.......idle jottings

[ho-hum]

So the QM 2 was at Crown Bay? That's interesting.

 

Yes, directly from Southampton, UK.

[vandrefalk]

Jim, HH's description of turn-around day is quite accurate! Actually, they start cleaning the cabins before everyone is off! God help if you try to walk down the hall! We usually try to find a quiet (?) spot at the TOY or leave the ship -- best to stay out of their way! But it is fun to watch the newbies come on board. Last time, I loved it when Christophe told us the ship was ours til 2 pm!

 

Now, are you going to be on board soon??

 

And why is CTBJR homeless???

 

Vandrefalk

[ho-hum]

Jim, HH's description of turn-around day is quite accurate! Actually, they start cleaning the cabins before everyone is off! God help if you try to walk down the hall! We usually try to find a quiet (?) spot at the TOY or leave the ship -- best to stay out of their way! But it is fun to watch the newbies come on board. Last time, I loved it when Christophe told us the ship was ours til 2 pm!

 

Now, are you going to be on board soon??

 

And why is CTBJR homeless???

 

Vandrefalk

 

The answers are......Hum cannot possibly say ......... attorney-client confidentialty you know.

[vandrefalk]

HH, you are too cruel! Can I coax it out of you at the TOY?

Vandrefalk

[ho-hum]

HH, you are too cruel! Can I coax it out of you at the TOY?

Vandrefalk

 

Most certainly !

HH

[ho-hum]

Shall I send you some St T shopping info for a chemise perhaps...or a bauble for Blondie? Have you a smart new outfit ready to usher in the New Year? Italian tradition dictates new (always red) unmentionables. Perhaps you are too busy putting the finishing touches on your New Years epistle.

 

So "Epistle" now is it ?

And so the relentless cajoling continues in ever inventive ways to elicit a few crumbs of interest from Hum.

A different slant has been adopted as it is intended to appeal to Hum's deranged sense of grandeur.

A good ploy.

Almost worked had it been from anybody else .........but your historical, manipulative ways are too well established to ascribe any genuine credibility to them now, yet you are to be congratulated for the alluring "bait" you so carefully produced.

 

But "dearest of dears" (to coin a phrase from your great self) Hum must also consider standing aside at some time to allow for new burgeoning talent like your good self to take over the enormous weight of responsibility in keeping the baying mob ........sorry distinguished readers entertained and informed even though it be for 20-30 seconds to break up the dull repetitive routine of their un-eventful lives, possibly cocooned up with relatives over the holidays with husbands and wives that are slowly but surely driving them "round the bend", "up the wall" and generally insane by some actually mild irritating habit but which has now grown out of all reasonable proportion, so that they are now imagining all kinds of physical harm (whether temporary or permanent) to their "loved ones".

 

But enough about the dear Commander !

 

You would of course, be out in 5 (years) provided you do "your time" and stay out of alteractions with other inmates or the guards and keep those flashes of violent angry outbursts in check when you erroneously consider yourself slighted or dis-respected.

Now you must join a gang to survive.

The dreaded and feared "Seamstresses" gang (your present gang) will not cut it in the "chokey", the "Big House".

Hum suggests a few tattoos too like the Commander's from his motorbike gang days (now reformed and swopped to the Hyundai, safe driver association of Canada).

 

Sorry Abenaki, there really is little to report from the Caribbean on SDII.

The dress standard has dropped a little further.

A gentleman about your age (yes, mid 80's) assembled at the doorway into the Main Dining-Room and was asked to re-consider his apparel.

Only an elegant couple and Hum dressed in jackets for the first evening which was almost drowned out by the noise emitting from the bar despite a few "Shushes"

Hum tries to set an example but it is wasted on the masses.

The noise levels from hyperactive young people incapable of talking at sophisticated, conversation levels caused a cacophony even outside: it was reported that the MDS was 10x worse by the jacketed couple when we shared our "just what is the world coming too" com flab over late morning drinky-poo's.

But to be fair, the second night was so much better however the noise levels at a re-located table outside were just as bad but now from a large Antipodean family group of 8.

And then the "Un-plugged" musical session began which made Hum quickly leave.

 

Oh well, ho hum.

Missing you both.

Are the polar bears coming down from the ice caps hunting for food around the settlements ? Tie the food into baskets and arrange ropes to winch them high into the trees. Hum saw an edifying documentary and it seemed to work. Oh and stand your ground if being charged......or was that a gorilla ?

 

Oh you do realise Hum is en vacances !!!

Hum will likely jot less for a while.........no cajoling now.

[abenaki]

Well then, my day is complete, and only 7am. Thank you, kind sir. You do remember that you promised photos.........

[ho-hum]

Well then, my day is complete, and only 7am. Thank you, kind sir. You do remember that you promised photos.........

 

Yes, yes, yes........bientot !

[ho-hum]

Well it was'nt that long ago that Hum teased you all with two possible announcements but the apathy from you all was overwhelming.

 

Well now Hum has THREE announcements !!

And they have been cleared by the "head honchos".

 

Announcements that will rock you and make you very, very happy !!

 

Still apathetic ?

 

Well Hum could tell you all at once but no, it will be fed over a few days and only if Hum suspects a frenzy is brewing !!

 

No frenzy, no announcement/s. Capiche.

[commander courageous]

First you toss out feelers to whet the appetite of the madding crowd.

 

Then you go silent on the subject.

 

Now, fully armed with "the scoop", you want to be cajoled and cuddled

into spilling the beans. Have you no shame?

 

I will not be browbeaten into submission, Mr. Hum. I shall wait

quietly on the sideline while others grovel at your feet waiting for news

that, more than likely, will be little more than the usual pablum

emanating from the Oslo bunker.

 

Now, Mr. Ho ... prove me wrong!

[Jim Avery]

Well it was'nt that long ago that Hum teased you all with two possible announcements but the apathy from you all was overwhelming.

 

Well now Hum has THREE announcements !!

And they have been cleared by the "head honchos".

 

Announcements that will rock you and make you very, very happy !!

 

Still apathetic ?

 

Well Hum could tell you all at once but no, it will be fed over a few days and only if Hum suspects a frenzy is brewing !!

 

No frenzy, no announcement/s. Capiche.

 

After having various branches of the old Family Tree in and out of Mi Casa for the past 3 weeks, I have enough frenzy for the whole damn boatload. If it is not my suggestion of buying the QE2, then just what is up old pal, old buddy, old chum???

[abenaki]

You brazen hussy, you, you, you HO.

 

Waiting for the crowd of fans to push forward and fall to your lime loafered feet in adulation, all groveling for the Mighty Oracle himself to speak. How Colonial!

 

Let's see... What important information would Oslo want broadcast first via such an illustrious literary column as Idle Dropings? Why, the readership must be at least, well, in the dozens, I would think. New brand of loo paper? Bulgari replaced by l'Occitane maybe? New Loyalty Laundry Program?

 

What would they possibly entrust to our dear Nautical Scribe? Certainly not the location of the keys to the Wine Cellar, I'm sure.

 

You first mentioned TWO somethings, which could only be new boats... Too old a rumour to be considered newsworthy.

 

This is going to be a long process, until every one of your legion of readers comes forward to pay homage. Only then will the Oracle find time to sit down at his trusty typewriter, and bang out a few words to those of us who actaually take time out of our busy lives to read and respond, in the vain hopes that HoHum will be cajoled into not retiring.

 

Meanwhile, Hummingway leans back in his rumpled linen, a bottle of Champagne chilling, enjoying it all immensly. Puffing on his ( now imaginary) cigar....observing.

[Jim Avery]

Has the weather settled? How is the passenger makeup this week? Miss your little buddies?

[fpebbles]

Frenzy! Frenzy!

[Jim Avery]

Frenzy! Frenzy!

Where is the Like button?:D:D

[ho-hum]

First you toss out feelers to whet the appetite of the madding crowd.

 

BLAH

BLAH

BLAH

BLAH

 

Now, Mr. Ho ... prove me wrong!

 

You brazen hussy, you, you, you HO.

 

BLAH

BLAH

BLAH

BLAH

 

Meanwhile, Hummingway leans back in his rumpled linen, a bottle of Champagne chilling, enjoying it all immensly. Puffing on his ( now imaginary) cigar....observing.

 

Did anybody else hear some annoying little posts ?

No.

OK

HH

[ho-hum]

Has the weather settled? How is the passenger makeup this week? Miss your little buddies?

 

No it's still quite bumpy, rain squalls and windy between mainly spells of wonderful fresh weather.

 

Passengers mostly Americans (73), large Australian family (7), Germans (6) Norwegians (2), Israelis (2), Belgians (2) and just 6 Brits (most are on SDI with a large number of Brazilians).

Nice crowd but lots of requests which keep crew running around.

 

A few children (3) and young people (6): all extremely well behaved and polite and quiet unlike some adults who can be quite LOUD at dinner but much better tonight as people settle in and down and relax.

[JES4845]

I'm shameless ... grovel, grovel, grovel HRH HH! Inquiring minds do want to know and pronto before we collapse in mystery and misery!

[ho-hum]

Frenzy! Frenzy!

 

Where is the Like button?:D:D

 

I'm shameless ... grovel, grovel, grovel HRH HH! Inquiring minds do want to know and pronto before we collapse in mystery and misery!

 

Please ...... just a little more "sport" with a pair of pompous "old windbags" first ........... yes, it's not fairly matched........no, not at all but Hum does so wish to "call out" the sanctimonious humbug first.

 

Thankyou for your understanding and patience......

[abenaki]

I am going to go and speak directly with Blondie. She can put Ho Hum in his place with one withering look. I have seen it happen. It won't even take her a moment and he will be blabbing like a silly schoolgirl.

[JES4845]

Maybe HH will give up the goods when he reads about himself in today's New York Times:

 

Most recoveries of stolen boats and maritime repossessions are ho-hum affairs, typically involving paperwork and banks working with local law enforcement. But when negotiations fail, waterborne jailbreaks sometimes occur.

 

Hmmm ... now we know the truth! LOL

[ho-hum]

First you toss out feelers to whet the appetite of the madding crowd.

 

BLAH

BLAH

BLAH

BLAH

 

Now, Mr. Ho ... prove me wrong!

 

You brazen hussy, you, you, you HO.

 

BLAH

BLAH

BLAH

BLAH

 

Meanwhile, Hummingway leans back in his rumpled linen, a bottle of Champagne chilling, enjoying it all immensly. Puffing on his ( now imaginary) cigar....observing.

 

Oh do "put a sock in it" you two !

Grouchy, pompous, old pair of "windbags" !

Getting yourselves into a "right faux sanctimonious lather" ain't we ?

You both love to be "outraged" at least twice a week and you know it.

Obviously you are not taking advantage of the marijuana legalisation in your country and adopted country.

Try it.

It might help.

If not you, Hum would certainly benefit.

 

Hum the great humanitarian, is innocently and simply trying to create a bit of fun and interest, to whip up some excitement round here which is slowly becoming a Nursing Home for the "Dull & Befuddled".

Hum has no grandiose ambition or intention and certainly no self-promotion and here you are protestin' and all......

 

"We wont be told this, we wont be told that"

Yet you also beg for news on a weekly basis !!!

Beg you do !!

And even demand photos t'boot !!!

Ha !

Hypocritical "old toads", the pair of yous.

Claiming honour and integrity.......yeah right !

Hum expects no more views on this forum from the pair of yous until the announcements are officially declared then...........no Hum didn't think so.

 

Hum wonders what has brought on this "hot air" and "wind".

Maybe it corresponds to the same actual physical condition ?

Has the hapless Commander taken over the cooking ?

Maybe he left some internal organs in the skinned beaver he trapped and prepared for the camp fire or maybe it was not cooked through.

Hum is at hand.

Take 2 "WindAway" tablets until you become more agreeable following which Hum will issue the First Announcement.

 

No, Hum will waive a request for the grovelling apology this time.

St. Hum of Virgin Gorda.

 

PS Hum does like "Hummingway" though.....very good.....maybe there is some hope after all ...............or perhaps not.

Edited December 29, 2015 by ho-hum

[abenaki]

He also runs his Caribbean Capers email scam where he bilks people on a monthly basis. Visa Fraud Dept fortunately caught it happening and cut me loose from his grip.

[ho-hum]

I am going to go and speak directly with Blondie. She can put Ho Hum in his place with one withering look. I have seen it happen. It won't even take her a moment and he will be blabbing like a silly schoolgirl.

 

You have just added another day for the First Announcement !!!

 

And the "Announcements" are backing up.

Two more have been added !!

Even bigger than the first 2 !!!

 

But Hum is on holiday.......no hurry here, none at all......

[ho-hum]

He also runs his Caribbean Capers email scam where he bilks people on a monthly basis. Visa Fraud Dept fortunately caught it happening and cut me loose from his grip.

 

OK that does it !

Another day !!!

You will be hearing from Hum's lawyers too !

 

And Hum knows you will think Hum is making this up but there is yet another "Announcement" !!

6 now !!!