Queen Victoria Maiden Voyage.

[travel-to-go]

Okay.

I'll bite.

Who the hell is Ross Kemp? and who the hell is Lauren,

And is she a Prime Minister?

and while we're at it, who the heck is Tony Blair?

Isn't he a friend of our Georgie Porgie?

 

(SorryI couldn't help myself. I have to go to bed now. I have a headache!)\anon

[KenC]

Okay.

I'll bite.

Who the hell is Ross Kemp? and who the hell is Lauren,

And is she a Prime Minister?

and while we're at it, who the heck is Tony Blair?

Isn't he a friend of our Georgie Porgie?

 

(SorryI couldn't help myself. I have to go to bed now. I have a headache!)\anon

 

OK - Lauren is the schoolgirl character played by Catherine Tate and is the epitome of the flower of British youth!!! Her catchphrase is 'am I bothered?' or 'I ain't bothered' etc - which in the sketch is usurped by TB. Ross Kemp is a C list celebrity and ex-Soap Actor!!!

 

Ken

[mufi]

I have a headache!)

 

Not again.

 

David.

[cunardqueen]

Colin,

Buy the book!! a Maiden Voyage IS a Maiden voyage after all QM2 has a book so why not QV?

I was on the maiden voyage of the "new" QE2 in 87 and wouldnt have missed it for the world, And so what if all the problems are not solved, it only adds to the excitement.:D

Cheers

[KenC]

Colin,

..... I was on the maiden voyage of the "new" QE2 in 87 and wouldnt have missed it for the world, And so what if all the problems are not solved, it only adds to the excitement.:D

Cheers

 

Is that the one where a lot of cabins and bathrooms weren't finished by the time she sailed and there was water sploshing about everywhere??? :D

 

Ken

[cunardqueen]

Is that the one where a lot of cabins and bathrooms weren't finished by the time she sailed and there was water sploshing about everywhere???

 

Yes it was 5 deck was out of bounds it had been flooded the week before, not to mention all the other mishaps... Like l say it only added to the excitement. with all the water everywhere that explains why l had none. And the refund was a nice bonus

[roscoe39]

am I bovvered :rolleyes:

 

 

hahah ken...are you disspectin ma familee now?

[KenC]

hahah ken...are you disspectin ma familee now?

 

look at the face ... is it bovvered??? :D

 

(specially as you are on the other side of the world .. haha!!)

 

Ken

[KenC]

Yes it was 5 deck was out of bounds it had been flooded the week before, not to mention all the other mishaps... Like l say it only added to the excitement. with all the water everywhere that explains why l had none. And the refund was a nice bonus

 

Myles ... whatever floats your boat :eek: I think even Kindlycrap would draw the line at getting excited about no water or a flooded cabin :rolleyes:

 

Ken

[guernseyguy]

I think even Kindlycrap

 

You are channeling Lauren now, aren't you!:eek: Ah well, funny how a thread on the Tardy Toria should take this turn. How different, how very different from our own dear Queen!:D

 

Peter

[cunardqueen]

Myles ... whatever floats your boat I think even Kindlycrap would draw the line at getting excited about no water or a flooded cabin

 

Ken

Ken C

Its not so much the lack of water in the cabin that got me excited, more the workmen in the cabin trying to fix it, and the free bottled water that was supplied and a bottle of Champage that was a nice bonus.... But it was interesting to see the collection of pipes when the bathroom roof was dismantled, As you can see lm very easily impressed.

[KenC]

Ken C

Its not so much the lack of water in the cabin that got me excited, more the workmen in the cabin trying to fix it, and the free bottled water that was supplied and a bottle of Champage that was a nice bonus.... But it was interesting to see the collection of pipes when the bathroom roof was dismantled, As you can see lm very easily impressed.

 

Hey Myles ... this sounds like the plot from a porno film!!!! :eek:

 

Ken

if Karie asks for more details can someone else oblige please ;)

[cunardqueen]

[Ken

if Karie asks for more details can someone else oblige please

Today 12:58 PM

/QUOTE]

 

She wouldnt dare ask.... would she :confused: When the plumber asked about my U bend l was just thankful it wasnt one of those suction or vacum toilets, l do believe with lack of pressure they are quite volotile and can give a blow back.. or a whoosh as Dr Roberts describes in his book C Six, invloving one of our cousins from Congress:eek: I often wonder if it was Jimmy Carter.... You can just imagine it:)

[GAV BOY]

[Ken

if Karie asks for more details can someone else oblige please

Today 12:58 PM

/QUOTE]

 

She wouldnt dare ask.... would she :confused: When the plumber asked about my U bend l was just thankful it wasnt one of those suction or vacum toilets, l do believe with lack of pressure they are quite volotile and can give a blow back.. or a whoosh as Dr Roberts describes in his book C Six, invloving one of our cousins from Congress:eek: I often wonder if it was Jimmy Carter.... You can just imagine it:)

 

Im to young and innocent for all this ! :o

[pnhmrk]

Its not so much the lack of water in the cabin that got me excited, more the workmen in the cabin trying to fix it

 

Do you mean that?:eek:

 

Hey Myles ... this sounds like the plot from a porno film!!!! :eek:

 

I guess you do. Were they cute?:)

 

But it was interesting to see the collection of pipes when the bathroom roof was dismantled

 

I'm with you there - seeing how something works in always more interesting than seeing it working properly.:)

[travel-to-go]

I seem to remember after the Queen's retrofit in the mid-nineties, (the ship, not the royal) there were "unadvertised bidets" in some rooms (whatever those are!) Or maybe there was the pleasant tinkling of in-room fountains to lull you to sleep. From the gents with sawz-alls and hammers in the corridors.

Hmm, when I think of some of the terms used in plumbing, ballcocks and nipples and such, (Leave my p-trap out of this!) and then I think about

:eek:FASHION HORROR!!! Plumber's butt!:D

 

Well, Let's just say that these men were in your room <ahem> laying pipe as it were, and flossing their joints (you know, one must use floss before soldering- or is that flux, I am thinking of?) <G>

 

Oh.. Um, I have to sign off now. I have to ..er.. uh... go check my plumbing or something!

 

Anon!

 

P.S. So WHAT DO I GET FOR AN AD IN MY POST? A PICTURE OF A GUY, DRAGGING HIS BAG BEHIND HIM?

[pb82]

I seem to remember after the Queen's retrofit in the mid-nineties, (the ship, not the royal) there were "unadvertised bidets" in some rooms (whatever those are!)...

Assuming that you don't mean whatever "rooms" are, I've read that bidets became especially popular in Europe after WWII when in many countries "the money fell apart in your hands, but you couldn't tear the toilet paper." Of course, plumbing on ships was much more reliable when they didn't have any.

Paul

[Wadadli1]

It's flux for plumbing pipes and you got Al Gore for your ad.

[travel-to-go]

Damn! They changed my ad! I had a guy with a rolling suitcase in an airport before!

And the bidets were aka spouting geysers, aka the toilets in the staterooms of the QE2.

And yes, I know what flux is. I've used it!

 

Karie,

who isn't as dumb as I appear, no actm no I mean as dumb as I seem.

 

Well, anyway, I used to be a mechanic and have done quite a bit of house- work No-not cleaning- I mean stripping, plastering (taught myself how to do that with lathe) rabbeting, glazing, and yes brazing and soldering! We owned a 60-70 year old house, and did most of the work on it ourselves. Also volunteered a couple of times for Christmas in April (now Building Together) and Habitat for Humanity. Don't ask about my first time pointing masonry- filling in and patching an old stone foundation- gloves got in my way, so went bare handed stuffing it in between the stones. Any one who has worked with this marvelous alkali material (burns worse than acid) will know I spent the next week with every finger wrapped in bandages- and sitting in a tub crying when I got home that day from the pain! (soaking my fingers!)

 

 

No, Not dumb at all!... any more!

[mufi]

Damn! They changed my ad! !

 

Well, the one you've got now is nearer to the subject.

 

David.