southwestie Posted August 27, 2007 #1 Share Posted August 27, 2007 http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/lifestyle/holidays/holiday_review/s/1011/1011046_high_seas_drama_and_luxury.html PLEASE NOTE , this article contains some ENGLISH humour:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit and proud Posted August 29, 2007 #2 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Thanks for that....made interesting reading in particular about the jumping the customs Q ....:( B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted August 29, 2007 Author #3 Share Posted August 29, 2007 LOL we they to wait at this end. and they do make a bit of thing about it? Dont cross the yellow line either lol. really we always get through easy anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel-to-go Posted August 30, 2007 #4 Share Posted August 30, 2007 My favorite quote from the article: he spectacular arrival into Brooklyn harbour, which marked the end of our cruise, made up for it, though. We glided in at five in the morning and the view of a million lights glittering in the darkness took the breath away. When it comes to making an entrance, it doesn't get much better than this. Anon from Brooklyn Red Hook! <G> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgsmuzzy Posted August 30, 2007 #5 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Grenada is a better-known Caribbean island, which I'd visited in 2003, the year before Hurricane Ivan claimed 39 lives, decimating 90 per cent of a beautifully lush oasis where the smell of spices hangs heavy in the air. Gaah! How can you DECIMATE 90% of something???? :rolleyes: Journo's and their verbs..... The article started well, then shot through the rest with very little detail. Personally, I have never felt the need to go to the scarf tying classes. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted August 30, 2007 Author #6 Share Posted August 30, 2007 nor us, but I think they were serviettes/napkins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warringtonian Posted August 30, 2007 #7 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Gaah! How can you DECIMATE 90% of something???? :rolleyes: Journo's and their verbs..... If you decimate 90% of something you remove 9% of the total. You Mancunians are so pedantic LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 3rdGenCunarder Posted August 30, 2007 #8 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Thanks for that....made interesting reading in particular about the jumping the customs Q ....:( B This writer must not travel a lot. Most airports have separate lines for residents/citizens of the country and for all other passengers. Sometimes your group has the longer line, sometimes not. She should take a shot at the line to go through nonresident immigration at Heathrow. One of the things I like about flying into MAN is that most passengers are UK or EU, and the line for everyone else usually has a handful of Americans and we get through pronto. Perhaps the writer said "decimating 90%" because she thinks that the 'deci' refers to the 10% that was left... Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted August 30, 2007 Author #9 Share Posted August 30, 2007 This writer must not travel a lot. Most airports have separate lines for residents/citizens of the country and for all other passengers. Sometimes your group has the longer line, sometimes not. She should take a shot at the line to go through nonresident immigration at Heathrow. One of the things I like about flying into MAN is that most passengers are UK or EU, and the line for everyone else usually has a handful of Americans and we get through pronto. Perhaps the writer said "decimating 90%" because she thinks that the 'deci' refers to the 10% that was left... Kathy The writer knows this, it was dry wit:) :) :D funny to read:rolleyes: sarcastic writing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindlychap Posted August 30, 2007 #10 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Gaah! How can you DECIMATE 90% of something???? :rolleyes: Journo's and their verbs..... If you decimate 90% of something you remove 9% of the total. You Mancunians are so pedantic LOL No you don't. To decimate is to reduce by a factor of 10. So if you decimate 90% of something you are left with 19%. Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgsmuzzy Posted August 30, 2007 #11 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Matthew, Decimation was a Roman punishment for cowardly legions and cohorts. They drew lots and 1 man in 10 was beaten to death by his comrades, with no weapons. If you decimated 90% of something, you would have 81% left standing. So less than 10% would be destroyed, not really devastation if you ask me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted August 30, 2007 Author #12 Share Posted August 30, 2007 lol it really depends what you decimating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgsmuzzy Posted August 30, 2007 #13 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Very true Rob. (Pedant mode has been switched off now!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadadli1 Posted August 30, 2007 #14 Share Posted August 30, 2007 What if she thought decimated means "smashed all to bits and blown away"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwestie Posted August 30, 2007 Author #15 Share Posted August 30, 2007 :) My head is begining to hurt ":eek: :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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