Kovi
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Weather can be so deadly. ugh 11 dead after duck boat sinks during storm near Branson, Mo. At least 5 still missing.
OT: Off Topic 2018 part II - Warm enough for ya?
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Bruinaura
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So I'm poking around in the FB forums for AZ and who do I meet? Someone who knows Kate08.
Y'all are way more famous than me.
Yes! He reached out to me yesterday. Great, great guy. He and his wife love it there.
Hopefully you guys get to connect!
LouJersey
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Having a week off to do "nothing" has been absolutely perfect. Had a long stretch w work and my sons grad and subsequent party my wife and I decided to just take a recovery week.
Up at 7 or 8. Go to get a bagel w bacon and cheese, tea....a copy of the NY Daily News and NY Post, hang on the deck. Gym for about 90 minutes...went couch shopping, hiking a couple of times....yesterday hit the jersey shore to Sleazside and PT Pleasant .favorite restaurant in Long Branch..the boardwalks are seriously the best...love the sound of the gaming wheels spinning, the smell of cotton candy, funnel cakes and sausage and peppers..
Been the best time we've had together in years as funny as that sounds.
Up at 7 or 8. Go to get a bagel w bacon and cheese, tea....a copy of the NY Daily News and NY Post, hang on the deck. Gym for about 90 minutes...went couch shopping, hiking a couple of times....yesterday hit the jersey shore to Sleazside and PT Pleasant .favorite restaurant in Long Branch..the boardwalks are seriously the best...love the sound of the gaming wheels spinning, the smell of cotton candy, funnel cakes and sausage and peppers..
Been the best time we've had together in years as funny as that sounds.
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Those are the best vacations, because it's actually a VACATION. There's a big difference between a trip and a vacation.
We're doing a "tripcation" next week. I'm calling it a tripcation because we are traveling (but not far) and have no agenda other than the beach (the weather better cooperate) and enjoying food and drink and downtime.
Heading to P-town Tues - Sat, got a little cottage right on the beach. Pretty excited to unwind.
Kovi
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He seemed great, I'll try to friend his wife as well.
thanks for unconsciously hooking us up
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He seemed great, I'll try to friend his wife as well.
thanks for unconsciously hooking us up
I've actually never met his wife, he's a friend through my running/beer drinking team. But I've heard great things about her as well. Oddly enough, their daughter went to college with my husband.
Glove Malfunction
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Have you ever used kayak.com? It's a metacrawler for flights, hotels and cars. All the fares in one place. It just doesn't compare Southwest flights. Maybe that will cut down your searching. I used it all the time before settling on one airline for the miles/status (BTW, I just made gold status on American with my flight home from Dallas last night. moving up another boarding group!)
I'm working on booking a flight for someone at work, and man alive, do I ever despise doing that. There are eighty gazillion websites to try, and eighty gazillion options, and eighty gazillion ways for airlines to squeeze every last cent out of you. Here, pay extra to pick your seat!Oh, you can "lock in" this fare for an additional $10!! Otherwise it will change every five minutes, and forget trying to get any reasonable way to compare your options.
Blergh.
I have given this more thought. Hey airlines, I promise not to kick the seat in front of me, so knock off $10. I also won't recline into the seat behind me, so take off another $20. I use deodorant, that should be good for another $50. I don't block the aisle trying to stuff an oversized carry-on bag into the overhead bin, subtract another $50.
I think I may be on to something.
LouJersey
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That sounds wonderful. I love when we get a place on the beach and the whole trip is sleep, beach, drinks, lunch, beach, shower, nap, dinner....
Plus I just win a bet with the wife. She said I couldn't charm the dmv lady to get into the express license lane. Was like shooting fish in a barrel! Done in less than 15 min! Had to get a new picture license cuz my daughter said I looked like jabba the hut in the one I've had for four years lol.
JRull86
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Haha my wife deals with this too.
The company she works at just moved into a new building in Cambridge, and it's all open space. Her team had previously been working in that enviornment so they all liked it, but other teams are now dealing with it, and they are all so passive aggressive about it.
JRull86
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Haven't made it down to PTown this year yet. Love it, one of my favorite places to go.
If you have the time, grab dinner at Sage.
EDIT: Apparantly Sage has been re-named Pilgrim House.. No idea if it's the same. That's sad.
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Glove Malfunction
Ference is my binky
Getting ready to break down the computer. We'll check in as we're able from the road. Moving truck comes tomorrow. Wish us luck on our trek.
In case anyone was interested, here's a pic of Glove Malfunction's "moving truck":
Troopers stop pickup piled high with furniture
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(Wasn't sure where to put this, but definitely wanted to share -- feel free to move it, if necessary)
My cousin's son earned an invite to USA Hockey's U-15 Camp/Tournament this week, which made us all pretty proud, to say the least.
They break the players up into 8 or 10 teams and play a week-long tournament.
Here is some video of the final couple of minutes of the championship game.
He was the goalie on the ice for the purple team that won the tournament.
Pretty cool, IMO.
My cousin's son earned an invite to USA Hockey's U-15 Camp/Tournament this week, which made us all pretty proud, to say the least.
They break the players up into 8 or 10 teams and play a week-long tournament.
Here is some video of the final couple of minutes of the championship game.
He was the goalie on the ice for the purple team that won the tournament.
Pretty cool, IMO.
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Yesterday I made an appointment at Ira Toyota in Manchester (where im leasing my toyota 86 from) to have body work done from when my car was backed into whilst I was inside a butcher shop.. The service consultant I spoke to asked me if I'd like a confirmation email, I said sure.
I show up today and the service department says "sry we don't have a body shop, and can't get you an estimate on the damage"
Uhhhh?
I show up today and the service department says "sry we don't have a body shop, and can't get you an estimate on the damage"
Uhhhh?
Good Choice. I love New England and don't even mind Winter. Fall is my favorite.
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