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| 11 JUL 2007 at 5:26pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (11 JUL 2007 4:35pm)
...you may want to take a translator with you. The Aussies claim to speak English, but subtitles may be required.
I don't have too much of a problem, except with that impossible word, whinger.
The only other one I can think of if Caroline or the kids order biscuits - and get biscuits.
"These aren't proper biscuits!"
"We call them cookies here, Caroline."
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| 11 JUL 2007 at 10:33pm |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Going to California huh? Sounds great. Wish I could go too. Have fun Mark and say hi to Caroline.
"Spent my days with a woman unkind,
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start,
Going to California with an aching in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Took my chances on a big jet plane,
Never let them tell you that they're all the same....
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems."
By, well, you know who.
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| 12 JUL 2007 at 12:11am |
ValGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Tell them all Hi from us! It's so neat that you are going to meet them!!
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 12 JUL 2007 at 3:46am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Very cool, JAers meeting face to face! Have fun storming the castle!
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| 12 JUL 2007 at 4:57am |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By anthony (11 JUL 2007 10:33pm)
Going to California huh? Sounds great. Wish I could go too. Have fun Mark and say hi to Caroline.
Wish you and yours could, too, Anthony. I will certainly pass on the greetings from everyone.
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| 12 JUL 2007 at 4:14pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By anthony (11 JUL 2007 10:33pm)
Going to California huh? Sounds great. Wish I could go too. Have fun Mark and say hi to Caroline.
"Spent my days with a woman unkind,
Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine.
Made up my mind to make a new start,
Going to California with an aching in my heart.
Someone told me there's a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair.
Took my chances on a big jet plane,
Never let them tell you that they're all the same....
Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Tryin' to find a woman who's never, never, never been born.
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems."
By, well, you know who.
Well, damn-it, are you going to just leave us hanging? Was she there? :
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 12 JUL 2007 at 7:34pm |
HelenGuild Master
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I don't have too much of a problem, except with that impossible word, whinger.
I agree it really IS a silly word. :
The only other one I can think of if Caroline or the kids order biscuits - and get biscuits.
"These aren't proper biscuits!"
"We call them cookies here, Caroline."
I cant wait to see all the pics Caroline will take. Im sure it'll be a blast.
Have a great time!
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| 13 JUL 2007 at 3:06am |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Helen (12 JUL 2007 7:33pm)
I can't wait to see all the pics Caroline will take.
Please allow me to make a wee correction here, Helen. I will be taking the pictures because I made Caroline sign a legal agreement to take no pictures of me, for I am a vile, hideous creature that is well past its expiration date. [smiley=zombie.gif]
Yesh. Under threat of legal action, she must run all the heinous pictures past me and I have first rights to sign off on them. You'll get plenty of the Carolinians.
You see...I know what an evil, insidious goddess she can be. Too much chocolate has caused the cheese to slide off her sandwich.
Originally Posted By Helen (12 JUL 2007 7:33pm)
I'm sure it'll be a blast.
Or a tort. Or delict - whatever the case may be. Anthony can explain the difference.
Originally Posted By Helen (12 JUL 2007 7:33pm)
Have a great time!
Thank you. Hey! Ohio ain't that far. Grab Ivinia and come on out! We'll be nice to you, I promise.
So, does anyone want anything? A Mickey Mouse head? A Pixar pixel? A piece of whatever Caroline's children tear up?
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| 13 JUL 2007 at 3:56am |
GhostSorcerer Apprentice
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Mark (11 JUL 2007 2:40am)
Well, I'm a sucker. I've agreed to meet Caroline and her family of lunatics at Disneyland in Anaheim....
You're a brave man Mark....just remember..."Stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you..."
(but seriously, I hope you have a nice trip)
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| 13 JUL 2007 at 6:08am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | This is just a suggestion, but my husband says the tour of the Queen Mary is well worth it. It may be a nice change from wearing mouse ears.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 13 JUL 2007 at 11:30am |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (13 JUL 2007 6:08am)
This is just a suggestion, but my husband says the tour of the Queen Mary is well worth it.
Lady K., is it as cool as The Black Pearl?
And where is it? Is it in Adventureland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, or Frontierland?
Originally Posted By Lady Kestrel (13 JUL 2007 6:08am)
It may be a nice change from wearing mouse ears.
But, but, I like wearing mouse ears! [img]http://www.yulelog.com/ubb/icons/icon69.gif[/img]
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| 13 JUL 2007 at 5:24pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | It's in Long Beach, southwest of Anaheim. I'm sure they'd let you wear your mouse ears.
Queen Mary
http://www.queenmary.com/
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 13 JUL 2007 at 7:50pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Originally Posted By Mark (13 JUL 2007 11:30am)
And where is it? Is it in Adventureland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, or Frontierland?
None of them but the Queen Mary is docked in the greater LaLaLand area.
Cheers, Terry
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| 13 JUL 2007 at 11:17pm |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Terry Penrod (13 JUL 2007 7:49pm)
Originally Posted By Mark (13 JUL 2007 11:30am)
And where is it? Is it in Adventureland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, or Frontierland? None of them but the Queen Mary is docked in the greater LaLaLand area.
I've heard it called The Land of La, Terry. [smiley=lol.gif]
I guess if the Carolinians want to check it out, I'll go.
But I'd rather ride Dumbo.
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| 14 JUL 2007 at 1:14am |
HelenGuild Master
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Please allow me to make a wee correction here, Helen. I will be taking the pictures because I made Caroline sign a legal agreement to take no pictures of me, for I am a vile, hideous creature that is well past its expiration date. [smiley=zombie.gif]
Yesh. Under threat of legal action, she must run all the heinous pictures past me and I have first rights to sign off on them. You'll get plenty of the Carolinians.
You see...I know what an evil, insidious goddess she can be. Too much chocolate has caused the cheese to slide off her sandwich.
Do you REALLY think she gives a crap about some stupid legal agreement.
HAH! Silly man, you know better. :
Or a tort. Or delict - whatever the case may be. Anthony can explain the difference.
Okay, Okay, I dont THINK Im the village idiot but I DO need Anthony to explain the difference. :-?
Thank you. Hey! Ohio ain't that far. Grab Ivinia and come on out! We'll be nice to you, I promise.
Sure, its just a hop, skip and a jump. [smiley=shocked.gif]
A piece of whatever Caroline's children tear up?
LOL! I dont think they're that little. [smiley=laughing.gif]
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| 14 JUL 2007 at 7:27pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Got in to Los Angeles yesterday and the San Andreas fault still hasn't ruptured so I guess California will be strong enough to sustain a visit from 'the Carolinians'.
We spent our last English pound coins on chocolate at Heathrow and the LA customs chappie described chocolate as 'pure love'. There you go, romance and descernment in a uniform. (nice looking bloke too..... )
It's very hot and sticky here which makes a nice (I think) change from the wet and cool summer we've had in England. I've just bought sun cream.
I'm downloading photos right now to find the happy snaps I took in London when I met up with Alan Thorne and Snowtime (and his delightful wife).
Lucien
Edinburgh was visually amazing - but the parking was impossible !!!
When I get home and have the time on my own pc I'll post some photos - not all of them feature umbrellas.
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| 17 JUL 2007 at 1:46pm |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Mark (13 JUL 2007 3:05am)
Or a tort. Or delict - whatever the case may be. Anthony can explain the difference.
Had to look up "delict" as I was not familar with it. It is a term that the civil law countries (e.g., France, Germany etc.) use to describe conduct which causes injury to another.
Now "tort", I recall from law school. It is a type of cake.
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| 17 JUL 2007 at 3:59pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By anthony (17 JUL 2007 1:45pm)
Originally Posted By Mark (13 JUL 2007 3:05am)
Or a tort. Or delict - whatever the case may be. Anthony can explain the difference.
Had to look up "delict" as I was not familar with it. It is a term that the civil law countries (e.g., France, Germany etc.) use to describe conduct which causes injury to another.
Now "tort", I recall from law school. It is a type of cake.
My personal favorite is the Strawberry Pop Tort, followed closely by Cinnamon.
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| 19 JUL 2007 at 7:50pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Disneyland is AWESOME. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
I heartily recommend it. Very pretty. Very clean. Very well run. Fantastic staff. Great rides. Junk food everywhere.
I'm totally exhausted with staying out late, walking all day and starting early..... loved the water rides..... closed my eyes on the drops.... impressed my kids with my bravery... still managed to miss a few rides that I wanted to do. Two days not really long enough.
Next comes the worst ride of all..... the 15 hour plane flight home. Really, they ought to look into the possibiilty of moving Australia slightly to the right....
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| 19 JUL 2007 at 8:14pm |
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Glad to hear you enjoyed the trip Caroline and have a safe flight back to Oz.
Next time, try DisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida and the [s]MGM[/s] Universal Studios theme park just down the road. Together they are truly awesome. Add SeaWorld, some beach / water sports, a little sailing plus a round of golf at Arnold Palmer's nearby Bay Hill Country Club and you're in real-world gamer's heaven.
Cheers, Terry
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| 19 JUL 2007 at 10:15pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Terry Penrod (19 JUL 2007 8:14pm)
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Glad to hear you enjoyed the trip Caroline and have a safe flight back to Oz.
Next time, try DisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida and the MGM theme park just down the road. Together they are truly awesome. Add SeaWorld, some beach / water sports, a little sailing plus a round of golf at Arnold Palmer's nearby Bay Hill Country Club and you're in real-world gamer's heaven.
Cheers, Terry
ha..... and you can arrange for me to win the lottery for this...?
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| 20 JUL 2007 at 1:12am |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Originally Posted By Caroline - World Traveller (19 JUL 2007 10:15pm)
Originally Posted By Terry Penrod (19 JUL 2007 8:14pm)
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Glad to hear you enjoyed the trip Caroline and have a safe flight back to Oz.
Next time, try DisneyWorld in Orlando, Florida and the MGM theme park just down the road. Together they are truly awesome. Add SeaWorld, some beach / water sports, a little sailing plus a round of golf at Arnold Palmer's nearby Bay Hill Country Club and you're in real-world gamer's heaven.
Cheers, Terry
ha..... and you can arrange for me to win the lottery for this...?
Heck, if I could do that, I'd just send you some free money because I'd have more than I knew what to do with.
Cheers, Terry
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| 20 JUL 2007 at 4:53pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Well as I have earned bragging rights I shall now brag.
I rode two very scary rides. A dragon roller coaster in Legoland that I totally freaked on. Hated every second. And the bobsleds on the Matahorn in Disneyland that I was stupid enough to do and kept my eyes tightly shut all the way through ....
The [s]slash[/s] splash mountain in Disney was fine until the end and I had to close my eyes on the 50 ft drop.... didn't get too wet because I had the sense to sit behind my husband. My son in the front got off completely drenched and laughing his head off.
As for the rest - I do the tame stuff. The soaring over California imax experience was terrific because they lift you off the floor and tilt your chairs. Great fun.
And the rapid rides was great and we all dried off in the intense heat afterwards. Overall, we found there was more to do than we had time for. There wasn't a single ride we went on that disappointed us.
I'm still hyped up. I intend to wear my Minnie Mouse ears to college next week. :
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| 22 JUL 2007 at 5:00am |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline - World Traveller (20 JUL 2007 4:53pm)
I rode two very scary rides. A dragon roller coaster in Legoland that I totally freaked on. Hated every second.
I had ridden this ride (The Dragon in the area of the Legoland park known as Knight's Kingdom) with Caroline's sons (the oldest one first, and then both). We (the kids and I) finally talked Caroline into riding and she and her hubby were right behind me. When we took that first drop, I glanced back at Caroline. She did not look happy. She almost had a Shrek-like pallor. Oh, dear.
Originally Posted By Caroline - World Traveller (20 JUL 2007 4:53pm)
And the bobsleds on the Matterhorn Bobsleds in Disneyland that I was stupid enough to do and kept my eyes tightly shut all the way through.
You rode that one without me first, but I rode it again with the kids. It really is a classic (but bumpy) coaster ride.
Originally Posted By Caroline - World Traveller (20 JUL 2007 4:53pm)
The slash (Correction: Splash) Mountain in Disney was fine until the end and I had to close my eyes on the 50 ft drop...didn't get too wet because I had the sense to sit behind my husband.
And I had the good sense to sit behind you. Hee.
Originally Posted By Caroline - World Traveller (20 JUL 2007 4:53pm)
The Soarin' Over California IMAX (Note: it's really not an IMAX® film - just a huge curved screen, I think) experience was terrific because they lift you off the floor and tilt your chairs. Great fun.
It really was. It only lifts you off a few feet off the floor, but it is a foot-tingling experience. It's one of the best soaring simulators around.
Originally Posted By Caroline - World Traveller (20 JUL 2007 4:53pm)
There wasn't a single ride we went on that disappointed us.
I'm so happy to hear that, Caroline. Towards the end of the evening, we had to make choices, and Caroline's youngest wanted to ride Space Mountain.
But I wanted to nudge (okay, pitch a hissy fit) the Carolinians to ride a couple of Disneyland Classics that I knew the kids may not enjoy, but Caroline might.
One was the Storyland Canal Boats and our last ride of the evening, it's a small world. Those rides were a very pleasant way to end an exciting and exhausting two days at Disneyland and California Adventure parks.
Originally Posted By Caroline - World Traveller (20 JUL 2007 4:53pm)
I'm still hyped up. I intend to wear my Minnie Mouse ears to college next week.
Caroline got the cutest fuzzy-wuzzy Minnie Mouse ears with a red polka-dotted bow that were absolutely charming.
She also got a glittery, sequined set of Minnie ears for those black-tie, formal evening-wear occasions.
My favorite "thrill" ride? Riding California Screamin' with Caroline's oldest son. We hooted and hollered throughout that ride. I would say it's one of California's best coasters.
We all enjoyed The Indiana Jones ride. When that immense round rock comes rolling towards you, it really is freak-out time. Loved it, loved the theming - loved everything about it.
I had a wonderful time, and Caroline and her family were so sweet. 'course, I was like a horrid child that had tantrums when I didn't get my way, but they didn't leave me. Maybe they should have sometimes.
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