Bazza Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Re: The Last Word like next semester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Re: The Last Word Yeah, you got that right, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Re: The Last Word Welcome back, Cancer. I wouldn't mind going to Florida. Maybe Key West again. But we've pretty much done that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Re: The Last Word Florida? Well, hmph. I take my welcome back. Okay, I don't. It was pretty nice here last week, actually. Weirdly so; we set a record high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Re: The Last Word We were gone 2 weeks, of which we spent the last 3 nights at the Swan on the Disney resort complex. (We were told they have the best beds, and the beds were indeed very, very nice.) The rest of the time we stayed in Cocoa Beach, the first 4 nights in an OK not great hotel, the week in the middle in a condo I found on the web. Both were on the beach, which (if you have ever been to Cocoa Beach) describes most of the town . The root purpose of the trip was to see the launch of STS-122 (on which Stan Love, a friend and a gamer, is making his first flight, and from whom we had a personal invitation), hence the emphasis on the Cape Canaveral area. It was the first time ever in Florida for all of us (me, my wife, and my two kids). The first launch attempt was scrubbed literally as we got to the front of the line to present our tickets to get into the Cape Kennedy visitor center area on the nominal day of the launch, about 6.5 hours before the launch was to occur, and 2.5 hours before we were to take a bus out to the VIP viewing area; that was a Thursday. The following Sunday they scrubbed the launch until January. The smiley does not begin to express the disappointment. We got back home after a 6-hour flight last night about 10:15 PM Seattle time (1AM biological time). Today was the deadline for fall quarter course grades, so I came in today to make sure everything was taken care of, and then to stow the fall quarter stuff, and break out the winter quarter stuff. It has not been a terribly productive day. I can reconstruct what we did down there, but that'll go in another post. I have to get the pictures off the cameras this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Re: The Last Word I am unsurprised you took a vacation for astronomical purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Re: The Last Word Y'know, I don't lump manned space flight in with "astronomical", but it was, probably, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I'm hoping Stan will go up on a second mission in a couple years, when our finances and off-time accruals have recovered so we can make another trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word And a real welcome back as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Stan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word astronaut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Florida? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Holiday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Stan? Stan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Hey, he's kinda cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word He is, in a surfer-dude sort of way. His wife's cute too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word He kinda reminds me of my brother-in-law, in a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Woo, actual clips from Dogtown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word My brain ... well, specifically, my motivation ... is still in Florida waiting for the damned Shuttle launch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word . . . Did you remember to pack your soul for the return trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word AFAIK, the Devil never took it out of its packing crate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word So it's smelling of styrofoam? Just typical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Actually, I'd be surprised if it smelled that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Burning styrofoam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word Add in some rat feces and day-old vomit, and you're beginning to get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Re: The Last Word My brain ... well' date=' specifically, my motivation ... is still in Florida waiting for the damned Shuttle launch. [/quote'] Mine's in bed, fast asleep, if my current state of wakefulness is any indication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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