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| 9 JUN 2007 at 1:49am |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (9 JUN 2007 1:37am)
Okay, this time next Saturday I will be past the barrier at the airport, my luggage checked and loaded, possibly even on the plane.....
Going to England for 4 weeks and then to California for 1 week. The bit in England will involve lots of driving around, lots of history, bits of Wales and Scotland and as few relatives as possible.
The bit in California will involve sunshine (or I'll be furious), and Disneyland.
I still have two assignments to hand up and one exam, suitcase to buy, washing to do, packing, oh and some accommodation to organise.... am I panicking yet? you betcha....
Do visit Disneyland - its my favorite place to unwind (Mr Toads Wild Ride is fun, so is the Haunted Mansion - I wonder if they're still there, it's been awhile).
Sunshine? Naw, you're going to have to travel a bit east (Arizona) for that one - we've got it o'plenty - 366 days a year
Have a good trip - enjoy
Okay, this time next Saturday I will be past the barrier at the airport, my luggage checked and loaded
Hey, is that Paris Hilton humor?
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| 9 JUN 2007 at 4:11am |
| Deleted User | Hope you'll enjoy that trip
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| 9 JUN 2007 at 7:08pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Have a great trip Caroline - especially the driving tour of England, Wales and Scotland. Your country of origin has much nicer castles than Disneyland. But I'm your boys also enjoy that center of childhood fantasy with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and the gang. At least I assume they will be coming along too..
Cheers, Terry
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| 10 JUN 2007 at 3:13am |
SusanGuild Master
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Status : Offline | 5 weeks without Caroline?! How will this forum survive?
Oh, we'll be just fine. :-*
England sounds just lovely. And Disneyland - hey, I've actually been there! Indiana Jones has his own ride. Not quite the Fate of Atlantis, but still adventuresome.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 10 JUN 2007 at 1:55pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | I am busy finding accommodation in York and the Cotswolds now. Gosh there are some lovely looking ivy-covered places. And what's with the obsession with four poster beds? And why does it cost more to sleep in one of them? huh?
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| 10 JUN 2007 at 4:14pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | It sounds like a wonderful trip, Caroline! Enjoy! I don't have to remind you to take lots of pics to show us.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 10 JUN 2007 at 6:39pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Of course the highlight of the tour will be Scotland.
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Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 10 JUN 2007 at 6:53pm |
IviniaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (10 JUN 2007 1:54pm)
And what's with the obsession with four poster beds? And why does it cost more to sleep in one of them? huh?
ShadowWalker can probably answer this. :
BTW, I am exceedingly jealous of your trip. Well, not the California part, but definitely the European and mostly Scotland. One of these days I'll have to drag my dad's ashes out of the closet and go there to dump them in Lochwinnoch... [smiley=whistle.gif]
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| 11 JUN 2007 at 1:42am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | I'm taking two cameras and a million memory sticks. I'm hoping to give the old camera to the boys and encourage them to 'see' pictures while I'll have the smaller, newer one with the 2 gig card for me.
I expect I'll spend months sorting the pictures when I get back. I'm a bit of a photo fiend.
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| 11 JUN 2007 at 5:18am |
SarahJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Caroline, that sounds really fun! Have a great trip ahead.
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 11 JUN 2007 at 8:30am |
| Deleted User | Have fun, Bubbah.
Perhaps a few days in Amsterdam?
I could throw in some adresses/hot spots.
Like:
[img] http://www.visitholland.nl/amsterdam/amsterdam-red-light-district.jpg[/img]
See ya
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| 11 JUN 2007 at 12:58pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Not window shopping in the red light district, you won't. I think that would make me blush ... :-[
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| 11 JUN 2007 at 6:04pm |
alkis21Schattenjger
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Status : Offline | That sounds wonderful, Caroline. I hope you have a great time. When was the last time you went to Europe then (if ever)?
I'll be in England during the last weekend of June so I'll keep an eye for you.
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| 12 JUN 2007 at 3:11am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Alkis,
I emigrated here in August 1980 and haven't been overseas since. I will be in London area from 16th June to 25th June. After that I'm all over the show.
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 2:40am |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Well, I'm a sucker. I've agreed to meet Caroline and her family of lunatics at Disneyland in Anaheim. I'm flying out this Saturday, July the 14th, picking up a large minivan to hold Caroline's big choco-butt, her talky Aussie children, her hubby and his 80-year old mother, and checking into the Paradise Pier resort hotel located on the California Adventure park property.
It's costing a billion dollars. Really. It is.
Out of the many, many times I've been to California on business, I've always ridden past the Matterhorn at Disneyland in Anaheim and sighed, "Someday I will go there."
I remember begging my parents to go there when was a little teeny kid after seeing The Mickey Mouse Club on Saturday morning television. "Too far!", they would say. I'll bet if my older brother had said he wanted to go we would have went. Grumble...
The impetus for me to make this trip was fear.
Fear that Caroline would drive on the wrong side of the road (with the steering wheel on the wrong side) in the Los Angeles area traffic and wreak havoc with the natives while scaring her poor mother-in-law senseless.
Fear that Caroline would eat all the Ghirardelli chocolates in the entire state of California. By herself. In one sitting.
Fear that Caroline would punch out Mickey Mouse when he spurned her advances, citing his devotion to Minnie.
And the biggest fear of all:
Not hearing the end of it if I didn't go.
And there you have it. My all-American attempt at international diplomacy.
So, if I start posting from a psycho ward or a poorhouse in a few weeks - ya'll will know why.
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 4:09am |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Have a great trip Mark and say hi to Mickey from me, another devoted Mouseketeer from yesteryear.
Cheers, Terry
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 4:31am |
MarkGuild Master
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Thanks, Terry. You know, any of you folks are welcome to meet us there at the Disneyland park. We'll be hitting the parks at least by Monday through Wednesday. I'm at the Paradise Pier Saturday the 14th through Thursday the 19th.
Post a note here, or email me (my button is showing) to let us know.
If I can go all the way from Georgia, then some of you could meander on over (or down) to say "Hey!" and meet us.
I'm bound and determined to have some childhood fantasies realized, one of which is meeting the "Mouth of Oz" in person.
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 7:41am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Have a wonderful time, Meeska Mooska Mark, and give the official USA welcome to the choco goddess and crew!
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 8:39am |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (11 JUL 2007 7:41am)
Have a wonderful time
Thank you, Lady K. We will see. I tried to get Caroline to go to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, because then I would have just drove my own van down to haul her around, and that way you and Mara could have easily come, too. And anyone else willing to brave the Floridian heat in July.
Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (11 JUL 2007 7:41am)
Meeska Mooska Mark
Eh? What? Are you Russian or something?
Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (11 JUL 2007 7:41am)
...and give the official USA welcome to the choco goddess and crew!
And what exactly would that be? Flip 'em a bird? Drop a water bomb on their heads? Deport them back to whence they came? Report them to the INS? Bow? Curtsy? Get them tattoos and nose rings?
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 2:35pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Originally Posted By Mark (11 JUL 2007 8:38am)
Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (11 JUL 2007 7:41am)
...and give the official USA welcome to the choco goddess and crew!
And what exactly would that be? Flip 'em a bird? Drop a water bomb on their heads? Deport them back to whence they came? Report them to the INS? Bow? Curtsy? Get them tattoos and nose rings?
Oh come on now Mark. You know the official USA welcome is to slap 'em on the butt and hand 'em a cold beer. Tattoos and nose rings are optional.
Cheers, Terry
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 2:46pm |
MaraPrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | Have a great trip and tell Caroline hi from me!
Mara
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 4:07pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Terry Penrod (11 JUL 2007 2:35pm)
Oh come on now Mark. You know the official USA welcome is to slap 'em on the butt and hand 'em a cold beer.
Butt-slappin' probably wouldn't be a good idea. They're all bigger than I am.
Maybe I should issue each one of the family AK-47s instead as a sign of goodwill.
And cold beer is out of the question. I'm not renting a Mr. Tastee-Freeze ice cream truck.
Hm! On second thought: with an ice cream truck I could just pack 'em all in dry ice and thaw them out once we got to the hotel.
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 4:11pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | And what exactly would that be? Flip 'em a bird? Drop a water bomb on their heads? Deport them back to whence they came? Report them to the INS? Bow? Curtsy? Get them tattoos and nose rings?
Moon them?
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 4:16pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By InlandAZ (11 JUL 2007 4:11pm)
And what exactly would that be? Flip 'em a bird? Drop a water bomb on their heads? Deport them back to whence they came? Report them to the INS? Bow? Curtsy? Get them tattoos and nose rings?
Moon them?
Best idea yet! It's free, the least troublesome, and fun for the whole family! [img]http://www.mindspring.com/~markparrish/moon.gif[/img]
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