⭐Live Allure TA 🚢 March 1, 2020 - Time to rub the lamp 🧞

[Polly1922]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Not sure.

 

BTW, they had 20 people show up within 20 minutes

What really nice people to do that for a stranger.

I hope Laura recovers quickly so she can enjoy her cruise.

Polly.

[truffles2]

37 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

Being told there is no horseradish onboard, supplier issues. That's ridiculous.

 

I do seem to recall seeing some with our seafood tower on day 3. I guess I should have saved it.

was wondering why CK was being so stingy with it!  I always ask for extra with shrimp app and normally get a small dish full (not too much for me) but have only gotten  about a tablespoon so far

😳

[wolfganghowell]

More well wishes to Laura.  That extra nice room will come in handy.  Take care.

[Ocean Boy]

57 minutes ago, The sea calls my name said:

With that being the rarest blood type, that is awesome to have that many that fast. Prayers for the recipient and blessings to the donors.  Also praying for Laura  to have a rapid full recovery so all of y'all can continue to have a wonderful cruise.  As the others have said, thank you for doing such a great job on this review and allowing us to "travel it" with you.

AB negative is the least common blood type. O negative is the universal donor which is why they were looking for it. 

[Andy C]

I never order anything from room service.  I ordered everything through our Genie.  

[Polly1922]

3 minutes ago, Andy C said:

I never order anything from room service.  I ordered everything through our Genie.  

What's a Genie?

[Tulsacoker]

7 minutes ago, Polly1922 said:

What's a Genie?

Personal Butler 

[Polly1922]

Just now, Tulsacoker said:

Personal Butler 

Thank you.

 

[jk04]

Hoping Laura feels better soon.

 

John, thank you so much for all the wonderful pics for our travel-along.  It has been amazing.  Twangster, loving everything you are adding as well.  BTW, I think 68 degrees sounds heavenly.  But, it's probably a bit breezy in the middle of the water. 

[The sea calls my name]

49 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

AB negative is the least common blood type. O negative is the universal donor which is why they were looking for it. 

You are absolutely correct. I was thinking that the recipient was 0- so could only be transfused with O-, making that more difficult to match.  Thanks for clarifying.  

 

[suesnake2002]

I'm an AB. We can take anyones blood. Universal recipient. 

[A&L_Ont]

51 minutes ago, Andy C said:

I never order anything from room service.  I ordered everything through our Genie.  

 

That's the way to do it.

[Ocean Boy]

40 minutes ago, suesnake2002 said:

I'm an AB. We can take anyones blood. Universal recipient. 

Provided you are AB positive.

[John&LaLa]

4 hours ago, truffles2 said:

was wondering why CK was being so stingy with it!  I always ask for extra with shrimp app and normally get a small dish full (not too much for me) but have only gotten  about a tablespoon so far

😳

 

I'm going to investigate more.  I did get some Grey Poupon finally

[John&LaLa]

3 hours ago, Andy C said:

I never order anything from room service.  I ordered everything through our Genie.  

 

We were doing that earlier, but this was the manager and he kept offering.

[John&LaLa]

3 hours ago, jk04 said:

Hoping Laura feels better soon.

 

John, thank you so much for all the wonderful pics for our travel-along.  It has been amazing.  Twangster, loving everything you are adding as well.  BTW, I think 68 degrees sounds heavenly.  But, it's probably a bit breezy in the middle of the water. 

No sun today makes it a little rough. Rain stopped

[Ourusualbeach]

2 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I'm going to investigate more.  I did get some Grey Poupon finally

Thanks for the heads up on the horseradish.  First it was bring your own peppergrinders then limes and now this.  Off to the store to buy a new sealed jar to take with us next week on Anthem....maybe i should buy a few extras and see if Chops will trade me a lobster for them.😂

[Polly1922]

2 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

No sun today makes it a little rough. Rain stopped

Oh dear.

When do you reach land?

[RFerrington]

No horseradish would be a big problem for us.  We both eat it with our steak, not to mention, seafood.  Unforgivable 

[acpalmer]

There's a live Oasis thread right now that mentioned the same thing about horseradish--none there either.

[cruisekap]

5 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Why does it need to be a male?

Antibodies develop when you are exposed to someone else's blood through transfusion, miscarriage, or childbirth.

 

It is likely Royal Caribbean requested males and will ask them their transfusion history. They will select one who has never been transfused themselves and are less likely to have antibodies that would react negatively with the patients blood cells. (cause a transfusion reaction) Women are more likely to have antibodies due to exposure to other blood groups during child birth.  I think they are going with the odds and hoping to have a successful crossmatch quickly.  

[Ocean Boy]

7 minutes ago, cruisekap said:

Antibodies develop when you are exposed to someone else's blood through transfusion, miscarriage, or childbirth.

 

It is likely Royal Caribbean requested males and will ask them their transfusion history. They will select one who has never been transfused themselves and are less likely to have antibodies that would react negatively with the patients blood cells. (cause a transfusion reaction) Women are more likely to have antibodies due to exposure to other blood groups during child birth.  I think they are going with the odds and hoping to have a successful crossmatch quickly.  

Yes, considering the circumstances I would agree with your assessment.

[little britain]

4 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Not sure.

 

BTW, they had 20 people show up within 20 minutes

My friend was one of them. Got up from dinner and went straight there. Buy him a drink if you see him!! 

[Pratique]

35 minutes ago, RFerrington said:

No horseradish would be a big problem for us.  We both eat it with our steak, not to mention, seafood.  Unforgivable 

Apparently there's a shortage these days.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/11/08/horseradish-shortage-wisconsin-farm-affect-u-s-worlds-largest-producer/2531595001/

[ATG]

Thanks for the explanation of the male blood donor request.  Years ago we were on a cruise and they asked for certified donors, male only.  Not having any medical training, I wondered why male.   I even tried googling it and didn’t find an answer.  Now, after all those years, I understand.  Thanks!