Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
PUSH said:
My dog just went to the groomer's yesterday, and the groomer said she noticed a hazy/filmy look on her eyes. She said this is normal when dogs get older and start to lose their eyesight. My dog will be 12 in October.
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Yup, it's cataracts. My vet said they do surgery on dogs six years and younger, but in older dogs it's just a fact of life. Most dogs that die of a ripe old age go out blind.

Of all their senses, dogs are least reliant on their sense of vision.
 
PUSH

PUSH

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JenniferS said:
She's 13 1/2 people years - about 70 in doggy years.

She can still chase a squirrel across the yard, catch it if she's so inclined; run circles around these cats; outrun every single person in this house; stand on her hind legs and dance for more than a minute - all without the benefit of any significant vision.

She's only lost one tooth to decay at this point.

Essentially, she's the Helen Mirren of Cockapoo-dom.
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My dog just went in I believe last year for a teeth cleaning because her breath was getting so bad. But the vet said she had very healthy teeth for a dog her age. She definitely isn't as playful as she used to be, but every now and then she gets in these spurts of running around the house for about 5 straight minutes. Then she's so worn out that she stand at her water bowl for 5 minutes. She can still jump up on all the furniture, although not as easy as when she was a puppy. Definitely signs of older age, but she is still going strong as of now! *knocks on wood*
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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NYwdwfan said:
Well said.

I'm hoping this backfires. I'm hoping it inspires people to stay off-site and go to Magic Kingdom one night and bang out all the rides they can and then spend their remaining vacation days at Uni, Sea World, Kennedy Space Center, etc. But it won't. Ya know why? Because Disney's best kept secret was actually their diabolical plan to lock people into staying on-site for the next 40 years and convincing a large portion of the population that nowhere else is worth their vacation dollars.
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Baby steps . . . it's a start at the revolt when some of us (yours truly) back off a bit. I'm only one person, but I assume that some others are also following a reduced length of vacation time. For years, I've been going down (once a year) for 4 nights. I finally hit the wall this year with cost and reduced attractions, so I'm cutting back to 3 nights; which is 1 less park ticket day, (I'm also cutting out the water parks add-on), and 1 less day of meals, etc. (I'm not at a Disney hotel either; I'm over at the Westin Swan.)

In the big picture (which you outlined so well above), my puny 1 less night might not amount to a hill of beans to WDW. However, if they start to get push-back from others (including not buying the add-ons like the fireworks parties and the extra 3-hour night option), it may start to make a dent. True, some will continue to buy everything under the sun; but, I'm curious as to just how far they can nickel and dime Joe Average and his family.

I may be preaching to the choir here, but I am wondering if all their (less for more money) diabolical plan may backfire on them (as you mentioned) in time to come. Final note: mightier have fallen . . .
 
acishere

acishere

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meyeet said:
Yay Science!

For years I've written that as "yeah" and questioned if I was using the correct word. Today I looked it up and I was not. :(:banghead: http://allindiewriters.com/yay-yeah-yea/
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You can use "yeah science " in situations where you are trying to imitate Jessie Pinkman from Breaking Bad. Though that also requires ending the sentence with a bad word for a female dog.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
Baby steps . . . it's a start at the revolt when some of us (yours truly) back off a bit. I'm only one person, but I assume that some others are also following a reduced length of vacation time. For years, I've been going down (once a year) for 4 nights. I finally hit the wall this year with cost and reduced attractions, so I'm cutting back to 3 nights; which is 1 less park ticket day, (I'm also cutting out the water parks add-on), and 1 less day of meals, etc. (I'm not at a Disney hotel either; I'm over at the Westin Swan.)

In the big picture (which you outlined so well above), my puny 1 less night might not amount to a hill of beans to WDW. However, if they start to get push-back from others (including not buying the add-ons like the fireworks parties and the extra 3-hour night option), it may start to make a dent. True, some will continue to buy everything under the sun; but, I'm curious as to just how far they can nickel and dime Joe Average and his family.

I may be preaching to the choir here, but I am wondering if all their (less for more money) diabolical plan may backfire on them (as you mentioned) in time to come. Final note: mightier have fallen . . .
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It's not just you. I live exactly 600 mile, door to door, from WDW. I am retired and have a lot of free time, but, since they took away the possibility of saving any money when they dropped the 10 day, non-expiration, ticket. My trips are more then cut in half.

I'm not the biggest spender that Disney has ever seen, but, I do buy some meals, occasional souvenirs, a couple dozen Mickey Bars and the tickets. I would go a couple times a year, now, I have no idea when I will go. I am a spontaneous traveler and also the same when it comes to actually touring. I would go, sometimes go to four parks over 4 days, sometimes 4 over 3 days using Park Hopper, now I have to commit to the number of days to buy because if I don't use them I will lose them. It has stopped being worth the hassle anymore.

I will go again, at some point, if for no other reason then I still have one day left on my 10 day ticket, but, after that it seems unlikely. If I'm still on this side of the grass when they get DHS redone, I would aim for a one time for that, but, otherwise I'm thinking that my touring days at WDW are just about over. My trip, last year, to Europe, was the start of that trend. There are other things to see and do and I would like to do some of them.
 
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JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
So, I guess it turned out to be more of a "freezing rain event" than a "snow event".
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Schools are open though, so "yay"!
(FYI - I learned the "yay" from School House Rock 40+ years ago.)

ETA: Or ... not, as it turns out. Carry on, I'm going back to bed.
 
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JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
meyeet said:
Wow that's some freezing rain. Look at the size of those icicles hanging from your front porch! :D:hilarious:
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Funny boy. Wait til I show you the limb that came crashing off our tree and landed on the fence.
That's what woke us up.

Mrs. Maple out back is on borrowed time. Our "tree guy" did a major pruning five summers ago, and said there was less than a decade left in the old girl.

The way she's been shedding her limbs for just anyone indicates that she needs to be dealt with sooner rather than later.
 
meyeet

meyeet

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JenniferS said:
Funny boy. Wait til I show you the limb that came crashing off our tree and landed on the fence.
That's what woke us up.

Mrs. Maple out back is on borrowed time. Our "tree guy" did a major pruning five summers ago, and said there was less than a decade left in the old girl.

The way she's been shedding her limbs for just anyone indicates that she needs to be dealt with sooner rather than later.
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Sorry to hear that. I hate having older trees cut down but sometimes it's for the best. The power company cut down the large Emerald Ash tree in our front yard last fall for fear of the Ash Bore Beetle would get it and cause a power interruption for the neighborhood. And I cut down a large Willow tree in our backyard because it was loosing large limbs and just wasn't healthy. Hopefully we'll get 3 new trees planted this year to replace what is now gone.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
So, I guess it turned out to be more of a "freezing rain event" than a "snow event".
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Schools are open though, so "yay"!
(FYI - I learned the "yay" from School House Rock 40+ years ago.)

ETA: Or ... not, as it turns out. Carry on, I'm going back to bed.
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meyeet said:
Wow that's some freezing rain. Look at the size of those icicles hanging from your front porch! :D:hilarious:
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Also, Jennifer, when you get the chance it appears that your roof is filthy. Look at the colour of those icicles? That is so unlike you! Yay! or possibly Yea!
 

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