Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[bigdisneydaddy]

I'll be stopping by Trails End for lunch tomorrow ol buddy. I have a cement plant inspection in Orlando so I figure I'll go by to say hey. A lot of the employees know me by name now.

I actually used to get over to the Poly a couple times a year on business. the plant that builds our trucks is not far and the salesman and engineer love the O'hana so we always went there, I served as a tour guide of sorts. Unforutnately we havent bought anything in a while and nothing is in the pipeline so that has stopped my little side trips.

We really need to get together so I can get some straight info to combat some of the eco-freaks I run into.

 

[JCJRSmith]

I'm friends with the people who own the one here. It's a great place!

We have two Five Guys joints that recently opened up here about two miles apart from each other. Unfortunately, some idiot drove a van thru the door of one of them, mistaking the gas for the brake. They should be open again soon.

 

[JCJRSmith]

Okay - my sister called me with some good news last night. My nephew Ryan (her son) is now out of Iraq and on his way home. He's an Army Medic. So, one nephew coming home, another still has about 90 days left.



Unfortuantely, my son-in-law may be deploying to Iraq this summer.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

Glad to here your nephew is on his way home. Unfortuneately, deployments are a way of life in the Army today.

 

[ftwildernessguy]

It's a great day weather wise in Eastern PA, but man, I am having one crappy day at the office.

Anybody run Vista and have compatability issues with McAfee? Anybody sick and tired of customer support from India? Anybody have any antivirus suggestions?

 

[ntsammy5]

That's good news! I have a bunch of friends who are in A-stan now. 3rd deployment for most of them and they're in the Natioinal Guard!

 

[PolynesianPixie]

We have two Five Guys joints that recently opened up here about two miles apart from each other. Unfortunately, some idiot drove a van thru the door of one of them, mistaking the gas for the brake. They should be open again soon.

Yikes! Hopefully nobody was there!

 

[PolynesianPixie]

Glad to here your nephew is on his way home. Unfortuneately, deployments are a way of life in the Army today.

It's all just awful. One of my dearest friends just welcomed her brother back home! He has been deployed several times with a total of 3 years in Iraq. He's home for good now!

 

[PolynesianPixie]

It's a great day weather wise in Eastern PA, but man, I am having one crappy day at the office.

Anybody run Vista and have compatability issues with McAfee? Anybody sick and tired of customer support from India? Anybody have any antivirus suggestions?

I have Vista and Trend Micro PC-cillion. Seems to work pretty well.


Hope your day gets better

 

[JCJRSmith]

It's a great day weather wise in Eastern PA, but man, I am having one crappy day at the office.

Anybody run Vista and have compatability issues with McAfee? Anybody sick and tired of customer support from India? Anybody have any antivirus suggestions?

I use Vista Enterprise on this laptop and I use AVG Free edition for it. Works great. http://free.grisoft.com/


I also have a Vista Ultimate machine at home running the latest version of McAfee without issue.

 

[ntsammy5]

I'm running free aVast on Vista without any problems.

We brought all our customer service back from India because of the problems, but we're sending a lot of real jobs over now!

 

[JCJRSmith]

It's all just awful. One of my dearest friends just welcomed her brother back home! He has been deployed several times with a total of 3 years in Iraq. He's home for good now!

My nephew Tommy (the one still in Iraq) had less than 30 days left on his enlistment last year when his unit deployed. He was automatically extended until the end of the deployment (Stop Loss), had to postpone his wedding. Both he and Ryan have earned MULTIPLE Purple Hearts, as has my son-in-law John.

I swear, if my son wants to join the military, I will support his decision - I'm ex-Navy myself. But I will work REAL HARD to steer him to the Navy. He will be 16 in a little over a month, so that decision/discussion may be happening REAL SOON NOW. He is a sophmore, and came home from school the other day talking about the "totally cool" demonstration the Army put on for the students at his school. Of course, I remember the Navy recruiter coming to my high school and speaking to a small group of us with Mr. Matthews, our guidance counsellor. Mr. M had to leave for an appointment and as soon as he was out of the room, the recruiters said, "Okay boys - let me tell you what the Navy is REALLY like...", and we all thought it was "totally cool."

 

[JCJRSmith]

Yikes! Hopefully nobody was there!

Middle of the business day, but no one was hurt.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

I hate mcafee.....Im using F-Secure...its free through my ISP, but Im sure you can get it for free too.....I havent done ant research on that though.


Im thinking it was more than just the tight pineapple teeshirt, ya'll.....

 

[PolynesianPixie]

My nephew Tommy (the one still in Iraq) had less than 30 days left on his enlistment last year when his unit deployed. He was automatically extended until the end of the deployment (Stop Loss), had to postpone his wedding. Both he and Ryan have earned MULTIPLE Purple Hearts, as has my son-in-law John.

I swear, if my son wants to join the military, I will support his decision - I'm ex-Navy myself. But I will work REAL HARD to steer him to the Navy. He will be 16 in a little over a month, so that decision/discussion may be happening REAL SOON NOW. He is a sophmore, and came home from school the other day talking about the "totally cool" demonstration the Army put on for the students at his school. Of course, I remember the Navy recruiter coming to my high school and speaking to a small group of us with Mr. Matthews, our guidance counsellor. Mr. M had to leave for an appointment and as soon as he was out of the room, the recruiters said, "Okay boys - let me tell you what the Navy is REALLY like...", and we all thought it was "totally cool."

Did it end up being as "totally cool" as you had imagined? I always wonder about that. I'm partial to the Navy, too, as I grew up in Annapolis. My grandfather was a Navy Surgeon in WW2.

I admire parents who are supportive of their children fighting for our country. I am extremely appreciative. As a parent though, I'm not sure I could be that selfless.

 

[Gatordad]

I hate mcafee.....Im using F-Secure...its free through my ISP, but Im sure you can get it for free too.....I havent done ant research on that though.


Im thinking it was more than just the tight pineapple teeshirt, ya'll.....

where was she wearing the pineapple t shirt, i gotta find it on utube. I won't sit thru an hour of her show to find it.

 

[We4mickey]

Someone on the budget board has started one of those " I'm going to rent a campsite just for the perks threads". I am really biting my tongue. Do not post, do not post.

 

[ntsammy5]

In case anyone WOULD like to post here it is:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1783910

 

[des1954]

We had a new burger place open by us and we tried it last night. It is amazing. Fantastic burgers and fresh cut fries. I was online and they have places all over, including 3 in Orlando. Five Guys Burgers and Fries - it's worth a trip to try it.

Jim-

We have one of those about 1 mile from either of my jobs. They are truly FANTASTIC!!! And those fries......MMMMMMMMMM !!!

Ours opened last fall, and you still can't get anywhere near the place at lunch or dinner time!

Okay...I'm hungry now!!


http://smiley.smileycentral.com/download/index.jhtml?partner=ZSzeb114_ZN&utm_id=7922

 

[RvUsa]

Deb, they opened one near here about 5 months ago, and I didn't know what it was. I want to try it now. I LOVE a good burger, I was mad when the put it up, they tore down a perfectly good arthur treachers to put it up.... I LOVE their lemon pies lol

I read the budget post.... RRRRR I want to go over there and rip them a new one, they called it the "poor people village" rrrrr...