DirtyDawg

If the Blue Jays win the wildcard series lets compare the prices in the various cities. Never underestimate the willingness of Toronto and Canadian sports fans (Lots of folks will be flying in to Toronto from all across Canada for a World Series game) to be totally 'hosed' by our sports teams. 😉

I love the Love and Marriage show just as much as I love watching NASCAR. They both go round and round, and round and round. And you know the Big One is right around the corner. 💥

Hi Jimbo, I was looking at the prices being charged by the Blue Jays, not the resellers. Those prices are even wilder.

I checked the prices too. Wow, who do the Blue Jays think they are charging that much? The Leafs? 😉 I'm sure there will be an uptick in 'sickness' cases this Friday. Along with ' my car broken down', 'I had to take my Grandma to the hospital', and 'my bus never showed up' cases too. We were are last Sunday's afternoon game and they had the roof closed for some reason. Sunday was a beautiful day in Toronto. The place is just not the same with the roof closed. We're Canadian for heaven's sake, 50 degrees F is shorts and t-shirt weather for us. 🩳 👕

In addition to security concerns the costs of a nuclear powered Cruise ship would likely be prohibitive vs a traditionally powered ship if those costs are anything like an aircraft carrier. As per https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/gao/nsiad98001/c3.htm#:~:text=We estimate a nuclear carrier's,needed for the conventional carrier. "A nuclear-powered carrier costs about $8.1 billion, or about 58 percent, more than a conventionally powered carrier to acquire, operate and support for 50 years, and then to inactivate. The investment cost for a nuclear-powered carrier is more than $6.4 billion, which we estimate is more than double that for a conventionally powered carrier. Annually, the costs to operate and support a nuclear carrier are almost 34 percent higher than those to operate and support a conventional carrier. In addition, it will cost the Navy considerably more to inactivate and dispose of a nuclear carrier (CVN) than a conventional carrier (CV) primarily because the extensive work necessary to remove spent nuclear fuel from the reactor plant and remove and dispose of the radiologically contaminated reactor plant and other system components." Cruise ship building and operating are commercial ventures. In the end it always boils down to economics.

Just to keep you up to date, the Jays lost the first game today vs. Baltimore. Second game starts at 4pm. Are you back for the wildcard games this weekend at the Roger's Centre? And how the heck could MLB schedule Friday's game at 4pm, right in the middle of my last class for the week. 🤬 I guess I'll have to give the students some work to do in class while I watch the game on my laptop. Much better than me lecturing to them for 3 hours. 😉

There is a East Coast Canada/New England Forum on CC in Ports of Call that might have some useful information. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/9-canadanew-england/ Al least you are venturing north only to Nova Scotia. Newfoundland can be very frigid in late May. Too cold for swimming but a great time to see the icebergs!

If you feel strongly enough you can put together a shareholder proposal to do exactly this to be voted on by your fellow shareholders at the next annual meeting.

Life is just gambling. Each and every day right from conception until death. We just try to tilt the odds in our favour and 'roll the dice"! 🎲 🎲

We have used the valet service at Pearson a couple of times. Nothing better than dropping the car off right in front of the terminal and then having a nice warm car waiting for you to quickly jump into upon arrival. If anyone does use valet parking at the airport, you might be tempted to wear shorts on the flight back because of that nice toasty car waiting for you just steps from the airport door, but just make sure you have arranged for someone to shovel your driveway the before you get home. Shoveling the snow just to get into your driveway while wearing shorts is not advisable - trust me. 🥶

Yes, there are many strategies that you can employ if you want to invest/speculate that a stock, or market or a commodity etc. will decline in price. Some people think shorting is speculation and going long is investment. Quite frankly, it depends on the person's level of knowledge about the investment and about it's risks that makes either going short or going long an investment or just a speculation. In my experience, most retail 'investors' who naturally go long, are in fact just speculators. (Psst, some professionals too!) 😉

I said earlier that I wear a mask as my gift to mankind BUT I never will defile my hairless chrome dome with one of those straps! In all modesty, my dome is GQ++ quality. Maybe not the eighth wonder of the world but definitely in the top ten! 😉 So wearing one of those things would be like making Harry Styles or George Clooney wear a face covering all the time. 😁 And of course, not wearing my hearing aids in class saves me from hearing some of the clueless nonsense uttered by some of my 20 year oldish students on the very rare occasions that that happens. 😉 😉 🥳

If this person did make a mistake and overslept the crew member should have done everything to make sure that customer got off the ship and had a chance to make their flight. We all make mistakes and I'm sure that if some of the other posters here had made this same mistake they would have expected to be treated better than this person was and the title of that thread would have been; Worst Comment Ever From A Crew Member Perhaps the crew member knew that this person was actually in group 55 and was a true line jumper. But what would be the chance of that being true. I agree with @Stealthdog, the crew member should have chosen better words. As the man said,: He chose poorly"!

And if another Captain decides crew will continue to wear masks on his/her ship that's OK with me too. The University I teach at continues to have a masking policy. It is one of a very few that continue to require everyone to wear masks inside the buildings. Do I like the policy? It frankly doesn't matter because it's not my call. The only real issue I have is I don't wear my hearing aids in class because those loop masks and my behind-the-ear hearing aids don't work together very well. The loops and the hearing aid have to share the same section of my ear. I almost lost one of then a couple of times last winter when I took my mask off after I went outside. And looking for a small hearing aid in the snow was not my favorite wintertime activity. Looking for Maple Syrup Taffy in the snow is definitely more fulfilling! 😋

We are talking about Royal cruise lines here. they may update their website with the correct information by Sept. 27th, 2023.😉

The first place I got tested wanted about $6K for the brand that they sold. No wonder the owner/audiologist drove a Porsche!

I wore them to the Blue Jays baseball game a couple of weeks ago to tune out the mouthy 'know-it-all' who sits a couple of rows behind us. Why are the mouthiest/loudest people at sporting events almost always the ones who know the least about the sport? 🤔

Mrs. Dawg made me take a hearing test last year and I ended up needing hearing aids. I got mine from Costco. They have a built in function that makes people wearing masks easier to hear. Haven't used them on a cruise yet but they work great in noisy situations and masked situations. And the added bonus is they also have Bluetooth so I can listen to Spotify when my irritating in-laws come over for dinner!

Many older issues of Royal's bonds are trading at significant discounts to par or 'book' value. The book value of Royal's debt may be $24B but the market value is less.

Are you saying the crew should not wear masks so you can "hear" them?

Whether or not the crew where masks or if some ships are requiring crew to wear mask is of no concern to me. I don't need to see the crews' smiling faces. All I need is the service they provide. And quite frankly some people look way better wearing a mask then when they go mask-less. 😷 😁 Regards, DirtyDog, who continues to wear a mask as his gift to mankind!😊

Miami 21, Bills 19 today. 😱 The appointment with the Ouija board mechanic has been set up for Tuesday morning.

That was way back on the 11th when the Steeler's were sneaking by Cincy. Since then my Ouija board has been saying "bet the Bills". I've got more bills by betting on the Bills! So the board is still running just fine. 😁

And if they don't want to make a trip to the bank, or are not going to the States anytime soon, they can simply send the cash to me and I'll send them Canuck bucks in return. Of course my exchange rate is very reasonable - for each U.S. $1 bill I'll send them a shiny new fancy coin with a loon on it. If I can get all the servers in Vancouver to send me their U.S. greenback tips at this exchange rate, I can change my screen name to FilthyRichDawg! 😁

ArriveCan to be Optional? https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-arrivecan-to-become-optional-other-covid-travel-measures-could-be-gone-in-weeks Interesting possibility.