Quartzsite Cruiser Posted January 1, 2021 #151 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) I guess you could call this “Confessions of a Former Lurker”. This is to let the lurkers know that they are always welcome, but we would love for them to join the conversation and to become CC friends, too. Early in the pandemic when the Fleet Report became the Daily, I would check the ship locations, but go no further thinking it would mostly be the thank yous for posting. Over time, DH started reading the posts and telling me about some of the more interesting ones. I began following the thread, but like many, did not feel I had anything to contribute. Then one day, someone asked a question or made a comment that I knew I could answer. As no one had posted a reply, I jumped in. I was welcomed to the Daily and even made Roy’s celebration list. 👍 It was still a while before I became a regular poster. During this time of social isolation, it has become a warm place to visit and to feel a sense of community and caring. Believe me, even if you just say hi, I’m here and not much else, you will gain more from these wonderful people than you will think you give. The moral of this confession, is don’t be afraid to post or to ask questions. Come join our merry band and you will have friends when we are finally on a blue hulled beauty again. Lenda WOW — 7 pages! This must be a first! Edited January 1, 2021 by Quartzsite Cruiser 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisepucks Posted January 1, 2021 #152 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Another lurker chiming in although I believe I did post once before. I having been following and enjoying the daily since the start of the cruise pause some 9 1/2 months ago now. Thanks to all who post and especially the efforts of @richwmn and @rafinmd for all their work. Not only have I enjoyed seeing where the ships are but have learned a few things along the way like how to highlight the names and new recipes. The tomato pie that so many posted photos of and the squash and spinach lasagna were both big hits with DH. Like many I am enjoying the photos of Antarctica by @StLouisCruiser. Antarartica has been on our bucket list and your photos have inspired us to book this trip once the world rights itself. Happy New Year to all and may 2021 bring better days as the vaccines rollout. Until then, we will stay home safe home with the exception of going out for essential shopping. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted January 1, 2021 #153 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said: Forgot to mention, we did not hear any fireworks 💥 last night either. After thinking about, we don’t remember seeing any for sale. Normally, the big box store north of us has a ton for sale. In the past, the 🎆 would start shortly after sunset. It could be they weren’t for sale because southwest Arizona like southern California is experiencing severe drought conditions. None of us needs a wildfire now, if ever. Since March or April, this area has received about 3/100 th of an inch of rain. On another note, we did not see any live trees 🌲 for sale around here either. Lenda The vast majority of cities here do not allow “Safe and Sane” fireworks. But it isn’t the “Safe and Sane” variety most people use around here: they are the universally illegal ones. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir PMP Posted January 1, 2021 #154 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Copper10-8 said: You are correct of course; the Frenchies liked them so much they had to copy them and put them inside beignets Here are the flappen Happy New Year Meneer de Hagenaar! That's more like it.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted January 1, 2021 #155 Share Posted January 1, 2021 46 minutes ago, Lady Hudson said: Mostly travel RC and Cunard. Now that's quite a combination. Talk about near polar opposites! Roy 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted January 1, 2021 #156 Share Posted January 1, 2021 7 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said: Now that my second Antarctica post is approved you can either go back to page 2, post 37 to see it or read it here by expanding the quote above. Sorry for all the trouble this causes. I'm not sure what word some person had used in the past to cause this trouble. I wonder if leading the Polar Plunge is in the Captain’s job description? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzsite Cruiser Posted January 1, 2021 #157 Share Posted January 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, TiogaCruiser said: The vast majority of cities here do not allow “Safe and Sane” fireworks. But it isn’t the “Safe and Sane” variety most people use around here: they are the universally illegal ones. Definitely, agree 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLouisCruisers Posted January 1, 2021 #158 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 minute ago, cat shepard said: I wonder if leading the Polar Plunge is in the Captain’s job description? Captain Dag probably added it to his job description. He's always up for some fun! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLouisCruisers Posted January 1, 2021 #159 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, cat shepard said: I wonder if leading the Polar Plunge is in the Captain’s job description? Well I just found out something that puts you on the naughty list. I mentioned his first name after the word Captain and it hid the post!! And I thought I had deleted those two words in the post that was not allowed this morning. Crazy! His title and name have been used in the past but someone probably said something bad and ruined it for all of us. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suslor Posted January 1, 2021 #160 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Ok Rich, I’m one of the “lurkers” checking in as requested. Wishing everyone a happy new year and a quick return for all of us for safe cruising. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLouisCruisers Posted January 1, 2021 #161 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Well that was a short hidden post. In only five minutes our Host approved it. You can see that I barely said anything and the software didn't approve. It was post 158. Edited January 1, 2021 by StLouisCruisers 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted January 1, 2021 #162 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, Suslor said: Ok Rich, I’m one of the “lurkers” checking in as requested. Wishing everyone a happy new year and a quick return for all of us for safe cruising. Welcome to posting! And “Amen” to both your wishes! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty34877 Posted January 1, 2021 #163 Share Posted January 1, 2021 @kazu and VictOriann, I too have those dishes and love to see the beautiful food displays on them. My OCD forces me to line up the plates so that the flying birds are on the top. Yes, I am one of those..... 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybear Posted January 1, 2021 #164 Share Posted January 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said: Well that was a short hidden post. In only five minutes our Host approved it. You can see that I barely said anything and the software didn't approve. It was post 158. Living on the edge😂🤷♀️ 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobpatj Posted January 1, 2021 #165 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Fell asleep before midnight, but Bob was awake to see the ball drop and hear fireworks in the neighborhood. Tonight’s dinner is our traditional pork & sauerkraut! Happy New Year. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakcd Posted January 1, 2021 #166 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I offer my confession as a lurker although only for the last month. I am enjoying the photos of your cruises, the recipes, prayer list as well as dinner and drink suggestions. No hangover for us last evening. We enjoyed a neighbors generous fireworks display at 8 and then a bit of Netflix. Dinner tonight will be collards, black eyed peas, pork chops and cornbread. Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USN59-79 Posted January 1, 2021 #167 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I bought the Goo Gone yesterday and spent a couple of hours this morning cleaning the masking tape residue from our four front-facing windows. Probably a good thing, as I also used Windex and cleaned them totally, something that was overdue. We had kind of a different New Year's Eve dinner - Wine Chicken. A more descriptive title would be steamed game hen with noodles and gin. Starts with a steamed game hen in water with dried mushrooms, spices, dried plum, onions and carrots with some gin for flavoring. There is also a bowl of wheat noodles. And stir fried vegetables with "tree ear" mushrooms. Add some of the game hen and soup to a bowl of steamed noodles. Add a shot of Gilbey's Gin and enjoy. I think it is a recipe that Sara learned in Taiwan. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcand1923 Posted January 1, 2021 #168 Share Posted January 1, 2021 The "approved" fireworks were cancelled due to the pandemic, but the non-approved ones woke me shortly after mid-night. I got out of bed to look for them, but could not see them. The second round came about 2am. Again, a check out of the window, but I couldn't see them. The booms and whistles wakened me, but I couldn't see any illuminations. The traditional New Year's food in my household is ham. The ham can be with eggs for breakfast then in sandwiches or with green beans and mashed potatoes for dinner. I had it with the green beans and mashed potatoes this year. Compliments ate owed to Rich and Roy for their outstanding work on this thread. I found it many months ago and it is now part of my daily routine. If I miss reading it for several days, I will then catch-up. It is such a "good feeling" thread that it always bring a smile to my face. Thanks to everyone who makes this thread so enjoyable. One day, I hope to meet all of you on a DAM ship! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted January 1, 2021 #169 Share Posted January 1, 2021 26 minutes ago, smitty34877 said: @kazu and VictOriann, I too have those dishes and love to see the beautiful food displays on them. My OCD forces me to line up the plates so that the flying birds are on the top. Yes, I am one of those..... I usually do too - especially if we have company 😉 You should see the summer party settings. Everything has to line. LOL 😄 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted January 1, 2021 #170 Share Posted January 1, 2021 53 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said: Captain Dag probably added it to his job description. He's always up for some fun! He is the best 🙂. I loved our get to know your neighbourhood party he did on the Prinsendam. An officer on every deck. Just put your glass out and they poured. It was a lot of fun. Unfortunately we had done our wine social already so there were a lot of people that came out of my room. You should have seen the looks 😉. An officer ran for more sparkly stuff. 😄 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richwmn Posted January 1, 2021 Author #171 Share Posted January 1, 2021 When I started this thread this morning I really did not expect the response y'all have given. I thought maybe a few of the lurkers might be encouraged to say hello. Well, there have already been 2.4 thousand views (and counting) and this is post 170(?). To say the least the response has been overwhelming. I do want to thank again everyone who posted today, particularly the (former) lurkers. Please say hello whenever you drop it. Everyone has something to contribute. With any luck the next 90 days will go quickly and we will have a definite idea of when cruises will begin, and I hope to see many of you on upcoming cruises. (btw -- posting from home) Rich 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted January 1, 2021 #172 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 minute ago, richwmn said: When I started this thread this morning I really did not expect the response y'all have given. I thought maybe a few of the lurkers might be encouraged to say hello. Well, there have already been 2.4 thousand views (and counting) and this is post 170(?). To say the least the response has been overwhelming. I do want to thank again everyone who posted today, particularly the (former) lurkers. Please say hello whenever you drop it. Everyone has something to contribute. With any luck the next 90 days will go quickly and we will have a definite idea of when cruises will begin, and I hope to see many of you on upcoming cruises. (btw -- posting from home) Rich Welcome home Rich. 🙂. I bet your cats were very happy to see you ❤️ 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted January 1, 2021 #173 Share Posted January 1, 2021 36 minutes ago, bakcd said: I offer my confession as a lurker although only for the last month. I am enjoying the photos of your cruises, the recipes, prayer list as well as dinner and drink suggestions. No hangover for us last evening. We enjoyed a neighbors generous fireworks display at 8 and then a bit of Netflix. Dinner tonight will be collards, black eyed peas, pork chops and cornbread. Wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. Welcome! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaofami Posted January 1, 2021 #174 Share Posted January 1, 2021 It’s great to see all of the lurkers posting today. I’m joining others asking you to join us everyday or whenever the urge comes to chime in. Hope you all had a nice celebration last night and a good start of 2021. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted January 1, 2021 #175 Share Posted January 1, 2021 23 minutes ago, richwmn said: When I started this thread this morning I really did not expect the response y'all have given. I thought maybe a few of the lurkers might be encouraged to say hello. Well, there have already been 2.4 thousand views (and counting) and this is post 170(?). To say the least the response has been overwhelming. I do want to thank again everyone who posted today, particularly the (former) lurkers. Please say hello whenever you drop it. Everyone has something to contribute. With any luck the next 90 days will go quickly and we will have a definite idea of when cruises will begin, and I hope to see many of you on upcoming cruises. (btw -- posting from home) Rich @rafinmd, how many people can participate in your Zoom meetings?😉 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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