Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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Vol knight said:
I'm glad you had a great time. Unless I win the lottery, that is something that will likely never be on my budget. Been struggling bad for a few years now. I'm hoping things get better soon.
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Because cruises have all the food and drinks included, they can really be pretty reasonable bud. When we went, we got to choose 2 free "packages" as part of the deal....we chose wifi for our room, and alcohol. Top shelf costs extra, but beer and normal liquors were free for the week. R.C. had the best food of the 3 lines we cruised on.

Dont know your age or work flexibility....but when you book a cruise has a huge impact on the cost. We usually book our like 6 months in advance. The last one, we got a balcony suite that slept my 4, it was about $3000 all inclusive for 7 days. The little old couple that had the exact same setup as us booked a couple days before we sailed....for $600. When they get close to departure, they dont want empty rooms. Some money is better than none...especially if the people gamble etc. Hope this helps.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Because cruises have all the food and drinks included, they can really be pretty reasonable bud. When we went, we got to choose 2 free "packages" as part of the deal....we chose wifi for our room, and alcohol. Top shelf costs extra, but beer and normal liquors were free for the week. R.C. had the best food of the 3 lines we cruised on.

Dont know your age or work flexibility....but when you book a cruise has a huge impact on the cost. We usually book our like 6 months in advance. The last one, we got a balcony suite that slept my 4, it was about $3000 all inclusive for 7 days. The little old couple that had the exact same setup as us booked a couple days before we sailed....for $600. When they get close to departure, they dont want empty rooms. Some money is better than none...especially if the people gamble etc. Hope this helps.
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Thank you for the suggestions. I'm sure I could figure something out, but I'm currently living paycheck to paycheck. Until that changes, it's going to a movie theater on a discount day every once in awhile that is my vacation, lol.
 
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I caught 3 squirrels this spring as they were tearing the porch screen...hauled their ass to Apison and let em go..peed in my cage and trunk..when I opened the cage, boy they can run..lol. Sorry Peanut.

That said only about 100 to go.
 
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Orangeburst said:
I caught 3 squirrels this spring as they were tearing the porch screen...hauled their ass to Apison and let em go..peed in my cage and trunk..when I opened the cage, boy they can run..lol. Sorry Peanut.

That said only about 100 to go.
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Why did you pee in the cage and trunk after letting the squirrels go?
 
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Vol knight said:
I'm glad you had a great time. Unless I win the lottery, that is something that will likely never be on my budget. Been struggling bad for a few years now. I'm hoping things get better soon.
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You'd be surprised at the ability to pay off those things. SSC and I book ours well in advance and pay it off gradually. It's not horrible if you're paying like a hundred or two a month.

Generally speaking, it's cheaper than a "normal" vacation. Just think of it as a hotel that goes to different places.
 
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hog88 said:
All depends on the house and when it gets done. We had a Celebrity 7 night southern Carribean booked leaving the Saturday after Christmas this year, hated to cancel that.
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Oh, Celebrity...

High falutin type sticking your pinky out while sipping on your afternoon tea and playing shuffleboard.
 
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Orangeburst said:
I caught 3 squirrels this spring as they were tearing the porch screen...hauled their ass to Apison and let em go..peed in my cage and trunk..when I opened the cage, boy they can run..lol. Sorry Peanut.

That said only about 100 to go.
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Those little bastard treerats used to chew holes in my soffit, take up residence, then run laps around my house making loud noise usually right at sunrise. Even on weekends at 615AM. After a few years of cleaning out all their nest and repairing my soffit, i put an end to it.

I got a box of rat poison pellets from Lowes and a big jar of chunky peanut butter. Mixed them together, and used a tablespoon to leave a dollop on top of my shed, up in a couple trees, on top of the breaker box outside that they climbed on to get into my soffit etc. I was careful not to put it anywhere that a child or dog could get to it. Pretty sure i killed every Squirrel in the neighborhood. I have no regrets. Much more effective than killing them 1 at a time with a pellet rifle. Peanut butter is like irresistible crack to animals. Works much, much better than cheese in a mousetrap also. Small animals are powerless against peanut butter.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Oh, Celebrity...

High falutin type sticking your pinky out while sipping on your afternoon tea and playing shuffleboard.
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Nailed it! Plus way fewer ankle biters and poor people causing problems....

It's been 6-7 years since we've been on a Carnival but I think their food was better than the Celebrity we went on. In everything else except for the shows Celebrity crushes them.
 
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Grand Vol said:
In contrast, the Pac-12 fans were always first rate. Never had a single problem out of Washington, Oregon or USCw.

UW and UO are two teams that really travel well and are good hosts. I expect our series with Washington to be very well received just like it was with Oregon.
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That was YOUR experience. In Oregon, Cal AND UCLA we were treated like ****. Oregon was good pregame, but after that they were complete asshats
 
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