Mareblu

We are sailing on QA's third voyage, and are looking forward to comparing the QG penthouse to the same accommodation we enjoyed on QE.  The layout is quite different, and to our minds (but not yet opinion, as we are yet to sail) superior, in that the sitting area is separated from the sleeping area by what seems to be a functional partition.  Very civilised.  I shall write a review upon returning home.

32 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

I cannot attend, I have to see the surgeon for my achilles as it hasn't healed properly.

Sending wishes for some overdue swift healing🙏🏻

Some of the insane members of the Far South Coast branch of CCs are meeting at Raymonds Chinese Restaurant, Malua Bay, this Thursday (30 Nov) at 12.30 for a business lunch😉

Any CCers in the vicinity are welcome.  Preferably insane as well.  Just let me know on here if you're around, and I'll increase the numbers to a quorum.

4 hours ago, onlyslightlymad said:

Yes, my daughter was exposed to chicken pox when she was a new born.  A mother in the hospital caught it from her visiting toddler.  My daughter was breast fed so never had any symptoms but she plainly had caught the virus as she developed shingles at five months.  Then from the shingles, she gave her brother chicken pox.  About six years later we moved countries and shortly after that my son developed shingles.  I think the move must have caused him stress as that can make one more susceptible to a recurrence of the virus.

That sounds a truly plausible pathway.  So sorry they had to endure all that at such tender ages.

58 minutes ago, arxcards said:

Pegs & pox. A fun day.

 

For those other half magic elves in your life ...

 

 

Oh, we’re both weeping with laughter.  Simply hysterical.  We have a distant relative like that.  He’s a mirror twin😂

28 minutes ago, MMDown Under said:

Yes isn't it the same family as cold sores which I used to get from stress.  And still do!

Cold sores:  herpes simplex virus.

Shingles:  herpes zoster virus.

different, but both can lie dormant along the nerve cells of the body, till triggered by stress, or old age, etc. as the body breaks down.

7 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Sounds like my Aunt, hung the washing out for her, when the machine was done, we did some of ours and hung that out as well. She came home for lunch, re hung everything as the pegs had to match the clothing items colour and each other.

She’s right🥰

33 minutes ago, Cruisers47 said:

Yes retirement takes some adjusting to.  I appreciate the washing of floors and vacuuming and I am now not allowed to fill the dishwasher.  All of a sudden he takes time to do these things but he forgets I used to have to do all the things mostly by myself.   You know how women are multi skilled.   Remember the days when we first got guys serving in the supermarkets!   
 

really things have improved for us all.   But still love cruising and getting all things done for us.

 

Eileen

Couldn’t have expressed it better myself 👏

24 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said:

Mine is an early model, but maybe it is a limited edition but it has some other negative features.🙂

I have an earlier model too, and since its retirement, has switched to automatic, with some fancy and useful add-ons.  It not only hangs out the washing, it loads the machine and turns it on beforehand.  It has claimed territorial rights to the floors, but it has no feature for bathrooms or dusting, so that's my domain.  This wondrous machine also cleans the kitchen after I've cooked, a function I will not surrender, but it has claimed the barbecue as its domain.  Tends to rev into overdrive sometimes, though.

4 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Behind the Camera, looking at the facilities and thinking, thank goodness, a flight in that would give you the sh#ts.

🫢

8 minutes ago, arxcards said:

I'm fine, just priorities.

Just had whooping cough jab, as it is one of those ... not coming near the new grandie without it. 

Next week, time for a covid top-up for a bit of extra resilience for cruises in late Dec & Feb.

 

Then I will line-up a shingles vaxx. My wife had a fair dose a couple of years ago, and had them pretty bad around one side, back and shoulder blades. Not a freebie for me yet either, but worth the price.

 

The recommended vaxx has changed a few years back, and offers a much higher level of protection than the earlier version. 

Yes, I heard that.  Even minimum protection is worth it, but now with the improvement, really shouldn’t be ignored.

1 minute ago, boeckli said:

 

As per Ch 7, it was Pacific Adventure due to bio security concerns. Apparently they knew of the issue and had planned to do hull clean when they got to NZ but bad weather prevented this. Now heading for Hobart with $300 OBC for pax.

All the cruise companies seem to spin the same yarn

Just now, NSWP said:

Pacific Adventure, not defouled re hull, so denied entry to nz and on way to Hobart.

Thought so.  We had the same experience on QE in January.

9 minutes ago, NSWP said:

Saw a snip on news cruise ship pax denied landing in NZ, anyone can expand on that john dory?

Biofouling, or covid?

3 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Yes, I was going off memory from 2012, and thinking it was one of the two. Picked the wrong one, as Banff has a view of the Miniwanker.

Is that a little wet anchor?

Just now, NSWP said:

3 metre seas down and forecast for end of next week back to Ushiaia is 8 metre seas, Hope he sends me another video, lol.

J’d love to see it if he does.

It looks a lot like Jasper, and I can’t see Banfffff golf course, which we were once hauled off because a mamma bear and her cubs took over a fairway.

49 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Yes, looks like I got the f out of Banff too quickly.

🫢

21 minutes ago, NSWP said:

The hardy antarctic expedition pax love it, plenty of rock and roll and NO stabilisers on the ship, 94 pax max.

It’s actually mesmerising to watch, Les.  

10 minutes ago, NSWP said:

I copped shingles in my early 30’s, nearly killed me, around the waist and groin, ouch. Had 8 weeks off duty. About 5 yrs ago had the shingles jab. The shingles can kill us oldies and you can get more than once. Beware !!!!

I had  very mild shingles two years ago.  Fortunately, I’d had the vaccination, which I don’t recall being at all painful.  It doesn’t give you complete protection, but like covid vax, usually dramatically reduces the effect of the attack.  I certainly wouldn’t want to have a full-blown episode.  Please don’t hesitate to take advantage of its availability.  We are indeed fortunate.

Great pic of a lighthouse on a cliff, and I’m thinking maybe New Zealand?

Didn’t you get that downpour on Monday?  We had torrential rain for about 3 hours.  Then Wednesday some, and more forecast later today.  Tomorrow looks like quite heavy rain and storms.  We certainly needed it though.

1 hour ago, NSWP said:

Finally some rain down on the Far South Coast.☔

 

Oh, that's wonderful to hear, Les.  Contact you soon re Raymonds next week to celebrate the rain🍜

2 hours ago, mr walker said:

 Sydney born & bred - was always a "Gregorys".

Now a GPS 🙂 

Yes, definitely a Gregorys, Neil.

Rome:  one end of Piazza Navona?