I need cuddles now!!!.

[brigittetom]

Come on You have to reply.

Zenith from Jacksonville
Feb. 13 05

[Lois R]

((((((hugs for you)))))) [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] Hope you are feeling better!

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[Princess Poshpaws]

Thanks for all the hugs and smiles.....it does help to get me through another day!
Brigittetom..would love it if you cruised with us,but I do appreciate that your Anniversary is more important.
Me -become a genius?.......can you get a Doctorate in jigsaw puzzles?!!.
I do have some spanish language tapes(infact I have had them for quite a few years!!)...it would be nice to be able to ask for more than 'dos cervasos por favor Senor",may give them another try.
BH has decided that he enjoys being a carer,but what with his full time job,and looking after the horses , 4 cats and a house rabbit,not to mention the garden ,he reckons that when January arrives he will be a gray haired shadow of his former self!!
I had my 10 minutes blubbering again today,it is so frustrating not being able to help out,and I must admit I am not a very good patient.....
I hope you all have had a good weekend.

love Paws

A pastor was paying a visit to an elderly lady in her home when her phone rang and she went into the next room to answer it. As he was sitting there he noticed a glass candy dish full of roasted peanuts, and he ate a couple of them.

The lady stayed in the phone quite awhile, so the pastor grapped a handful, thinking that she wouldn't notice. They were so good that he couldn't stop eating them, and when she finally finished her phone conversation he had eaten the entire dish of them.

When the elderly returned to the room, the pastor embarassingly explained that he liked roasted peanut so well that he couldn't stop eating them and he had eaten the whole dish full before he realized it.

After he finished his apology, the lady chuckled and said "That's ok, my jaws are so weak nowadays that it's all I can do to suck the chocolate off of them.

[brigittetom]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>...it would be nice to be able to ask for more than 'dos cervasos por favor Senor"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Paws, Actually that should pretty much cover it for you in Cosumel unless you want to substitute that with a Margarita. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] I still like the idea of the headphones though. Doesn't it drive you crazy that you can't cater to the pets. That would be the hardest part for me I think. Hang in there. This too shall pass. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Zenith from Jacksonville
Feb. 13 05

[Princess Poshpaws]

Yes Brigittetom ,not being able to help out with the furbabies is the hardest thing of all.
We have a 17hh mare who has got to be rebacked,she is very strong and very quick witted,luckily for us some friends who have a equestrian yard down the south-west have offered to take her for the summer until I am able to ride again.Hopefully we should be both ready about the same time!!.
The horse I had my accident with is one I was taking on loan with a view to buy,he is staying at the Equine College until June,I still intend to have him as he is a Schoolmaster and he is so gorgeous.
BH has a Welsh Section A,who was gelded (thankfully!!) just before my accident.He has calmed down such a lot,and he really is a cute baby.Paul ,who had never been anywhere near a horse until June 1 last year
has worked really hard with him and I am sure he will be ready for his next show.
The cats are very self sufficient.....we live on the edge of the country so they are happy in the fields ,just using the house as a hotel!!,and Bunny...well she is now outside for the summer.
I think I may try the headphones,why stop at Spanish?.
I am spending a lot of time getting information about Zenith,and choosing which excursions I hope to go on!!.....whats wrong with parasailing?...why have I been told in no uncertain terms 'You are keeping you feet on the ground'.....
Have you started to buy for your cruise yet?.

love to all Paws.

[L11]

Hi Paws. Hope you are feeling better soon. It just kills me when I can't ride. It was 102 and humid at the stable this weekend (records heat), which pretty much made it a bad idea to do much more than turn them out and squirt them off, poor guys. I am going to try again tonight when, hopefully, it will have cooled down. Your horses sound like real beauties!

We have 3 horses (and Ger and I have only been riding for a short time as well). Ger rides a registered paint (appendix quarterhorse), my 'mare monster' is a mustang (former wild horse that we adopted from the BLM) and we have a Percheron (17 1/2 hands) who is fun to hack around on (and we will hopefully use for driving later in the summer). We ride western classes and gymkhana mostly, along with lots of trail riding.

Anyway, enjoy the planning for the Zenith and keep your spirits up (if necessary, 'spirits' as in tequila, whiskey, etc.).

In Cozumel, you are halfway there when you ask for 'dos cervezas, por favor'. The second half is 'dos mas, por favor'

Linda

[Rustynail]

Hang in there Paws...better days ahead....

Dan

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[Princess Poshpaws]

Sure hope so Dan........roll on January 2005!!

Paws

[brigittetom]

Paws, Words like Equine College and Schoolmaster are beyond me. I'm an animal lover but don't know about horses. Can I keep you entertained by talking about my experiences in England and you can tell me where I went wrong. I just hope you are comfortable. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Zenith from Jacksonville
Feb. 13 05

[excitedofharpenden]

Paws. Hope you are feeling better. This is turning into a fun thread. Here is an animal related joke. It is clean, I'm afraid [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]

Once upon a time there was a shepherd looking after his sheep on the edge of a deserted road. Suddenly a brand new Jeep Cherokee screeches to a halt next to him. The driver, a young man dressed in a Boss suit, Churches shoes, Ray-Ban sun-glasses, Rolex wrist-watch, and an Armarni tie gets out and asks the shepherd, "If I guess how many sheep you have, will you give me one
of them?" The shepherd looks at the young man, then looks at the grazing sheep and replies, "Okay." The young man parks the car, connects the notebook and the mobile-fax, enters a NASA website, scans the ground using his GPS, opens a database and 60 excel tables filled with logarithms, then prints out a 150-page report on his high-tech mini-printer. He turns to the shepherd and says "You have exactly 1586 sheep here." The shepherd answers, "That's correct, you can have your sheep." The young man takes an animal and puts it in the back of his Jeep. The shepherd looks at him and asks, "If I guess your profession, will you return my animal to me?" The young man answers, "Yes, why not?" The shepherd says, "You are a consultant." "How did you know?" asks the young man. "Very simple," answers the shepherd. "First, you came here without being called. Second, you charged me a fee to tell me something I already knew. Third, you don't understand anything about my business. Now can I have my dog back?" [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Phil

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Galaxy Eastern Caribbean November 2003

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[Jings]

Princess
Another little airline story to cheer you up:

Paddy was flying from Dublin to New York on a 747.
Midway over the Atlantic the captain announced that due to one engine failing they would be 30 minutes late in arriving at JFK. A little later the captain announced that a second engine had malfunctioned and they would now be an hour and a half late. Later yet he announced that a third engine had been closed down and they would be 3 hours late into NY.
"Beejeezus" said Paddy, "if the other one goes we'll be up here all day"

Keep your chin up

J.

[Princess Poshpaws]

Where has the rest of my posting gone ?

[brigittetom]

Where have all the flowers gone? Your posting is probably with them. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Zenith from Jacksonville
Feb. 13 05

[brigittetom]

Paws, I got to spend two weeks in the beautiful countryside of Sheffield. All I had was a windup watch and I never knew what time it was. I always missed breakfast and never knew when to go down for lunch and always ended up at the tail end of that. To break me of this bad habit, they would seat me smack in the center of an empty diningroom. Being 22 years old, I was too shy to complain so I would wander into town looking for food which at that hour was almost hopeless because everything was closed. My fondest memory is those huge black taxis. For some reason I always ended up with the same driver and he would take me out of the way to show me his families houses and other things he thought I would be interested in like the cottage of the man who invented the road bumps. No extra charge of course. I did tip well though. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

I loved the people in that town. I had no clue what the money was and when I bought anything I would just hold out my hand full of coins and they would take the proper amount. I remember buying a rabbit coat that needed to be shortened and the sales lady said "Oh luv, that is going to cost you dearly". $2.50. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Well, this should have bored you considerably so maybe now you can have a nap.

Zenith from Jacksonville
Feb. 13 05

[This message was edited by brigittetom on 05-07-04 at 04:59 AM.]

[Princess Poshpaws]

Lovely story Brigittetom,things haven't changed that much in Yorkshire today.Sheffield now has an enormous shopping mall,but the people haven't changed they are still as friendly as ever.People from Yorkshire have a reputation for being tight-fisted(like to hang onto their money!!)but I have never found that to be so.
Now dear Walt has taken off my half posting I shall begin again!!
The first time we were in Miami after getting off a cruise we ,along with another couple from Cheshire took a shuttle bus to the airport.On arrival we were met by a man dressed in a navy blue uniform'Can I help you with your bags' we were so glad of the offer as we had 4 pull-along carryons,4 very large suitcases,4 medium suitcases,and 2 large wheeled holdalls between us.
'What a lovely man'we said 'wasn't it kind of him to offer',as he took our luggage right to the BA check-in.
He seemed to hover slightly,so my friend pressed a dollar into his hand,we both then set off for the duty-free.Suddenly we became aware of his presence,maybe it was something to do with the fact that he was saying quite loudly'a dollar,one lousy dollar for all those ******* bags'.By now it had dawned on us both that we were in the States and tipping is what you all do over there.My friend said 'oh sorry' as she gave him another dollar.
I had by now gone into mild hysteria and was neither use nor ornament.
He took his cap off ,threw it on the floor then picked it up and slapped it back on his head.
Then he made a beeline for our BH's who of course had not seen this incident.....we by now were hiding amongst the foliage!!
'One dollar,one lousy dollar' he ranted to our somewhat bemused BH's,who just stood and gazed at him ,neither having a clue regarding tipping.
Eventually my friends Husband said 'My wife has already given you a dollar'.He made a strange sort of motion with his hands and probably decided that we were either simple or totally mad,and after a few more mutterings wandered off.
We go prepared now and are very generous with our tips especially at Miami airport!!
Can anyone tell me please why my Instant Graemlins are not working,infact I think they are on strike.


love Paws.