"What Not To Do" - March 27, 2020

[Bob cruise director]

Good morning. Our Sunday report is quite a bit early as we have the first (and hopefully the last but I doubt it) family video conference.

If you have read the comments, there is a lot of uncertainty with those on one shore or another so it should be interesting.

We also have a new muggle: readtobe2002 so our clan is now 287

We have 29 on the ship (a lot) and 79 on the shore (few especially of late).

New to the ship's many sanitized bars are:
Frankie
Kay
rex
Colin
Frank
Debbie
LittleGood
Sara
and tonyrobots

And on the shore since yesterday are:
DrTom
Tom S
Fred
Ed S
Abide
Toby
ccmac
Greg W
ky-mike
Bird Lives
Trey and Marion (honored in 32 A)
Anita
phofer
lusophile
Beth C
Ksoav
diplomat
readtobe2002
Rita and George
Bulls***********
and Susan H

Hopefully some of us can get enlightenment in the next 12 hours

Stay safe wherever you are.

[KayW]

Good morning. Our Sunday report is quite a bit early as we have the first (and hopefully the last but I doubt it) family video conference.

If you have read the comments, there is a lot of uncertainty with those on one shore or another so it should be interesting.

We also have a new muggle: readtobe2002 so our clan is now 287

We have 29 on the ship (a lot) and 79 on the shore (few especially of late).

New to the ship's many sanitized bars are:
Frankie
Kay
rex
Colin
Frank
Debbie
LittleGood
Sara
and tonyrobots

And on the shore since yesterday are:
DrTom
Tom S
Fred
Ed S
Abide
Toby
ccmac
Greg W
ky-mike
Bird Lives
Trey and Marion (honored in 32 A)
Anita
phofer
lusophile
Beth C
Ksoav
diplomat
readtobe2002
Rita and George
Bulls***********
and Susan H

Hopefully some of us can get enlightenment in the next 12 hours

Stay safe wherever you are.

Fair enough Bob, I spent lots of time at the bar this week. But I am now 100% on the widely-spaced beach.

[FrankieHeck]

I'm off the ship, and I've picked a beach to land on at about 9 pm.

[Colin]

Time for the Friday night music interlude. Some great sound/video editing in this one. A great reminder that it's a global pandemic. but we're all in this together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... e=emb_logo

Now THAT's social distancing.

This is awesome, don't know why I didn't know about it until now. So pleased to see the super-talented kid Marcus King and the wonderful (and hot) Lovell sisters, Larkin Poe.

Tim, Bird and Al ... thank you so much for sharing this link! I have now blown all my muggling time on watching all the Playing For Change (Song Around the World Series) videos on YouTube... all new to me and so fantastic! My signature says it all!

[Homer Buckle]

At last ashore after some early morning inspiration. I hope I am right.

[yourpalsal]

Speaking of ships, do we have any fellow enthusiasts on this board for the AUBREY-MATURIN novels? It’s a prodigious time to embark upon another voyage through one of the greatest and most colorful friendships in literature. This is the 21-novel tale upon which the film Master & Commander was based.

[hcbirker]

I'm on shore. Which one? We'll all know tonight.

[MajordomoTom]

Speaking of ships, do we have any fellow enthusiasts on this board for the AUBREY-MATURIN novels? It’s a prodigious time to embark upon another voyage through one of the greatest and most colorful friendships in literature. This is the 21-novel tale upon which the film Master & Commander was based.

I've read those novels some 4 or 5 or 6 times through, they are highly recommended.

I'm about to finish the Hornblower series for the first time, and strongly preferred Aubrey/Maturin.

[SusieG]

Ok, I’m almost crazy with this one. I’ve chase three different rabbits and end up with gibberish. Nudge please?

[ImOnToo]

Aaarggg!
The only thing worse than being totally LAS is being able to SEE what you need to but being unable to make it work!

Still on the boat. Maybe some yard work will clear my mind. I’ll try again later.

[oldjudge]

Ok, I’m almost crazy with this one. I’ve chase three different rabbits and end up with gibberish. Nudge please?

Message me and I will help

[matthewmoravec]

On shore with a 10 letter word I can defend as being legitimate, but we'll see... "Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of elderberry extract. This drink's my own antiviral invention. I'm going to patent it when I can think of a good name."

[Patty]

I have solved. Can't say that I am on shore because I needed not one, not two but three nudges to solve. Many thanks to the nudger but aargh for me!

Isaac was kind enough to add a little tropical flavored extra to my travel mug so I am in the lagoon on a sandbar enjoying the party from afar. Be well everyone!

[tonyrobots]

Okay, I'm pretty sure I got it, and it was *not* the word I was trying to back-solve. (Though the general approach was right.) So count me on a shore, if not necessarily *the* shore, keeping a safe distance and letting the sand sift through my toes.

[Bob cruise director]

I have solved. Can't say that I am on shore because I needed not one, not two but three nudges to solve. Many thanks to the nudger but aargh for me!

Isaac was kind enough to add a little tropical flavored extra to my travel mug so I am in the lagoon on a sandbar enjoying the party from afar. Be well everyone!

I am at the point where nudges won't help. I would need a human cannon like they had in the circus to get me to shore

[Bob cruise director]

On shore with a 10 letter word I can defend as being legitimate, but we'll see... "Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of elderberry extract. This drink's my own antiviral invention. I'm going to patent it when I can think of a good name."

Just think, there are 35,529 ten letter words in the English language so you may be right.

[MarkL]

On shore with a 10 letter word I can defend as being legitimate, but we'll see... "Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of elderberry extract. This drink's my own antiviral invention. I'm going to patent it when I can think of a good name."

Python Cure

[Joe Ross]

Ashore, finally, and submitted. Answer is 6° or 7° to port of initial assumption, but for hours I felt like I was heading directly aft. I still have one or two things to button up.

I'll have a Guinness, please, since a few too many Warsteiner Dunkels during a virtual euchre party, last night, kept the meta answer at arm's length for too many hours, today. Sláinte!

Best of luck to all still bobbing at sea! I need a nap.

EDIT: Buttoned everything up. No nits and turned out to be smart to trust the fewer folks who knew that they were on solid ground. I apologize to Matt for my unsound evil thoughts. Great meta! Honored to have finally figured it out.

[yourpalsal]

Speaking of ships, do we have any fellow enthusiasts on this board for the AUBREY-MATURIN novels? It’s a prodigious time to embark upon another voyage through one of the greatest and most colorful friendships in literature. This is the 21-novel tale upon which the film Master & Commander was based.

I've read those novels some 4 or 5 or 6 times through, they are highly recommended.

I'm about to finish the Hornblower series for the first time, and strongly preferred Aubrey/Maturin.

Agreed re Hornblower novels, which I read as a kid. The Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O’Brian combine high seas adventure with the character brilliance of Jane Austen. A unique blend that will surely appeal to members of this group.

[Olaf]

On the ship still. I have a stab in the dark answer, that I’ll submit. I can’t quite justify getting from point a to point b in my answer. I think this will be one of those I should have gotten, but didn’t.