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[GoHerd1028]

Fed,

I have not read that thread nor will I. I have a very different perspective.

You see, I was there that day. I was with my wife on the 4 train and then in City Hall Park when the towers were hit. We both worked a few blocks away. We stood in City Hall Park, about 2 blocks away, and watched the towers burn. The day before we found out that my wife was pregnant with my daughter. A co-worker of hers was trampled to death when the towers came down. Her building was so badly damaged she never returned to work. We walked a few miles to Grand Central while the fighter jets circled and people and cars were covered in ashes.

We sat in my brother-in-law's office waiting for the trains to start running so we could get the Hell out of the City. We heard people getting phone calls finding out that friends or loved ones were dead or missing. Hearing a phone ring and a then a scream of grief is something I will never get over. I had to return to work downtown on Thursday or Friday. The smell for weeks was so bad I still can't describe it. Nobody in my office, to this day, will talk about it for more than a few seconds. We actually represented families in the Victim's Compensation Fund and still nobody talks about it.

I know this will not be popular and I respect the Hell out of you and anyone who fights for our country, but to me and my wife today was Saturday, for the rest of the country it was 9-11.

Chris

Chris

That does indeed put a whole different perspective on things. A Co worker of mine lost her son that day on the plane that hit the Pentagon. He was an up and comer in the medical field and I truly believe that he would have been surgeon general one day. On the news after the crashes they showed the terrorists getting onto the plane from surveillance cameras in the airport and there was Paul...right beside them getting on and having no idea what lie ahead.

 

[ClearScreen]

Chris

That does indeed put a whole different perspective on things. A Co worker of mine lost her son that day on the plane that hit the Pentagon. He was an up and comer in the medical field and I truly believe that he would have been surgeon general one day. On the news after the crashes they showed the terrorists getting onto the plane from surveillance cameras in the airport and there was Paul...right beside them getting on and having no idea what lie ahead.

I am very sorry. I know way too many people and stories like that.

My wife actually got teared up when she realized what today was. Her co-worker who died, she was supposed to have a meeting with him at 10:00am to talk about, of all things "Disaster Recovery". They both worked in computer systems. Talk about irony.

Anyway, not trying to be a downer and sorry about Marshall. Tough loss there, but some great pix on Facebook.

Chris

 

[GoHerd1028]

I am very sorry. I know way too many people and stories like that.

My wife actually got teared up when she realized what today was. Her co-worker who died, she was supposed to have a meeting with him at 10:00am to talk about, of all things "Disaster Recovery". They both worked in computer systems. Talk about irony.

Anyway, not trying to be a downer and sorry about Marshall. Tough loss there, but some great pix on Facebook.

Chris

It was a heartbreaker of a loss...oh well...it was the first home game with our new coach and the leftover players from the previous coach...I forsee better days ahead... I just thought we had that historic win for our program last night....not this time though! Go Herd! Next up Bowling Green...can't hardly get as excited about that one LOL

 

[ClearScreen]

It was a heartbreaker of a loss...oh well...it was the first home game with our new coach and the leftover players from the previous coach...I forsee better days ahead... I just thought we had that historic win for our program last night....not this time though! Go Herd! Next up Bowling Green...can't hardly get as excited about that one LOL

Yeah. A win over an in-state rival like WVU would have been sweet. Hopefully, your boys won't be hearing Ay-Ziggy-zoomba or whatever they sing at Bowling Green next week.

ClearScreen

 

[AJRitz]

Each one of those skidmarks tell a story. Rummaging through the hamper for a pair that's not to dirty to wear again is like a trip down memory lane.
The burritos from Monday...
The chili from Tuesday...
The deviled eggs from Wednesday...

This post earns my first

in a long while.

 

[Pjimmeyer]

I'm resisting the temptation to go "ape" on the "What does 9.11 mean to you" thread on the Community Forum...

Some of the responses there are........disappointing.

Sorry...I was unable to resist the temptation. A big failing of mine that I cannot let things like that go. I am a proud veteran and some times have a big mouth.

 

[DisneyFed]

Fed,

I have not read that thread nor will I. I have a very different perspective.

You see, I was there that day. I was with my wife on the 4 train and then in City Hall Park when the towers were hit. We both worked a few blocks away. We stood in City Hall Park, about 2 blocks away, and watched the towers burn. The day before we found out that my wife was pregnant with my daughter. A co-worker of hers was trampled to death when the towers came down. Her building was so badly damaged she never returned to work. We walked a few miles to Grand Central while the fighter jets circled and people and cars were covered in ashes.

We sat in my brother-in-law's office waiting for the trains to start running so we could get the Hell out of the City. We heard people getting phone calls finding out that friends or loved ones were dead or missing. Hearing a phone ring and a then a scream of grief is something I will never get over. I had to return to work downtown on Thursday or Friday. The smell for weeks was so bad I still can't describe it. Nobody in my office, to this day, will talk about it for more than a few seconds. We actually represented families in the Victim's Compensation Fund and still nobody talks about it.

I know this will not be popular and I respect the Hell out of you and anyone who fights for our country, but to me and my wife today was Saturday, for the rest of the country it was 9-11.

Chris

I understand...believe me I understand....

 

[DisneyFed]

This post earns my first

in a long while.

I second AJ's response here

One of the first posts I read when I woke up this morning....hope it's not an indicator for the rest of the day

 

[DisneyFed]

It was a heartbreaker of a loss...oh well...it was the first home game with our new coach and the leftover players from the previous coach...I forsee better days ahead... I just thought we had that historic win for our program last night....not this time though! Go Herd! Next up Bowling Green...can't hardly get as excited about that one LOL

Yeah. A win over an in-state rival like WVU would have been sweet. Hopefully, your boys won't be hearing Ay-Ziggy-zoomba or whatever they sing at Bowling Green next week.

ClearScreen

I could be worse...you guys could be ACC People like some of us

Holy cow, I guess we showed how weak we really are yesterday

 

[gerows]

Well if nothing else....It just made me realize how many Yankees are on this forum:

No Yankee here, 100% Red Sox.
Can I atleast get partial credit as a southener? I lived in Knoxville for a year and travelled down there about once a month for the 3 years leading up to my move. We loved it down there but DW was pregnant with DD and I was working >70 hrs a week an hour away in Jefferson City, so we moved back north

 

[unclescrooge_0707]

The Travel Channel is showing Disney on a Dime, and Disney Behind the Magic, and I know I've seen it before (like 4 times) but I keep watching it. They were just talking about the SpectroMagic Parade, and I may be wrong, but hasn't that been replaced now?
I really worry my next vacation is overplanned.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

The Travel Channel is showing Disney on a Dime, and Disney Behind the Magic, and I know I've seen it before (like 4 times) but I keep watching it. They were just talking about the SpectroMagic Parade, and I may be wrong, but hasn't that been replaced now?
I really worry my next vacation is overplanned.

DW walked out to the living room this morning and looked at the DVR and asked, "Are we recording something?" I told her, "Yep. It's Disney." She got a big grin on her face.

 

[AJRitz]

I could be worse...you guys could be ACC People like some of us

Holy cow, I guess we showed how weak we really are yesterday

I was mighty proud of my Jayhawks yesterday, bouncing back from an awful opening week to knock-off a Top 20 team. It WAS Georgia Tech, so maybe I need to apply an ACC discount to that ranking. But it was still nice to see the new coach get a win under his belt and shut up the idiots who were howling for his head when we stumbled out of the blocks last week.

 

[stopher1]

The Travel Channel is showing Disney on a Dime, and Disney Behind the Magic, and I know I've seen it before (like 4 times) but I keep watching it. They were just talking about the SpectroMagic Parade, and I may be wrong, but hasn't that been replaced now?
I really worry my next vacation is overplanned.

Spectro is on hiatus, yes. This summer they "borrowed" the Main Street Electrical Parade from the Disneyland Resort in California for what was supposed to be only during the Summer Nightastic! promo... and it was to be shipped back to CA for the fall / Christmas season - then return to FL again next summer. But they decided to extend the run and just keep it in FL through next summer before they return it to CA... if they actually do. Until then, Spectro is officially on hiatus. However, as often happens when things go on an extended hiatus, it just might not return. Perhaps something bigger and better will come along - or perhaps they're using this time to really freshen it up and improve it. Spectro is nearly 20 years old now. (Of course the MSEP is nearly 40 years old now, and still shines quite brightly - but it has been freshened up and improved 4 or 5 times during its history).

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

I’ve said this often around here, but facts are facts: Gentleman, you’ve been busy! My P/C goes on the fritz for a couple of days and I get back and find that I’m fifteen pages behind again! CRUD!!

We’ll let me first say that I hope every one had a calm Saturday with a little bit of time for reflection. ClearScreen, thanks for posting about your experiences. I found them very sobering and appreciate you’re taking the time to share. Thanks again.


Now then, down to business:

This post earns my first

in a long while.

Nice Smiley

The Travel Channel is showing Disney on a Dime, and Disney Behind the Magic, and I know I've seen it before (like 4 times) but I keep watching it. They were just talking about the SpectroMagic Parade, and I may be wrong, but hasn't that been replaced now?
I really worry my next vacation is overplanned.

Hi, my name is Rob…
Know what you mean. I never get tired of watching that stuff. Just can’t help myself. Do you think I should seek out a support group of other folks that share my addiction?

Can I atleast get partial credit as a southener? I lived in Knoxville for a year and travelled down there about once a month for the 3 years leading up to my move. We loved it down there but DW was pregnant with DD and I was working >70 hrs a week an hour away in Jefferson City, so we moved back north

I'm afraid not my friend. I'm a hillbilly by birth and have lived in the Deep South for well over forty years, but even that ain’t close enough for complete acceptance as a proper South’ner. They have a phrase for it down this way (imagine that ) that goes like this: “Just ‘cause the cat had kittens in the oven, doesn’t mean we’ll call ‘em biscuits”. Plane and simple, if’n you weren’t born here, you’re a Yankee.


As for football, it went like this for us yesterday:

(1-1) Towson Tigers 47
(0-2) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 45

The “Kinkin’ Chickens” blew a 14 point lead in the forth and finally lost in the fifth OT. I love underdogs, but by definition, it means I get to witness a lot of heartbreak (foolish me). On the up side, the kids at the local high school pulled out a victory, so it’s not a total loss (Go Falcons)

 

[GoHerd1028]

Ok Dads...I am having no luck whatsoever....I am trying to secure flights from either Columbus Ohio or Cincinnati Ohio on 11/27-12/5 at a decent price...want to arrive in Orlando around early afternoon or so ...so that we can go to the grocery store for the week and get settled in the condo....do any of you guys know of any special rates or promotion codes out there that I have not been able to find? When should I purchase tickets and not risk the flights going sky high...usually by now I have bought them....but this year has been tight up until now....Let me know if you know of anything.

 

[gerows]

Ok Dads...I am having no luck whatsoever....I am trying to secure flights from either Columbus Ohio or Cincinnati Ohio

Is the Cincinnati airport the one that's in Kentucky? If its the one I'm thinking of, I had a layover there years ago and was hanging out in the aiport lounge. A woman in the lounge was smoking a cigarette, and another woman walked up to the bartender and asked her to ask the woman to put her cigarette out. The bartender looked at her and said "honey, you're in Kentucky, we encourage smoking here". The look on the woman's face was great.

 

[GoHerd1028]

Is the Cincinnati airport the one that's in Kentucky? If its the one I'm thinking of, I had a layover there years ago and was hanging out in the aiport lounge. A woman in the lounge was smoking a cigarette, and another woman walked up to the bartender and asked her to ask the woman to put her cigarette out. The bartender looked at her and said "honey, you're in Kentucky, we encourage smoking here". The look on the woman's face was great.

yes that would be the same airport LOL I hate flying in and out of there but if it has the best rate I will do it LOL smoking or not LOL

 

[AJRitz]

Ok Dads...I am having no luck whatsoever....I am trying to secure flights from either Columbus Ohio or Cincinnati Ohio on 11/27-12/5 at a decent price...want to arrive in Orlando around early afternoon or so ...so that we can go to the grocery store for the week and get settled in the condo....do any of you guys know of any special rates or promotion codes out there that I have not been able to find? When should I purchase tickets and not risk the flights going sky high...usually by now I have bought them....but this year has been tight up until now....Let me know if you know of anything.

A couple of suggestions.
First, I read recently that a complex statistic survey was recently done that showed that, on average, the best time to purchase airfares is 8 weeks out.

Second, broaden your search if possible. Having formerly lived in Cincinnati, flights out of CVG are at horribly inflated prices. In addition to checking Columbus, try Dayton. If driving a bit farther is doable, consider checking Indianapolis, Louisville, and/or Lexington as well. I use kayak.com to search most airlines, then also run the search at Southwest.com, since their flights won't show up on kayak.com

 

[afwdwfan]

A couple of suggestions.
First, I read recently that a complex statistic survey was recently done that showed that, on average, the best time to purchase airfares is 8 weeks out.

Second, broaden your search if possible. Having formerly lived in Cincinnati, flights out of CVG are at horribly inflated prices. In addition to checking Columbus, try Dayton. If driving a bit farther is doable, consider checking Indianapolis, Louisville, and/or Lexington as well. I use kayak.com to search most airlines, then also run the search at Southwest.com, since their flights won't show up on kayak.com

Yeah, I live about 45 min from Indy, 1.5 hours from Cincy. Usually when I fly somewhere I always check rates for both, and typically Indy is cheaper. On 2 occasions I have actually flown from Indy to Cincy for a layover for cheaper than I could get the direct flight out of Cincy. Don't really get it, but whatever.