Steamboatin

Here is the American Red Cross web site listing their blood eligibility guidelines.

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d8aaecf214c576bf971e4cfe43181aa0/?vgnextoid=e081912c9973b110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

As you can see there are many reasons for not being allowed to donate blood.

The one that makes the fewest announcements.:D:D

Our all time favorite is always the one that makes the fewest PA announcements.:D

Here is more information than you asked for but it may be of some help to you and others who read this thread.

The below link is to the Internet Acronyms Dictionary:

http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms

On my RCCL cruise last month on the Rhapsody, they didn't even provide towels by the pool. You had to bring down the ones placed in your room and return them to your room, or you were charged for them :(

Is this practice a gentle chair hog control practice?

This web site was posted the other day by a fellow member. It may be of some help.

http://www.wa70.com/hdisplay.php

Has anyone come up with a way other than doing a search for your cruise date?

Really just need an answer to a very simple question.

Now that one packs all that is recommended into their suit cases considering airline weight limits.

What does one do with the clothes?:D

Mine does not have an expiration date. So it does not need to be renewed.

Where did you all get your that need to be constantly renewed.

Boy would I like to get one with an expiration date.:D

We just got off of the Amsterdam a month or so ago.

Knowing that the Amsterdam was going on a world cruise I asked our Waiter if he would be woking aboard the vessel during the world cruise.

His answer was honest and very interesting. He stated that he has now worked many years for HAL. Early in his employment he worked a world cruise. He learned quickly that he never wanted to work another one.

He said he had passengers who were extremely demanding and could never be satisified with anything from food to service. Each night it was a different problem with someone.

He said he was "stuck" serving this table from "hell" for 3 months. He vowed to himself never again.

He said that he now schedules his contract vacation during the time of the world cruise so he is home enjoying himself.

If that cannot be arranged to his pleasure than he contracts for a vessel that is not making a world cruise.

Never again he said he will be stuck for 3 months with a bad table to work.

So you all on board be nice to your wait staff now. Remember you can change tables, but they cannot.

Below is a website that provides the currencies of each country of the world.

Just go to the first alaphabet of your desired national currency and scroll down until you find your country.

Start by clicking on the letter N for your first country to get the feel of it. Scroll down to New Caledonia. Next try letter V and scroll down to Vanvatu.

http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/currency_list.html

Las Vegas is now a port?

Yes, one sails to it with the Swiss Navy.:D

Pardon me but I just do not understand the concept of "free".

You spend a minimum of a thounsand or in most cases multiple thousands of dollars on a cruise including airfare and all the extra costs associated with a cruise.

Now you get to go to a port of interest in a foreign country and instead of seeing that port, island or countryside you waste your day going to get this "free" charm from a retail chain store.

Now tell me after a cruise you have seen the inside of "x" number of Diamond International stores and nothing else. You just spent thousands of dollars to travel to that store to get a "free" charm.

Now please explain to me how that charm cost you nothing and is truly free.

Why not hold your own private live boat drill. Rougher the seas the better.

I simply do not understand why someone would want to renew their vows.

Has the first one expired or become nol and void.:D

Why would one want to have two life sentences run connectively?:D

Zulu means Greenwich (England) Mean Time in the military.

So if you hear Zulu, Zulu, Zulu than the Captain and Navigator do not know what time it is and boy you are than really in trouble.

Gave wife an adult wish after doctor's clearance to travel following surgery and chemo for rare form of cancer. Told her that ill childern get a "child's wish" when they are severely ill so I was giving her an "adult wish" following her cancer surgery and chemo treatments. She choose to take a cruise on the Delta Queen (Delta Queen Steamboat Company). We took the seven day cruise on the Illonios River from Chicago (Ottawa), IL to Saint Louis, MO. She never wore wigs and she made the cruise totally bald. We both enjoyed the cruise and it lifted her spirits tremenously. We were amazed about the number on the cruise who approached us telling us that they to were cancer survivors.

This was right after 9/11 and she was afraid to fly. Well we get in line at the airport and who does she see boarding our aircraft. Our local Catholic Archbishop was boarding our airplane. From than on she felt relaxed as the good Lord has given her the cruise of her life and he additionally sent a personal messenger (the Archbishop) to safely guide and take her on to her cruise.

Have now cruised 10 times with number 11 planned for April 05 on a HAL transalantic cruise to Italy where we will tour for a month. Sailed on Delta Queen Steam Boat Company's: Delta Queen, Mississippi Queen and American Queen; Carnival, Holland America; Royal Caribbean and NCL.