Smidgy and the Grump, Freaky Friday, 11-06

[Philadisney]

Oh my, I was holding my breath through half your post. Glad you made it ok through the ice storm! And Nebo I have to say my boyfrend was on Vicodin a few months ago when he threw out his back, and every time he took one I thought of you

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Did you say something, Neebs? I couldnt hear you with my headphones on...

Hey, I saw the deer picture, way to go You are getting downright tech savvy!

WHile listening to the dour predictions, I did the only thing I could do under the circumstances, I put my fingers in my ears and ran around the coffee table singing "LA LA LA LA LA".

I can just picture you, LOL.

Great update!

So happy you are back.

 

[monymony3471]

I read it.

 

[tiggerwannabe]

And then there's Tiggerwannabe. Only Colleen would take the time to go and look in past reports for that picture. Geesh! Well two can play a that game, if my puter let's me.

Actually...I checked the address of your photobucket and found it there

There's *no way* I woulda found it trying to figure out which trippie it was from

I can find pics in photobucket waaaaay easier~

...wanna see?

 

[mboekhoff]

Dead Meat here ....WOW - I think I'd be honored that I was mentioned soooooo many times times if I wasn't about to be beaten with a stick

No, you have to say it right "steeek"

 

[TyRy]

No, you have to say it right "steeek"

With a Jalapeno right?

 

[OhMari]

The problem is, if you leave during the week, you hit Atlanta always around rush hour, and my navigator just hates going through Atlanta which can have as many as nine lanes all going in the same directions at times. The problem is that almost all routes that go to Florida have to go through Atlanta. The only interstate alternative is to head east but even then it will add about 88 and a half miles to the regular route, and it goes right through the heart of the Smokies, not an enticing idea for a January road trip.

Then there is the other bone of contention between many learned Illini drivers heading southeast. Route 57 or route 65?

They both have plusses and minusses.
With 57 you go all the way down Illinois and avoid Indianoplace and Louisville, then you pick up 24 in Nashville. But the top speed limit is 65.
Route 65 takes you through Indiana which has a speed limit of 70 and goes right to rt. 24 also, but you have to go through the cities I mentioned. While 65 is no scenic route, it blows away the Illinois road.
If you go over an overpass on 57 they put up a sign and call it "scenic overlook", it's that boring. Plus, it's windy, your gas mileage will suck.

We took 57, I wanted to give the ice storm as much of a chance to clear up as it headed east, before WE headed east. I know there is a certain Rhonda that checks in here now and then that swears by 57, but she is A: a woman, and B: lives in Berwyn, so you have to take her opinion with a grain of salt.

You have to do better plannin, so you can wiz right through the gut of Atlanta.
Me and my dd drove from Jacksonville Fl to WI 2 days before the ice storm. We left Jacksonville at 3:30 p.m. and cleared Atlanta 7:00 p.m.
I was trying to tell my dh how important it was not to be caught in rush hour. When we sailed through, she wasn't even impressed or anything, she thought it was just another city we had to get through, geesh, such a grateful daughter.
We stayed somewhere north of Atlanta for $85 a nite at a Comfort Suite and that was naming my own price, I should of shot for $55.
The next morning we caught 24, then I65. I won't tell you how fast we made it home

 

[babynurse1]

Well, excuuuuuuuuuuse us for inconveniencing your Disney trip with our ice storm. It's not like WE had to enudre any hardships like no power for 10 days, missing a week of school that we are forced to make up at the end of the year, and fist fights in the local "Wal Marts" over basic supplies like milk, bread, and the ever useful generator.


BRB. I think my ax needs sharpened. Hee hee.


Excellent beginning! Bravissimo.

btw, we have hit Atlanta at rush hour with screaming babies in the car. Good times, good times.

 

[mboekhoff]

With a Jalapeno right?

Right!

 

[whogirl'smom]

So, do you wish you'd gone through the Smokies now? We can always offer you and Diane a cocktail and good directions down on I-26....
You know my mom just got Widex hearing aids due to a "frequency" problem, too. Amazing what people have been saying on TV!

 

[PrincessV]

NEBO!!!! So glad to see another of your TRs floating around here.

And I'm with Marisa - you have to time ATL right. I recommend 3am on a Wed.

 

[redrail]

Long time lurker I'm all on board for this trip report

 

[LadyMar]

"There is now way around it and according to her, DEATH will await all who enter it"
But I did agree to turn on the Weather Channel.
WHile listening to the dour predictions, I did the only thing I could do under the circumstances,
I put my fingers in my ears and ran around the coffee table singing "LA LA LA LA LA".



It's kinda cool reading your trippy knowing I was soon to be there during the same time.
Me & Sis flew down from Jersey on Sat (you can't imagine how tired our arms
were!) Yep that's right
It would have been nice to meet up, we could have shared some icy cold buds and some wings at WL lounge superbowl night.
Next time for sure if we are ever there again at the same time.

I so enjoy your humor

Natalie

 

[longneckthree]

WHile listening to the dour predictions, I did the only thing I could do under the circumstances, I put my fingers in my ears and ran around the coffee table singing "LA LA LA LA LA".

Great update!

 

[tiggerbell]

Wha-whoo!!! Both Tracy and Rhonda got in trouble for their route!!!

I am blameless... as usual!!!


On the other hand, I don't think I'm getting enough mentions in this report... not that I was there, but still...

 

[lovebuzzandwoody]

So gooooood to be reading another Nebo trippie again.

Hilarious update dude!

I really needed all these laughs this afternoon! Thank you!!!

 

[lexmelinda]

 

[nebo]

Ok, it's time to find out whom I offended;

For a minute it sounded like the next Ice Age was upon us!

Glad you arrived safe butt sore.


Kathy

nice play on words, I like it. On describing that drive, I left out a word that it reminded me of. It looked like we were in Narnia, when the girl first gets there, which is why I want to live in Florida. Snow and ice is pretty at first, then I want sun and green and blue.

Those are some cute little deer(or is it deers). Somehow I get this strange feeling that the shortcut around Atlanta didn't work out to good.

How did you figure that out? DId I give it away?

if you would only get a computer that isn't powered by foot pedals.........

I know they are pretty cheap now, I just dread having to try and copy all that I want to save and transfer the files. Plus, I hear Vista really sucks, and they are going to replace it again shortly. Plus again, I've never had a Mac, and don[t think I want to start from the beginning on the leaning cycle again.

That ride sounds eerie

Ruh roh, is Tyry in trouble

I will describe the situation, then we will let the readers decide. Hey, maybe it's just me, hmmm, If it comes down to me vs. Tracy in judgement of the readers, I think I'm the one whose going to be dead meat.

I think you missed a hair or two. Can't really tell cause your coif is so rich, full and alive.

Alright, so here I am doing homework and Cherie says something about my testosterone. At first I thought she was making a crack at me. She then clarified. She was. I am here at your request Nebo. For all you other guys who are lurking out there, or watching over your wives shoulders, heed the advice of a saying on a shirt my wife gave me:

I do EVERYTHING the voices in my wife's head tell me to do.

Oh Boy, it's a guy! Hey, wanna go fishing? Go down to the bar and watch the Mariners Game? We can talk baseball, you glad you got Griffey? I can tell you all about him from his time on the sox last year. Or we can just hang out and fart and burp like guys are supposed to do. Nice to see you again DJay, tell your mom I've got mor vikes if she needs some. Feel free to stop by anytime, just make sure to ask the voices first.

Oh my, I was holding my breath through half your post. Glad you made it ok through the ice storm! And Nebo I have to say my boyfrend was on Vicodin a few months ago when he threw out his back, and every time he took one I thought of you

I can't imagine why!
Ok, I should come out and say that I"m not endorsing taking drugs, by no means at all, and Vicodin and other pain killers are very addicting, so make sure you have a reputable doctor and use them carefully if you are prescibed them. Yes, I do make a joke out of my useage of them, but that's me, just making a joke. Besides, I've been taking them regularly since '97, and I'm not addicted to them at all.

 

[TyRy]

I will describe the situation, then we will let the readers decide. Hey, maybe it's just me, hmmm, If it comes down to me vs. Tracy in judgement of the readers, I think I'm the one whose going to be dead meat.

I say we just blame Mark for the whole thing...then both of us are in the clear!

 

[nebo]

I read it.

Um, ok,,,? Is somebody mad at me?

Actually...I checked the address of your photobucket and found it there

There's *no way* I woulda found it trying to figure out which trippie it was from

I can find pics in photobucket waaaaay easier~

...wanna see?

I forgot how good you are with pictures. And I still appreciate you painting in teeth for me.

No, you have to say it right "steeek"

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With a Jalapeno right?

Ok, this one is going over my head, a Napolean Dynamite reference?

You have to do better plannin, so you can wiz right through the gut of Atlanta.
Me and my dd drove from Jacksonville Fl to WI 2 days before the ice storm. We left Jacksonville at 3:30 p.m. and cleared Atlanta 7:00 p.m.
I was trying to tell my dh how important it was not to be caught in rush hour. When we sailed through, she wasn't even impressed or anything, she thought it was just another city we had to get through, geesh, such a grateful daughter.
We stayed somewhere north of Atlanta for $85 a nite at a Comfort Suite and that was naming my own price, I should of shot for $55.
The next morning we caught 24, then I65. I won't tell you how fast we made it home

So glad you agree. I have also found that rush hour or not, going right through the GUT of Atlanta is still better then taking the bypass around it.

Well, excuuuuuuuuuuse us for inconveniencing your Disney trip with our ice storm. It's not like WE had to enudre any hardships like no power for 10 days, missing a week of school that we are forced to make up at the end of the year, and fist fights in the local "Wal Marts" over basic supplies like milk, bread, and the ever useful generator.
Excellent beginning! Bravissimo.

btw, we have hit Atlanta at rush hour with screaming babies in the car. Good times, good times.

Elivabiff,you have neglected to say where you are from and I on't see it in your profile, but I can imagine how hard that must have been, with the power outages.
After our Alabama , good times, I will never dis on Atlanta again.

Right!

????????? Yeah, must be Napolean Dynamite, cuz I never saw it, and I never voted for Pablo.

So, do you wish you'd gone through the Smokies now? We can always offer you and Diane a cocktail and good directions down on I-26....
You know my mom just got Widex hearing aids due to a "frequency" problem, too. Amazing what people have been saying on TV!

Widex? Never heard of it,,,,pun intended. Sounds like an exercise girdle.