy if you want a copy emailed to you. I tried to post one here but I have no idea how to post pictures here!

 

[calmom]

Few childhood stories:

My sister and brother thought it would be fun to play postman and went to all the neighbors and took their mail and then redistributed it (not in the right place).

Same sister decided to cut off her Barbie doll's pigtail. And then she cut my other's sister's pigtail.

My sister and neighbors were playing hide-and-seek. My neighbors and I then went inside to play another game. An hour went by and my Mom asked where my sister was. Oops. We had to call the police because we yelled and yelled the call and she didn't come. The cop found her asleep in the bushes of our neighbors.

Finally, real home alone: my family (6 kids) all went to the pizza joint but forgot to turn off the tv. They order the pizza, run into neighbors who say "we just want so-and-so to meet Lisa." They look around and realize no Lisa. I'm at home in front of the TV (six years old). They USUALLY turn off the tv before leaving. What gets me is that they actually ordered and hadn't realized I wasn't there until the neighbor asked!

That's it. Good-night all! Hard day at work and I'm ready for bed. Lisa

 

[calmom]

Who was the buyer?

NOW I get it. Very funny. Now I'm really off to bed. I wanted to figure that out first! Lisa

 

[been2marceline]

Hi Karen,
Oh...I'd love to own a wine shop I usually prefer a Shiraz or Merlot, but decided I wanted to try some new selections.So I went with Mango del Bruja from Spain(blend of 5) , Mas Janeil from France(Grenache,Carignan&Syrah) and Jekel (a cab) from California. I had some Fococcia (sp?) bread and rice crackers, antipasto and a few different cheeses. I had fun but none of these selections "wowed" me. I still favour Aussie or Chilean or South African wines Which wines do you find you sell the most of?
Kathe

Kathe,

At the moment, until we expand our operation in a couple of months, we specialize in California wines with some from Australia, Oregon and Washington. We also specialize in high end, hard to fine, library wines such as Silver Oak, Caymus, Turley, Kistler and William Selyem

One of our favorite places is Jiko in WDW. We try Many South African wines each time we go and we have kept some great notes so that when we expand we will bring them into the shop and online.

We have a really excellent Australian Shiraz called "Layer Cake". It is one of the best I've had for the price. There are others that are cheaper and many others that are more expensive. It is made by the same winemaker that makes Hundred Acre Cabernet, a 100 point, over $100.00 Napa Valley cab. I, of course, love the name as I am a Pooh Bear fan!!

I am fond of many different varietals of wine, and love a very full bodied Merlot. The wine industry has had an onslaught of wussy Merlot's over the past few years, but I only carry full bodied yummy Merlots in my shop!!

You can check us out at www.winemiles.com and let me know if you have any questions.

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

Welcome! There are many folks of our "vintage" in this group. You'll feel very welcome here.

Yes, like fine wine, we are becoming more valuable and more complex!!

Karen, from a very good year!!

 

[been2marceline]

OK, on the last cruise, I did a lot of proof reading and spell-checking of other's posts - almost to distraction. I quit after a while, but some are just too good to pass up.

Re-read your post that I quoted . . . verrrrry carefully.

John,

I always try to re-read what I post first as I type very quickly and can make a few mistakes (brain moving too quickly), but I do love the edit feature when I find mistakes in my post after I have posted them!!

Of course, if everyones posts were perfect, it would be terribly boring for us editing types!!

Can you say OCD!!

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

Just back from our EOY Manager's dinner at the Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain. What an awesome resort! We ate outdoors at sunset (80 degrees at 5pm). The terrace we were seated overlooked Mummy Mountain forward and Camelback Mountain behind us. It was a very nice event.


First job for Leslie at age 15 - lifeguard at Bear Valley resort in Tehachapi, CA.

First real job was as a GTF at the University of Oregon.

First job for Shawn at age 17 - prep at Mary's Pizza Shack. Those in the North Bay might have heard of this local chain. Cut the tip of his finger off on a deli slicer. Someone got a little more than pepperoni on their pizza that night! All the talk of Bodega Bay and the Russian River brings back many memories of high school.

Second job was at Robinson's at Fashion Island in Newport Beach (LiserAnn, too many things in common!)

We love Bear Valley!! Haven't been in a while, but have great memories of our DD sleading down the hills and making snow angels near the Lodge.

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

It can be annoying Holly, so I try not to do it too often . . .

But like I said, some I just can't pass up pretending to be clever.

I am the guy who while driving is looking at all the signs on the roadside, and checking spelling, grammar, and syntax - I also read every sign while driving. Can really annoy Amy sometimes . . .

I'm sorry, John, were you, perhaps, driving?

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

Ok, if you are easily offended please skim through this. We had a vietnamese kid in our school. really nice, but, and I am totally serious, his name was phook phat dong. He went by phat because he was really skinny.

Reminds me of one of the brat pack films, Sixteen Candles, I think, with Molly Ringwald. They had an exchange student played by Geddy Watanabe and his name in the file was Long Duck Dong.

I, too, am sorry if I offended anyone!

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

Few childhood stories:

My sister and brother thought it would be fun to play postman and went to all the neighbors and took their mail and then redistributed it (not in the right place).

Same sister decided to cut off her Barbie doll's pigtail. And then she cut my other's sister's pigtail.

My sister and neighbors were playing hide-and-seek. My neighbors and I then went inside to play another game. An hour went by and my Mom asked where my sister was. Oops. We had to call the police because we yelled and yelled the call and she didn't come. The cop found her asleep in the bushes of our neighbors.

Finally, real home alone: my family (6 kids) all went to the pizza joint but forgot to turn off the tv. They order the pizza, run into neighbors who say "we just want so-and-so to meet Lisa." They look around and realize no Lisa. I'm at home in front of the TV (six years old). They USUALLY turn off the tv before leaving. What gets me is that they actually ordered and hadn't realized I wasn't there until the neighbor asked!

That's it. Good-night all! Hard day at work and I'm ready for bed. Lisa

Ahh, the "Truth is Stranger Than Fiction" stories!!

Thanks for a good chuckle! Sorry for your trauma!

Karen

 

[LiserAnn]

Second job was at Robinson's at Fashion Island in Newport Beach (LiserAnn, too many things in common!)

That is too funny! And Leslie went to UCI also....I'm just older than you guys!

 

[LiserAnn]

Ok, if you are easily offended please skim through this. We had a vietnamese kid in our school. really nice, but, and I am totally serious, his name was phook phat dong. He went by phat because he was really skinny.

Not to be mean, but that is really funny. I recently came across the last name of "bugher"....so is that pronounced bugger or bug-her?

 

[LiserAnn]

Reminds me of one of the brat pack films, Sixteen Candles, I think, with Molly Ringwald. They had an exchange student played by Geddy Watanabe and his name in the file was Long Duck Dong.

Karen-That brought back some great and funny memories! I remember my girlfriends and I couldn't stop giggling at the character name (of course we were in high school or early college.

 

[gouodux]

That is too funny! And Leslie went to UCI also....I'm just older than you guys!

Not to mention Leslie bought a Mac on campus at UCI . . . . . could it have been you that sold it to her????

 

[LiserAnn]

Not to mention Leslie bought a Mac on campus at UCI . . . . . could it have been you that sold it to her????

It is possible, especially if she bought it at CompuTrends! But like I said, I'm older than you guys...I think she said she was there after me. I graduated in 1988. I did the Apple/CompuTrends "gig" from 84-87. My last year (87-88) I was student body VP for Academic Services and I was on the Bren Events Center Board of Directors so I didn't have time to continue with Apple Computer, which I loved . Such is life.

 

[been2marceline]

It is possible, especially if she bought it at CompuTrends! But like I said, I'm older than you guys...I think she said she was there after me. I graduated in 1988. I did the Apple/CompuTrends "gig" from 84-87. My last year (87-88) I was student body VP for Academic Services and I was on the Bren Events Center Board of Directors so I didn't have time to continue with Apple Computer, which I loved . Such is life.

Older than "what guys"?

Remember, we are good vintages!!

Karen

 

[LiserAnn]

Older than "what guys"?

Remember, we are good vintages!!

...good vintages...I like that. Actually the "guys" I was referring to were Shawn and Leslie (gouodox).

 

[granmaz]

Good morning anyone, good morning Karen

Hubby and I (Tom & Sue) are on the Ship of Thieves cruise and we are so EXCITED!!! We are from Midland, Georgia.
We are on Deck 7 GTY with waitlist for a one bdrm and late seating for dining.

Would love to converse with other adult couples before the cruise and meet for drinks/dinner! We are in our early 50's.

Hi and welcome. This is going to be such a great cruise. I can't wait, wish it was this year, and then again if it was it would soon be over!!

Welcome! There are many folks of our "vintage" in this group. You'll feel very welcome here.

Vintage - I like that!!! Vintage, yes, that's me!

 

[granmaz]

LiserAnn, you're up late. It's usually jut Karen and me at this time of day, erm, night!