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OK, now I get this... When I was seven, dinosaurs roamed the earth. Eric

I went to Disneyland two weeks ago, so I'm listening to It's a Small World still. Everywhere. I. Go... Eric

I'll tell you tomorrow... Eric

School is what you make of it. It can be a happy time, or a miserable time. But I agree that if school is the best part of your life, then why move on when the best part of your life is behind you. I always like to think that the best things are yet to come! Back to topic, we always took Diana to Tierra Linda on her first day and took a picture of her in front of her classroom. They do grow up, Kristi. Just wait till they start bringing boyfriends/girlfriends home. I'm at that point now. Eric

Looks like y'all had a nice party. Those cakes are cool, too. Very different from what we do here in the U.S. Eric

I heard that gas on Catalina Island was going for $3.96 for regular. At least that's what the Los Angeles Times was saying. My brother lives there. I should ask him. Eric

Often times when I ride a new type of coaster, I get a bit nervous because I don't know what to expect. Only X at SFMM is the only coaster that I almost walked away from because of pure fright. Even the attendant asked if I was OK as she checked the restraints. My face was probably white as a ghost. But I got through it, and my first ride was actually OK. Since then, however, I usually get beaten up on it which means my rides are few and far between. But that's about the only really bad scare that I've had on a coaster. I will ride almost anything once, if for nothing else to get the credit. Eric

Diana started her sophomore year at Camarillo High today. It was a zoo dropping her off. Eric

It's in the $2.85 and up range here in Ventura County. Believe it or not, I can get over 30mpg in my CR-V if I take a long road trip. Not bad for a small SUV. Eric

I visit Salute to Soda since I'm interested in what's new in the soda world. Eric

^ Happy birthday! We need a thread like this...thanks for starting it. I'm happy that there are only two more working days till a three-day weekend, and next week is only four days of work! Also, our boss and department manager will be out tomorrow! Eric

^ Then don't go camping anymore! Eric

I thought this was like the Finish the Sentence thread at Westcoaster where you add a phrase to the person's post above yours and end up creating a sentence that lasts forever. Boy, did this topic go off with a bang! Eric

^ I guess I don't understand why virgins can't wear flowers. :? Eric

I thought about going to Taco Bell today, but I chickened out and went to McDonald's. Besides, it's $1 Chicken McNugget day! Eric

I noticed you didn't have any old people around here. So here I am. Eric

At the 1999 ACE Fall Conference in Santa Cruz, they raffled off behind the scenes tours of the Santa Cruz Giant Dipper. I was lucky enough to win one and got to visit the tool room, the station with no one there, the inside of the fan turn, and the motor house for the lift. Believe it or not, a huge leather belt transfers power from the lift motor to the big wheel driving the chain sprocket. It was fun checking out the nuts and bolts, all sorted out like in someone's garage. That was a lot of fun. Eric

I think I sat there once... Eric

"Get out of the way or you're gettin' wet!" Eric

Real said: "Ive taken a ton of those "tests" and I end up contradicting them all" That happens to me all the time. They're surprised when I tell them my sign and they always say, "You're a Leo?!?! You sure don't seem like one." (OK, the cat's out of the bag: I'm a Leo, not "out to lunch" like I said earlier---I was just trying to be cute, though I am out to lunch much of the time...) Yeah, I'm going to lie about my sign. Eric

^ I work with a guy who says "...and stuff like that" after almost anything he says. I'd rather hear "you know." Eric

My sign? "Out to lunch." I usually am! Eric

^ They can still get their exercise. They just won't get anywhere... Eric

I was going to go to the Camarillo Air Show today. But I didn't. Eric

For whatever reason, all of a sudden everyone's writing dates like: August 27th. September 3rd. July 22nd. May 1st. You don't need the "th," "nd," "st," or "rd." It looks, well, stupid. Don't start me on apostrophes in plurals, putting the $ sign after the dollar amount or saying that something costs .99¢ (do I get change back from my penny?), lack of capital letters and punctuation, or any of the thousands of others. What's happened to the writing skills in this country? Eric