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aronca65t says:

We've actually been thinking of doing a river cruise on the Mississippi

Go do it years ago at a car meet in Lake Tahoe we took a dinner cruise on a paddle wheeler it was a blast:banana:.
 
Keoke said:
aronca65t says:

We've actually been thinking of doing a river cruise on the Mississippi

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I've often wanted to do that. My cousin worked on a wheeler in his late teens, he got fired for showing some female passengers how good the bunks were...
 
JPSmit said:
I would say a cruise ship is the only way to see Bermuda for that reason - hotels on shore are very expensive, the onshore food somewhat mediocre and expensive and they roll up the sidewalks at 6pm.
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Not that bad really! The wife and I rented a beach front cottage and spent a week in Bermuda. We had a great time! The hotels are extremely expensive and if you shop you can get much better deals on a privately owned cottage with maid service. Of course some folks enjoy the hotel life with the swimming pools, tennis courts etc and that's nice for them, we prefer a more quiet and private setting. The cabbie that picked us up at the airport was like our private chauffeur during the whole week and was a very nice guy, very courteous and took us everywhere just like a tour guide. I'd go back! PJ
 
I guess the closest thing to a "cruise" was when I moved to England back in 1988. Took the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) from NYC to Southampton. Talk about a leisurely social way to travel. The goal was London - but what a great way to get there. Lots to do aboard, but no huge atriums, no huge shopping centers, only one theater, four small restaurants. Not even a gigantic "wave machine"!

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Unfortunately I can't say I'd prefer today's Queen Mary 2 to that wonderful (and much smaller) QE2.

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I'm in no way an engineer, but that QM2 sure looks top heavy.
 
My Dad came to North America (Quebec, actually) in this ship (below). At the time, it was mostly used for cargo, but also carried European immigrants to the New World (in steerage, of course).

Dad paid 20 GBP for a ticket (I still have the receipt).
He actually borrowed the money from the Canadian embassy in England and then paid it back after he was in Canada a while.
After he got a job at Canadian National he was able to borrow enough money from Household Finance Corporation ("HFC".....remember them?) to buy plane tickets for me and Mom (we came on a Lockheed Constellation)



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~Some Info On The Ship~
 
My Italian grandfather came in at Ellis Island in 1915. One of my aunts found his name on a wall there on a trip to NYC back in the '60's. Don't know the name of the ship he came on. As a kid I used to play in and around the 'steamer trunk' he had as his belongings in. Those folks were intrepid!
 
Life rafts are the least of worries, they are inspected fully every year by a certified inspection place in upper New Jersey. They inflate and have to hold air for a certain period of time then are repacked.
I have a problem with the water storage system. Once something gets into the tanks they should have the inspection hatch opened and thoroughly cleaned.
 
My Inlaws came to Canada on the Ascania - Cunard from England



and my mother on the Groote Beer from Holland



My father arrived by plane - my parents met and married here in Canada
 
and yes, I do remember Household Finance! There's a blast from the past.
 
Well, my parents were born here, but after scratching my head a bit, I can at least say my TR3 left Alexandria Dock, Liverpool, aboard the Blue Star Line's vessel "Canadian Star", arriving at Vancouver some time after. The SS Canadian Star was the second ship with that name; the first was torpedoed south of Greenland on March 18, 1943, one of 22 ships lost in convoys HX-229 and SC-122. The disaster was quite a story. Here's the second ship:

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NutmegCT said:
..........I can at least say my TR3 left Alexandria Dock, Liverpool, aboard the Blue Star Line's vessel "Canadian Star", arriving at Vancouver some time after.....
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More recently..........My ~Super 7~ left Southampton about 5 weeks ago (Dec 22, 2013) on the Topeka (operated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics).

It was driven down the loading ramp and into America about 3 weeks ago.

The car was cleared by Homeland Security and US Customs and we picked it up last week. :smile-new:

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Other than that, I have an old aluminum, 14' Arkansas Traveler with a 2 HP Evinrude at our lake house. :highly_amused:
 
Nial- that cargo ship sure proves the emphasis on effiency over "looks".

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(muttering to myself ... What would Loewy do?)
 
aeronca65t said:
Other than that, I have an old aluminum, 14' Arkansas Traveler with a 2 HP Evinrude at our lake house. :highly_amused:
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Got one of them too, had a 20 Merc on the back. Don't lean over at high speeds in that thing or it'll dive like a submarine.
 
JPSmit said:
My Inlaws came to Canada on the Ascania - Cunard from England



and my mother on the Groote Beer from Holland



My father arrived by plane - my parents met and married here in Canada
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JP, Didn't notice it before but, my wifes family on her fathers side are Dutch and came from Amsterdam. Her maiden name= VanOrder. PJ
 
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