POPpers are back from POP 9/29-10/6 and made GREAT friends!Chat until next trip!! Part 2

[kaytieeldr]

We were at a friend's house last night & they're thinking about going to WDW the same week in January that we are. But they want us to stay in a family suite with them at SOG. (Not sure if I want to do that. I was really looking forward to being at Pop again.)

Stacey, you REALLY should consider it, at least for part of your trip! A Deluxe resort for (probably) about the price of a Value room? Much as I like Pop, I'd jump on that offer!

speaking of Pop mugs....did you guys see an really large number of people using OTHER resort mugs & filling them at Pop???

I didn't, but Stacey - doesn't Bryan have photographs of that?

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

I will have a drink of something caffeneited! thanks!

How cool about the Reedy Creek FD thing!!

Stacey--SOG is a great resort! we didn't care for it before the overhaul, but once they redecorated, it seems great!! (grandfathers Lady friend is an army widow, so we got to stay there with them )

 

[scrappinmom]

geesh me or the whole topic?
I really think it is funny that an opinion turns into a huge personal attack debate. But in all honesty, I love it. Gets my blood pumping.

geesh the whole thing - some people take life and quite frankly, themselves way to seriously...your just as entitled to your opinion as the next person...you don't always have to agree with me,,,in fact whether you agree with me or not should not reflect on you as a person at all!

I have a friend who lives in Oregon, she is someone that if I had to "label" her I'd call her a tree hugging, liberal, lesbian. We disagree on nearly everything except core values, from politics, to religion to how our kids should be educated. Yet she's one of my closest friends because she is genuine and has a good heart.

pj - that brings up your scene yesterday for me...WHAT ignorance! I am so sorry you get treated like that for the job you do. My dh's entire family lives in NY, so from us - a big huge thank you for all you do.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

okay i never found the thread in question, got caught up in a HEROES discussion (great show!) so what was the thread??
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chris how ya feelin'?

 

[G&J's Mom]

I lovvvvved Monster House!

Wait - are you talking about the TV show, or the movie?

I loved the show.... and it sure didnt hurt that the host was QUITE easy on my eyeballs:

For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Monster Garage, and then I looked at the pic and thought, that can't be Jesse, this guy is not covered with tatoos! Gotta love Jesse James!

Denise

 

[G&J's Mom]

I have a friend who lives in Oregon, she is someone that if I had to "label" her I'd call her a tree hugging, liberal, lesbian. We disagree on nearly everything except core values, from politics, to religion to how our kids should be educated. Yet she's one of my closest friends because she is genuine and has a good heart.

A genuine heart.....That is the kind of people I try to surround myself with.

Denise

 

[ANTSS2001]

Ok what was the last movie have you seen ? I am running out of good movies to watch... Let's hear it!

 

[Nanu57v]

MommyMichele--What's DCL? I know I should know this.

MrFDNY--That's crazy. Was he okay? I'm surprized he could talk if he was shot 6 times! Gee, I'm bleeding profusely, lets worry about my jacket.

 

[julsmom]

Ok what was the last movie have you seen ? I am running out of good movies to watch... Let's hear it!

Our last one was "Friends with Money" on Pay per view. I want to see "The Breakup".

 

[iwynlea]

DCL is Disney Cruise Line. Best cruising in the world...but I'm biased. We've been on two, and can't wait to do a 3rd (longer) after DH graduates college.

 

[ANTSS2001]

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MrFDNY--That's crazy. Was he okay? I'm surprized he could talk if he was shot 6 times! Gee, I'm bleeding profusely, lets worry about my jacket.

 

[ANTSS2001]

Our last one was "Friends with Money" .

HOW did you like that movie.. it did not sit right with me like ..That's it.. what happend type of emotion when I was done watching it. Got the Break Up already.. that's jen and Vince right ? But did not watch it yet... am scared I might have the same views just like the previous.

 

[ANTSS2001]

nite....

 

[mrFDNY]

How cool about the Reedy Creek FD thing!!

No ,not really thats my dream job, not his. A very weird thing has been going on lately in nyc. It seems well the new york city fire dept has won gold medals in the world wide Ems and fire tournements. Then the new york city fire dept's academy was voted # 1 in the world by a fire/ems Magazine and then the nyc fire dept was voted the higest trained and busiest in the world, we handle 1.9 million calls a year or just over 5,000 a day. Well since then every dept looking for firefighters/emts/paramedics has shown up down here trying to recruit us. At first i just gave it a laugh, but lately i'm not so sure. I have been given job offers from n.j/ca/va/las vegas/penn/texas/ and even fla. Some of these citys have offered me High supervision jobs, that pay double of what i make and some don't pay at all. One of the guys at my fire house a fireman and paramedic just retired from the FDNY and landed a job with new jersey f.d as there # 4th guy in charge of disater planning and stradegys , making alot more than he did in the FDNY.

One other guy just got hired last year by disney as there disater and planning guy for every thing worldwide owned by them in the world. HE has to have plans in order for any and all emergencys that might arise on disney propety. The salary was over 100 grand a year,company emergency vechile and a office at every park around the world, he stopped by the fire house one day to brag disney's helicopter brough him to nyc.While i was happy for him i was somewhat sad too, it should have been me But how do i land a job i never applied for? Then i sit back and just have a look, while i love my job in the FDNY there are so many career chances for me and my family because of my advanced training and well that whole sept 11 thing. There are some citys that want me as there seach and rescue guy.I got to be honest i never imagined doing anything else but the FDNY but lately I'm not so sure.Don't get me wrong i love and even still look foward to going into work, but I got alot of offers with all came with more and i mean alot more money a year.I just do some research on the area and the schools are really great and taxes/gas/insurance and everything else you can think about is alot cheaper ,even houses are like 1/3 the price they are here in nyc and a lot nicer.Then i think what the heck am i still doing here, when i can give my family a much better life elsewhere? To be honest i am a sneak in a way, last week i was up in Allentown, penn on a job interview, while that did not work out newark fire dept wants me bad.

I must be crazy,right. How many people get to say "i work for the nyc fire dept" yet i am looking to leave. in a way i am torn, I love my job,but could very easy make it better some where else and i not sure what the heck to do.WOW it feels so much better to get that off my chest.You see no one else knows this but dw and now you guys. If i go elsewhere i could have a much nicer car/house and better life and most likely be able to go to wdw more times and stay longer, so whats keeping me here? A couple of years a go i had an answer for that, i no longer think anything is keeping me here anymore. Sorry butthis has really been on my mind for a month or so and i have a decision to make a very important decision. I was born and raised in nyc, this is my home so to be honest i am a little scared to just getting up and leaving,but some of these offers are just too good to pass up. I'm not too sure where to start or what to do, but i have this little voice screaming in my head "more trips to wdw,with longer stays,i say go for it" But then again that same voice keeps telling me to "dump dw and go for pam anderson " I have a really big decision to make real soon.

 

[julsmom]

MrFDNY:
It certainly does not hurt to entertain the notions of leaving, moving somewhere else. Listen to the offers, show them what you have to offer. If reedy creek is your dream, don't wait for them to show up and drag you away. I say, go for it. They would be lucky to have you. And you deserve your dream job. Esp. if your wife is supportive. Few people can be so lucky as to have a potential at such a rewarding and obviously loved job, a caring family, your priorities in the right places (WDW ).Talk it over with your DW. You could put yourselves in a very comfortable position financially, a potentially nicer home in a nice neighborhood.

Wait on the Pam Anderson thing.

Please don't everyone hate me if you disagree.

 

[kaytieeldr]

okay i never found the thread in question, got caught up in a HEROES discussion (great show!) so what was the thread??
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chris how ya feelin'?

I don't recall the title, but some DISer is looking for new daycare for her kids, and the in-home one she found, the parents both smoke. But the provider says they don't smoke in the house when kids are there, but the poster thinks the house smells 'funny', like smoke masked with air freshener...

 

[G&J's Mom]

Sorry but this has really been on my mind for a month or so and i have a decision to make a very important decision. I was born and raised in nyc, this is my home so to be honest i am a little scared to just getting up and leaving,but some of these offers are just too good to pass up. I'm not too sure where to start or what to do, but i have this little voice screaming in my head "more trips to wdw,with longer stays,i say go for it".

Ya know what??? Regardless of what you do and where you go, NYC will "always" be your home, and it will always be there to go back to. I was born and raised in California. 17 years ago I picked up and moved first to Maine and now I live in Georgia. I remember my first Winter in Maine, I must have thrown the suitcase on my bed swearing up and down that I was leaving that God forsaken he#* hole before I froze to death. I stuck it out, and I loved loved loved it there. I am not so crazy about Georgia and contemplating another move, but ya know it won't be back to California, not now anyhow. But wherever I move, it will never replace the fact that California is where my family is, where my roots are and where my heart is. Plus my sister living 10 miles from Disneyland doesn't hurt. You appear to have the support of DW, so what if it works out to be the best decision you ever make! I say GO FOR IT!!!!!!

But then again that same voice keeps telling me to "dump dw and go for pam anderson " I have a really big decision to make real soon.

Pam Anderson?? Yikes!

Denise

 

[G&J's Mom]

I don't recall the title, but some DISer is looking for new daycare for her kids, and the in-home one she found, the parents both smoke. But the provider says they don't smoke in the house when kids are there, but the poster thinks the house smells 'funny', like smoke masked with air freshener...

I think what really got it going was when someone posted something to the affect that "people who smoked were bad parents". Pointless I tell you!

Denise

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

MRFDNY- I don't have any advice for you, but I know you will make the right choice.

 

[CathrynRose]

I think what really got it going was when someone posted something to the affect that "people who smoked were bad parents". Pointless I tell you!

Denise

<--Bad Parent.

I no longer smoke in the house. I used to though...up until about a year ago. The Garage is now the "smoking lounge". We've found it cuts back on smoking a whole lot. When you actually have to GET UP, WALK OUT IN THE ***C O L D*** (or HOT - that room is never just "medium") GARAGE.... you dont smoke as much.

But during episodes of Prison Break -Im out there EVERY commercial break!

But yeah - Im a bad parent. REAL bad.

My favorite - and dont get me wrong, I wouldnt ever want my kids to smoke - but the way they teach them??? Not very cool. I loved having to explain to both my boys in liiiiike 4th grade, or so, that although the DARE instructor told them that cigarettes are the same as Crack and Cocaine, that I am not a drug dealer.

I know what theyre trying to teach them - but ..... I dunno. Not cool, IMO.