Tothesunset

9 hours ago, Mayflower1 said:

 

 

I now fear the end of Silversea as we previously knew it.

I think that ship has sailed. 

Bit harsh:

Shall we have a picture of dogs for no good reason? 

OK:

(The one that's impersonating a teddy bear is our son's.) 

3 minutes ago, UKCruiseJeff said:

Voting has now closed in the UK and exit polls indicate that we have interesting  times ahead of us.

 

Jeff

The past decade hasn't been interesting? 

45 minutes ago, Catlover54 said:

 

All true.

And my guess is that you were not a pediatrician 🙂

Indeed. Had I been I suspect I may have been even keener on dogs! 

We think it's a great idea:

If you take the dog to dinner on a formal night do the need to wear a bow wow tie? 

I thinks it's nice that their pee patch looks like green grass. I guess that's more to please the owners, what with dogs being colour blind and all. 

1 hour ago, UKCruiseJeff said:

 

They have dress rules.  

Don't you start! 

Just now, UKCruiseJeff said:

 

Have you heard Rumer?  When I first heard her I thought it was new Karen tracks.

 

 

Yes. And I agree. 

5 minutes ago, Lois R said:

The last picture is the 7 of us......I am in the white Jean jacket.

 

 

The Magnificent Seven! 

(Where's the bald one?) 

For Cooler Glasto may I put in a word for The Carpenters. Not only did Richard pen some catchy tunes but Karen had, surely, the pre-eminent voice of her generation. A few get close - Annie Lennox maybe, Eve Cassidy perhaps - but nobody can match that soaring, smokey purity. I'm not alone. Paul McCartney thinks so too! 

tnm6217, 

Good for you for taking a stand. Companies that overpromise and under-deliver are, sadly, more the norm than the exception. You are fortunate to have the skills to pursue this. 

If only all companies were held to account then we might all get better service. 

And on a point of principle it matters not what the value of the dispute is in monetary terms. 

Just while we are on the subject, how do fast food outlets get away with photographs of the perfect burger when what they deliver often bears only a passing similarity to the advertised item? 

3 hours ago, lincslady said:

... I have noticed that when for instance Simon and Garfunkel performed at concerts their voices sounded marvellous... 

When S and G did their "Old Friends" tour (2003ish, I think) we saw them at the Koelnarena in Germany. They really were outstanding. That might well be the only concert at which I knew every word to every song. 

When people talk of the great singer/songwriters they talk (rightly) of Dylan, McCartney, Elton and so forth. Somewhere on the top 5 there must be a spot for Paul Simon. He can go from the gentlest tenderness to coruscating inventive all wrapped in the sweetest of melodies and pitch perfect arrangements. You don't have to be a flashy performer to be a genius! I'd also like to vote for Carol King. 

10 hours ago, UKCruiseJeff said:

During an REM concert? 

That's me in the corner... 

2 hours ago, MissSophia said:

Hello Coolers….

 

I’m not politically minded so won’t insult anyone’s intelligence by commenting….

I do however wish that we could have a dedicated TV channel for both politics and sport so the rest of us can enjoy some lighter entertainment 🤨

 

On the subject of outside toilets, my paternal grandmother lived in a very small terraced house with only one such toilet down the yard…she cooked herself a one pan fry up for breakfast every morning then poured the remaining fat over it…..she drank copious amounts of gin, fell down the stairs at 90 but still managed to dance the night away on her birthday night….she finally succumbed at the age of 108…

I’m praying I’ve inherited her genes!

 

S 😊

 

108? If only she'd looked after herself.... 

To be honest, if it were a choice between fellow passengers bringing their dogs or their children I'd go for the dogs. 

Dogs don't:

1. Carry norovirus, covid, measles, TB etc

2. Run around unsupervised. 

3. Burst into tears and have a paddy if they don't get their ice cream RIGHT NOW. 

4. Bomb into the pool (or pee in it for that matter) 

5. Hog the ping pong table/pool 

I could go on. In fact, I will:

6. Eat chips/chocolate/sweets all day

7. Leave smears from 6 above on furnishings

8. Whinge plaintively and loudly that they are too hot, too cold, hungry, thirsty, feel sick. 

9. Make you wonder where their parents are

10. Make you wonder how 10 million years of evolution has passed some people by. 

3 minutes ago, UKCruiseJeff said:

 

So the family watched television whilst you had a bath?

 

Jeff

No TV. Had a wireless, though, and my Grandfather would have one of us read the Belfast Telegraph to him. It didn't strike me until I was well into my teens that I'd never know him write anything nor read a book/newspaper. 

That's an Irish education for you! 

2 hours ago, UKCruiseJeff said:

 

Was this before or after she filled the tin bath in front of the fire? 😁

 

Jeff

 

 

Oooh. Until the mid-60s we had the family zinc bathtub which was filled on Friday evening and the oldest went first. By the time it was my turn the water was, at best, cold. And suspiciously grey. 

My grandfather only had indoor plumbing installed in the late 60s. However he refused to have an indoor toilet as he considered having such a thing in the house disgusting. Nothing like sitting in the outhouse on a February night while listening to the riots on the Falls Road. 

2 minutes ago, lincslady said:

So you don't mind finding little deposits on the corridor carpets, then?  Yes, it has happened.

I can take that. I've eaten at Terrazza! 

Dogs I can take. Humans? Not so much. 

When using a public toilet it's always best to leave a small deposit. 

2 hours ago, rojaan19 said:

3 pages  !!  All you are talking about  is a bottle of wine  !!!

 

 

I know! 

Only 3 pages. 

1 hour ago, jollyjones said:

I have the MarineTraffic app and the first thing I do on embarkation morning is to look to see where my ship is actually docked. 

But that would spoil the excitement! 

A few years ago in Miami we took an uber from the hotel to Fort Lauderdale but the Wind was at a different berth from normal (the Fleet was in) and took us some while to find. It was still only about 12.15 but we assumed boarding had started. 

As we entered the hangar-like terminal a woman with a clip board came along and shouted (nicely), "Silver Wind passengers this way, please." 

We followed her and were taken directly to the check-in area. Unbeknownst to us there were maybe 20 people seated in the terminal waiting to board. 

So through no fault of our own but with perfect serendipity we were first aboard. There was, to be fair, a good deal of muttering as the others joined the check-on line. Ah well.