Dutch Vikings Return from Voyage to New World
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From: Jean O'Boyle on 15 Dec 2009 19:28 "Seehorse Video" <hpc(a)seehorsevideo.com> wrote in message news:RoudnWIYfs_97LrWnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > > "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote in message > news:4b26e1e7$0$5010$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... >> >> "Charles" <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote in message >> news:141220091918373437%fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid... >>> > <SNIP> > >> By the way... this was the only cruise I've ever been on where the >> captain YELLED at all of us during life boat drill. He told everyone to >> BE QUIET very loudly and sternly. Everyone said that he sounded MEAN. >> He did joke about it later at a get together. > > <SNIP> > --Tom > > Hi Tom, > > What was your take on the captain's attitude? Most of us go through the > drills with a "ho-hum, been there" mind set, but there is a slim chance > that the info could be vital. I think I might have applauded the captain > for literally taking command. Any opinion? > > Harry Cooper I'm not Tom, Harry, but I too, applaud the captain for speaking out as sternly as he did...as at most life boat drills, there is a lot of chatter and there would be many people who would really be clueless as to what to do if there was a real emergency.. He did say that the longer that people talked the longer we were going to stand out there and if we wanted to start enjoying the cruise there had to be silence. We were told not to bring our life jackets to the drill..it seems that there have been accidents with people tripping over the straps going back to their cabins...we were just told to check for our jackets in the cabin closets and directions as to what to do and take in case of an emergency. --Jean
From: Tom K on 15 Dec 2009 19:29 "Jean O'Boyle" <job1930(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hg95ic$v3g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > I especially like the smaller HAL ships in Alaska...they are similar to > the experience we had on the old Pacific Princess. Cozy and friendly. > My favorites remain, Oceania with Celebrity, HAL and Royal Caribbean tied. > I will have to give Carnival a try sometime next year...it is three years > since I was on one of their ships. And WHY NOT Cunard next year? If it's 3 years since Carnival, how long since Cunard? > I think that HAL changed the impressions of at least some of our Viking > Group. HAL did not object to our hats, in fact they got a kick out of the > whole thing...but the whistles were painful to the people with hearing > aids...the staff treated that situation in a nice manner though, I > thought. From what I remember someone saying, Princess was not quite as > nice about the hats etc.on one Viking cruise. What really got the > attention were our Viking shirts...Very pretty shade of blue with a design > that said "Vikings Go Dutch" in a white banner at the top with pastel > colored buildings (like in Curacao) for the design and of course Susie's > flamingo was there, too. Good job, Susie!...some people wanted to know > where they could buy one! > > We really enjoyed ourselves.and I think a good time was had by all. Our > Trivia Team won some very nice navy fleeced long sleeved shirts with > zippers at neck. The prizes they gave out this time were much nicer than > what they have given out before. There is still significant dissention in the ranks over some of the "dam" INCORRECT answers that the cruise director gave. --Tom (grumbling after the trivia loss... LOL :) > > --Jean
From: Tom K on 15 Dec 2009 19:36 "Jean O'Boyle" <job1930(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hg993r$dgt$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > LOL! Tom, He did get the attention of all the "gabbers!" As you remember, > I asked him at the get together whether he was ticked off or did he always > talk that way because I had the vision of him wearing a black eye patch > and a peg leg...He laughed and answered that it did get the attention he > wanted. He said too many people do not realize the seriousness of the > drill and take it too lightly...He remembered what I said when I saw him a > day or two before we disembarked and mentioned he was not wearing the > patch and wooden leg that day! He was British He said he was from South Africa. --Tom > and a bit reserved but really quite friendly. He was about and around the > ship quite a bit, which was nice. > > --Jean
From: Jean O'Boyle on 15 Dec 2009 19:37 "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:4b27c971$0$22532$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > > "D Ball" <dianakball(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:f19f2617-0f92-47ee-862b-96382744b9e3(a)j14g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> Welcome home, Susette & The Vikings! (Good band name--I'm afraid to >> ask if y'all perform...I know The Vikings put on a show wherever they >> go! Hint hint Charles, do you have any pix of the crazy hats on parade >> or ?) >> >> Thanks to all for your reviews and impressions. I am so happy y'all >> had a great big fun group cruise together! >> >> Tom, you are the Renaissance man--when you put on your creative >> writing hat (post 1), there is no better reading! Your nit-picky >> analyses are, of course, helpful in evaluating ship/line fits. I had >> to ROTFLMAO when you wrote, "We're likely more critical than 99% of >> the people out there, but as an engineer, that's the kind of stuff I >> notice." Understatement of the year. ;) > > When some of our old pharmaceutical executives used to do unannounced > cleanliness inspections of the production areas, they'd do it with white > gloves on. YIKES! That sounds too much like the inspections we went through when clearing and moving out of military housing and being re-assigned to another post! ;-) White gloves!!! Memories! > Other people walk down the hallway on the ship, maybe they're looking at > the artwork.... me I'm looking at how the hinges on watertight doors > work.... WHAT??? After all the comments you made to me around the ship about the art work??? Taking me up to see those statues of Neptune and the Mermaids??? <VBG> -> We are what we are... And you are one of a kind, Thomas!!!! ;-) --Jean > --Tom >
From: Tom K on 15 Dec 2009 19:39
"Jean O'Boyle" <job1930(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hg99k8$f83$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > I'm not Tom, Harry, but I too, applaud the captain for speaking out as > sternly as he did...as at most life boat drills, there is a lot of chatter > and there would be many people who would really be clueless as to what to > do if there was a real emergency.. He did say that the longer that people > talked the longer we were going to stand out there and if we wanted to > start enjoying the cruise there had to be silence. We were told not to > bring our life jackets to the drill..it seems that there have been > accidents with people tripping over the straps going back to their > cabins...we were just told to check for our jackets in the cabin closets > and directions as to what to do and take in case of an emergency. > > --Jean I saw 2 elderly people fall during the cruise anyway (one in the buffet restaurant, and another in the theater)... I can see the straps on the life jackets being an accident waiting to happen. And I thought that the narrow steps in the 3 main stairways were very dangerous. My food (size 13) never fit on the steps. I had to walk down the steps with my feet at a 45 degree angle just to avoid rolling my ankle. --Tom |