10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[jeanneg]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
Hey everyone!


Just got a glimpse of the website. Nobody looks like what I expected

Ha-ha, just curious.....are we better -- or worse, than expected?
(Don't feel obligated to answer!)

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by Zapp1213


Just got a glimpse of the website. Nobody looks like what I expected Eric, I sent you a pic of the Zapp family. Let me know if you didn't get it.

Hey Marianne,
I just zapped you onto the website
Now we'd better let see the rest of the gang wether YOU look like THEY expected

 

[Viking]

JeanneG,
your trip reminds me of the following joke:

A gentlemen says to the clerk at the airline's check-in counter: 'I'd like to fly from Frankfurt to New York, but I want my luggage to travel from Frankfurt via Dubai and Tokyo to Sydney, Australia!'
The clerk replies: 'I'm sorry, Sir, but we can't do that!'
The guy: 'That's strange, because you did exactly the same thing last year!!!'

 

[jeanneg]

Ha,ha......that would be funny if it wasn't true! Mine went from Raleigh to Dallas, back to Raleigh via one airline; it was then switched to my original carrier (we had been rebooked on a different airline) who sent it to Philadelphia and then on to NYC ...after we had told them to send it back home! And to think this was handed over to the person at the GATE.......If only my luggage could have earned Frequent Flier miles on its own!

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Well since we are talking about lost luggage -- it wasn't my luggage that was lost but a friends. We were in Switzerland flying from Geneva to somewhere in Spain (can't remember exactly). Anyway her luggage was lost -- how this happened nobody could figure out since it was a class trip with about 50 students and all our luggage went onto luggage carts as we checked in. Anyways her luggage got lost -- it went to Montreal (where she lived) and back to Switzerland (where we were in school) finally about 3 weeks after we got back.

The funny part was that at the end of the trip we went to the lost and found at the airline in Madrid. There was a huge side of beef (looked like half a cow) in the lost and found room!! You could smell it as you went into the room. We couldn't figure out why someone would be travelling with a side of beef and how they could possibly have lost it!

Fiona

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Ha,ha......that would be funny if it wasn't true! Mine went from Raleigh to Dallas, back to Raleigh via one airline; it was then switched to my original carrier (we had been rebooked on a different airline) who sent it to Philadelphia and then on to NYC ...after we had told them to send it back home! And to think this was handed over to the person at the GATE.......If only my luggage could have earned Frequent Flier miles on its own!

Perhaps you'd better write your flight# on a 100$-bill and give it together with your bags to the person at the gate

But I know how you feel: Wenn we flew to the USA on 09/15/01 in the turmoil after 9-11, we had to switch planes, pass customs & immigration and literally run to our connecting flight in less than 60 minutes total. We made it, but our bags didn't. We always have some clean clothes in our carry-on to be prepared for things like this, but the castmember at ASMovies gave us some curious looks when we checked in coming from Germany with our grocery bags and carry-on only Fortunately our luggage came with the next plane and was delivered to the front-desk two hours later when we were already fast asleep. At 7am when we woke up I called them and 5 minutes later we had all our stuff.
It was even kind of comfortable not having to lug all that stuff from the airport to the hotel, but nevertheless it made us kind of nervous

 

[@GoofyNut]

Fiona ... About the side of beef - Sure it wasn't the loser in the "running of the bulls"! You did say Madrid Spain, didn't you? )

Anyone hear how the Mini Meat went last night with Boston Pete? (Moose Meat!)

? ... for the return Cruisetoberfesters and CruisEars ... what do you think of something on the back of the shirts? Bette once suggested something about "We're Back!"?

 

[Viking]

Our soccer-team just lost its last game at the EuropeanChampionships, after two ties - Those losers. I guess that will cost our coach his job. They weren't able to win one lousy game.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by @GoofyNut
? ... for the return Cruisetoberfesters and CruisEars ... what do you think of something on the back of the shirts? Bette once suggested something about "We're Back!"?

I would prefer your having a target on the back of your shirt - at least on Castaway Cay

 

[Viking]

No more kidding, Cathy: I like the idea, but what would the newbies put on their backs?

 

[Zapp1213]

Good joke, Eric!

Jeanne--great idea about Frequent Flyer Miles for the luggage. I guess that would be like having the dog as a dependent on my health insurance?

Fiona--A SIDE OF BEEF? In Lost Luggage?? No wonder we're getting mad-cow disease in the States.

Okay, everyone! Do we look like you expected us to???



Marianne

 

[Zapp1213]

Nice surprise at work today!

There are 11 assistants in the office. Our manager was out of the office for "Professional Administrative Assistant's Day" (or whatever they're calling Secretary's Day now). For those of you who are foreigners, it's the 3rd Wednesday in April.

Anyway, because Tim was out of the office, he decided to treat us today.

Each of us got a 15-MINUTE CHAIR MASSAGE!!!! How cool is that???

He hired a masseuse. How nice is that!

Marianne

 

[jeanneg]

Originally posted by Viking
No more kidding, Cathy: I like the idea, but what would the newbies put on their backs?

Cruisetoberfest Virgin?

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Cruisetoberfest Virgin?

 

[piglet33]

I saw this posted on another thread. It seems like a pretty good thing to get for an extra piece of luggage probably for souveniers and stuff.

http://www.magellans.com/store/Luggage___Packing___LuggageLB726?Args=

Reneé

 

[Twinave]

Jean, Sorry about your NY trip. I will never be able to figure out how the luggage gets lost in the first place. People on plane, bags on plane. People off plane, bags off plane. Seems pretty simple to me.
Cathy, Can't wait to see the Logo. Thanks for all your hard work. You're the greatest!

Less then 100 days to go! I guess I should start my diet. LOL
Later, Avé

 

[RellingTwin]

LOV'EN the countdown!!!
It has been crazy at work. 3 of our docs are going out of town, so it's like a mad rush to get in to see them before they leave! Of course it will be a VERY easy week, next week with so many doc gone.

Eric, site looks great!Marianne...very nice picture!CHAIR MASSAGE, very nice!!!

Fiona... A side of BEEF???!!!
There is a funny scene in the movie "The Terminal" when the employees are playing poker and are betting with "lost" items from the lost and found!Anyone who has ever spent hours waiting in an airport will LOVE this movie.

 

[papa]

Computer hard drive was replaced under warranty. It did cost me $92 for the data to be recovered and placed on the new one. Well worth it. Mike

 

[Viking]

Here some info from the National Weather Service (USA)

NOAA’s 2004 Atlantic hurricane season outlook indicates a 50% probability of an above-normal hurricane season, a 40% probability of a near-normal season, and a 10% chance of a below-normal season, according to a consensus of scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center (CPC), the Hurricane Research Division (HRD), and the National Hurricane Center (NHC). See NOAA’s definitions of above-, near-, and below-normal seasons.

The outlook calls for 12-15 tropical storms, with 6-8 becoming hurricanes, and 2-4 of these becoming major hurricanes. These numbers reflect a predicted ACE index in the range of 100%-160% of the median, and indicate a likely continuation of above-normal activity that began in 1995.

 

[Viking]

And here comes a link to a page which takes special care of the weather in the Caribbean: CLICK HERE

They also cite above-mentioned forcast, but interpret it a bit more exactly: The hurricane activity will probably be above average considering the last 30 to 50 years, but below average considering the last 10 years.
And this is good news for the storm-stricken amongst us: All CruisEars and all Floyd-survivors.