Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[lenquixote66]

4 hours ago, George C said:

My brother recently visited and was surprised we still had home phone and still have newspaper delivered. 

We have a wall phone in the kitchen and 3 phones that sit on tables.

[Sunshine3601]

3 hours ago, mo&fran said:

CC moves on.  Now when someone presses the little like button at the lower right corner of a post,  CC now lists who pushed it, not just a number of users who reacted.

I wondered what was going on last night and this morning when the like button had disappeared.         So far I am liking this new feature. 

[lenquixote66]

1 hour ago, mo&fran said:

Anything not upstate is NYC.

Not the Hamptons

[lenquixote66]

46 minutes ago, HBE4 said:

 

And the opposite is true as well. Anything not NYC, is upstate.  Even though all the radio stations & TV stations I listen to originate from NYC & I can see the skyline from certain tall hill & can be in the heart of Manhattan in little over an hour - 40 minutes to the Bronx border -  (via Metro-North trains), my NYC friends tell me I live upstate. lol

You are not upstate.One of my daughters and family live in Delaware County,that is upstate.

[lenquixote66]

24 minutes ago, molly361 said:

When I lived in Westchester people considered it upstate 

Most of my relatives live in Westchester .They all refer to it as a NYC suburb.

[George C]

1 hour ago, mo&fran said:

Anything not upstate is NYC.

Having been born and raised in nyc I always consider anything north of the Bronx upstate , my wife raised in the Buffalo area disagrees she considers Buffalo area western New York State.

[lenquixote66]

14 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Same here, except I just reduced my daily newspaper delivery to Sundays only.    

My small town does not have a daily or a Sunday newspaper.We only have a weekly.

[jagsfan]

29 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

I like 😁

 

So many beautiful places to visit in the US, especially now.

 

I admit being a tiny bit jealous.

I’d like to see photos of Israel. I know the areas we never see are beautiful. 
Years ago, the husband of a Jewish staff member of my office died. I decided to honor LJ’s memory by planting a couple of trees in Israel. Easy to do, just send a donation, but I always wonder where the trees are, and hope they’re flourishing!

[jagsfan]

29 minutes ago, molly361 said:

When I lived in Westchester people considered it upstate 

🙄

[Sunshine3601]

2 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

Hi All.  On the Oasis and loving every minute!!!! All went well, checkin was a breeze, on the ship by noon.  Enough people around and everyone following the rules. Enjoying half priced drinks🍾

I am putting on some pictures but I think they are upside down so turn your devices around….🤪1

All looks beautiful.     Glad you made it to the port with no issues from henri.   Have you been to the casino?    Any luck?  

Did they serve lobster in WJ for lunch on boarding day?

[DaniDanielle]

Lobster in Windjammer.  Left the casino up $30.00, think I will stay out of there now!

[DaniDanielle]

I love this ship😊

[jagsfan]

18 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Same here, except I just reduced my daily newspaper delivery to Sundays only.    

We just dropped our Sunday paper and went to 7 day digital. We hated to do it, but it was coming between 11:30 and 12:30, which drove us nuts, so we cut the cord.

What I’ll wrap potato peelings and shrimp shells in now, I don’t know!

[Sunshine3601]

2 hours ago, jagsfan said:

Were you able to print the one that appeared in the WSJ?

 

No, I don't subscribe to WSJ but I printed the one you posted yesterday.    Cut and pasted it to a blank word doc so I didn't have all the other posts on the print out.      Thank you!    I cannot wait to make it, we love scallops

[Sunshine3601]

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I think the Bee's thread is gone. What a shame.

Was that special circumstance for her dog?    not surprising she has a dog that acts up!

[Jimbo]

30 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Same here, except I just reduced my daily newspaper delivery to Sundays only.    

We did the same things years ago, Only got the  Sunday Philadelphia Enquirer because it had all the ads for all the stores and had food coupons in it, so really the coupons paid for the the paper plus some. 

 

Here in the golf community that we now live at in Virginia, no one has any paper boxes in front  of their houses............I'm not even sure if there is a newspaper available where we live now? If there is, Most likely would come from Roanoke, Virginia, that's the nearest larger city about 55 minutes from us.

Edited August 24, 2021 by Jimbo

[Sunshine3601]

10 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

I love this ship😊

Do you like the location of your cabin assignment?    Curious, did they assign anyone the suites on this test cruise?

[Sunshine3601]

5 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

We did the same things years ago, Only got the  Sunday Philadelphia Enquirer because it had all the ads for all the stores and had food coupons in it, so really the coupons paid for the the paper plus some. 

 

Here in the golf community that we now live at in Virginia, no one has any paper boxes in front  of their houses............I'm not even sure if there is a newspaper available where live now?

Pre covid coupons were well with it but nowadays coupons are horrible.    You get maybe one pack of coupons and it is the same stuff over and over and usually not what I buy at food store, etc.     I guess covid has destroyed the coupon biz.

[Jimbo]

4 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Pre covid coupons were well with it but nowadays coupons are horrible.    You get maybe one pack of coupons and it is the same stuff over and over and usually not what I buy at food store, etc.     I guess covid has destroyed the coupon biz.

That sucks !!!

[Bailey & Sophie]

3 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

Anyone have Henri issues?  I missed Below Deck and forgot to DVR it😢So if anything good happened I would love to know.

 

Bravo repeats several episodes just before the new one airs. You should be able to catch up next week.

[Ozark_Kid]

57 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

Definitely superior driving skills.My wife who drove to work every day for 27 years had quite a few flats.We each had a car .

Speaking of flats.  We noticed a tire going low. We noticed a roofing nail in it probably from the roofing replacement we had.  Fixed it yesterday.

[reallyitsmema]

13 minutes ago, Bailey & Sophie said:

 

Bravo repeats several episodes just before the new one airs. You should be able to catch up next week.

 

Or try to catch it when they do the Galley Talk addition of it.  Kate, Ben, Alex, Josiah, Colin, Anastasia, Bobby and Julia have been great to watch!  They are so funny!

[lenquixote66]

6 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Speaking of flats.  We noticed a tire going low. We noticed a roofing nail in it probably from the roofing replacement we had.  Fixed it yesterday.

I never had an accident while driving.The closest was when teenagers in a car attempted to force me off a road.

 

[lenquixote66]

55 minutes ago, jagsfan said:

I’d like to see photos of Israel. I know the areas we never see are beautiful. 
Years ago, the husband of a Jewish staff member of my office died. I decided to honor LJ’s memory by planting a couple of trees in Israel. Easy to do, just send a donation, but I always wonder where the trees are, and hope they’re flourishing!

The trees I am sure are flourishing.They are planted in forests.People do not just plant trees to honor the memory of a deceased person.It is very nice that you chose to honor that person.

[Ozark_Kid]

35 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Pre covid coupons were well with it but nowadays coupons are horrible.    You get maybe one pack of coupons and it is the same stuff over and over and usually not what I buy at food store, etc.     I guess covid has destroyed the coupon biz.

Our Kroger’s has a program that gives discounts.  When you check out you give them your number and you get a discount.  They later use this info to send you coupons in the mail based on previous purchases.