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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 3:04 pm
That costa is a nosey one!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 3:06 pm
Um, Costa is a cat. And you know cats... they are CURIOUS! Not nosy!! Curious. Yeah, that's it! <--- tail flicks at Scoots!!!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 3:43 pm
Australia. So I can only see a really BIG reason making us cancel, like those allowed by the insurance. And then everything would have to be cancelled and the travel insurance would cover it. So just in me saying that it sounds like I could get the cheaper room and rely on the insurance if things did go wrong.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 3:54 pm
Why don't you call the insurance company and find out if they cover the hotel charges if the trip is cancelled?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 4:06 pm
Get it in writing - send them an email. Travel insurance is screwed down tight and has many contingencies.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 4:38 pm
I think the Tournament of Roses queen and princesses all come from Pasadena City College.. but I guess that isn't true these days: From Wikipedia:
quote:Queen and Royal Court Courtney Lee, 2009 QueenMain article: Queens of the Tournament of Roses Each year, a selection process is held in late September and early October to find out which Pasadena-area girls (ages 17 to 21) will have the honor of being crowned Queen of the Tournament, or in substitution, one of the members of her "Royal Court". Each year more than 1000 girls try out. Six princesses and one queen are chosen. The winners then ride on a float in the parade, and carry out duties in promotion of the Tournament, mainly during its duration and prelude. Their duties include attending over one hundred events in the Pasadena area. They usually receive scholarship money and a 30 piece wardrobe; the 2005 Court also received a Mikimoto pearl necklace. During the time that they attend Tournament events, usually from October to January, each girl usually attends school a few times a week for only a few hours at a time. One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush was Queen in 2000. On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, Courtney Chou Lee, a seventeen-year-old Arcadia High School senior, was named 2009 Rose Queen at Tournament House. Mary Elizabeth Gaule, Jasmine Janae Jenkins, Bridget Kathleen McDonald, Mary "Molly" Patricia Novell, Lauren Nicole Valenzuela, and Quinn Olivia Young are other members of the Royal Court.
So they are local girls who try out.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 4:46 pm
Reader.. I highly recommend the brunch at Paris.. it was just wonderful and not all that expensive. And they should definitely not just go see the fountain show at the Bellagio (they repeat) but go inside.. it is lovely and they have a great chocolate/icecream place in there too.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 5:01 pm
Thanks guys. I actually called the hotel, to see if they had a better price than online - they had the same price, but better terms, and I get a full refund if I give them 72 hours notice! So problem solved, thank you!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 7:01 pm
Kitt, I am going to Australia as well. I have travel insurance through Travel Guard. Which reminds me, I need to call them and add on some things. I took out the insurance when I booked the cheap Qantas flights, and I called Travel Guard at the time and told them I would be adding additional travel items later. They said to take out the travel insurance for the trip within 14 days of booking the flights and then to call later and add in additional travel I book. They said the rate would be exactly the same.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 7:44 pm
Thanks for that tip, I was wondering how quickly I needed to get it. I booked my flights on Monday so I will order the insurance this week. I'm going to use the AAA one, as they have been good with other insurance I have. I kept checking the Qantas flight for tickets, and then suddenly the rate was called something other than "discount" and we can change for free and cancel for $100 per person. Very odd that that popped up there, it hadn't any other time I checked, but luckily it was just when I was ready to buy.
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 7:47 pm
Read every single tiny bit of that travel guard policy. We had a long debate with them when my FIL died 2 days before a trip and they said I was not family and refused to pay. It took 7 months for payment minus the insurance cost. They had the gall to think I should continue the trip without my DH.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 7:00 am
Maybe I should look into the AAA insurance for next trip. I never even thought of them. Thanks, Csnog, too late now, I am sure.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:23 am
Okay, I read my policy this morning. The definitions very clearly include parents of the insured OR traveling companion as relatives. And death of a relative within 30 days of departure date is very clearly covered under trip cancellation. And, of course, this is good to know, with Bigdog having a 104 year old mother ...
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:37 am
This is a huge longshot, and I fully expect/understand if my question will go unanswered..... Since over the years I remember various TVCH members mentioning they lived in Colorado (or had relatives here) at some point, I figure it never hurts to see if anyone remembers a place my family used to go swimming. It was in the early/mid 60's, probably in the Denver area (or very close by). Mom says she thought it was a lake. We knew it as "White Sands." I don't know if it was the name of a lake, a recreational facility, or what. I would have been barely more than a toddler at the time, so my memory is very sketchy. I remember a grassy area, fenced off from the water. A wading area that in turn was fenced off from the larger body of water where the "big kids" were allowed to swim. I never graduated from the wading area before we ended up not going anymore. I assume we stopped going cause it was closed down. More than likely something else was built on top of the property. It would be interesting to know where that really was, and what's there now. So, did I happen to ring any bells? Or am I the only one left on the planet that remembers this? LOL. Google efforts only lead me to White Sands in other states.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:40 am
Boulder Reservoir? History link, although no mention of the term White Sands...
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:44 am
How about White Sands Spring/Reservoir, Colorado? http://www.placenames.com/us/p176460/ Apparently it's in the southwest corner of the state, in the mtns.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:47 am
Who, a Denver "pop culture" site. Look what it said in the Google description:
Too long for me to look through it, but you may find your answer here: http://boingboing.net/2008/09/09/1960s-and-1970s-denv.html
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:56 am
Dumb question, but: have you asked WhoMum or your sisters? 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 1:16 pm
Wow, you guys are pretty good researchers!! Haven't asked sisters yet, though they were barely above toddler age themselves of course. Mom just remembers it maybe being a lake. When I tried to quiz her about possible locations, she got PO'd and brushed me off with an exasperated "I don't KNOW!!" Oh well. Definitely not the CO Springs relation or SW Colorado areas. That's too far away. This was in Denver, or immediately close by like in the Lakewood area or so. So that knocks Boulder out too. That link you provided Huk was great. The only mention about White Sands is the one you hightlighted. But at least that means someone else in the universe remembers something of the same thing. LOL. I've been having fun dredging up other memories from that link, like Celebrity Sports Center, Ferrells Ice Cream Parlor, The Organ Grinder. And several mentions of the White Spot restaurant, which I know my grandmum worked there years, but I suspect her location wasn't the same one they were mentioning. I remember going there when she was near quitting time, she'd seat us in a booth and fix us "special" drinks that weren't on the menu. For the life of me now I don't remember if it was cherry colas or cola/milk mixtures. LOL.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 1:32 pm
Is it the White Sands Beach Club? I know this is an odd link, but read this guy's profile, he's a developer who developed the area: http://www.spoke.com/info/pA8cbOu/StephenOwen Also if you scroll right down to the bottom of this link, and then up a little bit, there's a picture of it from the 1960s: http://www.gwclassof65.com/photo_gallery.htm If you google '"White Sands Beach Club" Denver' you get a few hits.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 8:15 pm
Wow Kitt! That 1960's pic looks like it could be it. At first I wasn't too sure in reading that fellow's bio and it mentioning "early 70's." Cause I know we hadn't been to White Sands for a long while when we moved to one house in Lakewood, and during that same time I joined drum and bugle corps (which was in 1968). So we knew it had been some time between 1961 (when we moved to CO) and 1968. Mom is wondering now if maybe they turned it into a private club, and that's why we didn't go any more? Seems like at the time I remember being told it was long gone and had been developed into buildings and such. So that pic from 2005 threw me too. I'll have to have my older sisters see that pic and see if it rings a bell with them. I'm impressed with everyone's research. You got a lot further than I did, and I thought I'd done all I could with Google!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 8:20 pm
Hey everyone, if your big project next month was to paint your living room and to steam clean the carpet, which would you do first? (btw, steam cleaning doesn't get out paint drips, so that's not a good reason to paint first)
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 8:22 pm
I'd still paint first. Then if you had to use chemicals to get paing out of your carpet, the steam cleaning would get the chemicals out. If you decided not to paint first, at least clean your walls and prep them before you clean the carpets.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 8:25 pm
Naja, Id start above and work my way down...the dust from sanding or "getting the painted area ready" and just the pre stuff that goes with painting...would cause me to paint first and as the final touch....clean the carpets...good luck..
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 8:25 pm
That's what DH says, too, Serate. I just keep picturing the steam cleaning machine banging into the wall ruining the paint job...LOL Oh well, I guess I can save a pint for touch ups eta: yes, Chew, that makes total sense. Thank you.
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