OT 16: A pirate's life for me!

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wap wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 1:22 pm
Apex wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 1:14 pm

I had a blast on the cruises I went on with my family back when I was a teenager. 5/7 times for sure.

I was just poking around on Disney's cruise site and found out that they sail to Alaska. Looks like a 7-night trip for the three of us is 5g's on their website.
I checked out travelocity and some other cruise lines were coming up as about 4g's for the 3 of us for 7-nights around the Caribbean.
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FWIW, Travelzoo is also a good resource. We've found cruise deals with them, too.
:notbad: Thanks for the resource!
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[user not found] wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 10:24 am
Apex wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 9:52 am

:ohmy:
Looks like I need to work out of the Princeton office more often.. :fatty:
Let me know if/when you do, we can grab lunch one day.

My favorite there is the street style bowl: http://www.tacoritorestaurant.com/dishe ... ricebowls/
THis was really a missed :spinulator: opportunity.
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Starving today. Metabolism is definitely ramping up again. Think we’re gonna add more food into my meal plan next week.
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Apex wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 1:28 pm
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:word:
FWIW, Travelzoo is also a good resource. We've found cruise deals with them, too.
:notbad: Thanks for the resource!
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Good luck. Let us know what you book!
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wap wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:26 pm Whelp fellers, surgery scheduled for June 10. If you don't hear from me by late the following week, start to worry. :like:
You gonna be fine Grandmaster FAP. I'm happy to hear that the plan to fix you is moving forward. I am in a limbo right now that is alternately :rage: and :yikes:
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Irish wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:17 pm
wap wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:26 pm Whelp fellers, surgery scheduled for June 10. If you don't hear from me by late the following week, start to worry. :like:
You gonna be fine Grandmaster FAP. I'm happy to hear that the plan to fix you is moving forward. I am in a limbo right now that is alternately :rage: and :yikes:
Thanks, bro. I've got like 5 more tests to do before the big day, but things are indeed moving along. What is the holdup with you? That's :bs:
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wap wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:34 pm
Irish wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:17 pm

You gonna be fine Grandmaster FAP. I'm happy to hear that the plan to fix you is moving forward. I am in a limbo right now that is alternately :rage: and :yikes:
Thanks, bro. I've got like 5 more tests to do before the big day, but things are indeed moving along. What is the holdup with you? That's :bs:
Everything gets scheduled out a week.
Initial Dr Visit = Doc says :iono: better get you to a specialist..... first appt available 8 days later
Specialist= "Thats Cancer" go for these scans and come back in a week.
2nd Visit= Yep, Cancer confirmed {I do give this guy credit because he had scheduled the Surgeon consult right after the initial visit)
Surgeon Consult: She did exactly the same examination as the ENT did, then scheduled me for a CT of the Jaw and return visit in 8 Days.

I want a plan, and I want it yesterday. My innerspace is dangerous real estate.
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Apex wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 1:14 pm
wap wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 1:04 pm

Because they're often a great deal and a 5/7 time :iono:

What are you looking at?
I had a blast on the cruises I went on with my family back when I was a teenager. 5/7 times for sure.

I was just poking around on Disney's cruise site and found out that they sail to Alaska. Looks like a 7-night trip for the three of us is 5g's on their website.
I checked out travelocity and some other cruise lines were coming up as about 4g's for the 3 of us for 7-nights around the Caribbean.
The only nautical odyssey I have ever been on was a Disney Cruise out of Ft Lauderdale to Bahamas (Disney has their own island, because of course they do). It was pretty cool and the kids loved it.
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Irish wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:45 pm
Everything gets scheduled out a week.
Initial Dr Visit = Doc says :iono: better get you to a specialist..... first appt available 8 days later
Specialist= "Thats Cancer" go for these scans and come back in a week.
2nd Visit= Yep, Cancer confirmed {I do give this guy credit because he had scheduled the Surgeon consult right after the initial visit)
Surgeon Consult: She did exactly the same examination as the ENT did, then scheduled me for a CT of the Jaw and return visit in 8 Days.

I want a plan, and I want it yesterday. My innerspace is dangerous real estate.
Reduce your sugar intake as well. Stop feeding those cells.
Happily (relatively happily, at any rate) I have been doing keto for the past 18 months or so. Although there have been a few short breaks, It is super easy for me to forgo sugar and carbs at this point.
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Irish wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:45 pm
wap wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:34 pm

Thanks, bro. I've got like 5 more tests to do before the big day, but things are indeed moving along. What is the holdup with you? That's :bs:
Everything gets scheduled out a week.
Initial Dr Visit = Doc says :iono: better get you to a specialist..... first appt available 8 days later
Specialist= "Thats Cancer" go for these scans and come back in a week.
2nd Visit= Yep, Cancer confirmed {I do give this guy credit because he had scheduled the Surgeon consult right after the initial visit)
Surgeon Consult: She did exactly the same examination as the ENT did, then scheduled me for a CT of the Jaw and return visit in 8 Days.

I want a plan, and I want it yesterday. My innerspace is dangerous real estate.
:rage:
Sorry dude. Believe me, I know this frustration. But keep working it and you'll get shit done. It becomes like a part time job that encroaches on your life more and more. We're all rooting for you!
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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Irish wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:45 pm
Everything gets scheduled out a week.
Initial Dr Visit = Doc says :iono: better get you to a specialist..... first appt available 8 days later
Specialist= "Thats Cancer" go for these scans and come back in a week.
2nd Visit= Yep, Cancer confirmed {I do give this guy credit because he had scheduled the Surgeon consult right after the initial visit)
Surgeon Consult: She did exactly the same examination as the ENT did, then scheduled me for a CT of the Jaw and return visit in 8 Days.

I want a plan, and I want it yesterday. My innerspace is dangerous real estate.
Reduce your sugar intake as well. Stop feeding those cells.
This is :notwrong: :like:
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Detroit wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:19 pm I don't understand anything anymore.
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Irish wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:53 pm
[user not found] wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:50 pm

Reduce your sugar intake as well. Stop feeding those cells.
Happily (relatively happily, at any rate) I have been doing keto for the past 18 months or so. Although there have been a few short breaks, It is super easy for me to forgo sugar and carbs at this point.
:fuckyeah:
:wap: Where are these mangos?
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Man a site takeover is one thing, but a site takeover where the previous owners are now current tenants?

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Irish wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:50 pm
Apex wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 1:14 pm

I had a blast on the cruises I went on with my family back when I was a teenager. 5/7 times for sure.

I was just poking around on Disney's cruise site and found out that they sail to Alaska. Looks like a 7-night trip for the three of us is 5g's on their website.
I checked out travelocity and some other cruise lines were coming up as about 4g's for the 3 of us for 7-nights around the Caribbean.
The only nautical odyssey I have ever been on was a Disney Cruise out of Ft Lauderdale to Bahamas (Disney has their own island, because of course they do). It was pretty cool and the kids loved it.
Yeah, we'll probably do this when the munchkin is a little older so she'll remember it and we'll be able to do more things together.
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Apex wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 8:20 pm
Irish wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 4:50 pm

The only nautical odyssey I have ever been on was a Disney Cruise out of Ft Lauderdale to Bahamas (Disney has their own island, because of course they do). It was pretty cool and the kids loved it.
Yeah, we'll probably do this when the munchkin is a little older so she'll remember it and we'll be able to do more things together.
:megusta:
FWIW, Carnival has a great kid program called Camp Carnival where camp counselors watch kids of all ages throughout the day and do all sorts of fun things with them, like a ship-wide scavenger hunt, etc. And they open the disco's during the day so the kids can dance and play when the disco would otherwise be unoccupied. Last I knew they did not charge extra for it, either. In a few years your :baby: will be a perfect age for that. :like:
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wap wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 8:23 pm
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Yeah, we'll probably do this when the munchkin is a little older so she'll remember it and we'll be able to do more things together.
:megusta:
FWIW, Carnival has a great kid program called Camp Carnival where camp counselors watch kids of all ages throughout the day and do all sorts of fun things with them, like a ship-wide scavenger hunt, etc. And they open the disco's during the day so the kids can dance and play when the disco would otherwise be unoccupied. Last I knew they did not charge extra for it, either. In a few years your :baby: will be a perfect age for that. :like:
:nice:
We definitely want something like that for :baby: when we do go.
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troyguitar wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 1:29 am I'm 33 and have never used uber/lyft or a taxi. :wrong: :scrooge: :stig:
Not even a taxi, even in France? :mindblown:
Public transit FTMFW... or just walking because we were on vacation and it was the best weather of the year at the time.

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troyguitar wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 11:21 pm
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Not even a taxi, even in France? :mindblown:
Public transit FTMFW... or just walking because we were on vacation and it was the best weather of the year at the time.

:wrong:
Actually, we do the same thing when we're in Europe. We always buy a metro pass and very rarely use a taxi.
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wap wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 11:52 pm
troyguitar wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 11:21 pm Public transit FTMFW... or just walking because we were on vacation and it was the best weather of the year at the time.

:wrong:
Actually, we do the same thing when we're in Europe. We always buy a metro pass and very rarely use a taxi.
:dat: i can relate when i'm in Istanbul, taxi's are only useful in either in places not close to metro's, dolmuş (look up), metro bus (also look up) or late nights. Best of all, you're not stuck in traffic with other cars too.

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Dang. Michelle’s dog has collapsed/fainted a few times over the last month or so. She took him in to get looked at but they couldn’t find anything wrong. I wonder if he’s having mini strokes or what..
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SAWCE wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 1:45 pm Dang. Michelle’s dog has collapsed/fainted a few times over the last month or so. She took him in to get looked at but they couldn’t find anything wrong. I wonder if he’s having mini strokes or what..
How are you finding out just now? :sad: doe
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razr390 wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 1:58 pm
SAWCE wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 1:45 pm Dang. Michelle’s dog has collapsed/fainted a few times over the last month or so. She took him in to get looked at but they couldn’t find anything wrong. I wonder if he’s having mini strokes or what..
How are you finding out just now? :sad: doe
We’ve known since it started happening, I just haven’t said anything about it. It just happened again though while I was on DFD so I mentioned it. We do have to wonder how often it happens while we’re at work and stuff.
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We’ll see what happens. I thing came of the last vet visit a few weeks ago. Scheduled one for tomorrow. Wonder what tests they’ll run this time.
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SAWCE wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 5:22 pm We’ll see what happens. I thing came of the last vet visit a few weeks ago. Scheduled one for tomorrow. Wonder what tests they’ll run this time.
Wife's first thought was "syncopal episode". It's a heart thing. She'd want to do an EKG

How long does the dog faint? Down and back up or longer?
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