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Palm Springs Pics (Expanded Version)
« on: January 17, 2006, 04:08:34 pm »
Well, as ya'll know, I do enjoy taking pictures, so here's some of our trip to the Watkins Dealer Conference last week if anyone's interested:

Our hotel, the Esmeralde Resort at Native American Hills:


The pool:


My girlfriend calling me:


My roommate for the week, Crank, our Shreveport store manager.  He made sounds at night that I didn't think humans could.  It sounded like a bunch of drunk grizzly bears watching football and eating bean dip while mating.  We had separate beds:


The view from our room:


Here I am descending the 8,000 ft. mountain by hand.  All the girly men used the cable car!


This made my week!  I was attending a seminar on upcoming consumer trends when, lo and behold, my sweet little girl and her best friend popped up in the presentation.  Turns out that the woman who owns the consulting firm had simply run across this picture of two cute little girls out in cyberspace and is using it in her presentations.  I took this picture of Savanna and Destiny about a year ago at my store before Destiny moved to Utah.  I was so proud!


We went and ate at one of those Brazilian steakhouses where they bring swordfuls of tasty animals to you.  I ate 15 lbs of meat that night.  My boss ate about 20 lbs.  We got our money's worth.


At the dealer awards, we received the "Territory Dealer of the Year Award" for the 3rd time in 6 years.  Woohoo!


Since everyone gives me a hard time for not smiling, here's the biggest damn smile I could muster.  My head almost split apart.  Patrick and Kim are both so drunk I almost didn't want my picture made with them.  That wasn't my beer I was holding, I don't drink......Heineken.


California has really cool kids rides in front of their stores.  We have regular things like boats, horses, etc in front of our Wal-Marts.  Palm Springs has golden Sphinxes!


It was a great time and I hope I can return some day, if they'll let me.

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Palm Springs Pics (Expanded Version)
« on: January 17, 2006, 04:08:34 pm »

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Re: Palm Springs Pics
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2006, 04:27:06 pm »
Well sir, I have a few questions.

1. What was your girlfriend calling you?

2. With your room mate sounding like a bunch of drunk grizzly bears watching football and eating bean dip while mating, was your girlfriend,
a. passed out cold
b. plugging her ears with those empty Heineken bottles you didn't drink
c. in a mating mod herself

3. Did you demand compensation for the use of your children's pictures (this alone could put one of them through college)?

4. Don't you know that even REAL men wear a helmet when descending an 8000' mountain. FOR SHAME the influence you have on this here board's viewers!

5. With regards to the dealer awards.... NICE job photoshoping yourself in there.

6. Obviously you didn't put 50 cents in that golden Sphinxes store ride.............. You would have then REALLY had the biggest smile on your face.
« Last Edit: January 17, 2006, 04:29:37 pm by lets »
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2006, 04:30:12 pm »
looks like you had a good time term....if they ever give you any slack about coming back, just let me know. i have some connections with law enforcement that should be able to get you back into the area ;D
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2006, 05:29:10 pm »
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Well sir, I have a few questions.

1. What was your girlfriend calling you? [size=16]ANDREW[/size]

2. With your room mate sounding like a bunch of drunk grizzly bears watching football and eating bean dip while mating, was your girlfriend,
a. passed out cold
b. plugging her ears with those empty Heineken bottles you didn't drink
c. in a mating mod herself [size=16]You'd have to ask Andrew.  He's a doctor of some sort.[/size]

3. Did you demand compensation for the use of your children's pictures (this alone could put one of them through college)?[size=16]I did consider this, and then remembered all of the copyright infringement I'm probably guilty of.[/size]

4. Don't you know that even REAL men wear a helmet when descending an 8000' mountain. FOR SHAME the influence you have on this here board's viewers![size=16]Anyone on this board that would emulate me in anyway is already braindamaged to some extent and therefore, it is a moot point.[/size]

5. With regards to the dealer awards.... NICE job photoshoping yourself in there.[size=16]If it were a photoshop job, I would have hair, be skinny, and be wearing a loincloth.[/size]

6. Obviously you didn't put 50 cents in that golden Sphinxes store ride.............. You would have then REALLY had the biggest smile on your face.[size=16]Is that one of them thar Sybian machines I've heard tell of?[/size]


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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2006, 12:03:02 pm »
Those Sybians are WICKED expensive.  But judging from the videos I saw, it seems well worth it  :o ;)

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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2006, 03:07:24 pm »
lol!

;D



Hey Term - your camera takes really nice pictures - the quality if tremendous - p.s you can send me all the dirty stuff you come across at any time  :D

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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2006, 04:54:45 pm »
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lol!

 p.s you can send me all the dirty stuff you come across at any time  :D



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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2006, 07:55:35 pm »
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Hey Term - your camera takes really nice pictures - the quality if tremendous
Jc


Thank you for the nice compliment regarding my camera.  It's a Sony DSC-P200 7.2 megapixel with Carl Zeiss lens.  There is evidently something wrong with the lens as it keeps making me look fat in the pictures.  My other digital camera had the same defective lens.  I wish I still had my camera from 20 years ago, it worked great.... :(

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« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2006, 08:33:13 am »
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lol!

 ;D



Hey Term - your camera takes really nice pictures - the quality if tremendous Jc



Term took the photos.  His camera just captured them.



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Re: Palm Springs Pics
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2006, 10:52:08 am »
Some more pics of the trip.

The most popular spot on the premises:


Kim and Crank taking the Tram while I was scaling the mountain walls:


Kim showing good form in her failed attempt to emulate my feat of daring-derriere do:


A pic of me fearlessly descending the mountain taken by Crank from the safety of the Tram:


Me and Patrick (our new Regional Sales Manager) passing out Italian heebie jeebies to guests:


John Candy, Jr. and Reefer Sutherland (Kiefer's lesser known sibling) were guest speakers at the welcoming reception:


Me and the noted author Michael "Krispy Kreme" Salazar congratulating one another on our literary successes:


Me and former child star Jerry (The Beaver) Mathers:


Chastity Bono, Me, and Cher posing at the Sonny Bono Memorial Ski Shop:


The Mexican food restaurant where we ate.  Bleechhh!  Tex-Mex is better, but the ambience was mighty fine, mighty fine:


That's all folks!

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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2006, 11:33:26 am »
Hey Term...what's the name of that mexican restaurant...it looks like a place we went to a couple times last year when we were in Palm Desert.  If it is, they had AWESOME guacamole that was made fresh at a guacamole bar in the middle of the restaurant.  It did have a small outdoor area like that.  The rest of the food was pretty average, but my kids loved it!

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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2006, 12:02:36 pm »
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Some more pics of the trip.

Me and Patrick (our new Regional Sales Manager) passing out Italian heebie jeebies to guests:



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« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2006, 12:09:58 pm »
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Hey Term...what's the name of that mexican restaurant...it looks like a place we went to a couple times last year when we were in Palm Desert.  If it is, they had AWESOME guacamole that was made fresh at a guacamole bar in the middle of the restaurant.  It did have a small outdoor area like that.  The rest of the food was pretty average, but my kids loved it!

Steve


I think it was Armando's or something similiar.  It was on El Paseo Drive.

I still say Blleechch!!!  Their salsa was like pico de gallo and when we asked for "hot sauce", they brought out some runny brown crud that tasted like burnt paper and had no heat at all.  I ordered a margarita and it tasted like Mexican Gila Monster wizz.  The service was terrible, had to ask 3 times for tortillas.  The black beans were good but made my bowels irritable.

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« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2006, 12:54:05 pm »
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I ordered a margarita and it tasted like Mexican Gila Monster wizz.  


I hate that taste.
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« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2006, 12:55:55 pm »
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  The black beans were good but made my bowels irritable.

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