MizzMay Posted August 18, 2011 #76 Share Posted August 18, 2011 haha, on our last cruise my mate ran out in a mankini (borat) and jumped in the pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted August 18, 2011 #77 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Alert! Alert! This thread is resurrected from 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted August 18, 2011 #78 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Alert! Alert! This thread is resurrected from 2006 Seems to be a lot of that lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxout Posted August 18, 2011 #79 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Warning!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon1 Posted August 18, 2011 #80 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Alert! Alert! This thread is resurrected from 2006 What brought this back from the dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRL_Joanie Posted August 18, 2011 #81 Share Posted August 18, 2011 What brought this back from the dead? I'd say people using Search properly:) Thank Heavens:) Joanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oofroggie Posted August 19, 2011 #82 Share Posted August 19, 2011 If when you look in the mirror front and back and nothing is hanging out or over and it doesn't embarrass you it just might be OK but someone will have something to say no matter what you wear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted August 19, 2011 #83 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I'd say people using Search properly:) Thank Heavens:) Oh, I don't know about that, Joanie. If using Search means a lot of old threads get bumped up for no good reason, maybe Search should be disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaspersmycat Posted August 19, 2011 #84 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Maybe Cruise Critic should only allow replies on threads where the last reply is less than 6 months old. Older threads could be read but not replied to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mightycruisequeen Posted August 19, 2011 #85 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Oh, I don't know about that, Joanie. If using Search means a lot of old threads get bumped up for no good reason, maybe Search should be disabled. Oh, no; now, if such a prolific poster says the Search should be disabled, does that mean it has to be so???? I mean, who makes the rules around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sapper1 Posted August 19, 2011 #86 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I Just checked mine and it says in bold FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winters in NZ Posted August 19, 2011 #87 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Respect yourself as well as your fellow passengers. Let decency and good manners prevail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRL_Joanie Posted August 19, 2011 #88 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Oh, no; now, if such a prolific poster says the Search should be disabled, does that mean it has to be so???? I mean, who makes the rules around here? As long as it is something to do with cruising I have no problem with resurrected threads. Heck we might all learn something. But when it is something stupid like a former (?) CC member's thread about what they do with their cats when they are on a cruise... That has/had nothing important in my opinion. Some people use this forum correctly to help others. And other people just use it for their own agendas:( Joanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermaid72 Posted August 19, 2011 #89 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Many of us, especially the women who aren't a size 8, and won't see 21 again, have poor self images about what we look in bathing suits. Threads like this bring it all home to us! I love to swim & sun-bathe, and always wear a very modest suit, but still have that fear that some people are laughing at me. According to some of the posts here, you are. Some posters feel that the pool is only for the perfect ones, & all others should wear a tent. I put up with smokers, wild kids in diapers in the pool, and a few rude drunks, so those of you who can't bear the sight of a less than perfect body, please return the favor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeriatricNurse Posted August 19, 2011 #90 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Alert! Alert! This thread is resurrected from 2006 Seems to be a lot of that lately. So what? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catl331 Posted August 19, 2011 #91 Share Posted August 19, 2011 So what? If people don't realize that, they start replying to the OP, or other posters who have long since forgotten about the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted August 19, 2011 #92 Share Posted August 19, 2011 It seems that it is always new or recycled posters who resurrect the ancient threads. Love it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viesczy Posted August 19, 2011 #93 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Wait, 200 lbs is not bikini weight? I take offense! 200 lbs is my bikini weight, I'm @ approx 5% body fat when I weight is @ 200 lbs, marble statues take notice of my form and I'm striated across my T (pecs, delts & triceps)! ;) Now @ 220, that's board short swim suit time... like now as I had a quad injury that precluded cardio for 7 weeks. As for what to wear and what is too much (or too little in this case), whatever you personally feel. If you go the stones to scamper about in less material than the lint on a one inch piece of tape, cool. Love that is your confidence level. If you're so modest that you think a tankini shows too much skin, cool. I don't think we need the Modesty **** coming about enforcing their views upon us. The Taliban had that with the Minstiry of Vice and Virtue, do we really want or need that? Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco Posted August 19, 2011 #94 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I guess it's what "we" deem appropriate/modest or not. This past winter we were in St Martin and several ships were in port. One ship had a high % of European pax onboard. While sitting on the beach, it was quite evident that in a group of both men and women, the skimpier the swim suit, the more likely they were conversing in a language other than English! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUZBUDS Posted August 19, 2011 #95 Share Posted August 19, 2011 My DW's brother has a saying for people who dress to stand out and look ridiculous to most of us "They must have high self esteem!" Now we use that phrase between us to comment nicely on absurd dress or interesting "body art" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homala Posted August 19, 2011 #96 Share Posted August 19, 2011 My two cents (one for each issue): as a relative newbie still, I find these resurrected "old" threads to be quite informative and helpful. I wouldn't have thought to ask or search for this question, but it was interesting to see and read it. Just because the OP might not be around or got his/her question answered, doesn't mean that it isn't a topic worth discussing again. After all, this one is about 5 years old and maybe things have changed. If it isn't worth discussing, people won't, and it will die a quick death. As to what is acceptable swimwear on HAL, I'm just getting ready for my second cruise on HAL in a few months, so I'm not experienced, but on my first I too saw a little (or a LOT!) of just about everything. But that was part of the fun. I just love the people watching. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowPrincess Posted August 19, 2011 #97 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Oh, no; now, if such a prolific poster says the Search should be disabled, does that mean it has to be so???? I mean, who makes the rules around here? I'm fairly certain you already know that owners makes the rules and the mods enforce the rules. There's a whole section on Community Guidelines here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/faq.php?faq=guidelines ... just in case you want to review them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon1 Posted August 19, 2011 #98 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Maybe Cruise Critic should only allow replies on threads where the last reply is less than 6 months old. Older threads could be read but not replied to. Excellent idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fridayeyes Posted August 20, 2011 #99 Share Posted August 20, 2011 IMHO, nothing wrong with necro'ing a few threads here and there. If they are amusing, enjoyable or informative, I see no issue. I loved the blender thread! People dig up reviews and thank the OP. People dig up the raisin bun recipe, then report if it worked, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckle Posted August 20, 2011 #100 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Didn't Cole Porter cover this subject way back in the 1930's or so? :D (For those who are old enough to remember, feel free to join in singing along) In olden days, a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking. But now, God knows, Anything goes. Good authors too who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose. Anything goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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