Sept 18 2010 WB TransAtlantic Pirates/Capt Jacks Re-Repoing Repossession Cruise Pt.7

[orlandothebeagle]

Tony would be up for this too



There's the farewell DIS lunch on the last Sea Day



You're right. It is 87% black and 13% dark blue. Apparently this makes the ship virtually change colour depending on the time of day, the weather and the position you are viewing it from.

Len would def be,

My Bob would love to join a beer night while we girls Champagne. I don't think I can get to wear a boa though - at least night before the beer. Val

this is sounding great.

Hello fellow TA cruisers....had some sad news Friday.....we had to put our 9 month old kitten to sleep. She had many medical issues but she was not progressing and in fact was suffering so we had to do the right thing although it was extremely hard for my DW and DD....so....since she was such a little baby she was named "Peanut". She will be missed and is still very much loved....so....I would like to donate $20.00 towards the bracelets in Peanuts memory.....I can send it to whomever is going to take on this undertaking....just let me know.....and my DW and I would like one each.
Thanks.....
Tom

sorry tom.

My son at 18 told me he was going to have his tongue pierced. I said, before you do, let me ask the dentist. He had just had his braces taken off. So the next time we were in the dental office, I asked the dentist. He swallowed a few times and then calmy went on to describe in vivid details all the possible outcomes. Then the final straw was - you will have undone all the 3 yrs of wearing braces. Go home, take in what I tell you and then if you still insist on doing it - come back in 1 month and I'll do it for you.

Needless to say, it was not the answer I wanted to hear as a mother but it worked. DS decided on a body piercing (as opposed to a tattoo) and we settled on an eyebrow. I took that as a win. He did end up getting his lip pierced but after about 6 months, he took it out. That was in response to a compromise where he wanted to plug pierce his ears. So glad I let the lip one happen as opposed to the ear plugs. He is too but he won't admit it. He's now 24.

He did get his ears pierced but he doen't wear them everyday and it only irritates me now when he takes my diamond studs. So I bought him cubic zirconia now.

The ear plugs are something that can never be changed? at least tattoos you can cover.great dentist though by the way.

You are welcome. Maybe the guys should have a poker game and beer tasting during the Champagne girls doings. Just a thought!!

trouble with poker and beer is you cant talk

Its not the landings that bother me, its the take offs and the fact that DS wants to try this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff0TfXlmQdM

lol, now thats just plain daft.

Now that I am all caught up with emails, posts and PM's, plus DH has brought me a lovely glass of wine, I thought I might share my day with my fellows DISers.

As I posted earlier, I planned to meet my DD and her DD Bailey for some back to school shopping at the Stoneridge Mall Pleasanton which is about half way between her home and ours. For you Bay Area folks, I was coming up on 680 and got off on 580. My directions sent me the wrong way on 580 so I had to turn around at the first exit and go West on 580.

I was in the second to the left driving to the shopping center when someone in front of me suddenly changed into the lane in front me of me. The traffic had been slowing down, so I was not going very fast, but they were pretty close in front of me. The traffic then came to a complete stop. The car in front of me had to suddenly put on their brakes. I literally stood on the brakes on and stopped about a foot from the car in front of me. Of course wouldn't you know it, I was promptly hit by the van behind me, and the car behind them hit the van. Lucky for me, I saw the van a split second or so before it hit me so I just took my foot off the brake and tried to mentally relax so I don't think I am hurt at all.

The van was damaged pretty severely. Inside the van were 7 people including 2 small children in car seats. The driver of the van came up to my car right away to see how I was doing. He said he saw how hard I was braking and that the back end of my car went up. I think the brakes must have been smoking!! I then told him I was fine and he told me his family was shaken up but essentially unhurt. He told me his wife was calling the Highway Patrol to report the accident and to get help to move the car. The other car in the accident seemed not to be much damaged except for some damage to the front bumper.

As for my car and the car behind the van, we were able to move our cars to the side of the freeway. The family in the van was able to cross one lane of traffic to the side of the road to safety as he could not drive the car. The other driver called the California Highway Patrol who responded in about 5 minutes. I called my daughter and granddaughter Bailey who were at the shopping mall who were able to get to the accident scene in about the same time. I also called John and told him everything was fine but the car was damaged. I also called my insurance company and gave a report.

I felt really sorry for the man who hit me as it appeared the van did not belong to this family. He had borrowed it from a family member, his Aunt, I think. The problem seem to me was to me it was not clear if he had insurance or not or if it was out of state insurance. The HP officer kept repeating that he was not going to cite him for driving the car but if it were going to be principally driven in California, that it needed to be registered in California. I really caught the tail

The family seemed very upset and the children were not crying but clearly not happy. I asked if they needed help to get home, but they declined. About that time, a AAA tow truck arrived. I am not sure how the family was getting home but as they declined any help, there was nothing more to do. The Highway Patrol took a report and we were on our way. The Highway Patrol told us we did not need to exchange information and gave us a report number to give to our Insurance company.

Since I felt pretty stressed, the three of us decided to go for lunch so I could calm down at PF Chang's. We spent the rest of the afternoon sucessfully shopping for school clothes at Nordstrom's, Hollister and Abercrombie which seem to still be the places kids want their school clothes.

Last stop was for school supplies like binders, pens, etc. After the school supply purchase, Jen and Bailey were off home.

When I arrived home, DH John took lots of pictures of the damages to the Suburban. I brought him leftovers from PF Chang's for his late lunch.

Now after all of this venting, back to our cruising plans!!

so glad you are ok, I still think you will be sore the next day though!

 

[gismo1554]

I still have a few pages to catch up on, so maybe these has been brought up, but the Lanyards, Come See Me, and Stateroom Tours should also be added to that list. I know they're not "Swaps" groups, but they are all dependent on cabins.

The Lanyard room will be on the Navigator so not sure if that is needed on the list or not? As for the stateroom Tour rooms - I think perhaps these need to be on a list that the organiser keeps rather than the main one don't they? I'm just thinking it might be better if Lynne keeps track of them rather than everyone having them on the list that Sue is doing? Not sure though just my thoughts on it?? Def need the come see me list though!

 

[granmaz]

I think I did not explain this very well. For the necklace, we are just going to use Swarovski crystals in various different shapes and sizes. For the Villain theme, we are going to use purple and black crystals, for the ship theme black, white, red and yellow crystals and for the Champagne girl theme pink crystals.

For the cell phone charm, there are two options. The Champagne Girl version will have a silver Tinkerbell charm dangling from the end and will have pink crystals. The Pirate version will have silver skull beads at either end with black, white, red and yellow crystals in the middle.

For the bag charm, there will only be one version. This will have lime green Mickey beads at either end with metal beads spelling out DIS in the middle.


Corinna

Oh my goodness, you are such a star for organising this!!!

Right! Final decision(I think!!)

Cell Phone - Champagne Girls.

Necklace - Champagne Girls. As I think I will wear this the most!! Sorry to change.

Love the idea of the bag charm!!!!

 

[gismo1554]

Several had asked about the luch I was talking about doing the picture before:

This is the lunch I was talking about:

30th Sept - Farewell Parrot Cay Lunch


Not sure if we are supposed to be signing up for this or not but also know that it is when we are revealing the secret mickey too!

Krisann

I think Sarah (TotallyAngelic) was keeping a list!

 

[gismo1554]

Ok I want to throw this out there and I am willing to head it up if enough people want to do it. On the WBPC 2008 cruise we had glow in the dark/green bracelets that had the cruise info on it. These were really great to identify people who might not be wearing lanyards (no name, just an "identifier") and i tended to wear them at times I did not wear my lanyard (like at the pools, spa, exercise, etc.) and the kids loved them!

Anyway - we could do this for $1.50 each band (this is at the min of 100 ordered) or if I had 27 people who wanted to donate $10 each (or less if we have more people) we could buy enough to give everyone in the DIS group one.

It is just an idea I had as I was going through cruise stuff from past cruises - no problems if no one likes the idea - but just thought I would throw it out there.

If you are interested either way - please PM me and I will let you know if we get enough interest.

Please tell me how many you would like to get at the $1.50 and if you are willing to do the $10 for the whole group IF we get enough people to contribute.

Krisann

OK clearly I missed this first time around! We had these on one of the TAs in 2007 and loved them. I think someone did them as a FE gift.

 

[gismo1554]

Kimberly pointed out that the medicine cabinet (GOOD CATCH!!) was not on the Master list. I am not sure who has the list - but if they will PM or post it I will add to the master! I am adding the come see me list as well.

Are there any other things that are missing??

Sue I have a copy of the list at home! I'm not home now until Tuesday so hopefully that will be OK?

This is however going to be in the Navigator as well if this is too late to go on the Master List?

 

[gismo1554]

Silly Question: Do I need a voltage adapter for the ship if I'm coming from the US? We only arrive in Barcelona on Friday, so I can't imagine needing to charge anything until Saturday anyway, but I'm unsure of the ship's voltage.

Noel, as always you are a font of information. I'll keep an eye out for the poker game.

Nope. I've never used one! Just a regular plug adapter

 

[tinker1bell]

Hello fellow TA cruisers....had some sad news Friday.....we had to put our 9 month old kitten to sleep. She had many medical issues but she was not progressing and in fact was suffering so we had to do the right thing although it was extremely hard for my DW and DD....so....since she was such a little baby she was named "Peanut". She will be missed and is still very much loved....so....I would like to donate $20.00 towards the bracelets in Peanuts memory.....I can send it to whomever is going to take on this undertaking....just let me know.....and my DW and I would like one each.
Thanks.....
Tom

Tom, I am so sorry that you had to make the decision so early in Peanut's life
It hurts at any age they are but is worse at such a young age.

 

[gismo1554]

Hello fellow TA cruisers....had some sad news Friday.....we had to put our 9 month old kitten to sleep. She had many medical issues but she was not progressing and in fact was suffering so we had to do the right thing although it was extremely hard for my DW and DD....so....since she was such a little baby she was named "Peanut". She will be missed and is still very much loved....so....I would like to donate $20.00 towards the bracelets in Peanuts memory.....I can send it to whomever is going to take on this undertaking....just let me know.....and my DW and I would like one each.
Thanks.....
Tom

Oh thats such sad news!

 

[gismo1554]

OK well can't seem to access the site in work. Will have to update this tomorrow when I go home

 

[UKANGEL]

I love bodyart. I mean art too, not just nasty prison style tatts. I've been thinking about a tattoo for years but still haven't done it. I have 7 piercings though.

As an aside, ugliesttattoos.com is a brilliant website - well worth investigating.

I agree on the artistic tattoos....do you get Miami/LA Ink over there on TV? Some of the designs are amazing!

That 'ugly' tattoo site is one of dd's favourites! Very funny!

 

[UKANGEL]

ooohhhh ... I am officially a champagne girl ... I just won this on Ebay:

PERFECT! I will call tomorrow to see what day we can have the party, then I will get it posted, so we can pull a list together......Cool!

Thanks Connie, let us know if you need any help with anything

Glad you gave the shopping a miss mandy.well done you.

Would you like to go for the Champagne Girl theme for the cell phone charm, the necklace or both?
Corinna

Champagne girls for both please!

Several had asked about the luch I was talking about doing the picture before:

This is the lunch I was talking about:

30th Sept - Farewell Parrot Cay Lunch


Not sure if we are supposed to be signing up for this or not but also know that it is when we are revealing the secret mickey too!

Krisann

Ah, now I understand! Thanks!

Hello fellow TA cruisers....had some sad news Friday.....we had to put our 9 month old kitten to sleep. She had many medical issues but she was not progressing and in fact was suffering so we had to do the right thing although it was extremely hard for my DW and DD....so....since she was such a little baby she was named "Peanut". She will be missed and is still very much loved....so....I would like to donate $20.00 towards the bracelets in Peanuts memory.....I can send it to whomever is going to take on this undertaking....just let me know.....and my DW and I would like one each.
Thanks.....
Tom

I am so sad for you Tom We have lost 2 little kittens over the last few years, one died in her sleep at 3 months from a heart condition, and her brother was run over (sadly he loved to sit in the middle of the road!)

It is lovely to remember Peanut in your own way x

When I arrived home, DH John took lots of pictures of the damages to the Suburban. I brought him leftovers from PF Chang's for his late lunch.

Now after all of this venting, back to our cruising plans!!

So glad nobody was badly hurt Noel, I hope you're no worse for wear today. I know it can be very shocking too, so take care x

 

[KermitRocks]

Tom - So sorry to hear about your kitten.

Noel - Happy to hear you are okay.

 

[mdwoodman]

Do you have this in Google maps that I can link to?

It's actually in Google Earth rather than Google Maps. Google Earth is a much more powerful program but you do have to download it (it's free) rather than just using it off the web. If you want to download it, I can then send you the .kmz file for you to play with.

 

[Terapin]

Now that I am all caught up with emails, posts and PM's, plus DH has brought me a lovely glass of wine, I thought I might share my day with my fellows DISers.

Oh my! I am glad you are ok. Sorry to hear about your vehicle though.

 

[mdwoodman]

Here's an updated map with a couple of requested sites added.

 

[mdwoodman]

Now that I am all caught up with emails, posts and PM's, plus DH has brought me a lovely glass of wine, I thought I might share my day with my fellows DISers.

Noel, glad you're OK. Hope you still feel well this morning!

 

[cquick]

You are welcome. Maybe the guys should have a poker game and beer tasting during the Champagne girls doings. Just a thought!!

Oh, that's a great idea! That would keep them from crashing our party! Also, we should say that if the men want to come,they have to wear pink boas and plastic tiaras for the photo! Equal opportunity and all that.

 

[mdwoodman]

Oh, that's a great idea! That would keep them from crashing our party! Also, we should say that if the men want to come,they have to wear pink boas and plastic tiaras for the photo! Equal opportunity and all that.

Suddenly, beer and poker sounds really good!

 

[granmaz]

Oh, that's a great idea! That would keep them from crashing our party! Also, we should say that if the men want to come,they have to wear pink boas and plastic tiaras for the photo! Equal opportunity and all that.

We had an interloper at our first Champagne Girls.

I know he won't mind me showing you!!!