Figgy1
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I love happy Christmas news
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Figgy1
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One of our bffs lives on the AF side(bought the house to watch the planes) calls where I live the top of Mt Krumpet and yet 3 feet will shut us down for a few daysI was stationed at Fort Bragg in NC and Fort Dix NJ at the same time, traveling back and forth between them to train soldiers for deployment. We had Snowpocolypse in NJ one week I was there. It was 8-10 inches of snow every day, and total white out conditions most of the time, but we were still expected to work. In order to get to our work building, we had to bundle up and hold hands as we walked so nobody got lost. It was a full blown expedition to get to the chow hall for dinner. We kept asking for a snow day, and kept being told no.
Fast forward to a week later and I'm down in NC. We had a really light dusting of snow. I think they said it was around half an inch, but it stuck to the pavement. They gave us three snow days right in a row for that half inch and almost all the local businesses were closed.
It's amazing how differently snow is handled in the South
Figgy1
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That stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it a regular grocery store?
MySmallWorldof4
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You live in a very quaint and picturesque spot. I was surprised to see palm trees there. Shipped in or indigenous? Dh came in and I showed him the video and first thing he said was, “What’s wrong with their driving. “.
StarWarsGirl
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Haven't unpacked the SLR yet, but I took a quick phone shot...
And to you and yours good sir
We drive on the correct side of the road.You live in a very quaint and picturesque spot. I was surprised to see palm trees there. Shipped in or indigenous? Dh came in and I showed him the video and first thing he said was, “What’s wrong with their driving. “.
MouseDreaming
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I call that WINNING!
StarWarsGirl
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Did you know that actually comes from jousting? Riders would ride on the left side so that they could use their right arm to knock each other off.
Those of us more advanced don't worry about that and drive on the side of the road that feels more natural to drive on.
MySmallWorldof4
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If you ever get time, you should check out some of his other blog posts. They are full of interesting tidbits and Disney history.
Songbird76
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Hrmmm....well, another word for "correct" is "right". So I think, technically speaking, we're the ones who drive on the "correct" side.
That is correct. And it is the left side.Did you know that actually comes from jousting? Riders would ride on the left side so that they could use their right arm to knock each other off.
Those of us more advanced don't worry about that and drive on the side of the road that feels more natural to drive on.
Plus you all in the colonies started off the correct way round but later changed it to the wrong (French) way...
Figgy1
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The same to you and yours xoxo
Figgy1
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Learn something new here every dayDid you know that actually comes from jousting? Riders would ride on the left side so that they could use their right arm to knock each other off.
Those of us more advanced don't worry about that and drive on the side of the road that feels more natural to drive on.
and all this while I just thought the colonial oppressors let the ferrets screw things up
StarWarsGirl
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The French taught us many things. Democracy, how to fight the British, how to make french fries...That is correct. And it is the left side.
Plus you all in the colonies started off the correct way round but later changed it to the wrong (French) way...
MySmallWorldof4
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That is very unfair. I can see working the eve but having Christmas day off. Not both eve and day. Does the Grinch own it?
Songbird76
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So, I was doing a bit of research into our next Disney trip, which I hope to do in 2019 or 2020. I can't make heads or tails of anything!! I had to use 2018 dates, but the deal I got last time wasn't available. Instead, they have up to 4 nights free on a 2 week vacation. But...I thought that rooms got cheaper toward the end of August when it wasn't peak season anymore, but the later into August I got, the MORE expensive it got. I REALLY want to stay at the Poly sometime, but what was confusing was, when I plugged the dates into the Ireland site, for 2 weeks, it gave 2 nights free, worth about 1500 euros. When I converted the price to US dollars, it came out to over 11,000, even with those 2 free nights. When I plugged in the EXACT same dates into the regular US site, with NO free nights, it came out to less than 10,000. When I add in the extra 1500 euros on the UK/Irish site, and convert that to US, it's over 13,000...so they are charging Europeans 30% more per night? And then trying to make it look like a great deal when they only charge 10-15% more per night? Gee....great deal. It makes NO sense.
MySmallWorldof4
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you as well.