The DIS Dad's Club V - Man's Room

[Emma's Dad]

OK, It’s proud parent time (and I did warn y’all that this would be coming up ). As those of you who’ve suffered through my previous band-geek posts know, my DS is one of the members of one very fine South Carolina High school band. Well, they earned their way into the Class-3A State finals and succeeded in marching away with a second consecutive state championship. There are two amazing things about this (beyond it being a testament to how hard the all the kids have worked this year). First; the school is only in its fourth year (this year’s seniors are the first class to have attend only this school) and second; to win the title, we had to get by our cross-town rivals who this year moved down from 4A into our classification (and who have a total of 22 championships if three different classes and were widely believed to be unbeatable ). Honestly, when they announced it, I nearly fell out. We were just completely floored. The final scores were very, very, v-e-r-y close. We ended up at 96.25, which is one of the highest scores posted by any band in any class in the state this year, but it was only 0.05 ahead of our nemesis (but it was ahead ). The kids also took home the trophies for Best Music (that’s the one we’re really proudest of), best Drum Line, and a tie for Best Visual Effect. One dang fine day if I do say so myself.

It’s pictures like this one, that tell you that every bit of work we put into to it each year is absolutely worth it.
(by the way, Max is the one on the right)

Awesome!! Now that really is a moment to be proud about! WTG!

Me, DW, DS6 and DS3.

Very nice! Double kudos to you! I didn't even put on a costume this year

And just for giggles, here’s an idea of just how much gear the kids and parent volunteers had to handle
just to keep this show on the road.

And all of that…

And all that stuff too.

It’s a lot like moving a circus but we have to set up the tent, perform and break it all back down in under
fifteen minutes (with ten of that being the actual performance). Lord I’m still tired just thinking about it.

Wow. Just wow. That's a lot of work sitting there...

Thanks!! We are just proud beyond words. But, the award for self-control actually goes to the kids. Picture this: 130 high school kids between the ages of 14 and 18; standing at attention on a field along with 18 other similar groups; who have just been told they won a state championship (and beat their nemesis doing it); and not one of them (not one) even moves a mussel until after the very end of the announcements and even then only after their director dismissed them!!! That is professionalism. I got to tell you, when we heard it, we were up in the stands and I literally buckled at the knees (good thing I was leaning against the press box of I’d have fallen over ).

What were they doing with all those mussels? Sorry... couldn't help that one! Seriously... they didn't move at all??? You've got some very disciplined, fine young men and women in that group. When can we see this action on YouTube??

 

[Emma's Dad]

Uh oh... we're coming up on page 250 pretty quickly! You guys know what that means, right? Yep... DDC VI is on the horizon. Since we still have a couple days to go before I need to get the new thread going I figured I'd open up the floor to suggestions for anything to be added/removed to the club on the first page. Feel free to either list them here or send me a PM.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Uh oh... we're coming up on page 250 pretty quickly! You guys know what that means, right? Yep... DDC VI is on the horizon. Since we still have a couple days to go before I need to get the new thread going I figured I'd open up the floor to suggestions for anything to be added/removed to the club on the first page. Feel free to either list them here or send me a PM.

I would like to see Whom is who's nemesis.

 

[that's nice]

I would like to see Whom is who's nemesis.

Not a bad idea! I hope Don has those posts bookmarked!

 

[Emma's Dad]

I would like to see Whom is who's nemesis.

Indeed! Good idea!

Not a bad idea! I hope Don has those posts bookmarked!

I think I may need to delegate this task to someone who has the most nemesiseseses... I wonder who that would be??

 

[Disney Commando]

I hope this month goes quick

In 30 days some Dis Dads will be in WDW, some will be on thier way, some will be packing, and some will be going later in Dec.

When we all started talking about it at day 342 (or someting like that) it seemed so far away.

Now everyone is ready to make the trip to the Happiest place on Earth

Dadfest Dec 2010

 

[Emma's Dad]

Hey! My reservations are now showing up in the My Reservations page!! I guess I can cancel them without calling now

 

[afwdwfan]

Wow! Really?!? That much? I hear ya... I still try to do all my car work myself, but it's getting harder. Ironically, I just purchased this weekend a manual tire changer from Harbor Freight for $49! Tired (pun intended) of paying these shops almost $40 a tire to mount and balance them. I tend to be pretty hard on my tires... they only last a couple of years tops! Yeah, I'm still young

I hear you. The only thing is, once you wrestle a tire off the rim, wrestle the new one on, fight with it to seat the bead and realize you've spent half a day on 1 tire that money doesn't seem quite so bad. Now if I just had a garage full of the pneumatic tools the pros have to do that suff....

I would like to see Whom is who's nemesis.

Good idea. I only know of about 2 pairs of nemeses around here though.

 

[AJRitz]

Beverly slow Photopass site is making it difficult for me to multi-task productively while on conference calls.

 

[Emma's Dad]

I hear you. The only thing is, once you wrestle a tire off the rim, wrestle the new one on, fight with it to seat the bead and realize you've spent half a day on 1 tire that money doesn't seem quite so bad. Now if I just had a garage full of the pneumatic tools the pros have to do that suff....

Surprisingly enough, I bought it Friday night... temporarily mounted it to 3/4" plywood to see if it would work on Saturday... only took me about 30 minutes to take my very first tire off and back on. This was a 205/55/16 tire on my stock aluminum rim. Found out quickly how the steel bar can mark up the rim. Spent another 30 minutes figuring out how to prevent future markings. I was able to fashion some high density plastic around the tips to prevent markings/marring... works like a champ! Now it takes me about 15 minutes to get a tire off and back on Haven't tackled the bubble balancer yet, though!

Beverly slow Photopass site is making it difficult for me to multi-task productively while on conference calls.

Has that site ever been fast Seriously, when I tried to use it in May EVERY time I tried to use the site it took FOREVER.........

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Wow! Really?!? That much? I hear ya... I still try to do all my car work myself, but it's getting harder. Ironically, I just purchased this weekend a manual tire changer from Harbor Freight for $49! Tired (pun intended) of paying these shops almost $40 a tire to mount and balance them. I tend to be pretty hard on my tires... they only last a couple of years tops! Yeah, I'm still young

I wasn't paying attention this summer and both of my snowblower tires went flat and popped off the bead. I'm pretty sure I'll be better of just buying new ones...

I think I may need to delegate this task to someone who has the most nemesiseseses... I wonder who that would be??

IT'S TIM!

I hope this month goes quick

In 30 days some Dis Dads will be in WDW, some will be on thier way, some will be packing, and some will be going later in Dec.

When we all started talking about it at day 342 (or someting like that) it seemed so far away.

Now everyone is ready to make the trip to the Happiest place on Earth

Dadfest Dec 2010

I know! I glanced at my signature the other day, saw I was down to like 35 days and thought "oh, oh. I've still got stuff to get ready!"

Beverly slow Photopass site is making it difficult for me to multi-task productively while on conference calls.

Using that site is like walking through Peanut Butter. No, really, I mean peanut butter. Although, I guess you could substitute one of Peanut Butter's other meanings, but then you shoes get all smelly.

Has that site ever been fast Seriously, when I tried to use it in May EVERY time I tried to use the site it took FOREVER.........

I can't decide, so I'll leave it up to a vote. What should my response to this have been?

Kind of like someone's Trip Report, huh?
or
Is that what we're blaming the speed of your trip report on now?​

 

[dvczerfs]

Dave, that is just too cool for words. Where did you get the relief medallion attached to the side?

As for colors to repaint it… With no obligation implied in any way, if it were mine (and I just may now need to acquire a similar one), I’d paint the top half Black and the bottom half Red, and I might even be tempted to paint two buttons onto the door (I might also be tempted to add the proper colors to the characters on the medallion as well, but that would be a good bit of work).

thats a good idea!!!! i may buy i plan whaite one and have it painted red and black. thanks for the idea. my wife bought it on the disney store web site about 5-6 years ago. theres a medallion on each side and the color of the box was a greens,antiquey looking thing. it has some weight to it. i think she got it for about $50.

 

[dvczerfs]

I hope this month goes quick

In 30 days some Dis Dads will be in WDW, some will be on thier way, some will be packing, and some will be going later in Dec.

When we all started talking about it at day 342 (or someting like that) it seemed so far away.

Now everyone is ready to make the trip to the Happiest place on Earth

Dadfest Dec 2010

in four weeks from now, ill be crossong over the maryland,virginia state line on int81,almost to int66!!

 

[that's nice]

I think I may need to delegate this task to someone who has the most nemesiseseses... I wonder who that would be??

I have 1 nemesi!

Barry has 1/2 the DDC on his side. I think he need to start searching!

I hope this month goes quick

AGREED!!!!!!

In 30 days some Dis Dads will be in WDW, some will be on thier way, some will be packing, and some will be going later in Dec.

When we all started talking about it at day 342 (or someting like that) it seemed so far away.

Now everyone is ready to make the trip to the Happiest place on Earth

Dadfest Dec 2010

We are 29 days away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey! My reservations are now showing up in the My Reservations page!! I guess I can cancel them without calling now

Hope you aren't hoarding them like many people I see doing over on the DEC canceled thread....

Beverly slow Photopass site is making it difficult for me to multi-task productively while on conference calls.

That is the worst site evah.

IT'S TIM!

Exactly the response I expected out of you!

Using that site is like walking through Peanut Butter. No, really, I mean peanut butter. Although, I guess you could substitute one of Peanut Butter's other meanings, but then you shoes get all smelly.

LOL

I can't decide, so I'll leave it up to a vote. What should my response to this have been?

Kind of like someone's Trip Report, huh?
or
Is that what we're blaming the speed of your trip report on now?​

I think the first one gets right to the point!






246 P'OWNAGE!!!!!

 

[afwdwfan]

Surprisingly enough, I bought it Friday night... temporarily mounted it to 3/4" plywood to see if it would work on Saturday... only took me about 30 minutes to take my very first tire off and back on. This was a 205/55/16 tire on my stock aluminum rim. Found out quickly how the steel bar can mark up the rim. Spent another 30 minutes figuring out how to prevent future markings. I was able to fashion some high density plastic around the tips to prevent markings/marring... works like a champ! Now it takes me about 15 minutes to get a tire off and back on Haven't tackled the bubble balancer yet, though!

You know, I've never thought about it, but I've never tried to mount a tire for a passenger vehicle. I've done farm equipment and heavy trucks, but I guess I've always just taken our vehicles to the shop because I felt like it was quicker and easier. One of my trucks has 285/75/16 on after market rims and I'm afraid of doing something to them. I might have to try it next time though, because I'm pretty much fed up with my tire shop. Last time my truck was in there for an alignment I went around a lefthand curve, heard a pop and the truck jerked to the right... got home and the upper control arm bolts on the right front suspension were finger tight. That's just the most recent and most severe mishap with them. Still need to find a new place to go for an alignment though.

 

[Emma's Dad]

I can't decide, so I'll leave it up to a vote. What should my response to this have been?

Kind of like someone's Trip Report, huh?
or
Is that what we're blaming the speed of your trip report on now?​

My gut says to go with the third one...

You know, I've never thought about it, but I've never tried to mount a tire for a passenger vehicle. I've done farm equipment and heavy trucks, but I guess I've always just taken our vehicles to the shop because I felt like it was quicker and easier. One of my trucks has 285/75/16 on after market rims and I'm afraid of doing something to them. I might have to try it next time though, because I'm pretty much fed up with my tire shop. Last time my truck was in there for an alignment I went around a lefthand curve, heard a pop and the truck jerked to the right... got home and the upper control arm bolts on the right front suspension were finger tight. That's just the most recent and most severe mishap with them. Still need to find a new place to go for an alignment though.

The wheels on my car now are 17" custom aluminum rims with 225/45/17's... much wider and lower profile. Definitely weary of damaging the rims. But once I've done some practicing on the stock ones, I'm pretty confident they'll be ok.
That would have been an interesting ride home! At least they had the bolt on finger tight. I witnesses a SUV lose a wheel while it was going down the road. I chased the tire down for the old lady and when I finally got it I notice they looked brand new. Sure enough she said she had just had the tires changed at a shop about a mile down the road. When the tire came off it took half the fender with it! Not to mention it was riding on the rotors. Oh... and this was a fairly new Acura, too $$$$$$$.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

What were they doing with all those mussels? Sorry... couldn't help that one! Seriously... they didn't move at all??? You've got some very disciplined, fine young men and women in that group. When can we see this action on YouTube??

Yah… I missed that word. Automatic spell checkers tend to do more damage then service.

As for the kids, they have amazing teachers and instructors. Combine that with excellent leadership examples set by successive senior classes and you get a well run and self-sustaining organization. We are lucky to be a part of the group.

As for YouTube, that’s in the plan but it will be a little while. Both DW and I were working in the pit-crew so neither of us could take any video images. On the up side though, there was a company out there recording the whole thing, so we ordered a copy. Once that arrives in a few weeks and I figure out how to extract our show off of the DVD, I’ll post it and let every one know.

 

[Emma's Dad]

Yah… I missed that word. Automatic spell checkers tend to do more damage then service.

Sorry... I don't normally pick on misspelling (especially when reading Dave's posts )... but I did chuckle out loud when I first read it. Hmmmm.. can one chuckle out loud?

As for the kids, they have amazing teachers and instructors. Combine that with excellent leadership examples set by successive senior classes and you get a well run and self-sustaining organization. We are lucky to be a part of the group.

As for YouTube, that’s in the plan but it will be a little while. Both DW and I were working in the pit-crew so neither of us could take any video images. On the up side though, there was a company out there recording the whole thing, so we ordered a copy. Once that arrives in a few weeks and I figure out how to extract our show off of the DVD, I’ll post it and let every one know.

Definitely would like to see the video when available.

 

[Disney Commando]

I was just checking out the sample ballot for my town.

One of the ?'s is cracking me up. They want to privitize garbage pickup, says the average tax payer with a house worth $330K is $229 per year.

If this passes and it gets privitized you will pay $240-$300 per year.
WOW what a bargin, I want to pay more for less, I'm going to run out and vote for that for sure I can't wait to see the paper tomorrow to see howmany people in town have extra cash to throw around

 

[Emma's Dad]

I was just checking out the sample ballot for my town.

One of the ?'s is cracking me up. They want to privitize garbage pickup, says the average tax payer with a house worth $330K is $229 per year.

If this passes and it gets privitized you will pay $240-$300 per year.
WOW what a bargin, I want to pay more for less, I'm going to run out and vote for that for sure I can't wait to see the paper tomorrow to see howmany people in town have extra cash to throw around

Nothing like wasting money