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Just a general pop in thread
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on July 30, 2024, 03:07:59 AM ---I bet!! I would not survive the summer without air conditioning!
Funny, I just popped on here because I thought of you, Steph. I was browsing Reddit before bed and saw a post where a guy posted a picture of what appeared to be insect bites on his leg that hadn't healed for two months. He was wondering what they were, and the top suggestion was bot flies. Immediately, my mind went to your story and the bot flies in Jordan Knight's brain and how much fun I had maiming that poor doll LOL. Good times!
Here is the thread if you're interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/1efiqkb/got_bit_by_something_2_months_ago_and_it_hasnt/ The picture he posted isn't gross.
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Oh wow, a real life bot fly Jordan lol. The post has been removed which is a shame.
I did love writing that story lol
Carter-Orange:
Mare, cruise parking isn't cheap is it, I think it was about £200 for our 2 week cruise. But it meant we could park right outside the ship, unload our stuff and then the cruise parking staff took the car away and parked it. It was so easy.
Had a bit of drama here yesterday, Tim's car caught fire while he was driving. Luckily he got out before the fire really got going, but he said it was terrifying seeing the flames and the loud bang. It didn't explode like in movies or TV though. The fireman came quite quickly but his car is completely ruined. So now we'll have to see how long the insurance takes to sort it out :(
mare:
Oh my Gosh!! Thank goodness Tim is okay! Did you figure out why it caught fire? Hopefully insurance will take care of most of that. Yikes! That is so annoying! So, does that mean you guys have to share a car until things get sorted out? Or will insurance at least let you get a rental until you get a chance to car shop?
For us, it'll be about $30 a day which comes out to $300. It's not valet so my sister will have to drop me and our things off and then go to park. I have port assist which means someone will meet us with a wheelchair and then they'll bring us through the entire process and straight up to my room where hopefully my scooter will be there. We are both confused about the whole not using a cell while on the cruise thing. I know to go on airplane mode but is that only for days when we are at sea. When we are docked at the port can we use our cellphones? Even if we stay on the ship. Do you have any idea how that works? It's going to be so hard to be disconnected for the entire time but if we can get online on port days, it won't be so bad. Mainly to check on the animals and make sure the US is still standing. LOL
Carter-Orange:
Yes you'll have to put your phone on airplane mode while you're at sea or you'll connect to the maritime satellite service which will be extortionate. You can buy the internet package to use your phone, but we didn't do that, I think you can buy just a day if you needed to. You'll be able to connect when in a port, even if you stay on the ship as your phone will pick up the signal from the port. We did that at every stop and it saved money. Do you have many sea days? We were on a two week cruise so had a few sea days, so it was nice to disconnect from the world but also nice when we arrived in port and could check what was happening back home.
We have no idea why the car caught fire, I'm sure the investigators will find out. He doesn't get a rental car as the car is a total write off so they don't give you one, which I find crazy! Hopefully it won't take too long to pay out, but I know what insurance companies can be like. So we will be sharing the car, but it won't be too bad.
mare:
Thanks for the info! We're going on a 10 day cruise but we'll only be at sea for 2 days. Every other day is a port day. We are actually staying at St. John's for days. So, that's great then. It would seem like a huge waste of time to get the wifi package.
That stinks about the rental car. When my car was a total loss, they let me rent a car for a week before they pulled the plug. Hopefully you won't have to wait too long for that check!
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