While you're at it, can you copy that e-mail for me too? :D - - and this one too for that matter. ;) R.S.V.P. :confused:
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While you're at it, can you copy that e-mail for me too? :D - - and this one too for that matter. ;) R.S.V.P. :confused:
South Taos (New Mexico) Forensic University????
Funny,
An old Unmarried Guy got it right off the start! :rolleyes:
Oh it's all so clear now!!!!! :D :D :D
Oh, I thought it was Scratch The Fuzzy Unicorn, that's what Aunt Beatrice always used to say. But then, Aunt Beatrice wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer :rolleyes:
Ahum..... another "old" and confused lady here :o :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Randi
Hehehehehe. You're sorry you started this now, aren't you Richard?
No! Richard won't be sorry - he is lovin' every minute of this.
Good grief - this is only January and we are already in trouble! :eek: :D
count me in on the Duh crowd.
Well, since I know what "it" means, I guess I have no choice but to accept Gini's gracious invitation and come to the party - with my sweetie of course. :D :D
When I wanted to go to last year's BBQ, Byron had recently bought a motorcycle, which was my leverage to say "if you get the motorcycle, I get the BBQ". I wonder what its going to cost me this year. ;)
Thank you for posting the dates, Gini...I"m going to work on this one. My husband is starting a new job next week, but I think he can take time off in the summer. We'll try!!!
Logan
Randi & Lut, I don't know what RSVP actually stands for - probably something in Latin - but what it means is to respond as to whether you will be attending or not. I myself just learned what STFU means, and that is most definitely NOT Latin. ;) :D
Right. It's what the neighbor shouted so therefore it's Korean... I think... right, Gini? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Gee Tonya, my Aunt Beatrice doesn't LOOK Korean :confused: ;) Besides, I think it was the classy neighbors on the other side that were yelling over the fence. RSVP is French and means "repondez s'il vous plait" Please respond.
Would love to get a break from things around here in Jersey, I will try to make it this year :)
Zip,Quote:
Originally Posted by zippy-kat
There was an accent but it wasn't Korean....I know that for sure!
RSVP is french - "Si vous plait" is all I know...the "r' is for reserve
It means "Please let me know if you are gonna be there...I'll set you a place at the table" :confused:
Gini,
Every second of it
Blush......Of course it is a phrase I would NEVER and have NEVER uttered in my life.
That's why I didn't know what it meant..... :D :D :rolleyes: :p :D
I want to thank karen for the info. Ok so I thought I knew but with you guys how knows.
Michelle, this warms my heart to hear that you might attend. I promise that you will laugh so much with friends that your sides will ache, your tummy will be bursting after all the wonderful food, and you will walk away with more {{{hugs}}} than you ever thought you could handle.Quote:
Originally Posted by neko1
...not to mention that you get to meet the ITT sisters. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ie--Vickie.jpg
Please do your best to come along. :)
Sara....yeah right!! ;)
OMD Slick, iffin that doesn't keep away the RiffRaff I don't know what will :eek: :D :D
Ok. It's in the works. Already got the time off. Will use income tax refund to pay for ticket. Then, I can just start saving up for fun. By the way, where will I be staying? Can anyone recommend a good hotel that's not too cheap or would someone be willing to let me stay with them? I'm getting excited!
So many people are accepting already - now that gets me excited too.
Val, everyone is going to be asking about hotels and this year I have to sit down and make a list of the hotels that are around me. I would love to welcome you here - but I think I already have a full house. I will try to make the hotel list soon.
I hope to attend but can't commit to anything just yet. In the next month or so I'm going to begin a new j-o-b search and who knows what that will bring (hopefully lots of pay and quite a few vacation days ;) ).
Zippy, I was taught the "R in RSVP stood for "Respondez" S'il Vous Plait!
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Originally Posted by slick
LOL!!! Thank you!! I'm laughing already!!! I really hope that I can go. It will all depend on the new apartment and how much that breaks me. Now, if I could just remember where that money tree was planted... :confused:
duke - that's great news. Neko - I hope things work out.
To any of you thinking about going - you won't regret it. :D
instead of getting hotel rooms I was wondering if people were interested they could arrange a weekly rental, split the costs..
Kind of like a Pet Talk flop house!
I think I remember where to find extra mattresses :o :eek: ;) :rolleyes:
Oh yeah, they're just around the corner .... in fact, ON the corner. :D :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by lbaker
Right next to the Erotica Museum, I believe! :eek: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Randi
:D :eek: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lbaker
That sounds like a great idea! I'm definately interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
I'm thinking of going, but yeah I say that every year lol so who knows...
I would be interested in sharing a hotel room with somebody...and yeah I'd also need some sort of transportation help as I won't rent a car and I don't think I could drive in LA traffic anyway. ;)
Is there going to be a group going to Disneyland again?
Amy I really hope you can make it this year. I really want to meet you!
I wasn't planning on getting a hotel room since I'm only about a 2 hour drive from her...but now I'm starting to wonder if I'll be in a fit state to drive based on what I'm reading :eek: ......any input from those of you that have experienced this before?? ;)
Your sides may hurt from laughing and your face may hurt from grinnin' but the rest is totally up to you ;)
I hadn't even thought about transportation. I know it's a little early to worry about that right now though but I will need to do something. I would like to spare the expense of renting a car, too. I'd be scared to drive over there, anyway. Is there going to be an official PT taxi? Maybe Mario can drive.
Yeah I was wondering if it was too early to think of all this stuff too, but I was also concerned about transportation. Also, how long does everyone usually stay, do people make like a little mini-vacation out of it? Are the hotel's expensive? It's already gonna cost over $300 for the plane ticket for me, I'm very concerned about the whole monetary thing (especially since I will be without any means of savings once I have to live on my own :o )
Val and Michelle, I live the closest to the L.A. airport (1/2 hour drive). Richard lives a bit further away and Kelly is now quite a drive away. Sara lives about an hour and a half away.
People have stayed for a week - or just a few days - or just overnight and have driven back home the next day.
I have a Toyota Highlander (better known as Scotty) and it can seat four people and a lot of luggage.
But here is the problem that I have encountered. Last year people flew in from Canada, New Mexico, Washington D.C. and other places around the country. Where I could, I tried to pick them up at the airport. The problem is that not everyone arrives at the same time - or even the same terminal........so it took some planning to coordinate flight arrival times and days of arrival.
I had to speak up and say that I just cannot drive to the airport on the day of the BBQ - Saturday. It just became difficult to have a house full of people - a BBQ to prepare for - and leave to go to the airport. Just not enough hours in the day.
Because of gas prices, the taxi services, shuttles and cars have become very expensive. I just flew back from Boston in December and encountered this in Boston as well as L.A. It added a considerable amount to my flight cost.
Last year it was costing $40.00 one way - and this year it is closer to $50 - $60. Outrageous in my mind.
Due to that fact, I am very sensitive to the cost for all of you and want to try to pick people up when I can do it.
I think the closer we get to the actual date and people have reservations we can make better plans.
As to housing or hotels - Richard does have a good idea about finding a house to rent for a week..........but where? It's a good idea - but not so easy to find someone who would be willing. (a furnished house, of course).
My house isn't that large and last year I had three house guests and Richard spent the night in a sleeping bag in my backyard office. One guest slept in my den with the hideabed - one on a blow up bed in my breakfast room and another on the sofa.
I have one bathroom - and if you followed last years thread you heard that I had plumbing problems (no ones fault - it was just ROOT REVENGE!).
Ha, and I know what that comment will bring - just abuse about my shaving my legs!
I just had this idea of possibly renting a motor home..........hmmmm, I have no idea how much that would cost or if we could even park it at my home.
But it is a thought.
I know as we get closer to the date these things will work out - they always do..........and I am very sensitive to the costs for everyone.
Here is a website for renting a motorhome. http://www.cruiseamerica.com/ This wouldn't be all that bad of an idea because the expensive part of renting these is the mileage. They don't come with free mileage like rental cars do. I'm sure there's somewhere near LA that rents them out and I checked and there are plenty of campgrounds within 25 miles of LA, so it would just be a matter of finding the closest one to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by gini
Seeing as you actually live in LA, I would highly doubt that parking a motorhome at your place would be acceptable for more than overnight - and that would probably have to be in your driveway, not on the street.
My idea on this would be that renting a pull along trailer would be better because it has more sleeping capacity. When I first saw your idea, I thought it was a not so subtle hint for us to bring ours ;) but we really only have sleeping capacity for maybe 4 adults. Most motorhomes are not built for sleeping capacity, but trailers are - some even come with bunk beds. :D However, a Class C can be driven back and forth from the campground to the BBQ whereas a trailer would need some sort of tow vehicle, so a rental vehicle would still be needed by at least one person.
If someone does do this, I would definitely recommend staying at a campground because 4 adults in any camping vehicle that isn't "plugged in" (in more ways than one) will greatly tax the campers water capacity, both incoming and outgoing.
Anyway, if anyone wants to pursue this for expanded accomdations, I would be more than happy to help with the research, just let me know. :)
Oh, and at the rate Terry is going with the love of his job, we may just be in Tucson as early as July, so bringing our motorhome might not be totally out of the question..... :eek:
Oh goodness, Debbie, actually it was your "owning" a motorhome that gave me the idea - but it sure wasn't a subtle hint for you to drive out here with it so that you could accommodate a few guests!
Subtle hints don't work too well, I would have just come out and asked you! :D :D
Because I am a bookkeeper for advertising clients - I know that they rent motorhomes for photo shoots and so forth and I can ask through that info line - but I think because of that they charge an arm and a leg and a huge deposit.
I know that my neighbor a few years back had his brother and wife visit in their motorhome and they had it parked across the street for a week and no one objected. However, I do have "no parking" on my side of the street on Fridays and the meter maid sits there like a vulture waiting to ticket those cars even a minute past 10 am in the morning.
We also had a postal worker who was close to retirement, so he sold his home, bought a motorhome and "camped out" in front of my home. To get ready for work he started his generator at 5 AM............and that DID get a lot of attention and he finally had to move it. I don't know why he didn't just park it at the post office - only three blocks away.
Hmmm, gotta think on this some more.........I don't know if one would fit in my backyard or could get through the gate - I doubt it - too wide I think.