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[Cinderella's Fella]

Well you will have to learn to play the trumpet or bugle...also you will need a goat and be able to wave your hands in a specific manner.

Ok Nate, how much did you enjoy the movie?

 

[dvczerfs]

Congrats Dave! I'll be doing the same thing in, oh, 12 years or so!

thanks barry! 12 years will be here before you know it, enjoy it, it goes fast.
ratulations to your DD, Dave! I thought the sun was playing tricks with your hair! [/QUOTE]
thanks mike!!! i think the 15 min. of sun burned my hair off!!! if you look real close, you can see it there on the top.

 

[dvczerfs]

Well you will have to learn to play the trumpet or bugle...also you will need a goat and be able to wave your hands in a specific manner.

i forgot about the goat!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Speaking of TS meals they took out my favorite place to go for steak when they closed the Concourse Restaurant at the Contemporary. What TS meal is your favorite if you are going with just your wife?

I'll echo what the other guys said--don't feel guilty about going alone with the DW! I said this in an earlier version of the thread, but one of the best gifts you can give your kids is a strong marriage. Making time for your wife is really important.

Besides Le Cellier, my wife and I had a really nice meal at Kona Cafe. It's a little noisy, but the food (and Polynesian atmosphere) were really nice.

I would like to post a clarification of a RANT I posted this weekend.

In regards to the whole May21st EotW.

What my point was...which after reading my rant was not clear...it is my practice to be respectful of everyones beliefs...regardless of how misguided I feel they may be. Because wheither we believe the same thing or not...that belief is very real to those whom believe it...wheither they are blindly following someones teachings or they came to this belief on there own.

I felt it reflected badly on us as a group to sit around and poke fun at others beliefs.

And thru it all...the one person I saw that made a well reasoned discussion got called out as being "preachy". While poking fun of the same subject was perfectly acceptable. That's not how I roll.

Well said, Nate. I think I did poke a little fun with a comment in there somewhere, so I apologize for that. You're right that a man's faith is not something to ridicule.

At the same time, I hope everyone feels comfortable with a little ribbing from time to time. My dad once told me that the sign of a mature adult is the ability to laugh at himself, and I for one produce plenty of material. We all know plenty of people who get too easily offended at the slightest thing.

And if we cross the line, it's important to call it out, just like you did.

It's so easy to have tone misconstrued on-line. What you might intend to be a gentle poke, another might interpret as a huge slam. What is remarkable about this group is that over the years scared1, we've never degenerated into "trolls" or "flaming" and have been able to discuss a variety of topics in a civil and respectful manner. I'm confident that this pattern will continue.

For all the fart jokes an Princess pics, I've been amazed at how the guys in here are secretly very mature, respectful adults.

But while we're talking about sensitive off-topic topics, I'll bring up another one:

Have any of you Scout dads had any issues with gay co-workers? Boy Scouts of America has a strict no-gay leader policy (as a result of some bad things historically) and so has a very bad reputation in the gay community. Personally, I have several family members who are gay and I don't give a rats-*ss what you do in your bedroom (as long as you're a good person, what do I care?) It doesn't happen often, but occassionally, I get "digged" from gay co-workers about my involvement in scouts. Has anyone else experienced this? And if so, how do you handle it? I'd be interested in your thoughts.

Oh good, a lighter topic.

I'm not a scout leader, so I haven't had to deal with that issue directly. I think that 1) it's a private organization, and therefore has the right to set their rules, and 2) it's important to focus on the positive things that the scouts do.

If it gets into a discussion, I'd say that your co-workers probably aren't aware of all the history of the scouts and why they made the decisions they made. You have to listen to the other side to understand an issue. And as Nate said, certain people/groups have fundamental beliefs. Instead of ridiculing them or blanket-labeling them as "homophobic" or what have you, it's important to respect them.

I'd stick with the bottom line: the scouts were meant as a way for fathers to spend time with and teach their sons, and have provided an incredible number of experiences that you wouldn't trade for anything. I'm sure it gets tempting to get defensive or fire back, and it's a lot less fun to be the grown-up. But it's more important to just send a positive message.

As the saying goes: Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes.*

*That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and he'll have to run after you in his socks.

 

[T Morrows Child]

Speaking of TS meals they took out my favorite place to go for steak when they closed the Concourse Restaurant at the Contemporary. What TS meal is your favorite if you are going with just your wife?

Our "date night" TS has traditionally been California Grille, although we had a great meal at Narcoosee's last June. The atmosphere wasn't as good as CG, but the food and service were terrific.

Another good one is Jiko, mostly because we like hanging out in the Dawa Bar beforehand!

 

[IndyDisney]

Howdy Gents -

Back from Mancation relatively unscathed, though I'm missing some brain cells for sure. We had great weather in western PA, plus the world didn't end, which is nice.

Cheers,
Indy

 

[afwdwfan]

It was a long weekend working on the farm so I'm way behind. From about noon Friday until about 2 pm Sunday we were going pretty hard. Probably about half done planting corn now. Still well behind where we want to be, but we made good progress before we got rained out yesterday afternoon.

I went back and just kind of skimmed through the pages that I missed this weekend. If I missed anything important, I apologize, but I did feel the need to reply to this post:

Woke up this morning to a front yard that had been toilet papered. Only house on our street that got it. When I went out to clean it up, my mood was , but after I got to cleaning it and realized how close they got to my kids windows, my mood quickly changed from to
Nothing else was messed with that I could tell as far as our cars and out buildings were concerned, and I'm hoping it was all innocent fun. All in all, it was a pretty weak effort by whoever did it as there is only one partial roll of TP in the top of one tree that I haven't been able to get down as of yet. I'll get it later today once things dry up a little so that I won't have to climb an extension ladder with wet shoes......... Great way to start the day.........

Hmmmm.... I know when I was in school, I'd NEVER TP a teacher or principal's house.

It looks like we picked up a couple of new dads over the weekend, so I just want to say welcome to the club!

 

[FreezinRafiki]

It was a long weekend working on the farm so I'm way behind. From about noon Friday until about 2 pm Sunday we were going pretty hard. Probably about half done planting corn now. Still well behind where we want to be, but we made good progress before we got rained out yesterday afternoon.

You may have posted it and I missed it, but whatever happened with that lady that wanted you to plant organic corn? Did your dad talk some sense into her?

 

[afwdwfan]

You may have posted it and I missed it, but whatever happened with that lady that wanted you to plant organic corn? Did your dad talk some sense into her?

Honestly, we've been so busy we haven't had a chance to talk about it, but once we started working Friday, hers was one of the first fields he planted. The seed we had on hand wasn't organic, and I never saw any different types of empty seed bags piled anywhere, so I'm pretty sure he talked her out of it... for this year anyway.

 

[trennr]

Ok Nate, how much did you enjoy the movie?

One of my favorite quotes from all the priate movies is when the British Officer says...

"I wonder if he plans it all out...or just makes it up as he goes?"

I think that was in #3 after Jack launches himself from the British ship to the Pearl with a rope and an unsecured cannon...without a single drop of rum.

Several moments like that in #4. Loved it.

 

[AJRitz]

Thanks Ryan! DW and I did are Honeymoon in Disney as well as our 10 year anniversary. Our experience on those 2 trips convinced me (and probably DW too) that I would be going down whenever I had the chance.

Speaking of TS meals they took out my favorite place to go for steak when they closed the Concourse Restaurant at the Contemporary. What TS meal is your favorite if you are going with just your wife?

I haven't tried it myself yet, but everything I'm hearing suggests that Artist's Pointe over at the Wilderness Lodge would make for a great romantic dinner for two. It's a bit smaller and quieter than California Grill or Narcoosee. AJ over at the Disney Food Blog raves about her last two visits to Artists Pointe, and now calls it one of her favorite restaurants in all of WDW.

 

[carlnix30]

I haven't tried it myself yet, but everything I'm hearing suggests that Artist's Pointe over at the Wilderness Lodge would make for a great romantic dinner for two. It's a bit smaller and quieter than California Grill or Narcoosee. AJ over at the Disney Food Blog raves about her last two visits to Artists Pointe, and now calls it one of her favorite restaurants in all of WDW.

Artist point was my wife and I's first table service meal at Disney!! Awwwe I had to wear a collard shirt and everything! Great suggestion Aaron!

The mussels were the best I have ever had!!

 

[RodBelding]

Howdy Gents -

Back from Mancation relatively unscathed, though I'm missing some brain cells for sure. We had great weather in western PA, plus the world didn't end, which is nice.

Cheers,
Indy

Nice to see you make it back safely!

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Oh No!

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Zombies!

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

 

[Rental01]

Have any of you Scout dads had any issues with gay co-workers? Boy Scouts of America has a strict no-gay leader policy (as a result of some bad things historically) and so has a very bad reputation in the gay community. Personally, I have several family members who are gay and I don't give a rats-*ss what you do in your bedroom (as long as you're a good person, what do I care?) It doesn't happen often, but occassionally, I get "digged" from gay co-workers about my involvement in scouts. Has anyone else experienced this? And if so, how do you handle it? I'd be interested in your thoughts.

Oh good, a lighter topic.

I'm not a scout leader, so I haven't had to deal with that issue directly. I think that 1) it's a private organization, and therefore has the right to set their rules, and 2) it's important to focus on the positive things that the scouts do.

If it gets into a discussion, I'd say that your co-workers probably aren't aware of all the history of the scouts and why they made the decisions they made. You have to listen to the other side to understand an issue. And as Nate said, certain people/groups have fundamental beliefs. Instead of ridiculing them or blanket-labeling them as "homophobic" or what have you, it's important to respect them.

I'd stick with the bottom line: the scouts were meant as a way for fathers to spend time with and teach their sons, and have provided an incredible number of experiences that you wouldn't trade for anything. I'm sure it gets tempting to get defensive or fire back, and it's a lot less fun to be the grown-up. But it's more important to just send a positive message.

As the saying goes: Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes.*

*That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and he'll have to run after you in his socks.

I'm a firm believer in what I stated before. Tolerance is a two-way street. Their intolerance of your involvement in something that you enjoy is exactly the opposite of what they are preaching. Essentially they're saying by acting in that way toward you is "we want you to change your life to accomodate our lifestyle".

No.

The best way that I can think of to handle it is to ignore it. If they press the issue, simply inform them that while you respect their opinion, you don't need to hear it. You are not required to sell them on scouting - you are, however, it is wise to defend your son and the practices that you involve yourselves in.

 

[RodBelding]

Zombies!

Not to worry, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has a plan;

http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

Our tax dollars hard at work!

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

One of my favorite quotes from all the priate movies is when the British Officer says...

"I wonder if he plans it all out...or just makes it up as he goes?"

I think that was in #3 after Jack launches himself from the British ship to the Pearl with a rope and an unsecured cannon...without a single drop of rum.

Several moments like that in #4. Loved it.

I liked it too, I want a blond mermaid!

Not to worry, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has a plan;

http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

Our tax dollars hard at work!

Oh good, I was worried there! We started our Zombie survival kit on Sunday.