1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

Now I’m waiting at Owen’s school for football practice to end. No need to drive home, to wait 20 minutes to drive another 20 minutes back. Hockey practice tonight at 9:30 to 10:30. 

 

And to make it interesting it's not just raining, it’s freezing rain. Look at the fence. 
 

Last game of the season is tomorrow, win or lose. I’ll keep you all posted. 
 

And the trees. 

 

Meanwhile I’m listening to music and enjoying the heat. 

 

You’re listening to my favorite channel 👍

@singinalot Crystal just wanted to express my sympathies as well for what you are going through and wish you nothing but happiness and peace moving on to the next chapter in your life.

5 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

'Friends' star Matthew Perry dead at 54, according to reports

 

According to TMZ, Perry was found at a Los Angeles-area home, where he appeared to have drowned.

 

Just heard this. So sad. 

2 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Apologies for my lack of knowledge, but when I read Iron Dome I visualised an invisible dome shape above the city.  Just did my research and realise it is a defence system that intercepts missiles and rockets built in 2011 and has had significant funding from the US Govt.

I’m embarrassed to admit I was unfamiliar with the Iron Dome until Dani mentioned it a while back when Israel was being fired upon yet again in a different attack. Amazing technology and thankful that Israel has this to defend herself.

2 hours ago, deliver42 said:

Embassy Suites was beautiful in it's day, now quite run down.

Quite a few people have reported this. What happened? This used to be my favorite pre cruise hotel in Lauderdale, mainly because of location.

Would like to add my birthday wishes to one of the nicest people on these boards, Graham @grapau27

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

And a Sidney, OH.  It's not far from Lima, OH, which is pronounced like the bean, not the capital city of Peru.  Credit goes to me if you happen to successfully use this info in a trivia contest. 

This post made me smile. My grandmother who passed away 27 years ago was born in Lima, OH. Hadn’t heard that in years.

2 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

We might have been freed of the scourge. All their threads are gone, and when I checked, so are all their posts. 
 

I noticed that this morning too. Let’s keep our fingers crossed we’ve seen the last of him. My guess though is that they’ll be back with a new screen name. 

2 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Great news!   When I told my boss that we cancelled our January cruise he invited us to their home in Cape Coral for a long weekend.

 

Yesterday he told me he booked a couple of days at Boca Grande, Gasparilla island.

 

We will sail on their catamaran to the island.  Dock and stay onboard as their catamaran sounds like a small yacht with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, full living room, full kitchen, and hot tub on sun deck.

 

I never heard of this island off the coast of Ft. Myers but it looks beautiful from everything I saw online last night.

Boca Grande and Gasparilla are beautiful.  True paradise. Enjoy your time there!

Too early. I wouldn’t even book an 11:45 am flight out of FLL for a Miami arrival.

1 hour ago, Saab4444 said:

This should be free and paid by the US Government.

There’s no rhyme or reason what the US government will or won’t pay for. I say this as an American.

So happy you had a positive outcome.

1 hour ago, Tree_skier said:

@Ocean Boy you mentioned wanting to see pics of the inside of my 5th wheel.

 

Master Bedroom... There is a stacking washer and dryer behind the big door next to the sliding mirrored doors

 

 

Bathroom

 

 

Living room

 

 

Living room from the other direction.

 

 

Spare bedroom I have converted into a walk-in closet for DW. (excuse the clutter)

 

 

 

Absolutely gorgeous 

Can someone enlighten me? I’ve not heard of this 

14 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

DH puts the subtitles on for shows with heavy accents

I love accents. Love trying to figure out where people are from based on how they speak. Funny to me how so many Americans mistake Aussie accents for English accents and vice versa. I can differentiate the two quite easily but many apparently cannot! Also interesting how many accents UK has for its size as opposed to Australia which is close in size geographically to the US.

16 minutes ago, George C said:

I also need a tooth pulled , my normal dentist now has a new dentist in her office and they gave me a estimate of 5k plus for pulling tooth and a deep clean , I will be looking for a new specialist. 

That’s just insane 

38 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

We had a really nice day in Bonaire and is definitely somewhere we need to explore more.

 

Went to Sorobon Beach, South end.  The color of the water is amazing.

We were in Bonaire in April and thought about going to Sorobon Beach but decided not to. After seeing your pics I wish we had. Beautiful!

4 minutes ago, brillohead said:

A friend took some pictures of the Northern Lights on her farm in southern Michigan... and I had to share this one here b/c her cat insisted on being in her picture!  LOL

 

Love this

33 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Here is what we just took pictures of,didn't exactly look like this with the naked eye,but this is what our cameras saw.

 

 

 

 

Wow. I’m sure it was even more spectacular in person. I would love to see the Northern Lights someday. And to see them on a cruise- amazing.

44 minutes ago, Badatz2 said:

The Rhapsody has a retractable cover on the Solarium pool

Yes, Rhapsody and the other Vision class ships have retractable roofs on the Solarium pools.

24 minutes ago, Keksie said:

Almost 5 days old.  Temporary names are Winnie, Pooh Bear and Tigger.  My husband wanted Going, Gone and Git.  I wanted Sit, Stay and Here.  Lol

 

Adorable!

Love the Solarium on Voyager and Freedom class ships. Open air (which I prefer) great location and usually quiet and peaceful.

2 hours ago, StanleyandGus said:

I didn’t want to “like” this, but I wanted to say how sorry I am. 

 
This goes for me as well. @Coralc I’m so sorry for your loss. Bobby was a handsome boy.

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

@Ocean Boy have you watched below deck down under yet this week?  We are thinking the guest was having a seizure at the end of the episode?  What’s your take?

3 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

That is certainly a possibility. I also thought he might have occluded his airway with something he swallowed. Next Monday will be interesting.

The guest that experienced the medical emergency also said earlier in the episode that he wasn’t feeling well. He looked like he was sweating heavily as well. Hope it wasn’t anything too serious.

48 minutes ago, mo&fran said:

Repo cruises tend to have more experienced cruisers.

That’s for sure. I was on a two week repo cruise on Liberty several years ago and they had to use the Star Lounge on deck 5 for the DL and Viking Crown for the CL (it still existed then) due to 1200+ D and up members on board. Felt bad for the servers as quite a few were very demanding and at times downright nasty.