Something about Nothing, come join in........

[roseprincess]

Happy 100 pages!!!

 

[roseprincess]

I may win the prize for having the oldest spawn, soon to be 28 & 21 and 14...and i didn't have them when i was young either...call me methusela

on the methusela joke

yankeepenny- sorry you had a bad day
sausage and spaghetti sound good to me


marciemi-sorry to hear about the guy smoking the cigar and kids line jumping at Great America. The line jumping at G.A. has been going on for years unfortunately. I remember it really well in hte early and mid 90's, this was before I had my kids. I was so sick of the line jumping that I refused to go to G.A. for many yrs after that. Hadn't been back to six flags G.A. until last yr- first time my kids went was last yr.
I don't know about the gang stuff, that may have been in the '90s
Have a good evening everyone.

 

[keishashadow]

mac - wow, you've had your share of ride snafus! I had a swarm of roaches (not to be confused w/palmetto bugs) all over one wall @ the BCV last Oct. & had to sleep in the room that night since they were booked to capacity. Exterminators finally showed up the next afternoon --- never did locate the mgr must of been hiding from me in the Utilidors. still gives me the creeps thinking about it

100 pages of Nothing; no creepy feeling there this is a bug free zone (except for MIB).

yankeepenny - sorry, it can only go uphill from here!

 

[bubba's mom]

guess what guys??? DH brought home a "present" from work today......



(brought home a laptop!) I'm in trouble

 

[macraven]

on the methusela joke

keisha posted that quote above but it has my name on it. that was her post on her kids ages.
ok, i'll be methusala jr then........

 

[macraven]

guess what guys??? DH brought home a "present" from work today......



(brought home a laptop!) I'm in trouble

conect a mouse to the laptop and you will have no problem using it.

i went 3 days using son's laptop until i figured that out.

i had the touch and scroll system.
i need the mouse when i'm on the computer.

 

[macraven]

it was good to see tarheelmjfan posting again.

mj fan, you have to come back and post more.

hey homie rose is back also.




the gangs all coming back...

 

[bubba's mom]

conect a mouse to the laptop and you will have no problem using it.

i went 3 days using son's laptop until i figured that out.

i had the touch and scroll system.
i need the mouse when i'm on the computer.

i knew to do that ..... and that was my plan...but DH was like "no...you don't need it...see?".....well, after about 10 minutes, he was like, "where's that spare mouse?" yep....he learned quik! I meant i was in trouble cuz now i'm portable...can take the laptop to the salon (for in between clients) and to Universal I can DIS from Universal (like i said, I'm in trouble....) btw, where can i get internet (wireless) at RPR??? I'm in trouble and this is all new to me!


ETA: i think i'm going to make my goal of 6,000 posts before vacation! (9 more to go and 26 days to go till vaca..... )

 

[macraven]

at rph, you pay a certain amount of money for a 24 hour period.

i believe the 24 hour period at hrh begins at 3:00 pm each day.

be sure to check the start time at rph if you pay for the internet service.
it might run from 3 pm to 3 pm the next day. ask at the lobby desk so you don't start the service at 1:00 in the afternoon to find out you ony paid full price for 2 hours of service.


you'll be a pro on that laptop before midnight tonight...

 

[marciemi]

Okay Universal experts - have any of you eaten at Emerils? What's it like? My (then to be) DS14 is a big cooking fan and loves watching the Cooking Network (is that what it's called?) and loves Emeril and making things. But he's not a huge adventurous eater. Is Emerils at all about show or is it just good food at a pretty high price? He'd love to see someone make something, explain how it was made, then eat it, but if it's just fancy food, then it's probably not worth it! Any input?

 

[macraven]

i heard tchoup tchoup was better but what do i know........

i was reading a thread sometime back and people were talking about both places and loved the one at rph.

on the other hand, i heard lunch at emrils was very good. and not as expensive

 

[loribell]

i know your pain and KS also. losing pics is something i still regret.

your littles range from 24 yrs to 8 yrs...........wow and a 3 yr old bonus comes with the group.
i bet you have been busy going thru all the stages of raising kids more than one time.

my hat off to you. you are a better woman than i am....



hope all homies are having a good day today.

Yeah, I didn't really realize the impact of what I had done until that first was walking across the stage to graduate & I had one in the stands in diapers! Honestly though she is an absolute joy and we would have it no other way.

cleaned out my closet & put the winter stuff away, pulled a muscle in my back - owww; that wouldn't have happened 10 years ago. Drenced in icy-hot; off to take ds to orthodontist (feel bad for the other parents in the waiting room who have to smell it ).

We've been stuck on 2 different WDW rides (no U)

-Hester/Chester spinnie wild mouse ride @ AK, sat for 1/2 hour in brutal sun - had to climb down a ladder &

-Tower of Terror (the 1st time i got the nerve to ride it lol); smaller ladder to scale that time - did get 2 sets of FP

Anyone else ever get stuck @ either park?

Funny story...my DH had pulled a muscle in his back. I put some Arbonne muscle rub on it and about an hour later left to meet my mother & sister for lunch. I left my cell in the car and when I got back out there I had several missed calls from home. I called to see what was wrong & he was panicked! How do I get this stuff off? It just keeps getting hotter & hotter. I took a shower and it didn't get it off. If I can't get it to stop burning I am going to have to go to the ER! Umm, are wwe being a bit melodramatic here? I use it all the time. It really is some good stuff, best I have ever used. In fact it will start heating again when I sit up against something then next day, but go to the ER for what is basically Icy Hot!!!! Ya think the staff would have got a good laugh out of that one?

Now Primevil Hurl would be an awful ride to get stuck on. IT is completely unshaded. How terrible. And then to get stuck on TOT the first time you got the courage to ride it. That sucks!

last year i got stuck on the pirates ride and missed my adr.

i was not happy over that.


POC had been down off and on for over 3 hours.
when it again started up around 3:50, i got in the line to get on.

my boat got stuck at a very non scenic area. it was not far from the dock area where we boarded. you could look back and see the light and some people from where i was marooned.


i tell ya, i was half tempted to get out and walk in the water to leave that dingy.........

i finally got off around, i think, 5:10.

when the ride started up, i was too unnerved to even enjoy it.

the boat i was in only had me in it. the boat behind me had a family and littles that kept screaming the entire time. and the two parents were having heated words over being stuck.


also last year, i got stuck on the people mover. i was almost all the way out of space mountain when it stopped. no view of the coasters inside where i was at as i was just past that point.

it made me miss the fireworks. i think i was stuck there for at least 35 minutes.


i have never been stuck on a ride at universal.
now watch that happen since i said that.......



you know, if you are going to be stuck on a ride, at least there should be some scenery or something fun to look at......

Were ou not able to go ahead and go to your ADR? Surely they would let you in if you were stuck on a ride for over an hour!

Knock on wood, we have never been stuck on any ride. Lets hope our luck continues!

well, i just have had a rotten vile miserablle &^%$#@
kind of a day, but it is not so bad as those who are just finding out they rode a plane with some "individual"(for lack of a better word) with Tuberculosis!!!!

can you imagine!???? I would just be furious!

so, my day did not suck as bad as some folks.

sometimes though, I jsut wanna pitch it all in and watch 24 hours of steel magnolias and cry and eat chocolate and say to the world SCREW MAY I ADD, YOU!

I AM DOING BETTER NOW. i AM ADDING SAUSAGE TO THE SPAHGHETTI, YES, MEAT, IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 10 DAYS AND I AM FREAKIN' STARVING AND i AM GOING TO EAT IT.


Thank you all who read this post and listened. It is nice to have someone whom you can thread with.

So sorry you had such a bad day. Hope tomorrow is tons better!

Well, more on Six Flags that I'd meant to post. I was also a bit nervous after that Universal thread a couple weeks ago. I'm really looking forward to it since although we love Disney, we've DONE it all and the kids are getting a bit old to find a lot of it "cool" anymore. I thought Uni would be a good break in the Disney action to do something new and more exciting. But that thread was making me a bit nervous too (although I'm definitely not the type of person to care about the music being played unless it's so loud that I can't hear myself think, and don't care about people drinking unless they're at the point of..um..having it resurface onto me - no, Mac, I don't need the barfing smilies again!).

But I think after a weekend of Six Flags, I have to feel with everything I read bad about it, that if we can have a good time there, Universal has to be a lot better! Really only 3 incidents that I can think of at Six Flags - one when we came in on Sunday morning and were packed in like sardines waiting for the rope drop, there was a guy in the middle of the crowd smoking a cigar! Yes, the park is no smoking except for designated areas, which I realize is somewhat ignored, but this was just stupid. DH said something to him and he put it out (and wasn't a teen - more a mid 30's age), but come on - you couldn't realize on your own that might be bothersome to some people? Had to be doing it just to PO folks!

Two incidents of line jumping - the blatant "jump over the fence, run across the grass and jump over another fence" type. First one we just rolled our eyes at. The second didn't bother me that much (even though it must have been 10 teenagers) because we were having a nice discussion with the young couple ahead of us who were telling us all about their wonderful trip to Universal last summer, how much they'd enjoyed RPR (where we're staying) and how great the FOTL passes were. So it just gave us more time to talk to them! They did mention that last season at Six Flags during the most crowded times that you were given tickets as you entered a line and if you were out of order when you got to the end you were kicked out of the park! Never heard of that before so maybe they are cracking down some there! I realize it wouldn't fly at Disney (families, toddlers, potty breaks), but certainly seems like a good idea with teens!

But overall, I didn't see the "this is a bad place to be for families" things I read about! Only smoking I saw was the one I mentioned and I never even noticed the no smoking areas. Saw a lot of families and normal looking teens - not the "gangs" I keep hearing mentioned. I will admit the employees were a bit clueless - I asked two where the nearest restroom was and both times they had no idea, but they seemed apologetic, not rude. The coasters are still really nice, and the waterpark was great, albeit cool. But there certainly weren't any lines there so we got to do a lot of fun slides in no time!

So I'm feeling optimistic about Universal - especially after hanging with all you homies!

Years ago, when I was pregnant with Ally sitting in the stands at one of DS's football games there was a mna sitting in the bleachers with us smoking a cigar. A friend of mine, who also happens to be apolice officer, was sitting nearby & raging hormones and all I yelled out to my friend and asked if he brought his gun & could shoot the idiot smoking the cigar. Needless to say, he got up and left the stands!

You really have no reason to worry about Universal's parks. I really don't get any of the Uni bashing or any of the Disney bashing. Heck go to the DVC board and watch other owners bash SSR. It is a beautiful resort but the things they say about it are rediculous. Same with the things people say about the parks that aren't their favorites!

I love the Disney parks. There have been many trips that I have been at the Disney parks but not been able to do the Universal parks and it has been torture. My family would say that I am a Disney fanatic. Last summer though I was writing vacation articles for my sisters magazine. I wrote all about Disney and I guess it was mostly factual. When I wrote about Universals parks I got much more articulate. When my sister read it she said she would have sworn I liked Disney better but that you couldn't tell it from the articles I had written.

Anyway, the themeing at IOA is amazing! You feel totally immersed in the land that you are visiting. It is so vibrant and colorful. I love the Universal parks. I think you will to. I have never noticed anything inapropriate at either of the parks or at City Walk. It is a perfect place place for families. Go and have a great time!


Have a great day tomorrow everyone!

 

[bubba's mom]

you'll be a pro on that laptop before midnight tonight...

thanks for the info......haven't used it yet...DH was setting it up with our stuff and he left it to charge while he went to play hockey.....

 

[Melanie230]

Yes...I think you have 6000 in the bag. Oh yeah...check the ticker HAHAHHA

 

[bubba's mom]

Oh yeah...check the ticker HAHAHHA

(just my shameless way of getting another post! )

 

[loribell]

(just my shameless way of getting another post! )

Hey Bubba's Mom - ain't you supposed to be gettin' ready for a garage sale?!?

Just kiddin'. Tryin' to help you get to that 6,000th post!

Geez. I must not post enough. I haven't even broke 1,500 and I have been here since 2001! And I thought I talked a lot!

 

[macraven]

come on bubba's mom......post some more and hit the big 6000 tonight.

 

[macraven]

i'm still waiting............


maybe bubba's mom already crashed for the night.

 

[bubba's mom]

i'm still waiting............


maybe bubba's mom already crashed for the night.

i sure did! watched finale of Shear Genius on Bravo (reality hairstylist competition show) and then watched some news, checked here briefly, and went to sleep.

so, have a great day everyone....off to work!

ps--just about ready for the yard sale.....i'm sure i'll find more stuff tonite and tomorrow morning.... (can't wait to git it dun & over wit!)

 

[macraven]

isn't it nice to get rid of junk in the house.


i start to and then think, maybe i will need this in 5 years, i'll hang on to it...