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

[Ocean Boy]

Screen burn is not my problem. Replacing batteries in the remote is my issue.😇

[Momof3gurlz]

10 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Burn in is only really an issue if you leave a news or sports channel on for hours at a time, and there's something constant on the screen (like a logo).  For most people, that's not an issue.

 

We've always been Samsung fans and like their QLED models.  I've done a lot of research between OLED and QLED.  OLED generally has better picture quality (better black levels, better contrast, but not as good brightness) but the difference in quality vs. higher end QLEDs is probably not noticeable unless you review TVs for a living.  It's like comparing an excellent TV vs. an outstanding TV.  Once any TV is in your house, and not sitting next to dozens of other TVs in a store for comparison, it will likely look good.  At the large sizes (our last purchase was a 75 inch), OLED was still several hundred dollars more expensive.  

 

We choose Samsung because we like their smart system and are now very familiar with it.  It has all of the apps that we want, which admittedly is too many.  I haven't looked at LG lately, but I imagine that their smart system is also very good.  That's probably true for some of the other brands as being a "smart TV" seems now to be a minimum requirement.

 

In reality, unless you're real audio-video aficionado, you might be best off purchasing a less expensive mid-range model in a slightly larger size.  I've rarely heard someone say that they're not satisfied with the 4K TV's picture quality.  I HAVE heard people say that they wish they had a bigger TV. 😁

Always wanting a bigger TV is an issue in our house, and it’s not me.  We have ours mounted on the wall and I keep saying if we go any bigger, it’ll be like sitting in the front row of the movie theater with your neck craned looking up.  

[Sunshine3601]

4 hours ago, sgmn said:

So my retirement free tickets have to be used by early Nov or I lose them. We were planning to go to Australia for your spring/Summer in October but have recently found our we're going to be grandparents again early Sept 😊. So we don't really want to go away now in our Autumn. Thinking as an alternative to go end of march but looking at the weather we're having second thoughts . It's been a long cold winter and would really like some sunshine. Do you think the weather in Sydney or Melbourne might improve early April or just get worse 🤔 

Impossible question I know .....

Congratulations on the news of a new gran-baby😍

[bobmacliberty]

7 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

Always wanting a bigger TV is an issue in our house, and it’s not me.  We have ours mounted on the wall and I keep saying if we go any bigger, it’ll be like sitting in the front row of the movie theater with your neck craned looking up.  

 

When we moved into our new house, we temporarily had a 55 inch TV mounted above our fireplace.  We brought it with us from Ohio with the intention of eventually putting it in our bedroom and putting a newer, bigger TV over the fireplace.  I friend of mine walked into the house shortly after we moved in (55 inch in place) and the first he said about the entire house was, "you need a bigger TV".  When he came back a few months later and we had the 75 inch TV mounted, the first thing he did was point at the new TV and say, "that's better".  I'm sure the fact that he's a man is completely irrelevant.  😉

[h20skibum]

1 hour ago, Lionesss said:

Good morning. Guess we got a significant amount of rain last night.  Second time in 29 years our street is flooded. All of our homes in this development frontage is approximately 250 feet. The flood ends at our house and goes up 5 houses. So 5 x 250…………..1,250 feet long, and last time was 1- 1/2 feet deep. We built high enough so hoping the house stays dry once again. 
Guess I’ll wait a little bit before I venture out. 
 

 

Yikes, I hope we didn’t get that.  My daughter didn’t mention any heavy rain, but I heard it was warm up there on the weekend. 

[Sunshine3601]

Today should be a high of 76f here in PA.  Yesterday was 70f.  I have some windows open, nice fresh air!

Strong winds coming tonight and should be in the 50s most of the week.  

[bobmacliberty]

Warning...lots of car pictures incoming.  If you're more of a video person than a picture person, I found a guy on YouTube (who knows a lot more about cars than I do) who posted several videos over the last few days here.  No idea who this guy is but he shows a lot of cars and provides some personal commentary.

 

Thursday Hangar Night

 

Friday Centre Street Parade

 

Saturday Cars and Caffeine

 

Sunday Concours d'Elegance

 

[aussielozzie18]

@lionesshope you remain high & dry.

 

 

 

[George C]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

When we moved into our new house, we temporarily had a 55 inch TV mounted above our fireplace.  We brought it with us from Ohio with the intention of eventually putting it in our bedroom and putting a newer, bigger TV over the fireplace.  I friend of mine walked into the house shortly after we moved in (55 inch in place) and the first he said about the entire house was, "you need a bigger TV".  When he came back a few months later and we had the 75 inch TV mounted, the first thing he did was point at the new TV and say, "that's better".  I'm sure the fact that he's a man is completely irrelevant.  😉

We still have a great picture on our 70” sharp which is ten years old will definitely go to 75 when it goes. In 30’s this morning my wife said he was sleeting when she was working out earlier today , our outside feral cat came over to get some food. So I gave him a can of tuna , yesterday was 30 degrees warmer.

 

[DaniDanielle]

1 hour ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Congratulations on the news of a new gran-baby😍

+1

[bobmacliberty]

The show started with Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates fame) singing the national anthem, followed by a flyover.

 

If you want to jump right to the award winners, here's a link to the winners web page:

Event - The Amelia Concours d`Elegance

 

I didn't get a picture of the 1934 Duesenburg that won Best in Class for the Concours d'Elegance, but I did get a picture of the 2017 Cadillac DPi-V.R (winner of the 2017, 2019, and 2020 24 hours of Daytona) that won Best in Class for the Concours de Sport.

 

[bobmacliberty]

Sports and GT cars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This 1965 Aston Martin DB5C was my favorite.  If only it were Silver...Bond, James Bond.

 

 

And Micheline loved this 1938 Jaguar SS100 Roadster.  She had visions of driving this on one of the Corniches of Monaco with her hair blowing in the wind behind her, ala Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief.  I guess that makes me Cary Grant?  No comments please.

 

 

[reallyitsmema]

@DaniDanielleHow is Charlie doing, Marietta?  Were you able to take him home yet?  I hope you are taking care of yourself too. 🙂 

[bobmacliberty]

Ferraris.  All red in a long line from earliest to latest.

 

 

The 1962 250 GTO is considered the most valuable Ferrari.  This specific car (below) sold for $48M in 2018!  And it's sitting on a golf course with thousands of people walking around it.  I have to hand it to the owner.  Not sure I'd be willing to do that after paying $48M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lenquixote66]

19 hours ago, jagsfan said:

Our 55” is 14 years old, and suddenly has only one volume, which, luckily for us, is where we had it. 
Dick is making noises about replacing it, but I have other places I’d rather put the money! 🛳🛳🛳

We had two 27” TV’s working fine that were 18 years old and a 24” working fine that was 27 years old.Our children replaced all three last year with 32” sets that do not play as good as the older ones.

Oldies are goodies.

[bobmacliberty]

Roadsters.  Lots of Roadsters, especially 1932 Fords.  Must be the definitive Roadster model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found things like this to be interesting.  Below is a close-up of the paper in front of the above 1932 Ford Roadster showing a picture of this specific car winning 1st place in the 1948 Rose Bowl Hot Rod show.  History.

 

 

[Ozark_Kid]

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

Burn in is only really an issue if you leave a news or sports channel on for hours at a time, and there's something constant on the screen (like a logo).  For most people, that's not an issue.

If someone  leaves their  tv on a news channel all day, they will have bigger issues than tv burn in.  I used to be guilty of watching a couple hours of news a day.  Now that I watch a very limited amount, life is so much more enjoyable.  

[bobmacliberty]

Racing cars of all shapes, sizes, and types.  I somehow missed taking pics of the NASCAR cars.  Sorry to you NASCAR fans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bobmacliberty]

2 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

If someone  leaves their  tv on a news channel all day, they will have bigger issues than tv burn in.  I used to be guilty of watching a couple hours of news a day.  Now that I watch a very limited amount, life is so much more enjoyable.  

 

Completely agree.  I probably take it too far in the other direction and gave up watching news all together.  Things sometimes happen locally or in the world that I don't know about.  Ignorance is bliss.

[Ozark_Kid]

13 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

The 1962 250 GTO is considered the most valuable Ferrari.  This specific car (below) sold for $48M in 2018!  And it's sitting on a golf course with thousands of people walking around it.  I have to hand it to the owner.  Not sure I'd be willing to do that after paying $48M.

Beautiful car.  Before I finished reading I thought, why would you park it out with so many walking around it.  I don’t think I would either and I don’t think I would spend that much for a car. Thinking about it, where would you drive it.  If I stopped anywhere I would be concerned letting it sit in any parking spot.

[DaniDanielle]

Fingers crossed I can take Charlie home today.  White count near normal but arm still swollen, not as bad though.  I am leaving soon for the hospital.🤞🙏

[Ozark_Kid]

2 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Today should be a high of 76f here in PA.  Yesterday was 70f.  I have some windows open, nice fresh air!

Strong winds coming tonight and should be in the 50s most of the week.  

Often I see y’all get the same weather we had a day later and 5 to 10 degrees less.  Last night at midnight it was 72° and the wind became very strong.  We were in a tornado watch and a close county north of us had a tornado warning.  It is currently 43°.and forecast to be be 31° early tomorrow morning. The weather sure has been a roller coaster for several months.

[reallyitsmema]

1 minute ago, DaniDanielle said:

Fingers crossed I can take Charlie home today.  White count near normal but arm still swollen, not as bad though.  I am leaving soon for the hospital.🤞🙏

 

That's great!  Getting him home is the best thing for both of you!

[DaniDanielle]

You are not kidding, it’s not been fun.  Thank goodness my kids are helping out, especially my older daughter.

[Ozark_Kid]

2 minutes ago, DaniDanielle said:

Fingers crossed I can take Charlie home today.  White count near normal but arm still swollen, not as bad though.  I am leaving soon for the hospital.🤞🙏

It’s great to hear he is improving.  I am sure you will both enjoy him making it home.