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Interesting thing about Visible as it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon, I wonder if it's subject to the same restrictions as other MVNO's. Tom's Guide doesn't make it clear. I did see that Visible customers get $10 discount if they choose Verizon as their home Internet provider.

Speaking of Live Reviews, has @singinalot posted her review to Spain/Portugal yet? EDIT: Interesting, I tried "tagging" her but it didn't work. Not sure if I spelled it correctly? Usually the name comes right up after the first few letters. I did notice a few weeks ago that she had posted right after Thanksgiving but her post was deleted. I only saw the quoted replies. Not sure why it was deleted. Maybe the mods didn't like her gown? 😀😉 Finger-crossed she is not on the permanently playing monopoly list.

I think it depends on the person doing the review. There are several people that can provide exceptional detail in a organized & concise format without endless side conversations or stream-of-consciousness postings. Those I can follow pretty well. It's the ones where there are 5 or 7 pages of banter between valid cruise review postings that I tend to lose interest halfway through. That's not a knock on anyone, just my personal preference. 🙂

I second this motion! Yeah, yeah, I know I can scroll by the endless "Enjoy", "Have Fun", etc posts and ignore the thousands of off-topic conversations (i.e. thread hijacking) but then it becomes too easy to miss a valid post. Also, my scroll finger gets tired. 😄

I think this has already been posted but will re-post. A thread has been created specifically for people to post links to their world cruise reviews. Be interesting to see if someone can keep a "live" review going for 274 days. Even more interesting to see if their perception changes once the uniqueness wears off & they've eaten their 200+ dinner in a row in the MDR. 😀😉 Personally, I have trouble keeping up with a regular 7 day "Live" review although that could be my ADHD kicking in. LOL

I've gone down the rabbit hole. lol. As long as I'm considering changing my Cable TV & Internet service, I might as well go all in with my Cell Phone provider as well. Looks like I can easily save $75+ a month. Tom's Guide likes both Mint and Visible. https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-cell-phone-plans#section-the-quick-list I've only heard about Visible from the Yada Yada commercials but will consider it as I'm currently on Verizon.

At first glance, I thought it was a Keurig as well.

Is that a BMW 2-series coupe I see in the driveway?

Sad to hear about Matt Yee's passing. He was on our very first cruise back in 2008 & very quickly became one of our favorite things about cruising. Along with the best bar staff on the ship & proximity to casino, we found ourselves hanging out at the Schooner Bar every night. He was on 3 or 4 other sailings & again, most nights we'd somehow find ourselves sitting at the piano. Never did that on cruises without him performing at the Schooner Bar. My wife even got to lead the "Oiy, Oiy, Oiy" (sp?) chant and a singalong while he went to the mens room. 😃. On Anthem, we got to hang out with him while waiting on line for the bumper cars. Had one of the most interesting conversations with him regarding his travel. For such a high energy performer, he was actually quiet and low key when having a one-on-one conversation. I feel like one of my favorite parts of cruising kind of died with him. 🙁

Clark turns to Ellen "Honey, have you checked our $hitter". Yes, the Laurel & Hardy version. I used to watch it every Thanksgiving & now have it on DVD.

Cheers! I added a little whipped cream to the top of mine, just in case there wasn't enough calories & fat in the egg nog alone. 😀

All caught up. Is it too early for Kraken-spiked egg nog?

@bobmacliberty Thank you for your prompt replies, much appreciated . You gave me the exact info I was looking for. 👍 And your daughters house looks fantastic! Great job, especially on the floors.

I have a huge selection of Christmas movies on dvd as well. My wife would play many of them as background noise while cooking, cleaning etc. My step daughter has seen Christmas Vacation so many times, she can recite every line from the movie and almost be in perfect sync while watching it. Not sure if I should be proud or worried. 😄

My top 5 Christmas movies: 1) Miracle on 34th Street. 2) It's a Wonderful Life 3) Christmas Vacation 4) Elf 5) The Christmas Chronicles (Netflix). Honorable mentions: Scrooged (with Bill Murray), Fred Claus and March of the Wooden Soldiers. That last one I'm surprised it hasn't been remade yet. With today's CGI, it would be an awesome movie!

It's actually a great time to get a new car. Most people are busy with holidays so car sales are slow and dealers want to hit monthly and end-of-year sales quotas, so there will be deals to be had, whether buying or leasing. Good luck and congratulations!

According to the ultimate authority, the NHDSC (National Hot Dog and Sausage Council) gives 12 solid, scientific and logical reasons as to why a hot dog is not a sandwich. https://www.hot-dog.org/culture/hot-dog-sandwich 😄

And all this time I thought it was a just a Bruce Willis movie😁

Can you unleash your inner geek again if I ask 2 questions? 1) Does distance matter? To clarify, I know it does as I've done a speed test sitting next to the WiFi router and clock in at a 150+ mps. Then I head upstairs to the "far end" of the house so there is a few walls between me and the WiFi router and the speed test shows 40 mps. Still sufficient but wonder if I upgrade my service to double the bandwidth, will it also double at that distance to 80 mps or stay at 40 mps due to distance and walls & floors blocking? 2) With only 2 people living in this house, only 2 devices may be actively in use at once but 6 more devices sitting passively (cell phones, tablets, Alexa, etc). Are the passive devices much of a draw on bandwidth as they are "always on"? I can't find any definitive answers to these questions so any thing you can share will be appreciated. TIA.

The beauty is on the inside. Don't be so superficial (light-hearted sarcasm 🙂) Personally, I think the Radiance-class ships are the nicest looking, classic lines and well proportioned. Anything above Freedom class looks ungainly, like a floating apartment building, with a lot of fun & cool stuff within that building. IMHO, of course.

Good luck. I've been trying to catch up since yesterday. For every 2 pages I read, a new one is created.

Just wanted to add that I was at my brother-in-laws house this past week and he'd ditching his Direct TV service for YouTube TV. I believe yesterday was the first day so I'm interested to see what he thinks after a couple of weeks.

Been away for the better part of the week & with the exception of a random pop-in to like a post or two, I've fallen waaayyyy behind. Normally, I'd just read back 2-3 pages to see the current conversations but for some reason - probably too much time on my hands - decided to read all 25+ pages since I last left off. Glad I did as I found the conversations related to Cable TV costs, Internet Speed, Streaming Platforms & YouTube TV most interesting. With XFINITY cable, I have middle of the road Internet (300 mps) and channel line up (175 channels but no premium channels) which is costing me $197 per month. I probably watch 10 channels at the most and would say 90% of my TV viewing is now thru a steaming platform. NetFlix, Hulu, Prime, Max, Disney+, Paramount and Peacock are the 7 streaming platforms that I either subscribe to or use a someone else's password to access. I may cut the cord & get rid of the cable TV going and shop around for just Internet. From what I reading, I can easily save $100 a month, maybe even as much of $150. While I do like watching my local news stations, I can't really justify the cost anymore. Funny thing is, XFINITY just sent me a new cable box as a replacement as they deemed mine too old. It's 4K capable. Great, I thought to myself, I finally can get the full benefit of my 4K TV. Until the rep told me that they don't actually broadcast in 4K, so still same picture quality. 🙄

You're right. You get to keep the farm.

No, but I wish I was as from what I read, it was a pretty exciting game. Rangers have been playing with a vengeance this year, no doubt fueled by lasts years disappointing early playoff exit, Of course, there is still 4 more months in the regular season so fingers-crossed they are playing this well come April.