Orlando Smackdown: Dis vs. Uni. Ch.16 Japan Hates me, Just Hates me 7-13

[Mom&RN]

Feel better soon Nebo!!

 

[queenbetsey]

prayers and hugs to both of you. hope you feel better soon nebo.
until then I am sure we will continue to run amock on your tr

 

[iluvdoombuggies]

Hope Nebo feels better soon!!

 

[smidgy]

No, not dead yet, working on it. Sorry for the interuption again,,, maybe at the end of this I'll go in to the reasons why.

Hmmm,,, I just had the line, "I open at the close" pop into my head.
Yes, I'm pages behinhd again,,,,so if I repeat stuff,,,, oh well. But right now I need some jocularity, and yes you can do that, as long as it's not in public.

Wise your mother is.

You are talking about the woman that thought it would be a good idea for me to take up the accordian!



"That can do know wrong"

I gotta know! Did you do that on purpose?



You want me to give a way a trade secret? welll, ok,,, I will answer,,, just this once;

yes



QUOTE]

Where!?!?!

Good one.



Is it more or less pretentious then "omnipresent"??

No, ubiquitous has made a mass showing latelly,,,, it's worse.

And technically... you still haven't! You posted a "this is the view from just outside our room" video.

Still enjoyed it tho.



No.

I thought maybe you all scaled Everest and met at the top.


You know.

For a DIS summit meeting.

There should be some kind of punishment for that one.









pkondz does not do coconut...



Reallly,,,, that was the worst part of shaving off all my hair,,, I miss the smelll of the coconut shampoo.


And I'm not a big fan of rum either.... didn't we just talk about this the other day?

Yeah we did,,, I'm not either,,, it just gives you a major hangover the next day.




You're a cosmopolitan man!


Oh, wait. You didn't order a cosmopolitan, did you.

right, you get about an ounce of drinkage,,, and that's if you can make it back to the table intact without spilllinjg from those stupid flat topped cosmo glasses.





I don't think I would've recognized her either. She mentioned that she had cut it... but hearing it vs seeing it is a whole different story.

No doubt, she was different from the pictures we had seen of her.

hmmmmmm......

Have you seen the movie? With Steve Carrell? Anne Hathaway plays 99 and goes from long hair to short (a wig mind you).

Unbelievably,, I have still not seeen Get Smart yet. I liked the original in small doses

As in: An ant, rampant on a sloping plane.


Did that help?



Very good. I thought I was going to be looking at a horned mammal wearing pants.







Got it.



So does that make you lack-toes intolerant?

Ok, gotta give you that one, nice.

I know of Toe Blake who coached the Montreal Canadians to several Stanley Cups. Are you thinking of him?



Score!!

Yes, that's exactly who I meant, have no idea why I said football coach.







!

That's why you didn't know the total toe count!



Funny that you posted that... and then this (don't click the link unless you've got a hankering to never eat snow cones at a ball game again):
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...endor-fired-bringing-snow-cone-143626343.html

thank fully,,, I"m not a snow cone man,,, and if you have something similar starring hot dogs,,,, please keep them to yourself, thank you.
hmmmm.... don't recall that one. Perhaps you as the Fonz?



Looking forward to it! Thanks for the chapter!

Thanks Ponz,,, I'll try to do better with keeping up with your thread from now on, ok?

 

[nebo]

That was me, really , honest injun!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

That was me, really , honest injun!

Yay, Nebo, glad to see you still among the living!

 

[cjlvsccm]

I hope you're feeling lots better, Nebo! Just don't share the sickness with Smidgy!!

 

[pkondz]

Wise your mother is.

You are talking about the woman that thought it would be a good idea for me to take up the accordian!

Would you prefer: Unwise your mother is???

Thanks Ponz,,, I'll try to do better with keeping up with your thread from now on, ok?

You'll notice I've been very quiet (well.... quiet for me, anyway) since you've been back?

That was me, really , honest injun!

Who are you?

 

[buzz1121]

NEBO!!!

It's always such a high to see Nebo back in the thread!

Gah, the end of the school year has been a never-ending saga. Who I am kidding? I wish the school year had been complete at spring break!

Great to "see" you Nebo!!

 

[MHSweb79]

Just checking back in to see how Nebo's doing. Don't think of us, Nebo, looking every day to see if there's been an update. Sometimes twice, three times a day. Nope, you just concentrate on feeling better.

We got back from our Disney cruise and I can honestly say it was a once in a lifetime experience. That is, we don't need to do that again. We had fun, but as Nebo famously once said, "I'm not a drinker" so laying in a chair with a rum drink (ick- I hate rum) is not my cup of tea, to mix a few metaphors. We parked next to a Carnival ship at Canaveral and again in Nassau and wow- what a difference. The Disney ship (Dream) was like a luxury liner, while the Carnival ship looked like big plates of tin welded together and painted white.

Went to WDW after the cruise and hit up Star Wars Weekend at HS. Typically we would zig while the SWW fans zagged, but DD wanted to go to Darth's Maul to pick up some exclusive stuff for her friends. Surprisingly, it was not crowded. Of course, we got there super early after debarking the ship at 6am.

One funny comment overheard at Downtown Disney- a wife telling her husband, "We can't get the boat from Epcot here, it only goes to Hollywood Studios. We'll have to catch a bus." I wonder how long they waited.

And finally, am utterly crushed that Earl of Sandwich at DD discontinued my favorite Mediterranean Tuna Salad. The cashier told me to just order the chicken greek salad and substitute tuna for the chicken, cucumbers for the hot peppers and it will be essentially the same. Yes, but it comes with ITALIAN dressing - think Wish Bone - instead of greek dressing. Plus it's plain iceberg lettuce and not the mesclun mix of the old salad. NOT THE SAME, Earl, NOT THE SAME.

The best news about our vacation is that while we were waiting at the airport for our flight down to Orlando, DD got an email saying that she did, indeed pass her last course (barely, but who's counting?) and earned her college diploma! The school is weird - they hand out blank papers at the graduation ceremony, which is held 2 days after the last exam so you don't really know if you're ever going to get the real thing until much later. Way to boost my blood pressure!

Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[nowellsl]

That was me, really , honest injun!

OK .... I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm pretty sure we all knew it was you, Nebo, before we got to the second line That's one thing we love about you, you have your own unique style

 

[smidgy]

nebo will be back to continue the report on the dec. trip. but, in the meanwhile, back at Ohare airport in April......

we make it through the security check unscathed. I always expect to be "scathed" (is that a word? if you can be overwhelmed and underwhelmed, what is it like to be "whelmed"?)

the reason i expect trouble is 3 fold. 1) nebo is still, um, tipsy. 2) the lighting in there is horrible for those with low vision. 3) and this is the WORST, all the people behind you and all the TSA agents totally expect you to know exactly what to do, exactly when to do it, and if you look and act a mite confused (or dare ask a question), you get the eye roll at best, but most likely the suspicious eye.. the "what the heck is this guy trying to sneak in" eye. oh, or you can get the angry glare. but you had better know what you are doing, at all costs.
now, I need to help nebo out, cause he can't see anything very well. like, he can't see those foot prints on the floor in the scanner, or the marks on the side showing you how to stand. (yes, we could have gone over this ahead of time, but we both forgot all about this, and don't fly often. we were used to just walking through, not stopping and getting a view body exploratory invasion. at least we weren't carrying Verizon phones ) as you can tell, the 60's gal in me does NOT like Big Brother!

when you are helping someone with low vision out that does not carry a white cane it looks to everyone else like you are helping along an intoxcicated person. (which I kinda was, but that's not why I was helping him out. he couldn't see well. but no need to call attention to yourself, cause then they might think he is intoxicated. which he kinda was. but that wasn't why......... am I repeating myself?
but I do say "I need to help him, he doesn't see so well" to alleviate suspicion, and we get through without any major incidents, just a few eye rolls and maybe one glare from TSA and one from someone behind us.
now nebo wants to put his shoes on right then and there, while standing, and everyone is trying to push by. and drag him over to a bench, and as he is expressibng his displeasure at my dragging him out of the way, we hear "HEY GUYS!"
you ever look at someone and know that you know them, but not in this context, so you're not sure who they are, but they sure as heck know you? (did you know I am the master of run on sentances? Nebo does ellipses. I don't leave any room for an ellipse to get a word in edgewise!)

anyhoo, it's Alan, the nephew of Jeff and SHerry, who we haven't seen in a long time, but was Nebo's horse racing buddy. (no, Jeff and Nebo didn't race each other on horses. I don't want to even think about the carnage.. whoo boy)

oh! speaking of dangling particlples and all that. I was babysitting Kaylee and Mason sunday. kaylee is 4 and we were choosing games from the closet (where they are kept). one at a time. we played one and she said, "I want to play the game in the closet" to which I replied "but I don't want to sit in the closet! it's too small and too dark!" the look on her little face!

but I digress. so we would see Alan at Jeff's christmas party every year. but he moved to colorado a few years ago. he is in town to see his parents and about to head home to colorado. haven't seen the guy in 4 years or so, moved out of state, and we run into him at Ohare. how odd. reminds me of my dad. worked with a guy for years, Ed. Ed changed jobs. they didn't see each other for about 8 years. still live about 15 miles apart only. where do they run into each other. one is going up and escalator, one down.. in TOKYO! both there on business.

so we do the obligatory "how is.." trying to think of everyon'es names. say our goodbyes. s e you later (um, probably not) and go on our way.
I ask nebo if he wants McDonalds, or coffee or anything. nope. you sure" yup. you sure? DON"T ASK AGAIN!
we find the gate that corresponds to the gate # on our boarding passes (printed out at home. ) now I did this. the whole booking fo the flight, everything.. and I was very nervous that I didn't do it right. Nebo is just much better at that stuff than I. example: I was SO close to booking our flight (once you hit that button, there is no turning back, no changing anything, etc etc) . one more quick doublecheck... it says 7:30 PM, not AM!!!!!! ooh, close call
so we're sitting there andnotice that there are no kids in the area. can't be an Orlando flight., not Orlando...
so we find a gate that says Orlando. sit there. notice that the gate number is wrong. we go back to the gate number that matches. wonder what would have happend had we sat there at the wrong gate long enough to miss our flight. whew! then I see this plane will be going to Cleveland. I finally do what I should have done at the beginning.. go up and ask a CM (oops, I mean an airline employee) turns out we were just where we needed to be, they had changed the gate # of our flight since I printed out the boarding passes.
they cant' do that! don't they know we are easily confused? so back we go. whew dodge THAT bullet! again... me: "see steve? it wasn't my fault after all .. anyone would make the same mistake!"
so we are sitting. we have plenty tim and I am reading my paper. and he is fidgeting. want some mcdonalds? NO!!!!! coffee? NO! ok,
more time passes. want coffe? anything? NO!
well, I'm going to find it and get some tea.
I come back in about 5 minutes. there is a place with tea,etc. right down the aisle.
"you didn't go to McDonalds?": "no there was a place with tea right here. I think the McDonalds is way down there. they had coffee.. want some?" NO! more time passes.
ok, they start boarding a half hour early. you want to get in line, cause there isn't always room for everyone's carryons. (carrions). there should be, but ther are always a few jerks with huge "carry ons", or those that put their coat, boarding bag, etc in the overhead, so there won't be enough room for everyone.
so it's about 10minutes till they start boarding. Nebo: "maybe I WILL go get an egg Mcmuffin or something. where is the McDonalds?"

me: AAAARRRGGGHHHH! " i think way down there. you'll have trouble finding it.. want me to go, I'll go."
him: "NO, I'll go." and off he goes. and in about 5 minutes, they start calling the boarding groups. and he isn't there. asmore and more people are getting on the plane, he is not here yet.

maybe he got lost? took a wrong turn, is wandering around the airport. will he get back in time? I ask some people who were eating Mickey D's a while ago "how far is that McDonalds? "WAY down there, about a block and a half, maybe 2. " OH NO! what do I do? maybe I could ask these people to watch the 2 carrions and the boarding bag while I go look for him.
now I am near tears. what if he doesn't come back in time? could we catch the next flight? when would that be? how much would it cost? I should just get on without him that would teach him. no. don't be silly, you know you're never going to do that. don't even think it. I'll bet he's lost. I'm not sure where the mcdonalds was. if you had to make a turn, maybe on the way back he went the wrong way and is walking further and further away as we speak!
go look for him.. I wander down a bit.. come back. venture down a bit further this time. go back to check the bags. wander again.. tears are now rolling down my cheeks. maybe he ducked in that bathroom there when I wasn't looking. but if I go ever there and start yelling his name, I might miss him if he walks past. plus there's a good chance of getting arrested! can you have someone paged? how would you do that? ... ok calm down
he'll be here. count to 10 and turn that way and look and he'll be there. ok: LOOK! nope didn't work. he's not there. I didn't count long enough.. turn your head, count to 30 then turn and look hell be there. nope! Jesus, please help. you know he can't see good. give him a little push. maybe he lost track of time and is stiing there eating. god, push him out of the seat..now.

ok I could go on and on, but repaet the above paragraph about 10 times, heighten my anxiety level the same amount, and finally I see him walking towrds me. I don't know whether to hug him or knock his block off. his explanation?

well, that I DO have to leave to him to tell.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Oh wow, Smidgy, what an ordeal! I certainly understand your stress, yikes!
I think I might have just punched him in arm or something.

Can't wait to hear the excuse...

 

[nowellsl]

Smidgy, you have been holding out on us!! Great post, you had me right there with you, ready to knock Nebo's block off Can't wait to hear the rest!

 

[mmeb144]

ooooorrrrrr, we could make up an excuse for Nebo. Hmmmm I know There was a line at McDonalds.

Join the fun, make up more excuses for Nebo not being where he's supposed to be. Irritating his wife, possibly causing his own death....

 

[smidgy]

well, the most irritating thing of all was that after I offered umpteen times to get him coffee, or food, he changed his find at the last minute!

he did have a good reason for taking longer than he thought. which he will have to tell. but he never should have gone (at that point) in the first place!

 

[Mom&RN]

Great post Smidgy! Your description was so vivid I was right there with you looking and looking for Nebo. But, now you've left us with a cliffhanger! I'm dying to know what happened. It's like a good old radio mystery.... what happened to Nebo while he was gone? Find out next time on the adventures of Nebo and Smidgy.

 

[Thumper_Man]

Lady H and I feel your pain Smidgy. There have been times that my family have missed the plane. We get through security in plenty of time. Their problem is they get caught up at the bar and lose track of time. Then they are getting paged over the intercom that the flight is boarding and ready to leave. One of these days, they're not going to make it.

Are you sure it's Nebo that's been writing the chapters all along and not you? You're not just being nice and letting him take all the credit? I'm with everyone else. Where the hell is Nebo?

Oh and Nebo gets no sympathy from me. He's sick, blah blah blah. When isn't there something wrong with Nebo? Tell him to put some vicks, rub some dirt on it and get back on the field. There's a TR to be written.






OK, OK. A little harsh on the big guy, I know. I do hope he's feeling better.

 

[smidgy]

Are you sure it's Nebo that's been writing the chapters all along and not you? You're not just being nice and letting him take all the credit? I'm with everyone else. Where the hell is Nebo?

Oh and Nebo gets no sympathy from me. He's sick, blah blah blah. When isn't there something wrong with Nebo? Tell him to put some vicks, rub some dirt on it and get back on the field. There's a TR to be written.

you mean like.. Vick's vapor rub?






OK, OK. A little harsh on the big guy, I know. I do hope he's feeling better.

oops. screwed up the "quoting" thing. sorry

 

[smidgy]

you mean like.. Vick's vapor rub?

well, we spent almost the whole day at the emergency room. nebo fell down the stairs. he was lying in a heap at the bottm of the stairs. this time I REALLy thought he was dead. cause his back and rear end were sticking up, but I couldn't see his head at the end of his neck...

oh, there's his head, his neck looks twisted in a weird kinda way. his eyes are open.. I thought he was dead.. again... ok turns out besides a bump on the head and bumps and bruises, the worst that happened from the fall was a broken wrist.. which is broken enough that it needs surgery.

Boy, when I take over the trip report, I sure know how to go from laughing to crying!!! sorry guys. get back to you soon.