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1 minute ago, Butterbean1000 said:
All I'm saying is that a large number of people don't follow the guidelines. I guess you can include me in that. I have to wear a mask at work. I wear a fresh mask every day, however I have to remove it several times throughout the day. I have to adjust it quite often because it fogs my glasses. I cough through it. I've sneezed through it. All I am saying is that it gets full of germs and I consider myself a clean person.
Have you gotten covid yet? Don't answer, I know it's none of my business. I'm just saying... Maybe try to follow the guidelines? And there are better masks out there that help with the glasses fogging up.
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Just now, Butterbean1000 said:
Really? We all know that smoking kills and but there are people who still smoke. You can preach, teach, and nag, you cannot save people from themselves.
Exactly. Stupid is as stupid does.
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1 minute ago, Butterbean1000 said:
Just to be clear, I did not say transmission of the virus, I meant lung infections from breathing through dirty masks for an extended amount of time.
They must be some pretty dirty people then!
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Just now, Butterbean1000 said:
with all due respect, with what we know about how people are wearing their masks, saying there is no risks is wrong, too. Our local hospital has seen a spike in respiratory illnesses and infections over the pass few months. They are attributing this to the improper wearing of masks. This nugget of information came from my doctor. We can agree to disagree.
I did not say there was no risk. I said people chose to wear masks improperly even though they have been told how to wear them properly. I personally have not heard of transmission due to improperly wearing a mask. I would like to know more about that. Until then, we will agree to disagree.
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9 minutes ago, Butterbean1000 said:
Fair enough. However, the everyday person wearing a mask is not in an already sterile area. How many people are wearing the same mask more than once without washing or throwing away? People are constantly taking them off and on with unwashed hands. People are sharing them. So comparing a nurse wearing a mask and John Q Public wearing a mask is apples and oranges.
You can't teach people what they don't want to learn, such as how to properly treat and wear a mask. But just saying wearing a mask in general is unhealthy is just wrong.
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On 9/20/2020 at 6:14 AM, Butterbean1000 said:
When is the madness going stop? Are we going to stop living? We can't cruise. We can't go to sports events. Kids can't trick or treat. Fall festivals are being canceled. People have to work 8+ hours a day wearing a mask and that's not healthy. Kids can't go to school and parents are struggling to keep up. This is not living. Sorry, I just had to get this out.
Not true. I have worked in surgery for 12 hour shifts with off and on (mostly on) mask wearing, and on covid floors where we have to wear the masks for the entire 12 hour shift. I have not seem a single coworker collapse from wearing a mask in my 25 years of nursing. Mask wearing is not unhealthy.
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Yes, leave the beach as you found it. Plus, taking sand in some places, such as Bermuda, is illegal.
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3 minutes ago, Two Wheels Only said:
From the dailies...
BALCONIES SAFETY PARTITIONS: As per Safety requirement, requests for partitions of adjacent balconies to be opened are not allowed.
You might get lucky and your steward might open them (expectation of a tip) but it isn't allowed.
Thank you! This might sound horrible so please don't flame me, but I was hoping they could not be opened! I really want my space and my mother, who will be next door, wants my space too. She has been asking if they open. Now I can honestly tell her no.
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I tried searching but no luck. Does anyone know if on the NCL Joy do the doors connecting the balconies open?
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Thank you all for the replies. She got nowhere talking to the passport office. Talk to this person, oh no, talk to this person. No clear answer, or at least one that sounded encouraging. She finally contacted her representative and they sent her a form to sign and they will look into it. They said they have never heard of this particular problem before, but not to worry, they will verify if her passport is valid. My sister said they were very nice and "I guess I should vote for him next time!"
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Hi. My sister applied for her very first passport for her first cruise in January. She got a letter back from the state department stating that her birth certificate was dated wrong. Her birth date was correct, 10/24/59, however, the actual birth certificate was not recorded in the records until March of 1961. We had never noticed this. She was told that she needed hospital documentation of her birth, affidavits from 2 people that were present when she was born, census records, early school records, etc. for evidence of the reason for the date delay. They also stated that her picture was taken poorly and needed to be retaken. Well, my sister was adopted at birth but the adoption was not finalized until 1961, so that's where the date discrepancy came from, but the state department still wanted all this information and a new picture. Adoptions back then were sealed and hers still is, so getting hospital records is pretty much impossible. As she was trying to collect all of this information, her passport comes in the mail. Of course we are all confused. She has had her passport for about 2 weeks now and yesterday she got another letter stating that the information has not been received and must be before they can give her a passport! I know she should go into a passport office but she doesn't want to for fear that they will take her passport away. Has anyone ever been through this? What do you think she should do?
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On 7/26/2018 at 10:17 PM, pspercy said:
You mean the full circuit 'round the back of Haleakala? I've read the small print and never seen any restrictions on rent car agreements. However if you do need help you will pay $$ for tow truck etc. We did it on a van tour and it made for a 12hr day.
You can drive "up country" and follow the road around to Ulupalakua Ranch/Winery if you want to go to it. Check the map.
It was on our rental car agreement. We came upon it by accident. It caught my eye while looking for a map in the paperwork.
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We recently booked a cruise out of New York with air from Phoenix through NCL. My brother and sister in law booked the same cruise but they live in California. We wanted to fly together, so they are coming to Arizona on their own and flying from Phoenix with us. Our PCC said no problem and booked all of us.
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Sorry if this is a stupid question but if you have an overnight layover, does the airline keep your luggage for the next leg of the flight or do you get your luggage and check it again the next day? Thanks!
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We are also on this cruise. I did some digging and found that at least one group on board will be from Kosherica. https://www.kosherica.com/koshercruises/index.asp. Sounds like a great group. See you on board.
How interesting. Thank you!
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We are also on this cruise. Just out if curiosity, is there any way to find out what the very large groups is?
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Most insurance won't cover it unless you're 60 or older. On your own the older vaccin was over $200.
I get my flu shots at the grocery store pharmacy. Coupons!
They knocked me on my backside for about 48 hours, but they are 95% effective, and 48 hours of feeling yucky is better than 48 minutes of shingles.Some insurances do cover the new shingles shots 100% even if under 60 years old. Thank goodness ours did. It is suggested for 50 and over. We also felt like we had the flu after it for about 24 hours, both times. Our pharmacist said he felt the same way.
As for the flu shot, we get ours every year. I have had to have it for my job for many years or else do patient care with a mask on all season. No thank you! My son refused to get it saying he has never had the flu, which is true. I feel to each their own...
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This is a good tip. I was on the Escape in February and while it was fine just using the open shelves, I did go ahead and buy some of these at the Dollar Tree for my upcoming sailing on the Escape in October. I feel like they will be good for small things like underwear and socks. Bought a couple for my parents too, since they are joining us on this sailing.
What a great idea! Is this the size that would fit on the shelves of the Escape?
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We got the new flu shots last week in preparation for our cruise early October. They had just come in, so we took advantage of it. We usually wait a bit longer, but didn't want to cruise without it. We got the shingles shots earlier this year. We almost couldn't get the second one due to the shortage, but the pharmacist called us and put us on a list for when some came in, we could get them. Unfortunately the pharmacist couldn't put himself on the list for the second shot (customers first), so he had to start all over.
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We booked air through NCL one time for Barcelona. We will not do it again. Everything was all set and then all of a sudden fairly close to our cruise I was checking our flights and noticed that our flights had changed. Our first leg was going to arrive after our second leg had left. NCL never notified us of any flight changes. I'm not sure if they are supposed to or not, but you would think they would tell you to keep an eye on flights if they don't. I don't know what would have happened if I hadn't checked the flights. Thank goodness I called the airline myself and they changed the flights for me.
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From what I remember in Seattle, our Uber dropped us off right in front of the ship where they were taking luggage. We weren't on the Bliss though.
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Oh blessed day! It is so nice to know I am not alone in this. I use the Numbers app for the spreadsheet. I also have an app called Pack for my packing lists. Just pull the iphone out and double check I have everything and every trip gets a different packing list.
Let me add a few more to the Amazon list:
1. Magnetic hooks for the walls of the stateroom. Great for extra space. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FJ9Y9GW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
2. Cruise tag sleeves. We have a set of narrow (size NCL uses) and a set of the wide. Have had them for 5+ yrs and still going strong (although I have replaced the loops, didn't care for the included style at all.) https://www.amazon.com/Caribbean-Celebrity-Easy-Read-Register/dp/B011S5GO6Y/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1534032699&sr=8-11&keywords=cruise+tags
3. I have every travel size refillable bottle known to man (too many to post links to). Constantly looking for travel size of any product I use on a daily basis.
4. Vibrant luggage tags. Bright colors make it easier to find in a sea of black bags.
5. Travel luggage scale. Weighs next to nothing and easy to just throw in suitcase.
Yep! Got all this from Amazon too! Plus cords without surge protectors to charge stuff. Multiple actually since I can't decide which one I like better. Amazon must love cruisers!
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Can you show me what this folder looks like? I am just not picturing what it looks like.
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This is one style.
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Wow, that's horrible! I can't imagine someone asking to do that for them. When I use to drink soda and get the soda package, I wouldn't even share it with my husband. He would get his own if he wanted sodas. Unbelievable!
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That's one thing I've learned, don't eat spicy food before or at work!