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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2008RPCA Meet-up next year...
Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with an idea. :o) She mentioned that she has met several catslaves who live in the Florida area. I've met several catslaves who live in the DC area. We were thinking, as the idea has been muted several times, of perhaps organising a Catslaves conference in Orlando next year. (18 months away). The long time span would be to allow people to save up for flights etc, there are a couple of people in the Orlando area who would be willing to help organise stuff, and the reason i suggest Orlando, is because we (me) can get cheap flights from Europe and we (I) could tie it into a vaccation to visit Florida. Who would be interetsted? Helen M > Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with > an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen M That does sound like a good idea, I suppose I'll have to renew my passport it expired in 1992. ;o)  SignatureAdrian Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera > Who would be interetsted? I think it would be great! May I suggest putting together some kind of poll to see if that is the meeting place that would attract the most rpca folks? There are great airfare deals from Europe to pretty much any major airport in the US. Some of the main ones that come to mind: Houston (IAH) Dallas (DFW) Atlanta (I hear it's hell to fly through that one though) Chicago (ditto) NYC area (JFK, LGA) Seattle (SEA) Miami (MIA) Something to think about. :) Victor SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > Who would be interetsted? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Send your spam here: u...@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLIT...@BOXaustin.rr.com Reason I suggested Orlando, is because Charleen is willing to try and organise things at her end, but I like your idea. :) Helen M >> Who would be interetsted? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Victor I'd vote for Houston, naturally, but I'd be willing to go anywhere I could get cheap airfare to (alas, do to budget constraints (i.e. we're broke) I couldn't just fly anywhere at any time). Hugs, CatNipped >> Who would be interetsted? > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Something to think about. :) New York! =o) Signature·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Laurie ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· *~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ~Abraham Lincoln > Victor >> Who would be interetsted? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Victor That's a great idea, Victor. kili If the meeting was in the New England area I might be able to make it. I don't think I'll be able to get to Florida. SignatureAnn in Connecticut read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ * * * >> Who would be interetsted? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Victor >> Who would be interetsted? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Seattle (SEA) > Miami (MIA) Sorry, but I can't resist this one: Since when is Miami Missing In Action? I thought it was in Florida!?!?!? :P >^..^< This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep >>> Who would be interetsted? >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > :P I think a lot of us Floridian wish it was missing in action all the damn lottery winners are there > >^..^< This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help > her wipe out Bunny's world domination. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep heehee >>> Who would be interetsted? >> [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep I like the DFW ...I'm close to there....I don't do coastal cities...fear of large bodies of water and all that silly stuff.... :-) >> Who would be interetsted? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Victor :-)Liz wrote: > I like the DFW ...I'm close to there....I don't do coastal > cities...fear of large bodies of water and all that silly stuff.... > :-) The last time I flew into DFW was 1982, it wouldn't surprise me to find a few changes since then. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Everytime I leave DFW and am gone on... be it business or caring for family...I return and there are new housing developments, shopping centers, shopping centers torn down... always amazes me.... :-) Liz > :-)Liz wrote: >> I like the DFW ...I'm close to there....I don't do coastal [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The last time I flew into DFW was 1982, it wouldn't surprise me to find a > few changes since then. ;-) > Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with > an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen M Great idea! But of course I have no idea what will be going on 18 months from now :) Jill > Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with > an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen M Me me me me me me!!!!!! I'm only about 1 1/2 hours away from Orlando. I'd have to get the hubby to drive me, but there's a great Oriental buffet restaurant we used to go to right around there on our stints back and forth to the Mayo Clinic up in Jacksonville. If I tantalize him with the restaurant idea, he'll take me. :~) Count me in! kili I was lucky to meet you and several other rpca people in DC a few years ago. I'm definitely interested in a conference. Put me on the list! Debbie dberry@mitre.org On Mar 24, 7:04 am, leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with > an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen M > Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with > an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen M I love the idea. Don't know if I could be there but you never know. One concern counting forward 18 months would be September. Isn't that the heart of hurricane season? I'm not sure. We are going to San Antonio this September and then maybe on to Florida to see my sister, but i was worried about storms. They aren't a big deal for one family, you can scram like everyone else. But it could present a problem for a large group. Jo Jo > One concern counting forward 18 months would be September. Isn't that the > heart of hurricane season? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Jo Hmmmm... food for thought. I was actually thinking around May-August, and Orlando is only one idea. :) Helen M wow, conference for catlovers? hikz...I'd really love to join, but I'm so far away, millions of miles away from you guys (Indonesia)....I wonder, what's your plan for the overall events? It's a very briliant idea! Hope I could do the same thing in my place.....hopefully, one day! -eri- Join my pondering today on feline & human at http://felinesophy.blogspot.com like how cats can be nominated furr the best communicator in feline nation! Find out more about my feline family at http://meaouwytroops.blogspot.com > wow, conference for catlovers? hikz...I'd really love to join, but I'm > so far away, millions of miles away from you guys (Indonesia)....I > wonder, what's your plan for the overall events? It's a very briliant > idea! Hope I could do the same thing in my place.....hopefully, one > day! Eri, its miles away from a fair few of us (I'm in Sydney, Australia). However, I am trusting that some very clever person can orgainise a video conference so that those of us who can't physically be there can still join in. Yowie >> [quoted text muted] > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Yowie If I'm able to make it, and if we can plan at least some of the events (or *the* event?) at a spot with WiFi service, I'd be glad to arrange some sort of video conferencing. Dan >>> [quoted text muted] >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Dan If it is Orlando almost every hotel has wi-fi in it > One concern counting forward 18 months would be September. Isn't that the > heart of hurricane season? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Jo Hmmmm... food for thought. I was actually thinking around May-August, and Orlando is only one idea. :) Helen M I am all for it the best time is between June and August for Orlando forget Miami the price for hotels and flights are crazy. The first week of July is definitely out NASCAR is in town. Here in Orlando just for example you can stay at a Disney resort starting at 82 a night but this is on Disney property. Hotelcorps.com is advertising hotels starting at $19 a night near Disney May is Prom season down here hotels are expensive. Just be ready for the Florida heat 120 with the humidity factor and it is a wet heat. You can get group rates pretty reasonable here in Orlando. Plus you are near all the attractions. There is no public transportation that is worth anything so renting a car is a must. I know pretty descent restaurants that we can do as a group The Cheese Cake Factory Sleuths mystery diner Boston Lobster Feast The Crab House Rainforest Cafe Texas de Brazil Here in Orlando me and Charleen can talk about some things and help everyone with everything > <leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > Here in Orlando me and Charleen can talk about some things and help > everyone with everything I think one of our (my) phrases was... "Isn't Matthew retired now, so he could help out with the organisation....?" I'm leaning towards Orlando, TBH. Helen M On Mar 24, 6:19 pm, "Matthew" <Iamacatsl...@proudtoserve.com> wrote: > <leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > Here in Orlando me and Charleen can talk about some things and help > everyone with everything I think one of our (my) phrases was... "Isn't Matthew retired now, so he could help out with the organisation....?" I'm leaning towards Orlando, TBH. Helen M I hope we all can get together her. I don't like to leave mom alone for to long. I spent a fortune calling her from the ship to make sure she was ok everyday. $7 dollars a minute. For our overseas guest if they can come Orlando MCO is an international airport plus we have Orlando-Sanford airport which caters to Europe specially the UK I was retired found something to do on the side. Going thru this depression I found unless I get out of the house it gets worse so I found a light job to do driving people around when the company needs help. Easy work good money good tips as long as the economy holds I have no problems helping with the organization since I know Orlando like the back of my hand where all the good hotels are and the FOOD is oh yes definitely where the FOOD is. IF you are not fat now I will get you plump by the time it is over. They only thing is I AM NOT GOING TO DISNEY. I will go to Animal Kingdom, Epcot but not to the mouse house I have been 104 times no joke and I scream when I hear it is a small world. My family and friends comes down at least four times a year and the first place they go is Disney and the first ride and the last ride of the day has to be its a small world. I swear I have nightmare for a week after going thru that ride. I get dragged on it and have to listen to the kids whine if I don't :-( MGM and Universal studios IMO are not worth the trip plus I can't go on some rides due to my own stupidity and gaining a whole bunch of weight since all my problems began. I blew up like a blimp you will all get to see when I finally get my vacation pictures done And there is no way anyone is convincing me of going to Busch gardens and get on the roller coasters from hell Maybe I can see if we all can visit the tiger rescue that is nearby http://www.bigcatrescue.org/VisitUs.htm I saw this quote on the above site and it hit home hard "When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens the Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them." Chief Seattle > Maybe I can see if we all can visit the tiger rescue that is nearbyhttp://www.bigcatrescue.org/VisitUs.htm//// Maybe we could volunteer for a day? Helen M On Mar 24, 2:14 pm, leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > Maybe I can see if we all can visit the tiger rescue that is nearbyhttp://www.bigcatrescue.org/VisitUs.htm//// > > Maybe we could volunteer for a day? I'm getting unavailable for that URL Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs On Mar 24, 2:14 pm, leoparduswei...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > Maybe I can see if we all can visit the tiger rescue that is > > nearbyhttp://www.bigcatrescue.org/VisitUs.htm//// > > Maybe we could volunteer for a day? I'm getting unavailable for that URL http://www.bigcatrescue.org:80/VisitUs.htm http://www.bigcatrescue.org/ warning tear jerker http://bigcat.bigcatchat.com/kickapps/_I-will-remember-you/video/159662/23189.ht ml?b=96658&pageId=246167 Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > > Maybe I can see if we all can visit the tiger rescue that is nearbyhttp://www.bigcatrescue.org/VisitUs.htm//// > Maybe we could volunteer for a day? Ooo oo oo, yes! I want to! Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. now,THAT would be cool. >> Maybe I can see if we all can visit the tiger rescue that is >> nearbyhttp://www.bigcatrescue.org/VisitUs.htm//// > > Maybe we could volunteer for a day? > > Helen M >>> Maybe I can see if we all can visit the tiger rescue that is >>> nearbyhttp://www.bigcatrescue.org/VisitUs.htm//// [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > now,THAT would be cool. I can just picture a hoard of cat-lovers descending on the tiger rescue place, hi, we're here to help! :) Jill > > One concern counting forward 18 months would be September. ?Isn't that the > > heart of hurricane season? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > Jo > Hmmmm... food for thought. I was actually thinking around May-August, > and Orlando is only one idea. :) Do hurricanes really strike that hard, that far inland? I'd expect them to have died down a lot by then. Usually they travel up the coast. The ocean is what gives them their power. In any case, I could certainly come to Florida. I try to get there on a regular basis as it is. But 18 months, that's a long time away from now. You mean Sept. of 2009, right? Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > > > One concern counting forward 18 months would be September. ?Isn't that > > > the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > to have died down a lot by then. Usually they travel up the coast. The > ocean is what gives them their power. 2004 august 13 charley hit it destroyed Florida followed with the 3 other hurricanes the last one was in late September. I live over 30 miles from the coast it let me with out power from 8/13 till 10/1. I had to use a generator to live august September early October is the height of hurricane season not always true they usually cross Florida heading to the gulf of Mexico. > In any case, I could certainly come to Florida. I try to get there on > a regular basis as it is. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joyce > But 18 months, that's a long time away from now. You mean Sept. of 2009, > right? > > Joyce I'm thinking between June and August 2009. That will give people a chance to save $$ so that they can come. We'd keep it as cheap as possible, say book a weekend as a convention at a reasonable hotel, e.g Best Western, something like that, which is were Charleen and Matthews encyclopeadic knowledge and charm offensives would come in, with a couple of organised trips, a dinner event at a local restuarant and I'm also wondering if we could have a few presentations/lectures on cats too. (e.g. I'd be happy to ramble on about the Scottish wildcat for 45 minutes). Helen M > I'm thinking between June and August 2009. That will give people a > chance to save $$ so that they can come. If I may make a suggestion, it might be better to schedule a trip to Florida, especially inland like Orlando, more like in February, rather than the summer. It gets very humid there in the summer. Of course, you've lived in Belize, so you probably wouldn't bat an eye at Florida's humidity. :) But I would consider it unbearable. January and February are actually the best months to go there. It's after the holidays, so you don't have hordes of people travelling there to visit their retired parents. And it's before Spring Break, so you don't have to deal with a different horde, of hormonally overdosed college kids. :) The weather at that time of year is really lovely. Not that I've spent any time in Orlando, so I can't fully vouch for that. But I've been in coastal places such as West Palm and Daytona, quite a few times in mid-winter, and it's beautiful. That might not work quite so well, savings-wise, though - as it would give people less than a year to save up. So, FWIW... Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > > I'm thinking between June and August 2009. That will give people a > > chance to save $$ so that they can come. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Joyce You are right about the temperature it is 67 degrees today it will 46 tonight with a wind chill factor make it in the 30's and the weather is typical less than 80 with heat factor during the first couple months. Just got to be careful down here in February you got NASCAR AGAIN and the home builders association and the golf tournaments that take over Orlando / Tampa area. Also bike week is at the end of February. January is great very slow time Just to let you know Daytona Beach has changed they mark up their room and the local restaurants are not very good you got to travel to Orlando or St.Augustine for descent food. During NASCAR and other event people go to Orlando to stay it is cheaper. if you want to know what is going on here http://aroundcentralflorida.com I can't believe how excited I am about this >Just got to be careful down here in February you got NASCAR AGAIN and the >home builders association and the golf tournaments that take over Orlando / >Tampa area. Also bike week is at the end of February. January is great >very slow time Daytona is the pilgrimage this northern redneck has to make one day. They don't call Daytona Speedweeks "Redneck High Holy Days" for nothing! Any location near a NASCAR event will have: A) A lack of available hotel rooms B) Rates for fleabag rooms, the only ones available, as much as the Waldorf Astoria charges. The "Quality Inn" in Newark, Delaware (really a Comfort Inn with an attitude and a paint job) wants $299 a night with a 2-night minimum this June for the Dover NASCAR race weekend, which this year coincides with the nearby graduation ceremony for University of Delaware. The two have been on the same weekend before, but rates were never as much a BOHICA as this year. We're staying in nearby Elkton instead for a third of that rate and dumping that hotel we used for the last 15 years of race weekends. Signatureannoyed@net.spammers Craig, Kathi & "Cat Five" the tabby girl "One way that you can tell that 'Mythbusters' has been in the area is to look for shrapnel in the trees." - Jamie Hyneman >> I'm thinking between June and August 2009. That will give people a >> chance to save $$ so that they can come. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Joyce That sounds better for me, I don't handle heat so well these days. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > > I'm thinking between June and August 2009. That will give people a > > chance to save $$ so that they can come. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > That might not work quite so well, savings-wise, though - as it would > give people less than a year to save up. So, FWIW... Having lived on the Gulf Coast all my life I can attest to the above. Mid-winter is MUCH preferable to summer - you'll some 78F days instead of 105+F. Less humidity too (less like being smacked in the face with a hot, wet towel. Hugs, CatNipped > Joyce ME ,i live in Lakeland,FL,i'd LUV ta meet y'all > Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with > an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen M > ME ,i live in Lakeland,FL,i'd LUV ta meet y'all You live in Lakeland? I'm in Zephyrhills! kili kewl ! ,have you ever been to Cypress Gardens ? it's pretty close to us , we go there a lot, have an 8 y.o son . >> ME ,i live in Lakeland,FL,i'd LUV ta meet y'all > > You live in Lakeland? I'm in Zephyrhills! > > kili > kewl ! ,have you ever been to Cypress Gardens ? it's pretty close to > us , we go there a lot, have an 8 y.o son . [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> kili Nope, I've never been. We don't have kids and we don't get out much. LOL. By the time DH comes home from work (IF he's working), we make dinner and go to sleep. Weekends are pretty much errand days. :-( kili > Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with > an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Who would be interetsted? I'd like to be a part of this, but it all depends on Rob and how things are going here. I really, strongly, deeply recommend that September is the WORST time of the year to visit around here. You're better off in October or June. Hurricanes are possible then, but less likely. Most hurricanes can be rode out, but I still wouldn't want to be a part of a hurricane party in Orlando. I do want to visit there and I love the idea of Tampa some day, and Daytona sounds fun when the college kids aren't there. Myrtle Beach South Carolina has possibilities as does Savannah Georgia (I love that town and I've only been there once) and Julie's stomping ground Atlanta GA. Personally, I'm game for most anything, so long as I don't have to organize it.. Too bad we can't do a catslave group cruise in the Caribbean. Pam S. who really wants to be there. > Personally, I'm game for most anything, so long as I don't have to organize > it.. Too bad we can't do a catslave group cruise in the Caribbean. > > Pam S. who really wants to be there. We can get 3 night cruises from Miami to the Bahamas and back for between $330 and $370 per person, group rates......... Helen M (Who really wants Pam there too) >> Personally, I'm game for most anything, so long as I don't have to organize >> it.. ?Too bad we can't do a catslave group cruise in the Caribbean. >> >> Pam S. ?who really wants to be there. > We can get 3 night cruises from Miami to the Bahamas and back for > between $330 and $370 per person, group rates......... > Helen M (Who really wants Pam there too) You're *kidding*. That is really cheap! I've never been on a cruise. It could be interesting. I tend toward seasickness, but there are drugs for that... and it would solve the humidity problem, too. JOyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. >> Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with >> an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Pam S. who really wants to be there. I was thinking a cruise also I got a travel agent hookup at carnival and a 3 or 4 day cruise would run about a few hundred dollars. I paid for a single occupancy double is cheaper with insurance and a descent room with prepaid gratuities it was $460.00 that was 5 day 4 night cruise going to Freeport and Nassau For that price all the food and lodging included not bad for 5 days 92 dollars a day heck hotel, food and gas would cost that much if not more Anyone else up for a cruise???? I definitely am! Helen M > Anyone else up for a cruise???? > > I definitely am! > > Helen M I think the cruise line would be in a world of trouble getting all of us together ;-) >> Anyone else up for a cruise???? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I think the cruise line would be in a world of trouble getting all of > us together ;-) Do they accept cats? <giggling> > Anyone else up for a cruise???? I've never been in a cruise... the only downside is no cats! :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Anyone else up for a cruise???? > > I've never been in a cruise... the only downside is no cats! :) But plenty of cat slaves ;-) > Victor M. Martinez > Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Anyone else up for a cruise???? > > I've never been in a cruise... the only downside is no cats! :) Not so true the Bahamas have a zoo with cats and so does other ports > Victor M. Martinez > Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) > Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov > Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Anyone else up for a cruise???? > > I definitely am! > > Helen M I'd love it! Hugs, CatNipped >>> Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with >>> an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > For that price all the food and lodging included not bad for 5 days 92 > dollars a day heck hotel, food and gas would cost that much if not more This was not group rate or with any advance discounts or up grades BUT EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PASSPORT TO GO. and I want Pam there also along with everyone else >>>> Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up >>>> with an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > and I want Pam there also along with everyone else It's not hard to get a passport. Jill >>>>> Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up >>>>> with an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Jill We have at least a 3 month waiting period in Florida and I believe it's about $100 to get one. Once you've actually gotten your passport it's a $75 renewal fee, I think. To be honest, I wouldn't even know where to get one. Didn't the post office used to offer them? kili > To be honest, I wouldn't even know where to get one. Didn't the post office > used to offer them? > > kili They still do. They aren't fast, but it's pretty simple. You will need a birth certificate, though. Dan kilikini kirjoitti: > We have at least a 3 month waiting period in Florida and I believe it's > about $100 to get one. Once you've actually gotten your passport it's a $75 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > kili Here's info on how to apply a US passport in USA http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html Just keep clicking here and there for more info as you go... SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/christal63/ photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 >>>>>> Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up >>>>>> with an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > kili The post office is slower than Sh@t I went to the court house with all my information paid $97 got in about month but I got it a little faster than other people I am registered with homeland security services disaster relief > We have at least a 3 month waiting period in Florida and I believe it's > about $100 to get one. Once you've actually gotten your passport it's a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > kili I went online and filled out and printed out the application forms for us. It will cost $125 each person for us to get the passport and the passport card that we'll need. After we get out pictures taken, we'll need to make a passport appointment at the main post office here in town and show up with the completed application, birth certificate or other approved proof of citizenship, and a picture ID. It can be a driver's license, State ID, military ID card, or such. The only things we need now are the photos and the money to pay for the passports. It was very easy to fill out online and we were able to relax while I filled out the forms. Pam S. >> We have at least a 3 month waiting period in Florida and I believe >> it's about $100 to get one. Once you've actually gotten your [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > to relax while I filled out the forms. > Pam S. Good to know! Thanks, Pam! kili >> We have at least a 3 month waiting period in Florida and I believe it's >> about $100 to get one. Once you've actually gotten your passport it's a [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Pam S. Check with the post office. Our even took the photos for us. Jo > Check with the post office. Our even took the photos for us. > > Jo Thanks, will do so. Pam S. >>>> Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with >>>> an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > and I want Pam there also along with everyone else Really? DH and I didn't need passports when we went on a cruise to Cancun and Cozumel (but they did ask us to bring our birth certificates). Hugs, CatNipped >>>>> Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with >>>>> an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > > CatNipped The keep changing the requirement I had to get one before I left back than it was 1/01/2008. The day I applied for it the passport they changed it to July of this year now I am not sure but from what I have been reading you will be required to use a passport for any travel outside the US except to US territories by 7/2009 >>>>>> Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up >>>>>> with [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > reading you will be required to use a passport for any travel outside the > US except to US territories by 7/2009 Figured it was new (DH and I took our cruise before 9/11 - things were laxer back then). Hugs, CatNipped >> For that price all the food and lodging included not bad for 5 days 92 >> dollars a day heck hotel, food and gas would cost that much if not more [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > and I want Pam there also along with everyone else I filled out and printed applications for passports for Rob and I, last night. We are supposed to get a tax rebate in May. $250 ($125 each) of it is going to the passport office. We'll also need to get pictures taken and submit 2 copies of each person's picture. I read the specifications of the photos. They're complicated enough that we'll be going to a professional passport photographer to have them done. But the passports are being set into motion as we speak. I'm so excited. Pam S. who would like to visit Canada again too. >>> For that price all the food and lodging included not bad for 5 days 92 >>> dollars a day heck hotel, food and gas would cost that much if not more [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Pam S. who would like to visit Canada again too. I can't wait > I was thinking a cruise also I got a travel agent hookup at carnival and > a 3 or 4 day cruise would run about a few hundred dollars. I paid for a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > For that price all the food and lodging included not bad for 5 days 92 > dollars a day heck hotel, food and gas would cost that much if not more I talked to Rob and he's game to try this. So I'm now going to check out passports and apply for both of us to get them. I think the idea of a cruise intrigues him and that is good. Something to try for. So, how many of us would like a cruise and how many would prefer dry land? Cruise: 1 (2 if I can count Rob) Pam S. > I talked to Rob and he's game to try this. So I'm now going to check out > passports and apply for both of us to get them. I think the idea of a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pam S. How about we all meet up in Orlando, then go on a cruise? I'm up for a cruise. Helen M > How about we all meet up in Orlando, then go on a cruise? I'm up for a > cruise. > > Helen M I'll be glad to join y'all for the meet up, but not for the cruise. I doubt my crowd-phobia would allow me to go on board a ship with a bunch of folks without a ready means of escape. Dan that has always been my hold back to getting on one, my mom said the cabin was enough for my dad to escape but I am not yet convinced, Lee > > How about we all meet up in Orlando, then go on a cruise? I'm up for a > > cruise. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Dan > I talked to Rob and he's game to try this. So I'm now going to check out > passports and apply for both of us to get them. I think the idea of a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pam S. How about we all meet up in Orlando, then go on a cruise? I'm up for a cruise. Helen M always meet up on Saturday and leave on on the cruise on Sunday >> I was thinking a cruise also I got a travel agent hookup at >> carnival and a 3 or 4 day cruise would run about a few hundred [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > many of us would like a cruise and how many would prefer dry > land? I'd love to go on a cruise, and would vote for the cruise if we were going, but we're not :-( (well, not physically). Shame you can't rent a yacht and call it "the Mouser". LOL. If we are going to get to the USA, then it won't happen in at least the next 5 years, as I'm trying to pay off a nasty credit card bill, which will take about 5 years to go away. In 5 years time, the car will be at the end of its lease and we'll be back to normal car ownership - which will cost less as I won't be using up so many km's just to meet the contract, nor will I be insuring it for $30,000 which is it curently insured for. The Yowlet will be at school, yes, but as long as he hasn't reached the last 3 years of highschool, taking a month out of school to go on vacation isn't such a bad thing and I can cover what he's missed by myself (I trust...). Aiming for 2018. It seems a very long time to go, but thats the reality of the finances. Unless I get some windfall before then. Y'all could of course decide to have an RPCA convention in Australia somewhere (I'd recommend Sydney, but anywhere is good) and I'll promise to attend that one :-) Yowie ...So, how many > of us would like a cruise and how many would prefer dry land? > > Cruise: 1 (2 if I can count Rob) > > Pam S. I think a cruise sounds good. I've never been on a commercial cruise. It would depend on the cost and what our finances are at the time. Actually, I'd really like to be in the loop regardless of the location, land or sea, but I'm not able to make a committment yet. Annie Hmm...Orlando...haven't been there since about 1990. I'd be up for trying! Anything in the Washington, DC area, or north of New York City would be good, too. All assuming I could find someone to take proper care of the furry beasties, of course...;) Purrs to all- Chris, Tripper, Katie, Hazard and Oreo > Charleen and I were talking on Saturday evening and we've come up with > an idea. :o) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Helen M I would defintely go for Orlando. I'm just up north in Daytona Beach. February is bad - Daytona 500 plus lots of smaller races so Dyatona is overrun and it spills quite a bit into Orlando, especially Disney. March - 1st two weeks is Bike Week, then comes Spring Break July - race people back I'm not sure about Orlando but all the beach area hotels double their prices over winter because that is peak season. What about May - it's not as hot here and the chance of hurricanes is small. Signaturehttp://www.serenityscenes.com/ What exactly is the RPCA? I am interested especially if it is in Orlando. I live just an hour east of Orlando, so it is pretty close to me, let me know what is is all about. I may even be able to help some. >I would defintely go for Orlando. I'm just up north in Daytona Beach. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >What about May - it's not as hot here and the chance of hurricanes is small. dabanana1 via CatKB.com kirjoitti: > What exactly is the RPCA? I am interested especially if it is in Orlando. I > live just an hour east of Orlando, so it is pretty close to me, let me know > what is is all about. I may even be able to help some. RPCA is this newsgroup - rec.pets.cats.anecdotes... :) And a meeting would gather up people who post here. SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/christal63/ photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63
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