DDC XXXIV: The Original Home Of The DISDads!!!

Our last morning. Did a short swim & hot tub session, cleaning up, and pack the car for that long drive home. I think we are flying in June.

Alright boys. Just watched the happily ever after fireworks from our bedroom, all 4 of us sitting on the edge of the bed with the lights off all dead quiet. Sometimes life is pretty awesome.

We were at the boat dock. If you want that beer, I'm buying early. Otherwise, it will be the next time we meet.


Really? It can't be. Is there really that much of it? I thought only a few dads actually are doing the TA full time and some are part time. I know there's a website URL purchase and some other costs. If it was about money, then a price could be negotiated and a partnership agreement drawn up, retroactive to the beginning, and everyone could choose to buy in or not. A leadership structure put in place for branding, etc.

So, I'm guessing it's more than just money.
 
Really? It can't be. Is there really that much of it? I thought only a few dads actually are doing the TA full time and some are part time. I know there's a website URL purchase and some other costs. If it was about money, then a price could be negotiated and a partnership agreement drawn up, retroactive to the beginning, and everyone could choose to buy in or not. A leadership structure put in place for branding, etc.

So, I'm guessing it's more than just money.

Oh, maybe it was because "he was touching me"?
 
'Morning all...
It hotter then forty "hecks" outside today.
Might be a good time to go see a movie.
 
Hey guys. Just waved Norm off from the great ceremonial house with a little bit of sadness. Really nice to meet up with one of guys from here. It's great to meet the guys off the other place, but I talk to you lot more than I talk to my mum most weeks. Safe travels mate, and we should all shoot for a year where we do a "mothership meet up". Might go and check out celebration later.
Poly out.
 


Or just the perception of money...

I know there is some money in it. And, it's a good side hustle or even full time gig if you're willing to put all the time into it. Websites, podcasts, merchandise, calling airlines, vacation spots, rental cars - sounds exhausting to me.

Are we talking Millions$? 100K? Or is it an average pay job that involves all that extra phone time?

Or is the perception? Control? Is it really over the idea of a name? There has to be more, or i don't get it.

Hey guys. Just waved Norm off from the great ceremonial house with a little bit of sadness. Really nice to meet up with one of guys from here. It's great to meet the guys off the other place, but I talk to you lot more than I talk to my mum most weeks. Safe travels mate, and we should all shoot for a year where we do a "mothership meet up". Might go and check out celebration later.
Poly out.

Thanks Dan. We enjoyed meeting you as well, and thanks for subjecting your family to meet me. :lmao:

You have a great remainder of your vacation and a safe flight home.
 
Happy Saturday guys. Hot as Animal Kingdom out there so spending the afternoon watching the tube. I'll get back out there tomorrow morning.

Alright boys. Just watched the happily ever after fireworks from our bedroom, all 4 of us sitting on the edge of the bed with the lights off all dead quiet. Sometimes life is pretty awesome.

Your life doesn't suck right now.

There seems to be a few of these spats all about the same thing....


Oh, maybe it was because "he was touching me"?

Or just the perception of money...

Or is the perception? Control? Is it really over the idea of a name? There has to be more, or i don't get it.

All of the above Norm. Mostly around the use of the name on merchandise and who is making money off of it. In other words, same old crap. At least they did stay away from the travel agent debate this time.

Hey guys. Just waved Norm off from the great ceremonial house with a little bit of sadness. Really nice to meet up with one of guys from here. It's great to meet the guys off the other place, but I talk to you lot more than I talk to my mum most weeks. Safe travels mate, and we should all shoot for a year where we do a "mothership meet up". Might go and check out celebration later.
Poly out.

Looks like you guys are having a great time and appreciate the shout out from your son. One of the interesting thing about this group meeting some of these bozos in the park or when you or they are traveling around. Have fun the rest of the way.
 
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Normally not a fan of Shark Week but it starts tomorrow. The place she is interning is on a couple of segments. One is the thing with Michael Phelps vs a Great White and I think there is a rerun of Tiger Beach. Not sure the Phelps one is going to be garbage or not but the Tiger Beach episode had some interesting science.
 
Someone of FB asked me for times but I don't have them. Here is from their website:

"There are plenty of opportunities to catch SRC on Discovery Channel's Shark Week and NatGeo Wild's Shark Fest next week! Be sure to tune into "Tiger Beach" (Discovery Channel: Sunday and Friday), which looks into our collaborative research with James Sulikowski on tiger shark reproduction and movement in the Bahamas. Then learn more about our research on elusive, endangered great hammerhead sharks on "Mega Hammerhead" (NatGeo Wild: Monday, Tuesday, and Friday). Finally, check out "Air Jaws: Night Stalker" (Discovery Channel, Tuesday) where our lab director, Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, and Chris Fallows explore how South African white sharks are able to hunt at night! Don't forget to set your DVRs!"
 
Spent a nice afternoon at Middle Cove beach (not much sand around here), went for a little walk with DW and DD. Wanted to see if any capelin were rolling, but none today.
 
Well we did decide to stay out of the heat and go see a film,
Turned out to be a good Idea and all I have to say for our choice is...

I'm Mary Poppins, Y'all.


Or is the perception? Control? Is it really over the idea of a name? There has to be more, or i don't get it.
I think a lot of it is buried in those ideas.


All of the above Norm. Mostly around the use of the name on merchandise and who is making money off of it. In other words, same old crap. At least they did stay away from the travel agent debate this time.
Yeah, that does seem to be a sticking point.
Heck, I'm the one that put together the logo that gets used most often and it ain't buggin' me none.


Normally not a fan of Shark Week but it starts tomorrow. The place she is interning is on a couple of segments. One is the thing with Michael Phelps vs a Great White and I think there is a rerun of Tiger Beach. Not sure the Phelps one is going to be garbage or not but the Tiger Beach episode had some interesting science.
Not sure I can make myself watch the Phelps thing but I'll look for the Tiger Beach show if I can get to hear a bit from your girl's team.
 
Top O the Mornin Dads! Hope all are having a good weekend, hot is an understatement around here though did manage to have a cigar and watch the Cubs comeback yesterday on the patio in said heat.
Our last morning. Did a short swim & hot tub session, cleaning up, and pack the car for that long drive home. I think we are flying in June.
Think I heard ya come through here on 65. Hope travels have been safe.
Well we did decide to stay out of the heat and go see a film,
Turned out to be a good Idea and all I have to say for our choice is...

I'm Mary Poppins, Y'all.
Great line. How'd you like the movie?
 
Morning All,

Looks like our scorching temps and humidity has broken for a bit, beautiful day here so far.

Spending the morning looking at some of the guys WDW posts, watching some cruise videos for our March cruise and doing the odd chore. Should be a quiet Sunday.

Have a good one all.
 
Great start to the weekend - Cubs blow 3-2 lead going into the 8th vs Cardinals and now trail 11-3 going into the 9th. Who the he double hockey sticks give up 9 runs in the 8th?
Haven't the Brewers done that before? Nothing like the All Star week to cool off a hot team.

All of the above Norm. Mostly around the use of the name on merchandise and who is making money off of it. In other words, same old crap. At least they did stay away from the travel agent debate this time.

It is about a lot of stuff. Different things depending on who you talk to. Most revolving around one item. The TA stuff was an add in and is not a big part of it all.
 
Happy Sunday. Made it home around 2:00 last night. We left around 2:30 PM, and only hit a spot of construction lane traffic before Atlanta. Traffic was much lighter than Spring Break and Fall Break. Went to get donuts for the family this morning, washed clothes, and added up receipts.

On the good news side of it, this trip was a test for us to fly next year. Normally, we drive during Spring or Fall Break, when my small town (and neighboring ones) jack up the prices on airfare. So, we figured summer would be cheaper. But, the bigger issue - packing. Whether it's the tumbler or Camry, we have filled it up with everything, including the kitchen sink, and it wasn't the ice cream one. DW drove her Buick Encore, which is the compact SUV. We can't get many suitcases in the back seat. I told her if we were to fly, we had to cut down on the amount packed. And, they all did it. For me, packing budgie smugglers doesn't take much room, right Dan? :lmao:

So, the plan for October is to load up the Camry and drive to beach in Gulf for Fall Break. Next June, we will fly to WDW for a week at the Boardwalk. I love it when a plan comes together.

All of the above Norm. Mostly around the use of the name on merchandise and who is making money off of it. In other words, same old crap. At least they did stay away from the travel agent debate this time.
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Which to me would not be a lot of money. There isn't a huge volume, so cost and sale point would be close enough together. It should, be easy enough to do a buy in/cost sharing program with enough evidence or profit/loss and splitting going forward. So, the amount can't be agreed upon, or the process won't even be considered. That's why I don't think it is a money thing.

Yeah, that does seem to be a sticking point.
Heck, I'm the one that put together the logo that gets used most often and it ain't buggin' me none.
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And, any other guys like me who did podcasts and shared pictures for trip reports. But it's not buggin me either since I never asked for any. The long drawn out posts about who did what and who started what are ridiculous, as people have different memories and offer of proof emails. Sadly, it's a familiar story - people started a business without a good business agreement. Now, they either have to get together and resolve it, let it go, or file lawsuits. And, as I doubt there is even enough money to involve attorneys, it's those first two options. I imagine there is enough blame and hard feelings to go around.

Top O the Mornin Dads! Hope all are having a good weekend, hot is an understatement around here though did manage to have a cigar and watch the Cubs comeback yesterday on the patio in said heat.

Think I heard ya come through here on 65. Hope travels have been safe.
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I waved again last night around midnight. Enjoy a cigar for me.
 
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First, a couple pictures from our walkabout in Middle Cove yesterday, like I said, hoped to see the capelin roll but they weren't in yesterday.

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To start off today, I was driver for Cinderella. Wasn't a golden pumpkin coach unfortunately, just a used Civic.

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She was appearing as Cinderella this time (she normally is a "friend" of Elsa) at a festival called Nevaeah's Lemonade Stand. It's an interesting story actually. A young cancer survivor, Nevaeah who is now about 8 years old, wanted to start a lemonade stand a few years ago to support other sick kids. It's grown over the years into a festival that raises thousands for the children's hospital. Anyway, both DD's were involved. Youngest was there with her dance school.

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Turned out to be a good Idea and all I have to say for our choice is...

I'm Mary Poppins, Y'all.
I really enjoyed that movie. Much more than I expected. I thought the first one was good, but nothing that special. I think the second was even better.

added up receipts.
One of the more painful parts of the vacation.
 
I figured out a way to prevent both girls from asking for stuff while teaching them to budget money. We gave them a $50 limit on their Magic Bands. Now, they don't want to spend money on anything. :lmao:

My girls wanted to go to the quiet salt water pool. We had just gotten out of the water to eat lunch when i checked my phone and saw everyone else was at Lava. So yes, i just got out of the water and went over for the convention.
Good idea on getting the kids to budget with a set amount of money.
I don't think I realized there was a salt water pool at Poly. The last time we were there we didn't spend much time at the pool.

Seems another fight broke out over on the FB group. Should we try to start some infighting over here?

A side note, what are you running Marathon Weekend?
Sigh, It kind of irks me that people fighting over the Disdad brand. Makes me want to go back to the days of Stopher's long posts about being a Disneyland CM.

I'm running Dopey this year. It's DW and I's 20th anniversary on that Tuesday so we are going to try and do a Nicer dinner on Tuesday night and I think we may go to Discover Cove after the 5k. We're at contemporary this year.

Alright boys. Just watched the happily ever after fireworks from our bedroom, all 4 of us sitting on the edge of the bed with the lights off all dead quiet. Sometimes life is pretty awesome.
Bedroom fireworks are pretty awesome.

Or just the perception of money...
Yeah I think it's much more the perception of money. Rob isn't the logo that you designed the one on Aaron's shirt?

Happy Sunday. Made it home around 2:00 last night. We left around 2:30 PM, and only hit a spot of construction lane traffic before Atlanta. Traffic was much lighter than Spring Break and Fall Break. Went to get donuts for the family this morning, washed clothes, and added up receipts.
Glad you had a safe trip home. Just out of curiosity when you are tallying receipts is there anything in particular you are looking for? Are you using it to make decisions about things to purchase next trip like the dining plan or is it strictly to just keep track of costs?
 
Morning Guys, welcome to Monday!

Short office week this week; 3 days to clean up stuff and then off to Canada Games in the lovely city of Winnipeg. Close to three weeks of being in gyms, at ball fields and other venues...it's a tough gig but someone has to do it.

Hope everyone has a great day.


Bedroom fireworks are pretty awesome.

TMI!!!
 

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