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After breaking my ankle on the first day of a 31 day cruise, I wore an orthopedic boot on my right foot and an LL Bean "wicked good" hard soled fleece slipper on my left for everything except going ashore. Then I wore the ortho boot and a hiking boot. No one gave two figs, and this was on HAL, not Princess.

Because I wasn't familiar with the term "allision" as used by NavArch64, I did a little Google-fu to see what it meant. I could figure the basic meaning out but wanted to learn more. I came across the following from the law offices of what appears to be a personal injury firm that specialized in maritime injuries. It had an interesting discussion of collisions and allisions at sea and the liability that arises from them. Our maritime experts might quibble with what's up on this law firm's site, but I thought it interesting. Allision (Not Collision) Nautical Term Definition | Naylor Law

Did you have that cheese with a Wisconsin Old Fashioned, and a few brats?

That's also why the airlines developed code sharing and the various airline alliances (OneWorld, Sky Team, Star Alliance) were created. I can fly United to Munich from the US, but if I want to fly Munich to Rome, I need to be on a Lufthansa flight, even if I bought my ticket from United as a New York to Rome flight.

So the maritime industry takes a different approach than the Navy does, if I understand you correctly.

No, Rudy was off-sides.

The TL;DR version would be: This incident is costing Princess/Carnival several boatloads of money. Maybe they can just take Ruby over to Mare Island Shipyard and fix her up. Oh, wait, Mare Island Shipyard doesn't exist anymore.

Thank you. This is very helpful. Based on your response in my other thread, I might just do Sydney, fly to Melbourne, and then on to Singapore and not worry about trying to see Perth.

Thanks for this guide. I haven't read it in detail yet, but how many days would you estimate it would take to see the highlights of Melbourne? I'm considering spending in southern Australia between cruises and would like to know how much time to "budget" for Melbourne.

I am giving serious consideration to booking a 21-day cruise-tour of Australia and New Zealand from Sydney in December 2024. The land portion would do the usual spots in the Outback (Ayres Rock, Darwin, Cairns) before returning to Sydney for the cruise portion to various ports in New Zealand. I also have a 28-day cruise out of Singapore that goes to the islands and countries north of Australia and ideally would like to get the most bang for my long flight to Down Under, so amy considering seeing as much of Oz as I could. If I book the cruise/tour, I'd have two weeks over Christmas 2024 to spend in Australia before going to Singapore and departing in early January 2025. I was thinking of spending a few days post cruise in Sydney, then flying to Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth before heading to Singapore. Is this too ambitious an itinerary to consider? If it is, which of those cities would you skip? Should I consider just sticking to visiting cities like Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane and not heading to Western Australia? Finally, I see that there's a train (Indian Pacific) that goes Sydney to Perth over four days. I know this is a cruise site, but any experience on this train? I'd be 73 1/2 by the time of this trip and I'd expect it to be my one and only trip to the Antipodes. I live on the East Coast of the USA. Thanks in advance for any advice.

As the great Carl Spackler once said:

lil sweet

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If the CCL stock is in hubby's name, you could just buy another 100 shares in your name and not worry about changing names. Alternatively, sell hubby's 100 shares and then buy 100 replacement shares.

Whether or not booked through a 3rd party site, I totally endorse the suggestion to avoid big American style chain hotels in Europe. I use the 3rd party sites to do some research on hotels and then go to the hotels website to actually book. I understand lissie's point about not getting a response from the hotel on a reasonable question, but that hasn't been my experience.

You didn't say what airline you're booked on, but I'd guess its United given you're connecting in Newark. I also fly from MYR a lot but tend to book American most frequently. If you want to avoid the Northeast airports, check out flying American from MYR>DFW>YVR on 7/1 leaving at 1:18 pm and arriving at 9:11 PDT. Also MYR>CLT>DFW>YVR.

All I know is that still water runs deep. 🐟

If you go by the strict definition given above of what an acronym is, you're right, DOD is just D O D and so an abbreviation. USAID is usually called "Use-Aide" however many also say US AID.

Or FIAT, aka Fix It Again, Tony.

When I boarded in Civi last year, my recollection was the scanner was the same size as at TSA checkpoints at US airports. A full-size suitcase would have a hard time fitting through.

In the gubbmint or military, acronymns MUST be capitalized. Hence: DOD --Department of Defense USAID--United States Agency for International Development FUBAR--F'd Up Beyond All Repair SNAFU--Situation Normal, All F'd Up. BTW, here's the scoop on why COVID-19 is named as it is. Hint, it's not what's posted above: 'Why Is It Called COVID-19?' (webmd.com)

My friends are in contact with the Loris and Rita and are deciding which room the want to book. Thanks very much for the recommendation!

Personally, I hope HAL never goes the "ship within a ship" route, especially on the Pinnacle class ships. I'm egalitarian enough that I can do without the artificial distinctions of a "privileged" class of passengers. HAL by its reputation as for "newlyweds and nearly deads" keeps the "party people" mostly at bay, so there's no need for a special retreat for the Eloi above us Morlocks. We do use the correct fork at dinner service, dontchaknow!

The good thing about RoboKiller is that the phone doesn't even ring when the app indicates it's a spam call. I get a notice of a spam call in my Recent Calls section, but otherwise its as if the call never happened. It allows calls from numbers in my contact list to go through as well as return calls where I've dialed a number first. I'm very pleased with the service.

On the Royal class ships of Princess (Enchanted, Regal, et. al) I've been on, they have often had a duo of string players (violin/cello) playing in the Piazza during the late afternoon. They mostly played the "hits" of classical music for those instruments, but they were quite good for cocktail hour music. They would sometimes also play outside the Crown Grill later in the evening. I believe they also played in the orchestra for the big production shows in the Princess Theater, so they earned their beds. 😎