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  1. exlondoner
    Having checked the cruets, I should like to move on to a new area of concern: carpets. The ones in the pictures above are probably supposed to look lush and expansive and disguise any spillages, but they don’t. They look like a major ink fight has taken place, or perhaps that Jackson Pollock has been having a very bad time. Are they really that off putting?
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    I tend to agree, but must admit that I found the app useful for booking a pop-up when nobody was answering the phone.
  3. exlondoner
    This is approaching the bafflement of gingerbread houses. Why?
  4. exlondoner
    Well, I sincerely hope he doesn’t try that approach in Japan or somewhere where tipping may be considered rude. A Cunard ship is not a suburb of New York, is it?😀
  5. exlondoner
    I think you are right. So why did you tip him, instead of sticking to being reasonable and friendly? Seems like a bribe to me.
  6. exlondoner
    I know nothing about this, but boiling water does not distill it.
  7. exlondoner
    On most voyages I have seen a queue at lunch on the first day, as lots of people drift up to lunch shortly after it opens, usually at 1, and then all the new passengers need to be shown to their tables, so it can take a little while. Obviously nobody gets irate about this. Often the Maître d’h does know (or pretend to know) who many passengers are as they have done many repeats.
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    I wonder if it means you might get a substitute as they are running low.
  9. exlondoner
    I’m not sure you can book the pop-ups on My Cunard. However, they are often cheaper on the first night.
  10. exlondoner
    But tends to last rather longer.
  11. exlondoner
    Isn’t saying the gym is nice a bit like saying triangles are square?
  12. exlondoner
    In my experience people who make an awful lot of money do not do it by failing to worry about profit.
  13. exlondoner
    Only if there is an authentic replica iceberg being constructed somewhere, as in the Hardy poem.
  14. exlondoner
    On reflection I was once passed by a completely naked man (he may have had shoes) in Las Ramblas in Barcelona, and only noticed when my husband pointed him out after he had gone past.
  15. exlondoner
    Perhaps you were getting tired?
  16. exlondoner
    Does your mother have a very large house, or are many of the items going to be gifts?
  17. exlondoner
    Also, again providing you don’t ask every night, they might be happy to bring you a few extra canapés.
  18. exlondoner
    Up to a point, I’m sure. Probably if you get through a bottle of gin daily, they may become less generous. 😀 But generally speaking, yes.
  19. exlondoner
    Soft drinks are free, and you can ask for what you want. They usually replace the bottles when they are nearly finished, not exactly every day, but often enough.
  20. exlondoner
    Have you managed to get them to do anything about your bed and pillows?
  21. exlondoner
    No, you’re not. I’m completely the same. 😀
  22. exlondoner
    Most things except butter make bread soggy, so I see her point. Now red peppers stuffed with pesto is lovely.
  23. exlondoner
    I love sea days, but it does depend on the weather. If the weather is too cold and windy to go outside that greatly reduces the pleasure, even more so if it is rough.
  24. exlondoner
    There’s another thing if we ever sail together. You can have mine, though last time they wisely didn’t give me any.
  25. exlondoner
    Cunard’s Pol Acker is widely derided, and I certainly wouldn’t pay money for it.

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