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[QUOTE=GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes;47294552]Cleveland was better then 500 miles from our home (and somewhere we weren’t likely to travel to purposely), it was only about 200 miles from where I was currently standing. All at once the venture seemed doable to me.[/QUOET] Do it! Do it! True love makes you go a little crazy sometimes. Quote:
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I will go ahead and admit my relative musical illiteracy compared to my movie knowledge. So most of this stuff goes over my head. However, the important question is--was the bride happy?
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01-24-2013, 08:54 PM
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See I even set you up and everything. I’ll apologize for that one though. I didn’t mean to imply that your alma mater was a heartless multibillion-dollar business known for abusing its illegal workforce and selling water engorged inferior industrial poultry. That would be quite the slight if I’d have meant it. But then again… At least I was one of the few to actually defend the institution when the suggestion was made that it be referred to as “Pur-Don’t”. I believe that one actually forced a change in allegiance from neutrality to sworn opposition. Quote:
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Here you tell him babe… See…“Yah it was me.” I did want to go as well, but… my inseparable relationship with music is the actual music; the listening and more so the creating. The things and stuff of celebrities… that’s not so important to me unless it has a true historical implication about it. Garments worn by such-n-such a vocalist during this-or-that stage appearance… Ehhh… The actual first homemade four-track recording device… That’s more like it. The bulk of what’s in the HoF is closer to the first one then the second, which makes it more of a draw to the “Entertainment Tonight” folks and less of one to the propeller-heads and working players. I’d still recommend that everyone check it out for themselves as there is much to see, but everyone will be drawn to rather different aspects of the collection. Quote:
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The reply was an invitation to meet Nixon in the oval office, the presentation of a custom made honorary FBI Agent’s badge (which is in the same display case) and a subtle: “Thanks for the offer, we’ll get back to you on that real soon”. “Zed… I could be agent ‘M’” “Aaaaa… you’re breaking up… I can’t hear you” Quote:
Joe was speaking of a guitar (that is named in honor of the particular musician and innovator in question), but having Disney on the brain is a prerequisite for even being on these boards in the first place, so we can go with that. 
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As for making my Lovely happy… Mission accomplished. And I may have had just a little bit of fun myself I mean, it was and adventure. What more do I really need?
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I am not ignoring your update. We were busy all weekend and then I came down with the stomach flu on Monday and just went back to work today. I had no energy to DIS or anything. I hope to catch up tomorrow.
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Yellow Corn:  The most common stuff and can be used for pretty much anything corn goes into but primarily animal feed, ethanol and whiskey, and exports. We grow yellow corn which is what the elevator I work at deals with. The corn here is mostly shipped to a plant in Loudon, TN to be turned into sweetener. White Corn:  Basically the same stuff as yellow corn, only less pigment. Used for the corn foods you buy that lack that yellow color... tortillas, chips, cereals, etc. We used to grow white corn for a long time. It is a more valuable product, but requires extra care in handling the grain as it has tighter quality controls. Also the buyer we sold to only took white corn 1 day a week and loads had to be scheduled. Between the extra work it took to care for and sell the stuff and the yield drag on white corn vs. yellow corn, we stopped raising it because the whole "value added" product thing just wasn't penciling out. Waxy Corn:  Pretty much the same thing as yellow corn, but specifically bred for starch content. There's a lot of it grown around here, and it would take too long to explain, so if you actually want more info, this is pretty good. Similar to White Corn in the sense that it is a more valuable product, but tends to have a lower yield and more quality and disease issues in the plant. Pop Corn:  This stuff is also grown quite a bit around here. Dad actually grew a lot of it when I was little. Again, like the white corn, it got to the point that it didn't seem quite as feasible to grow it with a decreasing premium as the requirements got tighter. And since you want to be like Barry and take shots at Purdue, let me just point out a well known alum...  Sweet Corn:  This one is my personal favorite. We don't commercially market much of it, but we plant a few acres for a non-profit organization that sells it each summer and we do raise a few acres just for our personal use... and sell a few dozen ears here and there if requested. By the way, home grown sweet corn that is bagged and frozen is way better than anything you'll ever buy in a store or get at a restaurant. Now, some people apparently don't realize that sweet corn and yellow corn in the field are completely different. I've caught people stopping at corn fields to go pull ears of corn about the time of year sweet corn is in season. I could make a big deal out of the fact that it is trespassing or theft, but I know when they get home, cook that corn and bite into it... well, I just have to smile.  There are other types of corn, but that's the main stuff you'd see in the eastern cornbelt in the US. You might have seen some seedbed preparation going on back in April, unless of course that rain you were driving rhough was so widespread it stopped that work.  And as for the GMO (Genetically Modified Organism), non GMO, etc, etc... well, I don't want to start that argument here. I have no problem with GMO products. It is technology and it has come by leaps and bounds. Research has gone into it and it is perfectly safe. In fact, I took a course in college that dealt with GMO's and looked at the biotechnology side of them, the safety side of them and the social aspect of them. It was a very interesting class and one that I paid attention to and got a lot out of... and actually paying attention was a real challenge in that class. I sat next to one of Playboy's Girls of the Big Ten.   Everything we grow on our farm has had GMO traits for several years now. Even in this year's drought, we managed to get 80 bushels/acre on our corn, which is half of average. It is the worst corn crop we've ever had, but it was the worst drought since the dust bowl. If it wasn't for the technology that has gone into coming up with better seed hybrids and new traits over the past 10 - 12 years, we would have been lucky to even have half of the 80 bushels we had with as little rain and as much heat as we saw. Corn just doesn't do those 2 natural phenomena very well, especially both at once. This isn't relevant to corn, but it is my rant about what I don't like about GMO's and Monsanto. Monsanto knows how to make money. Forget the Trillion Dollar coin, I think they can mint the stuff on their own. Round up Ready soybeans have been out since the early 90s, and in order to plant beans with that trait, you pay a technology fee on each bag of seed that goes to Monsanto. You can't save beans to replant, and Monsanto has been known to do spot checks to make sure you don't. If caught replanting seed, hefty fines follow. Over the past few years, they've been releasing Round Up Ready 2 Yield beans which are supposed to be more productive than the gen 1 Round Up Ready soybeans. Let me just say that we have grown a Round Up 1 bean (3888) next to a Round Up 2 bean (3800) for 3 years in a row. Both are group 3.8 beans which means they have the same maturity (and they are supposedly the same base genetics). The experience on our farm has been that the "old obsolete" stuff has consistently outperformed the "new improved" stuff that costs about $5 to $10 per acre more to plant. Well as it turns out, the patent that Monsanto has on those old beans is up after this growing season meaning you would be able keep seed to replant without having that technology fee or the threat of fines hanging over you. We went to order seed this year and those old reliable 3888 beans that we know and love (and would probably keep some to plant again next year) are no longer on the market. You flat out can't get them. 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Chapter 2: With Arms Wide Open  Part 3: The Opportune Moment As Jack would remind us… ummmm, excuse me, as Captain Jack Sparrow would remind us, timing is everything. Comedy for instance would be vastly diminished were it not for timing. The better part of the quotes in that video up there are dependent on it. There’d be far less laughter if it weren’t for the innate ability of storytellers to know when to take a breath, when to speak aside, when to shout or even just when to shut the heck up…  You get the point. Oh sure, there’d still be slapstick, I mean who doesn’t enjoy watching people other then ourselves suffer grievous injury. It’s very human (possibly somewhat disturbing, but still… human). Even so, the great physical comedians have also been masters of timing. Otherwise the pratfalls wouldn’t occur in just the right spot within the narrative. The problem here it that sometimes, that timing… that ability to seize something while it’s most available… or (to continually torture an already tortured phrase) to strike while the iron is hot … may be impeded by something as simple as a prior engagement, a scheduling error, or that apparent attraction’s relative level of importance at the time. Of course, this really means that the opportune moment was never at hand to begin with. It only appeared to be beckoning to you; like a moment when you could have done the right thing but you just passed on by. Sadly (and sometimes just as well), those things will have to wait for another day. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Not Gonn’a Happen… We’d spent a good two or three hours roaming around the RRHoH and even did the Disney thing and exited through the gift shop. Once back outside I noticed something I hadn’t noticed before.  The flags were at half-mast. I looked around the area and noticed several other sites proudly flying our fine national standard and the swallow tale pennant that represents our hosts, but none of them were displayed in a state of mourning. It was only later that we discovered the reasoning for this. The HoF honors it members upon their passing in this manner and Dick Clark had passed away a couple of days before. I remembered hearing about it, but didn’t put it together until later. Anyway, that picture also illustrates that there was one more exhibit on site that day. A bus. (Not another bus…) This was an old tour bus…  …specifically one belonging to the estate of Jonny Cash. They were offering small group tours of the interior, which might have been an interesting little diversion. Problem was, they’d just taken a break for lunch and wouldn’t start back up for a couple of hours. Well… we weren’t in the mood to wait quite that long to see the inside of a bus; just not a very opportune time for it. However, if you’re interested, here’s what they thought you ought to know about it…  The next thing I noticed (well I knew it was there because I don’t “generally” miss such things) was a ship.  Really!! You found a way to work a ship into this side trip? Yes I did. Like I said, I knew that one was there, but again the timing was going to be off (I’ll get back to that in a minute). So just what is that fairly odd-looking vessel? Well, by name, it’s the SS William G. Mather. By purpose, it a retired Great Lakes bulk freighter and now, a museum ship. There are a good number of military vessels that are maintained for the public, but the work-a-day ships that make it possible for you to have easy access to everything from cereal to Cadillacs, those are harder to come by. And this one is very well restored and maintained according to me research. As such I was interested in getting aboard. Problem was, the ship is only open seasonally from late May through early October. This was April 20th. Not happenin’. And I’m pretty sure that y’all are breathing a sigh of relief right about here aren’t ya’? Not to worry, I’ll punish you with several more ships latter on if this morass… that’s a promise (or maybe a threat). In truth, I wasn’t all that disappointed here. Getting on board that one would just have been a bonus. However, there was another little boat less then a thousand yards east of where Johnny’s bus was parked over there that I’m quite disappointed about not experiencing. This one…  USS Cod (SS-224) A WW-II vintage Submarine that is still configured as originally built (the only one configured as such and in amazing condition). So why did I miss this opportunity? Because I didn’t know about it.  I screwed up… royally. I knew that the SS Mather was in Cleveland, because it’s an oddity as museum ships go and for that reason the fact stuck in my mind. Had I taken a little bit more time to research this day’s spur of the moment destination though, I’d have tried very hard to see this other ship. I’ll warn those (few) of you that may now be interested in this attraction though, it’s in very original condition; meaning that no one has cut easy access doorways into the hull or added stairwells between decks. If you want to see this sub, you’ve got to climb the ladders and negotiate the hatches. Come to think of it… Tamara probably would have been none too pleased with that last fact. It’s probably best that I missed that opportunity. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The Finals Well that’s all we’re going to see of Cleveland on this trip, but it was only early afternoon. We had time to get into other things if it suited us. We headed straight up 9th street to get back to the interstates which all meat up right where the other stadium in town sits.  That would be “The Jake” (financially referred to as: “Progressive Field”, but that’s just lame). At this point we had the opportunity to make a left that would have taken us south on I-77; toward home if we so chose, but more importantly toward Canton. Only about an hour’s drive and we’d be at a very different Hall of Fame.  But… And y’all knew that this was coming… …but, the opportune moment for that diversion was not upon us. However, I can direct you over to someone else’s most excellent TR experience of this said same venue who actually managed to arrive at this hallowed destination. We, however, needed to make another right turn onto I-90 and start back toward the southwest. There was somewhere else we needed to be, and (given the distance) a limited amount of time left over to get there. We refilled the gas tank and just grabbed some fast food along the way (nothing to report…). Then it was back on the road. I-90… I-71… I-270… I-70… Miles of highway sameness broken up by only one really intriguing sight. This one…  My word I do believe that’s a little pink house… Headed toward Indiana!  Yep… it is a little pink house. Now we know where they come form. They’re shipped into Indiana form central Ohio. Mystery solved. Back to the driving… I-70… I-75… and then… and then…  What a minute! That’s where this foolishness started off yesterday! Yes it is. If you remember, I said that our kids had made it to the semifinal round, but I neglected to relate precisely how that second run was received. Question now answered; they made it into the finals! First time on a national level and they were going to get a third shot at the judges.  Since the final round for our classification was not scheduled to start until around 6pm, and their assigned time slot wasn’t until close to 7:00, we figured that we had just enough time to make it to the RnR-HoH, look around and get back with only a little time to spare. As it turns out, I timed it spot on. We had just enough time to park, get in the building, grab a hotdog and find a seat before the first group of twelve started their performance. An hour later, our young’ens took the floor…  got set…  and were ready for the first downbeat…  How’d they do… well as a parent I know that the performance was flawless (not to mention that “Amazing Grace” almost always yanks tears out of the corner of my eyes… it just does that). Judges however, are less partial, so a unanimous declaration wasn’t likely just yet. We’d have to let the rest of the units perform as well (go figure). Then the next class had to have time to run through their round of finals as well, so it was fairly late when the folks in charge of this shindig finally cleared the floor and started to set up for the awards…  Just a bit latter, the brought down the house lights, hit the color spots, and pumped up the music…  And then reintroduced and marched each finalist group down the stairs and back in to the arena floor one at a time…  Before long the entire floor was filled. The twelve schools in our classification were lined up in performance order on the left side…  You can see our kids smack in the middle there; sixth group from the right. And as the scores were announced and the placements made known… That’s right where they’d finish. Sixth place… in the nation… not to shabby. The kids that won it all did so in a bit of upset. The group third from the right just made dang few mistakes and catapulted themselves over top of the next two that were ahead of them in the Semis. So now what? Well, it’s time to party…  Pandemonium ensued as everyone broke ranks and the crowed expanded the ciaos by pouring onto the floor in search of their loved ones. Great work all around from each and every young’en there and an exciting finish to a very full and adventurous day for us. The grand prize of the day? Our son actually consented to having a picture taken… With his momma!  Not the best shot from a lighting or quality perspective, but that right there is a picture of two very happy people. And that… makes me very happy. Next up: Time to head it back home… but not… just… yet…
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DW DS(3) DD DIS Dad's Club Member #460 Test Track Dummies - 2012 Disdads Fantasy Football Dole Whip Cup Champion They Should Really Put a Bar in Here - Dec 2012 TR That was fun! Let's do it again! - Update 11/15 Let's turn around. Magic Kingdom is open till 1AM! - My first ever trip report - Complete I will never go to Disney World pushing a stroller! - My effort at a first time PTR.Complete |
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I have so many TR's to catch up on, that I am not multi-quoting any of them so that I can get caught up on each and every one. I thoroughly enjoyed your updates (love the photos you insert of movies, etc.).
Congratulations to your son and his classmates. That is an awesome job for their first ever National competition. And I love the pic of him and his momma. 
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Don't underestimate your audience. I'm sure there's a fart joke in here somewhere
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I just have to keep the two of then coned into think that I worth keeping. So far so good. I’ve just about got the next update ready, but I also want to finish up an unnecessary bonus feature (as a bit of pay-back to a certain nemesis). Hopefully I’ll get both of those up before Monday.
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Rob .. Tamara .. DS18-Max I should’a taken that left in Albuquerque (a TR that won’t make it to Disney) Updated 5/18/13 Pg10 Compleated Trip Reports: Thanksgiving Odyssey (Bands, Buses, and Big Bad Balloons) Completed 11/23/12 Experiment-627 (A Caribbean Double with a Wilderness Chaser) Completed 6/14/12 You’re writing a TR? Really? (Christmas at POR, 2010) Completed 7/17/11 |
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