Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<So...when ya heading back?>> Sometime in October before I head to Asia. <<Depends on when someone will offer him a free meal.>> I'm actually planning on taking a few friends out, I'll have you know. ... But it would still be nice to get a few free meals too! ~It isn't too late to sign up for the 'Take a Spirit to Dinner' Program ... fully tax deductable too!~
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 You're going to take them, but who's paying?? Sorry, I'm grumpy, the state of Mass declared a state of emergency for hurricane Earl, everything on tv was about Earl. We maybe got 5 drops of rain here, even my daughter who lives just northeast of Boston said she was out walking her dog during it.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>I'm actually planning on taking a few friends out, I'll have you know. ... But it would still be nice to get a few free meals too!<<< Is this why you want me to email Lee!? YAY! :-D >>>Sorry, I'm grumpy, the state of Mass declared a state of emergency for hurricane Earl, everything on tv was about Earl. We maybe got 5 drops of rain here, even my daughter who lives just northeast of Boston said she was out walking her dog during it.<<< I was worried for you guys...and then it turned out to be nothing. LOL. Glad you are getting your share of alarmist weather media, though. In Miami, if so much as a cloud farts in the Caribbean, we have a "Severe Weather Alert", as my Dad crudely, but accurately states.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<You're going to take them, but who's paying??>> Me, of course. When I TAKE someone out, I PAY for them. I am many things, but a cheap Spirit isn't one of them! <<Sorry, I'm grumpy,>> It's kewl. Disney has loads of merchandise themed for ya! ;-) <<the state of Mass declared a state of emergency for hurricane Earl, everything on tv was about Earl. We maybe got 5 drops of rain here, even my daughter who lives just northeast of Boston said she was out walking her dog during it. >> I guess it's the better safe than sorry approach. And I'd rather see a hurricane go anywhere in the USA (except New Orleans) than here ... we've had enough this past decade. Let it be someone else's turn. But weather hysteria is good for local TV ratings, so they always overhype. In LA, it was the extreme heat and flash floods and t-storms in the high desert ... ~Nasty thunderstorm happening here right now!~
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>~Nasty thunderstorm happening here right now!~<<< Goes well with the Fireworks over Dolphin Staduim. Marlins are playing. ~Lightening and Pyro make for a kewl night~
Originally Posted By Labuda "Me, of course. When I TAKE someone out, I PAY for them. I am many things, but a cheap Spirit isn't one of them!" Ok, so... next time I'm in WDW, you'll be there and take me out to V&A as a thank you for introducing you to their fine cuisine on the trip on which I gave you a free place to stay.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Sorry, I'm grumpy, the state of Mass declared a state of emergency for hurricane Earl, everything on tv was about Earl. We maybe got 5 drops of rain here, even my daughter who lives just northeast of Boston said she was out walking her dog during it. << The media, and the Government love to hype things up just to make you feel like they are providing a service to you. You should see how bad it is here. The local news starts hyping anything the minute that it forms in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa. It's always a study in Armegaddon 101.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Sorry, I'm grumpy << Want to wear my Grumpy hat that my wife got me at WDW?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I guess it's the better safe than sorry approach. And I'd rather see a hurricane go anywhere in the USA (except New Orleans) than here ... we've had enough this past decade. Let it be someone else's turn. << No thanks. We got Rita in 2005, and Ike in 2008! Not to mention the half a dozen tropical storms that flooded the city in that time frame.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Me, of course. When I TAKE someone out, I PAY for them. I am many things, but a cheap Spirit isn't one of them! << I hope it's better than the cold left over pizza, and luke warm tap water they get when visiting you at your house!
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Where in Tex are you, Pierce? Didn't know you were in the path of any of our storms... And Hermine has formed, too.
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Thanks for the offer Pierce, but my husband wears the Grumpy hat, either that or the "Don't Tread On Me" hat. Cheerful guy. Funny that his Gemini twin daughter chose Happy for her LP name. Wonder if the Welcome Foolish Mortal tee would fit her???
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Where in Tex are you, Pierce? Didn't know you were in the path of any of our storms... << I live outside of Houston.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Ahh. Good luck with Gaston, I think...He's set to go south of us.
Originally Posted By MPierce I know they are already hyping it here. They always like to show the computer generated models having the storm hitting us head on. It always boost their ratings.
Originally Posted By MPierce A couple of inches, plus a lot of lighetning. Houston is honeycombed with Bayous. When it rains it normally floods somewhere here. There are sections of our interstates that can get 15 feet of standing water at under passes. You do not want to be here when we get heavy rains. It's not as bad as a hurricane, but it still sucks big time.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer Sounds like a regular day in Miami. ;-) Our backyard floods if it drizzles. Lake Explorer.
