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betty rose

betty rose

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Gabe1 said:
Last year we only did F&W twice. One night weather was like those nasty tropical storms. Land ride and SSE were leaking running water that was how bad the weather was. Not very good to tour the WS. We left, that was the soft opening. Bound and determined we went the next day and the entire park was packed. Combined rain out from the night before and every single blogger and mega fan out and about, it took over 30 minutes to get to the park after waiting 1.5 hours in line for an Epcot bus from the resort and then still taking an Uber. It was in the 90s early. I saw a service dog keel over (concrete is hot if you are a service dog or not on those paws) It wasn't the year for F&W for us.

This year we took a different approach. We did go during the hotter part of the day when it opened but before the drunk set in. The heat really didn't make me want to drink. On two days I did go in to LaCava but I still only ate a handful of items at the kiosks over multiple days. The heat didn't make many of these dishes appealing.

This festival was so much more modest in 1994 when it was sponsored by ABC and at the Hilton. When it opened at Epcot the next year it was 30 days, 30 countries of wine and food samples. Very fall, very low key. We loved the festival. It is very different now. It isn't really sampling prices nor is it wine tasting, it is full blown alcohol vs wine. I liked it the way it had been. It was also more family friendly.
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I agree, some things don't get better with time!
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Songbird76 said:
Thank you....that helps a lot. I know he's capable of so much, but I do worry that people will underestimate him because of the label. His Psychologist showed him a video about Autism yesterday, and it says in that video that the wiring in the brain makes them see things differently, but just because a playstation game won't work on an xbox doesn't mean it's broken, and it takes someone with the empathy to understand how an Autistic brain works differently to help. I'm sure he'll be fine at this school, IF he gets in. They are trained teachers and professionals. I just REALLY hope they will accept him.
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Prayers for him and the family...he needs this school.....
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Songbird76 said:
Perhaps you need a coping strategy....if you are on the boat and your sister starts in on you, pretend you need to go back to the room because you forgot something...it gives you an excuse to step away and then you can take your time finding your way back. Or "I'll be right back...I need to use the bathroom. You go on ahead. I'll catch up to you." Find reasons to make a quick exit to take a breather.
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Thanks, I'll do that. She can turn, on a dime and you don't see it coming. Getting away is the best idea!
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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figmentfan423 said:
I'm sorry to hear that. Are you allowed orange juice? Any word of if you have stones. Hoping yes to #1 and no to #2. Get some rest and avoid teenage boys, they have germs:hilarious:
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#1-No, and even if I did :hungover:
#2-I got the CT scan done today, so I'm thinking I'll hear something back early next week.

I believe they actually have cooties...
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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ajrwdwgirl said:
Your dinner looks better! I don't really have much of a river walk, that is just the little creek behind our school. I haven't taken the trails that go into the woods more because I don't want to worry about ticks for either of us.
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Years ago I met a client at their job site so I could get a better look at it.
After we had walked most of it, we were talking under a stand of cedar trees, and I suddenly noticed a bunch of tics on his head and shoulders, informed him about it, and he said I had a bunch on me as well. We spent the next few seconds knocking and flicking tics off of each other. I'll never forget it, and have never seen anything like it since...it was just nutso...!!! :confused:
Needless to say, every single cedar tree was gone from that site before they ever even formed up the slab. :cyclops:
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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betty rose said:
I love flower and garden, but it's too close to our family June trip. So we go to food and wine, but around 11:00 A.M. and early lunch, or late breakfast we start at Paris and have treats at the bakery, then do one side. The next day (or ...so) we start at the Paris bakery and do the side we didn't catch the first day, it breaks up the fun, and you can get the things on each side you want to try. The third day, if time allows.....we go back for the favorite foods.
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That is kinda how we tackled F&W this time too :hungry: Now food and wine is even bigger. There are now many many kiosk groupings in Future World. Actually that area had some of the very best tasting and prepared foods. Italy being the worse of what we tried.

You have I love the soup in Canada but that didn't happen, it was just hot outside to sip soup. What made things more difficult was Hurricane Irma's arrival preparations. Several days before they removed all the sandwich board menus and they also took away all the tables so some of these foods were a bit difficult to eat. My son had the filet and soup. No table was a challenge. Guests were eating ontop of garbage cans. Ewe. :grumpy: There was not a choice Disney had but it wasn't working well.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Cesar R M said:
I used to use these a lot when I drew with charcoal sticks!
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Back when I first started my career, and everything was hand-drawn (mostly in lead), I used kneaded erasers, Pink Pearl erasers, and an electric eraser all the time.
Now that I do most of my preliminary and presentation sketching in ink (Flair pens and Sharpies) I mostly only use the electric eraser.
We used to use the kneaded eraser to mostly clean up the lead smears and such on the vellum we used to draw our construction documents on, and the Pink Pearl for deeper/bigger swaths, and the electric eraser for major changes.
Now, once I'm past preliminary and/or presentation sketching, everything is in CAD on the computer, so I can just simply erase/delete.
But, when I, rarely :rolleyes: :oops: ;), make a mistake on an ink presentation sketch, I still use one of these babies...! ;)

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