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KMFJD said:
It's easier for my disabled dad to travel to visit many places this way, wake up in the morning to a new port without the headache of getting on and off a plane , waiting for luggage/wheelchair/scooter....just makes travel much easier for him, and i can see the benefit for older passengers as well. The cruises i've went with him on have been pretty good and the food was also good (although after 14 days it does get a bit tedious)
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A cruise can be a great vacation IF you do your homework and plan it right. Or it can be an overly expensive, pretentious and uncomfortably bad experience if you fail to do those things. (it can also be an obnoxious drunken frat-party) Just like many parts of life.

Every cruise-line AND ship has its own distinct personality from the rowdy/drunk "Dave & Busters/McDonalds" crowd on a Carnival ship to the snooty/stiff upper lip formal dining crowd on Cunard and everywhere in between.

Personally I've had the best times on Royal Caribbean ships. 🙂
 
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Captante said:
A cruise can me a great vacation IF you do your homework and plan it right. Or it can be an overly expensive, pretentious and uncomfortably bad experience if you fail to do those things. (or it can be an obnoxious drunken frat-party) Just like many parts of life.

Every cruise-line AND ship has its own distinct personality from the rowdy/drunk "Dave & Busters/McDonalds" crowd on a Carnival ship to the snooty/stiff upper lip formal dining crowd on Cunard and everywhere in between.

Personally I've had the best times on Royal Caribbean ships. 🙂
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Spill the beans! What are the secrets? I've never been on a cruise!
 
Kaido said:
Spill the beans! What are the secrets? I've never been on a cruise!
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Just do a lot of reading about ships and shore-excursions on your route and book most of what you really want to do WELL ahead of time!

If you go with Royal Caribbean, Disney (or god-forbid Carnival yuck!) which cater to younger folks and families for example the "atmosphere" of the individual ships is much less "varied" but on more traditional cruise-lines it can be literally night and day with MANY ships being very "uptight" and formal. (for example suit/tie or evening gown required for every dinner)

A properly done cruise is like going to sleep in a full-service 5-star hotel in one awesome location at night, then waking up in a completely different one tomorrow but you never even noticed the travelling or had to pack/unpack!

😛
 
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Captante said:
A cruise can me a great vacation IF you do your homework and plan it right. Or it can be an overly expensive, pretentious and uncomfortably bad experience if you fail to do those things. (or it can be an obnoxious drunken frat-party) Just like many parts of life.

Every cruise-line AND ship has its own distinct personality from the rowdy/drunk "Dave & Busters/McDonalds" crowd on a Carnival ship to the snooty/stiff upper lip formal dining crowd on Cunard and everywhere in between.

Personally I've had the best times on Royal Caribbean ships. 🙂
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I've only been on Holland America (2x now) , it was fine, thankfully not a rowdy bunch.
 
KMFJD said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1619213382208614401

decline of mass transit
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Can't force demand to manifest.

Amtrak was created in 1971 because the railroads were already losing money. A lot of those small towns are practically irrelevant.

USPS was likely the reason those small towns like Butler were connected to rail, because they certainly weren't big glamorous cities.

www.freightwaves.com

FreightWaves Classics: Railway post offices moved the mail across country

Railroads used to carry the majority of U.S. Mail. Read a FreightWaves Classics profile of Railway Post Offices.
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Less utility, more luxury
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@KMFJD My first guess was prison. But wait, human rights issue? Even for pigs though . . . Farmed fish and shellfish I don't really have a problem with. But pigs are actually pretty intelligent.
 
twin-cities.umn.edu

New research could help millions who suffer from ‘ringing in the ears’

In the largest clinical trial of its kind, researchers show that combining sound and electrical stimulation of the tongue can significantly reduce tinnitus, commonly described as “ringing in the ears.” They also found that therapeutic effects can be sustained for up to 12 months post-treatment.
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this would be a god send
 
KMFJD said:
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talk about factory farming (pigs), holy shit
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Looks super dystopian, and is actually close to how some people live. Places like Hong Kong etc basically look like that. Basically a prison. You can get out if you want, but there is nowhere to go, just more buildings like that.
 
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