Moving to Florida
Mar 18th 2006, 1:18 am
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It could have been worse...
...for as optimism can only lead to disappointment, pessimism can only make the future more enjoyable....
Yes, it was hot and humid. The grass was a sickly shade of green. The drivers are worse than a bunch of New Mexicans, and the traffic lights that take forever to change can't be seen from the line at which you stop. Sidewalks full of drunken Brits crawling from place to place. And angry Germans too. The drunken Brits run around tangling their MM ears like a bunch of bull elk in rut, and everyone is trying to rip off everyone else. $2.75 for a soda at the convention center (yes, the vending machines do take credit cards) and $5.50 for a coffee. Fortunately there's a Starbucks and a Subway (because you were right - no veggie restaurants anywhere) in that pile of construction rubble across the street commonly referred to as Pointe Orlando. Otherwise I would have starved or started appending e after e to the ende of every worde I see. Escape velocity is impossible - every road leads to I-Drive or Disney.
So it was most fortunate that business was well served at the conference and that I cuold senpd my envniegs cwlarnig my dukernrn Birt asre bcak and ftorh to the Ckircetres Amrs....
Thank you, Orlando.
Yes, it was hot and humid. The grass was a sickly shade of green. The drivers are worse than a bunch of New Mexicans, and the traffic lights that take forever to change can't be seen from the line at which you stop. Sidewalks full of drunken Brits crawling from place to place. And angry Germans too. The drunken Brits run around tangling their MM ears like a bunch of bull elk in rut, and everyone is trying to rip off everyone else. $2.75 for a soda at the convention center (yes, the vending machines do take credit cards) and $5.50 for a coffee. Fortunately there's a Starbucks and a Subway (because you were right - no veggie restaurants anywhere) in that pile of construction rubble across the street commonly referred to as Pointe Orlando. Otherwise I would have starved or started appending e after e to the ende of every worde I see. Escape velocity is impossible - every road leads to I-Drive or Disney.
So it was most fortunate that business was well served at the conference and that I cuold senpd my envniegs cwlarnig my dukernrn Birt asre bcak and ftorh to the Ckircetres Amrs....
Thank you, Orlando.
Mar 18th 2006, 1:59 am
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Re: Moving to Florida
So you liked it then?
Mar 18th 2006, 2:41 am
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Re: It could have been worse...
Originally Posted by AdobePinon
...for as optimism can only lead to disappointment, pessimism can only make the future more enjoyable....
Yes, it was hot and humid. The grass was a sickly shade of green. The drivers are worse than a bunch of New Mexicans, and the traffic lights that take forever to change can't be seen from the line at which you stop. Sidewalks full of drunken Brits crawling from place to place. And angry Germans too. The drunken Brits run around tangling their MM ears like a bunch of bull elk in rut, and everyone is trying to rip off everyone else. $2.75 for a soda at the convention center (yes, the vending machines do take credit cards) and $5.50 for a coffee. Fortunately there's a Starbucks and a Subway (because you were right - no veggie restaurants anywhere) in that pile of construction rubble across the street commonly referred to as Pointe Orlando. Otherwise I would have starved or started appending e after e to the ende of every worde I see. Escape velocity is impossible - every road leads to I-Drive or Disney.
So it was most fortunate that business was well served at the conference and that I cuold senpd my envniegs cwlarnig my dukernrn Birt asre bcak and ftorh to the Ckircetres Amrs....
Thank you, Orlando.
Yes, it was hot and humid. The grass was a sickly shade of green. The drivers are worse than a bunch of New Mexicans, and the traffic lights that take forever to change can't be seen from the line at which you stop. Sidewalks full of drunken Brits crawling from place to place. And angry Germans too. The drunken Brits run around tangling their MM ears like a bunch of bull elk in rut, and everyone is trying to rip off everyone else. $2.75 for a soda at the convention center (yes, the vending machines do take credit cards) and $5.50 for a coffee. Fortunately there's a Starbucks and a Subway (because you were right - no veggie restaurants anywhere) in that pile of construction rubble across the street commonly referred to as Pointe Orlando. Otherwise I would have starved or started appending e after e to the ende of every worde I see. Escape velocity is impossible - every road leads to I-Drive or Disney.
So it was most fortunate that business was well served at the conference and that I cuold senpd my envniegs cwlarnig my dukernrn Birt asre bcak and ftorh to the Ckircetres Amrs....
Thank you, Orlando.
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Mar 18th 2006, 2:59 am
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Re: Moving to Florida
Originally Posted by Thydney
So you liked [spending some time at the conference and the rest being drunk as a skunk] then?
The next conference is not only in Orlando, but at Disney. I've already told them 'no'. There are some places that cannot be cured even by alcohol.
Mar 18th 2006, 3:03 am
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Re: It could have been worse...
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
Did you feel like you were in the "old country" with all those Brits around you?
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Mar 18th 2006, 3:13 am
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Re: Moving to Florida
Originally Posted by AdobePinon
Despite my best efforts, my 14-year self-imposed exclusion from FL is coming to an end. The uberboss is sending me to a conference in March for a few days.
So, given than one or two of you live out there, what's good in Orlando these days? Anything non-Disney worth seeing? Decent veggie restaurants?
Oh yeah, almost forgot - What kind of veesah do I need?
So, given than one or two of you live out there, what's good in Orlando these days? Anything non-Disney worth seeing? Decent veggie restaurants?
Oh yeah, almost forgot - What kind of veesah do I need?
Stayed there a couple of days on a business trip last year, can't say I was the least bit impressed. The downtown area is just that, a downtown area. Nothing really stood out. Very bored to be honest. Was glad to be back on the flight home. (Did I really say that, "home"?)
Mar 18th 2006, 12:31 pm
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Re: It could have been worse...
Originally Posted by AdobePinon
...for as optimism can only lead to disappointment, pessimism can only make the future more enjoyable....
Yes, it was hot and humid. The grass was a sickly shade of green. The drivers are worse than a bunch of New Mexicans, and the traffic lights that take forever to change can't be seen from the line at which you stop. Sidewalks full of drunken Brits crawling from place to place. And angry Germans too. The drunken Brits run around tangling their MM ears like a bunch of bull elk in rut, and everyone is trying to rip off everyone else. $2.75 for a soda at the convention center (yes, the vending machines do take credit cards) and $5.50 for a coffee. Fortunately there's a Starbucks and a Subway (because you were right - no veggie restaurants anywhere) in that pile of construction rubble across the street commonly referred to as Pointe Orlando. Otherwise I would have starved or started appending e after e to the ende of every worde I see. Escape velocity is impossible - every road leads to I-Drive or Disney.
So it was most fortunate that business was well served at the conference and that I cuold senpd my envniegs cwlarnig my dukernrn Birt asre bcak and ftorh to the Ckircetres Amrs....
Thank you, Orlando.
Yes, it was hot and humid. The grass was a sickly shade of green. The drivers are worse than a bunch of New Mexicans, and the traffic lights that take forever to change can't be seen from the line at which you stop. Sidewalks full of drunken Brits crawling from place to place. And angry Germans too. The drunken Brits run around tangling their MM ears like a bunch of bull elk in rut, and everyone is trying to rip off everyone else. $2.75 for a soda at the convention center (yes, the vending machines do take credit cards) and $5.50 for a coffee. Fortunately there's a Starbucks and a Subway (because you were right - no veggie restaurants anywhere) in that pile of construction rubble across the street commonly referred to as Pointe Orlando. Otherwise I would have starved or started appending e after e to the ende of every worde I see. Escape velocity is impossible - every road leads to I-Drive or Disney.
So it was most fortunate that business was well served at the conference and that I cuold senpd my envniegs cwlarnig my dukernrn Birt asre bcak and ftorh to the Ckircetres Amrs....
Thank you, Orlando.
Hot and humid?!? Not yet me old son...its not even started yet. Come back in August if you want hot and humid.
Anyway...dont say we didnt warn you what a lovely plave it is to behold. Just be thankful you made it out alive.
Mar 18th 2006, 2:24 pm
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Re: Moving to Florida
Yeah, I was scratching my head. Hot and humid? Where???? Not right now!
Mar 18th 2006, 3:55 pm
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Re: Moving to Florida
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
Yeah, I was scratching my head. Hot and humid? Where???? Not right now!
Mar 18th 2006, 4:30 pm
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Re: Moving to Florida
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
Yeah, I was scratching my head. Hot and humid? Where???? Not right now!
Mar 19th 2006, 1:58 am
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Re: Moving to Florida
Originally Posted by jibsymalone
Or all the sweat coming from the tourists? nice!
Well, AWP, I am indeed thankful to have Orlando in the rear view mirror, and even more thankful to note that that particular conference doesn't return to FL until 2010. Next year, Chicago.
<rear mirror turned off, thanks all for dire predictions, lights out>
Mar 20th 2006, 2:38 pm
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Re: Moving to Florida
Originally Posted by dunroving
If you've never been to Disney/Epcot, I'd say it's worth it despite the fact some parts do seem a bit outdated (I've been maybe 5 times since they opened in the '80's, and was a bit disappointed last time that they hadn't really added much).
One of the fun parts of Epcot for me is the World Showcase - little countries (China, Japan, Canada) - so you can have breakfast in a French cafe, lunch at a British pub, and dinner at a Morrocan souk.
Plus, of course, if you ever leave the US, you know you'll spend the rest of your life having to explain that although youl ived in Florida you didn't go to Disney ....
One of the fun parts of Epcot for me is the World Showcase - little countries (China, Japan, Canada) - so you can have breakfast in a French cafe, lunch at a British pub, and dinner at a Morrocan souk.
Plus, of course, if you ever leave the US, you know you'll spend the rest of your life having to explain that although youl ived in Florida you didn't go to Disney ....
