The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

That was incredible reaction speed!

These waterpark and resort lifeguards are trained well. My DD waterpark along with Disney are Ellis Trained. There are 3 main types of lifeguarding for non-open water parks that have deep water venues. There is 24 hours of hands on training, 8 hours of computer training. Disney does 40 hours of Ellis in water training as their facilities vary greatly from resorts to waterparks to open water rescue. They break the parks up into zones to be scanned every minute. If you are at disney watch the lifeguards heads. Their zones are scanned every 30 to 60 seconds. They will stand and take a deep look every 3-4 minutes. When the lifeguards rotate watch the guard who is leaving and they scan the entire zone before they leave. My DD guards never go more than one hour without a 20 minute break from being on stand and during that hour they rotate every 20 minutes to keep them alert. During that 20 minutes if there is a long 3 whistle or air horn those guards on break will come running with the rescue EMT bags as will the manager.

This weekend my DD had the paramedics at the park 2 times. Once for the Fire Chiefs DD who had an issue from coming off a slide badly, not an issue with her not being able to swim. They took her out of the pool on a backboard and headblocks. When the paramedics arrived she clued them in that it was the Chiefs DD around 6 or 7. I am always in awe of the EMT training these guards have but dumbfounded at times by parents.

 

[Gabe1]

Yes, the Joffrey's coffee is very good, I believe it is served on the cruise line too. It made my coffee this morning taste bad, well not terrible but not as good as at Disney. We had a good time on vacation, we got home last night (actually this morning at 12:30am) because our plane was delayed. After unpacking and getting the dog back today has been restful. Now I'm trying to ketchup on here, you all were very busy while I was gone!

Glad your trip was fun. Was the Pup happy to be home?

I still have it but don't take it anymore but I had a 4 cup electric perk coffee pot that made every trip with us. Then Disney got 4 cup coffee pots and I stopped. Then they got a generic keurig type system in the rooms. Jeepers that stuff is nasty. They shouldn't have gone cheap but it saves them money cause few will drink it.

 

[Gabe1]

And more fireworks.

 

[Gabe1]

I use to go to Frontier Days in a town where we owned our first town. This evening my DD and I went there...for the Ribs.

Then we moved over to an awesome ice cream parlor. Back in the day it was the general store and post office built in 1882 there is a great small park next to it named for the once general store. Ever go to Capannari's @MouseDreaming ???

There are about 10 benches and a gazebo to take your ice cream and eat it in there. While there a 3.5 year old little girl who was so into her ice cream was wearing Minnie Mouse shoes. Mom a WDW purse. Leap pad for a conversation.

 

[Cesar R M]

I use to go to Frontier Days in a town where we owned our first town. This evening my DD and I went there...for the Ribs.

Then we moved over to an awesome ice cream parlor. Back in the day it was the general store and post office built in 1882 there is a great small park next to it named for the once general store. Ever go to Capannari's @MouseDreaming ???

There are about 10 benches and a gazebo to take your ice cream and eat it in there. While there a 3.5 year old little girl who was so into her ice cream was wearing Minnie Mouse shoes. Mom a WDW purse. Leap pad for a conversation.

oh my gosh, those look delicious!

 

[Cesar R M]

In other news, went to a botanical park near my town. All the other way from the bay...

http://www.vbgardens.org/

Bautiful place.
Wished I could have stayed more, but my cousins had other plans.

Not as big or as beautiful as the Butchart Gardens at BC. But still pretty. And has a ton of birds varieties.. mostly humming birds.











More photos in my flickr gallery, because I didn't want to flood this thread with my photos : https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntamale/

 

[Figgy1]

Yeah. When I had my goldens I had to sedate them for days. Bad enough during the day but as people tried to sleep to have idiots needing to explode things is indeed obnoxious. I feel your pain.

Note we live in a state that only sparklers are legal.

They're not legal here but the cops don't bother anybody July 3rd and 4th up until 11pm guess whose dh is going to be wearing earplugs all day tomorrow, he has to go in tomorrow night.

 

[Figgy1]

Yes, the Joffrey's coffee is very good, I believe it is served on the cruise line too. It made my coffee this morning taste bad, well not terrible but not as good as at Disney. We had a good time on vacation, we got home last night (actually this morning at 12:30am) because our plane was delayed. After unpacking and getting the dog back today has been restful. Now I'm trying to ketchup on here, you all were very busy while I was gone!

Sympathy like.

 

[Figgy1]

In other news, went to a botanical park near my town. All the other way from the bay...

http://www.vbgardens.org/

Bautiful place.
Wished I could have stayed more, but my cousins had other plans.

Not as big or as beautiful as the Butchart Gardens at BC. But still pretty. And has a ton of birds varieties.. mostly humming birds.

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More photos in my flickr gallery, because I didn't want to flood this thread with my photos : https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntamale/

Jelly, jelly, jelly. Of both the pics and sights you got to see.

 

[MinnieM123]

Yes, the Joffrey's coffee is very good, I believe it is served on the cruise line too. It made my coffee this morning taste bad, well not terrible but not as good as at Disney. We had a good time on vacation, we got home last night (actually this morning at 12:30am) because our plane was delayed. After unpacking and getting the dog back today has been restful. Now I'm trying to ketchup on here, you all were very busy while I was gone!

Welcome home to you and Brad!!

 

[MinnieM123]

The older my DD gets the less tolerant she has become with adults. When managing last week she ran to two saves for a weak swimmer to start with and both times the same kid. They all cringe when those air horns sound for a save Parents nowhere to be found though warned She tried to toss them from the park for breaking the posted rule. Twice. They wouldn't leave. They were then met by the police. Police gave them the choice to leave or be arrested for child endangerment they left after the police report was written. It is awful when any lifeguard spots a kid on the bottom of the pool. Too many times it's because parents are brain dead and abandon their kids in water.

This is absolutely shocking behavior from those parents. I can just see it now if (heaven forbid) their child drowned--they'd be the first to launch a lawsuit against the pool, city, etc.

 

[MinnieM123]

In other news, went to a botanical park near my town. All the other way from the bay...

http://www.vbgardens.org/

Bautiful place.
Wished I could have stayed more, but my cousins had other plans.

Not as big or as beautiful as the Butchart Gardens at BC. But still pretty. And has a ton of birds varieties.. mostly humming birds.

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More photos in my flickr gallery, because I didn't want to flood this thread with my photos : https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntamale/

OUTSTANDING, beautiful photos of the birds, Cesar. Thank you for sharing those with us!!

 

[Figgy1]

Welcome back @ajrwdwgirl hope you had a great trip. Did you get to see the Dapper Dans?

 

[MinnieM123]

O.k. It's not even 6 AM, and there's 996 responses to the "Redhead" thread up in N&R. LOL . . .

I blame @Mr Ferret 88 !

 

[MinnieM123]

Checking out a bit early this a.m. Decided to go to see the ocean this morning up in Rockport. That's 1 bus and 2 trains for me to get there, but it will still be fun. It's a quaint little town on the north shore of MA with lovely ocean views, cute little shops and places to eat. I'm so glad I'm off from work today!!!

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

O.k. It's not even 6 AM, and there's 996 responses to the "Redhead" thread up in N&R. LOL . . .

I blame @Mr Ferret 88 !

Your welcome.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Welcome back @ajrwdwgirl . Can't wait to read about your trip. I am so far behind on this thread now. Will have lots of ketchup to do.

Had a community yard sale this weekend. I am so not equipped for these things.
Lady: " How much do you want for this?" (It was a kids skort.) I said $1(It was Gymboree.) She said, "I will give you $1 for both." (2 skorts). This was me. In my head I was thinking, "Are you kidding me? It is Gymboree and in great shape". But what I said was "Sure, no problem." In the end I realized that I really didn't want to take the stuff home.

Today is also my 18th wedding anniversary!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

i want fireworks to be illegal again except for real displays. Stupid neighbors.

I agree. People in our neighborhood were shooting off fireworks last night, well actually this morning as it was around 1 am.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I use to go to Frontier Days in a town where we owned our first town. This evening my DD and I went there...for the Ribs.

Then we moved over to an awesome ice cream parlor. Back in the day it was the general store and post office built in 1882 there is a great small park next to it named for the once general store. Ever go to Capannari's @MouseDreaming ???

There are about 10 benches and a gazebo to take your ice cream and eat it in there. While there a 3.5 year old little girl who was so into her ice cream was wearing Minnie Mouse shoes. Mom a WDW purse. Leap pad for a conversation.

That ice cream looks good. Hubby's parents are buried in a cemetery near there and his uncle lives in Des Plaines so next time we go over there we might have to stop in.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Glad your trip was fun. Was the Pup happy to be home?

I still have it but don't take it anymore but I had a 4 cup electric perk coffee pot that made every trip with us. Then Disney got 4 cup coffee pots and I stopped. Then they got a generic keurig type system in the rooms. Jeepers that stuff is nasty. They shouldn't have gone cheap but it saves them money cause few will drink it.

Kapono is really happy to be home. When I picked her up she gave me tons of kisses and wouldn't leave my side. I don't think she minds being at my sister's house but I think she gets a little tired of being the object of my sister's puppy's affection. My sister said that the two dogs were little buddies and my dog looked at me with a look that said "it wasn't my choice to be his buddy."

If we drove I might bring a coffee pot with me, that is a good idea. The Joffrey's coffee left in the hotel rooms isn't that great, not enough grounds in the pod or something as it is pretty weak, or at least it was when I drank it last year at the Caribbean. It was better than nothing, and better than walking to the food court. I do really like the Joffrey's coffee at the food courts at the value resorts and since I have to walk to the main building to get the bus anyway, it is fairly convenient to to buy, it is just so hot though. It takes about 10 minutes for it to cool down enough for me to drink it!