Fur coat and no knickers

[lincslady]

I don't know about cherry - a Negroni is one third gin, one third Campari and one third Martini Rosso.  Delicious, but pretty strong.  I also like one with some soda or tonic in, a longer drink, which the Americans call an Americano - not to be confused with the coffee.

[Interestedcruisefan]

39 minutes ago, Selbourne said:

I tried one of those in the 710 Club on Iona because you raved about them. 🤮😂

It's not normally my thing but I've somehow acquired a taste for them now!!

 

Lol

 

They normally come with a sliver of chocolate in them as well!

 

Which helps!! As I'm a chocoholic!

[TigerB]

1 hour ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

I love the negronis they make in 710 club

 

Think they are dark cherry flavour (or something like that)

 

Can't not have one of them when I'm in there. 

 

It's my tradition now. I can make it last for the whole show though so that's one good thing!

 

Then head off to the theatre or for a late meal if we've not already eaten

 

 

 

Did you have the willpower to save the chocolate stirrer until last though? 

[Clodia]

42 minutes ago, Selbourne said:

I tried one of those in the 710 Club on Iona because you raved about them. 🤮😂

And I had one last night. Scrumptious!

[Interestedcruisefan]

Just now, TigerB said:

Did you have the willpower to save the chocolate stirrer until last though? 

Not a chance

 

Is that what  it's for???

 

Lol

[lincslady]

Never had chocolate in one!  A twist of orange peel is the standard thing.

[Selbourne]

Just now, TigerB said:

Did you have the willpower to save the chocolate stirrer until last though? 

I saved mine until last, so as to take the taste of the Negroni away 😂 

[Interestedcruisefan]

Somehow I'm in that room, the jazz is playing, it's a strong cocktail I wouldn't normally like, but the lights are low and I just feel a touch of class

 

And the negroni helps I think!

 

Small sips at a time!!

 

I feel like I'm there now!!

 

Lol I'm off to quickly eat some dairy milk!

Edited November 17, 2023 by Interestedcruisefan

[TigerB]

56 minutes ago, Selbourne said:

I saved mine until last, so as to take the taste of the Negroni away 😂 

 

Me too!

[TigerB]

57 minutes ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

Not a chance

 

Is that what  it's for???

 

Lol

Well, I couldn't work out at first if it was a straw or stirrer.  After trying to suck up my drink through it, I reasoned it must be the latter.

[Grandad John]

22 hours ago, crompton21 said:

14x (54.95-10%) is £692.30.  So if you are going on a 14 night cruise yes it’s 10% discount, plus the loyalty discount on top to follow as you say.

I supposed that technically as the offer expires before departure date it could be deemed to be limited.  The email is certainly disingenuous but probably not quite false advertising.

I could buy a fur coat for that sort of money lol

 

What just a fur coat? No knickers?!,

[Grandad John]

20 hours ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

Brilliant word I thought

I used it many years ago in a meeting with a senior manager, university degree and there was me secondary modern education, he didn’t have a clue what it meant.

[Megabear2]

2 hours ago, Interestedcruisefan said:

Lol I'm off to quickly eat some dairy milk!

I thought you said you like chocolate, that's not chocolate  ....

[Harry Peterson]

2 minutes ago, Megabear2 said:

I thought you said you like chocolate, that's not chocolate  ....

‘Vegelate’, I recall.

 

Edit: Probably even ’Palmolate’ these days.

Edited November 17, 2023 by Harry Peterson
Palm oil

[Grandad John]

8 minutes ago, Harry Peterson said:

‘Vegelate’, I recall.

 

Edit: Probably even ’Palmolate’ these days.

The taste of palm oil is very much to the fore in all Cadburys chocolate nowadays, something else we have to ‘thank’ the Americans for.

[Harry Peterson]

7 minutes ago, Grandad John said:

The taste of palm oil is very much to the fore in all Cadburys chocolate nowadays, something else we have to ‘thank’ the Americans for.

So very true - everything they get their hands on is cheapened and ruined.  At least we still have alternatives to brands like Hershey's, notorious for tasting of vomit!

[TigerB]

Now that Mars has bought Hotel Chocolat, you can just imagine what they'll be like in a couple of years.

[Snow Hill]

31 minutes ago, Grandad John said:

The taste of palm oil is very much to the fore in all Cadburys chocolate nowadays, something else we have to ‘thank’ the Americans for.

No longer buy Cadbury chocolate, partly because they seemed to have added wheat to their recipe, which means my OH can’t eat it. 
 

Apparently Mars own Whiskas, hopefully they hever mix the recipes up. 🤮

[Interestedcruisefan]

2 hours ago, Megabear2 said:

I thought you said you like chocolate, that's not chocolate  ....

It's nice with cornflakes and golden Syrup though

[Interestedcruisefan]

I had a period where I ate rococco chocolate bars

 

The 70 per cent ish one they do

 

Must start doing it again. Only used to need  to put 1 square on my tongue and let it melt to get my chocolate fix each day

 

Time to order some again I think

[Interestedcruisefan]

2 hours ago, Megabear2 said:

I thought you said you like chocolate, that's not chocolate  ....

Thanks for the prompt MB

 

I've ordered some proper stuff again!

 

Thank you for your purchase!

Show order summary 

Original price

£32.79

Sale price

£30.01

Thank you for your purchase!

 

Confirmation #YW874DTJ5

Thank you

 

[yorkshirephil]

2 hours ago, TigerB said:

Now that Mars has bought Hotel Chocolat, you can just imagine what they'll be like in a couple of years.

Premier inn Chocolat

[terrierjohn]

3 hours ago, Grandad John said:

The taste of palm oil is very much to the fore in all Cadburys chocolate nowadays, something else we have to ‘thank’ the Americans for.

Cadbury says that Dairy milk no longer contains palm oil, as of march 2023.

I am into Toblerone at present, sainsbury are selling the big bars at £3.50 with a nectar card. Toblerone is also owned by Mondelez, and also says it does not contain palm oil

.

[Megabear2]

8 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

Cadbury says that Dairy milk no longer contains palm oil, as of march 2023.

I am into Toblerone at present, sainsbury are selling the big bars at £3.50 with a nectar card. Toblerone is also owned by Mondelez, and also says it does not contain palm oil

.

Now this is really a big one!

[Andy24v]

On 11/16/2023 at 10:41 AM, Interestedcruisefan said:

Also I have a question for those guests who don't like the big ships?

 

On the smaller ships I assume:

 

There aren't any favourite areas to sunbathe?

 

Nobody gets up early to choose their favourite sunbeds?

 

Andy nobody saves sunbed with towels?

 

 

It's some kind of perfect utopian world on these ships?

Yes to all of the above, however the smaller ships have roughly the same number of sun decks (and other facilities for that matter) but only two or three decks of cabins, with around 1800 passengers. 

The big ships have 5 or 6 decks of cabins with 4x the number of passengers. 

 

So if you can't get a primary spot, at least you'll get a sunbed somewhere, unlike on our trip on Arvia in May this year.