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Drafran

Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022

johns624 wrote:
Drafran wrote:
johns624 wrote:
What cruise line have you seen that on? I've never seen anything like that.

The cruise line where no one dresses to impress anyone and it's all about their comfort and nothing else matters.
Not an answer.

Guess that's the one you're getting, though.

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Drafran

Re: Madison Cawthorn claims Republicans invite him to cocaine fueled orgies. Hilarity ensues.

For a low life, right-wing fascist pig that sadly wasn't suffocated in his crib, he does have a cute face.

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Drafran

Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022

Oh, you know...bathrobes, jammies, colorful underwear...and of course those black garters that hold up black socks. Comfort is all that matters! What cruise line have you seen that on? I've never seen anything like that. Atlantis Gay cruises maybe lol https://i.ibb.co/CbHCM7r/2-D1-A84-F4-8581-4431-...

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Drafran

Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022

I'm on vacation and I don't want to dress up to impress nobody. NCL all the way for me. I don't know how people dress on Caribbean cruises because I've never been on one but I've never thought it was bad on my Alaska/Australia/Baltic/Norwegian/Med cruises. Nothing wrong with good jeans and a button...

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Drafran

Re: Affirmation Tower Proposed for New York City as Symbol of Equity

I look forward to the day when women and blacks get past the need for their self-imposed separatism. "The first black to..." and, "The first woman to..." has gotten really old. Stand (or fall) on your merits. Stop using your race or sex (not "gender") to define who you...

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Drafran

Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022

Nice pictures. I'd love to do a sailing aboard the QM2 but I've grown too used to NCL's Freestyle Cruising and I can't see myself going back to anything else. Plus, given that Cunard likely expects its guest to dress a little more beyond jeans and tennis shoes at night, I'm not so eager. I'm with y...

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Drafran

Re: Will Smith assaults Chris Rock at the Oscars

I don't see how it got ratings. Did millions suddenly decide to tune in after the fact? Unlikely. Besides, it will all be forgotten by next year's telecast.

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Drafran

Re: Personal lines o' credit (not credit cards)

Oh, the problems of the first world.

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Drafran

Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022

Just back from a short cruise on QM2. Nice pictures. I'd love to do a sailing aboard the QM2 but I've grown too used to NCL's Freestyle Cruising and I can't see myself going back to anything else. Plus, given that Cunard likely expects its guest to dress a little more beyond jeans and tennis shoes ...

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Drafran

Re: Dumb math (arithmetic, really) question

A nasdaq 100 index would have done this easily over the past 20-30 years. That is not necessarily a promise of future performance…. But, it is proof that it does happen. LCDF Update: I looked up one source that said Nasdaq 100 returned 14.74% annually since 1985. It had a very rough patch 2000-2002...

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Drafran

Re: Dumb math (arithmetic, really) question

I'm more interested to know where to find an IRA that has an 11.5% per annum ROI. A nasdaq 100 index would have done this easily over the past 20-30 years. That is not necessarily a promise of future performance…. But, it is proof that it does happen. LCDF Update: I looked up one source that said N...

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Drafran

Re: Dumb math (arithmetic, really) question

I'm more interested to know where to find an IRA that has an 11.5% per annum ROI.

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Drafran

Re: Legitimate Political Discourse?

Hmmm...I wonder...if someone were to shoot an average Republican in the ass, blowing their brains out, would that be an example of legitimate political discourse?

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Drafran

Re: What Changes would you like to see in 2022

Interesting. Curious, do you wish that all the Muslims that claim to be good Muslims and that are doing the will of their brand of “magical old man that lives in the clouds” by killing all those that don’t believe the same thing as they do, also join him immediately. Or, are you just a racist and t...

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Drafran

Re: Phone updated to Android 11, but I may have done something wrong when I updated.

Redd wrote:
Do a factory reset, keep off the phone porn afterwards, and your phone will be fine...

Merry Christmas!

There's porn featuring phones? Who knew!

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Drafran

Re: What Changes would you like to see in 2022

I would like everyone who claims to be a good Christian, supports Donald Trump, or thinks wealthy white men are one of, or the most, oppressed and discriminated group of people on Earth get taken immediately into the physical presence of their magical old man that lives in the clouds. It would be l...

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Drafran

Re: Phone updated to Android 11, but I may have done something wrong when I updated.

If you have a Samsung Phone go to sammobile and make a fresh install Unfortunately, in this case, Motorola There are adware, and possibly other malware, hidden inside your phone. Are the updates official? Did someone else touched your phone to "help" you with the update process? If they'r...

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Drafran

Re: What Changes would you like to see in 2022

While it might be more of a personal goal, I'd like to see myself get over my fear of flying in 2022. Last time I flew "fear free" was 2013. Haven't set foot on an aircraft since Aug 2018 and really haven't needed to fly since but I'd love to go on a spotter trip to LAX for example and ma...

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Drafran

Re: What Changes would you like to see in 2022

I would like everyone who claims to be a good Christian, supports Donald Trump, or thinks wealthy white men are one of, or the most, oppressed and discriminated group of people on Earth get taken immediately into the physical presence of their magical old man that lives in the clouds. It would be li...

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Drafran

Re: NHS privitized?

Highly recommend the American system. Can’t beat prices made up on the spot, everything inflated 1000x, and the solution to being poor and sick is to simply die. I've also received an MRI within 10 days in the US for a somewhat serious but routine injury, which is a timeframe that would be expresse...

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Drafran

Phone updated to Android 11, but I may have done something wrong when I updated.

After the recent update, now when I open my phone rather than taking me to the home page, an advertisement of some sort pops up. Speaking of popping up, most of the ads are for erectile dysfunction, though I hopefully have a few more years before I have to worry about that. This is really annoying, ...

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Drafran

Re: My Barclay's mastercard payment

E-payments aside, do postmarked dates not matter anymore? I think it depends on what your agreement says. I don’t think I’d ever seen a credit card that defined on time as the postmark date. I think that’s reserved more for applications and what-not. Yeah postmark dates matter for things like sweep...

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Drafran

Re: U.S. Hub Analysis by Airline - Destinations Served Winter 2021-Summer 2022

You sure about that.....They fly more destinations now than pre-covid at SMF..... Then SMF is in same category as CLE. Sure, but not in terms of flights or destinations. You list CVG as a Delta focus city. I think within the last couple of years they have said CVG is neither hub nor focus city. Sad...

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Drafran

Re: Hub Analysis by Airline - Destinations Served Winter 2021-Summer 2022

LAXdude1023 wrote:
Boof02671 wrote:
And DL doesn’t have a hub in RDU.

I have laid out specific sections for focus cities. They fell into that category.

You list CVG as a Delta focus city. I think within the last couple of years they have said CVG is neither hub nor focus city.

Sad. I miss the DL hub.

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Drafran

Colin Powell dead at 84

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics ... index.html

Drafran

Re: Mental Illness in America Part Deux: WV Man Kills Pharmacist Brother Over Vaccines

mxaxai wrote:
scbriml wrote:
Though I suppose access to guns is easier in some countries.

Ya think?

Google the crime statistics of other major western nations and then compare them to the U.S.

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Drafran

Re: Northwest 747s at MEM during hub years.

I'm guessing LAX, they had flight #1 which was MEM-LAX-NRT-TPE. NW was a fan of the oxymoronic (just moronic, really - it's deceptive advertising) 'direct with change of gauge.' I remember circa 1999 seeing a flight monitor pointing to MEM-SEA-NRT-TPE, and a woman behind me on-board that flight ask...

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Drafran

Re: Universal Healthcare

Perhaps you weren't alive in 1998 and 2002 when it didn't happen. These two years were exceptions. 1998 was backlash against the Clinton impeachment. Republicans lost seats in the House but lost none in the Senate. 2002 was yet another exception, strengthening Bush's hand for the War on Terror afte...

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Drafran

Re: Universal Healthcare

With Democrats controlling the house, senate and White House will they push for universal healthcare before the 2022 midterms? We need universal healthcare in the U.S. I think Democrats will still control all three branches after the midterms due to the rhetoric and policies on the right. Will univ...

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Drafran

Re: Let's talk about your top goosebumps songs

Schindler's List Main Title, of course.

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Drafran

Re: The Murder of Ella French

Let's ban all car drivers, too. After all, they're all law abiding, until they aren't. There are well over 70 million gun owners in the US. How many crimes are committed by them? Very few. Now, if you want to go after the drug and street gangs, be my guest. Except that a car's main purpose is trans...

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Drafran

Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2021

Frankly, if the City of Long Beach would put something down there with her might give her more of a fighting chance. Put me on the list to save her. I have toured her twice and was fascinated. I have also had her fabulous Sunday buffet. I remember the one time going down to see the propeller and fee...

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Drafran

Re: Wildfires in the Western United States

Dammit! Whose turn was it to rake the forest?!?!?! Heads will roll!!!

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Drafran

Re: Brawl on F9 flight after landing in MIA

Returning from Tampa in June, I watched a guy with FULL cup of beer attempt to board. He was stopped by the gate agent and had to dump it out. Once aboard, a passenger in the row behind me who must've known the guy with the beer (after he boarded) produced a plastic reusable cup, shook it, and said,...

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Drafran

Re: YouGov Poll Finds 66% Of Southern Republicans In Favor Of Seceding From USA

AirframeAS wrote:
Why do people even do these polls for, when we already have laws on the books prohibiting secession...namely the 14th amendment?

You know, every party does not need a pooper.

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Drafran

Re: Flair Airlines US Expansion

Burbank no longer listed as a new destination. https://flights.flyflair.com/en-ca/us-routes That wasn’t well thought out. I wonder if they will now pick LAX instead? The only other option is ONT - which is the cheaper choice but not a well known airport for Canadians. Kinda key when F8 will probabl...

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Drafran

Re: Is a speeding ticket for going 8 MPH over harsh?

I've been ticketed doing seven mph over the speed limit. A lawyer got it down to a seatbelt violation. Yes, his fee was steep, but cheaper than a fine and the increase in my insurance premium for two years, which was the time it would have taken for the violation to drop from my driving record.

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Drafran

Re: Tucker calls General "pig, stupid"; Ingraham calls for defunding the military

I don’t follow. The topic is what drives the anger in those believing this lie who then stormed DC, not current voter suppression debates. As I've said I believe what drives the anger is the overwhelming number of people who believe this election was stolen (including the majority of voters accordi...

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Drafran

Re: So much kit left behind by the US at Bagram.

I hope they disabled the vehicles, even if they are past their usefulness. Oh, and the MREs were all pork products...with no labeling.

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Drafran

Re: My Doctor Tried To Talk Me Out Of Getting A COVID Vaccine

A doctor who doesn't know the difference between a virus and an infection. This is getting better all the time. First, he overheard the doctor on the speakerphone talking to his grandmother and now it was a conference call. Also, with all the info available online from sources like the CDC, NIH, Ma...

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Drafran

Re: My Doctor Tried To Talk Me Out Of Getting A COVID Vaccine

A doctor who doesn't know the difference between a virus and an infection. This is getting better all the time. First, he overheard the doctor on the speakerphone talking to his grandmother and now it was a conference call. Also, with all the info available online from sources like the CDC, NIH, Ma...

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Drafran

Re: My Doctor Tried To Talk Me Out Of Getting A COVID Vaccine

I don't believe for a minute that your doctor had a bunch of Trump/MAGA stuff up. C'mon now... Why not? My cardiologist had Fox Nonsense tuned in on the television, not in the waiting room but in his office (which was also one of the exam rooms), when I went in for the results of my echocardiogram....

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Drafran

Re: Texas Governor Pledges to Build Wall on Mexican Border

Yes, but none of that appeals to the simple minds on the right that are so easily frightened by brown people. Gotta get them votes, so keep 'em scared! That's something I don't get. Maybe I am too educated. I grew up on the West Coast and have read history. I know Spain and Mexico both controlled w...

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Drafran

Re: Texas Governor Pledges to Build Wall on Mexican Border

Yes, but none of that appeals to the simple minds on the right that are so easily frightened by brown people. Gotta get them votes, so keep 'em scared!

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Drafran

Re: WN Wants To Attract Business Travelers

They might also consider using third party booking platforms again. Myself, when planning travel the first place I go is ITA Matrix. Since WN is not there, WN is not considered. I don't want to have to check a myriad of websites to book travel: Matrix--airline website to book--done.

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Drafran

Re: Tucker Carlson and Right Wing Media Insinuate 'FBI Operatives' Behind Capitol Riots

ER757 wrote:
I watched about 8 minutes of the video - Tucker Carlson is a completely unhinged whacko. How he's still on the air is beyond me. Fox has no shame......

Oh, that's easy: a bunch of simple-minded hillbillies watch it and believe the crap they spew from their anal mouths.

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Drafran

Re: Florida Governor -Moment of Silence in School for Prayer

Newark727 wrote:
Jesus specifically calls out the hypocrites who pray conspicuously in public. Not only is DeSantis lousy at respecting church-state separation, he's also lousy at being a Christian.

I think you'll find that the vast majority of "Christians" in the county are lousy at being Christian.

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Drafran

Re: Rep. Taylor Greene Doubles Down on Holocaust Remarks

She's elected from a district that is hillbilly central, thus she will never not be elected as long as she runs from there. That is, of course, if they don't find a more repugnant low-life to run against her. There is not enough of civilized society in that district to have a sense of shame. Trump's...

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Drafran

Re: Another Fight Club Brawl at Miami Airport Yesterday

This is not fun. It should not happen. Were they arrested? I have my ad blocker on and don't really want to disable it for anything, but if this was in Florida, no. They were not arrested. Don't be surprised if the anti-mask association starts rumors about awarding medals. "Ain't nobody comin'...

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Drafran

Re: Help with all inclusive - San Juan or Cayman Island

I can't make a side by side comparison as I have only been twice to Jamaica on cruise ships (and didn't even get off the ship the second time), however, I have stayed at the Marriott on GCM and it was excellent.

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