Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[Jimbo]

My travel agent just sent an email from her agency that Celebrity or their agency is offering free Air for 1st and 2nd passengers for 3 to 5 night sailings to the Caribbean.

Sounds like a nice offer, but I assume the offer is out there because no one is booking cruises.

 

Wonder if Royal Caribbean will be following that offer. Sail dates for the offer are from September 11, 2021 to November 18th 2021. All Categories.

[Ozark_Kid]

58 minutes ago, mo&fran said:

CC moves on.  Now when someone presses the little like button at the lower right corner of a post,  CC now lists who pushed it, not just a number of users who reacted.

Looks like CC is still upgrading and is probably why we occasionally have posting problems.  Now that they have changed the react button it seems to happen quickly and without hanging.  This new system they are using looks like the same one they use on rc blog.

[Ocean Boy]

I think the Bee's thread is gone. What a shame.

[Ozark_Kid]

32 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Anyone have Henri issues?  I missed Below Deck and forgot to DVR it😢So if anything good happened I would love to know.

If your cable service has On Demand, you might be able to watch it there but will have to put up with commercials.

[jagsfan]

10 hours ago, harryfat1 said:

Heading westward toward the Oregon coast:

 

 

Serious beach volleyball setup at Seaside during tournament time

 

 

 

This is their version of "Center Court" like the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

 

 

 

Heading south along the coast for a little calmer beach activity at Cannon Beach.  Massive rock and flat beach front.  Too cold for swimming even in August but walking along the beach is nice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We drove along the Columbia River on our way from Crater Lake to the Oregon coast.  
After we got to Portland, we did a lot of extra driving to be able to cross the wonderful bridges, especially the ones designed by Condé McCullough. 
We stayed in hotels on the coast and loved all of the beaches!

[jagsfan]

5 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

I would very much dislike not pumping my own gas.

It makes me feel very guilty, like when I ride on a bus and don’t wear a seat belt. 

[Biker19]

13 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I think the Bee's thread is gone. What a shame.

Even the admins had enough of it?

[jagsfan]

7 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Good morning everyone.

I thought I was the only one not able to see photos or like.

Last night we had a lovely meal in the restaurant we were in on our anniversary night.

Scallops starters for us both.

Cheese soufflé main for Pauline and beef for me.

Cheeseboard each for Deserts.

Take care everyone.

Graham.

What a lovely anniversary dinner. I hope you enjoy many more in future years. 

[vacationlover_mn]

15 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I think the Bee's thread is gone. What a shame.

Booo!  Her threads are “great” 🙂

[bobmacliberty]

41 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Ok, sorry for my mistake.

 

For anyone who does not live in the greater NYC area, it's all NYC.

[bobmacliberty]

2 hours ago, island lady said:

 

Thanks...good to be back to civilization again!  😉  Like the song goes....

 

"Don't know what you got till it's gone".  😄 

 

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

[reallyitsmema]

23 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I think the Bee's thread is gone. What a shame.

 

It got moved to Floataway lounge.

[mo&fran]

34 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I think the Bee's thread is gone. What a shame.

No its not a shame.  It was just silly.

Edited August 24, 2021 by mo&fran

[mo&fran]

15 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

For anyone who does not live in the greater NYC area, it's all NYC.

Anything not upstate is NYC.

[Sunshine3601]

15 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

Same here. I like being at the airport, watching planes come and go, listening to some music, and enjoy the anticipation of the week that is beginning.

I do too!    Eric not so much.    He gets too antsy if he has to just sit there so I always tell him to go walk around while I sit and watch the activities.   

He's okay if he is at one of the lounges such as the Amex Centurion, probably because they have alcohol.    I also love to people watch and you definitely can be very entertained in an airport.

[HBE4]

33 minutes ago, mo&fran said:

Anything not upstate is NYC.

 

And the opposite is true as well. Anything not NYC, is upstate.  Even though all the radio stations & TV stations I listen to originate from NYC & I can see the skyline from certain tall hill & can be in the heart of Manhattan in little over an hour - 40 minutes to the Bronx border -  (via Metro-North trains), my NYC friends tell me I live upstate. lol

[HBE4]

6 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

He lives in NYC. It is probably possible to drive zero miles a year or not even own a car.

 

1 hour ago, lenquixote66 said:

He does not live in NYC .He left there in 2003.We owned cars from 1972 to 2002 in NYC and living in Brooklyn had to drive to get to places especially if one does not live near public transportation that would conveniently get one from place to place.

 

Hi Lenny,

 

Thank you for the clarification. I think the original point was meant - and strictly my own interpretation - is that those that live in NYC drive a lot less than those that live in the suburbs or rural areas of the country, hence less chance of a flat. My NYC friends that own cars that are 10 years old and only have 30-35,000 miles on them.

 

For comparison sake, I own 2 cars that get 15,000 miles per year each (pre-pandemic), driving on everything from the mean, potholed streets of NYC to the rocky, dirt roads of rural upstate (the real upstate) NY. It's been over 25 years since I had a flat.  Call it luck or superior driving skills...😉

 

[Sunshine3601]

4 hours ago, island lady said:

 

Certainly has been trying to find the right second home, which will probably be a 4-5 month summer thing up here....but it's been tough.   Homes up here are way too overpriced for what you get right now.  Though I am getting constant emails on price drops lately.  I think the conversation with their listing agents have gone like this:  "But you told me I could get this much for my house, and now it's not sold and we are headed into the winter!!!"  😮😉 

 

It's still a "seller's" market right now, even up here, but not nearly as bad as the feeding frenzy in Florida! 😮 

 

Prices are still too high.  My unprofessional guess...the market will turn next year...hopefully more buyer friendly by then.  

I am a mortgage underwriter and can tell you we have definitely seen a slow down in the last 2 weeks in many states.     Prices are still high and inventory is still low but like you said some realtors over priced their listings and they are now having to reduce to get more inline with where they should be at.    And a lot of sales have had appraisal issues.   

Just finished up a loan approval for a home that went to contract for $85,000 higher than list price but it only appraised for $15K higher than list price.    So now the buyers either have to come up with $70K out of pocket or terminate the contract and lose their $10K earnest deposit.    I would never recommend anyone buy a home that doesn't appraise for the purchase price but lots of people have been doing that in the last year, especially cash buyers that don't bother getting an appraisal done. 

[Sunshine3601]

4 hours ago, BonTexasNY said:

At work I used to have two monitors, one with a split screen making it like 3 monitors.  Made it much easier to do my work and took no time at all the get used to it.

 

At my work office I have 3 screens at my office home I have 2 screens.     I think I like 2 better than 3.    Sometimes it just seems too much with 3 screens.

[dani negreanu]

13 hours ago, harryfat1 said:

If you like flowers/roses, this place is for you.

 

I like 😁

 

So many beautiful places to visit in the US, especially now.

 

I admit being a tiny bit jealous.

[molly361]

23 minutes ago, HBE4 said:

 

And the opposite is true as well. Anything not NYC, is upstate.  Even though all the radio stations & TV stations I listen to originate from NYC & I can see the skyline from certain tall hill & can be in the heart of Manhattan in little over an hour - 40 minutes to the Bronx border -  (via Metro-North trains), my NYC friends tell me I live upstate. lol

When I lived in Westchester people considered it upstate 

[Sunshine3601]

12 hours ago, harryfat1 said:

Heading westward toward the Oregon coast:

 

 

Serious beach volleyball setup at Seaside during tournament time

 

 

 

This is their version of "Center Court" like the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament

 

 

 

Heading south along the coast for a little calmer beach activity at Cannon Beach.  Massive rock and flat beach front.  Too cold for swimming even in August but walking along the beach is nice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm loving your photos.    yes, that is definitely some serious volleyball at that beach.   Love the chairs set up at center stage!    I could sit there all day.

[dani negreanu]

2 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Enjoy it for all of us. 

 

@DaniDanielle

 

+1 

[Sunshine3601]

4 hours ago, George C said:

My brother recently visited and was surprised we still had home phone and still have newspaper delivered. 

Same here, except I just reduced my daily newspaper delivery to Sundays only.    

[lenquixote66]

19 minutes ago, HBE4 said:

 

 

Hi Lenny,

 

Thank you for the clarification. I think the original point was meant - and strictly my own interpretation - is that those that live in NYC drive a lot less than those that live in the suburbs or rural areas of the country, hence less chance of a flat. My NYC friends that own cars that are 10 years old and only have 30-35,000 miles on them.

 

For comparison sake, I own 2 cars that get 15,000 miles per year each (pre-pandemic), driving on everything from the mean, potholed streets of NYC to the rocky, dirt roads of rural upstate (the real upstate) NY. It's been over 25 years since I had a flat.  Call it luck or superior driving skills...😉

 

Definitely superior driving skills.My wife who drove to work every day for 27 years had quite a few flats.We each had a car .