Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[JenniferS]

Breaking news bulletin: Over the weekend, I had some unexpected, financial pixie dust fly in my direction. Out of the blue, my MIL told me that she was going to pay for a Disney vacation for me!!! I was absolutely stunned. She knew our bills had increased this past year (yet, no different than everyone else I know ...).

I had not planned to go away to WDW until next year, and now I'm going this Friday for 4 nights/5 days. I'm psyched! (DH doesn't go, he's not a fan of WDW. That's o.k. though, because WDW is one place I don't mind going solo at all—done it a number of times over the years. It's always fun! )

Yay for you!
Awesome news.

Now you have to start posting in the Mine Train Soft Openings thread. Something along the lines of: "I'm going to be in the World 05/13 - 05/17. I really hope I get to ride!"

 

[acishere]

Yay for you!
Awesome news.

Now you have to start posting in the Mine Train Soft Openings thread. Something along the lines of: "I'm going to be in the World 05/13 - 05/17. I really hope I get to ride!"

Is the Mine Train open yet?

 

[PUSH]

Yay for you!
Awesome news.

Now you have to start posting in the Mine Train Soft Openings thread. Something along the lines of: "I'm going to be in the World 05/13 - 05/17. I really hope I get to ride!"

And if you don't you have to come back and complain.

 

[NYwdwfan]

I just Googled noon whistles. The quick search said that they usually were in factory towns, and it signified a lunch break. This town hasn't really been a factory town ever, but this was a huge mining region back in the 1800s. Could be something that started then and has just continued for today. I found a story of one town in Vermont, I believe, that said it just continues its sirens for nostalgic purposes only.

The post office in one of the historic towns near me has a whistle-type siren that goes off at noon and the eagle on the sign flaps it's wings. It's pretty cool to see.

EDIT: gotta love YouTube:

 

[donaldtoo]

Most of the time the warnings turn out to be nothing except some high winds, heavy rains, and lightning, but you never know. When the sirens go off we are alarmed, but don't go to the basement unless it's looking pretty bad out. Might not be the safest thing to do, but it's what we do. We usually listen to the police scanner and weather reports on local news stations when it's tornado weather.

Yea, we don't have a scanner, but, we keep close tabs on TV.
And, no basements down here. As a result, over half the houses I design at work have a safe room of some sort in the programing.

 

[NYwdwfan]

Hubby had epidural shots in his back today so I got to mow the lawn. We have a ride on (and a half an acre of property to mow) and in 13 years of living here he's never once let me mow. It was pretty easy. Almost exactly like driving at the Tomorrowland Speedway (both smell and sound of it). I mowed Zamboni style.

It does not look good. Kind of like when a kid shaves for the first time. I missed several spots. I spun the tires on the hills and messed up the grass. But I got to pretend I was in Tomorrowland for an hour.

 

[acishere]

Hubby had epidural shots in his back today so I got to mow the lawn. We have a ride on (and a half an acre of property to mow) and in 13 years of living here he's never once let me mow. It was pretty easy. Almost exactly like driving at the Tomorrowland Speedway (both smell and sound of it). I mowed Zamboni style.

It does not look good. Kind of like when a kid shaves for the first time. I missed several spots. I spun the tires on the hills and messed up the grass. But I got to pretend I was in Tomorrowland for an hour.

You were wearing mouse ears while doing it weren't you?

 

[PUSH]

Hubby had epidural shots in his back today so I got to mow the lawn. We have a ride on (and a half an acre of property to mow) and in 13 years of living here he's never once let me mow. It was pretty easy. Almost exactly like driving at the Tomorrowland Speedway (both smell and sound of it). I mowed Zamboni style.

It does not look good. Kind of like when a kid shaves for the first time. I missed several spots. I spun the tires on the hills and messed up the grass. But I got to pretend I was in Tomorrowland for an hour.

Almost exactly like the Tomorrowland Speedway? So you mean the steering wheel falls apart when you touch it, and every time you accelerate it swerves in a random direction, even when you're supposed to be going straight? Or was that just my experience?

 

[PUSH]

You were wearing mouse ears while doing it weren't you?

And a Cinderella dress.

 

[Goofyernmost]

I have yet to figure out why they do this. There is no valid reason that I can come up with.

Just off the top of my old weathered head, I'd have to say that it is to test them to be sure that they will be working when you need them. The noon siren is to test at a specific time each day so that panic such as would be happening in case of a sharknado, does not occur. They were a big thing back during the cold war, but, they were supposedly going to be used to announce a nuclear attack not tornado's, it just worked out that they were good for that as well.

Many communities not in hurricane or tornado areas still use them to summon volunteer firefighters in the event of a need for them to get their collective butts to the fire station, stat! And now you know. Don't they teach that stuff in college?

 

[PUSH]

Just off the top of my old weathered head, I'd have to say that it is to test them to be sure that they will be working when you need them. The noon siren is to test at a specific time each day so that panic such as would be happening in case of a sharknado, does not occur. They were a big thing back during the cold war, but, they were supposedly going to be used to announce a nuclear attack not tornado's, it just worked out that they were good for that as well.

Many communities not in hurricane or tornado areas still use them to summon volunteer firefighters in the event of a need for them to get their collective butts to the fire station, stat! And now you know. Don't they teach that stuff in college?

You're a bit late. We've covered all of this already.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Almost exactly like the Tomorrowland Speedway? So you mean the steering wheel falls apart when you touch it, and every time you accelerate it swerves in a random direction, even when you're supposed to be going straight? Or was that just my experience?

Perhaps it was just more your ability! Just saying!

 

[Goofyernmost]

You're a bit late. We've covered all of this already.

Sorry, I'm still a bit amazed that it had to be explained.

 

[unkadug]

Hubby had epidural shots in his back today so I got to mow the lawn. We have a ride on (and a half an acre of property to mow) and in 13 years of living here he's never once let me mow. It was pretty easy. Almost exactly like driving at the Tomorrowland Speedway (both smell and sound of it). I mowed Zamboni style.

It does not look good. Kind of like when a kid shaves for the first time. I missed several spots. I spun the tires on the hills and messed up the grass. But I got to pretend I was in Tomorrowland for an hour.

I guess if you've never cut grass it could seem like a "get to" type of thing instead of a "have to" type of thing.

 

[unkadug]

Sorry, I'm still a bit amazed that it had to be explained.

If you want to explain something, then explain how the eagle flapping it's wings does anybody any good!

The post office in one of the historic towns near me has a whistle-type siren that goes off at noon and the eagle on the sign flaps it's wings. It's pretty cool to see.

EDIT: gotta love YouTube:

 

[acishere]

I guess if you've never cut grass it could seem like a "get to" type of thing instead of a "have to" type of thing.

She can cut mine if she such a positive outlook on getting to do it...

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Okay guys. Got the all clear and made it through. Flooding, trees down, the usual. Thanks for the well wishes.

 

[acishere]

Okay guys. Got the all clear and made it through. Flooding, trees down, the usual. Thanks for the well wishes.

Any sharks left behind by the storm?

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Any sharks left behind by the storm?

Didn't see any (thank goodness) but the storm is still going for another hour. At least I'm out of the basement.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Does anyone besides me have the noon whistle where they live? To people who aren't used to it, it sounds like a tornado siren, but there's a difference between the two. College students from bigger cities get annoyed by it, the small-town folk like myself don't even notice it.

We have a siren that goes off whenever the fire department is called.