donaldtoo
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The most consecutive number of triple digit days we've had here is 27, and the most days in a year at triple digits is 90. Both records were set in 2011.
So far this year, we still have yet to hit 100 degrees. So unusual.
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The most consecutive number of triple digit days we've had here is 27, and the most days in a year at triple digits is 90. Both records were set in 2011.
So far this year, we still have yet to hit 100 degrees. So unusual.
BuddyThomas
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I have to admit that I might be a complete moron, but I never had any idea that there were any alligators in the Seven Seas Lagoon or anywhere else at Disney - -except where they were supposed to be - as harmless characters in shows and attractions. I thought it was a man made lake, and having never heard anything about gators there before, I never considered that gators were going to migrate from the wilderness into the lake, etc. Although now that this is being discussed, it seems like a no-brainer. Are we to assume that there are alligators in every body of water at Disney. EPCOT? Etc?Disclaimer:
I'm still a tad melancholy over my events of yesterday and the following is my Rant. But even when you're melancholy some spins are just wrong.
I'm still feeling bad about the little tike and his family this week at Disney. Being from the Midwest I have zero knowledge of where to anticipate gators. But at Disney where I've gone since it opened no way did Disney in my lifetime make me aware of my surroundings for gators, the opposite actually. I saw Goofy skiing in the Lake, The Poly had a Wave pool in the lake. River Country, the first Water Park was partially in the lake area, partly man made. This decade while now ended Disney was Still hosting Ironman Triathlons and ones specifically for children. My kids walked the beach area by the water when they were small kicking sand and walking barefoot at the shoreline. No they didn't swim in the lake but they sure walked the lake beach area. They've fished in the fishing hole at POR. My only guess is there might have been once much better gator patrol/control. But does this scream warning gators????
The mission of IronKids is to inspire and motivate youth through the sport to lead an active, positive, and healthy lifestyle.IronKids Orlando will take place at Walt Disney World’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campgrounds, with those in the senior division entering the water at 7 a.m. and the intermediate and junior divisions following. The triathlon for kids will have participants swim in Bay Lake, followed by a bike and run on closed roads throughout the Fort Wilderness campgrounds. A portion of the run course will pass through the petting zoo at Tri-Circle-D Ranch, which ts, potbellied pigs and more.features horses, ponies, goats
Distances for the IronKids Triathlon will vary depending on the age of participants:
– Ages 6 to 8: 50-yard swim, 2-mile bike and 500-yard run
– Ages 9 to 11: 150-yard swim, 4-mile bike and 1-mile run
– Ages 12 to 15: 300-yard swim, 8-mile bike and 2-mile run
And now Disney has the beaches closed, rightfully but what are they building at the expanded Wilderness Lodge DVC expansion then?
Some of those Units are dang close to the shore of Bay Lake.
And to conclude my rant about the claims I've heard this has never happened before.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-by-an-alligator-at-disney-here-is-his-story/
1986-http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-10-12/news/0260190168_1_hitt-alligator-fort-wilderness
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-old-gator-attack-disney-world-20160616-snap-story.html
So I'm thinking Disney over the decades has sent some mixed messages about their bodies of water.
Rant over.
donaldtoo
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I also believe that they do most of their hunting at night. That's why they spend almost all of their day laying in the sun doing pretty much what I do in the course of a day. Nothing!
Yes, I believe most of it at night.
But, not all...
MOXOMUMD
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Amen on that!
donaldtoo
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donaldtoo
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donaldtoo
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So here is maybe a funny story, or at least funny weird. It involves the numbers 616. For the past few years, I have seen these numbers everywhere:
When I'm running on a treadmill, if I happen to look down at the time elapsed, it says 6:16, or 26:16, or something. But always with the 6:16. I have to attend a meeting. The building number is 616. I go to Walgreens and buy a protein shake and a pack of gum. Price? '$6.16. The train I take to see Phil on Long Island on Fridays has a new departure time: 6:16 PM. I play this video game with a countdown timer that stops when you complete a level. It constantly stops at 6:16. There are so many other examples. It is constant. Phil naturally thinks I am crazy and he is probably right.
I don't believe in supernatural stuff, but this has had me slightly freaked out, as if the universe is trying to tell me something. Well the universe needs to be freaking clearer with its messages.
Is 616 good? Do I use those as lottery numbers? Is it a warning of my Imminent doom? Or is this all the warped manifestation of a lunatic's mind? Phil feels it is the later.
But of course today is 6/16/2016.
Do you know how certain I was that I was going to drop dead at 6:16 today?
At that time, I was in the subway station waiting for the R train to zip me home. It came barreling into the station at exactly 6:16. I am not even kidding. I almost didn't get on it, but the R train's nickname is "the rarely", so who knows when another would show up? But I was scoping that train for shady characters all the way home.
Well nothing happened, but the day's not over yet, and hopefully I will survive until midnight, but in case the 6/16 gets me, it's been nice knowing you all!
PS - although this is a 100% true story, I'm slightly kidding about being too worried about it. But it really is pretty weird.
I usually wake up many times during the night, and when I do I always check the cable box clock to see what time it is.
There was a period of time, a few years back, when the clock always read 1:11, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44 and 5:55 (fortunately, never 6:66
). It was just really weird. Told DWifey about it at one point, and she just thought it was coincidence, but, it kept happening for a while after that. Freaky, it was...
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
The humidity was high yesterday. We have bedrooms off a standard hallway and also the hallway bath. Walter has now decided that that big blast of A/C that comes through in that area is his nighttime sleeping area. Our new trip over the Pup in the dark zone.
StarWarsGirl
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- In the Parks
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Same here.Here's a confession...I never saw the original.
So no real interest in this one.
donaldtoo
Well-Known Member
I wonder what bumpy squash tastes like.
Like regular squash, just bumpier...?
I've had acorn squash many times before, but, have no clue if it tastes like acorns, because I've never eaten an acorn.
At least, not that I remember...but based on my "recreational"
years, ya' never know...
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I can't say I wasn't aware that there was gators on property. The boys while golfing years ago encountered one on a hole on a golf course. I say encountered meaning they saw him near the green and hopped back in the golf cart and moved onto the next hole. But I can see gators on golf courses I guess, our golf courses also attract all sorts of wildlife that I generally do not see on my property. But still nobody ever said as we rented paddle boats or canoes and took them out in the rivers Beware of the Gators!!! Or As we walked the paths at Port Orleans at night along the river, or the paths from the Studios to Epcot at night beware of the gators-and the lighting isn't there to see them well. I've got to think that the removal of gators must have changed over the years. The refuge pen at Animal Kingdom was full?
BuddyThomas
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OMG!!!!I can't say I wasn't aware that there was gators on property. The boys while golfing years ago encountered one on a hole on a golf course. I say encountered meaning they saw him near the green and hopped back in the golf cart and moved onto the next hole. But I can see gators on golf courses I guess, our golf courses also attract all sorts of wildlife that I generally do not see on my property. But still nobody ever said as we rented paddle boats or canoes and took them out in the rivers Beware of the Gators!!! Or As we walked the paths at Port Orleans at night along the river, or the paths from the Studios to Epcot at night beware of the gators-and the lighting isn't there to see them well. I've got to think that the removal of gators must have changed over the years. The refuge pen at Animal Kingdom was full?
donaldtoo
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I've seen the originals many times on cable, but never paid to see them in the theater when they first came out.
They're entertaining enough that I'll watch them on a lazy weekend when there doesn't seem to be much else on.
Not payin' to see the "new" one either.
BuddyThomas
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I'm old enough (God help me) to remember that the original opened on the same weekend as Gremlins. We went to see Ghostbusters, but it was sold out, so had to see Gremlins. I have no idea why they opened that now Christmas classic in the dead of Summer, but that was one of my great moviegoing experiences of my life.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
So sorry Gabe.It's been a rough week.
Yes, on so many levels this week has been off kilter. Thank you.
Thanks. Nobody other than you guys know the ups and downs of my Dad over the long haul years. It has been quite a ride but in the end a girl's Dad is a girl's Dad. Thank you.
So appreciated.
Love it!
Yes we did. We were waiting on my son to arrive before we took that hour or so drive wondering if we'd make it. Add in the construction and the North Shore traffic where my Dad was sure was a challenge. But we made it and for that I was grateful. Thanks.
You made me smile and chuckle. Needed that.
Me, I was prepared. I'm the glue, my role holding them all together. My Mom is squirrelly. My Sis in Ohio who is normally a strong woman is re-writing life in her mind, oy. My son had a real good visit with my Dad a month ago, which I really wish now was his last memory. I could see it rattled him. My Dad had two daughters, only one grandson. They had a more special bond. My DD had not seen my Dad nor my niece since February. With some of the issues we were having with my Dad that were inappropriate we kept the girls away, they knew why. So my DD seeing her Papa in his final moments was very different than before this all started in February. It was hard on her. Still I'm sure they in time will reconsile that they said farewell, as will I. More important they were their for their Grandma most of the day and when I came and told them all he had passed. That wasn't pleasant nor was the call to my Sis in Ohio.
Thank you. I've been trying to take my bike out to take a spin just to blow off it all. Still there are things that need to be done and my Dad contracted MRSA during his rehab which is complicating the final 'handling' of him. Oyyyyyyyyyyy
Thank you my friend. It has been a rough year.
Thanks. You have brought me wisdom over the time. Appreciated.
I am so sorry for you and your family.
Pretty. My Dad being into all things pretty outside the home always, he'd appreciate.
Thank you. You're welcome to come to the afterwake, we are Irish afterall. hahaha
Thank you for that. So appreciated. There is going to have to be Disney in my future.
Thank you. My Dad should have passed twice before this years ago. He too had a massive heart attack and quad bypass that he should not have survived and a Gall Bladder that went south that ER docs missed twice until he turned orange that he also should not have survived. He cheated death, a strong willed man. Those two emergencies shocked me too. I'm trying to look at it as he pulled off 6 more years that the Doc's at the time warned us he likely not survive. These last few months for him were likely not how he wanted to go. Actually he never thought he was leaving.
Thank you my friend. The way I'm looking at this year...nothing is going to go smoothly. Today I rented a SUV as my SUV decided to dump it's transmission. Seriously. When it rains it pours.
Know I am rooting for you too!
And to anyone I missed quoting, it isn't a slight, just my poor skimming of the thread over the days. The well wishes are very comforting.
Thank you all.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
In all seriousness I've begun to wonder this also. My favorite resort and I just have pondered that thought too for the first time this week.
Cesar R M
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I think someone in the forum already said that there were some years where they culled and removed all the alligators they could find.Disclaimer:
I'm still a tad melancholy over my events of yesterday and the following is my Rant. But even when you're melancholy some spins are just wrong.
I'm still feeling bad about the little tike and his family this week at Disney. Being from the Midwest I have zero knowledge of where to anticipate gators. But at Disney where I've gone since it opened no way did Disney in my lifetime make me aware of my surroundings for gators, the opposite actually. I saw Goofy skiing in the Lake, The Poly had a Wave pool in the lake. River Country, the first Water Park was partially in the lake area, partly man made. This decade while now ended Disney was Still hosting Ironman Triathlons and ones specifically for children. My kids walked the beach area by the water when they were small kicking sand and walking barefoot at the shoreline. No they didn't swim in the lake but they sure walked the lake beach area. They've fished in the fishing hole at POR. My only guess is there might have been once much better gator patrol/control. But does this scream warning gators????
adminadmin on Wed, Sep 7, 2011 @ 04 AM
The mission of IronKids is to inspire and motivate youth through the sport to lead an active, positive, and healthy lifestyle.IronKids Orlando will take place at Walt Disney World’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campgrounds, with those in the senior division entering the water at 7 a.m. and the intermediate and junior divisions following. The triathlon for kids will have participants swim in Bay Lake, followed by a bike and run on closed roads throughout the Fort Wilderness campgrounds. A portion of the run course will pass through the petting zoo at Tri-Circle-D Ranch, which ts, potbellied pigs and more.features horses, ponies, goats
Distances for the IronKids Triathlon will vary depending on the age of participants:
– Ages 6 to 8: 50-yard swim, 2-mile bike and 500-yard run
– Ages 9 to 11: 150-yard swim, 4-mile bike and 1-mile run
– Ages 12 to 15: 300-yard swim, 8-mile bike and 2-mile run
And now Disney has the beaches closed, rightfully but what are they building at the expanded Wilderness Lodge DVC expansion then?
Some of those Units are dang close to the shore of Bay Lake.
And to conclude my rant about the claims I've heard this has never happened before.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-by-an-alligator-at-disney-here-is-his-story/
1986-http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1986-10-12/news/0260190168_1_hitt-alligator-fort-wilderness
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-old-gator-attack-disney-world-20160616-snap-story.html
So I'm thinking Disney over the decades has sent some mixed messages about their bodies of water.
Rant over.
And then in the newer years that stopped (plus overbuilding and invasion lead the alligators to reinvade built areas)