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Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. 60 right now with another sunny day with a high of 81. I’m all for DARE, our young people must be made aware of the evil of illegal drugs and the harm they cause which can lead to death. As a Greek Orthodox Christian, I love the quote. I’m not a fan of artichokes so I’ll pass on the meal even though I love just about any kind of chicken. People are really excited about todays eclipse, at 78 I don’t get too excited about anything anymore. My head cold is a tad better this morning but I’m not going to play golf. I am a little excited as it’s Masters week and from Thursday through Sunday I will be glued to the TV watching my favorite Golf Tournament, I was lucky to be able to see the Masters live and in person back in 2001, hard to believe it’s been 23 years. A couple of years after we were married we moved from Chicago to the suburbs a mile away from Medinah Country Club where I saw 3 US Opens, one of them was the Senior Open in 1988 which was won by Gary Player. Believe it or not I caddied for Player in 1960 at Edgewater Golf Club in Chicago in a Pro-Am which our club always hosted right before the Western Open, I was14 years old and there was a drawing in the Caddy shack and I drew Player who had just won the British Open 2 weeks earlier. Have a great day and stay well.

Bob, you wouldn’t have lost those 3 pounds with those great looking meals.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte 59 this AM heading up to 81 this afternoon. I have no idea what Snail-papers day is about and am perplexed by the quote. I’m fighting a head cold right now, I’ve gone through 2 boxes of Kleenex since Friday night, no coughing or fever and tested negative on Covid but I probably won’t play golf tomorrow. I love all kinds of potato salad but not as a main course meal. We have been to Costa Maya many times taking a few tours including Tulum. Our best tour in Mexico was out of Cozumel when we flew to Chichen Itza on a 20 passenger turbo prop plane, still can’t believe we took that tour as most know we hate flying but it was a great trip. Have a great day and stay well.

We do the early walkoff and I mean early, DW is usually first or second in line ( I meet her a little later) and we never have to wait at the garage to pay at the machine.

Make that level 2 and it’s a date.

The Reflection on December 1.

Happy to hear that HAL is rectifying the entertainment problems they have had for awhile, I guess the food has improved also so maybe we will book another cruise with them down the road, we have a Princess cruise coming up in May and 2 Celebrity cruises in August and December.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. 57 this AM with a sunny high of 77 today. Another good selection of days especially for Gold Star Spouses. Strange quote. I think I’d like the meal. Off to the course in a few minutes with an early tee time. Tampa Bay Lightning win again, I like their chances in the playoffs. Have a great day and stay well.

Living in Chicago until 1993 I was a diehard Blackhawks fan but now after 31 years in the Sunshine State I feel like a native and the Bolts are now #1 in my heart but I still have a little Blackhawks DNA in me.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. 65 right now, sunny skies coming up with a high of 77. We had a front come through yesterday with 35 MPH winds, I manage to shoot an 80, considering the conditions I was quite happy especially after my lousy round on Monday. I didn’t post yesterday because of an early tee time but I’d take a Yogi Berra quote over a Marilyn Monroe quote any day of the week. Good selection of days but I’m not sure about the quote. Leftovers again? Actually some meals taste better the next day. I’ve only been to Ireland once as we had an medical emergency stop in Shannon on a flight from Athens to JFK. I’m a big Tampa Bay Lightning fan and over the last 4 weeks they have been the best team in the NHL and will be tough in the Stanley Cup Playoffs plus we have the best goalie in the NHL. Have a great day and stay well.

Your’e welcome, good to be home.

Amen to that, 31 years in Florida for us and we did Alaska one time and that was enough, places like Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia are not on our Bucket List.

Nickel penny, have you looked into Synvisc Gel injections, I’ve been bone on bone for 10 years and I get the injections every 6-7 months, they don’t work for everybody but they do for me, I can’t run a Marathon but I’m not in agony and able to play Golf 3 times a week and ride my bike twice a week

ottahand, at 18 years old I didn’t really look at it as my first big job, someone was needed to do it until they found an older Produce Manager, I started taking night classes that fall at Loyola of Chicago and the next big job I had was 4 years in the Air Force starting in 1965, LOL.

Spot on also what’s wrong with 2 days at sea, 2 full days in Bermuda and 2 days again at sea, we love sea days and that would be a perfect cruise.

Good one!

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. A pleasant 70 right now with a high of 83, IMHO April and May along with October and November are the best months in Florida. Good selection of days, who doesn’t like PB&J, I was actually a produce manager at a Kroger store in Chicago in 1964 for about 5 weeks the summer after I graduated high school, it was on an emergency basis as the regular produce manager quit, I did a decent job as I had worked in the produce department for 2 years in an after school job and on Saturdays, biggest problem I had was I had no clue on ordering. The quote makes sense, everything I tried to do in my life I gave it my best except a few classes in high school mainly because of a dislike of some of my teachers. The French Toast casserole sounds good. I had the worst round of Golf in a while yesterday as I wasn’t feeling all that well with an upset stomach and a headache, back to 100% today. Have a great day and stay well.

Beautiful ship when Costs was a very good line as it was family owned before Carnival bought them.

As Florida residents we would love to see round trips to Bermuda from any port in Florida.

December 4, 1982…..Sitmar Cruises on the TSS Fairwind to San Juan, St. Thomas and Nassau. When cruises were cruises with amazing Midnight Buffets, Champagne and Caviar on Formal Nights, unbelievable service, nice prizes for contest winners with no nickel and diming. Sitmar had the best potato chips which were made on board and in all the cocktail lounges. Drinks were cheap and less than what you would pay at a bar on land, now it’s the opposite.

Next year it’s the same day, like I said don’t ask why except for the Julian calendar.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. 62 right now with another great day coming up with a high of 82 and sunny skies. Happy Easter to most of the Christian world. I’m Greek Orthodox and this year our Easter isn’t until May 5th as the Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar, I can’t answer why. Strange selection of days, I guess the quote makes sense. I’d try the meal of the day. Illinois is out of the NCAA tournament as UCONN destroyed them. For you Golf fans like me, my bet is on Scottie Scheffler winning his 3rd tournament in a row, he is in a 3 way tie going into the final round, he actually acknowledged the fans yesterday on a few occasions. Have a great day, a beautiful Easter and stay well.

Greetings from beautiful Port Charlotte. It’s 60 right now going up to 81 with sunny skies. Good selection of days. Can’t argue with the quote, Capote had a way with words. I’m not sure what a Sub salad is. Greenland was never on my bucket list. Illinois wins and is in the elite 8. Great to have baseball back even though my teams lost their openers. Have a really early tee time this AM as we have a Men’s Day shotgun start tournament with lunch included followed by an election of our Men’s Golf Assn. officers. Have a great day and stay well.

You are spot on about the entertainment on HAL ships and because of that and some other issues we have had we have stopped sailing with HAL until we hear things have improved.

We sailed on Statendam class ships 7 times and on the little larger Volendam 3 times, at the time they were classy wonderful ships and we always had great cruises. As things evolved the Eurodam is now our favorite ship as she is a classy ship with a bit more room and amenities and has the classic wrap-around promenade decks which is something we are not seeing anymore on the new ships.