Dobby_The_Ship_Elf

On 10/23/2019 at 3:02 AM, Kiwi Kruzer said:

The taxi drivers will be swamped !!!!!!

as long as the water taxi guys weren't  

🧝‍♂️     😎

5 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

You may have but perhaps Mrs dobby pulled them all back out.

Just how old do you think Mrs Elf is?????????

You are stepping on shaky ground there Mic ...........🧝‍♂️   😎

12 hours ago, NSWP said:

You should have spent those 'so old notes' before you returned from Queen Victoria's wedding.🤣

 silly me, I thought I had poked all them tenners into her right royal garter belt

On 10/19/2019 at 6:47 AM, Aus Traveller said:

It is £5 and £10 that are out-dated and not accepted. New polymer £20 notes go into circulation in 2020, but they won't refuse the old notes immediately. When we tried to use our £5s and £10s in mid 2018, they had been replaced by polymer notes two years earlier. I assume you mean you will be in the UK in mid June 2020. You will probably be able to use them as I am sure they won't refuse the old notes immediately.

as a follow on ....

We also got some 50 pound notes which are so old they are also being rejected but can be changed at the bank.  Not all of them just some of them .... Don't ask me to describe what it is about the actual note, but the checkout chick at Tesco called over the Supervisor who very politely advised me how to go about exchanging the notes.

Lesson to be learned - try to get polymer where possible.

🧝‍♂️  😎

3 hours ago, sewgood said:

Thanks Dobby for the heads up.

Just checked my money from the post office and I received three ten pounds notes so it looks like I will be off to a bank in London next week.

May find you under the stairs soon on the Sapphire.

 

😁   or at the M&G ...... which ever ....  we usually do sail away under the stairs at the Outrigger Bar, Deck 14 at the ass end or aft end depending upon your nomenclature preference

20 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

Do elf’s use money?

Yes, especially at Xmas we use Jingle Bills!!

Heya all,

Just wanted to highlight a minor issue that may catch some folk out.

England is transitioning from paper money to plastic money.

Apparently paper 10 pound notes are no longer accepted by law at local vendors (taxi, hotel, shops etc) but can be exchanged at banks or building society etc

Going to a bank is not high on my things to do list while on holiday.

So if you are getting any walk around pounds from money changers in Aussie you may want to consider rejecting any paper 10 pound notes.

😎

20 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

nice.

It's good to be an Elf sometimes

A breakdown of the OBC for our cruise starting 31 October

Should have turned around and took em back the way they came ......... that'll learn em!!

😎

But will the press get all over it like they do to the cruise industry or will it get left alone cos its about a true blue Ozzie Bonza train what Slim Dusty sung a song about mate

😎

Well, it is on a train but its still Noro ....

Link to News story

14 hours ago, greenie082756 said:

I wonder what they could do instead?

 

 

OK ...... how about using some of the discarded paper products such as art sale flyers, patters etc and the like to be used by the kids in the kids club or craft groups onboard  to make into paper mache (spelling) type lanterns or similar.

Maybe paper planes or more ambitious origami.

Give them a coat of colour paint or maybe not.

And drop these "creations" on the last night creating a new tradition whereby the pax create their own entertainment props.

It may need more thought but it may also work

😎

12 hours ago, smilin said:

Does anyone know which movies are being shown on the Sapphire Princess for October-Nov this year?

 

 

We are onboard same ship, same time - I shall race you for some popcorn!!!!

and it is raining in Sydney, who would have thunk it .....

😎

Wow who would have thought there would be so much discussion about cruise cards .....

Not to mention the different colour lanyards you can be issued - now that's a whole different system

😎

On 8/12/2019 at 7:09 AM, Kiwi Kruzer said:

 

I don’t know , but the new Captain is more than likely on board now , getting to know the ropes and the staff .

Ropes he knows already .....

5 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

Yep, and escaping the cold here will be good as well.

yup - my brother was at Manuka the other night ...........

BRASS MONKEYS stayed away from the place!!

19 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

I will be there next week, cruise out of Brisbane on Tuesday.

Did you decide to go with Fernando?

31 minutes ago, gbenjo said:

.

Oh come on...please......this is a serious discussion....how many drinks would be spilt if they did that...not to mention food being lost off plates in the buffet...get real 😀

  instead of going under the bridge, they should try coming at it from the other side .......  simple!!

Just now, gbenjo said:

No need to do that ...they will cover the roadway  with dried grapes....it's called  " raisin" the bridge 😂

need the cruise season to start ...... you have TOO much time on your hands!!!!

On 7/30/2019 at 5:17 PM, banzaii said:

Maybe we can lower the harbour a bit!

 

If everyone in the world takes one bucket of water from the ocean and stores it on land.... That should do it.

Or as it is known in other parts ....... drain the swamp!!

2 hours ago, greykangaroo said:

When we go out onto our balcony and see the neighbors hanging over their rail we always feel obliged to offer a few words.

It might be " lovely day isn't it?" or  "great view isn't it"? But shock horror, the neighbors spoke!

It is like I said  .......

 

..... How many rusty screws did they replace on your balcony railing today?

..... Is that a hole just above the waterline?

..... How long do you think that guy can last without a life jacket?

..... Gee I never knew torpedoes went that fast!

or other witty ice breakers

I don't have a watch, I have a wife who takes care of all my time issues  .......

its high time you <insert heinous activity here>

what time do you call this?

that's the last time you <insert pleasurable activity here>

how many times do I have to .....

and such ................  😎

5 hours ago, NSWP said:

 I am on the decks .................

Due to my notoriety, I am required to be seen in public places more often than not (I think it is in my passage contract, somewhere near the end) ..... almost exclusively you will find me at the blunt end under the stairs.

But certainly NOT anywhere that is going to cost me additional dollars.

😎