Rare rafinmd Posted March 5, 2021 #76 Share Posted March 5, 2021 @Vict0riann I see that Canada has just approved the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine. You may get lucky. Roy 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divi Posted March 5, 2021 #77 Share Posted March 5, 2021 We were in Oslo on our first cruise. We had a wonderful day and enjoyed every moment. At one point we were walking past the Canadian Ambassador’s residence. I think there is something very special about seeing your flag flying in another country. I do like poutine but try to have it very rarely. It is definitely on my comfort food list. Canada is receiving more and more vaccines and we are hopeful that we will receive ours next month. Hope you all have a safe, happy weekend. Deen 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superoma Posted March 5, 2021 #78 Share Posted March 5, 2021 ok Canadians on here, I keep hearing Costco has a good poutine in their food court. Has anyone tried it? I have ever had poutine. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLouisCruisers Posted March 5, 2021 #79 Share Posted March 5, 2021 59 minutes ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said: Keeping my fingers crossed that this works since I've never tried to post a picture from my phone. It's what I came up with for his b-day cake. He says thank you for all the good wishes. Lenda Looks good - can I have a piece?? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger_77 Posted March 5, 2021 #80 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, TiogaCruiser said: Thanks for clarifying that. This American was about to ask. (is there custard in the Times pictures?) Yes, but a pitiful amount. There has to be enough to either put you into diabetic shock, or you have to call the dentist because your teeth hurt. Smooth Sailing! 🙂🙂🙂 Gerry 12 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted March 5, 2021 #81 Share Posted March 5, 2021 1 hour ago, superoma said: ok Canadians on here, I keep hearing Costco has a good poutine in their food court. Has anyone tried it? I have ever had poutine. Never tried it here - it looked too greasy to me. And too much heavy gravy to drown out the taste. Now, your Costco might be different than mine. Nothing wrong with giving it a shot. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted March 6, 2021 #82 Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 hour ago, rafinmd said: @Vict0riann I see that Canada has just approved the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine. You may get lucky. Roy Yes, but it won’t be coming in to the country for a while. We’ve had a big delivery of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which will be used for people under 65. It has an expiration date at end April though, I believe, so needs to get used up. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USN59-79 Posted March 6, 2021 #83 Share Posted March 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Crazy For Cats said: This picture crossed my FB feed. I think it’s beautiful. It’s from ‘The Times’ HAL ships off Torbay, UK. It is a beautiful picture but I suspect it is photoshopped. I have never seen swans in salt water before. Am I being too critical? Ray 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasick Sailor Posted March 6, 2021 #84 Share Posted March 6, 2021 25 minutes ago, USN59-79 said: It is a beautiful picture but I suspect it is photoshopped. I have never seen swans in salt water before. Am I being too critical? Ray It may or may not be photo shopped. I know they do not drink salt water but I have seen swans swimming on salt water. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizon chaser 1957 Posted March 6, 2021 #85 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, TiogaCruiser said: Thanks for clarifying that. This American was about to ask. (is there custard in the Times pictures?) There is, and there’s chocolate on top, but you almost need a magnifying glass to find them. They tried to make up for it by making the base 3X too thick. Oh, and the custard layer in Nanaimo Bars is basically heavy icing stiffened with custard powder and quite solid. It’s not even remotely like the custard you would get in, well, custard. Edited March 6, 2021 by Horizon chaser 1957 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisybertie Posted March 6, 2021 #86 Share Posted March 6, 2021 43 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said: It may or may not be photo shopped. I know they do not drink salt water but I have seen swans swimming on salt water. We often see black swans swimming in the sea near us, so it may be a real picture. It’s beautiful anyway, and I have saved it to my iPad. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted March 6, 2021 #87 Share Posted March 6, 2021 57 minutes ago, Horizon chaser 1957 said: There is, and there’s chocolate on top, but you almost need a magnifying glass to find them. They tried to make up for it by making the base 3X too thick. Oh, and the custard layer in Nanaimo Bars is basically heavy icing stiffened with custard powder and quite solid. It’s not even remotely like the custard you would get in, well, custard. 3 hours ago, ger_77 said: Yes, but a pitiful amount. There has to be enough to either put you into diabetic shock, or you have to call the dentist because your teeth hurt. Smooth Sailing! 🙂🙂🙂 Gerry I’m putting this on my “to do” list for whenever we make it to Canada. I’d love to do a cruise up the coast, like HAL used to do from Boston. My grandfather was from Nova Scotia. We used to believe he was French Canadian. Then someone looked at the genealogy, and it shows a grandmother apparently leaving Boston with children and going to Canada in 1775..... 🧐 Somehow I don’t think that qualifies my cousins and me for the DAR. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted March 6, 2021 #88 Share Posted March 6, 2021 28 minutes ago, TiogaCruiser said: I’m putting this on my “to do” list for whenever we make it to Canada. I’d love to do a cruise up the coast, like HAL used to do from Boston. My grandfather was from Nova Scotia. We used to believe he was French Canadian. Then someone looked at the genealogy, and it shows a grandmother apparently leaving Boston with children and going to Canada in 1775..... 🧐 Somehow I don’t think that qualifies my cousins and me for the DAR. Maybe the United Empire Loyalists? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartzsite Cruiser Posted March 6, 2021 #89 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, StLouisCruisers said: Looks good - can I have a piece?? Yes, if you can get here before it’s gone. Cake doesn’t last long around here. 4 hours ago, lazey1 said: Thank you for the photos, very fond memories. I loved Oslo but all my photos are old school so I have to get out my scrapbook to view them. One sad thing to share here. We visited Vigeland Sculpture Park on a HAL tour. There were 2 couples with us that were using walkers and having a difficult time keeping up. Several of us were trying to take photographs and we also had a difficult time keeping up. After about 1 hour one of the guides told us if we didn't keep up we would have to leave the tour. Hubby and I were able to keep up but not able to take any more photos and we certainly were not the only ones. The poor souls that required walkers were escorted out of the park then made to wait another 2 hours until the bus picked them up. HAL had a lot of complaints about that. That is horrible when when a guide doesn’t/won’t take the abilities of the participants into consideration. Our first time in Oslo, we took a tour through the tourist bureau. When we got to the sculptor park, the guide went into a prolonged description of every statue, more information than we needed. By the time we were half way through the park, I was so bored, Inwas ready to run screaming from the park. At least, everyone could keep up or catch up with the group. Edited March 6, 2021 by Quartzsite Cruiser 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted March 6, 2021 #90 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) So 3 years ago today, Zaandam was docked in Montevideo. My journal reflects that we had to wait for commercial traffic to clear before we could enter the harbor. I had signed up for HAL’s tour of the city and a visit to the Carnival museum. As I had spent no time in the city when I visited the city in 2013 (I went out to Colonia Sacramento), it was nice to get to see a bit of it. Our guide was a Social Worker who shared his insights into the local culture. One of his other jobs was working with disadvantaged children, and he lead a group that competed in Carnival. He and his family were regular participants for a couple generations. So his insight made the museum more interesting. (I was going to do it on my own, but I know I would have walked out without much understanding.) We had a “light” lunch at the museum (Uruguayan “parrilla” with sausage sandwiches, cheese and wine) and a drumming demonstration and “parade” which was a participatory event. (I kept busy with my camera so I wouldn’t get “volunteered”.😉) Costumes are frequently made from whatever people find or have on hand. This one was made with coke bottle lids. Another was made (I kid you not) of condoms. Yep. Edited March 6, 2021 by TiogaCruiser 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TiogaCruiser Posted March 6, 2021 #91 Share Posted March 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Vict0riann said: Maybe the United Empire Loyalists? Is that another term for Torrey? We suspect an urgent need to get out of Boston quickly. She apparently was pregnant as had a child then. Edited March 6, 2021 by TiogaCruiser 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highland cruiser Posted March 6, 2021 #92 Share Posted March 6, 2021 A little late to this party tonight! But had a productive day considering all the rain we had. Tomorrow’s weather should be better. we really enjoyed our time in Oslo. Thanks to those who posted pictures. Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Stay well and safe. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in AZ Posted March 6, 2021 #93 Share Posted March 6, 2021 11 hours ago, durangoscots said: Good morning. I was up early but no breakfast for me or the dogs since Hunter has his vet appointment for dental and removal of the growth from his tail. After dropping him off Bandit (Shih Tzu) and I returned home for sustenance. I am going to treat Bandit to a long walk later this morning since he had to wait for his meal. I hate to think was the vet bill is going to be.... but Hunter's teeth needed doing. How is Hunter doing? Will he have to be on a soft diet? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durangoscots Posted March 6, 2021 #94 Share Posted March 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Sharon in AZ said: How is Hunter doing? Will he have to be on a soft diet? Hunter is doing fine, thanks for asking. He lost 4 teeth. He is 11 years old so not surprising. The growth on his tail ok. He is sleepy but eating and he can eat his regular food. Bandit was happy to see him come home. Susan 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon in AZ Posted March 6, 2021 #95 Share Posted March 6, 2021 20 minutes ago, durangoscots said: Hunter is doing fine, thanks for asking. He lost 4 teeth. He is 11 years old so not surprising. The growth on his tail ok. He is sleepy but eating and he can eat his regular food. Bandit was happy to see him come home. Susan So good to hear!! Are they going to biopsy the growth? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted March 6, 2021 #96 Share Posted March 6, 2021 13 hours ago, garlictown said: Love it!! This is THE perfect cartoon for an editor... 😄 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted March 6, 2021 #97 Share Posted March 6, 2021 8 hours ago, ger_77 said: @bennybear every Canadian cook worth their salt knows its a rule of 3; 1/3 base, 1/3 custard filling, 1/3 chocolate. Oh, the humanity ! ! ! Smooth Sailing! 🙂🙂🙂 Gerry Note to Canadian cooks: we in the southern US are sorely deprived and uneducated about these treats. Please help bring us up to speed. I'm happy to be a taste tester for anyone's recipe and promise to be entirely partial regarding local differences. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garlictown Posted March 6, 2021 #98 Share Posted March 6, 2021 14 hours ago, lindaler said: Thanks Rich for the daily and the welcome back from Roy. Today I winterize the travel trailer and put it in the barn. We have been threatened with snow so want to endure the wind to get it done. Spoke to my PCC and he says I hold the record for most cruises canceled of any of his clients. 😵 We had three ocean and two river cruises cancelled on us in 2020. Hoping the two ocean and one river booked for September on are a go?!? 🙄 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted March 6, 2021 #99 Share Posted March 6, 2021 5 hours ago, cruisemom42 said: Note to Canadian cooks: we in the southern US are sorely deprived and uneducated about these treats. Please help bring us up to speed. I'm happy to be a taste tester for anyone's recipe and promise to be entirely partial regarding local differences. Here is the recipe from the city of Nanaimo https://www.nanaimo.ca/about-nanaimo/nanaimo-bars 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted March 6, 2021 #100 Share Posted March 6, 2021 6 hours ago, durangoscots said: Hunter is doing fine, thanks for asking. He lost 4 teeth. He is 11 years old so not surprising. The growth on his tail ok. He is sleepy but eating and he can eat his regular food. Bandit was happy to see him come home. Susan Good to hear on his tail and he can eat his regular food 👍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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