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DT said:
We were pretty stoked to see The Mummy has re-opened at Universal! It's been closed for a refurb, with new effects, some general car/track improvements, etc., it's one of our faves and it's been closed for a long time (~8 months). They've been saying "Late Summer" for the re-opening, whatever that meant ...

We at least __assumed__ it would be open for our long stay for HHN '22 in October, but just last week, kind of a spur-of-the-moment and since our HHN passes are a multi-day-multi-month, we got a room for this weekend (HHN officially starts tomorrow night) so it was a nice surprise / good timing :)
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In this context, I assume that "stoked" means that you are ecstatically delighted and excited and insanely happy that the event you have described - this re-opening - has taken place?
 
had fun with the granddaughter today. she played with our puppy and then we rode to 3 different parks.
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been watching these tick tock videos of all these rural cheese people cooking. learned a lot. they cook so hot and use a lot of oil. I usually steam the veggies but I stir fried them in a really hot pan. the bok choy bases should have been smaller I split them but they still needed more cooking. so them and the flat peas garlic and ginger with teriyaki marinated shrimp (need to buy them from trader joes without the shell) but they were still pretty good and the dogs liked the shells. I have a induction stove so I let the steel pans to get hot without smoking while I get the stuff ready then crank up the heat and cook fast and hot. I get the butcher to slice meat then for me then it cooks in just couple of minutes.
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Alli said:
I just saw a post on Twitter that this emojI is actually a high five. Now I’m conflicted.
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I have heard that as well, but too many people are using it in cases where the High Five would be way inappropriate. :oops:

And then there is this:

No, the Praying Hands Emoji Is Not a "High Five"

ABC 6 in Philadelphia suggested today that the praying hands emoji—one used to express faith, gratitude, or a general "Jesus take the wheel" attitude—is actually a "high five." ABC 6 in Philadelphia is wrong.
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This house:

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Has gotten a lot of hype, the Team preview feedback Discord chat said it was one of the best ever (talking 31 years of this event).

It exceeded expectations. Wow. Just stunning, I mean, spooky, scary, cold, creepy, and so atmospheric and beautifully designed. It was in Stage 24, which is a massive soundstage, in the center was a huge lighthouse, the light would cut through the entire house on occasion, lighting thing up, something just through the slats of the old building on the pier. Even the smells were carefully designed, at one point, we walked through a light rain, fog rolling in, and it smelled like an old pier, like slightly decaying barnacles. Just wow.

The timing, the actors, the costumes, holy smokes, these old style diving suits that were lit up inside and the actor had this horrific makeup - of the old dead fisherman hanging from a huge hook that slid along part of the path, while he screamed and reached out at you with a huge hook. At one point you come across what looks like part of a full scale ship, with a ghostly women up on the bow.

From Slashfilm:

However, one house is undeniably the best of the bunch. "Dead Man's Pier: Winter's Wake" is both aesthetically gorgeous and teeming with startling scares. It also stands as perhaps the most depressing house the Universal Orlando team has created, and if there is one house that absolutely must be experienced at the event, it is "Dead Man's Pier."
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Read More: https://www.slashfilm.com/994274/un...-haunt-goes-back-to-basics/?utm_campaign=clip
 
Counting my blessings that, for whatever reasons, Frontier seems to have buried its main data and voice line feeds to our still overhead wires around here from separate and differently sited underground conduits.

Anyway we have had over 2.5 inches of rain in last 24 hours. This has translated yet again --like in July and in August-- to a lingering landline phone service outage. But the data piece of my DSL service still works so I do have net connections and WiFi calling. Since we live in a dead zone for cell here, that really matters. Wish they'd bring a cell tower here but i've been wishing that since like 1997. Some of my neighbors still don't have mobile phones or internet service either, so when it rains now they are incommunicado...

Seems like Frontier must have buried some part of the digital voice line conduits to this area below current water table levels. And that they're finding leaks on a trial and error basis with each passing rain dump.
 
DT said:
And it was open, first ride since Jan :)

Our view from the Villas this weekend ...

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That is the hotel that is modeled after Portofino Italy right? I have been contemplating staying there during my honeymoon in May 2023. I found this view strikingly similar to the AirBNB view that I am thinking of pulling the trigger on. I guess I could make it a cheaper trip and just go to Universal, but I don't think it would fool the future misses. :ROFLMAO:😂🤣

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rdrr said:
That is the hotel that is modeled after Portofino Italy right? I have been contemplating staying there during my honeymoon in May 2023. I found this view strikingly similar to the AirBNB view that I am thinking of pulling the trigger on. I guess I could make it a cheaper trip and just go to Universal, but I don't think it would fool the future misses. :ROFLMAO:😂🤣

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Hahaha, yeah, maybe if you had her wear a blindfold, umm, I guess the whole time until arrival ... and then maybe just pretended not to notice the roller coasters in the background.
 
lizkat said:
Oh, wow. Don't mess around. They are true vandals. Get a professional to do it, pronto.
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My wife is calling around. I got him out of there with a broom handle, and my wife was supposed to grab him with a towel, but she panicked, threw the towel at him, and he ran back into that door pocket and into the wall again.
 
lizkat said:
Oh, wow. Don't mess around. They are true vandals. Get a professional to do it, pronto.
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Years ago we had a serious problem with squirrels in the attic, our main storage area is closed off, but they were out of control everywhere else, we hired a company that removed, provided a multi-stage extensive cleaning/disinfecting, and also put "critter resistant" plates over the soffits (the old covers were flimsy round "plugs" that just pushed in ...)

I think it was close to $3K when it was all done.
 
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