Something About Nothing.......#4

[KStarfish82]

Evening everyone!


Congrats on the 3000 Tricia!

 

[macraven]

rose, i'll answer them when everyone leaves the room here.

i like my privacy when talking about you know what....



good to see you here.

i just finished reading the pm's.
i will get back to you later tonight hopefully.

 

[macraven]

rose, i'll answer them when everyone leaves the room here.

i like my privacy when talking about you know what....



good to see you here.

i just finished reading the pm's.
i will get back to you later tonight hopefully.

meaning when everyone in my four walls leaves the room.
i can handle the cats in the room at home with me when i type,
rest of the family, oh no........... too many interuptions.

 

[keishashadow]

scotlass - so sorry to hear

tricia - you're chock full of poopy now, congrats on the milestone post

before i launch in may day origins....

PENS - SHOOT THE DARN PUCK...HIT SOMEBODY

When my illustrious ancestors where booted outta the motherland , they took refuge in these United States and did their level best to assimilate...at least on the surface. They did cling to many of their ethnic customs, one of which is May Day to celebrate what would've been the 1st day of summer according to their calendars.

Both the Druids & Ancient Romans celebrated it, by the Middle Ages the dancing 'round the maypole was practiced despite the puritans displeasure

Soviets celebrated May Day back in the 1800s too, they combined it with celebration of those who died in WWII.

The US labor movement embraced it back in the late 1800s-famous violent/deadly strikes after unarmed workers killed by Pinkerton guards (chicago Haymarket-bet mac knows all about it ), turning point in rise of US labour unions

now considered an international worker's right day, in celebration of quest for an 8 hour day

 

[macraven]

well, i wasn't personally present at that time but am aware of it....


from reading about it.


where i grew up, May day was a big one.
when we were children, we would make paper baskets and put them on someone's doorstep. we would ring the bell and run as you are not supposd to let the recipient know who is giving the gift of flowers.

at school, we did a presentation for the families of the may day dance weaving around the pole.


come to chi town and no one up here knows about may day........

 

[Metro West]

Tricia...big 3,000...

Evening all...just stopping by before bed. Hope you all have a great evening!

 

[keishashadow]

well, i wasn't personally present at that time but am aware of it....


from reading about it.


where i grew up, May day was a big one.
when we were children, we would make paper baskets and put them on someone's doorstep. we would ring the bell and run as you are not supposd to let the recipient know who is giving the gift of flowers.

at school, we did a presentation for the families of the may day dance weaving around the pole.


come to chi town and no one up here knows about may day........

you r a riot

hmmph, they should teach local history to the youngins, even in chi-town ; those who forget their history are indeed doomed....doomed i tell you you...bwa-ha-ha

time for a snacky poo

 

[Metro West]

Well...it's

Good night all!

 

[dolPhinlovEr83]

Hello All!! Another late night...helping Grandma move in to her new apt. And yes, I kno, TR, TR, TR. Hopefully I'll do something on it this weekend

Hope everyone has a great night. I'm sure I'll be heading to bed soon unless my head hits the pillow on the couch first!

 

[macraven]

Well, DH made it back. Complete with every In and Out Burger product known to mankind! I was just thinking we needed an In and Out Burger ashtray (no, we don't smoke), golf balls (okay, they golf), key chains, hats, pencils, Christmas ornaments, miniature shake containers, etc. I can just see the employee when he bought all this thinking "Guess it's true - there IS one born every minute! If you can't tell, DH is a big fan!

I kind of agree on taking a real little one to Universal (or Disney for that matter). They can have a good time there, but they also can have a good time in your back yard, so you're really not doing it for them. The Barney play area, Fievel's, Woody Woodpecker-land, etc., will all be places they can have fun, but really won't be any more exciting for them than your local park (or to you). You can parent swap, but that's not much fun riding alone. Best case would be to have someone else along to take turns parent swapping with so you're not always the single rider.

I would think at 1 they could do the Seuss rides (another fun play area), am I wrong on that? Thought I saw some real little kids on those, but my kids are too big - all kids look little to me these days!

Happy May all!

this is what the website has for littles:







All the fun is located in a unique KidZone, especially created for younger kids. Designed to maximize the fun for your younger children, and make it easy for parents to get involved in the action and play along too!



Follow the footsteps of that mischievous monkey Curious George® in this colorful play area with water-based fun, as well as a dry area with thousands of soft sponge balls.



Meet Barney® and his friends Baby Bop™ and BJ® in a live sing-along, clap-along stage show. Then afterwards, have fun in Barney’s interactive playground. It’s Super-Dee-Duper™!

Get a mouse-eye view of the world in this one-of-a-kind outdoor playground featuring a 1,000-gallon cowboy hat, a 30-foot spider web to climb, and a twisting, turning 200-foot water slide.

We have a roller coaster for your young kids too! Climb into your crate and take a fun-filled ride through Woody Woodpecker’s own nut factory on this family-style coaster. It’s the nuttiest ride you’ve ever seen!

Get up-close and personal with all of your favorite characters!

From the moment you step inside Universal Studios Florida, and perhaps even before, you’ll have the chance to interact and take pictures with some of your favorite characters – Shrek® and Donkey, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants™ and Rugrats™, Alex the lion from Madagascar, and more!





The Simpsons RideTM
Shrek 4-DTM
Revenge of the MummySM
MEN IN BLACKTM Alien AttackTM
Terminator 2®:3-D
E.T. Adventure®
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon BlastTM
JAWS®
DisasterSM
Animal Actors On Location!SM
FEAR FACTOR LIVE
TWISTER...Ride It Out®
Live Shows
Woody Woodpecker's Kidzone®
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i love the cat in the hat land.
i ride blue fish red fish a lot!

and all the rides they have over in that area.
guess i'm just a big kid that goes there without my kids...

*cough* postnumber3000 *cough*

soon you'll be running with the big doggies.

congrats on the big 3-0-0-0

Thanks so much, and thanks to all for wishing me well. I feel much better now. I was so sick I couldn't take my DD9 to school. Had to bother my poor Mom. Thank God for her.



Anything for a fellow Wildbuncher...This is a great place. I knew they would be more than happy to help you out.




Thanks, Mac. You are so kind. Please don't count me MIA. If I don't drop by for a while, it's because I've been working 60+ hours a week. I just don't have the time to post as often as I would like. Being a single mom and working all these hours is pretty tough. Never enough time. Never enough time...



Loved your pics. Too, cute. My two cents votes for Epcot. Mission Space and Soarin are two good reasons, but the food, man, the food is reason enough...Corral Reef, Le Cellier, Rose and Crown, Le Chefs de France, Tutto Italia, Bisto de Paris, Restaurant Marrakesh, and so many more.

:

blue eyes, i count noses every once in awhile and yours had been missing.
i should have sent you a pm to see how you were.
but, many of us here wondered where you were.

sorry you have been sick. good thing for mom being able to help out.
hope you get your strength back soon.

it's hard for working moms.

Evening Youse......

Ive not been around(or got pictures done yet )*** my crappy week turned into a crappy two weeks.

long story short,my friend has been diagnosed with terminal Cancer and we thought we were going to lose her.....but she's a Scot and we dont give in easy so she is fighting back.She is out of hospital and back home (she stays in London but took ill on a trip up here) with her family.

Love ye Mo.

I will hopefully get some gid photies of ma bit for youse yins soon.

Hope youse are all well.x

Vicks.

i have missed youse so much.
don't worry about the pics, your friend needed you and that is more important to be with her.

prayers for your friend and for youse.
she will do fine.
she's a scot....she will beat this.

youse take cares of youseself.
we are here for you when youse needs us.
homie, we care what happens to our friends here.....

OMG! I just got the funniest thing in the mail.

THANKS BARB!

Now I can display my Poop Lady status for the whole world to see...

happy it finally arrived.
do you know how hard it is to keep a secret like that from you???


woo hoo.......brab struck gold when she found it

Thanks mac - shoes are off. Socks too for that matter. No worries, I showered this morning.







So, at Universal and Islands of Adventure thereis a "Parent Swap" area? Like a little room? Do they have that at Disney too? I was just under the impression we would hang out by the exit until the other one was done.

I will admit...We are mostly going on this trip for DH and I...we don't have any character meals planned, as we know DS will still be too young to really get it all. I know he will enjoy himself, but as mentioned, he would enjoy himself in our back yard! I have scoured the Disney PassPorter and found there are actually quite a few rides that DS will be able to do - all the shows, along with the tamer rides. DH and I will do the swap on the bigger rides. If the rides at Universal and Islands of Adventure don't have many tame ones that we can do as a family--maybe it would be best to wait a few years. Which makes me SAD, but at least I have lots of time to research!

I think maybe I'll research a bit on the rides to make a judgement call. We are okay with doing the swap on some, but also want a nice chunk of family-type rides.

Thank you so much for your information!

the baby swap rooms are fabulous. the one for MIB over looks the landing area.
both parents can take turns on the ride without having to exit the rides and then stand in line again.

it is a good set up.

i'm still trying to find the thread that phamton put together a year back on littles at the park.

i listed some things above that is from the UO site.

 

[RAPstar]

evening all. somewhat busy day at work. tired. oh so tired. Decied that we will be going to Epcot. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I read somewhere that there is a walkway connecting Epcot and DHS?? If so, would be perfect to get a ride on TOT, RRC and the new ride. Now off to watch AVPR for some strange reason.

 

[ky07]

Just stopping to say good night homies and sleep tight and have a lovely night

 

[macraven]

evening all. somewhat busy day at work. tired. oh so tired. Decied that we will be going to Epcot. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I read somewhere that there is a walkway connecting Epcot and DHS?? If so, would be perfect to get a ride on TOT, RRC and the new ride. Now off to watch AVPR for some strange reason.

yes, you can walk to the other park but it is too long for me.
i take the boat or bus to get between the parks of mgm/hollywood now to epcot and vice versa

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Evening homies ...

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

evening all. somewhat busy day at work. tired. oh so tired. Decied that we will be going to Epcot. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I read somewhere that there is a walkway connecting Epcot and DHS?? If so, would be perfect to get a ride on TOT, RRC and the new ride. Now off to watch AVPR for some strange reason.

As Mac said, it is a bit of a walk ...

A closer walk would be from Epcot to the Boardwalk

This map will give you a better idea of the layout

 

[RAPstar]

yes, you can walk to the other park but it is too long for me.
i take the boat or bus to get between the parks of mgm/hollywood now to epcot and vice versa

Now if only the parkhopper was cheaper. lol I think we'll stick to epcot and make a day of it there.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

I think we'll stick to epcot and make a day of it there.

Good plan

... I think you'll just miss the start of the Food and Wine Festival though

 

[macraven]

i'll be back, i need to read some of my emails.
still trying to ketchup from when i was out of town.

 

[macraven]

i just read this in one of my emails.

if any of you are planning on a cruise after may 28th, be prepared for extra charges per day per person now.

brab, i think you will get hit with this.


Updates:
What's New and Changed

Here are a few items of relevant news:

Many cruise lines have recently implemented fuel surcharges and Disney Cruise Line is the latest to follow suit. The surcharge, applied to new bookings made after May 28, 2008, is $8 per person, per day for the first two guests in a stateroom and $3 per person, per day for all other guests. (So a family of four in one stateroom would pay $22 per day.) Additionally, the surcharge will be capped at $112 each for the first and second Guest and $42 each for each remaining Guest, though this would only affect itineraries longer than 14 nights.

 

[macraven]

did you see that???



my hula no neck chubby smilie bald girl just transformed to something else swaying in the wind.



woo hoo, tanks tag fairy.....

can you dip the other homies here with that red paint again....

they want to be true redheads with the rest of us.


thank you again oh holy one..........