bobmacliberty

And??? Come on...you must have access to the good stuff. 😁

I hate rooting for the Cowboys also, but I hate rooting for the Dolphins more. One more loss by the Dolphins and the Bills can still win the division. Ideal scenario...Dolphins lose to the Boys and then beat the Ravens. Ravens also lose to the 49ers and the Steelers (very possible). Chiefs lose one more game somewhere...maybe the Bengals or maybe a division game vs Raiders or at LA. Bills win out and end up with the 1 seed. Maybe not likely, but possible. A Bills fan can dream...right?

I misread this and thought you were asking if Bucky could fix you. 🤣 Didn't make any sense as there is absolutely nothing broken about you.

We've only sailed Serenade once, back in 2018. I don't remember the bar rotating back then either.

Gin and Champagne usually with a sweetener. There's a twist on that recipe that include St. Germaine (elderflower liqueur) that my wife loves. Edit: Forgot the lemon juice.

I'm with your wife, as are almost all of the Bills fans that I watch games with. We hosted a few Bills friends last night since we have the Peacock Network. Lots of moaning and groaning and a few choice words throughout the second half. It's just the scar tissue that forms after a lifetime of losing in bizarre and painful ways. Wide right is still my worst ever sports experience, followed closely by 13 seconds. You know they're bad losses when they have names (looking at you Browns fans...the drive, the fumble).

Thanks for a great review Mark (and Dan). It looks like you, Susan, and Daryl had a good time. I'm guessing that Daryl won't be much help with the laundry although to be fair, he probably didn't add much to the pile of dirty clothes. Enjoy the rest of the year with your family. Merry Christmas!

Bon Voyage Harry!

Does Harmony also offer paninis in Park Cafe? It was also (on other Oasis class ships) one of the few places where you could get a bag of potato chips. Not sure if that's still true.

This is fantastic news! Congratulations!

I can't answer your question about the Solarium Bistro but another place that's not as crazy as the WJ is Park Cafe. That's our standard first day lunch location on any Oasis class ship.

I'm always impressed by the eclectic nature of your Christmas song collection. I tried to create a Spotify playlist using your track listing but Spotify didn't have several of your versions of the songs. I couldn't find some of the artists on Spotify at all. Plus, I'd be missing out on the various "commercials" that you included. Thanks for putting this together and sharing with everyone!

Are they still calling them Maine Lobster on the menu? I thought they had finally said that they're Caribbean Lobster, or something like that.

Looks fantastic. She's going to love it.

Good question. Let me go get the mail... Yup. Still there.

I find it easier to upload all pictures and then manually insert one picture at a time (using insert at lower right of picture), hit the return "key" twice, insert the next picture, 2 more returns, insert picture, etc. This leaves a gap between pics without needing to go back and edit. If you want to put a picture between paragraphs, type the first paragraph, hit return 4 times, then type the second paragraph. This leaves a 3 line blank space between paragraphs. Use your finger to put the cursor in the middle empty line between paragraphs and then press insert next to the picture. The picture will appear between the paragraphs with an empty line above and below. For either of the above techniques, you need to ensure that you are manually inserting all of the pictures that you uploaded. Any that aren't manually inserted will automatically be included at the end of the post with no space between them.

Our neighbors sent us these pictures of our mailbox yesterday. My iPhone says that it's a Red Shouldered Hawk. He looks pretty well fed.

My vote is a combination of laziness and entitlement.

I agree. We didn't used to be like that. Multiple trees, lights everywhere outside, lots of misc. stuff spread around the house. We'd spend a couple of days setting up and breaking down. It was great when the kids were younger. Now that we've moved, we're a little older, and the kids won't be here for Christmas, it just seems like a lot of work to be as over the top as we used to be. We're a little worn out by Christmas in general with crazy crowds while shopping, too much pressure to buy a great gift, etc. The original meaning is somewhat lost these days and it's too commercial. One of the reasons that I'm looking forward to grand kids is to bring back that Christmas joy. Thanks Greg. What's the brand of professional earplugs that you have? The Loop earplugs claim up to 18 dB reduction plus an additional 5 dB with an extra insert. If they don't work as claimed, a professional version may be the next step.

Posting this here rather than cluttering up @h20skibum Mark's Symphony review. Mark was talking about how loud one of the bands was. We've discussed here, more than once, how bad the volume levels can be. Micheline is very sensitive to loud noises. She can't generally stay in any Royal venue with loud music, which is basically everywhere but Central Park. She's tried putting cotton in her ears but the only thing that really works is full blown silicon ear plugs. That blocks most sound though, including conversation. I may have mentioned this before, but she bought a pair of Loop Earplugs, which claim to reduce volume levels while still allowing quality sound (like music) to come through. They are comfortable and seem to work, but she hasn't really tested them in a loud venue. We're hoping that they will work well for our upcoming Billy Joel concert. Has anyone else tried Loop earplugs before?

Are you doing a live review on this cruise Harry? Will it be just the 4 of you, or all 6? I hope you have a great cruise. We've been tempted a few times to do a Christmas cruise so that someone else can take care of everything. We don't enjoy decorating as much as we used to. 😒

We started watching Lawmen: Bass Reeves while waiting for the next Reacher episode. Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone) is one of the producers and it definitely has his style. We're really enjoying it.

I didn't know that you could do this. So much better than taking pictures. Thanks.

I was surprised to learn that Alan Ritchson (who plays Reacher) was on the 3rd season of American Idol. He made it to Hollywood and thru another couple of rounds before getting booted. Here's his audition, when he was a lot younger (and smaller):

I miss my days living in Buffalo when I could just drive across the Peace Bridge and pick up some Molson Brador or Labatt's Extra Stock at the nearest LCBO. That stuff was so much better than the terrible US beer at the time.