CrossBluePerchance

Are you fishing ?

As Red Skelton said, "I just do 'em, I don't explain 'em". ;)

I very much hope that bashing British cuisine on this thread is just banter.

 

On that basis, best for not to contribute any further.

As Bette Midler used to say..."...if they can't take a joke". ;p

And this statement from a Canadian:eek:;p What is your national dish again...poutine??:'):');p Or from our friend across the pond, with the culinary delights of burgers & corndogs������

Yabbut, we don't advertise 'Canadian Cuisine'........(Poutine, that muck, yuk!)

Is it permissible to combine the words 'British' and 'Cuisine'?

I get a new one every time that I am born.

Ah, a Hindu. Is it a problem when you're reincarnated as a horse or somesuch?

Thread change to "What are your least favorite airports/credit cards/loyalty programs"?

Daily Mail reports she is going back to work next week, who would fly on an aircraft with her as stewardess? Let see if I can jump and survive...

How long before her position is 'unexpectedly terminated due to business model adjustments', or somesuch?

I had my first Norwegian cruise in January of 2008 on The Spirit. Since then I have done 36 more Norwegian cruises. Have absolutely no desire to sail with a another company. I have sailed the small ships, the medium ships and the mega ships. Every time I feel like am at home and at peace.

à chacun son goût......we did two back-to-backs on the Star four years ago.....totally unimpressed. It'd take an exceptionally priced deal to lure us back.

Thanks, but I have selected the itinerary, cruise line, and ship. I am just choosing between the dates listed.

Oops...must've missed that. Have fun!

Try Pullmantur...smaller ships and perhaps more interesting itineraries.

If you have a reservation you can ask the hotel to put your bags in a storage area until the room is ready.

IIRC we stayed a couple times at the Quality Inn at 2520 Stirling Rd.

Your version of "decrepit" would be my version of "classy"

+1 We prefer our ships to look, (and behave), like ships.

Maine windjammer cruises are a really special type of cruise. No amenities. Really tiny cabins. Shared heads. But still wonderful.

 

DON

Visited the web site.....looks great! Reminded me of, around 20+ years ago in California, going with some older friends, (both since passed), to a wharf where a similar boat was moored. The owners, whom they knew, (the guy answered to 'Sugar'), used it as a training school, and we had the whole tour......huge stove on gimbals, etc, etc, - no winches, everything done by muscle power.

Did someone at Air Canada actually say that?

Not explicitly, but some/many of their passengers might believe it's implicit. ;)

Air Canada: "We're not happy until you're not happy."

Very pleased with Aeroflot, (Russia), and Jet Airways (out of Mumbai).....also had a great flight to/from Jozi with South African Airways, (but have heard others say they were unhappy with them).

Good Question!

Wondering which is the oldest ship you have recently cruised ?

Define recent. ;)

One of my best cruises was on this ship -

 

"The Lewis R. French was launched in 1871 in Christmas Cove[4] in the town of South Bristol, Maine. She is 101 ft long, has 64.7 feet (19.7 m) of deck, a 18.8-foot (5.7 m) beam, and draws 7 feet (2.1 m) with a full keel. Sail is her only means of power. Her frame is of double-sawn oak and her planking is white pine. Fastenings were originally treenails, but were replaced during restoration by spiking.[5]

 

She is 147 years old.

I regard most of the new oversized behemoth ships as monstrosities w absolutely no charm.

 

DON

Don't recall them having a name. Best thing in a good seaway was to wet the table cloth with a little water, which helped stop the plates from sliding.

I Googled, and fiddles they are.

In 2015, between La Romana and Philipsburg, heading east on a transatlantic aboard the CDF/Pullmantur Horizon, we were woken up by the Oscar Starboard announcement.

Jumper.

Hove to for eight hours while US Coast Guard from Puerto Rico made helo and boat searches.

Didn't find him.

They were (probably should still be) called fiddles.

Thank you, I'd never heard that term before.

I have no idea what they were called, (if indeed they were called anything......although I presume they were), but I'm sure others remember the little hinged 'ledges' on ship's dining tables that could be raised in order to stop plates sliding in rougher weather.

RHMS Patris, (Chandris), formerly MV Bloemfontein Castle, originally launched August 25, 1949.

Sailed on her twice.....1965 and 1966.

Broke down in the Red Sea on the second trip.

Seem to recall it was €3 p.p., but that was a couple years ago.

It runs 'pretty frequently' but I can't give a guesstimate.

I will make a generalization with which others will likely disagree. We do not generally care much about a ship's age...and in fact, one of our favorite ships is the Prinsendam (soon to be sold). The generalization is that we think that many older and very experienced cruisers could care less about the age of a ship..but rather look at size (smaller is better), itinerary, and cruise line. But those in that crowd (including me) are not looking for wave riders, climbing walls, or all these other amenities that attract many younger or inexperienced cruisers. For us, we want a cruise...not a floating playground. If a ship delivers what we want and it happens to be new then that is often a good thing...but its not a major consideration.

 

Hank

+1 Saved me typing. (However you neglected to mention Big Game Hunting, Hot Air Balloon Riding, and Crosscountry skiing.)

I hear that the accused is claiming that he was out of town at the time of the incident.