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Food and punctuation/grammar related: Your dinner vs you're dinner (one leaves you nourished, the other leaves you dead) Missing 1. I just need a good pun, but... dp

You're kidding right? 😉 I really admire the effort you are putting into this and I'm sure, many of us realize how much work and perseverance you put into this great reference thread. This thread is saved in my notes and I've been coming back regularly. I've been picking and choosing some of the drinks to copy and paste into my prep notes for our next cruise(s). It's funny how, when I'm on board, I can never seem to remember all the drinks I seen in the past that I wanted to try, so I have to take notes. Thanks again for all this work, and someday I hope to be able to have one (or a few) of these drinks with you on board. 🍹 dp

If you touch that icon, it will change the rear camera angle. Usually 3 different viewing angles are available. EDIT TO ADD: Also, if the music stops when you open the camera app, it is useful because if you take video footage and the music is playing, it is troublesome if you wish to upload to a service such as YT and get hit with copyright warnings. On a technical side, your (most) phones may not be able to enable the microphone and stream music simultaneously. dp

AS usual, I'm about half a day and 2 or 3 pages late to the discussion 😉. Our house was about a mile away from the Totality line, but we got to see the "Diamond Ring" Effect. Sky was perfectly clear. And the sound of Eclipse was very appropriate 😉 Old School Vinyl dp

RH Neg. Does that mean Left Handed? 😉 dp

Oh really? Cool. I've been here since 92, but originally from Bathurst in Northern NB. About an hour away from Miramichi where that 1982 earthquake was located. dp

I'm not sure if it was the same one, but here (New-Brunswick, CAN) we had a 5.7 Jan 9th 1982. But I don't think that would have been felt further than Maine (perhaps a bit of NH) but I could be wrong. I remember, I was just a kid, it was early but i was already up. My mother ran out of her room screaming "Is it the furnace?" Except, we didn't have a furnace 🙂 dp

Welcome to the club 😉 dp

The dates don't match up, but while at the beach in Cuba, we did see a few Cruise Ships. One of which I'm sure was a smallish RC. My Marine traffic app was not cooperating so I could not see what ship it was. Perhaps some eagle eyes here can better identify it. This was taken Thursday March 7th.

Sorry this is so late after the party. Just catching up now. I know this is now a bit OT but since the cruise is now finished, I hope it is OK. @SteelCityCruiser10 actually did very good at answering for a "Non-Musician" 😉 and Andrew @A&L_Ont used the right term "Layer" It is done with a loop pedal, sometimes a very simple pedal, sometimes more sophisticated gear is used. It helps for one man band or duos to create layers of themselves and then accompany themselves to create a fuller and more varied sound. Here is a great demonstration/example from a few years ago by a great Canadian duo (Whitehorse) that I very much like. At the 2:30 mark, they start layering several loops to create a multi-track of themselves. Loving your review once again Andrew. I'm still catching up. Sugaring season started early over here on the east coast. It's keeping us busy 😉 dp

Have a great week everyone. We will be off line for most of the week. Leaving for Halifax soon to catch an early flight to an AI in Cuba for the week. Apparently no wifi in rooms buildings but there is in the lobby and common areas. So I might be able to check in once in a while. It's our first AI, as we usually choose to cruise instead... as I assume most people in this group as well 😉 dp

I think OB and Bob already gave pretty good info. I'll just add that the TCL model you are considering is probably very good bang for buck. The most common disadvantage I see about this model is the limited viewing angle. If the room that it's going in is setup in such a way that you will be seated directly in front, this will not be an issue, but if setup in a room that is wider, and sitting areas are set off more to either side and much of the viewing is off axis, then I would recommend going to see in person and pay close attention to the picture quality when moving off to the side. If you happen to find this LG model (LG OLED65B3PUA) at around the same price, likely a few hundred more, this has a much better picture and off axis viewing quality. I know you have a challenge because of the brightly lit environment, but this will only make a poor viewing angle TV even worse. Best of luck shopping. dp

It's H20Skibum!!! 😉 But I tend to agree with what others have mentioned. Seems to refer to some type of eavesdropping. But the saying is not a usual reference. It might be from a very obscure movie or literature. dp

Thanks. When I read DE I think "Distiller's Edition". I did not think that worked in this case 😉

Darn! Hoping.... not hopping 🙃 I'm assuming there won't be much "hopping" for you for at least a few days 😉 dp

@Sea Dog Wishing you all the best Greg, and hopping for a great and successful outcome. Looking forward to hearing back from you. dp (Dennis)

The weather outlets around here compared this snow storm to the one we had here in Moncton back in '92. That storm brought down 5ft of snow in 3 days. "Maritime Provinces, February 1-4, 1992. A 110-hour-long blizzard with gusts up to 140 km/h brought record snowfall of 163 cm to Moncton, New Brunswick; several other cities recorded more than 100 cm of snow" As impressive and inconvenient as that is, it's easy to move on from this compared to what many other communities and regions have been put through. dp

In contrast to all my friends on CC that are currently enjoying warm and sunny weather... My 1976 Roper snowblower is running at 111dB measured from operator distance 🙉. We got it easy this time compared to our neighbours just a few hours east in Nova Scotia. Some areas in NS got over 4ft of snow.

As an FYI, There are apps that you can use to measure the SPL (Sound Pressure Level). I would be the first to point out that you can't really trust an app on a phone for accurate results, but after trying a few different ones, This one was pretty much on the nose with the Calibrated Lab quality SPL meter I borrowed from our hospital medical engineering techs. I don't know how the programmers of the app do it, or if it just happened to match up good with my specific phone, but it was very accurate. Accuracy on these SPL meters is critical, since the dB scale is logarithmic. So a difference of 3 dB is either half or double the power. In the screen shot, my office was averaging around 50 dB until I clicked the button on my phone for the screen capture, that brought it up to 62dB. This particular app has a save function to save the captured data. dp

For anyone who is interested, I always have with me, Noise reduction ear plugs. Such as these: They are different than the usual squishy foam ear plugs. The Noise reduction ear plugs have a much more even reduction across the frequency range, so they are much more musical. Not perfect, but much better than the foam ones. I was a Front of House sound reinforcement tech (Sound Man) for many years in my previous career and still have very good hearing. I still protect my hearing with these reusable ear plugs that only cost around $20. A very SOUND investment 😉 I really have a difficult time enjoying myself when performances are too loud and even get irritated. Anyway, That is my PSA for today 🙂 dp

Mine is the them music of The Swedish Chef 🙂 dp

Plan B... 😳 dp

I had not thought of that one. I was speculating more towards Colorectal. dp