The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

betty rose

betty rose

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Songbird76 said:
Sympathy like. When do you arrive?? That sounds like a really long day to stay in the park till closing time if you are flying in the middle of the night. Then you are basically up for 24 hours without a rest!! Are you planning to escape for a nap?
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The first two days are always long, having to get to the airport early, has us getting up at this very early hour. It's over an hour drive to the airport. We need to check bags, and that's always a long line. We arrive at the airport, at 3pm their time. One o'clock at home. The ride to Disney on the magical express, probably has us getting to Disney at 4. Drop off carry ons. Then go to Animal Kingdom, have an early dinner. And do a couple rides. And stay for the rest of the day. Get up early the next day, and then we get to go back to the room around 3 for a nap.
 
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betty rose

betty rose

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donaldtoo said:
Yep, our neighborhood (and most of Austin in general) is pretty clean.
I can't even remember not discarding trash properly. We don't just drop stuff on the ground, or chuck it out the car window, and neither do our kiddos. My folks didn't raise no pigs, and neither did we. ;)
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Ditto, when we traveled by car. I always put a bag in the car for trash, when we stopped at the gas station, we threw that bag away. Started a new bag. No need to throw things out the window!;)
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Gabe1 said:
While I know this dump everything on a burger or a hotdog is a trending thing right now to me there is nothing better than a burger seared well and flavorful that lacks the need to cover it up with unrelated gunk atop. I'm a real fan of good flavorful burgers and don't appreciate the distraction of mac and cheese or eggs dumped on top of them. Just me.
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I love a burger cooked on a flat top, so flavorful. When it's good meat and seared properly, you don't need anything on top. I do love fresh lettuce and tomato, too!;):hungry:
 
betty rose

betty rose

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Gabe1 said:
You guys might consider this for one of your QS meals. I'd love pictures and a review.
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That is daughter's choice. I hope they are good, I will let you know what the family thinks. It one of our evening meals. The kids are really into burgers, as is daughter, me not as much, but I want to give it a try. I used to love a good hamburger, our meat out here is mostly bad.
 
LuvtheGoof

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MOXOMUMD said:
:confused: What's your problem? I do themed countdowns for holidays and special days and have for two years now. I KNOW what Memorial Day stands for but this thread is NOT supposed to have political nor religious posts. (The Mom has put in a warning more than once.) I did not choose to put a military theme for that reason.

I have the utmost respect for our armed service members. I had a grandfather that was a victim of mustard gas in WW1 and went through life with a permanent sneer. A dear friend was a Viet Nam vet that lost his legs and eventually his life due to Agent Orange. My BIL served in the Gulf War, 2 tours in Afghanistan and 4 in Iraq. He deals daily with his PTSD and after retiring from the Marines has become a life coach to help other vets who suffer PTSD. I currently have a much loved nephew that was recently deployed to Syria. I love them all. Soooo you can save your judgemental :cautious: face for someone else.
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OK, I see you missed the sarcasm that was meant. :oops: I meant that you only eat on Memorial Day, and not any other day of the year. I apologize for the confusion. I guess it will take awhile for people to get my sense of humour around here. I'll try to be better.

Oh, just so y'all know, I am a retired Air Force NCO, having spent almost 22 years on active duty. My DW is also retired Air Force, spending almost 22 years as well. :D
 
betty rose

betty rose

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MinnieM123 said:
@Cesar R M , after returning from WDW a few days ago, I just wanted to add my thoughts to something you shared (maybe a few months ago) about the resort buses and the ECVs. Having seen it myself, I now understand what you were saying.

I noticed on this trip that some of the resort buses had been reconfigured inside for the ECVs in particular, and wheelchairs. (Although wheelchairs didn't appear to take the same amount of space as the ECVs.)

From what I could see, the ECV will take up the space of 3 regular seats (that fold up out of the way), and then the new retrofit added a metal divider behind it (taking away one seat permanently). Then behind that, are 2 seats that can fold up for perhaps a smaller ECV, or a wheelchair. (So, that's 6 seats right there, if there's 2 ECVs.)

So here's what I couldn't understand about this new system. Now, keep in mind that I ride city buses all the time at home, and we have occasional wheelchairs riders, and far fewer ECV riders. But the difference is that on my city buses, 2-3 seats fold up for a wheelchair/ECV space; however, the person still sits in the wheelchair or ECV for the duration of the ride. (The bus driver merely hooks a restraint on the wheels, so that the wheelchair or ECV doesn't move in transit.)

However, on the Disney buses, the person then sits in a regular seat, while an empty ECV is taking up the space. So essentially, one ECV can take up 3 seats--and the person then sits on a regular seat--thereby, using 4 seats for each ECV rider. When a bus is crowded, losing these extra seats is an issue; and I think a simple solution could be if they just had the people remain seated on their ECV (or wheelchair), thereby freeing up at least a few seats.

I support Disney's efforts to accommodate all guests with any disabilities, but it does seem reasonable if they'd just ask the guests to remain seated in their own ECV during transit. Just wondering what you (or anyone else here) thought about this idea.
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This sounds like a good and sensible recommendation. I'm not sure how Disney, decided to implement this kind of system. It's probably driven by insurance and lawyers. No pun intended.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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LuvtheGoof said:
OK, I see you missed the sarcasm that was meant. :oops: I meant that you only eat on Memorial Day, and not any other day of the year. I apologize for the confusion. I guess it will take awhile for people to get my sense of humour around here. I'll try to be better.

Oh, just so y'all know, I am a retired Air Force NCO, having spent almost 22 years on active duty. My DW is also retired Air Force, spending almost 22 years as well. :D
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Thank you for your service.
 

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