southernview -- Ray

I'm totally surprised they allow such an operation, drain or not. Maybe someone in the group knows the right people.

Your child really does have a big heart. Apparently he did pick up on a lot of the trouble and pain that others have and that shows his character. However, I for one believe that a lot of that also comes from being raised properly and I would bet that his parents share credit for his obvious unselfishness. I've voted for him, wish I could have caught it earlier so I could have voted more.

When we are leaving from our home in Alabama, we have traveled the I-65, 231, I-10 route many times. Hwy. 231 is a decent road and is only congested in the area around Ozark, AL and Dothan, AL. There is a way to bypass Dothan, but I wouldn't advise someone unfamiliar with the roads to try it, especially after dark. I can give you those directions if you so desire. As far as where to stay, we always use Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs, but from I-10 that would require you to drive a few miles north on I-75 once you got to the I-10, I-75 junction. You might want

I have only saw one of those and it was parked at a house off of the Timpoochee Trail in Seagrove, Florida. The DW and I, stopped to have a good look at it and stayed afraid that the owner would show up and think we were going to steal it. There is a bike shop in Birmingham that sells that particular brand of bike, but I don't remember ever seeing one there. As you say, it looks like it's out of production now, but one might be able to locate a used one. I read some reviews about it and the only negative that I found was the fact that they are heavy. The model pictured weighs 40 pounds,

I thought it was in good taste, I am definitely not thin skinned----if one is, they probably don't need to be on this board anyway. Fact is, the DW and I both got a kick out of the name for the trike---it will now, and forever be known as the "granny cycle". I just thought it might be interesting to know how I came about to ride one in the beginning.

I want to take this opportunity to give you a little history that might explain why I ride a "granny cycle". About 14 years ago I sustained a very serious injury to my right leg. This accident caused a tearing of the Tibia just below the knee joint and a partial separation of the Fibula at its attachment to the Tibia at the knee joint. At the same time this caused serious damage to all of the ligaments within the knee, including the PCL which almost separated from the bone. The ACL was damaged so severely that it required taking a piece of ligament from my left leg in order to use it for rep

Just before a rain shower started this afternoon, I stopped by Meadow Trading Post to check the wi-fi location out at the rear entrance. I actually parked my trike at the front bike rack and walked around the building to the back entrance. I wanted to see if there was power plugs there so I could use my computer from that location. I saw the plugs and immediately walked back around to the front to get my trike and be on my way. As I knew I would only be a minute or so away from the trike, I had left my camera in its basket. When I came around to the front, the rain had just started and w

The 800 loop is almost completely full and the 1000 loop seems to be filling back up. Tomorrow will probably see a change.

If you went by the number of sites that are filled, it looks like they are planning on maintenance for several of them. I was through the 1000 loop Tuesday and it was about three quarters empty. Today, it had gained to a little over a quarter full. There are several loops in here that look deserted. I'll do some more looping on Thursday. ">http://http://s15.photobucket.com/user/Southernview/media/DSC_4965_zpst6dryhac.jpg.html'>

If you went by the number of sites that are filled, it looks like they are planning on maintenance for several of them. I was through the 1000 loop Tuesday and it was about three quarters empty. Today, it had gained to a little over a quarter full. There are several loops in here that look deserted. I'll do some more looping on Thursday.

I always try my tailgater first to see if I can get a good enough signal. Only if I can't get a decent signal, I'll use the cable. For the local stations, I always use my antenna. Much better HD picture.

We will be checking in this coming Sunday and all this talk about the check in prodedure has me wondering what to expect. We haven't been there since last October, so will we stop at a guard shack as has been the case? We have used the back gate to come and go in the past, but I assume that you couldn't use it to check in--is that correct? We decided not to use the online check-in option as I have read on the forum that it has not made a great deal of difference---is that assumption correct? We might have had trouble once or twice over several years checking in, but then only around ho

More truth than fiction in that.

It's been said before and it's one of my favorite sayings---Disney will charge whatever the traffic will bear. I will not be part of that traffic.

I don't know about the rest of the IT world, but there are several indications and a lot of evidence that the banking community is going down a similar road. My DW had worked in IT in the banking industry for almost 30 years, 12 of those being with the last company she worked for and, along with many others, received almost the same treatment as did the Disney workers. The difference was, that they were moving their work to Mexico and they were required to stay and train these new people under the same circumstances as were the Disney people. They sent the people up from Mexico and had t

What roads do you use from Madison to Atlanta Carol?

It would probably be a wasted effort if he did go, this storm is not going to do much wind damage in that area, if any. In fact, the National Hurricane Center says it will probably be downgraded to a tropical depression once it leaves Hispaniola and then might strengthen back up to a minimal tropical storm after that. The latest projection shows it tracking off of the western side of Florida and staying in the open Gulf until making landfall south of Tallahassee. Of course things can change with these storm in a short time, but right now I don't see it doing a great deal of damage to the we

I was at the Fort the following week after 9/11 and the storm you speak of was tropical storm Gabrielle which cut a swath across Florida dumping torrents of rain but it did not become a hurricane until after it exited Florida when it briefly attained minimal cat one status. What I remember most about that stay at Disney was the lowering of the flag at MK on the second Saturday after 9/11. They had a couple of vets assisting the Disney guy and it had drawn one of the largest crowds that I have ever seen. There wasn't a dry eye to be seen in the crowd, including my own. To make it even more

Cool, perhaps we can hook up.

We will be at the Fort near the 21st of September, and when there I usually monitor the WDW repeater a good bit of the time. I don't know if our times will overlap any, but if you hear W4WNP, that's me.

Of course, either selective enforcement or no enforcement of the rules have always been a sticking point, and everyone has a story they could tell about it. We once let a friend and her child stay in a tent behind our trailer and, upon arrival, she brought her car down to the site to unload a few items. Prior to her arrival there was a site across from us that had two cars parked in front of their trailer, (this was before they changed the rules to allow two vehicles), in such a manner as to make it very difficult for anyone to back their trailer into sites on the other side. There was als

We always come in this way and there is very little, if anything, to give away the fact that you are at Disney.

The NHTSA was right on this one, Chrysler was either negligent or their dealers were negligent. I own a 2011 Ram and had all kinds of trouble getting the pinion nut recall done. Chrysler says the recall was first advertised on February 13, 2013, but I didn't get notification of the recall until, sometime in November of that year and the repair didn't take place until October 2, 2014. As a note, I must say that this truck doesn't get daily use and, in fact, sits for long periods of time without being driven. Due to that, I admit to not pursuing the matter as diligently as I probably should

Of course you are right as usual.

I had assumed that the pool being so elaborate was probably the answer. Most likely would be abused since it is so large an area and watching for new arrivals would be so difficult, so checking at the entry points makes sense. Still, one must wonder why entry to the Fort pool isn't checked any better than it is.