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Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
I'm parked inside a Starbucks. Drove DD to job #2 cause it was snowing so hard and it is just across the road. Too bad disney can't provide seating at their Starbucks in the parks. image.jpg
It is about double the size than what the photo captures. This dude on stool keeps staring too. Lol
 

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Pretty sure I've posted this here before, but, the first vehicle I ever drove regularly after I got my DL was a '70 Chevy Camper Special pickup WITH the huge cabover camper on the back. Although, they did let me use the LeSabre to take my driving test and for dates. 6 months later, I'd saved enough to buy my own wheels. :)
If I ever showed up in the camper to pick up a date, pretty sure nobody woulda' ever seen or heard from me again... :eek: ;) :)

I saved up and bought myself a new Mustang. Before that I used one of the family cars. It took me two years of squirreling away but I loved my Mustang.
 

donaldtoo

Well-Known Member
My mom never vomited when she was pregnant. She said certain foods didn't agree with her, but other than that, she never vomiting. She was six weeks pregnant with each of us, and went to WDW and rode Space Mountain each time (with her doctor's okay of course). No issues.

She was just lucky, I guess. Given my stomach, I don't expect to be so lucky.:hungover:

DWifey had morning sickness with all three pregnancies. Although, not as severe each time.
Was the worst with our first DD, not nearly as bad with super premie DS, and then only slightly worse with youngest DD.
 

ItlngrlBella

Well-Known Member
I'm like you and @seahawk7 I'm a savory. But the combo of both and I'm all in.

The sea salt makes it savory and I'm all in........*slurp*

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^^^ Keto torture! *As I crunch on baby carrot sticks... *
 

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
The college I worked for had these. When we had high school tour groups visit and they wanted lunch on-campus we had to station our office staff at these so they could move the lines.

They are confusing little soda machines if you've never used them before.

I miss college visits. With the second kid we did about 10 visits, 3 my Sister did because they were in Ohio. I judged the schools by the lunch they served. If we're going to drop $30 to $55,000 a year lunch best be very nice. I favored Tulane's, we had breakfast and lunch there. :p

The University that my DD works as an admissions adviser they don't participate with the luncheons. Sadness. :(
 

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
@Gabe1 Snow there too, huh? I'm in S.E. WI and it's not even the pretty flooflie snowman-building kind! We're getting the icy powder stuff that makes the roads horrible.

Maybe about 3 inches but it has ice pellets in it.

That state divide line is sure a weather divide. My DS did half of his College life up in SE Wisconsin at Carthage, we often had different weather.
 

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
No
Well, it's official. My parents traded in my lovely Aurora. :( They were thinking about keeping it as a back up, but then they found frozen water on the floor, meaning the sunroof was leaking. The oil leak, the loose mirror, the sun roof leaking, and the tire leaking air sealed the deal. So now I have an SUV. Like going from driving a racecar to driving a truck. Over the weekend, I'll fix it up and make it mine. I've got two window stickers to put on it: One says "Star Wars" and the other says "Bazinga".

They did get a Buick Lacroose, which is a very nice vehicle. I sat there, in the driver's seat, and played with the features. Did part of the salesman's job for him by setting up the radio station presets, figuring out the bluetooth and tethering my phone to the bluetooth, and figuring out the GPS. And lo and behold, I'm actually allowed to drive it! Mom initially said no, but as we were driving home, Dad said, "Well, you've been driving for four years now, licensed for three. You can drive the Lacroose first and learn how to use the backup camera, and then you can drive the Enclave." At first my face was like this: o_O. And then it was like this: :D. Surprising since I thought he was going to have a heart attack the one time I backed the Enclave straight out of the garage. So only with permission, and not to school unless absolutely necessary. I told them, "Just wait until the weekend when I'm asking to practice." Dad did not object, Mom said, "You can drive it, but I get to drive it first." Fair enough. Still sad about my car, but I do like the Lacroose. As for the SUV that now belongs to me, I'll get used to it. Eventually.
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
I'm parked inside a Starbucks. Drove DD to job #2 cause it was snowing so hard and it is just across the road. Too bad disney can't provide seating at their Starbucks in the parks. View attachment 84422
It is about double the size than what the photo captures. This dude on stool keeps staring too. Lol
The one in DCA has seating. That one is very nice. It's a shame that none of the others have been as nice as the DCA one.

Hopefully the AK one will have seating. Not that I will go in there for anything other than fruit and a Poweraid (my only reason for venturing into the MK Starbucks), but still.
 

StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
Where's it leakin' oil from that it can't be repaired?
The engine.

It's not that it can't be repaired, it would just be an expensive repair.

Between the wobbly mirror that my parents were afraid would fall off when I was driving, the oil leak, the bad sensor that told you "Low Engine Coolant" when there really was none, the leaky sun roof, the broken heated seat, the dents, the corrosion on the tire rim, and the new set of tires that the car will need in six months, it needs a lot of work to get it in working order. The value of the car was only about $1000. Not worth it for us.

I just hope that the car gets auctioned off to someone who collects cars and repairs them, and that someone will take care of it and love it as much as I did.
 

ItlngrlBella

Well-Known Member
Maybe about 3 inches but it has ice pellets in it.

@Gabe1 : That state divide line is sure a weather divide. My DS did half of his College life up in SE Wisconsin at Carthage, we often had different weather.


@Gabe1 You are right about the state line - it's weird how that happens.

Carthage!?! I worked for UW-P down the road and I'm an alum as well - as students we used to go to Carthage when they had the old house that was a coffeehouse/study house, and the Carthage kids came to our parties.
 
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StarWarsGirl

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
When I used to figure skate, it wasn't unusual to adjust my laces once during a session. The key is good equipment, especially a solid, excellent-fitting boot. As a beginner, you can cut back on the quality and price of the blades, but a really good boot is most important. It should be as comfortable as a good-fitting shoe, and should take a medium thickness sock for a best fit. Sometimes beginner skaters feel wobbly in skates, but that's generally due to the fact that the cheaper boots really have no support.
I'm using rental skates. They're free.

Some of them are okay, and some of them...ugh. The pair I wore Monday hurt really badly. That was a pain because I got one pair, got onto the ice and figured out my left blade was slipping, and when I showed the Assistant Coach, she said to go trade them in. Then I got another pair. The blades weren't as bad, but they hurt pretty badly. I was sore. Today, the laces were weird. The right skate had laces that were almost too short, and the left skate had insanely long laces. Right skate was fine. I was far better once I adjusted the left skate. I was thinking about getting my own skates, but I haven't found a store that carries them down here, I could get them online but am unsure about the size (I wear an 8 in the rental skates, but who knows), and I only have a few weeks left, and while I plan on keeping up with the skating, not sure how much I'm going to do it. Might see if my bestie wants to go; she seems like the friend who would be willing.

My socks are only ankle socks, but seem to work well. They are the good ones from Di ck's Sporting Goods that I also wear around Disney. Past two trips I have been blister-free in sneakers and these socks. I have a hard time finding socks that don't drive me bonkers.

I think I need to take Tylenol before I skate too. I had to take Excedrin Migraine this morning, and I ended up less sore today than I have in a while. If it helps, it's worth it.
 

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
That's almost all in the head. Women, especially smaller women have been told all their life that they are delicate and unable to deal with machinery. Should be left to the manly man who is big enough to handle it. When I was with the bus company there was a woman that drove there that didn't even make it to 5 ft. tall and weighed in at about 85 pounds. That woman could handle those 44 foot buses like they were a VW Beetle. One of the best drivers I ever worked with. Size means nothing, confidence is everything.

After my Father passed away, my mother, in her 80's drove a Mercury Grand Marquis until she got to sick to do so. She was 4'9'' tall and used 3 pillows under her to see over the steering wheel. She also had a lead foot. I purposely rode with her a few times just to silently see how she was doing. Believe me, she knew what she was doing. So @JenniferS, @StarWarsGirl95 man up and make your gender equal. Make me proud! ;)
Yeah ... or I could just stick with mid-sized cars and be comfortable.
I've got nothing left to prove. :p
 

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Well, it's official. My parents traded in my lovely Aurora. :( They were thinking about keeping it as a back up, but then they found frozen water on the floor, meaning the sunroof was leaking. The oil leak, the loose mirror, the sun roof leaking, and the tire leaking air sealed the deal. So now I have an SUV. Like going from driving a racecar to driving a truck. Over the weekend, I'll fix it up and make it mine. I've got two window stickers to put on it: One says "Star Wars" and the other says "Bazinga".

They did get a Buick Lacroose, which is a very nice vehicle. I sat there, in the driver's seat, and played with the features. Did part of the salesman's job for him by setting up the radio station presets, figuring out the bluetooth and tethering my phone to the bluetooth, and figuring out the GPS. And lo and behold, I'm actually allowed to drive it! Mom initially said no, but as we were driving home, Dad said, "Well, you've been driving for four years now, licensed for three. You can drive the Lacroose first and learn how to use the backup camera, and then you can drive the Enclave." At first my face was like this: o_O. And then it was like this: :D. Surprising since I thought he was going to have a heart attack the one time I backed the Enclave straight out of the garage. So only with permission, and not to school unless absolutely necessary. I told them, "Just wait until the weekend when I'm asking to practice." Dad did not object, Mom said, "You can drive it, but I get to drive it first." Fair enough. Still sad about my car, but I do like the Lacroose. As for the SUV that now belongs to me, I'll get used to it. Eventually.
What is this Lacroose of which you speak?
It's supposed to be Canada that favours extra vowels, eh. :hilarious:
 

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