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

[Sea Dog]

Hey Dark & Stormy Fans!

I just saw this.

 

[Bailey & Sophie]

10 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

We got new dishwasher 2.5 yrs ago and I do miss having the bar for kitchen towel

 

I have a bar on my stove/oven door. Don't your towels scrape the floor when the door is open? Mine do. I have a LOT more laundry now.

[Bailey & Sophie]

10 hours ago, Ozark_Kid said:

 Filled the blender halfway with warm water, added a drop of soap and put it on high blend for a minute. Rinsed and done.

 

 

This is BRILLIANT. Thank you.

[sgmn]

Can anyone suggest some books to download for our holiday. I use to read a lot but lately not so much. Too much Web surfing!!

Anyway I usually like murder mysteries or historic or romantic novels (or a mixture )

 Any ideas please ?🙏 🙂 

[Bailey & Sophie]

1 hour ago, sgmn said:

Can anyone suggest some books to download for our holiday. I use to read a lot but lately not so much. Too much Web surfing!!

Anyway I usually like murder mysteries or historic or romantic novels (or a mixture )

 Any ideas please ?🙏 🙂 

 

I keep a flow chart of my favs. Let me know what authors you like. Let's go from there.

We've had lots of input on this but with new books always coming out it's like a revolving door! 

We can help!

 

[dani negreanu]

2 hours ago, sgmn said:

Anyway I usually like murder mysteries or historic or romantic novels (or a mixture )

 

Hi Sue, I hope you feel better 😘

 

I'm attaching a list of recommended books, I'll highlight those that I've contributed to... Besides, I've enjoyed the books of Phillipa Gregory, if you're into historic novels. Also, John Grisham's Whistler series, and A Time to Kill series (3 with Jake Brigance). Just finished Nora Robert's Shelter in Place, very enjoyable.

 

Georges Simenon Series 

Gideon Oliver -Aaron  Elkins  series 

Louise Penny’s Gamache series.

Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series

Any books by Josephine Tey

Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January series, if you like historical mysteries!

JD Robb books and Robert B Parker

The Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell 

MC Beaton books

Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Series. 

Donna Leon’s Brunetti series. 

Any books by Tana French

Any books by P. D. James.  

Greg Isles, a writer from Natchez, MS.

Snowblind” by Ragnar Jonasson.  (Book 1 of 6 - DarkIceland)

Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger.  Also non-series books.

Brad Thor

JK Rowling (author of Harry Potter series), writing under the name Robert Galbraith -- the    

     Cormoran Strike series.

* Andrea Camilleri -- the Inspector Montalbano series.

* Helen Fields -- the Perfect series.

 Karin Slaughter -- the Will Trent series

Daniel Silva - Gabriel Allon series

James Crumley —should be read in order

Winston Graham—Poldark series

Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum series.  Fox and Hare series.

Anything by Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiassen 

Old Archie comic books and Mad Magazine. 🙂

Ian Rankin’s Rebus series

Peter Robinson’s DCI Banks series

Nevada Barr’s National Parks series

Anything by Anne Cleeves

Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes - current times

Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry - Victorian era

 (and if you are planning a trip to Egypt check out the

Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters)

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.  4 books.

The Longmire books by Craig Johnson.  Also suggest the fantastic series on Netflix.

David McCullough 'Path Between the Seas' (Panama Canal)

Caroline Graham Inspector Barnaby series. 

John Sandford , the Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series

Any books by Harlan Coben

Khalid Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner

Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

Andy Weir, “not science fiction but science plausibility”

Danelle Harmon Series

Caleb Carr -  The Alienist.

Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders/Susan Ryeland Series.  Also Horowitz & Hawthorne series

Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe books, later written by Robert Goldsborough

Ruth Ware

 

[Lionesss]

3 hours ago, sgmn said:

Can anyone suggest some books to download for our holiday. I use to read a lot but lately not so much. Too much Web surfing!!

Anyway I usually like murder mysteries or historic or romantic novels (or a mixture )

 Any ideas please ?🙏 🙂 

 

I probably just finished an over 550+ small print book in two days.

 

It is

Stephen King

The Institute.

 

Now mind you it is not like many of his novels, aka The shining, Salems Lot, Carrie........

 

This novel takes one to believe what could happen if unknown agencies attempt to control and use innocent children for their own purposes.  (In a nutshell).

Not rated R, but intense at times.

 

I do not think you will be disappointed with this one.

 

Very well written.

 

Take care

[aussielozzie18]

Dani has given you a solid reading list but here are a few more:

Historical:

A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) - Anita Heiss
The Signature of all Things - Elizabeth Gilbert
Two Brothers - Ben Elton
Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingslayer

This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger 

The Year of Wonders & People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks

Murder Mystery

Fifty Fifty - Steve Cavanagh 

Good Girl Bad Girl - Michael Robotham 

Before you knew my name - Jacqueline Bublitz

The Maid - Nita Prose
The Lady with the Gun asks the Questions- Kerry ***** (1920s female sleuth Phyrne Fisher short story collection)

The Lost Man - Jane Harper

Edited June 10, 2022 by aussielozzie18

[Momof3gurlz]

9 hours ago, taznremmy said:

While I was out running errands, I stopped and picked up a bottle of Kraken.  No one mentioned that there is a white label and a black label.  Being of sound mind, I picked the white label as it has a higher alcohol content. 😱  @lioness I was so happy to see that you have the white label too. 😀

I thought I noticed two different bottles in recent photos, but figured maybe one was just empty. 
 

So all you Kracken drinkers, @Sea Dog @bobmacliberty @Sunshine3601 @Ocean Boy  which are you using, the dark or the light?  

[bobmacliberty]

16 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

I thought I noticed two different bottles in recent photos, but figured maybe one was just empty. 
 

So all you Kracken drinkers, @Sea Dog @bobmacliberty @Sunshine3601 @Ocean Boy  which are you using, the dark or the light?  

 

I use the light label...94 proof.  The black label is only 70 proof.  Actually, the label on my bottle is a promotional label, but still 94 proof.  Showing the promo label and the light label on my "spare" bottle below to ease OB's concerns.  He seemed to be worried that I might run out of Kraken. 😁

[bobmacliberty]

12 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

11 pound turkey. The large BGE is about 18" diameter.

 

It was delicious 😋 

 

I thought you upgraded to the XL BGE.  Or did you upgrade from medium to large?  Still debating if I should get one.  Looks like fun, but not sure I'd use it very much.  Probably would be an expensive backyard ornament.

[bobmacliberty]

9 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Hey Dark & Stormy Fans!

I just saw this.

 

 

This could replace a Miami Vice as my frozen drink of choice.  Off to get some ginger syrup!

[John&LaLa]

1 minute ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I thought you upgraded to the XL BGE.  Or did you upgrade from medium to large?  Still debating if I should get one.  Looks like fun, but not sure I'd use it very much.  Probably would be an expensive backyard ornament.

 

No upgrade. Rory added an XL. My large is fine.

 

Actually like the Komodo Joe I gave my son.

 

It's like they took the BGE, and tweeked it to fix all the shortcomings. And it's definitely less expensive 

[bobmacliberty]

2 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

No upgrade. Rory added an XL. My large is fine.

 

Actually like the Komodo Joe I gave my son.

 

It's like they took the BGE, and tweeked it to fix all the shortcomings. And it's definitely less expensive 

 

Oh yeah...forgot about Rory. Hope he's doing well in the new house.

 

I did some research a year or so ago and I probably would choose the Kamado Joe over the BGE for the reasons that you stated.

[Ocean Boy]

14 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I use the light label...94 proof.  The black label is only 70 proof.  Actually, the label on my bottle is a promotional label, but still 94 proof.  Showing the promo label and the light label on my "spare" bottle below to ease OB's concerns.  He seemed to be worried that I might run out of Kraken. 😁

I use the same as you. I'm not sure I even knew there was a black label.

[Keksie]

I wish I had time to read more all the books sound intriguing.  Between my knitting, spinning and weaving I haven't been able to squeeze in many books.  I also need a bartender to make up all the delicious drinks everyone is posting.  Annabel is very busy but does have a few down moments.  

 

[grapau27]

Good afternoon.

It is currently 62°F and sunny.

We went out for lunch earlier and sitting in our garden now.

[h20skibum]

It is 58° at 6 am in California, with a high of 93° today and sunny.  Looking forward to getting out for our last full day here.

 

OK, now for a quick question, if anyone knows.  Do old reviews on Cruise critic eventually disappear?  Or, maybe they are still there, but just difficult to pull up in their entirety.

 

The reason I ask, I was replying to a thread where a couple showed up to board, and Royal only had a record for one of them.  That had happened to us on Harmony in 2018.  I had done a review at the time, and was going to link to that review that detailed a lot of the problems we encountered.  However, when I try to pull up that review, it starts to load, then freezes (at least on my iPad).  Then I was curious, and tried to pull up some earlier ones, and they exhibited the same behavior.  
 

I may have to try it on my computer when I get home.

 

Edit to add - I just did a google search for that review, and it brought it up on the UK site, and it loads fine there.  Go figure.

Edited June 10, 2022 by h20skibum

[bobmacliberty]

12 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

It is 58° at 6 am in California, with a high of 93° today and sunny.  Looking forward to getting out for our last full day here.

 

OK, now for a quick question, if anyone knows.  Do old reviews on Cruise critic eventually disappear?  Or, maybe they are still there, but just difficult to pull up in their entirety.

 

The reason I ask, I was replying to a thread where a couple showed up to board, and Royal only had a record for one of them.  That had happened to us on Harmony in 2018.  I had done a review at the time, and was going to link to that review that detailed a lot of the problems we encountered.  However, when I try to pull up that review, it starts to load, then freezes (at least on my iPad).  Then I was curious, and tried to pull up some earlier ones, and they exhibited the same behavior.  
 

I may have to try it on my computer when I get home.

 

Edit to add - I just did a google search for that review, and it brought it up on the UK site, and it loads fine there.  Go figure.

 

I just clicked on a link to a review I did in 2016 and it worked just fine, other than my pictures being stored in Photobucket at the time that now have watermarks on them.  It's the Adventure review in my signature if you want to see if it's just a problem on your end.

[John&LaLa]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Oh yeah...forgot about Rory. Hope he's doing well in the new house.

 

I did some research a year or so ago and I probably would choose the Kamado Joe over the BGE for the reasons that you stated.

 

Red looks good

[Sea Dog]

2 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

I thought I noticed two different bottles in recent photos, but figured maybe one was just empty. 
 

So all you Kracken drinkers, @Sea Dog @bobmacliberty @Sunshine3601 @Ocean Boy  which are you using, the dark or the light?  

 

I use the lighter label which is a higher proof and little more spicy. I think it is better than the lower proof black label.

 

 

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I use the light label...94 proof.  The black label is only 70 proof.  Actually, the label on my bottle is a promotional label, but still 94 proof.  Showing the promo label and the light label on my "spare" bottle below to ease OB's concerns.  He seemed to be worried that I might run out of Kraken. 😁

 

What Bob says!

 

2 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

This could replace a Miami Vice as my frozen drink of choice.  Off to get some ginger syrup!

 

If you make it let me know what you think. I saw that and thought oh that could be interesting.

 

[John&LaLa]

3 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Dani has given you a solid reading list but here are a few more:

Historical:

A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) - Anita Heiss
The Signature of all Things - Elizabeth Gilbert
Two Brothers - Ben Elton
Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingslayer

This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger 

The Year of Wonders & People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks

Murder Mystery

Fifty Fifty - Steve Cavanagh 

Good Girl Bad Girl - Michael Robotham 

Before you knew my name - Jacqueline Bublitz

The Maid - Nita Prose
The Lady with the Gun asks the Questions- Kerry ***** (1920s female sleuth Phyrne Fisher short story collection)

The Lost Man - Jane Harper

 

You forgot some.

 

Under the Bleachers - Seymour Butts

 

Keep it going😉

[h20skibum]

16 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

You forgot some.

 

Under the Bleachers - Seymour Butts

 

Keep it going😉

I think I may have posted this before, but it appears Seymour had visited my old home town.  
 

 

I think if I was the reporter, I would have asked for ID. 

[Sunshine3601]

4 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

I thought I noticed two different bottles in recent photos, but figured maybe one was just empty. 
 

So all you Kracken drinkers, @Sea Dog @bobmacliberty @Sunshine3601 @Ocean Boy  which are you using, the dark or the light?  

I have the dark 94 proof.    I have not yet tried the light.     While I am down the shore I want to try a mojito with Kraken.   I will let you know what I think.

[Sunshine3601]

14 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

Bragging time again. Toby just returned from the Honors Assembly at the HS where my oldest granddaughter is graduating later this month.

My granddaughter was the recipient of two awards which are actually scholarships .We are very proud of her.

That is Wonderful.    Congratulations 🤩