Stop Making Me Laugh Or I'll Pee My Pants! Go Back! I Lost My Shoe! Trip Report!

[Kathy Jetson]

Have fun and I hope you win something!

 

[rndmr2]

Good Luck and have fun!

 

[jenseib]

Have fun!

 

[Cafeen]

Hey Lisa,

I was poking around on the photography board (it makes me itch for a nice new DSLR camera that I can't afford...) and happened upon this remark:

I have read from many sources that it is bad to delete in camera period, supposedly it increases your odds of a corrupt card, or corrupt files...

in the past I had issues several times with files being corrupt or disappearing, since I've stopped deleting in camera I have not had any issues

-- Source -- (2nd post). I thought of you and wondered if this may be a possible lead on your disappearing image issue you seem to have.

It's also good public knowledge if it is true (and from a computer standpoint, I can understand why it could be a possibility).

Then again, you're away this weekend... so, hope you have fun!

 

[Wrexie]

Morning everybody!

We are staying at the historic Arlington for the first time ever. I've been going to Hot Springs every since I was little and have never stayed there.

Wish us luck!

When I went to Hot Springs a few years ago, I can't recall the name of the hotel we stayed in. My husband saw the Arlington and remembered staying there when he went years ago. It looks like a fabulous place to stay! We had dinner there one night and just walked up and down hallways, checked out the pool (and boy did that look nice), etc. I love older hotels--there's so much interesting to see. I took a brochure and have been hoping to stay there on another trip. Just not in August. When we were there, it was over 100 degrees and really muggy. I bet it's fabulous to relax in that hot pool this time of year!

Have a great trip and good luck on the prizes!

 

[Kathy Jetson]

Hey Lisa,

I was poking around on the photography board (it makes me itch for a nice new DSLR camera that I can't afford...) and happened upon this remark:


-- Source -- (2nd post). I thought of you and wondered if this may be a possible lead on your disappearing image issue you seem to have.

It's also good public knowledge if it is true (and from a computer standpoint, I can understand why it could be a possibility).

Then again, you're away this weekend... so, hope you have fun!

how do you delete the pics?

 

[Cafeen]

how do you delete the pics?

Transferring all pics from camera to computer, then reformatting the memory card, I believe. Not 100% sure, though if that's the "proper" method. I would have to look it up.

 

[racefanof88]

Have fun for me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wyodan]

how do you delete the pics?

There is usually an option to delete pics after transfer. So once the pics are moved to the computer, the software will delete them. XP / Vista / Windows 7 have this feature.

 

[CW4DW]

I hope you have had a fun adult weekend and that you won something - hopefully the diamond ring but if not then a door prize!!! Can't wait to hear what you come home with.

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Looking forward to hearing all about your fun getaway! I hope you won a nice door prize.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Good morning Dis friends!

This weekend's diamond dash was a complete waste of our time. When I received the first email from the convention and visitor's center, it said you had to write an essay about why you deserve the chance to participate. It also said that there would be a limited number of participants.

We left Friday when I got off work and didn't make it in town early enough to go by the diamond store and pick up our "extra special clue". We checked into the hotel (more about that later) and went in search of the convention center. We wanted to make sure we knew where it was and where the meeting place was. It was pretty close to downtown so it was fairly easy to find.

The next morning, I get a text message that says to pump our bicycle tires, get out our unicycle, oil our skateboard or rollerblade wheels and get ready to compete. It also gave other details which was absolutely nothing like it was described in the emails I had received.

We would have to go all around the town and try to earn points. You could skip the question but you lose the sequence of your clues and you also lost points. You also had to be the fastest to score the point. John and I looked at each other as I read off the text message and just said "we're never going to win this thing". But, we were willing to give it a try.

We drive over to the convention center and see a sea of red shirts. Lots and lots and lots of red shirts. We drove down the street a little further in search of a parking place and see people lined up for at least two blocks. And, they were all on wheels....bicycles, skateboards, scooters and skates. We looked at each other again and said....."there's no way we can keep up with all these people". We were going to be on foot!

We pulled over in a parking lot way down the block to decide what to do. We talked about getting in line and at least getting our t-shirts but then we'd have to stand there forever just to get our shirt. The line wasn't moving at all. While we talked, we could see people walking away with red shirts slung over their shoulders and getting in their cars and leaving. We figured they were on foot too and decided to not even try. That's when we decided we weren't even going to try either.

We started up the car and drove to the nearest Applebee's to have lunch. From there, we drove up to Lake Ouachita State Park and had a look around. About 3 hours had passed since the diamond dash was supposed to have started so we figured it would be safe to go back downtown.

We saw a lot of people walking around in red shirts carrying little bags which we assume were the gift bags. There were kids that looked like they were no more than 15 or 16 years old. We were told that it was supposed to promote tourism for the young in Hot Springs but it also had an age group you had to be in and it wasn't 15 or 16!

I gotta tell you, we were extremely disappointed in the whole thing. Had I known it was going to be like this, I would have saved the $350.00 it cost us to stay (hotel, food, gas, etc.) in Hot Springs. I bet the hotels were laughing all the way to the bank at us suckers who showed up not knowing what was truly going on.

I came to the office today and looked up how many people showed up for the diamond dash....over 700! What happened to a limited number of participants? I bet you those 700 people didn't all write essays!

Anyway, I'll write a little mini-trip report for you guys in a bit. Gotta get the boss settled in and print out some stuff for a client who will be here any minute. Just wanted to let ya'll know we are back from a sucker weekend.

 

[KatMark]

Sorry the weekend didn't go the way you thought, but looking forward to the little "mini report".

 

[mommytothreeboys]

I'm so sorry things were such a bust. How disappointing. But at least you got some nice romantic time away with John.

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Bummer about your weekend. I bet there were quite a few disappointed people. Hopefully you did get some fun out of it, though, which I guess we'll find out in a mini-report.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Yeah, it was pretty darn disappointing. John and I did have a good time though.

 

[KatMark]

Yeah, it was pretty darn disappointing. John and I did have a good time though.

Well, that's good--it's nice to have that "alone" time every now and then. We took Markie my car and then asked him where he wanted to go to lunch. He wanted to go to the "buffet"--I assumed so he could eat salads and good food as he is wrestling and has to watch his weight. Well, he actually wanted to eat there because it is at the casino and he wanted his dad to play blackjack with him. So after lunch, Mark played blackjack with Markie and I went and played the slots. I lost my $40, Mark lost his $40 and then I came over to watch Markie play for a little bit and he ended up winning over $170. I told him next time lunch is on him!

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

What a bummer Lisa. My main question to you is did John get lucky? I know you didn't. I want to hear all the facts. Well, some you can keep to yourself. I do want to know about the hotel tho. I wonder if they have remodeled in 48 years since I was there.

Kathy: Glad you got your car to Markie. The rule in our house is the big winner has to buy dinner. I know tho you are like me you are glad Markie got some extra spending money. Austin won some on Blackjack at the Downstream a couple of weeks ago to.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Okay, I have a little extra time...did I mention I hate Monday mornings in a family law office? Everybody fusses and fights during the weekends and I get flooded with phone calls on Monday morning telling me all about it.

Anyway, I appreciate everybody wishing us luck. Too bad the experience didn't turn out anything like we thought it would.

I received an email from photobucket this weekend saying my third photobucket account is about to be exceeded. Let's see if my very first one is back working.....testing, testing, one, two, three.....testing:

 

[mickeystoontown]

Looks like the first photobucket account is working. I'll upload my Arkansas pictures there.