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  • 10-02-2019 2:30am
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    Dakotabigone
    Site Banned Posts: 512 ✭✭✭


    Swmbo is mad to go on one. Not fond of the sea myself. Have a feeling of cabin fever. Maybe it’s mighty craic altogether.


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    #2
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Racist


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    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,430 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    tell swmbo you get sweasick


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    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,220 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    I really hope SWMBO is not some painful acronym


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    GMSA
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭GMSA


    Maybe she's planning on throwing you overboard.
















    I'll pay for the cruise in that case.


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    #6
    Vita nova
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    Birneybau wrote: »
    I really hope SWMBO is not some painful acronym
    She who must be obeyed.
    Always remember it from Rumpole of the Bailey, a British TV series, popular in the 80s. Rumpole always referred to his wife as SWMBO.


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    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,484 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    'Er Indoors.


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    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,850 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    If you don't like the sea, as a compromise you could cruise around the Phoenix Park , under darkness.


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    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Dakotabigone wrote: »
    Swmbo
    2005 called.


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    BuboBubo
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭BuboBubo


    Apparently those cruise ships are so huge you can't actually feel it moving at all.

    They're like big floating towns, with multiple restaurants, shops etc. I've never been on one myself though.


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    Sac O Spuds
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Sac O Spuds


    Wall to wall free carvery.


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    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,321 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Would absolutely love to go on this http://www.theboatyweekender.com/ but it's mad pricey.


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    Pidae.m
    Closed Accounts Posts: 851 ✭✭✭Pidae.m


    super_furry wrote: »
    Would absolutely love to go on this http://www.theboatyweekender.com/ but it's mad pricey.

    That is deadly


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    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,484 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    For anyone who likes traditional music.

    http://www.joaniemaddencruise.com/


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    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,109 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    BuboBubo wrote: »
    Apparently those cruise ships are so huge you can't actually feel it moving at all.

    They're like big floating towns, with multiple restaurants, shops etc. I've never been on one myself though.

    In a nutshell.
    Sac O Spuds wrote: »
    Wall to wall free carvery.

    In a nutshell, with added gravy.

    And don't forget the booze. :pac:


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    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,850 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    BuboBubo wrote: »
    Apparently those cruise ships are so huge you can't actually feel it moving at all.

    They're like big floating towns, with multiple restaurants, shops etc. I've never been on one myself though.

    Google cruise ships in storms


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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,014 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Corinne Most Sunspot wrote: »
    2005 called.

    Wanted it's easy target back?

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    Dpg21
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭Dpg21


    BuboBubo wrote: »
    Apparently those cruise ships are so huge you can't actually feel it moving at all.

    They're like big floating towns, with multiple restaurants, shops etc. I've never been on one myself though.

    This isn’t really true, I work on cruise ships, the majority of the time is smooth sailing, but we have also ended up in storms where the ship is rocking and rolling for days... the worst been in the North Sea off Norway, everything in my work area was smashed and broke, got hit by a ‘rouge Wave’ which literally left me lying on the wall with everything in the room flying down ontop of me, but to be honest Iv done hundreads of cruises and that rarely happens.


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    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Dakotabigone wrote: »
    Swmbo is mad to go on one. Not fond of the sea myself. Have a feeling of cabin fever. Maybe it’s mighty craic altogether.

    Get over yourself! Dont be a party pooper. Its probably two years away. State watching CruiseTipsTV on Youtube. Learn all the pitfalls and peaks. You will love it. Loads of food, great drinks, loved the pool and tried out some new stuff I wouldnt have done at home.

    You spend very little time in the cabin. There is too much to do.


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    Stevieluvsye
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Stevieluvsye


    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    Get over yourself! Dont be a party pooper. Its probably two years away. State watching CruiseTipsTV on Youtube. Learn all the pitfalls and peaks. You will love it. Loads of food, great drinks, loved the pool and tried out some new stuff I wouldnt have done at home.

    You spend very little time in the cabin. There is too much to do.

    I'd reckon they have probably sorted everything out now....................


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    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    BuboBubo wrote: »
    Apparently those cruise ships are so huge you can't actually feel it moving at all.

    They're like big floating towns, with multiple restaurants, shops etc. I've never been on one myself though.

    I went on one a few years back. Great trip. Lots for the kids to do and once they go to bed the you can carry a receiver around with you that works like a baby monitor. You are never more than a few mins away from them.

    Great restaurants and bars, even had a brewery on board.

    But you do feel it moving. We hit some storms in the North Sea, ship swayed like mad, some people had broken legs from falling down stairs afterwards.

    But apart from that, it's a great trip if you have young kids as you can enjoy the evenings as well.


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    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    So that's another Cruise full of seamen.


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Vita nova wrote: »
    She who must be obeyed.
    Always remember it from Rumpole of the Bailey, a British TV series, popular in the 80s. Rumpole always referred to his wife as SWMBO.

    Also a book and films in 1899, 1908, 1911, 1916, 1917, 1925 , 1935 and 1965

    It's an older reference.


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    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Stevieluvsye wrote: »
    I'd reckon they have probably sorted everything out now....................

    Define "sorted" ?
    "sorted" as they have been and gone?
    "sorted" as they didnt go and are split up?
    or "sorted" as she buried him under the patio and took someone else?


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    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,569 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Cruises are really not my thing...I prefer to do my own thing on holiday - free to roam about and come and go as I wish. It does have its attractions, but watching a TV documentary of the downside of cruise holidays didn't endear me to them at all.

    The fjords of Norway might look stunning from your ship but I can imagine being trapped on a ship in a North Sea gale would be a living nightmare.


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    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Vita nova wrote: »
    She who must be obeyed.
    Always remember it from Rumpole of the Bailey, a British TV series, popular in the 80s. Rumpole always referred to his wife as SWMBO.

    I thought it was a variation of Someone Who Isn't Me... someone who might be ...??


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    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    Google cruise ships in storms

    Or watch The Poseidon Adventure.

    Gene Hackman plays a priest in it.


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    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Church on Tuesday wrote: »
    Or watch The Poseidon Adventure.

    Gene Hackman plays a priest.

    Its been so long since i've seen it, I forgot he was even in it


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    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,865 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Not a chance I would like to be trapped with nutters like myself lol.

    And as for all the rules and regs. No Way, sorry.

    Anyway, there are easier and far more economical ways to do your own thing.


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    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    And as for all the rules and regs. No Way, sorry.

    Anyway, there are easier and far more economical ways to do your own thing.

    Rules and Regs? Just be back on time, no illegal drugs and be nice to the staff.
    I and SWMBO got married on "Freedom of the Seas". Flawless service, I thought we were the only cruisers the way we were treated. We are booking again in April for two years time. We looked at a resorts and for the same standard and it was slightly cheaper on the cruise.

    The only thing I didnt like on the cruise was the Casino, its a challenge to avoid but not impossible on the ship.


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    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    GMSA wrote: »
    Maybe she's planning on throwing you overboard.


    Down with that sorta thing, careful now. I'm facing the opposite dillema as the op. I'm in my late 30s and have been boxin of a few quid every few weeks. I hope to retire in seven or so years, fingers crossed. The reason I'm putting the extra few quid away is to go on the Alaska cruise. It's expensive. She however has her own ideas for the trip of a lifetime fund. Wants to go on a train that goes right across Australia. That's all very good, but basically your seeing nothing but a red sand desert for a few days. You can't even go on the lash because it's too hot. How the **** could you compare that to Alaska for Christ sakes.
    How old is the wife op? Does she like to eh... Party?











    I'll pay for the cruise in that case.

    Down with that sorta thing, careful now. I'm facing the opposite dillema as the op. I'm in my late 30s and have been boxin of a few quid every few weeks. I hope to retire in seven or so years, fingers crossed. The reason I'm putting the extra few quid away is to go on the Alaska cruise. It's expensive. She however has her own ideas for the trip of a lifetime fund. Wants to go on a train that goes right across Australia. That's all very good, but basically your seeing nothing but a red sand desert for a few days. You can't even go on the lash because it's too hot. How the **** could you compare that to Alaska for Christ sakes.
    How old is the wife op? Does she like to eh... Party?


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