DarrenM Posted May 13, 2020 #76 Share Posted May 13, 2020 I miss everything about cruising. And I hate this lockdown passionately but not as much as I hate all the look at me wannabes doing their sickeningly sweet videos. Bring back cruises and hurry up about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted May 13, 2020 #77 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Just now, DarrenM said: I hate all the look at me wannabes doing their sickeningly sweet videos. I have no idea what that means. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted May 13, 2020 #78 Share Posted May 13, 2020 On 5/8/2020 at 10:03 PM, ldubs said: Aw, good point! haha. The Sears & Roebuck store in Modesto had one of those elevator operators. That was big time for us. You know I remember my first escalator ride. It was at some large department store in San Francisco. Pretty big deal for a young farm kid. My first escalator ride was in Bloomingdales at L exington Ave. and 59th. St. In NY. I broke away from my mom and took it up to the shoe department and hung out there so I could check out my foot bones in the flouroscope - surprised my toes didn’t fall off from overexposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenM Posted May 13, 2020 #79 Share Posted May 13, 2020 1 hour ago, clo said: I have no idea what that means. ??? Ah. Apologies. On the news the constant stream of people doing stuff in lockdown usually on youtube. Does my head in. Bring back cruising immediately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted May 13, 2020 #80 Share Posted May 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, DarrenM said: Ah. Apologies. On the news the constant stream of people doing stuff in lockdown usually on youtube. Does my head in. Bring back cruising immediately. Gratefully I seem to have missed that. But our tv rarely comes on until the local news and then the national news in the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted May 13, 2020 #81 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) Having to deal with everyday reality... Edited May 13, 2020 by davekathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted May 13, 2020 #82 Share Posted May 13, 2020 40 minutes ago, davekathy said: Having to deal with everyday reality... We're going away - less than an hour drive - for two nights this weekend in our RV and will escape reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted May 13, 2020 Author #83 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Today I decided to look through some of my 60 photo albums.I found a picture of myself from the Fillmore West in 1970. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted May 13, 2020 Author #84 Share Posted May 13, 2020 3 hours ago, navybankerteacher said: My first escalator ride was in Bloomingdales at L exington Ave. and 59th. St. In NY. I broke away from my mom and took it up to the shoe department and hung out there so I could check out my foot bones in the flouroscope - surprised my toes didn’t fall off from overexposure. I remember the fluoroscope in shoe stores but not Bloomingdales.If you bought a pair of shoes they gave you an 1878 silver dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted May 13, 2020 #85 Share Posted May 13, 2020 (edited) escalator on a ship....... only one i have seen was on a fast RollOnRollOff ferry it was just one to take passengers from dock level to the main public area up a couple of decks and would go the other way to get people off ( I know they could use s slide lol ) Cheers Don Edited May 13, 2020 by getting older slowly spelling due to fat fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted May 14, 2020 #86 Share Posted May 14, 2020 14 hours ago, navybankerteacher said: My first escalator ride was in Bloomingdales at L exington Ave. and 59th. St. In NY. I broke away from my mom and took it up to the shoe department and hung out there so I could check out my foot bones in the flouroscope - surprised my toes didn’t fall off from overexposure. Had to be tough growing up back in the good old days. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted May 14, 2020 #87 Share Posted May 14, 2020 8 hours ago, getting older slowly said: escalator on a ship....... only one i have seen was on a fast RollOnRollOff ferry it was just one to take passengers from dock level to the main public area up a couple of decks and would go the other way to get people off ( I know they could use s slide lol ) Cheers Don I've seen them on cruise ships in the service areas next to MDRs. For running food up/down. Not for passenger use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted May 15, 2020 #88 Share Posted May 15, 2020 (edited) I miss the sail-in and sail-out... I've spent hours on freezing ferries just to watch the ports draw close or disappear... I used to visit Glasgow and Edinburgh a lot, but arriving by train or car isn't spectacular... but sailing up the Firths and out again show me a whole different city. Once I missed food and entertainment for hours, watching out for the diving gannets from Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth out of Edinburgh. Also, as one who can hardly park a bike, never mind a car, I always marvel at the way these vast hulks can park in such limited space... I'd need a whole empty harbour. 😁 Edited May 15, 2020 by jocap typo and old age. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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