Useless Conversation

[Xanthippe]

I always associated Norwalk with foodborne transmission.  Perhaps my memory is failing.

It can be transmitted by food handlers who have it and don't wash their hands.  It can also be transmitted person to person, or by touching things a sick person has touched. 

I suspect my daughter got it at school, and that my son got it from her.  (He's a little casual about handwashing).

[Nebu]

He's a little casual about handwashing.

He's a kid.  He's supposed to be!

I'm sorry they're down sick.  That's a nightmare for you, especially this busy time of year.

[Rasix]

Fuck norovirus.  Fuck sleeping in 20 minute shifts.  Fuck cleaning up and running the washer.

Both kids down this week with it - one Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, the other last night/this morning (right when I thought we'd all escaped).

Thank goodness for chlorine bleach and Depends, though.  And hot running water, washing machines, and forced air heating.  I can only imagine the hell this caused 100 years ago.

Really hoping this is one we're immune to.

Yah, I got that or something similar 3 times in a 4 month period last year.  It just kept coming back.  God that was miserable.

[ghost]

I always associated Norwalk with foodborne transmission.  Perhaps my memory is failing.

It can be transmitted by food handlers who have it and don't wash their hands.  It can also be transmitted person to person, or by touching things a sick person has touched. 

I suspect my daughter got it at school, and that my son got it from her.  (He's a little casual about handwashing).

It can also be passed by aerosol, e.g. after toilet flushing or from vomiting, but it isn't as likely.

[Viin]

Yeah, I'm skipping 2012. I'm going to give them time to polish that all up before we go back.

Also, still waiting for that F13 Disney world meetup. I want matching shirts dammit!

We are doing a Pacific Disney cruise next Oct I think ... I'd prefer the Caribbean but friends of ours who live in western MX want to join us.

[Yegolev]

The 20,000 Leagues ride was dumb.  Also claustrophobic per firsthand reports.  I didn't ride it, it was already closed when I first went in 1997.  The thing that you would more properly be annoyed at being removed is ToonTown.  Although it was not totally incredible, it was a nice play area for little kids with a baby roller coaster (that is staying in the new area) and character meeting area as the defining characteristics.  Another side-effect was the repurposing of the Hundred Acre Wood play area into the interactive queue for the Winnie The Pooh ride, which I think is fantastic.

I'm not entirely sure if they retire things based on story recognition.  Splash Mountain is still there, for example.  Whose kids have seen the movie that is based on?

[IainC]

When we collected the bird from the vet's office, there was a loose kitten roaming around that tried to get into the crate with the hawk. That would have ended... poorly.

There's some video of the release as well here.

Awesome stuff. Though I must say the first comment on your Facebook confuses me a wee bit.

You mean the Peter Murphy news?

Peter Murphy was the frontman of the seminal post-punk art rock (because Goth didn't even exist back then) band Bauhaus. Now he's going to have a cameo in the next Twilight movie.

[Merusk]

I'm not entirely sure if they retire things based on story recognition.  Splash Mountain is still there, for example.  Whose kids have seen the movie that is based on?

None because Disney was really uncomfortable with the controversy around the movie.  Wiki seems to indicate that it's doomed to never be seen in more than clips and snippets as even Disney's own execs all it offensive and antiquated.  I was surprised that they used the characters in Splash Mountain at all.   I think we were the last US generation to see it, and that was the re-release in 1986.  - Though Wiki also indicates the film was released on Video in Japan and is in public domain there, so that could be why they used the characters.  Some Japanese kids have definitely seen it and there was always a large Asian contingent at Disney prior to Disney Tokyo & Hong Kong opening.

Rides themselves are cycled due to popularity and maintenance according to the last documentary I saw.  20,000 Leagues was always popular with kids, but was a maintenance nightmare of leaky subs and power problems.   I remember it being down more than up when I used to go every year as a kid.  If you want to ride the old ride they converted the one in Disneyland to a Nemo-themed ride.

That doesn't explain why Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was killed while Snow White remains, though it was probably due to the hyper-litigious society we now have.  You'd get fairly beat-up on Mr. Toad.

[rattran]

Song of the South got a good transfer to LD in Japan, sells for big bucks but there's a rip of it floating around on the interweb in the usual places.

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah all day

[Ingmar]

I have a friend who owns it, it is actually mostly pretty tame with just a few spots of  .

EDIT: Regarding Mr. Toad, I am sure the evangelicals hated it. You do end up in hell during the ride, after all.

[Furiously]

When we collected the bird from the vet's office, there was a loose kitten roaming around that tried to get into the crate with the hawk. That would have ended... poorly.

There's some video of the release as well here.

Awesome stuff. Though I must say the first comment on your Facebook confuses me a wee bit.

You mean the Peter Murphy news?

Peter Murphy was the frontman of the seminal post-punk art rock (because Goth didn't even exist back then) band Bauhaus. Now he's going to have a cameo in the next Twilight movie.

His solo career was much more awesome.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goatqG0Qjqk&feature=related Is one of my favorite songs.  And of course who doesn't like the song with the longest intro ever? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRJfIPiJGY

[Bunk]

Just finished the last performance review I have to write for the year.

 

We had employees fill in their own self reviews first. They were entertaining.

[Yegolev]

That doesn't explain why Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was killed while Snow White remains, though it was probably due to the hyper-litigious society we now have.  You'd get fairly beat-up on Mr. Toad.

I'm not sure.  Pooh's popularity meant someone had to die, and it was Toad.  He does at least have a cameo in the ride, if you know where to look.

The ride you should be suing over is DINOSAUR!.  After the boy rode it, we all said it was the worst ride ever and would never ride it again.  Bonus, we were able to honestly tell him "this ride much better than DINOSAUR!", so he actually broke into rollercoasters.  He rode almost everything in the last trip, and the only thrill ride he hasn't yet done is Everest.

Test Track still sucks.

[Sand]

That doesn't explain why Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was killed while Snow White remains, though it was probably due to the hyper-litigious society we now have.  You'd get fairly beat-up on Mr. Toad.

I'm not sure.  Pooh's popularity meant someone had to die, and it was Toad.  He does at least have a cameo in the ride, if you know where to look.

The ride you should be suing over is DINOSAUR!.  After the boy rode it, we all said it was the worst ride ever and would never ride it again.  Bonus, we were able to honestly tell him "this ride much better than DINOSAUR!", so he actually broke into rollercoasters.  He rode almost everything in the last trip, and the only thrill ride he hasn't yet done is Everest.

Test Track still sucks.

Yes and Yes.
Dinosaur I think busted one of my kidney's and Test Track  standing in line for forty minutes for one 4 minute loop around the track is not cool.

[Minvaren]

...but I liked Test Track...   

[Furiously]

Test track is fun. Is Kim possible still going? That was a hoot.

[Sky]

Fuck test track. I grew up a country mile from a go-cart track run by the kids across the street.

[Chimpy]

Fuck the Rat!

[Xanthippe]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the spouse is felled by gastroenteritis.

Stupid nasty bug.  At least the kids are fine now.

[Sand]

Test track is fun. Is Kim possible still going? That was a hoot.

They had that going in Epcot as something to occupy kids to distract them from all the "boring" foreign country areas that adults dig.
I did my own mission in Epcot as it was the final weekend of the Food and Wine Fest. Eat as much as possible with out the need for medical intervention. I succeeded! 

[Minvaren]

Well, the cactus mead finally started fermenting.  Guess I need to double up on yeast next time, as it's especially rich.

Entering busy brewing season around the holidays.

This week:

- making a birthday lager (now with starter!) this afternoon
- starting a blackberry mead
- starting the xmas beer (light wheat ale)

Next month:

- bottling the xmas mead (and shipping half of it)
- bottling the xmas beer
- starting next year's mead (no ideas yet)
- bottling the latest wheat wine (another 6 months to drinkable)

In between:

- bottle stuff I've already made.
- drink stuff I've already bottled.  

[JWIV]

I completely meant to add to the food porn thread today, but I forgot to take pictures of the two batches of wings I did up for hosting football today.  One set was a simple honey barbecue (the penzey's bbq 3000 has a nice kick to it) the other was me being a bit fancy with an indian inspiried wing that I had marinated overnight in yogurt/cumin/curry and a few other things and then served with a dip made from apricot preserves with lime zest+juice.     

[Cyrrex]

That doesn't explain why Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was killed while Snow White remains, though it was probably due to the hyper-litigious society we now have.  You'd get fairly beat-up on Mr. Toad.

I'm not sure.  Pooh's popularity meant someone had to die, and it was Toad.  He does at least have a cameo in the ride, if you know where to look.

The ride you should be suing over is DINOSAUR!.  After the boy rode it, we all said it was the worst ride ever and would never ride it again.  Bonus, we were able to honestly tell him "this ride much better than DINOSAUR!", so he actually broke into rollercoasters.  He rode almost everything in the last trip, and the only thrill ride he hasn't yet done is Everest.

Test Track still sucks.

Yes and Yes.
Dinosaur I think busted one of my kidney's and Test Track  standing in line for forty minutes for one 4 minute loop around the track is not cool.

Dinosaur?  That's not the one that is in Animal Kingdom where you go back in time, is it?  Because that is one of the coolest rides I've ever seen.

[Sand]

Yes.  Yes, it was very cool. Every time the vehicle lurched to a stop or left or right I thought I was going to lose an internal organ.

[Cyrrex]

Worth losing an organ over, in my opinion.  Cool ass ride.

[Merusk]

Entering busy brewing season around the holidays.

Not quite the same, but we decided to try home brewing Root Beer last night after I replaced the garbage disposal (ugh.).  I'm hoping that the son - who wanted to help very badly - didn't spill too much of the yeast when he was pouring it into the mixing bowl. 

[Yegolev]

The main reasons that Test Track sucks include:
I drive faster than that taking the boy to school every morning.
Stupid queue line.  Although they did silence the door impact test; when it first opened we had to endure that for the entire fucking hour.  GG GM.

We have already covered DINOSAUR! and it comes down to whether or not you lost an item/loved one or sustained some injury, and if you are easily impressed.  I would suggest trying Star Tours instead, or a couple rides at Universal: Spiderman and Harry Potter.

[Sky]

I completely meant to add to the food porn thread today, but I forgot to take pictures of the two batches of wings I did up for hosting football today.  One set was a simple honey barbecue (the penzey's bbq 3000 has a nice kick to it) the other was me being a bit fancy with an indian inspiried wing that I had marinated overnight in yogurt/cumin/curry and a few other things and then served with a dip made from apricot preserves with lime zest+juice.     

Call me a NYer, but if I don't see a big bowl of trademark buffalo wings, shit gets real. I don't mind tasting different styles, but you should always have a core of the traditional franks+butter laden goodness.

[ghost]

Star Tours make me vomit.

[Yegolev]

Then don't ride fucking DINOSAUR!

[Ironwood]

So, it turns out Breast cancer sucks.

I'm glad I was unusually reticent and didn't go with my natural impulse to ask about the hat.

 

[JWIV]

I completely meant to add to the food porn thread today, but I forgot to take pictures of the two batches of wings I did up for hosting football today.  One set was a simple honey barbecue (the penzey's bbq 3000 has a nice kick to it) the other was me being a bit fancy with an indian inspiried wing that I had marinated overnight in yogurt/cumin/curry and a few other things and then served with a dip made from apricot preserves with lime zest+juice.     

Call me a NYer, but if I don't see a big bowl of trademark buffalo wings, shit gets real. I don't mind tasting different styles, but you should always have a core of the traditional franks+butter laden goodness.

Franks makes for great wing sauce.   It's just after 2 seasons of doing football hosting, I have to mix things up a bit to keep it interesting.   

[ghost]

Then don't ride fucking DINOSAUR!

I will absolutely never ride the dinosaur.

[Ingmar]

Then don't ride fucking DINOSAUR!

I will absolutely never ride the dinosaur.

You should walk it instead.

[ghost]

Then don't ride fucking DINOSAUR!

I will absolutely never ride the dinosaur.

You should walk it instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk