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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.
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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.
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This summer we have several extra people in the office. Many of them drop their stuff in the office and take off to do work elsewhere in the theatre. My biggest annoyance is that they don't turn off their phones or take their phones with them. All day long I hear all kinds of songs, tones, beeps, and buzzes. I can't tell you how many times I hear "droid" every day. It is annoying! Why do you have to have a tone everytime you get an email or a text? One day I ended up putting one girl's phone in another room because it was constantly singing that she had received a text. I say, either put them in quiet mode or take the darn things with you! Am I just getting old?
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This drives me crazy too! Thankfully where I work our phones need to be turned off. I guess I'm more polite than most people because even out in public I keep my phone muted or turned down really low so I don't bother other people.
Working in the court system is great. Upon entering the court house, it is clear that cell phones are to be silent. some courts will fine you $100. if your phone goes off in the court room.
I have just started adjunct teaching and I must have the most polite students-no rings, vibrates or even glances during class.
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I don't have stuff like that at work. I work in a kitchen and I'm the only one who actually gets reception - yes, I do find that really funny (especially since the other people spend hundreds of dollars a year for their phone and I have a cheap pre-paid phone) - so if and when a phone goes off, it's mine and it's another school calling me about Abby and I answer it as soon as it starts.
Going out shopping though I find all the different rings and sounds and voices annoying.
One of the supervisors where my husband works (a helpdesk) has a beta fishbowl on her desk and a little card in front of it that warns that all unattended cellphones that have not been turned off will be fed to her beta. From what I heard, she only had to drop two of them in before word got around the office.
One of the supervisors where my husband works (a helpdesk) has a beta fishbowl on her desk and a little card in front of it that warns that all unattended cellphones that have not been turned off will be fed to her beta. From what I heard, she only had to drop two of them in before word got around the office.
One of the supervisors where my husband works (a helpdesk) has a beta fishbowl on her desk and a little card in front of it that warns that all unattended cellphones that have not been turned off will be fed to her beta. From what I heard, she only had to drop two of them in before word got around the office.
See, I think it would really funny to have an OLD phone with the battery taken out and all, sitting in the bowl with the beta all the time.
I think I'd ask them to take the phones with them or put them on vibrate.
When I worked full time in an office, we were required to either put the phones on vibrate or turn them off. I had to remind one woman I supervised all the time. How hard was it to turn off the phone? Sheesh.
I will never forget the poor girl who was in a couple of cubicles down from me and the girls boss heard her phone go off. The boss walked over, took the phone and said she could claim it at the end of the day. The girl was soo embarrassed and it sure made me think of school!
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- yes, I do find that really funny (especially since the other people spend hundreds of dollars a year for their phone and I have a cheap pre-paid phone) - so if and when a phone goes off, it's mine and it's another school calling me about Abby and I answer it as soon as it starts.
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