Banned for life?

You know how people complain about stuff so they can get something for nothing? Lots of people do this to the cruise lines. Sometimes the complaint is valid and the cruise line will do something, like a photo coupon or an onboard credit to your account. Carnival has something called a "45 day letter" that they might send you if you write to them. I got one once when I wrote and told them what a wonderful time we had on a cruise and how helpful a crew member was to us. The letter told me on my next cruise I could have my choice of the gifts they listed, one of which was a photo.

Well it seems some people have taken this to extreme. Royal Caribbean has banned a couple from cruising with them for life for complaining too much! Woo Hoo! Wonderful idea if you ask me! I get sick of the complainers. I don't mean an honest complaint, anyone can have one of those once in awhile but when you are on vacation, people roll with the punches. Nothing is perfect. Have fun. Let loose and relax a little. And you will get better results by being nice. Well, most of the time anyway.

So Mr. and Mrs. Moran are now banned from Royal Caribbean. They are now going to cruise on Norwegian Cruise Lines according to the article. Thank goodness they did not choose Carnival cause I don't want to hear the griping!

I did a little research here since I use the cruise forums myself and know my way around them pretty good, they seem to complain and then post what they got from the cruise line for complaining and then others were doing the same thing. Her actual written review was not that bad, but the whole picture was. I read posts she had written from way back. It did surprise me that they released their names though. I would not want to be Mrs. Moran today.

In other news, it is still really smoky here in South Florida. We have been inside since Sunday. Luckily we have everything we need and are comfortable. We have played cards, blogged, watched tv, napped, in general been lazy slugs and it has been pretty good I must say. But I sure wish the fires would go out or the wind would blow the other way or something because tomorrow I want to go outside!

Sarge has another dental appointment tomorrow and a dr. appt. as well. Doesn't sound like much fun but we will be outside at least for enough time to get to the car and back, plus maybe it will clear up by then.

So back to the beginning, what about RCCI (Royal Caribbean) banning the Morans for life? Any thoughts?

Banned for life?

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Manic Monday - "Play"

This week I first had to learn to doodle.
I don't have "Paint" which I knew how to use, because Doris is a Mac and she has Photoshop.
So I had to learn to play with it a bit!
Meet Mr. Whiskers!

Then Mr. Whiskers wanted to try some cake.
He's my doodle so of course he loves cake!

Mr. Whiskers then decided to have an adventure of sorts.
He "found" a toy!

This is a self portrait of me.
Hey! Shut up! I do too look this good!
I am not fatter in real life!
I can hear you!

And THEN I saw what Tisha did with her collage.
She told me I could do it too!
I learned how to play this week!

Life is good!

Manic Monday - "Play"

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Sunday stuff...

So what is going on here? Well yesterday Sarge and I went to Gardens Mall and I went to the Apple store and bought Doris a present. It's is one of those keyboard "skins" like Aero has on his Mac! When I was there before they didn't have one in Doris's size so she had to wait.

Then while we were out we stopped at the WalMart where wonder of all wonders, no one pissed me off today!

The smoke from the fire at Lake Okeechobee is blowing this way again so today we are staying in all day. Sarge's asthma gets bad in the smoke. It was blowing to the west for a few days and that was fine but the wind shifted to the east and now it's bad here. To be honest I am coughing a bit myself!

Now I haven't told you a joke in a little while so today you shall have one:

In a city park stood two statues, one female and the other male. These two statues faced each other for many years. Early one morning an angel appeared before the statues and said, "Since the two of you have been exemplary statues and have brought enjoyment to many people, I am giving you your greatest wish. I hereby give you the gift of life. You have 30 minutes to do whatever you desire." And with that command, the statues came to life.

The two statues smiled at each other, ran toward some nearby woods and dove behind a couple of bushes. The angel smiled to himself as he listened to the two statues giggling, bushes rustling and twigs snapping.

After 15 minutes, the two statues emerged from the bushes, satisfied and smiling. Puzzled, the angel looked at his watch and asked the statues, "You still have 15 minutes. Would you like to continue?"

The male statue looked at the female and asked, "Do you want to do it again?"

Smiling, the female statue said, "Sure. But this time YOU hold the pigeon down and I'LL poop on its head!"

Y'all have a great day!

Sunday stuff...

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Old dogs and new tricks!

First I'd like to thank Tisha for telling me I COULD do this. I didn't even know I had it in my software! But for you genius people out there, it looks grainy to me. Did I pixelate (is that a word?) it wrong? Any help would be appreciated. This is going to be so much fun when I learn it better y'all! Just sayin'...

Old dogs and new tricks!

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What is with all these people falling off cruise ships?

You hear about spring breakers falling off hotel balconies to their deaths. You hear about people falling out of cruise ships to their death. What is wrong with these people?

You know in the animal kingdom they put the weak and stupid on the edge of the herd so when a lion or something comes along to grab one, it does not get the strongest smartest ones. Well I say these people falling out of cruise ships are already on the edge of the herd.

Look at the railings on these two Carnival Ships. I took this photo in Mexico in April. The one on the left is the Valor and the one on the right is the Conquest. Now look closely. Would you "fall off" those railings if you were a normal person doing normal things? The rails are four feet high on the balconies.

This latest one was on NCL (Norwegian Cruise Lines). The ship was at sea and the wind was blowing and the seas were moving a bit and it was not even too warm outside. Is this a time to climb over a balcony railing? Would a normal person do this?

The family says she would not do this. The boyfriend told the family they were clowning around. The cruiseline says she was alone in the cabin. The fall in on video tape. Something is just not right.

Every time there is someone falling off a cruise ship there are circumstances that are really strange. Well hello? I guess. Remember, normal people just don't fall off ships. Stay tuned...

In other news, yesterday I got to have lunch with some ladies and play Canasta. I lost. Came in dead last. This was a different group of ladies because mine have headed north already and these gals play for REAL. No cutting up or kidding around. They also play fast. Before I could see and register what card they threw the next one had gone. Then when it was my turn they would all look at me because I was not as fast as they were. I liked them very much and they were not mean or anything, but it was not as comfortable a game. Still I would do it again if they asked me, which they probably will not! ha ha ha...

Oh, and of the four of us, three of us have had breast cancer. What about that? Three out of four. One of them wore all purple and even kept score with a purple pen. She had on a purple watch, ring, earrings, and purse too.

Well I guess I have been long winded enough for one day. Y'all have a fun weekend, you hear?

What is with all these people falling off cruise ships?

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