the Daily for Saturday Jan 9, 2021

[mamaofami]

1 hour ago, bennybear said:

Thought this might be helpful,  this is about the Pfizer and Moderna

Thank you. I think I need to wait a bit to make my decision.

[kazu]

29 minutes ago, cruisemom42 said:

I always planned on the Panama Canal being on my "walker" list as the main attraction (for me) is the canal itself.

 

Well, the Panama Canal is interesting there are some interesting ports along the way and a lot of history (I know you like history).  Cartagena can be done with a tour guide if you don’t want to do serious walking but there is some.  I highly recommend that you get out and about and see the history and the remarkable people.

 

The same goes for a few other places.  The others are really easy going but it is a very nice itinerary IMO.

You need to be up bright and early for the entrance into the Panama and the buns but it’s really worth it.  Fascinating.

[superoma]

41 minutes ago, cruisemom42 said:

 

Thanks -- sounds yummy!

 

Panama canal is on my "someday" list. Funny story:  On a trip I met a couple who told me that they have two bucket lists -- a "walking" list and a "walker" list. Obviously the walking list is what they want to do while still relatively fit, and the "walker" list being less strenuous, for later years.

 

I always planned on the Panama Canal being on my "walker" list as the main attraction (for me) is the canal itself.

 

And do read “the path between the seas” by David McCullough before you go. Very informative even if it is dry reading - I don’t generally read non fiction. It helped me to understand our trip thru the canal.

[VMax1700]

10 minutes ago, kazu said:

You need to be up bright and early for the entrance into the Panama and the buns

On our Partial Panama I was up at 05.30h and thought I would be at the the top of the line to  go out on the bow.  Well forget that, the queue was half way down the corridor.

 

[Copper10-8]

Going back to Amsterdam and her Grand Asia/Pacific cruise, this is her at Honolulu's Pier 2 as well as a pic of part of my team, two hard working gents, incl. a security supervisor, from the Philippines as well as two hard workers from India; Everybody got lei'd upon arrival in Honolulu. Great team! Btw, the red disks on the mooring lines are known as "rat guards" and are meant to keep those rodents in the genus "Rattus" from entering the vessel by means of those lines unauthorized. One of the first crew off the ship upon arrival is a sailor, known as the "rat patrol" with an entire collection of those disks. He will make his way on the dock to both bow and stern to affix them. The mooring line arrangement off Amsterdam's bow is known as a "5 & 2," five lines facing forward (bow and breast lines) and two spring lines facing aft     

 

 

Edited January 9, 2021 by Copper10-8

[VMax1700]

1 minute ago, superoma said:

And do read “the path between the seas” by David McCullough before you go. Very informative even if it is dry reading - I don’t generally read non fiction. It helped me to understand our trip thru the canal.

It's a great read.  A lot of history including some French history.   Bit like studying for an exam!

[superoma]

4 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

It's a great read.  A lot of history including some French history.   Bit like studying for an exam!

Yes it was! Reminded me of my history classes at university.

[USN59-79]

Looking at the pics of the rat guards on the Amsterdam's mooring lines reminds me of an incident in Vietnam in 1970.  No one likes rats on a Navy ship, but our Captain had kind of a phobia about them.  One of my duties was welfare and recreation fund custodian, and from it I was to pay a $25. bounty for any rats killed on our ship.  We were moored next to a Vietnam Navy LST with just a plank between their ship and our machine shop.  While welding at night, the rats on their ship were going crazy, jumping around and one was able to make its way onto our ship.  Finally someone cornered it and killed it.  I paid the bounty, but a couple of days later there was a brass plaque attached to the bulkhead near where the rat met its demise.  It read "On this spot, on 17 July 1970 Petty Officer Smith Killed a Viet Cong Rat"

Ray

[Copper10-8]

19 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

It's a great read.  A lot of history including some French history.   Bit like studying for an exam!

 

 

I realize this is not an aviation thread but since this is Aviation day, the Aer Chór na hÉireann / Irish Air Corps also had an aerial demo team at one time. No specific name for the team of instructor pilots but they were flying French made Fouga CM170 Magisters out of Aeradróm Mhic Easmainn (Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel)

[rafinmd]

3 hours ago, Live4cruises said:

Roy, I love your composition of today’s sunrise picture!

Thanks.  I had the hardest time figuring out where it was taken.  My first reaction was the leader line on a lifeboat but Serenity's lifeboats are recessed into the hull.  I finally figured out it was one of the little cranes they use to launch the life rafts.

 

Roy

[Copper10-8]

So our next stop after departing Honolulu was Lahaina on the always nice island of Maui (spent part of our honeymoon there, the other half on Kauai, brilliant!) Lahaina harbor is a tender port so the SECO's job is to jump on the very first tender going ashore - don't look down 😉 - and to deal with the overdemanding Lahaina harbormaster - the man has a reputation among mariners which has not always been one of the best. The SECO will then take a position on the dock and play traffic cop for the arriving, and departing, ship tenders (with a break by one of the "deckies" for lunch). The very last pic is of one of our entertainers in the cast, one of the two female vocalists, who shows you what she's been doing in Maui 😉  

 

Edited January 9, 2021 by Copper10-8

[Horizon chaser 1957]

2 hours ago, kazu said:

 

Really?  My friend who is undergoing chemo was told by his specialist that he could not get it because it had live virus.  Now, I am confused.  🤷‍♂️ 

Wow!  I am going to share what you said with his wife.  Thanks.

 

edited to say - I went looking and according to CDC there is no live virus - I’m sending that link to my friend.  Maybe she didn’t say it the right way but her DH can get the flu shot as there is no live vaccine but not the pneumonia.  Thank you 🙂❤️ 

 

 

My best friend is undergoing chemo for breast cancer. Her oncologist has told her she can’t have any vaccines, live or not, due to possible interactions with the chemicals being used. She has to wait until her treatment has finished and enough time has passed that the chemicals have completely left her body.

[ger_77]

1 hour ago, baltic17 said:

Now it's time to make a couple of new masks with inserted frames to give us a little easier breathing.  I knew all those old yogurt containers had a purpose....

 

I'd love to see a pic of the finished product if you don't mind.

 

Smooth Sailing!  🙂🙂🙂

Gerry

[VMax1700]

1 hour ago, Horizon chaser 1957 said:

 

 

My best friend is undergoing chemo for breast cancer. Her oncologist has told her she can’t have any vaccines, live or not, due to possible interactions with the chemicals being used. She has to wait until her treatment has finished and enough time has passed that the chemicals have completely left her body.

We would agree with that.  And if she has had surgery for lymph node removal then she will not be able to have an injection on that side, period.

[Red Haired Lady]

3 hours ago, baltic17 said:

Thank you Rich, Roy and the drinks ladies.  I so look forward to all the info from everyone.

 

A little friend on my walk around the golf course at the 16th tee.  Some mornings I've seen two.  Another sunny day now that the fog has burned off, just not very warm.

 

Since I missed making lasagna the other day, I'm going for a black bean themed dish today. 

 

Now it's time to make a couple of new masks with inserted frames to give us a little easier breathing.  I knew all those old yogurt containers had a purpose....

I am interested in how you use a yogurt container as the frame.  I have made many masks and this would make them more comfortable, especially if wearing a long time.  I  know there are mask frames available on line, but if I can use something I already have that would be easier.

Edited January 9, 2021 by Red Haired Lady

[VMax1700]

1 hour ago, Copper10-8 said:

Aer Chór na hÉireann

 

1 hour ago, Copper10-8 said:

Aeradróm Mhic Easmainn

When we do eventually meet, I will ask you to pronounce this! 😉🤪

[StLouisCruisers]

Today's sunset at Clearwater Beach, FL.

 

 

Yesterday was cloudy but DS and DDIL passed on this photo of a rainbow.

[StLouisCruisers]

2 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

On our Partial Panama I was up at 05.30h and thought I would be at the the top of the line to  go out on the bow.  Well forget that, the queue was half way down the corridor.

 

 

I must have been one of the early birds on our Panama cruise because I was up near the front of the line.  I felt sorry for the people who had cabins along that section because several of them were not happy at those of us out in the hall getting to know each other!  And the Panama Rolls were really nice since we hadn't had breakfast.

[AV8rix]

2 hours ago, VMax1700 said:

On our Partial Panama I was up at 05.30h and thought I would be at the the top of the line to  go out on the bow.  Well forget that, the queue was half way down the corridor.

 

I learned my lesson on my first transit.  Since then I've never attempted to fight my way through the crowds to the bow.  I watch the transit from the little "secret" viewing post on deck 6 on the dearly-departed R-class and S-class ships.  Never been through on the bigger ships but I'll bet there are alternatives there too.

[Horizon chaser 1957]

36 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

We would agree with that.  And if she has had surgery for lymph node removal then she will not be able to have an injection on that side, period.

Yes she has, and was told that as well.

[Horizon chaser 1957]

42 minutes ago, Red Haired Lady said:

I am interested in how you use a yogurt container as the frame.  I have made many masks and this would make them more comfortable, especially if wearing a long time.  I  know there are mask frames available on line, but if I can use something I already have that would be easier.

I’ve never used a yogurt container, and would also love to see how it’s done.

I use a large zip tie cut to length to fit the width of the mask. It’s sewn in between the inner and outer layers halfway between the nose and the chin. It bows out as a guard to keep the mask off your mouth when you’re  wearing it.  When the mask is off it lies flat to slip in a pocket or purse.

Edited January 9, 2021 by Horizon chaser 1957

[bennybear]

@cruisemom42 I’ll echo some of Jacqui’s comments.  I know you like ruins and there is an amazing fortress in Cartagena but the climb in the heat can be intense.  
 

I also thought river cruises might be good for later in life but have heard there can be a lot of walking.  Thankfully we hope to have a few more go go years!  The way I’ve heard it described is go go, slow go and no go! 

[bennybear]

1 hour ago, VMax1700 said:

We would agree with that.  And if she has had surgery for lymph node removal then she will not be able to have an injection on that side, period.

it’s a preventative measure to avoid the possibility of swelling called lymphedema. Also best to avoid  that side for blood draws and blood pressure cuffs.  Hope all goes well.

Edited January 10, 2021 by bennybear

[Copper10-8]

1 hour ago, VMax1700 said:

 

When we do eventually meet, I will ask you to pronounce this! 😉🤪

 

Gaeilge ar fad domsa sa

[cruisemom42]

11 minutes ago, bennybear said:

Thankfully we hope to have a few more go go years!  The way I’ve heard it described is go go, slow go and no go! 

 

Love it!!!