Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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15 August 2010
16:5365572It's not me is it ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-10980616
Titanic relatives to attend centenary cruise in 2012
Relatives of passengers who died when the Titanic sank in 1912 are among those attending a cruise next year to mark 100 years since the disaster.
The ship sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York after hitting an iceberg on the night of 15 April 1912, killing more than 1,500 people.
The Balmoral cruise ship will retrace Titanic's route, leaving Southampton on 8 April 2012 for New York.
A ceremony will take place on board to mark the time the ship began to sink.
Among those attending will be author Arthur Cropley, the great-nephew of Charles Herbert Lightoller, the second officer who was also the most senior member of the crew to survive.
Been nice knowing you :)
15 August 2010
17:2365576That`s what you call a " More or less " Centenary Cruise Paul.
I believe they work out a bit cheaper than the real thing!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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15 August 2010
17:3065577interesting choice of vessel, seems to be as jinxed as the one being remembered.
mind you still better than watching the film with leonardo di caprio.
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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15 August 2010
17:4265578An appropriate vessel as Howard says. When we were on it a couple of years ago there was a medical evacuation by helicopter late at night - fortunately the ship was going slow at the time as one engine had stopped. We spent three days limping back to Southampton instead of Dover, but with free drinks right up to disembarkation to placate us we managed to drink them dry of all their bottled Shepheard Neame beers.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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15 August 2010
17:4765579ray
i seem to remember the ship has had a couple of outbreaks of the dreaded lurgy.
maybe i am thinking of a sister ship?
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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15 August 2010
18:2265583I think most ships have had an outbreak, but it's generally down to the passengers not the ship - I won't go into details as it's nearly meal time.
Maybe just a little example then -
We were on one recently that had an outbreak last year but had found a novel way of stopping contamination of toilet door handles by passengers who didn't wash their hands - they jammed the toilet doors open.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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15 August 2010
19:5965595I read about that earlier.
Good idea re the toilet doors Ray!
16 August 2010
10:4165668It is always a good idea, wherever you are, to handle toilet doors, taps and the flush handles, through a tissue.
16 August 2010
11:4865671Yes, a bit like that new "no touch" soap dispenser being advertised on tv. Trouble is the ad starts by showing someone putting the thing together!
We shouldn't be so germ averse, it will be our downfall for sure.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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16 August 2010
12:5565675could be a long term problem with us not building up any resistance to germs.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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16 August 2010
13:1765678I'm with Diana on the avoiding touching anything in public toilets if possible - I use elbows, feet, tissues and am never without my antiseptic hand cleanser!
P.S Diana, your avatar looks like one of my cockatiels feathers
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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16 August 2010
18:1665709I agree with Howard, there must be long term problems through not building up resistance by not being exposed to germs.
We never had these antiseptic wipes and liquids years ago, just good old hygiene routines.
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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16 August 2010
18:2265712Fortunately for most people the effects of norovirus and similar are over in a few days.
Sinking is usually permanent though - now about this massive iceberg that's just broken off Greenland, should have drifted down to about the right spot by the time of the cruise!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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16 August 2010
18:3665717does anyone know the words to "abide with me"?
the band can play the tune and the passengers sing along with it.
16 August 2010
18:5965719I'm with Sid - although for aesthetic reasons I avoid touching anything in toilets - please, no jokes chaps - we do seem to be really averse to a bit of dirt. Dirt and being immune go together like soap and water - all that pap about being 99% germ free is, frankly, a bit scary!
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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16 August 2010
19:0765720I did do a thread earlier this year, regarding shopping at supermarket`s, and all those dirty, clammy, sticky, germ infested, money contaminated hands that grip the trolley`s. Regarding Bern`s piece above, does anybody remember a David Frost episode back in 1966 about advertising. The bleach (Ajax) that kills 99% of household germs, whereby he remarked, what about the one per cent?
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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16 August 2010
19:1165721My old father used to say " we all swallow a spoonful of dirt afore we die" He ate rats and horses during the War and managed to live ubtil the age of 74 surviving a couple of POW camps where they didn't even have toilets or water. I don't think he could spell the word hygiene....lol
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However I must admit I use tissue to grab the toilet handle doors and flushes etc. Bur I'm a wimp and no match for my old fella...or Croc
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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16 August 2010
19:2265727funny that all those people that were brought up on food with no use by dates, eating food cooked in lard, smoking, working in factories, living through the london smogs etc all seem to be living past 90.!!
mind you is do use antiscepttic wipes, some things just become the norm and we tend to go along with it.
i am one of those strange people that buys bottled water, when i have already paid the water companies a small fortune for it to come through my tap on demand.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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16 August 2010
19:3265734Do you remember the days when if you dropped an apple or whatever (not sure about a sticky sweet), you just rubbed it on your sleeve and continued to eat it. I'm not sure that the kids of today would tuck into an egg & sand sandwich on the beach
I try to use my elbow when opening the loo doors, makes me heave when I remember picking at pub snacks arranged on the bar, no wonder they were so salty
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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16 August 2010
19:3765736I do like the one about the bluebottle sitting on a dog turd. When another bluebottle lands on it and burps, the first bluebottle says; `Do you mind while I`m eating`.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
