rarescrambler

January 15th :)

Best wishes to you and your husband.

Enjoy your cruise in February.

Very kind and thoughtful. Just getting ready to wake him up for his l-a-s-t day. I think I'm more excited than he is. But believe me, he is ready to be done.

Thanks again.

He's being forced into retirement. If he doesn't go now, he'll actually lose retirement income. Besides, he HATES (not a strong enough word) his job, so it's all the reason he needed. He's got 40 work days left. He's not counting, but I am. Can't wait for him to get out of there! I'll continue to work for a few more years.

It's scary because he's still going to need to find another job, and in this economy . . . well . . .

But no matter what happens to us after January 15, it's gotta be better than what he goes into every day now.

And to celebrate, we're taking a barefoot cruise in early February! It's something he's always wanted to do, and darn it, he's earned it.

(This is the first time I've been on the 55+ forum. I think I may like this place. I'll have to do some more poking around.)

Is anything similar to this done on HAL?

Tazmanaf, loved your idea about these for the steward and wait staff.

We checked them out at WalMart this afternoon, and they all say "For calls originating from the U.S.," dial this 800#. Even the AT&T Worldwide card doesn't give any directions or # to call if you're initiating the call from outside the U.S. (which the ship's staff would be). Also, nowhere does it say how many minutes you get for your $10 or $25 card. And of course nobody in the store knows a thing. So we went to the AT&T store - same thing. They said to go online, but all I could find was about gophones and stuff.

Can anyone provide information on what kind you buy, where you get them, and respond to my wonderings about what if the call is being initiated from outside the U.S.

Thanks in advance.