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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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01-12-2005, 08:41 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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I\'ll Try Again...
somehow my post got mixed up with another and ended up in the reply. Very weird! Anyway...
The strangest thing happened while I was cooking fish.
I had bought some cod fillets at the grocery store. I cooked them in a little canola oil, dredged in a little flour and corn meal, salt & pepper. The fillets looked fine and didn't smell bad.
As they were cooking, I noticed this horrible amonia or bleach smell - it was very strong. I kept smelling and realized it was coming from the FISH!!
I kept on cooking them and smelling them and was amazed at how strong the odor was. I wasn't going to eat them, but I decided to taste a tiny little 1/2-inch piece. It didn't taste like amonia at all.
I threw out the fish, needless to say.
Do fish packagers spray them with something to "preserve" them longer? Is this normal? I have never experienced this before, and will let the store manager know.
Does anyone know what might have caused this? The amonia smell was quite strong.
I'm perplexed.
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01-12-2005, 08:48 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: McLean Va
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Re: I\'ll Try Again...
Maybe call the place you bought them? Anytime your in doubt about a food dont throw it out but save it and the package to take back to the store :-)
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01-12-2005, 08:53 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
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Re: I\'ll Try Again...
Oh, I definitely plan on talking to the store manager so that he's aware.
I just couldn't stand the odor of the fish in my house. Plus, this particular store isn't real close to me, so the money I would have gotten back on the fish had I returned it right away, would have just been eaten up in fuel.
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01-12-2005, 11:29 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: I\'ll Try Again...
I have no idea what happened to your fish or to your other thread! I tried to respond and my response ended up as a whole new thread! That was weirder than a post hole!
Were the fish fresh or frozen? I've had a bad experience with frozen fish, my DH said they were frozen out of season.
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01-12-2005, 05:45 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Colorado
Posts: 585
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Re: I\'ll Try Again...
Sounds similar to an experience we had. Bought a large piece of Salmon and put it out on the grill. The stuff tasted like Petroleum. It smelled like the gas station! We thought at first it must have been the charcoal starter or something, but when we smelled the package, it had the same odor, leaving us to wonder if the fish had been in an oil spill.   That one went out in the trash as well. |
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01-13-2005, 09:15 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: I\'ll Try Again...
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I have no idea what happened to your fish or to your other thread! I tried to respond and my response ended up as a whole new thread! That was weirder than a post hole!
Were the fish fresh or frozen? I've had a bad experience with frozen fish, my DH said they were frozen out of season.
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I think these posts and replies have hit a computer glitch or something! Anyway...
The fish was "fresh". Maybe it had been previously hard frozen or something. I don't know. It was just an awful smell; I've never had that happen to me when cooking fish.
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