The Fleet Report and Daily for Sunday March 12th, 2023

[aliaschief]

Power is back on but stormy weather will continue. 
 

Getting out of an electrical powered recliner is a hoot when there is a power outage!

[JazzyV]

24 minutes ago, aliaschief said:

Power is back on but stormy weather will continue. 
 

Getting out of an electrical powered recliner is a hoot when there is a power outage!

I'm glad your power is back. My recliner has an battery backup, but I haven't put batteries in! Maybe I should get on that.

[rafinmd]

35 minutes ago, kochleffel said:

Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time

An animated story of what science says about changing our clocks in the fall and spring

 

https://wapo.st/3yzsAPo

I'm no expert on the science and I think I can live with changing the clocks twice a year or not.  What I do know is that in my area many kids go to school at the crack of dawn much of the year, but are always home in daylight.  An extra hour of morning darkness would have them either walking to school or standing at the bus stop in pitch darkness.  For me it's either change the clock or stay on STANDARD time.

 

Roy

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

Good afternoon form a still cloudy and windy central Texas.  It was nice to go out for breakfast even if it was just a drive-thru one.  I have finally finished reading the Daily.

 

For the past couple of years, DH and I have been looking into our family trees on Ancestry.  I was a Brownie and a girl scout, and both DDs were Brownies and the older was also a Girl Scout.  I remember standing outside the A&P in Newark, Delaware, with them selling Girl Scout cookies.  It is about time to plant some flowers here, but I may wait until after the bearded iris finish blooming.

 

I agree with the Vivien Leigh quote.

 

I haven't had goulash, but the first two recipes Debbie @dfish gave us look good.  I may try one of them, and leave the carrots in it..   We'll pass on the drink and the meal.

 

We were in Kuala Lumpur in 2003 on the mystery cruise on the old Regal Princess, and we docked in Klang, which is about 30 miles form KL as the British passengers on the cruise called it.  I'll look through my pictures when I finish this post.

 

@RedneckBob  I love the "redneck" birthday cake.  I'll take the cupcakes and DH would love the Twinkies. 

@Rowsby  Sue, as I mentioned we've been exploring Ancestry for a couple of years.  When they had a half price membership sale in February, I bought the six month membership so I could look at all the records behind the pay wall.  That is really the extent of my digging into the family history, but I'm not above taking advantage of the work of others.  So far most of my ancestors are from England, Scotland and Ireland, but there is one branch that has a German ancestor.  Family lore on my mother's side says that once of her mother's ancestors was a Cherokee.  So far, I have not found anything to indicate that was true.  Still that does not mean much of anything.  Growing up DH was told his material grandfather was an orphan, but we found that wasn't true and have traced his family back several generations so far.  

@kochleffel Paul, we didn't have Campfire Girls in the city where I grew up, but the smaller, rural communities nearby had Campfire Girls instead of Girl Scouts.  The size of the town may have been a factor in which organization was in the town.  I also strongly dislike the idea of year round DST.  I had seen that article in the WP, and totally agree.  While I was glad for the extra hour sleep, it played havoc with my morning.  That's the nice thing about being in Arizona when the time changes occur.

@StLouisCruisers  Sandi, originally Quartzsite was spelled like the mineral quartzite until the Post Office added the s.  It was easier to change the name of the town than to get the PO to change the spelling.

@RMLincoln  Maureen, I'm glad you are feeling better and that your DH is beginning to feel better.  Fingers crossed 🤞 that nothing interferes with his much needed eye surgery.

@marshhawk  Annie, as @lobsternight said, the aviation museum is a nice, small one.  We have friends in Victoria, so when we stop there, they meet us at the port.  One year, we wanted to see the aviation museum, so they drove us there and we treated them to the museum which they'd never visited.  The admission was not that expensive, under $20 CA for four of us, IIRC.  You could probably get a taxi to take you to the museum, and there should be taxis at the airport who could bring you back to the port.  It is easily doable even if you arrive for an afternoon call.

@aliaschief  Bruce, I hope your power is back on by now.

@kazu  Jacqui, thinking about you and hoping things are improving for you.

 

I'll go look through my pictures of KL now.

 

Lenda

 

[bennybear]

Good morning, or it should still be, lol!  And thanks all!   
I don’t like the changing either,   thanks @kochleffel for the information, that is what I’ve read as well.  We were given a chance to vote on staying on permanent daylight savings time or to continue changing.   But the best option staying on permanent standard time wasn’t given as an option so for now we’re stuck changing.  
Happy birthday Lenda and Mitzi!  @Quartzsite Cruiser and @Overhead Fred

It sounds like some good new yesterday so I will celebrate those who are improving for and pray for those who need them.  
 

I too have found some interesting information on my family, I confirmed what my grandmother always told me that I am related to a very famous clown, and was fortunate to visit his Villa on the Italian Riviera  @RedneckBobplease be gentle with me.  And DH found an unfortunately distant member of his family bought the Earl of Grey’s little place.

Edited March 12, 2023 by bennybear

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

39 minutes ago, aliaschief said:

Power is back on but stormy weather will continue. 
 

Getting out of an electrical powered recliner is a hoot when there is a power outage!

 

I'm glad the power is back on and you're not stuck in or out of your chair.  Hope the storms are not too severe.

 

11 minutes ago, JazzyV said:

I'm glad your power is back. My recliner has an battery backup, but I haven't put batteries in! Maybe I should get on that.

 

Vanessa, that sounds like a plan.

 

11 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

I'm no expert on the science and I think I can live with changing the clocks twice a year or not.  What I do know is that in my area many kids go to school at the crack of dawn much of the year, but are always home in daylight.  An extra hour of morning darkness would have them either walking to school or standing at the bus stop in pitch darkness.  For me it's either change the clock or stay on STANDARD time.

 

Roy

 

Roy, I totally agree with you.  Hope tonight is a better night for you.

 

2 minutes ago, bennybear said:

Good morning, or it should still be, lol!  And thanks all!   
I don’t like the changing either,   thanks @kochleffel for the information, that is what I’ve read as well.  We were given chance to vote on staying on permanent daylight savings time or to  continue changing.   But the best option staying on permanent standard time wasn’t given as an option so for now we’re stuck changing.  
Happy birthday Lenda and Mitzi!  @Quartzsite Cruiser and @Overhead Fred

It sounds like some good new yesterday so I will celebrate those who are improving for and pray for those who need them.  
 

I too have found some interesting information on my family, I confirmed what my grandmother always told me that I am related to a very famous clown, and was fortunate to visit his Villa on the Italian Riviera  @RedneckBobplease be gentle with me.  And DH found a member of his family bought the Earl of Greys little place.

 

Brenda, thanks for the birthday wishes.  I like the description of the Earl of Grey's "little place".

 

Lenda

[rafinmd]

I was somewhat mistaken about Port Klang.  It was not on the cruise I thought but an earlier cruise on Queen Victoria (Bangkok to Dubai) March 25, 2010.  At the time I was doing a text blog but not posting the photos I'm not quite sure what they were exactly although these were all from Klang.

 

From the blog:

"We docked at a container port at Port Kelang (pronounced clang, and named for the clanging of chains on the ox harnesses first used in loading and unloading ships). By the time we left the ship it was hot and so humid the feeling of stepping on shore was somewhere between entering fog and stepping into a steam bath. Our guide Julie Chang met us for the 45 minute drive into Kuala Lampur (KL) and our 'Colorful Kuala Lampur. tour." 

 

While Malaysia is an Islamic country all religions are accepted and in our travels we visited both an Anglican Cathedral and what I think was a Buddhist shrine, as well as a few views of the city:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy

[grapau27]

We went out tonight for Pauline's birthday.

 

[AncientWanderer]

Norman Rockwell’s Family Tree for Genealogy Day

 

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

We were in Kuala Lumpur on April 13, 2003, on the old Regal Princess.  This was the mystery cruise that started just after the invasion of Iraq and at the height of the SARs epidemic.  Kuala Lumpur was the substitute port for Singapore.  We hired a taxi to take us from Port Klang to KL for the day, which was a very interesting day.  

 

I'll begin with the three pictures I have of Port Klang taken from the ship.  BTW, because of all the uncertainty, the ship was not full.  In  fact, everyone had a balcony room and all the ocean view and inside cabins were unoccupied.  When we booked, they needed people on the ship, and we paid about $1130pp for the cruise including air from DFW to Bangkok and Rome to DFW.

 

Port Klang which had a nice cruise terminal.

 

 

 

Malaysia is a country of many cultures and religions, and still shows the influence of the British. On the way to KL, we passed a Hindu Temple.

 

 

Our taxi driver took us to a Buddhist Temple, Thean Hou Temple, which we were able to visit.

 

 

 

In the distance, we could see one of many mosques in the city.

 

We also drove by the Kings Palace.

 

 

 

For our lunch break (we were still eating lunch in 2003), we went to the Hard Rock Cafe.  We tried their special of the day which was spicy Malaysian noodles.  They told me the noodles weren't that spicy and they'd tone them down.  Well, they were very hot spicy but good.  I made the waitresses day and gave them a good laugh since I was really sweating by the time I finished the noodles.

 

The polo grounds

 

 

I'll stop here and put the remainder of my pictures in another post.  Needless to say, we managed to cram a lot into one day.

 

Lenda

 

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

Part 2 of our day in KL.

 

Our driver took us to the Batu Caves, which had 272 steps to reach the caves.  DH and the driver made the climb, but I chickened out when I saw all the very steep steps.

 

 

these are DH's pictures of the caves, but first, one of the locals

 

This how I know there were 272 steps.  😄

 

More steps inside

 

 

 

 

Back in the city center we stopped at Merdeka Square, a city landmark with its 95m flagpole to mark the site of the first Malayan flag-raising.

 

Also in this square is the Sultan Abdul Samad Building which Roy @rafinmd showed in his pictures.

 

 

We went to the top of the Menara Kuala Lumpur.

 

KL from the tower

 

 

The Petronas Tower in the distance. 

 

We really wanted to to up to the observation deck on the Petronas Towers, but it was closed that day.  The lower floors are an upscale mall.  This was our last stop of the day.

 

 

 

 

Lenda

 

[RedneckBob]

1 hour ago, bennybear said:

Good morning, or it should still be, lol!  And thanks all!   
I don’t like the changing either,   thanks @kochleffel for the information, that is what I’ve read as well.  We were given a chance to vote on staying on permanent daylight savings time or to continue changing.   But the best option staying on permanent standard time wasn’t given as an option so for now we’re stuck changing.  
Happy birthday Lenda and Mitzi!  @Quartzsite Cruiser and @Overhead Fred

It sounds like some good new yesterday so I will celebrate those who are improving for and pray for those who need them.  
 

I too have found some interesting information on my family, I confirmed what my grandmother always told me that I am related to a very famous clown, and was fortunate to visit his Villa on the Italian Riviera  @RedneckBobplease be gentle with me.  And DH found an unfortunately distant member of his family bought the Earl of Grey’s little place.

Never knew that tea was such a good investment. Better than turnipseeds!

[RedneckBob]

1 hour ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

Good afternoon form a still cloudy and windy central Texas.  It was nice to go out for breakfast even if it was just a drive-thru one.  I have finally finished reading the Daily.

 

For the past couple of years, DH and I have been looking into our family trees on Ancestry.  I was a Brownie and a girl scout, and both DDs were Brownies and the older was also a Girl Scout.  I remember standing outside the A&P in Newark, Delaware, with them selling Girl Scout cookies.  It is about time to plant some flowers here, but I may wait until after the bearded iris finish blooming.

 

I agree with the Vivien Leigh quote.

 

I haven't had goulash, but the first two recipes Debbie @dfish gave us look good.  I may try one of them, and leave the carrots in it..   We'll pass on the drink and the meal.

 

We were in Kuala Lumpur in 2003 on the mystery cruise on the old Regal Princess, and we docked in Klang, which is about 30 miles form KL as the British passengers on the cruise called it.  I'll look through my pictures when I finish this post.

 

@RedneckBob  I love the "redneck" birthday cake.  I'll take the cupcakes and DH would love the Twinkies. 

@Rowsby  Sue, as I mentioned we've been exploring Ancestry for a couple of years.  When they had a half price membership sale in February, I bought the six month membership so I could look at all the records behind the pay wall.  That is really the extent of my digging into the family history, but I'm not above taking advantage of the work of others.  So far most of my ancestors are from England, Scotland and Ireland, but there is one branch that has a German ancestor.  Family lore on my mother's side says that once of her mother's ancestors was a Cherokee.  So far, I have not found anything to indicate that was true.  Still that does not mean much of anything.  Growing up DH was told his material grandfather was an orphan, but we found that wasn't true and have traced his family back several generations so far.  

@kochleffel Paul, we didn't have Campfire Girls in the city where I grew up, but the smaller, rural communities nearby had Campfire Girls instead of Girl Scouts.  The size of the town may have been a factor in which organization was in the town.  I also strongly dislike the idea of year round DST.  I had seen that article in the WP, and totally agree.  While I was glad for the extra hour sleep, it played havoc with my morning.  That's the nice thing about being in Arizona when the time changes occur.

@StLouisCruisers  Sandi, originally Quartzsite was spelled like the mineral quartzite until the Post Office added the s.  It was easier to change the name of the town than to get the PO to change the spelling.

@RMLincoln  Maureen, I'm glad you are feeling better and that your DH is beginning to feel better.  Fingers crossed 🤞 that nothing interferes with his much needed eye surgery.

@marshhawk  Annie, as @lobsternight said, the aviation museum is a nice, small one.  We have friends in Victoria, so when we stop there, they meet us at the port.  One year, we wanted to see the aviation museum, so they drove us there and we treated them to the museum which they'd never visited.  The admission was not that expensive, under $20 CA for four of us, IIRC.  You could probably get a taxi to take you to the museum, and there should be taxis at the airport who could bring you back to the port.  It is easily doable even if you arrive for an afternoon call.

@aliaschief  Bruce, I hope your power is back on by now.

@kazu  Jacqui, thinking about you and hoping things are improving for you.

 

I'll go look through my pictures of KL now.

 

Lenda

 

Thanks. Save the candles for next year!

[grapau27]

42 minutes ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

Part 2 of our day in KL.

 

Our driver took us to the Batu Caves, which had 272 steps to reach the caves.  DH and the driver made the climb, but I chickened out when I saw all the very steep steps.

 

 

these are DH's pictures of the caves, but first, one of the locals

 

This how I know there were 272 steps.  😄

 

More steps inside

 

 

 

 

Back in the city center we stopped at Merdeka Square, a city landmark with its 95m flagpole to mark the site of the first Malayan flag-raising.

 

Also in this square is the Sultan Abdul Samad Building which Roy @rafinmd showed in his pictures.

 

 

We went to the top of the Menara Kuala Lumpur.

 

KL from the tower

 

 

The Petronas Tower in the distance. 

 

We really wanted to to up to the observation deck on the Petronas Towers, but it was closed that day.  The lower floors are an upscale mall.  This was our last stop of the day.

 

 

 

 

Lenda

 

Absolutely fantastic photos Lenda.

Graham.

[StLouisCruisers]

Lenda @Quartzsite Cruiserthanks for posting your great photos of Kuala Lumpur.  Very interesting looking place to visit.👍

[grapau27]

1 hour ago, rafinmd said:

I was somewhat mistaken about Port Klang.  It was not on the cruise I thought but an earlier cruise on Queen Victoria (Bangkok to Dubai) March 25, 2010.  At the time I was doing a text blog but not posting the photos I'm not quite sure what they were exactly although these were all from Klang.

 

From the blog:

"We docked at a container port at Port Kelang (pronounced clang, and named for the clanging of chains on the ox harnesses first used in loading and unloading ships). By the time we left the ship it was hot and so humid the feeling of stepping on shore was somewhere between entering fog and stepping into a steam bath. Our guide Julie Chang met us for the 45 minute drive into Kuala Lampur (KL) and our 'Colorful Kuala Lampur. tour." 

 

While Malaysia is an Islamic country all religions are accepted and in our travels we visited both an Anglican Cathedral and what I think was a Buddhist shrine, as well as a few views of the city:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy

Great photos Roy.

Graham.

[dfish]

8 hours ago, grapau27 said:

@dfish.

Happy belated birthday to Sue.

 

Thank you, Graham.  I think Sue had a very nice birthday.  

 

2 hours ago, Quartzsite Cruiser said:

 

I haven't had goulash, but the first two recipes Debbie @dfish gave us look good.  I may try one of them, and leave the carrots in it..   We'll pass on the drink and the meal.

 

Ha ha ha!   I did laugh out loud when I read that.  Enjoy them!

 

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

We went out tonight for Pauline's birthday.

 

Happy Birthday to Pauline!

 

@luvteaching I'm so sorry to hear that DH is back in the hospital.  I hope he is home quickly!

 

[StLouisCruisers]

33 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Great photos Roy.

Graham.

+1 👍

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

1 hour ago, RedneckBob said:

Thanks. Save the candles for next year!

 

 OK

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

1 hour ago, grapau27 said:

Absolutely fantastic photos Lenda.

Graham.

 

Thank you, Graham.  KL is a fantastic place.

 

1 hour ago, StLouisCruisers said:

Lenda @Quartzsite Cruiserthanks for posting your great photos of Kuala Lumpur.  Very interesting looking place to visit.👍

 

It is.  We saw a lot more by taking a taxi than we would have on a tour.

 

58 minutes ago, dfish said:

 

Thank you, Graham.  I think Sue had a very nice birthday.  

 

 

Ha ha ha!   I did laugh out loud when I read that.  Enjoy them!

 

 

Happy Birthday to Pauline!

 

@luvteaching I'm so sorry to hear that DH is back in the hospital.  I hope he is home quickly!

 

 

Debbie, I was thinking of you when I mentioned the carrots. 🤣

 

Lenda

[bennybear]

2 hours ago, RedneckBob said:

Never knew that tea was such a good investment. Better than turnipseeds!

I think beer won the day, lol!

[smitty34877]

@StLouisCruisers,Sandi, I am so thrilled that your DB will start the meds. The pulmonoligist  told us that it has helped a lot of people.Tana sends her regards and she is glad he was able to arrange this. 

 

Debbie  @dfish, I too think of you whenever I am cutting up carrots for a dish and chuckle.

[StLouisCruisers]

27 minutes ago, smitty34877 said:

@StLouisCruisers,Sandi, I am so thrilled that your DB will start the meds. The pulmonoligist  told us that it has helped a lot of people.Tana sends her regards and she is glad he was able to arrange this. 

 

Debbie  @dfish, I too think of you whenever I am cutting up carrots for a dish and chuckle.

 

Thank you Terry for your encouraging remarks.  You tell Tana I think of her everytime I think of DB's new diagnosis.  Tell her also I think she's a champ!

 

And I have to admit when I look at a carrot I think of Debbie, too.  🥕

[dfish]

Cool.  I'm the carrot queen.

[marshhawk]

@dfish    Congratulations on your new title.

 

 

Edited March 13, 2023 by marshhawk