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so far all has worked well for our July cruise in Scandinavia.

flights booked by Ss air business class with Lufthansa and SAS

2 hours ago, Will Work for Tiramisu said:

I can show myself out, thank you.  

Not if I get to the door first 🙂 I'll hold it shut.

Lately I've been upset a couple times myself.  Not sure what's going on, but I know most folks here are people of good will.  Not snobs.

1 hour ago, mysty said:

Oh please don't leave WWFT!  

Yea, that was what I was trying to say

SouthernGary, I can't imagine a better response than @drron29 above offers.

Old expression here in the Land of the Free - don't knock it if you haven't tried it!

1 hour ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

Without going into the question of which is better, I have a question from the US:  since you don't eat the our cut of 'bacon', what do UK butchers do with that part of the pig?

And another question from the US where we are dealing with a tick-borne disease called alpha-gal syndrome. Has also reached Oz. Can not eat pork bacon.  Have the English bacon masters come up with a good turkey (or chicken) bacon?  or shouldn't I ask?

3 hours ago, jpalbny said:

Good night all!

Good night.  Hope you all have a great cruise.

Sherlock can't lose with that smile!

Nice folks here, thank you.

6 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

TSOTD

So I must admit I have no idea what this means.  Late to the party, the story of my life.  Well, actually, I am one of those people who runs late sometimes.  My apologies....

A serious question though: we are getting ready to book our 2nd RCI cruise.  We loved Odyssey of the Seas and are looking at her itineraries.  Are there any "sister ships" of Odyssey that we should look at?  I get that all the ships have their plusses and minuses, but I'm specifically looking for our 2nd RCI cruise to be on Odyssey or a ship a lot like her.  TIA

Watching Eurovision music videos with Karen tonight.  Amazing energy!  Anyone else seen them?

On 6/2/2023 at 6:30 PM, derorim said:

We have been blessed with incredible extended spring weather,

We're enjoying the weather this year too in our part of the state.

Haven't seen a tick yet.

But of course no swimming yet either 🙂

Our granddaughter Lulu graduated kindergarten today!

Mostly good news today from the vet surgeon regarding our new puppy Alfie.  Surgery not recommended as she has adjusted well to the pains she is likely feeling from the massive amount of arthritis in her young hips and a knee that goes out and pops back in on its own - both due to some trauma she received some time ago.  This agrees with my observations - she is full of the joy of life.

We are to keep an eye on her and if the limp worsens or she is in obvious pain, return her to the doc.

This morning she had to fast, those puppy eyes seemed to say "HOW COULD YOU?" as I fed our cat and elderly dog before off to work, Karen took her to the vet.  I don't think its been more than a year that we bought the sofa below, that has turned into Alfie's bedroom.

Have a great trip JP!

This all a bit concerning as we look forward to our upcoming cruise around Norway on Dawn.

If I remember correctly, candles are not allowed to be brought on board?  We may need to pack winter coats.

My night to cook, thought a baked potato bar thing might be fun, serve yourself what you want, open a 2nd bottle of wine, & watch a Bruce Springsteen special since we both like most of his music.

Then:

37 minutes ago, mysty said:

Gorgeous!!!!

took the words right out of my mouth 🙂 meat loaf song...

Lirio, it really is gorgeous!

& cat empire really is fun

Doesn't seem to be a 3 day weekend party mood around here.

Do what you want about vaccines, actually I think no one gives a s*** anymore.  I got mine, have no idea if I'm supposed to get a booster or not, I'll just let Walgreens tell me what to do.  Maybe.

12 minutes ago, BonTexasNY said:

OOPS.  I had no idea. 🤐

Don't worry, me neither.  I vote we can all do what we want.

Meanwhile, enjoy your friends, spouse, solitude whatever.

I think we all just want to be needed by someone, or musically

1 hour ago, jagsfan said:

We were ticketed on the way to Arlington for my brother’s funeral because the frame slightly obscured the very top of “Sunshine State”. 

Oh that is ridiculous!  Again my apologies although I promise I have nothing to do with it apart from being a resident here.

If you don't mind, could you say whether it was a state or county police officer protecting us from your license plate frame?

There have been discussions around the Old Dominion that county police should not have the ability to issue traffic tickets on the interstates...

6 hours ago, Luckynana said:

Traveling through Va. was a total nightmare, adding at least 3 hours more to our trip.

So sorry about your experience here.  Up around DC has been bad for as long as I can remember, but lately its also been awful around Fredericksburg.  

7 hours ago, akcruz said:

Fascinating woman, I read the book,

Me too, loved the book.  Bought a sheet of the recent commemorative stamps "Women Cryptologists of WW 2." 

37 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Did you ever go to the Bubble Room?

No missed it, never went out to Captiva except a single exploratory trip in our rented VW Beetle convertible (never will forget that).  I remember Cheeseburger-Cheeseburger and I think a place called the Lighthouse.  There's an excellent grocery store mid-island, and we would typically buy grouper or some other fresh seafood, and a bottle or two of wine, then retreat to our condo for some of the best nights by the beach I remember.

I'm a lucky man, I had a great Mom.  Dad and Mom moved to Lee County Florida (near Ft. Myers) for their retirement.  They loved it there, but Mom died from what a doctor there said was an untreatable heart ailment. Once the shock wore off, I started looking things up.  Turned out the Cleveland Clinic had a treatment for her condition.  Maybe it wouldn't have worked for her, I don't know, but I do know I wish she'd had a chance at it.  I'm glad you all are talking up the benefits of living near Cleveland Clinic.  I will say that we always enjoyed our visits to Ft. Myers and Sanibel while she was alive.

Love 3 day weekends (or 4 for those so fortunate) hope you all have a great weekend

2 hours ago, Lvshack said:

a band called the young rascals

2 hours ago, Lvshack said:

.I do luv the sophistication of silversea but still a rocker at heart

Love this @Lvshack

Thinking back on the Rascals:  songs like Just a Little, Groovin, Lonely too Long, introduced me to soul music with their versions of songs like Mustang Sally.

Have a blast at Wembley!