OnTheJourney

1 minute ago, h20skibum said:

What is this AC you people talk about?

air conditioning

4 hours ago, Keksie said:

The Mama bunny visited but hey were alone most of the time.

Mama bunny does not want to leave a scent that a fox or other predators could follow to the nest, so, yeah, they pretty much don't show up very often. Leave 'em be.

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

We all need to help bring you into the 19th century.

More like into the 21st century since I've never owned a car built after 1997 😁 It's time...

2 minutes ago, Arzeena said:

Cruise Planner Sales

Never heard of it.

1 hour ago, Jimbo said:

haven't a clue what everyone is talking about.

Me neither. Never followed the show after maybe watching the first few episodes - which probably goes back quite a few years by now. Also, even though I'm a musician, I have absolutely no interest in shows like "The Voice", "American Idol", and such. Actually can't think of a single tv show I watch at all with any degree of regularity, except for old Star Trek TNG re-runs, Twilight Zone (though I know most of those by memory at this point), Perry Mason (not my thing but DW likes it as well as Carol Burnett). I'd much rather watch stuff on PBS - Nature, Nova, etc. We have one channel that basically features older movies from the 30s to the 80s so often watch those. We don't get cable, so it's all whatever we can pull in on digital TV through our roof antenna (old school here..)

On 5/19/2024 at 8:42 PM, Cienfuegos said:

would have been for somebody to shoot down the Wright Flyer in 1903...

Well, then at least maybe Glenn Curtiss would have had his crack at all the fame! Wright Bros. were ruthless in trying to establish a monopoly on aircraft production. Unable to gain complete dominance, though, the company adapted a legal strategy. It would sue other aviators and firms, including Curtiss, in a bid to collect licensing expenses. Holding the patent meant that no entity could copy the Wrights’ design without their permission and without paying fees. I didn't realize any of this until visiting the Curtiss museum in Hammondsport, NY last month while we were there to hopefully see the eclipse. It was a long drawn-out battle between Curtiss and the Wrights. The family even blamed Curtiss' stubbornness as a cause of Wilbur's illness that led to his death. But, several years later the two companies merged into one corporation. Fascinating story. The museum shows an hour-long film about it.

11 hours ago, OldCaver said:

On one cruise, they played it before every single event in the theater

Man, that's torture.

14 hours ago, island lady said:

You are a fun person!  🙂

I suspect a few people at C&A would beg to differ.

1 hour ago, island lady said:

It's your call.  😉 

OR...we can keep meandering along here till I do a 12-night cruise and see if I get a block for 210 points! 😆

3 hours ago, derorim said:

Oh no, now I have that song stuck in my head!  Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier! Hahahaha!  Haven’t heard that in ages!

Oh Lordy. Well, I'll take it over "Sweet Caroline" I suppose. At least there's no place for cruisers to exuberantly join in on "so good, so good,...(more like so bad, so bad, so bad....)

Probably time for this thread to be closed since it pretty much derailed from the original topic! Then again, there's this thread that now has over 122,000 posts! Probably a record, or will be.

28 minutes ago, island lady said:

When we are home...we miss traveling.   When we travel...we miss home. 

LOL. I can relate to that! After being home for months I do get the itch to get back out there and travel somewhere.

29 minutes ago, island lady said:

.since I still get to cook and feels like a real home.  😉 

No..this we have little interest in. DW would be the first to tell you that if she's gonna cook, might as well be at home where everything's convenient. Even if we booked an airbnb or such, I'm sure we wouldn't do much or probably any cooking. Hotels that include a nice breakfast buffet are great!

2 minutes ago, elcuchio24 said:

And now you fine folks....

my lips are sealed...

2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I don't think I'd last a month.

LOL...well, I was trying to optimistically stretch what might be the extent of my endurance level, but, in actuality, I think you're probably right. I can handle 3 weeks on a ship - and have - but I wind up starting to count how many days are left. 2 weeks, give or take a few days, is probably what works for me best. If traveling anywhere overseas, though, I won't do that for much less than 2 weeks. Doesn't seem worth it otherwise.

1 minute ago, island lady said:

He grows many of them from seed.

I have loads of houseplants and pretty extensive flowerbeds, but I don't work with growing anything from seed. I don't do vegetables either. Used to have a good number of fruit trees but as those died we didn't replace. Never kept up with the spraying schedule either. Till you do all that, and spend the money for the chems, it's alot easier to go to the local farmers' markets and buy whatever you want! We added a sunroom off the back of the house so that it would accommodate the plants, especially those that were 9-10ft. tall.

2 hours ago, island lady said:

Our small house here in this quiet gated, guarded community works well for us with little to no upkeep

This is the way to do serious travel. I'm sure you really don't miss the big property and all that went with it. DW and I have more frequent talks about downsizing. There ARE many things I'd miss for sure, but other things (like all the outside work and upkeep) that I'm sure I wouldn't.

1 minute ago, elcuchio24 said:

My Malta shirt is still just as good even though I forgot to get it in Malta....it was waiting for me when I got back home! 🙂

Yeah. And, of course, you don't tell anyone where you actually got it!

1 minute ago, elcuchio24 said:

 

The memories exist no matter what. If its important to someone to memorialize those memories in physical form, and the cruise line is saying no, this is the next best option.

Very well said. Agree completely.

2 hours ago, island lady said:

Once the world travel bugs get kicked out of our system

Heck, why not do a full world cruise (like with Viking) and get 'er all done in one fell swoop!  Wouldn't be for me though. I'd be ready to jump overboard after the first month.

1 hour ago, island lady said:

boat dock, 3 boats.

Whereabouts on the waterfront were you? I would assume FL. Our very first cruise was out of Canaveral on the Carnival Fantasy.

1 hour ago, island lady said:

Spock gave them to me in person.  😄 

Ahh...but which Spock? The movies got to the point where both young and old versions existed at the same time. Hate when they keep messing with those timelines.

1 hour ago, island lady said:

Took six months to get our sent to us.

This is why I never thought to contact them, having no idea how long it would take - especially since they told us they were currently out of them. So, as additional months rolled by, with being busy we totally forgot about it.

11 hours ago, island lady said:

And some have "pointy" edges.

Betcha those came from cruises on Vulcan....😁

2 hours ago, prekteacher said:

I hope I get one when I hit 140 on Icon this August.

I hope you do too! Report back. Seems like this thread will still be around LOL 

1 hour ago, island lady said:

when we are actually here. 

Which really isn't all that often (?) We're the opposite. I like being home the majority of the time actually. Alot to do here for one thing with the property and pool, so then a few occasional trips - 2 or 3 a year. Sometimes a bit more. And nothing longer than 3 weeks. I need a plant waterer (huge collection) for anything longer than 9-10 days, so the longer the trip, the more work for a relative. It's getting to the point where I'm going to run out of people to do it without bringing in non-relatives. Not big on that idea. Also, I'm a full-time church organist so wouldn't work too well to tell them I'll be away for some significant % of the year's services. As we get older, we're starting to like things simpler too. DW wouldn't miss it if we never flew again, though that's a tough sell for me since I really enjoy fly/drive trips. Never rented a place through VRBO or Airbnb, etc. though might do that sometime. I don't travel at all during summers - too hot for one thing - plus that'd involve someone to take care of the pool. When DW and I taught public school, the only time we got to travel was during summers, so in retirement I promised myself no more of that. Spring and fall is when we like to go. Not fond of traveling during winter either. If I'm going to worry about what's going on at home (need someone to plow snow if such is the case), what's the point? Might as well stay here. IF it's a trip that we truly feel we want to do, and it's during the winter - like the Viking Cities of Antiquities and Holy Land cruise last year - that's ok.

1 hour ago, island lady said:

Good eye though.  

LOL...well, just that I recognize the spines. They look very familiar.

1 hour ago, island lady said:

and fill in the empty spaces with cruises.

Looks to me like there are very few of those in your schedule!!! 

1 hour ago, island lady said:

Though we have most of our future cruises booked with Viking right now.  

We really like them. Most recently we did the Mississippi, but that didn't go very well so we wound with vouchers...again. The Mississippi was done using vouchers from the infamous Northern Lights cruise of March '19. So we have to book something by October. Probably one of the Great Lakes. If Viking went out of either of our two local ports and offered similar itineraries as either RCL or X, I doubt that I'd even go much more with either of those.

1 hour ago, island lady said:

Which one brings more memories.?   

Well, in my case I didn't have much choice if I wanted one for having attained 140 points 😉 Would have been much more meaningful if I had gotten one from RCL as they promised.