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| 29 MAR 2006 at 8:51pm |
MissBSchattenjger
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Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Ohhhh! I'm so jealous!! Have a great time....
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 29 MAR 2006 at 9:32pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 6693
Joined: 16 OCT 2004
Location: US, Texas
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Have a wonderful, romantic week in Rome snowtime.
Cheers, Terry
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| 29 MAR 2006 at 9:56pm |
WimliGuild Master
Posts : 3259
Joined: 14 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | I've never been to Rome myself. Would really love to one day! Have fun over there! I'm looking forward to the pictures. 8-)
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| 29 MAR 2006 at 10:08pm |
Sandy_SleuthPrivate Detective
Posts : 556
Joined: 22 JUL 2005
Status : Online | Wow!! How exciting!!! Have a wonderful time together!!!
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| 29 MAR 2006 at 10:11pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | You've heard the song. Throw a coin in the Trevi fountain to make sure you get to return...
I so want to see all the historic sites in Roma and Pompeii and Venice. Enjoy yourselves. Looking forward to the photos.
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| 30 MAR 2006 at 3:02pm |
anthonyJourneyman
Posts : 1270
Joined: 11 JUN 2003
Status : Offline | Have fun and behave yourself. Don't let me hear about you when I'm there in two weeks.
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| 31 MAR 2006 at 2:46am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | ooohhhh....Anthony..... any room in your suitcase for me?
Come on, spill the beans. What's on the itinerary?
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| 3 APR 2006 at 6:34pm |
anthonyJourneyman
Posts : 1270
Joined: 11 JUN 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Mightiest Girl Pirate (31 MAR 2006 2:46am)
ooohhhh....Anthony..... any room in your suitcase for me?
Come on, spill the beans. What's on the itinerary?
In the BC era (Before Children), my wife and I frequently vacationed in Europe. Since we had children and the AD era (After Doom) emerged, we have, largely at my urging, vacationed at beach resorts involving a 2-3 hour plane trip or a car ride. My wife thinks the kids are ready for something bigger. I disagree but, alas, we men must compromise on some things in marriage. So we are off to the motherland, where we will spend one week in Rome during the Easter break.
Here's the rub. Our flight departs New York at 10 p.m. That means everyone on that flight will be hoping for a quiet peaceful journey so that they can sleep well and not be completely spent when we arrive in Europe the next day. In contrast, my kids, ages 5 and 7, are extremely spirited and tend to become a bit, let's say restless and excitable, particularly when they are in a new and unusual environment. So, there you have it, the irresistable force and the immovable object.
How this will go is unknown, but I have a stange feeling that I will forever be remembered by some 200-300 people on this planet, and referred to in their conversations with others, as "that a$$hole with the kids".
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| 4 APR 2006 at 12:26am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | oh god.... I hate people like you.....young kids should be drugged for airline flights.....
Seriously, there are gentle sleeping pills you can buy over the counter here just for these circumstances. Our recent trip back from Tasmania was destroyed by two families of wild and noisy kids (they were made to sit at the back). My kids of course, being older, behaved impeccably.
Don't give your kids any cola or iced coffee drinks for 24 hours before the flight. Feed them stodgy food like hot potato chips and bread (burgers?). Take them bags of sweets because if they stay awake all night, at least it'll stop them moaning. I am so not envious of you now and I hastily withdraw my offer to carry your wife's shopping bags, or whatever else I may have foolishly suggested....
You're on your own - or at least, you jolly soon will wish you were. [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
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| 4 APR 2006 at 4:50am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By anthony (3 APR 2006 6:34pm)
[quote author=Mightiest Girl Pirate link=1143664842/0#7 date=1143773162In contrast, my kids, ages 5 and 7, are extremely spirited and tend to become a bit, let's say restless and excitable, particularly when they are in a new and unusual environment. So, there you have it, the irresistable force and the immovable object.
Anthony, as annoyed as I sometimes am by other peeps on flights, I love seeing kids on adventures. It is sometimes the best entertainment for me on long international jouneys. Don't squelch them, let them live, the people around them will survive. I revel in it. I mean, of course, if they're not TOO annoying...
Chris
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