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Oh this is 'rich'.
PCIntern (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 09:55 PM
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What I did on my Summer "Vacation":
Edited on Sun Aug-22-10 09:58 PM by PCIntern
I just spent a three-day weekend in Hershey, PA for a variety of reasons. The antique auto museum was worthwhile, as was the Hershey Museum - a bit biased in favor of corporate America, but...hey...what do you expect when the guy wills 60 million dollars for a school for fatherless boys in 1923...do the math...what's that today - like a billion?
But OMFG...the Hersheypark experience was unlike any I've seen in a very long time: tens of thousands of people - no exaggeration - maybe 100,000 - I don't know, it was MONSTROUS crowd, each paying 40 dollars plus to get in...and then spending all day drinking 4 dollar Pepsi's (1/2 ice, BTW) and 8 dollar popcorn (kettle corn, with tons of sugar and salt...delicious but a KILLER)...and 12 dollar sandwiches and fries...just unbelievable. And yes...a bottle of water was about 3 dollars...most folks were pretty dehydrated on Saturday and drank and drank. Horrifyingly obese people wearing bathing suits which were ill-fitting in the water park, vicious conversations among family members, grumpy parents, tired kids, weirdly frighteningly nightmarish rides that were altogether rather safe (thank God) - but some waiting times were almost an hour for a 3 minute adventure...some queues' signs stated that there could be a 3 hour wait...well, I guess those awaiting the ride could read The Nation or The New Republic AND the NYT whilst in line...yeah...that's the ticket...
Stayed at the Hotel Hershey...if I never see another chocolate bar, it'll be too soon...everything wrapped in chocolate, smelling like chocolate (bath soap, all desserts, hand creams, etc.) the meals were a fortune, the rooms were a fortune, the vending machines were 2 bucks for a Pepsi or a water, and there was nothing for free...nickled and dimed to death. They tell all the staff to say 'good morning', 'good Afternoon', 'good Evening' and if you walk past 30 staff, you have to say back...well you don't HAVE to, but I'm polite as Hell, believe it or not...so a walk to get some ice from the vending room (Sorry THAT was still 'free') entails conversing with at least 8 people, none of whom were guests - can't really criticize people for being corporately polite I guess...most of the guests were distinctly unfriendly even when I would say a word to someone in an elevator. some really boorish and lots of McCain/Palin stickers and Bush/Cheney AND...get this one Reagan/Bush sticker ON A NEW CAR!!
Wow to that...
As I said at the outset, the antique auto Museum was remarkable...but the 'virtual tour' of the factory was horrendous...they put you in a moving vehicle and have fake assembly lines and lecture you on the nutritiousness of candy bars...it works though...the gift shop was overrun with people buying all sorts of confections including but not limited to, a 5 lb. Hershey Bar...for 39.95! Plus tax of course...
And they'll sell you a pic of you in the little car touring the 'plant' for 13 dollars! A bargain!
Don't forget the Reese's Peanut Butter cup t-shirts...on 11 dollars for you to advertise their product! Did you know, for example, that that particular orange of Reese's was copy written in the 1970's? I sure didn't...I thought the color spectrum was public domain...but what do I know?
I'm tired and have to go to bed...but I'll say one thing about Hershey, PA...it is the damnedest cleanest town I have ever been in...you can almost literally eat off the floors...the public places sure as heck are cleaner than any hospital we have down here in Philly, let me tell you.
And that...was what I did on my Summer 'vacation'.
Wow. Sounds like PCIntern spent some serious bucks .....
midnight (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:05 PM
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2. Sounds like the economy is not suffering in Hershey.
PCIntern (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:07 PM
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4. that's sort of my point:
Who TF has this kind of money to literally WASTE?
:whatever:
The irony ... it burns.
KC
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Hershey Park is $50 just to get in. That is ludicrous. Plus, Republican stickers in PA? Yeah, right.
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McCain/Palin stickers and Bush/Cheney AND...get this one Reagan/Bush sticker ON A NEW CAR!!
Awwwww, that's so sweet to hear, especially in a blue state that's really ticked off that it might turn red. :heart:
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Hershey Park is $50 just to get in. That is ludicrous. Plus, Republican stickers in PA? Yeah, right.
Actually Pennsylvania is pretty conservative, it's the frigging Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas that determine the election.
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Oh my.
Well, we all know what the dental office secretary primitive, allegedly an affluent dentist but probably the office secretary (or cleaning woman), didn't do during his summer vacation; he didn't donate to the 3rd quarter fund drive for Skins's island.
PCIntern (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 09:55 PM
FORGOT TO DONATE TO SKINS'S ISLAND!!!
Original message
What I did on my Summer "Vacation":
I just spent a three-day weekend in Hershey, PA for a variety of reasons. The antique auto museum was worthwhile, as was the Hershey Museum - a bit biased in favor of corporate America, but...hey...what do you expect when the guy wills 60 million dollars for a school for fatherless boys in 1923...do the math...what's that today - like a billion?
But OMFG...the Hersheypark experience was unlike any I've seen in a very long time: tens of thousands of people - no exaggeration - maybe 100,000 - I don't know, it was MONSTROUS crowd, each paying 40 dollars plus to get in...and then spending all day drinking 4 dollar Pepsi's (1/2 ice, BTW) and 8 dollar popcorn (kettle corn, with tons of sugar and salt...delicious but a KILLER)...and 12 dollar sandwiches and fries...just unbelievable. And yes...a bottle of water was about 3 dollars...most folks were pretty dehydrated on Saturday and drank and drank. Horrifyingly obese people wearing bathing suits which were ill-fitting in the water park, vicious conversations among family members, grumpy parents, tired kids, weirdly frighteningly nightmarish rides that were altogether rather safe (thank God) - but some waiting times were almost an hour for a 3 minute adventure...some queues' signs stated that there could be a 3 hour wait...well, I guess those awaiting the ride could read The Nation or The New Republic AND the NYT whilst in line...yeah...that's the ticket...
Stayed at the Hotel Hershey...if I never see another chocolate bar, it'll be too soon...everything wrapped in chocolate, smelling like chocolate (bath soap, all desserts, hand creams, etc.) the meals were a fortune, the rooms were a fortune, the vending machines were 2 bucks for a Pepsi or a water, and there was nothing for free...nickled and dimed to death. They tell all the staff to say 'good morning', 'good Afternoon', 'good Evening' and if you walk past 30 staff, you have to say back...well you don't HAVE to, but I'm polite as Hell, believe it or not...so a walk to get some ice from the vending room (Sorry THAT was still 'free') entails conversing with at least 8 people, none of whom were guests - can't really criticize people for being corporately polite I guess...most of the guests were distinctly unfriendly even when I would say a word to someone in an elevator. some really boorish and lots of McCain/Palin stickers and Bush/Cheney AND...get this one Reagan/Bush sticker ON A NEW CAR!!
Wow to that...
As I said at the outset, the antique auto Museum was remarkable...but the 'virtual tour' of the factory was horrendous...they put you in a moving vehicle and have fake assembly lines and lecture you on the nutritiousness of candy bars...it works though...the gift shop was overrun with people buying all sorts of confections including but not limited to, a 5 lb. Hershey Bar...for 39.95! Plus tax of course...
And they'll sell you a pic of you in the little car touring the 'plant' for 13 dollars! A bargain!
Don't forget the Reese's Peanut Butter cup t-shirts...on 11 dollars for you to advertise their product! Did you know, for example, that that particular orange of Reese's was copy written in the 1970's? I sure didn't...I thought the color spectrum was public domain...but what do I know?
I'm tired and have to go to bed...but I'll say one thing about Hershey, PA...it is the damnedest cleanest town I have ever been in...you can almost literally eat off the floors...the public places sure as heck are cleaner than any hospital we have down here in Philly, let me tell you.
And that...was what I did on my Summer 'vacation'.
liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:03 PM
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1. If you think Hershey is expensive...
Try Disney, it will blow Hershey out of the water. Maybe.
PCIntern (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:06 PM
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3. So I've heard...
I once went to a toy Story on Ice, and paid 53 dollars for two large cokes, Two superpretzels (yich) and a 'magic wand' like the one whosis used in the beginning of the Wonderful World of Disney all tghose years ago...
midnight (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:05 PM
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2. Sounds like the economy is not suffering in Hershey.
PCIntern (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:07 PM
FORGOT TO DONATE TO SKINS'S ISLAND!!!
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4. that's sort of my point:
Who TF has this kind of money to literally WASTE?
T Wolf (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:13 PM
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6. The bandits and thieves at the top have more disposable loot that just has to be spent conspicously to validate their way of life.
Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:11 PM
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5. My ex-in-laws lived in Hershey when I was part of the family.
It is a lovely town. We didn't do any of the tourist things when I was there, but yes, it was one of the cleanest and most manicured places I think I have ever been.
I know that back in the day the Hersheys did a lot of philanthropy, but I don't know if that has changed since things have changed a lot since back then.
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midnight (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:05 PM
FORGOT TO DONATE TO SKINS'S ISLAND!!!
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2. Sounds like the economy is not suffering in Hershey.
PCIntern (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:07 PM
FORGOT TO DONATE TO SKINS'S ISLAND!!!
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4. that's sort of my point:
Who TF has this kind of money to literally WASTE?
apparently PCIntern does! ::)
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Hershey Park is $50 just to get in. That is ludicrous. Plus, Republican stickers in PA? Yeah, right.
My family is from around that area. My parents tell me that PA is pretty red down the middle.
We threw a 'NObama 08' sticker on the back of our 2010 rental minivan when we went up to Mt. Rushmore last month.
We had to beat the complimenters off with a stick! Lots of thumbs up, and several people wondering where we got the sticker from, so they could get one.
Here it is, near the Minuteman Missile site in SD.
(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s233/ignitethefire65/NOBAMA.jpg)
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I went to Hershey Park when I was a kid. I thought it was cool. Probably pretty expensive at the time, but it was really cool. I rode the Sooper Dooper Looper. Way cool.
And I don't even like chocolate!
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What a selfish little primitive. How many pounds of 'medical marijuana' or cold drinks for drive through beggars could have been purchased for what he/she wasted on a vacation?
Bad DUmmy!
Actually went up to Hershey a few years ago for a concert. Pretty nice place but we didn't have the cash to drop on the most expensive hotel in town. Is this primitive attempting to pick up where greenbriar left off?
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 10:13 PM
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6. The bandits and thieves at the top have more disposable loot that just has to be spent conspicously to validate their way of life.
You're *******ed right, you repugnant little shit. Unlike your sorry-ass, I spent 25 years working my ass off to get where I am today, hence I make no opprobirum for enjoying the fruits of my labor.
So Wolf, if you're ever in LA, and you see a mint condition 1989 Porshce 928S parked outside Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills, and an overweight white guy in sunglasses with a goatee out on the patio smoking a Newport and drinking a Bombay Sapphire martini, do me a favor and stay the **** out of my sight.
Your jealousy and impotent rage are reward enough. :evillaugh: :bird:
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You're *******ed right, you repugnant little shit. Unlike your sorry-ass, I spent 25 years working my ass off to get where I am today, hence I make no opprobirum for enjoying the fruits of my labor.
So Wolf, if you're ever in LA, and you see a mint condition 1989 Porshce 928S parked outside Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills, and an overweight white guy in sunglasses with a goatee out on the patio smoking a Newport and drinking a Bombay Sapphire martini, do me a favor and stay the **** out of my sight.
Your jealousy and impotent rage are reward enough. :evillaugh: :bird:
:cheersmate:
:rotf:
Damn' straight!
My prosperity + their misery = totally sweet!
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So one visits Hershey and a gun is held to his/her head forcing them to go to Hersheypark! Not only that, but they evidently force them to buy expensive junk food. Nor could they bring their own water or drink out of a fountain, I guess. And to add insult to injury, hotel management actually expects their staff to be friendly! The nerve!
Cindie
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What a selfish little primitive. How many pounds of 'medical marijuana' or cold drinks for drive through beggars could have been purchased for what he/she wasted on a vacation?
Bad DUmmy!
HA HA!! That's exactly what I was thinking too! :cheersmate:
They should of stayed home and got high on their "medical" marijuana if they didn't want to spend money on a vacation you stupid DUmmies!! :bird:
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HA HA!! That's exactly what I was thinking too! :cheersmate:
They should of stayed home and got high on their "medical" marijuana if they didn't want to spend money on a vacation you stupid DUmmies!! :bird:
Since when is 3 days and $500 a frikkin' vacation? The last time "Toots" took the grand kids to Disneyland, Knotts Berry, SeaWorld, it cost me roughly $1300/kid! And I have 5 grand kids!!!!!
The guys low rent!
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Since when is 3 days and $500 a frikkin' vacation? The last time "Toots" took the grand kids to Disneyland, Knotts Berry, SeaWorld, it cost me roughly $1300/kid! And I have 5 grand kids!!!!!
The guys low rent!
That sounds like a vacation I would take, but I'm a cheap bastard. At least when I'm by myself.
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I have never been to Hershey..... :bawl:
One day I will get there. I may never leave......chocolate everywhere......nope, I may never leave. :-)
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I have never been to Hershey..... :bawl:
One day I will get there. I may never leave......chocolate everywhere......nope, I may never leave. :-)
That sounds eerily similar to my idea of paradise: an all-chocolate amusement park filled with happy, horny right-wing chicks and an open bar. Friggin sublime...
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That sounds eerily similar to my idea of paradise: an all-chocolate amusement park filled with happy, horny right-wing chicks and an open bar. Friggin sublime...
Grey Goose "lemon" martinis go well with chocolate.... :-)
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Grey Goose "lemon" martinis go well with chocolate.... :-)
What the hell is "Grey Goose"????
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A wheat vodka distilled in France.
Me? I prefer Monopolowa, potato vodka distilled in Austria.
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What the hell is "Grey Goose"????
ROOKIE!!!!!!!!!! :rotf:
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Grey Goose "lemon" martinis go well with chocolate.... :-)
Anything you say, Duchess!!!! :bow:
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A wheat vodka distilled in France.
Me? I prefer Monopolowa, potato vodka distilled in Austria.
You're a "better" woman, than I. Can't do potato vodka...
I drink Skyy or Stoli, if mixing it with something...but I want Grey Goose for martinis.
I had a vodka in Italy, at a small little bar...it was lemon flavored, (it was not limoncello) and they kept it in the freezer. It was a wee bit thick...I guess from the cold. Had it straight and it was wonderful. I couldn't find it in the Duty-free shop at the airport, and now I've forgotten the name. Was in a really neat bottle though. :banghead:
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ROOKIE!!!!!!!!!! :rotf:
Rookie, hell! If it ain't Scotch, it ain't worth wettin' my gums with!
Vodka is for pussies! pun intended!
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Rookie, hell! If it ain't Scotch, it ain't worth wettin' my gums with!
Vodka is for pussies! pun intended!
Scotch?!?!?!? The lady asked for Grey Goose vodka martini, not a boilermaker, you barfly... :uhsure: :-)
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Scotch?!?!?!? The lady asked for Grey Goose vodka martini, not a boilermaker, you barfly... :uhsure: :-)
Barfly? You insult Johnny Walker! I know of no barfly that could afford Johnny on the Rocks, as it is at least $3.50 a shot in the cheaper establishments around here! Black is $4.50! Barfly's drink the cheap shit! Tastes a heckuva lot like dirt!
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Since when is 3 days and $500 a frikkin' vacation? The last time "Toots" took the grand kids to Disneyland, Knotts Berry, SeaWorld, it cost me roughly $1300/kid! And I have 5 grand kids!!!!!
The guys low rent!
Sounds like a good vacation, although my next trip to California won't include Knotts-anything.
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Sounds like a good vacation, although my next trip to California won't include Knotts-anything.
yeah, too bad I couldn't go! the Ranch just can't run itself. I haven't been gone more than a weekend in 10 years! But, hell that's what grand kids are for and "Toots' got some great video of the kids swimmin' with the dolphins! it was worth every penny!
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Scotch?!?!?!? The lady asked for Grey Goose vodka martini, not a boilermaker, you barfly... :uhsure: :-)
This lady will never go near Scotch!
I might as well drink a bottle of Ipecac....same instant effect.....and same after question? am I dead or alive?
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That sounds eerily similar to my idea of paradise: an all-chocolate amusement park filled with happy, horny right-wing chicks and an open bar. Friggin sublime...
My friend, that is called "heaven on earth"! :cheersmate: :cheersmate:
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DUmmies should work on providing something of value to the world before complaining about how others spend their.
Why didn't the OP DUmmie go to the Habatat for Humanity Depressing Theme Park? (http://www.habitat.org/gvdc/default.aspx)
I thought that would be the number one destination for DUmmies world wide since I first heard about it some years ago. You don't have to worry about $4 Pepsis because you don't get any food. I think the only thrill ride is being blindfolded and kidnapped and held for ransom.
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This lady will never go near Scotch!
I might as well drink a bottle of Ipecac....same instant effect.....and same after question? am I dead or alive?
That was my point, my dear, ( no insult intended, I assure you ), Vodka is for those who whiskey, scotch, bourbon, will have ill effects. I find body weight and muscle mass tend to slow down the process of huggin' the "throne". Usually our feminine conservative sisters, to my delight btw, don't fit that profile.
At the DUmp, maybe not so much.
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That was my point, my dear, ( no insult intended, I assure you ), Vodka is for those who whiskey, scotch, bourbon, will have ill effects. I find body weight and muscle mass tend to slow down the process of huggin' the "throne". Usually our feminine conservative sisters, to my delight btw, don't fit that profile.
At the DUmp, maybe not so much.
I really wasn't giving you a hard time about it.... :-)
I can't drink any of the darks....yet I can drink tequilla.
Used to be a quality "shot" drinker of tequilla...then I grew up and it just made me super feisty.
Which is a very polite way of saying "bitchy".... :evillaugh:
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PCIntern
...the Hersheypark experience was unlike any I've seen in a very long time: tens of thousands of people - no exaggeration - maybe 100,000 - I don't know, it was MONSTROUS crowd
A 100,000 in the park. :whatever:
Whenever these quacks start spouting off about how many people were at certain protests, remember this as an example of how well they can guesstimate.
Went to the park with my family in 2004. It was fun and things are overpriced just like you expect them to be in an amusement park. So what?
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:cheersmate:
:rotf:
Damn' straight!
My prosperity + their misery = totally sweet!
A DUmmy's angst and self-inflicted emotional turmoil is my free Disneyland 'E' ticket.
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I really wasn't giving you a hard time about it.... :-)
I can't drink any of the darks....yet I can drink tequilla.
Used to be a quality "shot" drinker of tequilla...then I grew up and it just made me super feisty.
Which is a very polite way of saying "bitchy".... :evillaugh:
ToKillYer, does that to everybody! When I was younger, I used to drink "Slammers". A shot of tequila with just a touch of 7up. You slammed it on the table and made it fizz, then downed it! problem was, you could drink a dozen before ya knew it!
Nuttin' worse than ToKillya hangover!
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ooooweeeeeee but I do love a nice little round of Talisker on a cold wintry night.
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ToKillYer, does that to everybody! When I was younger, I used to drink "Slammers". A shot of tequila with just a touch of 7up. You slammed it on the table and made it fizz, then downed it! problem was, you could drink a dozen before ya knew it!
Nuttin' worse than ToKillya hangover!
Yes I have a memory, back in another lifetime, of those little devils at a Carlos 'n Charlie's in Xtalpa Mexico....
We were in a travel group of urologists that were all connected through either med school or residency....15 of them(one was Reagan's urologist while he was president). We were on a trip there, and it was someone's birthday that day, so most of the group went to C n C's that night for dinner.
They set little metal buckets of beer all over the table, and several of us were also drinking margaritas, that I swear could have been used as fishbowls!! (this was after spending the afternoon out in the sun) When they found out it was a birthday celebration, they brought out these funky kind of glass pitchers with spouts like teapots. Waiters got up on the table....(this was after dinner) and walked around the table top....draped a towel around one's neck, and started pouring sangria into said person's mouth. The waiter would start with the spout near the person's mouth, and slowly stand up keeping the sangria flowing. The guys who had been good at drinking out of wine botas in college were still good at it. (at least I had sense enough to not do that :thatsright:) Then came out these women....with double bandoliers around their chests. Instead of bullets, they were filled with shot glasses. And full bottles of rotgut tequila. Rumor had it, that 24 people went through 4 bottles of tequila. We danced all over the place...then went back to the hotel's nightclub...and had more.
I had no idea that a concrete floor covered in tile....could spin up and down so much....
I don't think I drank a margarita for about 6 or 8 months. Took that long for me to grow a new stomach lining....
I"ve gotten much smarter in the last 20 years..... :uhsure:
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Horrifyingly obese people wearing bathing suits which were ill-fitting in the water park
So in other words, there were other DUmmies there!
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-22-10 09:55 PM
Original message
What I did on my Summer "Vacation":
Edited on Sun Aug-22-10 09:58 PM by PCIntern
I just spent a three-day weekend in Hershey, PA for a variety of reasons. The antique auto museum was worthwhile, as was the Hershey Museum - a bit biased in favor of corporate America, but...hey...what do you expect when the guy wills 60 million dollars for a school for fatherless boys in 1923...do the math...what's that today - like a billion?
Sounds like he donated $59,999,999 more than you did.
But OMFG...the Hersheypark experience was unlike any I've seen in a very long time: tens of thousands of people - no exaggeration - maybe 100,000 - I don't know, it was MONSTROUS crowd, each paying 40 dollars plus to get in...and then spending all day drinking 4 dollar Pepsi's (1/2 ice, BTW) and 8 dollar popcorn (kettle corn, with tons of sugar and salt...delicious but a KILLER)...and 12 dollar sandwiches and fries...just unbelievable. And yes...a bottle of water was about 3 dollars...most folks were pretty dehydrated on Saturday and drank and drank. Horrifyingly obese people wearing bathing suits which were ill-fitting in the water park, vicious conversations among family members, grumpy parents, tired kids, weirdly frighteningly nightmarish rides that were altogether rather safe (thank God) - but some waiting times were almost an hour for a 3 minute adventure...some queues' signs stated that there could be a 3 hour wait...well, I guess those awaiting the ride could read The Nation or The New Republic AND the NYT whilst in line...yeah...that's the ticket...
I'd rather read 40 year old "Archie" comics than any of that crap.
Stayed at the Hotel Hershey...if I never see another chocolate bar, it'll be too soon...everything wrapped in chocolate, smelling like chocolate (bath soap, all desserts, hand creams, etc.) the meals were a fortune, the rooms were a fortune, the vending machines were 2 bucks for a Pepsi or a water, and there was nothing for free...nickled and dimed to death. They tell all the staff to say 'good morning', 'good Afternoon', 'good Evening' and if you walk past 30 staff, you have to say back...well you don't HAVE to, but I'm polite as Hell, believe it or not...so a walk to get some ice from the vending room (Sorry THAT was still 'free') entails conversing with at least 8 people, none of whom were guests - can't really criticize people for being corporately polite I guess...most of the guests were distinctly unfriendly even when I would say a word to someone in an elevator. some really boorish and lots of McCain/Palin stickers and Bush/Cheney AND...get this one Reagan/Bush sticker ON A NEW CAR!!
Wow to that...
Rates right up there with the "Obama/Biden" and the "Gore 2004" stickers I still see. Welcome to America.
As I said at the outset, the antique auto Museum was remarkable...but the 'virtual tour' of the factory was horrendous...they put you in a moving vehicle and have fake assembly lines and lecture you on the nutritiousness of candy bars...it works though...the gift shop was overrun with people buying all sorts of confections including but not limited to, a 5 lb. Hershey Bar...for 39.95! Plus tax of course...
You take a "virtual tour" because lawyers and gov't regs prohibit actual tours anymore.
And they'll sell you a pic of you in the little car touring the 'plant' for 13 dollars! A bargain!
Cheap at twice the price.
Don't forget the Reese's Peanut Butter cup t-shirts...on 11 dollars for you to advertise their product! Did you know, for example, that that particular orange of Reese's was copy written in the 1970's? I sure didn't...I thought the color spectrum was public domain...but what do I know?
I hear International Harvester and John Deere did the same thing. Big whoop!
I'm tired and have to go to bed...but I'll say one thing about Hershey, PA...it is the damnedest cleanest town I have ever been in...you can almost literally eat off the floors...the public places sure as heck are cleaner than any hospital we have down here in Philly, let me tell you.
I'm sure that will improve once "Obamacare" is fully implemented. Hershey Park is right in the middle of Amish country. Surprised he didn't mention any "religious intolerance" while there, or maybe that Reagan/Bush sticker was on the back of a horse and buggy.
And that...was what I did on my Summer 'vacation'
You forgot to mention that you bitched about it on DU, DUmmie.
I spent the weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway watching NASCAR racing.
Spent $130/person for the tickets, spent a wonderful evening with 155,000 fans of 43 different drivers.
Brought my own drinks and eats.
HAD A BLAST!
Looking forward to doing it all again next year, starting March 2011. :-)
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Sounds like he donated $59,999,999 more than you did.I'd rather read 40 year old "Archie" comics than any of that crap.Rates right up there with the "Obama/Biden" and the "Gore 2004" stickers I still see. Welcome to America.You take a "virtual tour" because lawyers and gov't regs prohibit actual tours anymore. Cheap at twice the price.I hear International Harvester and John Deere did the same thing. Big whoop!I'm sure that will improve once "Obamacare" is fully implemented. Hershey Park is right in the middle of Amish country. Surprised he didn't mention any "religious intolerance" while there, or maybe that Reagan/Bush sticker was on the back of a horse and buggy.You forgot to mention that you bitched about it on DU, DUmmie.
I spent the weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway watching NASCAR racing.
Spent $130/person for the tickets, spent a wonderful evening with 155,000 fans of 43 different drivers.
Brought my own drinks and eats.
HAD A BLAST!
Looking forward to doing it all again next year, starting March 2011. :-)
You went to Bristol?
:bow: :bow: :bow:
I've only been once, and like you say....it was a blast!!
I heard that it looks like tickets are going to be easier to get for March, because of the economy. They aren't yet sold out.
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You went to Bristol?
:bow: :bow: :bow:
I've only been once, and like you say....it was a blast!!
I heard that it looks like tickets are going to be easier to get for March, because of the economy. They aren't yet sold out.
They came closer this fall than they did in the spring, they only had 133,000 or so there then. BMS holds about 165K+, and my guess is my $365/each season tickets will be cheaper next year. But for that price, you get 5 days of racing. I went to 3 of them this year (truck race + both Sprint Cup races), but if the friction between Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch heats up some more, I may go see some Nationwide series races next year.
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They came closer this fall than they did in the spring, they only had 133,000 or so there then. BMS holds about 165K+, and my guess is my $365/each season tickets will be cheaper next year. But for that price, you get 5 days of racing. I went to 3 of them this year (truck race + both Sprint Cup races), but if the friction between Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch heats up some more, I may go see some Nationwide series races next year.
We went to the Friday race, several years ago. A guy who did a lot of my foreclosure pest inspections/treatments, had 4 tickets for both days for the March race, and last minute couldn't go and offered me two tickets, on Thursday for the Friday race. They were for seats in one of the corporate suites, it was like we were hanging above the track. What an incredible experience!!!
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I really wasn't giving you a hard time about it.... :-)
I can't drink any of the darks....yet I can drink tequilla.
Used to be a quality "shot" drinker of tequilla...then I grew up and it just made me super feisty.
Which is a very polite way of saying "bitchy".... :evillaugh:
Lime Vodka, Southern Comfort and Cranberry Juice...nectar of the gods...or straight shots of Tequila with lemon and salt. Of course, I make killer Margaritas. But a little Jack in my coffee around the holidays isn't bad either.
Cindie
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Lime Vodka, Southern Comfort and Cranberry Juice...nectar of the gods...or straight shots of Tequila with lemon and salt. Of course, I make killer Margaritas. But a little Jack in my coffee around the holidays isn't bad either.
Cindie
Lime vodka and Southern Comfort in the same glass? :bow:
The lime vodka sounds delicious....the Southern Comfort would put me in a praying position.
I love a good margarita....on the rocks, not blended. Sadly, RB's daughter told me how many calories were in them.... :bawl: I don't pay that much attention, normally, to calories in alcohol, but when she told me 1500 IN ONE....and who can have just one? and have one without chips and salsa at a minimum?.... :bawl: :bawl: :bawl:
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DUmmies should work on providing something of value to the world before complaining about how others spend their.
Why didn't the OP DUmmie go to the Habatat for Humanity Depressing Theme Park? (http://www.habitat.org/gvdc/default.aspx)
I thought that would be the number one destination for DUmmies world wide since I first heard about it some years ago. You don't have to worry about $4 Pepsis because you don't get any food. I think the only thrill ride is being blindfolded and kidnapped and held for ransom.
Holy shit, that place looks depressing. That's not a vacation, that's a guilt trip.
Also, since it's in Georgia, I assume Jimmuh has something to do with it.
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Lime Vodka, Southern Comfort and Cranberry Juice...nectar of the gods...or straight shots of Tequila with lemon and salt. Of course, I make killer Margaritas.
Margaritas = :drool:
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We went to the Friday race, several years ago. A guy who did a lot of my foreclosure pest inspections/treatments, had 4 tickets for both days for the March race, and last minute couldn't go and offered me two tickets, on Thursday for the Friday race. They were for seats in one of the corporate suites, it was like we were hanging above the track. What an incredible experience!!!
Our seats are in the section above turn 1, about 3/4 the way up. Last year, we got to hold up the placards that made up the American Flag when the National Anthem was playing.
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Our seats are in the section above turn 1, about 3/4 the way up. Last year, we got to hold up the placards that made up the American Flag when the National Anthem was playing.
Do you go to both races every year?
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Tequila makes my food fall out. I won't drink that stuff ever.
KC
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Tequila makes my food fall out. I won't drink that stuff ever.
KC
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
I have never heard it put that way!
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:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
I have never heard it put that way!
Heh, I changed the words to the song. It worked better for me.
:-)
KC
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Tequila makes my food fall out. I won't drink that stuff ever.
KC
Hahahahahahahahahahahahah!
Never heard it stated any better way!
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Do you go to both races every year?
Yep. Mrs. Diesel is a bigger fan than I am! :-)
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Yep. Mrs. Diesel is a bigger fan than I am! :-)
Ok....that green glow coming from the SW of you, is just me....being green with envy. :-)
M's dad had season tickets to Indy 500 for years....M's first memory of going, he was about 7 or 8 and being in the infield. (he's 63 now). Eventually they had 16 tickets....8 up under cover across from the pits....about 50 yrds down from the tower, and 8 about 12-15 rows up at center point of the first turn. They went every year....M, his mom and dad, and they would give tickets to their customers, or suppliers.
By the time, I came into the picture, in '94...they only had the 8 across from the pits. That was my first time going. I never knew anything could be so exciting!!! We went for 3 years.
Remember the first Brickyard 500? They sent him a letter, telling him he could have the same seats for the race, for x dollars....I don't remember what it was, but it was a fraction of what the Indy tickets were.
He declined!!!!! :wtf3: I TOLD him he was crazy!!!
We didn't go in '97 because my daughter graduated HS that weekend. It was either that year, or the next that IRL split, and he let the tickets go....after the first Brickyard, he couldn't get the tickets again.
Want to guess how many times he's smacked himself for not getting those tickets? :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
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Ok....that green glow coming from the SW of you, is just me....being green with envy. :-)
M's dad had season tickets to Indy 500 for years....M's first memory of going, he was about 7 or 8 and being in the infield. (he's 63 now). Eventually they had 16 tickets....8 up under cover across from the pits....about 50 yrds down from the tower, and 8 about 12-15 rows up at center point of the first turn. They went every year....M, his mom and dad, and they would give tickets to their customers, or suppliers.
By the time, I came into the picture, in '94...they only had the 8 across from the pits. That was my first time going. I never knew anything could be so exciting!!! We went for 3 years.
Remember the first Brickyard 500? They sent him a letter, telling him he could have the same seats for the race, for x dollars....I don't remember what it was, but it was a fraction of what the Indy tickets were.
He declined!!!!! :wtf3: I TOLD him he was crazy!!!
We didn't go in '97 because my daughter graduated HS that weekend. It was either that year, or the next that IRL split, and he let the tickets go....after the first Brickyard, he couldn't get the tickets again.
Want to guess how many times he's smacked himself for not getting those tickets? :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
Bring him by! We'll smack him too!!!!!
Never had the opportunity to see a live Indy, myself!
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A 100,000 in the park. :whatever:
Whenever these quacks start spouting off about how many people were at certain protests, remember this as an example of how well they can guesstimate.
Went to the park with my family in 2004. It was fun and things are overpriced just like you expect them to be in an amusement park. So what?
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Indeed - and I'm sure the Glenn Beck rally will have a DU estimated crowd of six or seven, and any photos to the contrary will be listed as taken from Democrat events and relabeled.
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Ok....that green glow coming from the SW of you, is just me....being green with envy. :-)
M's dad had season tickets to Indy 500 for years....M's first memory of going, he was about 7 or 8 and being in the infield. (he's 63 now). Eventually they had 16 tickets....8 up under cover across from the pits....about 50 yrds down from the tower, and 8 about 12-15 rows up at center point of the first turn. They went every year....M, his mom and dad, and they would give tickets to their customers, or suppliers.
By the time, I came into the picture, in '94...they only had the 8 across from the pits. That was my first time going. I never knew anything could be so exciting!!! We went for 3 years.
Remember the first Brickyard 500? They sent him a letter, telling him he could have the same seats for the race, for x dollars....I don't remember what it was, but it was a fraction of what the Indy tickets were.
He declined!!!!! :wtf3: I TOLD him he was crazy!!!
We didn't go in '97 because my daughter graduated HS that weekend. It was either that year, or the next that IRL split, and he let the tickets go....after the first Brickyard, he couldn't get the tickets again.
Want to guess how many times he's smacked himself for not getting those tickets? :hammer: :hammer: :hammer:
That's how we got our Bristol tickets. When we heard that some season tickets had become available, we got them! Usually, you either had to know someone, or wait until someone died before you could get Bristol tickets.
Man, Indy 500. THAT would be epic.
I've been to 2 Indycar races, rather CART races, the first was in 1990 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI (My baby brother lived in Chilton, and I was up visiting him that weekend), and at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, OH, in 1994.
Road America was GREAT! I got to shake hands with Emerson Fittipaldi, and spoke with MY favorite CART driver, Rick Mears. (They finished 2nd and 3rd. Michael Andretti won, after Danny Sullivan's transmission failed.)
This was the race where A. J. Foyt's brakes failed, and he took a ride off into the woods off turn 1. They stopped the race for an hour to medivac him out. After the race, we went back to Brother's house, and watched the whole thing again on TV!
The Boss told me when we got married that she had 3 things she wanted to do. Go to Bristol (done), go to the night race at Bristol (done), and go to the Daytona 500 (still working on it). We've even worked in a fall race in Martinsville last year for her birthday. I hope to take her to Daytona by 2013, that would be shortly after our 10th anniversary.
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That's how we got our Bristol tickets. When we heard that some season tickets had become available, we got them! Usually, you either had to know someone, or wait until someone died before you could get Bristol tickets.
Man, Indy 500. THAT would be epic.
I've been to 2 Indycar races, rather CART races, the first was in 1990 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI (My baby brother lived in Chilton, and I was up visiting him that weekend), and at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, OH, in 1994.
Road America was GREAT! I got to shake hands with Emerson Fittipaldi, and spoke with MY favorite CART driver, Rick Mears. (They finished 2nd and 3rd. Michael Andretti won, after Danny Sullivan's transmission failed.)
This was the race where A. J. Foyt's brakes failed, and he took a ride off into the woods off turn 1. They stopped the race for an hour to medivac him out. After the race, we went back to Brother's house, and watched the whole thing again on TV!
The Boss told me when we got married that she had 3 things she wanted to do. Go to Bristol (done), go to the night race at Bristol (done), and go to the Daytona 500 (still working on it). We've even worked in a fall race in Martinsville last year for her birthday. I hope to take her to Daytona by 2013, that would be shortly after our 10th anniversary.
The first time I went to the Indy 500, I had a lot of trepidation.
I liked watching NASCAR, but had never been to a race. I had gone to a couple of drag type races when I was first living out in Omaha. Those local summer night type things...and I was bored out of my mind. The only other time, was when I was really young, about 5 or 6 to a dirt track type thing, all I remember was my cousin was visiting, he and my dad thought it was great, my mother and I just wanted to go home, it was so hot and nasty.
We went with 2 other couples, driving from Cincy, in a limo with a driver. M had the tickets...one of the guys had a limo source, so the 2 other guys provided the limo. Not a shaby way to go anywhere!! We had coolers in the trunk, with stuff to eat during the race ( you would not believe the big coolers that people lug up into the stands and the incredible food some pack! - full scale picnic/tailgate food!). I was pretty over-whelmed, I had never gone to anything comparable.
We got there....and it's bright and sunny...and hot. I have no idea what to expect.....all I know, is that if I'm sitting in the hot sun for 5 hours, I'm going to be miserable. I was excited but pretty tense, too.
We lugged all the stuff up to the stands...we were under the high canopy....and somehow, the way it's constructed, there was a breeze. (2 yrs later, when it was cool and rainy, it was actually cold!). Soon as I felt the breeze, I began to get really excited. I was at the Indy 500!!! We could see several of the "pits" right in front of us. It was really neat to see everyone scurrying around!
It came time for the "fly-over", for the National Anthem....to hear everyone sing...it brought tears to my eyes. This was the ultimate Americana. Then Jim Nabors sang, Back Home in Indiana. Mrs Holman, who was ancient, even back then...."Gentlemen, start your engines!!".
There is absolutely nothing like it when they start the engines!!! The concrete stands we were on, seemed to vibrate...the very air vibrates with the roar of the engines. It's coming up through your feet and legs, it's blasting the front of your body.....then the yells start as the cars start to move....it's waves of sound just hitting the body and the hair stands up on your arms and the back of your neck...the pace car moves. And comes around again, then moves off! The noise suddenly quadruples...the engines' roar, the yelling, hollering, its everywhere....and I realized that I'm screaming as much as anyone else!!
It was a blast!!
Getting out of there...not so much fun. It took several hours, to finally get on the road back. The next two years, that we went, we parked downtown, and took a cab to the track. That's the best way to do it, because cabs and buses have specific roads to travel, that no other cars or RV's are allowed to travel. We had to walk a couple of short blocks, but it was worth it, to avoid the traffic jams. We stayed in Covington KY, because that's where M's dad lived, and it's only a bit over 100 miles or so, to get there....and a whole lot less expensive!!
I just looked at ticket availability....there's a lot available!! Prices aren't as bad as I thought they would be.
You and your wife would have the best time!
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The first Indycar race I went to was Road America in 1990. It was totally impromptu, I got up Sunday morning and glanced thru the TV Guide to see if and where they were racing that day. It was going to be at Road America, so I asked my brother how far away it was from his house. He said "about 30 minutes", so I said "GET DRESSED! We're going to an Indycar race." :-)
Back then, ESPN broadcast races on a tape delay, so we went and watched the race, came back to his house, and watched it again! We kinda, sorta saw ourselves on the replay, only you couldn't tell it was us, only a blur, but we knew where we were standing/sitting.
I know what you mean about the engines starting! Back then, they weren't too loud, because of the turbochargers. Smell the formaldehyde from the methanol exhaust, feel it burning your eyes. Hear the cars coming at you with those 2.65 liter V-8s revving 12,000 RPM, flashing by at the top of the hill at the grandstands at 200 mph, and still accelerating!
We went to Mid Ohio in 1994, sat under the HUGE "Marlboro" billboard on the hill just beyond the turn they call "the keyhole". Honda had recently debuted their Indy engine, and were having a lot of reliability problems with it. Parker Johnstone's engine expired as he was entering the turn, and he parked the car in the grass inside that turn, then came over to where we were sitting and chatted with the crowd for about 30 minutes. What a class act!
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Now that I think of it we may have sat behind the greenbriar primitive at the Police concert at Hershey a few years ago. Squatty looking woman with no neck dancing like she was having a seizure.
Wonder if that was her?