K.T.B.

Just saw this one:

A lady went to the bar on a cruise ship, and ordered a Scotch, with two drops of water. The bartender gave her the drink, and she said, "I'm on this cruise to celebrate my 80th birthday, and it's today." 
The bartender said, "Well, since it's your birthday, this one's on me." 
As the lady finished her drink, a woman, to her right, said, "I'd like to buy you a drink, too." The lady said, "Thank you, how sweet of you. OK, then, Bartender, I want another Scotch, with two drops of water." 
"Coming up," said the bartender. 
As she finished that drink, a man, to her left, said, "I'd like to buy you a drink too." The lady said, "Thank you very much, my dear. Bartender, I'll have another Scotch, with two drops of water." 
"Coming right up," the bartender said. 
As he gave her the drink, this time, he said, "Ma'am, I'm dying of curiosity. Why the Scotch with only two drops of water?" 
The old woman giggled, and replied, "Sonny, when you're my age, you've learned how to hold your liquor. Water, however, is a whole other issue."

53 minutes ago, C-Dragons said:

Who needs a pill when there's good whiskey?

And wine and beer...

1 hour ago, HappyInVan said:

So, how come RCL and NCL (plus the small companies) have a vax mandate??? 🙄

 

Looks like CCL is the Lone Ranger, holding up the industry! 😒

 

Its common sense. If 50% of the population vax, then 50% will sail.

Which is far better than what it is currently:  0%

20 hours ago, PescadoAmarillo said:

 I understood Arnold Donald to have said won’t be.  I was very disappointed. Of course, Princess is also not saying what will happen when COVID occurs on board, as it inevitably will. Will my cruise be interrupted?  What happens with B2B guests (and Princess is allowing logical bookings at least as soon as January 2022) when an outbreak occurs? 

If that is the case, then I'll cancel my upcoming cruise.  I am not going to invest thousands of my hard earned dollars on the off chance there'll be no outbreak when there are passengers and crew member allowed on board unvaccinated.

13 minutes ago, Mary229 said:

I am in Texas, as red as red can be, and every single dose the federal government sends to Texas is distributed during the week it is designated for.  So maybe your report is from a biased source

It was an overall assessment, not one state in particular.  

Not to make this all political, but just heard on the news that the "red states" are severely lagging behind in getting people vaccinated.  They have the doses available, but people aren't doing it.  That's very disappointing.

2 hours ago, HappyInVan said:

 

For Ontario, I'll let you explain why.

 

Anyway, your point is irrelevant. Canada has banned cruising till February 2022!

 

Which, it seems, is more to protect non-Canadians from being infected than anything else...

7 hours ago, galelynn said:

What if you are flying in for a cruise and stay a day or two before you board, how are they going to control where you have visited or stayed?

Which I am doing in February.

41 minutes ago, markeb said:

Blazing Saddles. Harrumph. If you don’t remember it, look it up on YouTube. 
 

And yes. If CLIA needs a consultant I can figure out an hourly rate...

Don't know. Mongo only pawn in game of life.

Posted this elsewhere, but posting it here as well:

35 minutes ago, morechances said:

And, according to the governor, the ship docking in Florida could not ask for proof of vaccination. So it can never happen.

I'd love to see him actually try to enforce it.  Better chance of telling people to not use passports to fly to another country.

21 hours ago, OCruisers said:

Are other cruise lines doing the same?  

Yes.  I know MSC is definitely doing this.

22 minutes ago, gmjc2 said:

"No shoes no shirt no service"

"This business reserves the right to refuse service to any one."

 

Private businesses have always had the right to require certain criteria from it's customers so vaccinations should be one of those should they chose it to be.

 

Also there is the question---do the cruise ship regulations come under the purview of the port authority not the Gov?

Secretary of Transportation basically

16 minutes ago, Homosassa said:

I understand that the chip can be programed for no middle of the night bathroom trips. 

 

I received this information from a message sent by my TV set.

It's always scary when the smart TV is smarter than us....

I, for one, welcome our new electronic overlords. 

10 hours ago, cantstopingcruising said:

How did this thing with Bill Gates ever get started?

Some people have very big imaginations!

And yet these idiots carry around their cellphone 24/7 without a clue that they're already being tracked.  

I just saw this.  And this is why cruise lines must require that 100% of the people on board be vaccinated.

2 hours ago, mom says said:

Port size is one thing. Are they primarily cargo ports? Having enough passenger terminals is another thing altogether.

Bingo.

17 minutes ago, NMTraveller said:

My appearance changed slightly after the second shot.  I kind of like my new look.

 

Careful though....  bad side effects occasionally turn to this...

4 hours ago, Fouremco said:

Canada now has a higher per capita number of new cases than the US. Over the past year, Canada was able to maintain a lower number, but the respective positions of the two countries has now changed. This is being attributed to a successful rollout of vaccines in the US, while the slow start in Canada in January and February left provinces like B.C., Alberta, and Ontario, fighting variants of concern. The percentage of the population vaccinated in the US is almost double that of Canada, 35.3% versus 18.8%.

 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-is-outpacing-u-s-for-new-covid-19-cases-per-capita-1.5383072

So.....  it looks like they closed their borders more to protect the US than themselves.  (Too soon?)