The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[donaldtoo]

Carnival We are going for an Oceanview. Both DH and I are prone to motion sickness, but if we can see out, we are both good.

And it is to the Bahamas! Can't wait! We need a vacation desperately.

WOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope y’all have at least as great a cruise as the 2 we’ve done, so far...!!!!!

We were actually all (6 of us including SonIL) pretty amazed at how much we didn’t feel the ship moving, rolling, etc., on either cruise. Even in some fairly high seas on the first full sea day of our first cruise.
That was the cruise we also had the aft staterooms on, so we did feel a little vibration when porting or leaving port from the engines, etc., below (if we were in our staterooms at the time), but it was so slight that it wasn’t an issue at all.

Below is a video I took from deck 3, in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, on the first sea day mentioned above.
You’d think we’d be feeling a lot of movement, but, it was almost imperceivable...and those were the roughest seas we had on either cruise...!!!

 

[Songbird76]

If it is for ice cream @Songbird76 , the Fountain at the Dolphin is better in my opinion. B&C just uses Edy’s. France has better ice cream as well.

That won't work....we're specifically going for the No Way, José. So it HAS to be B&C.

 

[Songbird76]

Well folks, 2019 has been off to a very strange start in the Buddy/Philmonster household. So far:

Philmonster had to get a tooth pulled.

I was having funky chest pains from hell for weeks and thought I was about to drop dead - went to the doctor who sent me to a cardiologist and had every test known to mankind done, including a stress test, and the results are........I am apparently completely insane because I came back in perfect health. Doc says maybe I strained something at the gym or maybe I’m carryin “stress in my chest”. Huh?????? Anyway, I live to see another day. Great, but then:

My company was bought by a larger company and all employees were warned that our jobs might be eliminated. Talk about “stress in the chest”, lol. So I was sure I was getting the boot. I’m not exactly a spring chicken anymore and my salary is just about at the level that they might want to cut to save money. That’s happened to me before.

Well, today was the day. The new management was in the office conference room and throughout the day, they called various employees in, and many were in tears when they came out. We started calling it the Room of Doom. It was like Survivor. Everyone was sitting at their desks in complete panic wondering if the Angel of Corporate Death was going to call them in.

After about 2PM, I still had not been called in, and I thought I was off the hook and was starting to breathe sighs of relief, when at that very moment, I was called into the Room of Doom.

AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I was certain that I was going to be let go and then after 20+ years of agenting, I’d be applying for a waiter position at the Red Lobster.

But........

They told me that they were giving me a small raise, annnnnnnnd, they were promoting me to Vice President of my division.

What the........!?!??!

Well, like I said, strange start to the year.

PS -
Philmonster is refusing to go to Disney again, even though during the holidays, he approved a trip. He’s in the doghouse, big time.

The moral of this story is always listen to your body and get checked if something feels off. It’s better to know than not know. And if weird job stuff happens, don’t be as pessimistic as I was. It could turn out better than expected. And Philmonster is a toothless liar.

Are verbal agreements binding in New York? OR did you have video or written evidence that he approved the trip to Disney? Tell him it's too late to back out now.

 

[Songbird76]

Good morning! We had snow last night and have a 2 hour delay this morning. We have a big snow storm on the way tonight into tomorrow evening, so probably another snow day. I am not happy about having another snow day, it is putting my April solo trip in jeopardy. We were informed of the snow make up days plan yesterday and if we get one more our Easter Monday day off is cancelled (which was not on our calendar or the one given to the community as a possible make up day) so I took a personal day on the Tuesday after Easter off, so if that Monday is cancelled I'm in trouble. That means I'll either have to try to adjust my flights, call in sick (not really a great option), take an unpaid day (which will cost me more than than probably changing flights), or cancel my trip. At least I bought insurance for my flights. I get we have to make up days but if it had been marked as a possibility that we could lose that Easter Monday as a make up day, as it has been noted on our calendars before, I would have planned my solo trip differently. Ugh.

That would really be a bummer. I hope the weather clears up. If you had to change it, do you have a plan for when you'd go?

 

[Gabe1]

Well folks, 2019 has been off to a very strange start in the Buddy/Philmonster household. So far:

Philmonster had to get a tooth pulled.

I was having funky chest pains from hell for weeks and thought I was about to drop dead - went to the doctor who sent me to a cardiologist and had every test known to mankind done, including a stress test, and the results are........I am apparently completely insane because I came back in perfect health. Doc says maybe I strained something at the gym or maybe I’m carryin “stress in my chest”. Huh?????? Anyway, I live to see another day. Great, but then:

My company was bought by a larger company and all employees were warned that our jobs might be eliminated. Talk about “stress in the chest”, lol. So I was sure I was getting the boot. I’m not exactly a spring chicken anymore and my salary is just about at the level that they might want to cut to save money. That’s happened to me before.

Well, today was the day. The new management was in the office conference room and throughout the day, they called various employees in, and many were in tears when they came out. We started calling it the Room of Doom. It was like Survivor. Everyone was sitting at their desks in complete panic wondering if the Angel of Corporate Death was going to call them in.

After about 2PM, I still had not been called in, and I thought I was off the hook and was starting to breathe sighs of relief, when at that very moment, I was called into the Room of Doom.

AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I was certain that I was going to be let go and then after 20+ years of agenting, I’d be applying for a waiter position at the Red Lobster.

But........

They told me that they were giving me a small raise, annnnnnnnd, they were promoting me to Vice President of my division.

What the........!?!??!

Well, like I said, strange start to the year.

PS -
Philmonster is refusing to go to Disney again, even though during the holidays, he approved a trip. He’s in the doghouse, big time.

The moral of this story is always listen to your body and get checked if something feels off. It’s better to know than not know. And if weird job stuff happens, don’t be as pessimistic as I was. It could turn out better than expected. And Philmonster is a toothless liar.

Blurg talk about stress. Glad your health and your job are safe.

A thought pay attention to your digestive system. I was young and went through the same field of testing. Everything was fine but ultimately it was severe stomach has, not yet an ulcer but heading there. I was under a lot of stress back then courtesy of my MIL from hell almost daily. I started taking Zantac (now over the counter in half dosage) persciption dose 2 tablets a day for about a month. Within 24 hours all the pains in my chest we almost gone. Oddly it was my gynecologist that diagnosed my problem not the other specialists. She was able to think outside the box of just looking at the heart.

Be well.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Blurg talk about stress. Glad your health and your job are safe.

A thought pay attention to your digestive system. I was young and went through the same field of testing. Everything was fine but ultimately it was severe stomach has, not yet an ulcer but heading there. I was under a lot of stress back then courtesy of my MIL from hell almost daily. I started taking Zantac (now over the counter in half dosage) persciption dose 2 tablets a day for about a month. Within 24 hours all the pains in my chest we almost gone. Oddly it was my gynecologist that diagnosed my problem not the other specialists. She was able to think outside the box of just looking at the heart.

Be well.

Thanks- sorry to hear about your stomach problems. They are making me get an “upper endoscopy” next month. I’m having to take all the old man tests, lol.

 

[Gabe1]

Thanks- sorry to hear about your stomach problems. They are making me get an “upper endoscopy” next month. I’m having to take all the old man tests, lol.

That test is a breeze vs what you’ve endured. The meds cured my tummy and chest pains. Now I recognize it creeping back I pop the Zantac for 2-3 days and it gone. For me it is always stress related. Fortunately I’ve been freed of most of my ‘triggers’ so Tummy is pretty good.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

The flights to Milwaukee appear to have been delayed, but seem to be getting out.

Hopefully they weren't there when it happened.

I found out the flight wasn't delayed.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

That would really be a bummer. I hope the weather clears up. If you had to change it, do you have a plan for when you'd go?

I have a few idea if plans get messed up. It's just a wait and see on weather for now.

 

[wdwfan4ver]

Well folks, 2019 has been off to a very strange start in the Buddy/Philmonster household. So far:

Philmonster had to get a tooth pulled.

I was having funky chest pains from hell for weeks and thought I was about to drop dead - went to the doctor who sent me to a cardiologist and had every test known to mankind done, including a stress test, and the results are........I am apparently completely insane because I came back in perfect health. Doc says maybe I strained something at the gym or maybe I’m carryin “stress in my chest”. Huh?????? Anyway, I live to see another day. Great, but then:

My company was bought by a larger company and all employees were warned that our jobs might be eliminated. Talk about “stress in the chest”, lol. So I was sure I was getting the boot. I’m not exactly a spring chicken anymore and my salary is just about at the level that they might want to cut to save money. That’s happened to me before.

Well, today was the day. The new management was in the office conference room and throughout the day, they called various employees in, and many were in tears when they came out. We started calling it the Room of Doom. It was like Survivor. Everyone was sitting at their desks in complete panic wondering if the Angel of Corporate Death was going to call them in.

After about 2PM, I still had not been called in, and I thought I was off the hook and was starting to breathe sighs of relief, when at that very moment, I was called into the Room of Doom.

AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I was certain that I was going to be let go and then after 20+ years of agenting, I’d be applying for a waiter position at the Red Lobster.

But........

They told me that they were giving me a small raise, annnnnnnnd, they were promoting me to Vice President of my division.

What the........!?!??!

Well, like I said, strange start to the year.

PS -
Philmonster is refusing to go to Disney again, even though during the holidays, he approved a trip. He’s in the doghouse, big time.

The moral of this story is always listen to your body and get checked if something feels off. It’s better to know than not know. And if weird job stuff happens, don’t be as pessimistic as I was. It could turn out better than expected. And Philmonster is a toothless liar.

You were lucky, unlike me with the chest pains. I had chest pains and it was diagnosed way before I became a forum member here. At the time, I found out that the chest pain I had was caused by a thyroid problem. What happened was I had a bad thyroid without knowing it.

 

[MinnieM123]

Thanks. I'm just glad I bought the trip insurance, I wasn't going to but at the last second I clicked the button. So whatever happens with the weather is going to happen, just a little frustrating. My problems could be worse in life than worrying about a trip.

I think that's a really good idea during the winter months in particular.

 

[donaldtoo]

Watching “The Longest Day” on TCM...

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

I'm happy to report that all 75 of my students were healthy and able to participate.
The first concert went well.
1 down.....2 to go

It went well tonight. Happy parents....which means....a happy principal......thus a happy SteveBrickNJ

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

No work tomorrow, school is already called off. Snow has started. Boo.

 

[donaldtoo]

Well, some new folks.
Passed my first interview in a cruise ship job as an IT.
Lets hope they let me proceed for the next step by March. (which will be a face to face interview).
Just need to fling some more papers and I hope things will progress.

Also, cant believe its going to be my birthday again so soon. Time flies..life becomes a blur.

Congrats on passing the first interview, Cesar!!!!!!!
The best of luck in March...!!!

And, a very happy early/belated birthday, as I’m not sure when it is...?!!!!!

 

[Gabe1]

Good morning! We had snow last night and have a 2 hour delay this morning. We have a big snow storm on the way tonight into tomorrow evening, so probably another snow day. I am not happy about having another snow day, it is putting my April solo trip in jeopardy. We were informed of the snow make up days plan yesterday and if we get one more our Easter Monday day off is cancelled (which was not on our calendar or the one given to the community as a possible make up day) so I took a personal day on the Tuesday after Easter off, so if that Monday is cancelled I'm in trouble. That means I'll either have to try to adjust my flights, call in sick (not really a great option), take an unpaid day (which will cost me more than than probably changing flights), or cancel my trip. At least I bought insurance for my flights. I get we have to make up days but if it had been marked as a possibility that we could lose that Easter Monday as a make up day, as it has been noted on our calendars before, I would have planned my solo trip differently. Ugh.

Blurg. Sending good karma.

We left 2 days early to avoid the polar vortex flying issues. Airline offered free changes because... We were able to make last minute separate reservations at same hotel but cheaper cause it was likely going to be non occupied. We were in the same room the entire time but had to recheck in to the original reservation.

 

[Gabe1]

I agree with you there... I don't always buy trip insurance... but I think for the September trip I'm going to. Because Hurricane season.

Irma came in the middle of a 12 day trip, normally our long trip of the year. It wound up being one of our best trips ever. We were in Wilderness Lodge main building. Got some needed rest and ate very well. We slept right through Irma coming and going as it was the middle of the night. The parks the day before were empty. Walked on everything in both Epcot and MK. There was only a couple thousand people in the MK and maybe 5000 in Epcot. Kinda surreal. It was pretty much the same very low attendance the next 3-4 days. Irma was one of 4 hurricanes we met at WDW IN 30 years in the fall Irma was the only one that closed all 4 parks and Springs. We went again same time last fall. We are booked for a deluxe monorail resort this fall. Guess we tempt fate for low crowds, cheaper rooms and lots of humidity.

 

[Cesar R M]

Congrats on passing the first interview, Cesar!!!!!!!
The best of luck in March...!!!

And, a very happy early/belated birthday, as I’m not sure when it is...?!!!!!

on the 9th

 

[donaldtoo]

Good Morning!

Our family absolutely LOVED that show, and never missed it on any MK morning...!!!!!

And, a kinda’ “small world moment” story when it comes to that “Let the Memories Begin” sign and the flanking Guest photos (which I’ve posted about before quite a while back)...
The nice lady in the Speedway Racer with her young son and her family used to be regular customers when I was a CM at our local Disney Store...!!!

 

[Cesar R M]

Allright folks, I hope to start my report tomorrow.