2014 Caribbean Cruise

[Tedlark]

  Rats, the pictures won't upload...
 

[DaBurglar]

  According to Royal Caribbean...The ship carries 18 lifeboats that hold 370 people each, for a total of 6,660 Whoa!     That's unbelievable!       I would never have thought that many people for one lifeboat!      Thanks for sharing that info and looking it up!I just cannot help but wonder, is it really "wise" to put that many people, in the event of some obvious catastrophe. into one of the utility/rescue vessels?    What if one of the rescue/utility vessels pictured is stricken or develops problems?    You now have a lot (370) of people in REALLY deep trouble.     I always thought one of the principles of "life boat logistics and tactics" was to have a LOT of small, sturdy utility vessels so as to spread the risk out as well as provide maximum flexibility and options.    To me, having 50 smaller lifeboats with 100-150 people would be more advisable that way in case one or even several lifeboats are damaged or wrecked or whatever, you dont lose so many potential people, and you can spread the remaining people more evenly in the remaining lifeboats.This is probably why I never ever go on cruise ships......I saw the original Posseidon adventure when I was 7 years old and it scarred me for life, scared me and made me crap my buster browns.   Since then, no boats for burglar.   But hey, with the recent problems on a number of cruise ships as well as passenger ships in general, my concerns in this regard are not unfounded or silly.   I have ZERO faith in the ability of strangers (i.e. cruise ship employees, who are amongst the most jaded and disgruntled of all sub-populations of workers) to save my life in the event of a catastrophe at sea.....

[olds442jetaway]

Don Rickles Photos">  Billyjoe and Don Rickles, separated at birth? A possibility pointed out in the chat last night.


   I bet Don doesn't get as many honeys as Billy though.

[BillyJoe]

Don Rickles Photos">  Billyjoe and Don Rickles, separated at birth? A possibility pointed out in the chat last night.

Hockey puck

[Tedlark]

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Don Rickles Photos">  Billyjoe and Don Rickles, separated at birth? A possibility pointed out in the chat last night.

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Now I REALLY see the family resemblance.

[Francois]

This looks wonderful. Just wonderful. However it seems you left out the pictures of your host in a bikini.

[BillyJoe]

This looks wonderful. Just wonderful. However it seems you left out the pictures of your host in a bikini.
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