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Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. I like the quote. Lasagna is one of my favorite Italian dishes. Not that wild about Chicken wings and wouldn't want a close encounter with a Tiger. I like an Old Fashioned so I guess I would like a Nil Fashioned. I visited Hong Kong in 1968 for my R&R from Vietnam, a great place but now that Communist China has reclaimed it as the the lease came to an end with the UK I wouldn't visit it. Earlier tee time today. Thanks for the Daily, stay well and have a great day.

I was thinking back to when Epirotiki Cruises was around, they had some pretty small ships. I thought maybe there would still be some cruise ships around as small as what Epirotiki had. National Geographic has a few small vessels. The Britannia at 412 feet long was one long yacht.

Great photos of the Brittania, I always got a laugh that they called it a yacht, there are some cruise ships around that aren't as large. I saw the Brittania when the Queen paid a visit to Chicago in July of 1959 celebrating the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Sandy, Thanks for the info on editing. I’ve had 7 hole in ones and posted here on The Daily about my on my 6th one on Memorial Day. Well I didn’t post that I had my 7th 12 days later on the same hole which was like insane but It happened.

For some reason I can't edit my original thread but I wanted to mention that I felt like I lost an old friend with the passing yesterday of Tony Dow of Leave It To Beaver fame. He was my age and I related to many of the predicaments that came on the show especially with Wally Cleaver. ME TV has re-runs of the show from Monday through Friday and every once in awhile I get nostalgic for TV from the 1950's and watch an episode or two. May Tony Dow rest in peace.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. I like the quote. Believe or not, we have never been to a water park though have been on a few water rides at various amusement parks. Those from Chicago will probably remember the great Chute the Chutes water ride at Riverview Amusement Park. I liked chocolate milk in my grammar school years. Saharan dust has invaded Florida again, pretty bad today. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. Strange quote today. I'm not taking any houseplants for a walk today. Not planning on any stilt walking either. I do like bagpipe music. Been to St. Petersburg many times, the one in Florida. Off to the golf course in a few minutes, as usual it will be hot and humid. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. I'm not sure about the quote. I've had some wonderful aunts and uncles including one uncle who was like a second father to me. My father worked a lot and my uncle as he never married was very close to my mother, sister and me, he would pick us up every Sunday evening and took us out to dinner at some great Chicago restaurants. He also in my teens bought me my first set of Golf Clubs, a Bowling Ball with bag and shoes, a stereo record player and when I returned from Vietnam a brand new car. He died at age 54 in an automobile accident that wasn't his fault, he was a great guy and I will never forget him. I would try the cake. We have never been to the port. We usually have dinner out on Tuedays, probably Mexican tonight. More Saharan dust coming to Florida on Wednesday which means more sneezing for me. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Good afternoon from beautiful Southwest Florida. Little late today as The Daily wasn't up this AM when I took off for the golf course, I should have stayed home, lousy round as my tempo is off because my back is still sore, still won some money with a Closest to the Pin on #14 Not sure about the quote. I love Chili and like Hotdogs but a Chili Dog has never appealed to me so I've never tried one. DW is a knitter and a cross stitcher so I guess she would appreciate Threading the Needle Day. Though we've been to Mexico many times we've never been to the port. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

The canvas bags were very nice, they can keep the cheap garbage bags they're handing out now.

What I know for sure is that it's been 2 and half years and we haven't come down with this crud yet and will still take precautions like wearing masks while indoors on the ships and washing and sanitizing our hands at every opportunity. We have been on 4 cruises since Thanksgiving, one of them was a sell out on the Rotterdam, I was really surprised we stayed Covid free after that cruise. This next cruise on the Equinox in 2 weeks will be the first one with a self service buffet, we just might have all our meals in the MDR or Specialty Restaurants and forgo the buffet.

Yep, Captain Matt, he was the best Captain we've had since Captain Kate in 2019.

Then why did they have the crew serving the passengers for months in the buffet. When Covid first arrived all the experts said you could get it from surfaces.

We were on the Equinox on the June 12 sailing and the Captain did come out the last night with some remarks about how well the cruise went with the weather and calmness of the seas, in his last remark he stated that there were only 2 cases of Covid for the whole week. We are sailing again on the same cruise on August 7th, I'm hoping we have the same results. I am a little concerned that Celebrity has gone back to self service in the buffet, can anyone tell me if this has been a problem with the self serving leading to more Covid cases.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. We had a little bit more rain yesterday than our normal summer afternoon showers which included the usual thunder and lightning, I'm sure our golf course will be cart paths only today. I like the quote. No idea what the meal of the day is. Amelia Earhart was a great aviator and it was so sad that she lost her life at such a young age, a day in her honor is well deserved. Two of my cousins also happened to be some of the best friends I ever had, we had some fun times when in our youth. 2 weeks to go for us on another cruise on the Equinox, after the Eurodam the Equinox is our favorite ship. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Great photos, thanks for posting.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. Excellent quote by a wonderful person. I wish we could have visited Israel and the Holy Lands but as we now hate to fly it will remain a coulda, woulda, shoulda. Too bad there aren't round trip cruises from Florida to the Mediterranean. Good selection of days. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Great photos! Right on Norm Crosby, I think in my 76+ years there were only 2 occasions I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt, first was when I saw "It's a Mad, Mad Mad Mad World" for the first time in 1963. The second time was when we saw Norm Crosby at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas in 1985, he was the emcee in a review show called "Splash" and had about a 20 minute schtick that had everyone rolling in the aisles with his spoonerisms. We were in the first row and he noticed how hard I was laughing and commented to me, "I guess you're really enjoying the show".

Graham, I'm going on 77 so I only play on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and if there is a tournament, maybe on Saturdays also. My back acts up occasionally and I'm bone on bone in my right knee, I take Synvisc Gel injections about every 7 months and they work for me, able to avoid a total knee replacement. I was thinking maybe you should look into the injections if your knee acts up again. They are much better than cortisone as it's a natural substance; hyaluronic acid which comes from the crown of a rooster of all places but humans already have hyaluronic acid in their joints but when your cartilage wears away you also lose the hyaluronic acid. George.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. Strange quote. Pass on the food and drink. I'm in on summer leisure, being retired I'm also in on spring, fall and winter leisure. Off the course in a few minutes, our league has earlier tee times on Fridays. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. The Saharan dust which has invaded Florida has me sneezing like crazy, hopefully it will be gone by Saturday. Not sure if I agree with the quote. It's great that man's best friend has a national day. We eat very little junk food. The meal is something I would try. We have been to Avalon on Catalina Island but I think there's an Avalon in Spain which we have not been to. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. I like the quote as I read at least a book a week. Ice cream sodas are great as are hot dogs but not often. As a kid, I never really liked lollipops except for chocolate Tootsie Pops. We'd love to visit Malta, we've been on 3 Mediterranean cruises but Malta wasn't on any of the itineraries. Florida is in it's usual summer period of heat and morning humidity but we have another dose of Saharan dust over us again, keeps the rain and hurricanes away even though we are not in peak hurricane season yet. Off to the golf course in a few minutes. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Not that I've heard of, we are double boosted and had our second booster 3 weeks before our last cruise in June. As long as you present your vaccination card and test results at the port, you should be good to go. We are sailing with Celebrity on August 7th and they still aren't requiring anyone to be boosted.

Good morning from beautiful Southwest Florida. Great quote from a pretty smart fellow. Always nice to make new friends. I don't believe I've ever had raspberry cake but I wouldn't turn it down. Never had a slow gin fizz either. We've been to Quebec but not the port of the day. Shot 1 better than my age yesterday on the golf course which always feels good. Thanks for The Daily, stay well and have a great day.

Very nice photo, great to see people dressed up.