Freaky Friday Rants & Raves 6-17
Jun 16th, 2005, 08:46 PM
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Freaky Friday Rants & Raves 6-17
Rant: War with no end. Endless fine Americans lost with no answers or solutions to the problem.
Rave: "Airline"
Rave: The end of the rain....for now.
Jun 16th, 2005, 08:50 PM
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Rant, Jorr, not the end of the rain in N CA. It rained today and rain due tomorrow and the news said that this June is the wettest June in the history of N CA. And a couple of days ago it was in the 90's. Take care.
Jun 16th, 2005, 09:18 PM
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Rant: tis not only Americans dying in Iraq. Your president & our PM should admit their overzealous involvement and get out.
Rant: Cryptic thread titles "Where to Stay" etc.
Rave: won a sizable lottery and plan to visit you (USA) again soon.
Rant: Cryptic thread titles "Where to Stay" etc.
Rave: won a sizable lottery and plan to visit you (USA) again soon.
Jun 17th, 2005, 01:29 AM
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Rant: The rain came back to MA.
Rave: The unbearable heat and humidity are gone.
Rant: Independence Airline. They might be cheap but their ontime record stinks.
Rave: Despite abovesaid airline, my husband made it home veerrryy late last night and will join me in watching our eigth grader "graduate.
Echoing what many of you expressed last week, "seems like just yesterday she was in preschool" etc. She does not seem old enough for high school.
Raves: Monday is MY last day of school!! Hawaii in 2 1/2 weeks!!!
Rave: The unbearable heat and humidity are gone.
Rant: Independence Airline. They might be cheap but their ontime record stinks.
Rave: Despite abovesaid airline, my husband made it home veerrryy late last night and will join me in watching our eigth grader "graduate.
Echoing what many of you expressed last week, "seems like just yesterday she was in preschool" etc. She does not seem old enough for high school.
Raves: Monday is MY last day of school!! Hawaii in 2 1/2 weeks!!!
Jun 17th, 2005, 02:50 AM
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Good Friday morning. The weather here in Central NJ is lovely and cool this morning. The heat wave is finally gone.
Rave: DD #2 graduating from HS in the next week. Then off to college in August.
Rave: Preliminary discussions begun between my husband and a company located in Seattle. (We would love to move to Seattle.)
Rave: My vegetable garden (my first ever) is looking good! I'll have tomatoes and peppers ready to harvest by July.
Rave: Our August trip to San Diego is all planned and the plane tickets are paid for by FF miles. And we're traveling 1st class. Yippie!
No rants except the news....
Have a wonderful weekend and a happy Fathers Day to all who are Dads.
Rave: DD #2 graduating from HS in the next week. Then off to college in August.
Rave: Preliminary discussions begun between my husband and a company located in Seattle. (We would love to move to Seattle.)
Rave: My vegetable garden (my first ever) is looking good! I'll have tomatoes and peppers ready to harvest by July.
Rave: Our August trip to San Diego is all planned and the plane tickets are paid for by FF miles. And we're traveling 1st class. Yippie!
No rants except the news....
Have a wonderful weekend and a happy Fathers Day to all who are Dads.
Jun 17th, 2005, 03:45 AM
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Rant: Deteriorating health of 2 loved ones: my mom, 87, and my yellow lab, 12. Mom is now in a nursing home, still having a difficult recovery from aspiration pneumonia since April. Dog was just diagnosed with intestinal lymphoma, undergoing chemo, but with a grave prognosis even if temporary remission is achieved. We are heartbroken...
Rave: Both of these loved ones had previously enjoyed full and active lives.
Rant: the media's fascination with missing or abducted WHITE girls/women, while literally thousands of others from many ethnic backgrounds are missing every day without getting the same publicity.
Rave: just found out that I will be accompanying DH on his business trip to Nice in late September, and we will build a southern France trip around this! (Will be asking lots of questions on the European boards!)
Rave: Summer!
Rave: Both of these loved ones had previously enjoyed full and active lives.
Rant: the media's fascination with missing or abducted WHITE girls/women, while literally thousands of others from many ethnic backgrounds are missing every day without getting the same publicity.
Rave: just found out that I will be accompanying DH on his business trip to Nice in late September, and we will build a southern France trip around this! (Will be asking lots of questions on the European boards!)
Rave: Summer!
Jun 17th, 2005, 04:16 AM
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Rant/Rave: 5 year old son graduates from pre-school this afternoon. My eldest will go to 4th grade in the fall. I wish I could stop the clock and just enjoy this for awhile. It is going too fast.
Rant/Rave: My DH and two sons will leave for Bottineau, North Dakota to visit grandparents on June 22. My DH will return on the 26th and my two sons will return via car with their grandfather 3 weeks later. The eldest went last summer for 2 weeks and had a wonderful, wonderful time. That is the only reason I am letting them go for so long. They will have wonderful memories of these trips. Heavy sigh...
Rave: Planning for two long weekend trips for the summer - one to Philadelphia and one to Baltimore followed by a week of tent camping on Skyline Drive.
Rant: Fodorites who are experiencing difficult times. Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Rant/Rave: My DH and two sons will leave for Bottineau, North Dakota to visit grandparents on June 22. My DH will return on the 26th and my two sons will return via car with their grandfather 3 weeks later. The eldest went last summer for 2 weeks and had a wonderful, wonderful time. That is the only reason I am letting them go for so long. They will have wonderful memories of these trips. Heavy sigh...
Rave: Planning for two long weekend trips for the summer - one to Philadelphia and one to Baltimore followed by a week of tent camping on Skyline Drive.
Rant: Fodorites who are experiencing difficult times. Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Jun 17th, 2005, 04:38 AM
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Rave: Enjoying vegetables and fruit from our garden. Last night had freshly picked tomatoes, squash, and blueberries.
Rant: House is too quiet, since visiting grandchildren (and grand-puppies) went home!
Rave: Planning my high school reunion get-together to be at our home in July.
Best wishes, everybody.
Byrd
Rant: House is too quiet, since visiting grandchildren (and grand-puppies) went home!
Rave: Planning my high school reunion get-together to be at our home in July.
Best wishes, everybody.
Byrd
Jun 17th, 2005, 05:02 AM
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Rant: Being in a non-airconditioned school buildings when the heat index reaches 105! Thankfully the student I was assessing was not receiving formal testing -- it would have been ugly, very ugly!
Rave: Our heat and humidity (hate that humidity folks) broke! Cool, sunny, and in the 50s this morning
Rave: My container garden is growing by leaps and bounds -- tomatoes starting to appear and the pepper plants are HUGE! No watering for me today -- rain was so heavy last night I was afraid the plants would snap. Thankfully they didn't!
Rant: Professors who have insecurity problems -- get over yourself and your condescending attitude, please! Your are giving your students ulcers while trying to prove yourself. Student reviews are coming soon...they carry a lot of weight...I would re-think your current approach....
Rant: Fodors friends who are having difficulties...whether it is health, family, or job, keep positive! Sending good wishes to you all
Rave: My sons "cooked" for me the other night! It was very sweet of them as they know I am about ready to crack under certain pressures. I thank God for them...they make me laugh when I think there is absolutely no reason to.
To all those who are fathers and fathers-at-heart, Happy Father's Day!
Wishing everyone a peaceful weekend
Rave: Our heat and humidity (hate that humidity folks) broke! Cool, sunny, and in the 50s this morning
Rave: My container garden is growing by leaps and bounds -- tomatoes starting to appear and the pepper plants are HUGE! No watering for me today -- rain was so heavy last night I was afraid the plants would snap. Thankfully they didn't!
Rant: Professors who have insecurity problems -- get over yourself and your condescending attitude, please! Your are giving your students ulcers while trying to prove yourself. Student reviews are coming soon...they carry a lot of weight...I would re-think your current approach....
Rant: Fodors friends who are having difficulties...whether it is health, family, or job, keep positive! Sending good wishes to you all
Rave: My sons "cooked" for me the other night! It was very sweet of them as they know I am about ready to crack under certain pressures. I thank God for them...they make me laugh when I think there is absolutely no reason to.
To all those who are fathers and fathers-at-heart, Happy Father's Day!
Wishing everyone a peaceful weekend
Jun 17th, 2005, 05:10 AM
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Rave: Having a great summer visit with DH's teen daughter. Lots of fun and laughs.
Rave: It's Friday and I can finally be "off" with the two of them for the weekend.
Rave: Just enough rain here at night to keep the island nice and green.
Rave: Calm, clear ocean waters of late. Perfect for snorkeling and spending time at the beach.
No rants this week, but I do send good wishes and thoughts to any of my Fodorite friends who are dealing with illnesses and other tough times in their lives.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Rave: It's Friday and I can finally be "off" with the two of them for the weekend.
Rave: Just enough rain here at night to keep the island nice and green.
Rave: Calm, clear ocean waters of late. Perfect for snorkeling and spending time at the beach.
No rants this week, but I do send good wishes and thoughts to any of my Fodorite friends who are dealing with illnesses and other tough times in their lives.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Jun 17th, 2005, 05:10 AM
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it's friday!
rave: everything is going smoothly in the new apartment! shopping for it is fun! \/
rave: my sister is moving to london for her new s.o!
rave: fathers day this w'end.
rave: youngest brother is graduating from high school. jeez...i thought it was me who changed his diapers. ;-)
rave: beach this weekend!
rant: none to speak of at the moment!
:-"
rave: everything is going smoothly in the new apartment! shopping for it is fun! \
/rave: my sister is moving to london for her new s.o!
rave: fathers day this w'end.
rave: youngest brother is graduating from high school. jeez...i thought it was me who changed his diapers. ;-)
rave: beach this weekend!
rant: none to speak of at the moment!
:-"
Jun 17th, 2005, 05:30 AM
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Rant - hubby just this minute was off on a business trip - to ROME!!! - and I couldn't go with him 
Rant - unemployment (a double whammy for me)
Rave - family and friends who are very supportive
We are actually getting some rain this year in the western part of Canada -the past few years have been very drought-like, so this is good - to a point - you know the saying - when it rains it pours - no middle ground it seems!! Ah well. . . .
Best wishes to your mom Margot55.
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there!! May your kids always love you!!
(Oh how I miss my Dad, and I'm a middle-aged boomer . . . ).
Rant - unemployment (a double whammy for me)
Rave - family and friends who are very supportive
We are actually getting some rain this year in the western part of Canada -the past few years have been very drought-like, so this is good - to a point - you know the saying - when it rains it pours - no middle ground it seems!! Ah well. . . .
Best wishes to your mom Margot55.
Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there!! May your kids always love you!!
(Oh how I miss my Dad, and I'm a middle-aged boomer . . . ).
Jun 17th, 2005, 05:33 AM
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Rave: Our househunting trip to Portland is booked.
Rave: By the middle of August we will be Portlanders.
Rave: my tomato plant is taller than I and gives us 2 tomatoes a day , I feel like such a farmer!
Rave: my children are well.
My heart goes out to the mothers and fathers of children all around this world, who are in harms way, who are missing , and who have died. No parent should outlive their child.
Wishing all of Fodorville a lovely safe weekend
Rave: By the middle of August we will be Portlanders.
Rave: my tomato plant is taller than I and gives us 2 tomatoes a day , I feel like such a farmer!
Rave: my children are well.
My heart goes out to the mothers and fathers of children all around this world, who are in harms way, who are missing , and who have died. No parent should outlive their child.
Wishing all of Fodorville a lovely safe weekend
Jun 17th, 2005, 05:33 AM
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Stupid non-travel threads like this one. From Fodor's:
Please keep to the topic -- travel. ... We reserve the right to delete any post and disqualify any screen name for any reason.
Editors, where are you?
Please keep to the topic -- travel. ... We reserve the right to delete any post and disqualify any screen name for any reason.
Editors, where are you?
Jun 17th, 2005, 05:53 AM
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gekko, gekko, gekko...that you were even half as cute and lovable as the little guys whose name you took as your own!
Rave: Another beautiful sunshiny day in south Texas. With humidity so low compared to FL where we lived until March...it actually has actually felt comfortable here. We've just this week turned on our A/C!
No rants, other than for those here whose lives have taken some bumpy turns of late. Hopefully better times are right around the corner.
To all the Dads among us...Happy Father's Day! Hope your day is terrific, whatever you do. My own DH will play golf in the morning, followed by that blasted golf tournament in the afternoon. That might be a rant, but he deserves all that and more. I'll not say a word--this one time!
Rave: Another beautiful sunshiny day in south Texas. With humidity so low compared to FL where we lived until March...it actually has actually felt comfortable here. We've just this week turned on our A/C!
No rants, other than for those here whose lives have taken some bumpy turns of late. Hopefully better times are right around the corner.
To all the Dads among us...Happy Father's Day! Hope your day is terrific, whatever you do. My own DH will play golf in the morning, followed by that blasted golf tournament in the afternoon. That might be a rant, but he deserves all that and more. I'll not say a word--this one time!
Jun 17th, 2005, 05:53 AM
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Happy Friday! 
Rave: We survived our vacation with friends in Key West. Had fun in spite of them, but were happy to be home again last Sunday.
Rave: I'm about to open a new business, partnering with my soon to be former boss. I'm very excited about the challenges of this new venture. A fantastic opportunity for me!
Rant: Not enough hours in the day to do all I want & need to do right now! That includes my Key West trip report!
Happy Weekend Fodorites! Trish
Rave: We survived our vacation with friends in Key West. Had fun in spite of them, but were happy to be home again last Sunday.
Rave: I'm about to open a new business, partnering with my soon to be former boss. I'm very excited about the challenges of this new venture. A fantastic opportunity for me!
Rant: Not enough hours in the day to do all I want & need to do right now! That includes my Key West trip report!
Happy Weekend Fodorites! Trish
Jun 17th, 2005, 06:05 AM
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Rave: the FFRR tradition, which fosters a Fodors community and brings people to the board on Fridays -- where they might actually read and post on other threads, too.
Correlative rant: killjoy curmudgeons who are annoyed by FFRR but can't resist posting anyway but who should look at the larger picture, here (see rave above).
Rave: lovely weekend predicted -- cooler, dryer -- for Fathers' Day Weekend.
Rant: son won't be around for F's Day and my own father died in 1960 -- I always miss him, even 45 years later. Wish he could meet and get to know my son.
Rave: A great son; Dad would love him. Dad loved travel - died too young to go to all the places he used to read about (Lowell Thomas, etc.); son took me/us to Italy, loves to travel, too.
Happy Fathers' Day to all Fodor Dads!!
Correlative rant: killjoy curmudgeons who are annoyed by FFRR but can't resist posting anyway but who should look at the larger picture, here (see rave above).
Rave: lovely weekend predicted -- cooler, dryer -- for Fathers' Day Weekend.
Rant: son won't be around for F's Day and my own father died in 1960 -- I always miss him, even 45 years later. Wish he could meet and get to know my son.
Rave: A great son; Dad would love him. Dad loved travel - died too young to go to all the places he used to read about (Lowell Thomas, etc.); son took me/us to Italy, loves to travel, too.
Happy Fathers' Day to all Fodor Dads!!
