DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club V - Man's Room

[Disney Commando]

Here's what it look like when your drive a late model Firebird past a cop at over a 100mph and slam into a bridge overpass. WARNING... graphic car destruction... although... the 19 year old driver is currently still alive in critical condition (miracle he even survived!)


Insane crash caught by trooper's video cam

Scotty from Star Trek - It's a Chevrolet Jim you can't push it any faster then that (Robin Williams) He's luckey to be alive.

 

[stopher1]

Hello friends! It's been a few days since I was last on here! It seems a lot longer, though. So much going on - and as usual - so many pages to catch up on that I don't have the time to do... so CRUD


I spent the past weekend at a Scouting training course for adult leaders - Wood Badge, the highest level of adult training there is. This was weekend 1 of 2 (the next one is in a month) - in the woods, far from any internet connections and having poor cell phone service. It was awesome. Very busy, intense kind of training - full, long days, sleep quite elusive - but I had a blast. And it helped to refresh me to come back home and deal with the family stuff going on and better support my wife as well. Her dad does indeed have cancer. He has a form of lung cancer. He is within the approximate 10% of lifelong non-smokers that have it and the docs, while unsure, are estimating it's been there growing for the past 2-3 years. It's affecting his lungs, liver and kidneys, as well as numerous ones around his hip, pelvis and back. The docs are saying without chemo he probably has about 4-6 months. With it he might have 1-3 years. But they don't yet know if he will be able to do the chemo, because the tests for his strain of the cancer he has aren't back in yet. One strain responds to chemo, one doesn't. So my DW will be on a plane 2 weeks from tomorrow heading west to spend a couple of weeks with him, I made the reservations Friday right after she got the diagnosis report. She didn't want to disappoint our DD and ask me to postpone our Daddy Daughter Adventure - so we'll actually pass in the airport as we land at 1 on the 8th coming back from FL, and she'll take off at 3:30 heading west. At least DD will be able to hug mommy before being separated for a couple of weeks. Sigh.

Lots going on, that's for sure. I hope to get back into the swing of things soon.

 

[that's nice]

Chris-
I'm so sorry to hear this news. I hope that your FIL has the treatable cancer. I hate cancer.

I'll be thinking and praying for you guys.

 

[Disney Commando]

Hello friends! It's been a few days since I was last on here! It seems a lot longer, though. So much going on - and as usual - so many pages to catch up on that I don't have the time to do... so CRUD


I spent the past weekend at a Scouting training course for adult leaders - Wood Badge, the highest level of adult training there is. This was weekend 1 of 2 (the next one is in a month) - in the woods, far from any internet connections and having poor cell phone service. It was awesome. Very busy, intense kind of training - full, long days, sleep quite elusive - but I had a blast. And it helped to refresh me to come back home and deal with the family stuff going on and better support my wife as well. Her dad does indeed have cancer. He has a form of lung cancer. He is within the approximate 10% of lifelong non-smokers that have it and the docs, while unsure, are estimating it's been there growing for the past 2-3 years. It's affecting his lungs, liver and kidneys, as well as numerous ones around his hip, pelvis and back. The docs are saying without chemo he probably has about 4-6 months. With it he might have 1-3 years. But they don't yet know if he will be able to do the chemo, because the tests for his strain of the cancer he has aren't back in yet. One strain responds to chemo, one doesn't. So my DW will be on a plane 2 weeks from tomorrow heading west to spend a couple of weeks with him, I made the reservations Friday right after she got the diagnosis report. She didn't want to disappoint our DD and ask me to postpone our Daddy Daughter Adventure - so we'll actually pass in the airport as we land at 1 on the 8th coming back from FL, and she'll take off at 3:30 heading west. At least DD will be able to hug mommy before being separated for a couple of weeks. Sigh.

Lots going on, that's for sure. I hope to get back into the swing of things soon.

My Prayers are with you and your family, a friend of mine's father had pretty much the same thing, he had a span of 1-6months , he was a merchant marine, started taking alot of shark cartilage pills (learned in his years that sharks don't get cancer), beyond Docs belief it went into remission and lived 6 more years to the age of 82. Don't know if it was the will to live or the shark cartilage, but something woked out, everything thing seemed normal in his everydays till the last few weeks. I hope the best for your family.

 

[chillcoupons]

Hello friends! It's been a few days since I was last on here! It seems a lot longer, though. So much going on - and as usual - so many pages to catch up on that I don't have the time to do... so CRUD


I spent the past weekend at a Scouting training course for adult leaders - Wood Badge, the highest level of adult training there is. This was weekend 1 of 2 (the next one is in a month) - in the woods, far from any internet connections and having poor cell phone service. It was awesome. Very busy, intense kind of training - full, long days, sleep quite elusive - but I had a blast. And it helped to refresh me to come back home and deal with the family stuff going on and better support my wife as well. Her dad does indeed have cancer. He has a form of lung cancer. He is within the approximate 10% of lifelong non-smokers that have it and the docs, while unsure, are estimating it's been there growing for the past 2-3 years. It's affecting his lungs, liver and kidneys, as well as numerous ones around his hip, pelvis and back. The docs are saying without chemo he probably has about 4-6 months. With it he might have 1-3 years. But they don't yet know if he will be able to do the chemo, because the tests for his strain of the cancer he has aren't back in yet. One strain responds to chemo, one doesn't. So my DW will be on a plane 2 weeks from tomorrow heading west to spend a couple of weeks with him, I made the reservations Friday right after she got the diagnosis report. She didn't want to disappoint our DD and ask me to postpone our Daddy Daughter Adventure - so we'll actually pass in the airport as we land at 1 on the 8th coming back from FL, and she'll take off at 3:30 heading west. At least DD will be able to hug mommy before being separated for a couple of weeks. Sigh.

Lots going on, that's for sure. I hope to get back into the swing of things soon.

Chris my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

 

[DisneyFed]

Hello friends! It's been a few days since I was last on here! It seems a lot longer, though. So much going on - and as usual - so many pages to catch up on that I don't have the time to do... so CRUD


I spent the past weekend at a Scouting training course for adult leaders - Wood Badge, the highest level of adult training there is. This was weekend 1 of 2 (the next one is in a month) - in the woods, far from any internet connections and having poor cell phone service. It was awesome. Very busy, intense kind of training - full, long days, sleep quite elusive - but I had a blast. And it helped to refresh me to come back home and deal with the family stuff going on and better support my wife as well. Her dad does indeed have cancer. He has a form of lung cancer. He is within the approximate 10% of lifelong non-smokers that have it and the docs, while unsure, are estimating it's been there growing for the past 2-3 years. It's affecting his lungs, liver and kidneys, as well as numerous ones around his hip, pelvis and back. The docs are saying without chemo he probably has about 4-6 months. With it he might have 1-3 years. But they don't yet know if he will be able to do the chemo, because the tests for his strain of the cancer he has aren't back in yet. One strain responds to chemo, one doesn't. So my DW will be on a plane 2 weeks from tomorrow heading west to spend a couple of weeks with him, I made the reservations Friday right after she got the diagnosis report. She didn't want to disappoint our DD and ask me to postpone our Daddy Daughter Adventure - so we'll actually pass in the airport as we land at 1 on the 8th coming back from FL, and she'll take off at 3:30 heading west. At least DD will be able to hug mommy before being separated for a couple of weeks. Sigh.

Lots going on, that's for sure. I hope to get back into the swing of things soon.

Hang in there Stoph!

 

[Carl Fredricksen]

WOW! I've been out for a bit since we were at WDW last week, and here we go with a new DisDad thread #5! Impressive that the membership is so strong...

Guys, I just have to share that I am having serious Disney withdrawal since we got back. We planned the trip for almost a year, and my kids were just at the right age to really appreciate the trip. We are already planning a return, but it seems to be forever before we get back.

Anyway, looking forward to getting back into the Dis groove on the site.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Holy Crud! Thanks for the link, I always like to show my daughter stuff like that so hopefully she will remember to always think before getting in a car with some idiot. Of course my wife would argue that includes me!

I try to avoid showing my son things like this, fearing that he will get ideas. Granted, he's only 3, but he already stages elaborate crash scenes with his toy cars.

Well....did somebody say bacon!! Since I'm Canadian I figured I needed to jump in here. Canadian bacon is awesome, I sell an 8 oz Bacon sandwich on a kaiser at the restaurant. yum!!

mmmmm....Canadian bacon sandwich.

Lots going on, that's for sure. I hope to get back into the swing of things soon.

Your FIL is still in our prayers.

WOW! I've been out for a bit since we were at WDW last week, and here we go with a new DisDad thread #5! Impressive that the membership is so strong...

Guys, I just have to share that I am having serious Disney withdrawal since we got back. We planned the trip for almost a year, and my kids were just at the right age to really appreciate the trip. We are already planning a return, but it seems to be forever before we get back.

Anyway, looking forward to getting back into the Dis groove on the site.

You know the best way to get back into the groove and out of your withdrawal? Trip Report! Oh yeah, and welcome home.

=======================

After work today, I'm packing up the family and heading to Kentucky for a long weekend. It's a combined 10th anniversary trip / end of summer bash. DW and I were doing some last minute packing/planning last night when I realized that I forgot the name of the ice cream place that was so highly recommended. A quick Google search this morning, and I now have a map of all of the Graeter's locations in the Louisville area. Whew, close one there.

 

[Coach81]

Scotty from Star Trek - It's a Chevrolet Jim you can't push it any faster then that (Robin Williams) He's luckey to be alive.

No doubt, incredible video!!!!

Hello friends! It's been a few days since I was last on here! It seems a lot longer, though. So much going on - and as usual - so many pages to catch up on that I don't have the time to do... so CRUD


I spent the past weekend at a Scouting training course for adult leaders - Wood Badge, the highest level of adult training there is. This was weekend 1 of 2 (the next one is in a month) - in the woods, far from any internet connections and having poor cell phone service. It was awesome. Very busy, intense kind of training - full, long days, sleep quite elusive - but I had a blast. And it helped to refresh me to come back home and deal with the family stuff going on and better support my wife as well. Her dad does indeed have cancer. He has a form of lung cancer. He is within the approximate 10% of lifelong non-smokers that have it and the docs, while unsure, are estimating it's been there growing for the past 2-3 years. It's affecting his lungs, liver and kidneys, as well as numerous ones around his hip, pelvis and back. The docs are saying without chemo he probably has about 4-6 months. With it he might have 1-3 years. But they don't yet know if he will be able to do the chemo, because the tests for his strain of the cancer he has aren't back in yet. One strain responds to chemo, one doesn't. So my DW will be on a plane 2 weeks from tomorrow heading west to spend a couple of weeks with him, I made the reservations Friday right after she got the diagnosis report. She didn't want to disappoint our DD and ask me to postpone our Daddy Daughter Adventure - so we'll actually pass in the airport as we land at 1 on the 8th coming back from FL, and she'll take off at 3:30 heading west. At least DD will be able to hug mommy before being separated for a couple of weeks. Sigh.

Lots going on, that's for sure. I hope to get back into the swing of things soon.

Thoughts and prayers..

WOW! I've been out for a bit since we were at WDW last week, and here we go with a new DisDad thread #5! Impressive that the membership is so strong...

Guys, I just have to share that I am having serious Disney withdrawal since we got back. We planned the trip for almost a year, and my kids were just at the right age to really appreciate the trip. We are already planning a return, but it seems to be forever before we get back.

Anyway, looking forward to getting back into the Dis groove on the site.

My wife and I are the same way.. we just got back from a fantastic summer trip to the World, and now we have to wait about 6 months until we head back for our annual Mardi Gras Vacation!!!! If only we had money to burn....

Happy Hump day everyone!!!

 

[DisneyDadC]

Chris still thinking of you, your family and your f.i.l.

Hang in there.

 

[DisneyDadC]

Got to fill me in on the details, still have to get one for Dec trip We still have to catch up at SP did you ever get a pass

YEa I will shoot you a pm for the shirt. No I never did get a SP pass,kinda sucks cause the kids are there several times a week. I was suposed to go on bring a friend day but never did.

 

[DisneyDadC]

I dont know if anyone noticed but my sig picked up an extra ticker lol.We will be going in Aug if anyone else is going let me know.

 

[DisneyDadC]

Dont know how much you guys have been on here lately with the boards being really slow.
For the guys goin in Dec I dont know if you have been over on the Dec trip thread, but if not We have one meet and greet set up so far.

 

[DisneyDadC]

Wow so this is what it feels like to lay claim to ownage of a page

ownage page #94


One more thing before I go to work. Have any of you Dads stayed at BLT? If so how was it? I am looking to book this at the 7 month window for Aug. Any reviews would help lol

 

[Capt. Barbosa]

•As confused as a hungry baby in a topless bar.

 

[BirdsLightyear]

I was wondering myself..If it is worth the money to go to the MVMCP...from a guys point of view....since it costs like 60 a head and as you see I have alot of heads to pay for

 

[Emma's Dad]

I was wondering myself..If it is worth the money to go to the MVMCP...from a guys point of view....since it costs like 60 a head and as you see I have alot of heads to pay for

Yeah... you should get a volume discount there...

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I just jumped in to the minivan market and bought a Dodge Caravan.
I didn't think I would like it.....and then it happen.... I flipped down the stow and go seats and......I was sold.

Another convert! Fed won't be far behind...

Her dad does indeed have cancer. He has a form of lung cancer. He is within the approximate 10% of lifelong non-smokers that have it and the docs, while unsure, are estimating it's been there growing for the past 2-3 years. It's affecting his lungs, liver and kidneys, as well as numerous ones around his hip, pelvis and back. The docs are saying without chemo he probably has about 4-6 months. With it he might have 1-3 years. But they don't yet know if he will be able to do the chemo, because the tests for his strain of the cancer he has aren't back in yet. One strain responds to chemo, one doesn't. So my DW will be on a plane 2 weeks from tomorrow heading west to spend a couple of weeks with him, I made the reservations Friday right after she got the diagnosis report. She didn't want to disappoint our DD and ask me to postpone our Daddy Daughter Adventure - so we'll actually pass in the airport as we land at 1 on the 8th coming back from FL, and she'll take off at 3:30 heading west. At least DD will be able to hug mommy before being separated for a couple of weeks. Sigh.

Sorry to hear the bad news about your FIL, Christopher. If there's any way we can help your family out, let us know.

After work today, I'm packing up the family and heading to Kentucky for a long weekend. It's a combined 10th anniversary trip / end of summer bash. DW and I were doing some last minute packing/planning last night when I realized that I forgot the name of the ice cream place that was so highly recommended. A quick Google search this morning, and I now have a map of all of the Graeter's locations in the Louisville area. Whew, close one there.

Have a great time! We were looking at a lot of the same destinations for a road trip next summer, so I'll be interested to see how it goes!

 

[oXar]

Hey dads, just figured I'd pop in again with an update on the job front. DW has had two interviews with a very cool opportunity, she would basically be the CFO (though the title is that of controller) of an expanding company We are waiting to hear if she will meet with the owner, which is the third and final step in her interview process. It's a long shot, but she's already gotten further along than we thought she would, so who knows. If she gets it or not, she already has a good job to fall back on, and is actually up for a raise any day now.

On my side, I had an amazing interview today, met with all the parties involved and my answers to their questions where met with a lot of 'good answer' replies. Best of all, the big cheese once worked with my former employer (who wrote a stellar letter of recomendation for me), and another co-worker of mine from my former job. I am one of 7 candidates trying for this position, but I really do think that I impressed them. A lot of red tape here, being a public sector job and all, but my credentials and references are top notch, so I really feel that my chances are above average. So much so, that I am starting to make some dining reservations @ Epcot's Akershus Royal Banquet Hall for our Thanksgiving trip.....

 

[tutter99]

Hey dads, just figured I'd pop in again with an update on the job front. DW has had two interviews with a very cool opportunity, she would basically be the CFO (though the title is that of controller) of an expanding company We are waiting to hear if she will meet with the owner, which is the third and final step in her interview process. It's a long shot, but she's already gotten further along than we thought she would, so who knows. If she gets it or not, she already has a good job to fall back on, and is actually up for a raise any day now.

On my side, I had an amazing interview today, met with all the parties involved and my answers to their questions where met with a lot of 'good answer' replies. Best of all, the big cheese once worked with my former employer (who wrote a stellar letter of recomendation for me), and another co-worker of mine from my former job. I am one of 7 candidates trying for this position, but I really do think that I impressed them. A lot of red tape here, being a public sector job and all, but my credentials and references are top notch, so I really feel that my chances are above average. So much so, that I am starting to make some dining reservations @ Epcot's Akershus Royal Banquet Hall for our Thanksgiving trip.....

Hope it works out for both of you!