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Me too!

Fingers-crossed that your fridge holds out that long. If not, consider plan B: a B2B2B....B2B cruise until the new kitchen is ready. 😉

Took me a minute, then it hit me as I was scrolling back thinking I missed a ruler conversation. 😆

Multi-tasking!!!

Yikes!

I spend more time checking what's in the fridge than I do the freezer so I prefer the fridge being eye level. Although I also haven't seen the bottom of the freezer in some time either. It's possible there is a free supermarket turkey from 2012 at the bottom 😁. So I do see your point.

I never have to login from my phone but occasionally I do from my laptop. Fortunately, CC saves my credentials so it's just one click to get back in.

Any money in being a travel blogger?

I have not. I've only tried it when connected to the hotel or restaurants wifi.

I was born in 1964 which coincided with their decline. It wasn't until I was 12 when they started to get good again. Being a bit of a history dork, I used to read all about the great teams from the 1950's and before. I agree, many of those World Series records will never be broken.

I would say the Yankee dynasty of 1996-2001 with Tino Martinez, David Cone, Paul O'Neil (whose #21 jersey I wear to every game), Bernie Williams and of course, Marino Riveria. The Reggie Jackson teams of the late 70's were certainly very good to but I was still a teenager and didn't appreciate it as much back then.

One thing I do have going in my favor is I do take better care of myself. Never smoked although I did grow up in a family of smokers - both parents, my 3 older siblings and all their friends, etc. I do exercise & try to eat right most of the time. Everything in moderation. I have my annual physical with my family doctor tomorrow so we'll see how it goes. I've been extra good the past few weeks trying to get my "fake body" ready & make sure all my numbers - weight, BP, cholesterol,etc - are where they need to be. 😄

I like to think that I'll live until I'm 120 but longevity does not run in my families DNA. Very few have made it past 80. In fact, I can only think of a Great-Grandmother that made it to 86 and perhaps an uncle in his low 80's. So when I read that if you start taking SS at 62 vs waiting until 67, you'll be ahead of the game until around 80-82 which is the break-even point when the higher payments puts your ahead. So, it'll probably be a simple math choice for me. Take the money while I can. Fortunately, it's a decision I won't have to make for 4 more years. Complicating matters will be healthcare as Medicare doesn't kick in until 65.

ditto.😇

Just to add my 2 cents to the texting conversation, I've been able to text when out of the country from my Samsung phone while in airplane mode while connected to WiFi and WiFi calling turned off. I used Message+ which is the texting app from Verizon which allows WiFi only texting. The Samsung Android texting app called Messages (no + sign) that came with the phone would not allow me to text in WiFi only. I'm not sure if you need to be a Verizon customer to use the Message+ app or if it can be downloaded. It was already preloaded on my phone.

I read something similar but where each word only had the first and last letter with blank spaces representing the missing letters. Your brain filled in the missing letters pretty quickly and was able to guess correctly 95% of the words without too much effort. Something like this: I h_ _ e t_ _t @Momof3gurlz h_s a f_ _ _ _ _ _ _ c c_ _ _ _ e 🙂

While the overall regular season record does not look impressive, that was the result of their 22-29 start to the season. Once they fired Giradi, they went 65-46 for a respectable .585 winning percentage. Remember, it's not how well you did during the regular season - just ask Dodger fans - but how well you are playing now. Both teams are firing on all cylinders.

Thanks. I spotted doen quick enough but missed puposely even after rereading 3 times. I like to think my eyes were auto-correcting for me, at least 50% of the time. 😄

I can only find one typo ☹️

Probably the most enthusiastic fans I've seen all post season. Good for them, it's been a long time coming. Enjoy the ride. Go Phillies!

Now that baseball season is officially over, 😉, time for me to catch up on my DVR recordings. I have 5 episodes of Amazing Race to watch. Anyone else watching?

Enjoy your cruise!

I've been skimming thru some of the Icon threads as well and as expected, reactions are mixed. Which is fine as everyone has their pwn exceptions of what a cruise should be. I guess the only thing I would add - here on this thread where it's safe - is that Royal has gotten really good a "passenger flow" by spreading events (and people) all around the ship at different times to alleviate chock points. I've sailed all classes of ships from Radiance on up to Oasis and while all will feel crowded at max capacity, in my very subjective experience, the Radiance class felt most crowded while the Oasis felt least crowded. I understand if people don't want to sail on a ship with water slides, bumper cars, etc and have to schedule shows in advance but I wouldn't let the number of passengers on a ship deter me. JMHO.

Not sure if you found it or if someone else already replies but here it is.

Thank you. Hockey season is in full swing. Let's Go Rangers. I was at yesterdays day's game. It was horrible, they lost 5-1.