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Last night, we went to the Waterfire festival. I told Susan I had read that they had opened a Tiki Lounge nearby, so we decided to go for a couple drinks. What a disappointment. It was essentially a patio to an Irish Pub, so I don’t get that connection. It was difficult to get to, so it wasn’t really crowded, even though it was right next to the stage where the bands were playing at the festival. The decorations were pathetic, so it didn’t have a Tiki vibe. I think @Sea Dog has his set up nicer. We looked at the menu, and thought maybe the drinks were in souvenir glasses. Well, we were wrong. I think the owners must have been to CocoCay, because the $16 Hurricane looks like one of Royal’s small offerings. And even worse, Susan’s Rumrunner was about half that size.
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Just some random stuff happening from the last few days. So, I think I mentioned that we had a couple intermittent problems with our boat last month, and I was waiting on some parts to come in. Friday, I took it in to the shop for them to work on. The mechanic I use is very meticulous, and I spent a little more time there than I thought I would. As luck would have it, as he was putting in new points, one of the screws dropped and ended up in one of the belt pulleys. He had to pull all the belts and pulleys and alternator to get to the screw. When the alternator came off, it was obvious vibration had made the hole not quite round anymore. The good news was that he had a replacement, and the better news was there was no charge for it. Now all the parts are on, and we put it on the lake Saturday to test it out. It was a beautiful day. oh, one other picture from the boat shop. He had an old Chris Craft that he is restoring. I will be interested in seeing the finished product.
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We have been adjusting to the quiet in our house, since our grandson went back to California and back to school. One of the things he got for his birthday is a new iPhone. It is nice, because he will call us or FaceTime us a couple times a week after he gets home from school. I finished up a photo book of our summer, and he should get it this week. Keeping our Summer of Fun theme, this is the cover of the book.
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@harryfat1, enjoy your December sailing on Odyssey. I think you will enjoy that ship. That was our favorite after the Oasis class ships. Of course, we sailed it at the restart of sailing, and it was great at half capacity. If you want to add to your research, I did a live review of our October, 2021 sailing on Odyssey, and there is a link in my signature. I will be looking forward to reading your trip report on that one.
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The legs are a little older now, but I wouldn’t want to get the ladies too excited by posting them. They use to market the video shot during the cruise in a Cruise In Review DVD. There may be some of those young legs in this, as well as some risqué shots of me in the Quest. Maybe those of us, who were in the DVD, were the only ones who bought these.
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We traveled to Ohio for a football game today. Our granddaughter was cheering. Their team is still undefeated, with today’s score 36-0. This is the second time they have played teams from Ohio. I think our kids are spoiled with the fields we have here in Pennsylvania. Schools here play on artificial turf, and one even recently put in a $1M + video scoreboard. By comparison, the Ohio fields they played on were in pretty sad shape, and the bleachers, if they had any, had caution tape on them. I guess it highlights the different ways schools are funded in each state.
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Ok, I am probably much more anal in my method for luggage tags. First, I save that luggage tag PDF page as a JPG, and trim the JPG to the size of the tag. Next, I drop that trimmed JPG into a Word document, so that four of them will fit on a page. Next, I save the Word document as a PDF, and insert text boxes with our names, where they want your name on the tag. Then, it is ready to print and cut them out for the tag holders. In true Cheapo Dad fashion, I only have to use one sheet of paper for four tags. Of course, I have done this so often, I have a template with everything ready to go, except for the new JPGs.