8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 13

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

NOT YET.


PS any nice pictures to celebrate my


8,000 posts!!!!!!!!!

Congrates Andrew on yet another milestone!!

 

[mkygrl]

Hi Chrissie......It was good wasn't it?
Hey when are you gonna come to chat?

Hi

I know I haven't been to chat...I have to rememer when it is!

I'm blonde!

Chrissie

 

[atakaratemom]

NOT YET.


PS any nice pictures to celebrate my


8,000 posts!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Andrew!!

How about some dancing wenches to celebrate!

 

[atakaratemom]

Sure has been busy the last couple of weeks around here. Sunday we went to DL, Monday helped take 37 1st graders to the Santa Barbara Zoo, today had to get DD6 ready for dance pictures. Seems like everyday until school is out there is something going on.

She is so adorable Roger!!

 

[darthrugby]

Happy Birthday Jeanne & Jeanneg

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

SOAPBOX WARNING

For the last few years, I wondered what will happen when this generation of 'trophy kids' grows up and gets jobs. I've seen it as a college professor. Some (not all) students are so used to getting a trophy for showing up or every kid in the school being named "student of the month/week/day/hour/minute" that it is incomprehensible to them that they can show up for class, complete the assignments and not get an A. I have had parents call me to debate their 18-22 year old student's grade! Despite posting grades for assignments and test, a few students are always baffled that they are failing the class & I didn't set up a personal consultation with them to spell out that their grades are lousy! I guess I should add that if they come to me I will bend over backwards to help them succeed.

Frankly, I'm too lazy to look it up, but I heard a segment on NPR within the last few weeks about HR departments having to adapt to the grown-up trophy kids. They need constant encouragement and need to be told how special they are all the time. The are resorting to things like "Yay, we almost met a sales goal" or gatherings in the break room!

My DS8 commented that he had almost as many hockey medals as I have skating medals. I didn't bother explaining to him that when I was a kid you only got a medal for first, second, or third & that a trophy wasn't recognition for still being on a team at the end of the season.

I am all for inclusiveness in sports & other activities. I think every kid should have every opportunity. Every kid is special, and there should be various levels so that every kid has a chance to succeed, but they also have something to work for. My kids know they are special, but they also know that not everyone thinks they are as special as I do! And if they want to earn a Cub Scout badge or make the higher level hockey team, they have to work their little tooshies off!

THUMP!

(that was me jumping down from my soap box)

M could not agree more with what you are saying. I refer to it as the "Its all about me" generation but it the same thing. I have been trying to come up with a catchy logo for a bumper sticker with "Its NOT about you". Would make a fortune. We get kids out of school that just received their pharmacy license and they have never had a job in their lives. They don't even know what is like to work, let alone work hard. We have had the same message delivered in church on several occasions and I have tried to pass that on to my kids, but they still do not get that everyone is involved with life not just them. Now stepping down off my soapbox.

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Happy Birthday Jeanne & Jeanneg

Pete I think that it is just Jeanne (her screen name is Jeanneg).

 

[captaincrash]

How long is this going to TAKE?​

 

[Grandma x3]

to (+ belated)
Jeanne/today + Meredith & Justin/thurs + Amy-Gabbie/Fri. + Lorri, Sharon & Sheila/Sat. + Elizabeth, Jen, Jon, Lexi/ Sun.

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Hope the & additions worked!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful celebration!!!

 

[Pluto 2]

i went to make a little payment on this cruise so i wont have so much to pay next year and i found out that dcl has assigned me a room. i had gty cat 11.
i got a cat 11 on the 7 th floor in the middle of the ship. so check it out if you have gty you might have been assigned a room. i made this reservation the day it came out in the morning. i was on the minute they came available but was having internet problem with the dcl site so i wasnt able to book until an hour later.

 

[Diznyfan68]

Sure has been busy the last couple of weeks around here. Sunday we went to DL, Monday helped take 37 1st graders to the Santa Barbara Zoo, today had to get DD6 ready for dance pictures. Seems like everyday until school is out there is something going on.

What a beauty!

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

What a beauty!

Thanks Lorri, 6 going on 16.

 

[Diznyfan68]

to
Jeanne/jeanneg

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ing - Happy Birthday Jeanne!

 

[micmse2003]

We have had lots of people 'disappear' from our MED thread on July 28th, but a lot more, ''join' us, I know a few find keeping up with more than two active threads difficult, now my Med one is very active it takes a lot of my time up, i know there are about 5/10 Dissers there who are on this 2008 cruise and most likely will start posting in August etc.

Some people have said as this thread moves on so fast is hard to keep, up, I know how they feel now as I haven't the time left in the day to do two myself.

I am having to cut back as the Med IS LOOMING FAST,!!! and I have like 400 posts to catch up there each night.

We miss your posting with us but we all understand. July 28th is coming up fast and so did the 4 months of our chatter on this board!!!

Dont you mean Rockin D bar ???? I am so glad there is no Video of that ..

You and Melissa could do a repeat performance for those of us who did not see it.

NOT YET.


PS any nice pictures to celebrate my


8,000 posts!!!!!!!!!

Congrats David!!! Almost every post had great info well almost.

i went to make a little payment on this cruise so i wont have so much to pay next year and i found out that dcl has assigned me a room. i had gty cat 11.
i got a cat 11 on the 7 th floor in the middle of the ship. so check it out if you have gty you might have been assigned a room. i made this reservation the day it came out in the morning. i was on the minute they came available but was having internet problem with the dcl site so i wasnt able to book until an hour later.

WOW I think you are one of the first to get a room number from a GTY. Congrats. I have only stayed on deck 7 and love it.

 

[micmse2003]

Sure has been busy the last couple of weeks around here. Sunday we went to DL, Monday helped take 37 1st graders to the Santa Barbara Zoo, today had to get DD6 ready for dance pictures. Seems like everyday until school is out there is something going on.

Roger what a heart breaker she is going to make someday.

 

[windermerejudy]

You and Melissa could do a repeat performance for those of us who did not see it.

I am sure he will oblige right after your repeat performance on stage.......

Roger -----my little buddy Austyn is beautiful

 

[yargrnhoj]

I had to chime in on the trophy wife concept... I've seen so called "trophy wives" whom I think of as nothing but home wreckers. ANd they themselves are looking for the superficial.

Now ... on the OTHER HAND.... as for the concept of the trophy husband....

My wife says I am her 'trophy husband'. She's just trying to figure out what kind of dumb-add contest she won.

 

[yargrnhoj]

A quick HELLO from Turks and Caicos!

I love it, I love it, I love it!!!!!

Glad to hear you are having fun. I keep expecting a post card from you saying "The weather is here, wish you were beautiful".

Umm, Scratch that, reverse it.

 

[yargrnhoj]

You keep missing the important point here.....


Lawyer Rule #1: Never let facts stand in the way of a good argument!

The point that I am right and you are wrong or the point that you are trying to be a cheat and a scalliwag?

Oh wait, I forgot.

Pirate.

 

[yargrnhoj]

But that's only 3.4246575342465753424657534246575 posts per day.....


Just won't do!

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