Flatbush Flyer Posted May 10, 2020 #1 Share Posted May 10, 2020 No - I'm not going to ask about whether you'd be OK with a table for eight in an Oceania specialty restaurant. Rather, with the probable prospect of no eights (or even sixes) when the O ships start cruising again, how about picking some dinner companions (no spouses/partners please) for that last table of eight from the old normal. Your available pool of fellow cruisers/diners are the folks who frequently post on the CC Oceania forums. After more than 5 years here, I've got my own preferences of folks who, whether I agree with them or not on all sorts of topics, I find interesting, knowledgeable, experienced, etc. I've already got my list of seven others. But, I'm holding off on sharing until the ball gets rolling. BTW, no need to explain your choices- just pick your dinner mates (by screen name) and list them in a post on this thread. Any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 10, 2020 #2 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I have a list of who I would NOT knowingly share a table with 😁 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted May 10, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted May 10, 2020 40 minutes ago, LHT28 said: I have a list of who I would NOT knowingly share a table with 😁 I guess you'll have to start a different thread. But, fortunately, I trust that most respondents will want to keep this a positive, fun exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted May 10, 2020 #4 Share Posted May 10, 2020 1 hour ago, LHT28 said: I have a list of who I would NOT knowingly share a table with 😁 Oh, brother, yes. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted May 10, 2020 #5 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Flatbush Flyer said: I guess you'll have to start a different thread. But, fortunately, I trust that most respondents will want to keep this a positive, fun exercise. You go first as you are the OP 😀 Edited May 10, 2020 by Paulchili 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted May 10, 2020 #6 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I am happy to start: Paulchili. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted May 11, 2020 #7 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Paulchili and navybankerteacher LHT28 Flatbush Flyer (no, really!) many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted May 11, 2020 #8 Share Posted May 11, 2020 43 minutes ago, CintiPam said: I am happy to start: Paulchili. Thank you - a great honor considering we have never actually met before. The feeling is mutual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted May 11, 2020 #9 Share Posted May 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, clo said: Paulchili and navybankerteacher LHT28 Flatbush Flyer (no, really!) many more. clo - I am happy to share foie gras with you anytime 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted May 11, 2020 #10 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Paulchili said: clo - I am happy to share foie gras with you anytime 🙂 You're so easy 🙂 I have two 'chunks' in the freezer. And I do need to see their shipping charge as our CSR card gets 5x for groceries through June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susiesan Posted May 11, 2020 #11 Share Posted May 11, 2020 There's only 8 regulars on here so what's the point of this exercise? 😏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted May 11, 2020 #12 Share Posted May 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Paulchili said: Thank you - a great honor considering we have never actually met before. The feeling is mutual Thanks. Hopefully someday! We fortunately sailed a couple of times with Jim (StanandJim) and shared a couple of celebratory meals with him, including an amazing dinner in Polo that Jim arranged for a significant birthday of Stan’s. I will never forget that wonderful evening. Jim, Stan, the late Don Horner (hondorner??) and his wife Betsy (now wed so romantically to Bob Brown on that ATW cruise just a year or so ago) were invited by Oceania to a ceremony at the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa when Riviera was built. We met Don and Betsy not onboard an Oceania cruise but when they embarked an American Queen cruise here in Cincinnati, and we arranged to meet for dinner onshore before they sailed. Those two posters (Jim and Don) were informational mainstays on this Oceania board for many years, including the several years of my CC boards addiction. I fortunately weaned myself away about five years ago. We met Lyn (LHT28) on a Caribbean cruise and shared a delightful tour she arranged of an artisanal chocolate factory near the port in Bridgetown, Barbados. Fortunately, she remains a pillar of accurate information on this board. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted May 11, 2020 #13 Share Posted May 11, 2020 26 minutes ago, CintiPam said: Hopefully someday! Oh wait, I want you there too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 11, 2020 #14 Share Posted May 11, 2020 10 hours ago, CintiPam said: We met Lyn (LHT28) on a Caribbean cruise and shared a delightful tour she arranged of an artisanal chocolate factory near the port in Bridgetown, Barbados. Fortunately, she remains a pillar of accurate information on this board. That was a fun tour Too bad it was so hot & some of my chocolate melted before we made it back to the ship so we had to eat them LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted May 11, 2020 #15 Share Posted May 11, 2020 5 hours ago, LHT28 said: That was a fun tour Too bad it was so hot & some of my chocolate melted before we made it back to the ship so we had to eat them LOL I was so hot upon our return that I spent the remainder of the daytime no more than 15 yards from the pool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted May 12, 2020 #16 Share Posted May 12, 2020 But how awful was it to have to eat the chocolates immediately!!?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted May 12, 2020 #17 Share Posted May 12, 2020 54 minutes ago, Mura said: But how awful was it to have to eat the chocolates immediately!!?? Hi, Mura, unlike Lyn, I resisted. 😇 OK, I confess that I ate so much chocolate while at the chocolate factory that I could not indulge that same afternoon with the bars we purchased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted May 12, 2020 #18 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Way back when -- when I graduated college -- my best friend from high school and I had a graduation gift of a motor trip around the country. When we toured the Hersey factory the smell of the chocolate was so overwhelming that neither one of us could face chocolate for a few days ... But that WAS Hershey chocolate! Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 12, 2020 #19 Share Posted May 12, 2020 46 minutes ago, CintiPam said: Hi, Mura, unlike Lyn, I resisted. 😇 OK, I confess that I ate so much chocolate while at the chocolate factory that I could not indulge that same afternoon with the bars we purchased. LOL we had to eat the rum filled ones as the liquid was oozing out That is my story & am sticking to it 😉 PS I see he is moved locations & is serving Ice Cream as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 1985rz1 Posted May 12, 2020 #20 Share Posted May 12, 2020 17 minutes ago, Mura said: Way back when -- when I graduated college -- my best friend from high school and I had a graduation gift of a motor trip around the country. When we toured the Hersey factory the smell of the chocolate was so overwhelming that neither one of us could face chocolate for a few days ... But that WAS Hershey chocolate! Mura But when it was locally owned by Hershey's . I went to college in Annville, PA, and could smell it often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted May 12, 2020 #21 Share Posted May 12, 2020 20 minutes ago, Mura said: Way back when -- when I graduated college -- my best friend from high school and I had a graduation gift of a motor trip around the country. When we toured the Hersey factory the smell of the chocolate was so overwhelming that neither one of us could face chocolate for a few days ... But that WAS Hershey chocolate! Mura LOL Way back my Aunt worked at the Laura Secord factory & they could eat all the chocolate they wanted well after the first week she did not want to see chocolate for a long time sort of reminds me of the episode of Lucy & Ethel 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted May 12, 2020 #22 Share Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Mura said: Way back when -- when I graduated college -- my best friend from high school and I had a graduation gift of a motor trip around the country. When we toured the Hersey factory the smell of the chocolate was so overwhelming that neither one of us could face chocolate for a few days ... But that WAS Hershey chocolate! Mura My husband grew up in Lancaster, PA so I visited Hershey more than once. I loved both the chocolate smell of the place and those streetlights shaped like Hershey kisses. Edited May 12, 2020 by CintiPam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CintiPam Posted May 12, 2020 #23 Share Posted May 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, LHT28 said: LOL we had to eat the rum filled ones as the liquid was oozing out That is my story & am sticking to it 😉 PS I see he is moved locations & is serving Ice Cream as well Those rum-filled ones were the best IMO. So tasty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted May 12, 2020 #24 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Hmmm ... speaking to Hersey (and Pam) ... for us the sweet smell in the place was overwhelming. We didn't eat chocolate back then all that often (we were only 21!) but we DID eat Hershey bars. I remember workers in ice cream shops saying much the same thing. Not so much about the smell of the ice cream, just that they didn't want any ... I wish I could remember exactly what they said! Now when we go into Sprungli in Zurich (which is a shop selling wonderful chocolates, not making them), I can't resist buying far too much! Mura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mura Posted May 12, 2020 #25 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, LHT28 said: LOL Way back my Aunt worked at the Laura Secord factory & they could eat all the chocolate they wanted well after the first week she did not want to see chocolate for a long time sort of reminds me of the episode of Lucy & Ethel 😁 That episode is certainly a classic!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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