Canal archive Posted June 21 #3476 Share Posted June 21 Jazz thank you. I used to prefer the Roll Calls section and recently have considered returning because of the plethora of Viking threads then realised that the more boats a company puts into the water the more questions from users there will be. Oh well less said soon as mended. As it seems several of my thoughts, rambling as they may be have been removed I expect this one will so could the Viking requests be put together so that all the other companies queries can be seen without having to wade through them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted June 21 #3477 Share Posted June 21 It’s the summer solstice an absolutely beautiful morning at the Henge! Stonehenge solstice sunrise attracts 15,000 people https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7224qlenmeo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted June 21 #3478 Share Posted June 21 This may sound silly after the high water levels recently but please please please keep out of the sun in the next few weeks it’s going to be very very hot so protect yourselves. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted June 21 #3479 Share Posted June 21 Note it’s Royal Ascot this week and you Americans are doing really well. We had a great day there yesterday. So much sport the Tour de France starts at the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Trips Posted June 21 #3480 Share Posted June 21 Those on the East side of the Atlantic may be so engrossed in Euro2024 that they missed the start of Copa America with Argentina over Canada. Issues with the pitch, grass installed over artificial turf just days ago. This may also be on issue at a few other venues with artificial turf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rare notamermaid Posted June 22 #3482 Share Posted June 22 On 6/21/2024 at 9:46 AM, Canal archive said: This may sound silly after the high water levels recently but please please please keep out of the sun in the next few weeks it’s going to be very very hot so protect yourselves. Going to get hot here as well, high temperatures over much of Europe it seems. But basically just proper summer with us - 28 to 32 Celsius. A weird June on the rivers with odd ship accidents, kind of jinxed it feels, lock problems, new shallows, more WWII bombs. Still too much water in the Rhine and Danube basins. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted June 24 Author #3483 Share Posted June 24 So .. cricket, still not so much. But USA beating Bolivia 2-0 in Copa America: ¡Olé! [As Flanders & Swann said in their satire about bull fighting: 'E 'as made an 'ole!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted June 24 #3484 Share Posted June 24 Jazz this is the last place I expected to hear the great F & S quoted, they don’t make the like anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nippy Sweetie Posted June 24 #3485 Share Posted June 24 48 minutes ago, Canal archive said: Jazz this is the last place I expected to hear the great F & S quoted, they don’t make the like anymore! They certainly do not. More's the pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkster77 Posted June 26 #3486 Share Posted June 26 Saw this photo on Facebook and had to chuckle---could someone let me know the Amsterdam location where the canals were filled in and planted with Keukenhof-quality tulip displays?? Photoshop out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Trips Posted June 26 #3487 Share Posted June 26 2 hours ago, sharkster77 said: Saw this photo on Facebook and had to chuckle---could someone let me know the Amsterdam location where the canals were filled in and planted with Keukenhof-quality tulip displays?? Photoshop out of control. It’s not even Roy G Biv . . . no pride of workmanship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal archive Posted June 27 #3488 Share Posted June 27 Just a bit late I know but have only just discovered that the water bottles Scenic provide are absolutely excellent for keeping water etc very cool. Very useful in our present heat wave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted June 27 Author #3489 Share Posted June 27 6 hours ago, Canal archive said: Just a bit late I know but have only just discovered that the water bottles Scenic provide are absolutely excellent for keeping water etc very cool. Very useful in our present heat wave. You're certainly taking the name of this thread literally! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted June 27 #3490 Share Posted June 27 Speaking of cooling down. I was wondering if I could ask for a bit of input. As part of my job I meet tourists but not that many and souvenirs - or as we in the trade call it, merchandise when we want to make money from it - are of interest to me. In this heat specifically baseball caps are a good thing to have to keep your head cooler. Is that still a thing to buy, you know, name of town x or a special place of interest printed on or sewn on it. It is regarded as a US-American thing mainly but other folks may buy the odd one, too. Do Canadians like them? British? Only men? What do you think? Is there even a collector among you folk? Would be nice to hear from a few people out there in the Anglo-American world. Australians welcome of course as well. notamermaid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkster77 Posted June 27 #3491 Share Posted June 27 (edited) 17 minutes ago, notamermaid said: Speaking of cooling down. I was wondering if I could ask for a bit of input. As part of my job I meet tourists but not that many and souvenirs - or as we in the trade call it, merchandise when we want to make money from it - are of interest to me. In this heat specifically baseball caps are a good thing to have to keep your head cooler. Is that still a thing to buy, you know, name of town x or a special place of interest printed on or sewn on it. It is regarded as a US-American thing mainly but other folks may buy the odd one, too. Do Canadians like them? British? Only men? What do you think? Is there even a collector among you folk? Would be nice to hear from a few people out there in the Anglo-American world. Australians welcome of course as well. notamermaid I would think that for all men, regardless of nationality, that are follicularly challenged in the crainial area (such as yours truly), a ball cap is a necessity to avoid burning the top of one's head. Edited June 27 by sharkster77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted June 27 Author #3492 Share Posted June 27 Judging by the souvenir stores everywhere I travel, baseball caps with the name of the city or country must be big sellers – unless I've been seeing the same tired stock year after year! [But I think that only happens with church rummage sales...] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare notamermaid Posted June 27 #3493 Share Posted June 27 3 hours ago, sharkster77 said: follicularly challenged in the crainial area Now that is a nice roundabout expression I had not heard before. 😊 Makes a hat even more important for sure. I say hat, but it could be a cap of course. For me baseball caps are a modern thing, I do not think any male person in my family wore one before 1990 and I struggle to recall many occasions since then. We have hats and those caps that are more similar to the British type. 2 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said: baseball caps with the name of the city or country must be big sellers Thanks. I have the suspicion that most of the ones in Europe all come from two factories in you know where. notamermaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDVIK2016 Posted June 27 #3494 Share Posted June 27 4 hours ago, notamermaid said: Speaking of cooling down. I was wondering if I could ask for a bit of input. As part of my job I meet tourists but not that many and souvenirs - or as we in the trade call it, merchandise when we want to make money from it - are of interest to me. In this heat specifically baseball caps are a good thing to have to keep your head cooler. Is that still a thing to buy, you know, name of town x or a special place of interest printed on or sewn on it. It is regarded as a US-American thing mainly but other folks may buy the odd one, too. Do Canadians like them? British? Only men? What do you think? Is there even a collector among you folk? Would be nice to hear from a few people out there in the Anglo-American world. Australians welcome of course as well. notamermaid It has always been a thing for us Amis to wear such ball caps, but this pat two years I have seen many Europeans wearing baseball caps,often with American sports team logos, especially from the New York Yankees (sadly). Wish I saw a few more Red Sox "B" caps. Although the best American sports item I saw was a German guy from Regensburg I spoke to in Salzburg who was wearing a Boston Bruins ice hockey jersey. On the other hand I bought caps for Jahn Regensburg and Pilsner Urquell while visiting their cities. RDVIK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ritabob Posted June 27 #3495 Share Posted June 27 Bucket hats seem to be popular, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted June 28 Author #3496 Share Posted June 28 1 hour ago, Ritabob said: Bucket hats seem to be popular, too. You mean Gilligan's Island retro hats? Never saw the appeal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT Trips Posted June 28 #3497 Share Posted June 28 Judging by the official stores for Man U and Bayern München, baseball style hats are quite popular. Sadly so are bucket hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare gnome12 Posted June 28 #3498 Share Posted June 28 8 hours ago, notamermaid said: Speaking of cooling down. I was wondering if I could ask for a bit of input. As part of my job I meet tourists but not that many and souvenirs - or as we in the trade call it, merchandise when we want to make money from it - are of interest to me. In this heat specifically baseball caps are a good thing to have to keep your head cooler. Is that still a thing to buy, you know, name of town x or a special place of interest printed on or sewn on it. It is regarded as a US-American thing mainly but other folks may buy the odd one, too. Do Canadians like them? British? Only men? What do you think? Is there even a collector among you folk? Would be nice to hear from a few people out there in the Anglo-American world. Australians welcome of course as well. notamermaid I don’t think I have ever bought a baseball cap, but I have used Tilley hats brought from home for probably 20 years. (I am Canadian, but probably not typical.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ritabob Posted June 28 #3499 Share Posted June 28 Tilley hats , ball caps and bucket hats each have their own fan base . I will go out on a limb and say the older crowd with more monet go for Tilley and the younger fad followers embrace the at times more colourful bucket hats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkster77 Posted June 28 #3500 Share Posted June 28 The biggest problem with ball caps is that they tend to blow away in strong winds. When hiking along the shore, I wear a bucket-type hat--no brim to catch the wind. In cooler weather, the Irish-style flat caps are nice, as they don't tend to blow away as well. (When you've been balding since your 20's, you pick up a lot of experience wearing hats...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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