The Fleet Report and Daily for Thursday January 26th, 2023

[marshhawk]

@rafinmdGlad you got a good nights rest, and I hope today is a relax get better day.  I noticed a lot of new names on the thread that you created last night.  It was nice to see that, as everyone was so nice and comments towards the daily were heartfelt.

 

@Copper10-8Thanks for the funnies to start the day off.  And getting our day started.  I am going to wear clashing colors this morning!

 

@kazuI am glad that they figured out about the pin.  Wow on the splinter of bone tried to hitch a ride out!

 

@erewhonYour day at the stone fruit orchard sounds like a great day!

 

@ottahand7 I love your pictures from yesterday's ride in the mountains.  And thank you for the food porn.

 

@grapau27I hope Sarah is doing better.

 

 

Well I need to feed the cats.  Shower and get downtown.

Edited January 26, 2023 by marshhawk

[cat shepard]

2 hours ago, rafinmd said:

@Copper10-8, you must be quite a night owl.  Actually, I had a good night  Here are the maps:

 

 

 

 

Roy

 

Roy glad you had a good night! Thank you for the maps!

 

Now rest!

[kazu]

15 minutes ago, cruising sister said:

Jacqui I am glad you went back to see the surgeon. Hopefully your pain will be much improved. I am disappointed you will not be on our cruise in May but I totally understand your decision.

 

Thanks.  I haven’t posted on the roll call yet, but i will later today.

 

i need to evaluate what i have organized and post accordingly.

 

15 minutes ago, cruising sister said:

 

Like someone suggested if all the stars line up and you feel great you might get a great last minute deal! 

 

It would be nice if the stars lined up - but i’m turning into a cynic.  They haven’t lined up for me for over a year 😔 

[summer slope]

Peach Old Fashioned cocktail:

 

3 parts Knob Creek® Single Barrel Reserve Bourbon
1 parts DeKuyper® Peachtree® Schnapps Liqueur
1 1/2 slice Orange
1 or 2 Cherries
2 dashes Bitters

Instructions
Pull the stem off of the cherry and drop it in an old fashioned glass with orange and bitters. Muddle gently with a half teaspoon of sugar. Fill glass with ice and add spirits, stir to combine. garnish with a slice of peach or orange.

 

[grapau27]

1 hour ago, puppycanducruise said:

@grapau27I hope Sarah's treatments help her.  Sending extra prayers for her today.

Thank you so much Melanie.

She is in now.

Graham.

[RedneckBob]

Spouse’s Day

Y’all probably waiting for something funny from me for spouse’s day. No way. If I said something funny about my spouse I would be in doghouse, and I mean the doghouse. It has only one room, no door,  poor ventilation and no tv! 😀

 

As for as my day 2 of 7 day cruise along the Las Vegas strip, today I was scheduled to perform at The Sands Hotel in the Dean Martin Room but no one told me the hotel was imploded +20 years ago and all the sand is gone.

[dfish]

Good morning, everyone!

 

Wow, so much has happened since yesterday.   @kazu I am glad that they found the pin and bone fragment.  No wonder  you were in pain.  Let's hope this is it and it is all systems go for recovery now.  @rafinmd so happy you had a good night.  Don't overdo today and hopefully you will be back 100% shortly.  @Copper10-8 Thanks for stepping in and getting the Daily started.  We are a community and need to start the morning off with each other.  @grapau27 I hope Sarah's procedure goes well today and helps her.  

 

1 hour ago, StLouisCruisers said:

 

Debbie @dfishI just heard Dow Chemical is laying off 2,000 people (along with a lot of other companies).  I hope they spread those layoffs around the country and it doesn't hurt Midland too badly.  Definitely a major employer there.

 

I had to look that up as there was nothing about it in the local newspaper.  It is a global action, with the majority of layoffs in Europe.  

 

Today's meal is another good one for the dark of winter.  This first recipe looks easy and the ingredients can be easily found at the grocery store.  Well, except for possibly the eggs.     https://www.aheadofthyme.com/slow-cooker-asian-beef-noodle-soup/

 

 

In this next recipe I don't know where you'd find coriander root.  It is specifically the root that is called for and that is quite uncommon here, but a staple in Thai cooking.  You can check Asian groceries or look for a substitute.  This article may help:  https://onthegas.org/food/coriander-root/

https://www.marionskitchen.com/slow-cooker-thai-beef-noodle-soup/

 

 

This one includes crimini mushrooms.  That sounds pretty good to me!    https://neighborfoodblog.com/slow-cooker-asian-beef-and-mushroom-noodle-soup/

 

 

I hope one of these looks good to you.   Wishing you all a wonderful day and prayers for all who are ailing.  Let's get well, folks!  

[aliaschief]

Good morning. Thank you John for stepping in and helping Roy. Roy, I was happy to hear you’re feeling better Jacqui my goodness it just doesn’t stop. Prayers that the latest will get the arm to healing correctly.

It’s currently a cool 36F but it’s also a clear and sunny day.

Not much on the schedule today but I do have to do some preparation for tonight’s small church group study. Feeling better but will mask up and hope I don’t pass on this cold.

Have a great day everyone.

Bruce

 

[*Miss G*]

After 3 of my posts being hidden for moderation, I am posting here to see what happens to this one!

 

WHOOO!!  It made it through!  🕺

 

Jeepers and ouch on the arm, @kazu.  I’m glad you went and had it looked at!

Edited January 26, 2023 by *Miss G*

[St Pete Cruiser]

Thanks, Copper John, for starting our day and daily oh so early!

Punte del Este looks to be a nice port call.  I have been to Montevideo. We are driving a condo neighbor to Tampa airport this morning as she will be flying to Buenos Aires to board a NCL ship doing Antarctica. The NCL Star, which is two years older than Oosterdam, and about the same size.  The Star carries about 400 more guests and does not have the covered mid ship pool area, which makes it near useless in cold weather cruising.  Does my partiality show?

  She told me a couple of weeks ago, she would have preferred Holland America, but her cruise mate liked NCL because of the price. I might have joined them, too, as an inside for the 14 day cruise was $699!  Probably a big port fee plus of course the air, so not as great a deal as it may seem.  NCL does Antartica RT from BA, where as HAL does it between Chile and BA as a 21 day cruise, so of course it is a lot more.  What would you choose?

[*Miss G*]

7 minutes ago, St Pete Cruiser said:

Thanks, Copper John, for starting our day and daily oh so early!

Punte del Este looks to be a nice port call.  I have been to Montevideo. We are driving a condo neighbor to Tampa airport this morning as she will be flying to Buenos Aires to board a NCL ship doing Antarctica. The NCL Star, which is two years older than Oosterdam, and about the same size.  The Star carries about 400 more guests and does not have the covered mid ship pool area, which makes it near useless in cold weather cruising.  Does my partiality show?

  She told me a couple of weeks ago, she would have preferred Holland America, but her cruise mate liked NCL because of the price. I might have joined them, too, as an inside for the 14 day cruise was $699!  Probably a big port fee plus of course the air, so not as great a deal as it may seem.  NCL does Antartica RT from BA, where as HAL does it between Chile and BA as a 21 day cruise, so of course it is a lot more.  What would you choose?

 

After experiencing the Sky Princess (Royal Class) on a March 2022 TA, with no Lido roof, I can tell you that my choice is HAL, hands down.

[cunnorl]

Good Morning from a cool and overcast day at the beach

        A lot going on here! Read the posts yesterday but did not post myself. 

Have not been to todays port, I believe it is on our booked fall trip? Looking forward to pictures.

    @ Kazu  What next?  That is so wicked. Hopefully this will give you relief and start the healing process!

     @grapau27 SEnding healing thoughts to Sarah. Hope all goes well for her today.

     @rafinmd Glad you are feeling better this morning.

    Heading out to the lab for a routine blood draw. Got some crazy news yesteday. My trip to the derm last week resulted in another basal cell cancer. This one is on my lower eye lid. I thought it was a stye. Never heard of one in that location. Anyway I am being sent to an ocular plastic surgeon for removal. Jeezz...  Dont need to be on the care list. others need it a lot more than me. 

 

Stay safe and enjoy today

    Charlene

[*Miss G*]

2 minutes ago, *Miss G* said:

 

After experiencing the Sky Princess (Royal Class) on a March 2022 TA, with no Lido roof, I can tell you that my choice is HAL, hands down.

 

Not to mention (okay, to mention) this is what happens when you cross the Atlantic during the Saharan dust plumes with no Lido roof.  The poor crew worked their butts off washing down the deck, the chairs, the pool, the railings, the walls, the windows, and everything in between.  The second pic was my view out the window while having my morning coffee.  There are very limited places you can go when there is no retractable roof.

 

 

[Sea Viewer]

@*Miss G*

Wow that's an amazing photo! I thought the dust on my car this year was bad, but nothing compared to that.

[kochleffel]

24 minutes ago, St Pete Cruiser said:

Thanks, Copper John, for starting our day and daily oh so early!

Punte del Este looks to be a nice port call.  I have been to Montevideo. We are driving a condo neighbor to Tampa airport this morning as she will be flying to Buenos Aires to board a NCL ship doing Antarctica. The NCL Star, which is two years older than Oosterdam, and about the same size.  The Star carries about 400 more guests and does not have the covered mid ship pool area, which makes it near useless in cold weather cruising.  Does my partiality show?

  She told me a couple of weeks ago, she would have preferred Holland America, but her cruise mate liked NCL because of the price. I might have joined them, too, as an inside for the 14 day cruise was $699!  Probably a big port fee plus of course the air, so not as great a deal as it may seem.  NCL does Antartica RT from BA, where as HAL does it between Chile and BA as a 21 day cruise, so of course it is a lot more.  What would you choose?

 

That fare on NCL, which is still available for this weekend's sailing, is for a late booking--if not last-minute, at least after final-payment date. The typical fare for an inside cabin is at least $2,000. After June of this year my schedule will be flexible, but there is still the issue of potentially very high air fares with late bookings.

 

I wouldn't be too concerned about the lack of a solarium on the ship. The port days will all be in mild weather, some definitely warm. Only the Elephant Island and Admiralty Bay sea days are likely to have cold weather.

[aliaschief]

1 hour ago, RedneckBob said:

Spouse’s Day

Y’all probably waiting for something funny from me for spouse’s day. No way. If I said something funny about my spouse I would be in doghouse, and I mean the doghouse. It has only one room, no door,  poor ventilation and no tv! 😀

 

As for as my day 2 of 7 day cruise along the Las Vegas strip, today I was scheduled to perform at The Sands Hotel in the Dean Martin Room but no one told me the hotel was imploded +20 years ago and all the sand is gone.

Hey Bob! Tried any of your jokes on the Black Jack Dealer yet?😎

[portofrome]

Thank you for the Fleet Report.

[rafinmd]

A special salute to Australia.  I have no spouse and hope my clothing doesn't clash but wouldn't really care right now.  I took a pan to bed last night in case I  needed to vomit but fortunately no nausea so far.  I also have no fever and tested negative for covid so I don;t really know what's going on but at least my chills are much improved but not my energy level  Kind of a sad quote from Monroe,  I've been to Punta del Este 3 times, both Crystal ships and the Prinsendam. I greatly enjoyed the city.  I'll pass on the soup and will see what I feel up to tonight.  My alternative is Pineapple Kiwi Strawberry, Grandma's Chicken Noodle Soup, Australian Grilled Lamb Chops, and Aussie Carrot Cake with lemon curd as served on MS Prinsendam  January 26, 2019.

 

Today’s care list:

RIP Patricia 1/23/23
California shooting victims
Kazu with another surgery
From the rotation:
Ominous scan for Marshhawk
HAL Sailer DBIL in final days and family squabbles
Rowsby in need of shoulder replacement
Status of Scrapnana

 

Celebrations and Shoutouts:

Me negative for both fever and covid
Sarah’s injection delivered
Redneck Bob in Vegas until 2/1
cruszn single in Hawaii until 1/31
Heartgrove (Carnival Legend to 1/29), DeniEncinetas, and sailingdutchty   (Koningsdam  to 1/31),  lindaler and ottahand7(Volendam  to 3/18), and Cat in My Lap, Gail&Marty,richwmn and HorizonChaser1957 (Zuiderdam  to 5/12) at sea

 

Roy

 

[grapau27]

3 minutes ago, rafinmd said:

A special salute to Australia.  I have no spouse and hope my clothing doesn't clash but wouldn't really care right now.  I took a pan to bed last night in case I  needed to vomit but fortunately no nausea so far.  I also have no fever and tested negative for covid so I don;t really know what's going on but at least my chills are much improved but not my energy level  Kind of a sad quote from Monroe,  I've been to Punta del Este 3 times, both Crystal ships and the Prinsendam. I greatly enjoyed the city.  I'll pass on the soup and will see what I feel up to tonight.  My alternative is Pineapple Kiwi Strawberry, Grandma's Chicken Noodle Soup, Australian Grilled Lamb Chops, and Aussie Carrot Cake with lemon curd as served on MS Prinsendam  January 26, 2019.

 

Today’s care list:

RIP Patricia 1/23/23
California shooting victims
Kazu with another surgery
From the rotation:
Ominous scan for Marshhawk
HAL Sailer DBIL in final days and family squabbles
Rowsby in need of shoulder replacement
Status of Scrapnana

 

Celebrations and Shoutouts:

Me negative for both fever and covid
Sarah’s injection delivered
Redneck Bob in Vegas until 2/1
cruszn single in Hawaii until 1/31
Heartgrove (Carnival Legend to 1/29), DeniEncinetas, and sailingdutchty   (Koningsdam  to 1/31),  lindaler and ottahand7(Volendam  to 3/18), and Cat in My Lap, Gail&Marty,richwmn and HorizonChaser1957 (Zuiderdam  to 5/12) at sea

 

Roy

 

Thank you for today's lists Roy.

Pleased to hear your chills are a lot better and hopefully your energy levels will get back to normal soon.

Graham.

[RedneckBob]

29 minutes ago, aliaschief said:

Hey Bob! Tried any of your jokes on the Black Jack Dealer yet?😎

Yea, that did not work either. The dealer got so tired of my jokes that on one black Jack hand I told him to hit me and he did, literally hit me! 😀

[richwmn]

Somewhere in the South Pacific

 

 

 

The pictures don't do justice to the view!

Edited January 26, 2023 by richwmn

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

Good morning from a bright, sunny day in central Texas.  The wind is is still from the north, but is intermittent.  It was 32F when I got up and now is 38F.  We should reach 56F later today.

 

A salute to Australia and my Aussie friends, two of whom are on the World Cruise.  We'll celebrate Spouse's Day, but hopefully will avoid clashing clothes.

 

Another interesting quote from Marilyn Monroe.  I think she was basically an intelligent woman with a lot of emotional baggage.

 

Today's meal sounds good, but we still have beef stew leftover from the other day.  We'll pass on the drink, but would like to try the wine.

 

We have not been to Punta Del Este, Uruguay.  We have stopped twice in Montevideo, and enjoyed that city.

 

@Copper10-8  John, thank you for starting the Fleet/Daily today.  As always, I loved your memes, and appreciated starting the day off with laughs.

@rafinmd  Roy, I'm happy you had a good night without any fever, and that you were negative on the Covid test.  Take it easy until you get your strength back.

@Cruzin Terri  Terri, I guessed you had been really busy the last several days.  You might try putting Aspercreme on your knees.  DH did this when his knees were hurting a couple of weeks ago, and it really made them feel better.  You can use it more than once a day.  I like the idea of finishing the master bathroom while you are on a much needed cruise.

@kazu  Jacqui, I'm sorry you needed additional surgery, but hopefully, the elbow will begin to heal now.  I'm also sorry about your having to cancel the May cruise.

@smitty34877  Terry, I'm so sorry Tana can't walk very far now.  I hope your DH gets a good report from the cardiologist.

@cruising sister  That is good news the grands were feeling better last night.  It is amazing how quickly the young'uns can get over illnesses.  Fingers crossed 🤞 that the parents don't get sick.

@ottahand7  Nancy, thanks for your pictures from the horseback ride.  The padding on the saddle made it look more comfortable.

@aliaschief Bruce, I'm glad you are feeling better, but appreciate you will be masking tonight to keep from passing the cold to others.

@cunnorl  Charlene, sorry about the basal cell carcinoma and the location.  

@*Miss G*  Yikes 😱  on the Sahara dust storm.  Thanks for the pictures, and I too thought the Sahara dust was bad here last year.  

@grapau27  Graham, sending good wishes and thoughts that Sarah's procedure goes well, and she can get some much needed relief.

@richwmn  Rich, thanks for the great pictures.

 

Lenda

 

[aliaschief]

I forgot to mention a clothing clash that is seen quite often here in Florida. Black socks while wearing shorts! 😩

[AncientWanderer]

Good morning all.  Happy to see that @rafinmd Roy is feeling better today.  Many thanks to @Copper10-8John for pitching in.  (Who knew there are so many spouse jokes?!! 😂)

 

Interesting collection of days.  I’ll cooperate by honoring my spouse and wearing clashing clothing.   Easy tasks.

 

@grapau27, thinking of Sarah today.

@4966and556, Pajama Day sounds great!

@kazu, things will get better.  They really will.

@smitty34877, prayers for a good cardiologist report for DH.

@cunnorl, DH has had the eyelid cancers, and on eyeball.  They have good treatment for that.  Icky though.

 

It’s cold and windy here in San Diego.  It’s pot roast weather, so that’s the plan.  We’re also busy finalizing plans for May TA cruise and UK.   Apparently they changed our berth at Cobh so we don’t have the great one in town.  Never knew there could be an alternate spot.  It’s usually such a nice walk off the ship.

 

Thanks everyone for being here.  Wishing all a great day.

 

 

[kochleffel]

I'm fairly safe against mixing stripes and plaids. What else is there to clash?

 

I have an appointment to donate blood this afternoon--this is why I said I wouldn't be eligible as an emergency blood donor during my cruise next week, but it's just a five-day sailing to Bermuda. I will avoid donating within 8 weeks before the TATL this fall. Bringing my blood-donor card will be harder to remember, because the blood program here no longer uses them. Now they check you in from a QR code in their app.

 

I'll be taking a hiatus from everything on CC except this thread, because of the amount of anger and outrage in posts in every forum that I read.