Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I'm willing to take credit for the recent increase in the price of the stock. But my deacon was there for 16 nights, 5 people with park hopper plus water parks and he had the full service DDP. Granted he stayed at PC but he still dropped megabucks. He is loaded, I just plan well and don't have much for expenses. >> Some folks just have too much money. I am reminded of that constantly ... but when I hear how some folks 'vacation' it blows my mind. I guarantee you that I paid a fraction of what your decaon paid to take a Transatlantic DCL cruise, spend almost a week in Europe AND then come home work a week and go to WDW/Aquatica for nine days put together. Some folks just aren't savvy travlers or don't care. I have two friends from FLA at DL now. One used PL.com and is staying at a great Doubletree Hotel for $43 a night ... the other friend is staying at Paradise Pier (for the magic I guess) at the CM rate, which is still MORE than THREE TIMES the first friend. Maybe because I have had periods where I have had lots of money and times when I have had very little, I tend to respect the value of it ... I don't tell people how to spend their vacation $$$ unless asked for advice ... but that doesn't mean I don't pass judgment on them behind their backs either! ~Just The Way The Spirit Flows~
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Trust me the man has a ton of money. They do two weeks at WDW every year and another ten days at a lake in NH. He's a realy nice guy. I would not want the stress of his job. Plus he donates a bundle of hours to the church.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Some of us have incredible stress in our jobs, but don't have loads of $$$ to make it easier. ~Everybody Wants To Rule The World~
Originally Posted By dshyates I get to see a lot of recently dead people in my job. Trust me, no extra money for seeing kids killed in fires, teens in traffic, or families murdered in domestic murder/suicides.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Do you ever get immune?>> I would guess if you did, then you'd be losing your humanity. The world is not a magical place. ~Star Tours Take Me Away!~
Originally Posted By dshyates "Do you ever get immune?" Sadly, or not so sadly, yes. I have been known to sit in the satallite truck eating a sandwich watching them remove the bodies from the grisliest scenes. "I would guess if you did, then you'd be losing your humanity." Thank you for assuming that I had any humanitiy to start with. I have gone from a double murder/suicide scene to Fantasyland in less than 2 hours. I leave work at work.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 "Do you ever get immune?" <<Sadly, or not so sadly, yes. I have been known to sit in the satallite truck eating a sandwich watching them remove the bodies from the grisliest scenes.>> That would not work for me ... unless they were bad people who had it coming. Then, I might not have a problem. "I would guess if you did, then you'd be losing your humanity." <<Thank you for assuming that I had any humanitiy to start with.>> I've 'known' you long enough to consider that a given! <<I have gone from a double murder/suicide scene to Fantasyland in less than 2 hours. I leave work at work.>> I don't know which of the above is scarier these days! ~That Turtle Could Have Killed Me~
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<All things must pass.>> Are we talking 'bout your gas issues again? ~Nicolas Cage or Tom Cruise?~
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 The Catholic church is telling all pastors to tell their parishioners to boycott Sorcerer's Apprentice. That aught to increase attendance.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<The Catholic church is telling all pastors to tell their parishioners to boycott Sorcerer's Apprentice. That aught to increase attendance. >> Dumb. Of course, so apparently is the film. But I just don't think telling people what films they should see is the job of the church ... of course, I also don't believe wholesale molestation of young boys should be either. ~Boycotting Eclipse all on my own~
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Unfortunately they never seem to bother to tell the priests to keep their pants on. You can't abort a fetus, but once the child is born, he/she is fair game.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>~Nicolas Cage or Tom Cruise?~<<< The latter will be on Ferguson in joke form, the former in the flesh. Should be amazing.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Of course, so apparently is the film. But I just don't think telling people what films they should see is the job of the church ... of course, I also don't believe wholesale molestation of young boys should be either. << What in the world are you babbeling on about now. Of coarse the Church has every right in the world to speak out on things it has a moral issue with. By the way. The whole world knows about the issues the Catholic Chucrh has had with some pedohiles in it's ranks. Would you condemn all the great Priest out there for the sins of a few. Would you shame an entire religious following of over 1 billion souls out there because a very small percentage of it's leaders have fallen from grace? Now how about those female teachers out there. Will you condemn them for having sex with their young male students or do you secretly wish you would have had a teacher like that? I thought you were a forgiving Spirit?
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<What in the world are you babbeling on about now. Of coarse the Church has every right in the world to speak out on things it has a moral issue with.>> I have plenty of moral issues myself. No one wants to listen to them, so I don't want to listen to news outlets tell me what the church (any church/religious denomination) thinks about anything. I'll go to services if/when I want to know! <<By the way. The whole world knows about the issues the Catholic Chucrh has had with some pedohiles in it's ranks. >> Yep. The church is worse than some creative organizations in places like ... I dunno ... Glendale! <<Would you condemn all the great Priest out there for the sins of a few. Would you shame an entire religious following of over 1 billion souls out there because a very small percentage of it's leaders have fallen from grace?>> Of course not ... but I don't have a high regard for most people, period. Turtles? Maybe. Puppies? Absolutely. Foamheads? They can touch me anywhere! <<Now how about those female teachers out there. Will you condemn them for having sex with their young male students or do you secretly wish you would have had a teacher like that?>> You obviously never saw my teachers!!! <<I thought you were a forgiving Spirit?>> Even this Spirit has his limits (and I think they were long since passed). ~Hey little fanboi, wanna see my ... um ... pins? ;-) ~
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Puppies? Absolutely. << Even if they pee on your 16th century silk Persian rug? >> Foamheads? They can touch me anywhere! << Me too, until I found out Minnie is really played by short dudes. >> You obviously never saw my teachers!!! << Not even one Fox amoung the whole lot? That's sad! >> Even this Spirit has his limits (and I think they were long since passed). << There should never be limits on compassion. >> ~Hey little fanboi, wanna see my ... um ... pins? ;-) ~ << I saw EE's ears perk up!
