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says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 17:08:59 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? Bass fishing Some of the best in the U.S. at that! There's lots to do but Harry doesn't like being outdoors, so really for him there isn't a lot to do there. |
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On 5/16/13 8:45 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote: My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? Yes, but I know you aren't the adventurous type and don't like the outdoors, so no, not for you. You're wrong on both counts. What could I do in Kissimmee that I couldn't do in a million other places? Wrestle alligators? |
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On 5/16/13 10:16 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2013 05:36:21 -0400, Hank© wrote: On 5/16/2013 5:28 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:27:15 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/15/13 4:21 PM, True North wrote: One other memory....to get a free breakfast for the family, and out of curiosity, we took one of the tours selling time sharing. We were warned by friends that it can be a hard sell tour and they were correct. I wouldn't do that again...and yes, I resisted buying a week in a new condo development just so we could spend vacation time in Orlando each year. Been on one of those in Virginia Beach. We were told it would take an hour and in return we would get pretty good dinners at three very good local restaurants. It was raining that morning, so it wasn't a beach day. Sales pitch took two hours, we said no, but we did get three good dinners for two at two of our favorite restaurants and one we'd never previously visited. A time share, to me, is a horrifically stupid purchase. The owner of the time share gets to sell the damned thing 52 times. We did stay at a Disney time share a few years ago, though, and the place was first class. My brother in law showed me how to get out of those time share sales pitches in a few minutes. He has the uncanny ability to do fairly complex math in his head and he simply runs the numbers on the actual cost of ownership verses the cost of a real nice hotel and talks loud enough to distract the other sales pitches in that bullpen. I take a calculator but the principle is the same. We usually are told "well I see you are not interested" and they send us on our way. I seem to be on a black list tho. They don't call me anymore but it might just be that the time share business is going away.. Harry is the only one I know of who walked away from a time share presentation, a winner. We always got the free room and whatever vouchers they offered. Florida passed a law in the 70s that says you don't really have to listen to the whole pitch to get the gifts. FlaJim didn't take the "How do deal with the real world when you are mustered out of the navy" course. |
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In article ,
says... On 5/16/13 8:45 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote: My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? Yes, but I know you aren't the adventurous type and don't like the outdoors, so no, not for you. You're wrong on both counts. What could I do in Kissimmee that I couldn't do in a million other places? Wrestle alligators? Harry, I said that I fully understood that you don't like adventure or the outdoors. You've made it very clear in the past that you want to fly somewhere so that you don't have to see the countryside, and you want to go to a hotel and stay there. There's Bok Tower, a very nice place to visit, some very nice lakes and swamps for photography, Old Town, the Colonial Estate, the Warbird Museum. I like going to East Lake fish camp, but then again, it isn't a five star hotel so you wouldn't. |
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On 5/16/13 11:04 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 5/16/13 8:45 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote: My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? Yes, but I know you aren't the adventurous type and don't like the outdoors, so no, not for you. You're wrong on both counts. What could I do in Kissimmee that I couldn't do in a million other places? Wrestle alligators? Harry, I said that I fully understood that you don't like adventure or the outdoors. You've made it very clear in the past that you want to fly somewhere so that you don't have to see the countryside, and you want to go to a hotel and stay there. There's Bok Tower, a very nice place to visit, some very nice lakes and swamps for photography, Old Town, the Colonial Estate, the Warbird Museum. I like going to East Lake fish camp, but then again, it isn't a five star hotel so you wouldn't. I've stayed at fish camps to fish. |
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On 5/16/2013 10:18 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 5/16/13 8:45 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote: My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? Yes, but I know you aren't the adventurous type and don't like the outdoors, so no, not for you. You're wrong on both counts. What could I do in Kissimmee that I couldn't do in a million other places? Wrestle alligators? Have you ever tried it? It might be fun. |
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says... On 5/16/13 11:24 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 11:14:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/16/13 11:04 AM, iBoaterer wrote: I've stayed at fish camps to fish. If you like Bass fishing, it is hard to beat central Florida. That is where people get the fish that they cheat with everywhere else ;-) I've fished for bass many times in central Florida. This fish camp is the real deal, it's not a resort. You wouldn't like it. |
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