Thursday, November 11, 2010

Nightmare Cruise Ends in San Diego


 Passengers from the Carnival Splendor are praising the crew but otherwise describing their experience aboard the cruise ship as a "nightmare" vacation. Half a dozen tugboats finally dragged the Splendor into San Diego Bay today after a fire in the engine room Monday knocked out all power and left it adrift.

Getting off also required considerable patience. Elevators on the towering ship weren't working and it took hours for the 3,300 passengers to disembark. Finally back on land, one woman said a highlight of the trip came when she discovered her toilet was flushing again after not working for 15 hours. Peg Fisher says she was so excited she ran into the hall, shouting the news to fellow passengers who sprinted back to their cabins.
With refrigerators also out and food spoiling, the Splendor's cooks improvised. But Fisher says the fare was so awful, it was probably the only cruise "where people lost weight instead of gaining weight." Despite the nightmare, passengers appeared eager for a memento, snapping up $20 T-shirts with the phrase: "I survived the 2010 Carnival cruise Spamcation." ( referring to the hundreds of cans of spam delivered by a military helicopter along with basic rations.)

70 comments:

  1. HI, I was just working over at SH.
    Got very absorbed.

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  2. Anonymous10:06:00 PM

    Hi Cutie...that was a cruise from hell.
    I was on the wheel post and desided to check the other posts, glad I did ...I would be there and you here.[giggles]

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  3. Anonymous10:07:00 PM

    I was on wheel post, what did you put on SH ?
    How you like mt toliets?

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  4. You are as slippery as an eel. I have been chasing you.

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  5. What did she say? It's been killing me to know.

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  6. Toilets are cute. The one with the big tongue inside it is interesting....Hmmmm

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  7. Anonymous10:10:00 PM

    She wabted us to talk with Sis and she was so sorry about trying to sell dad out but they told her that was for the best.

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  8. What a bunch of Shirley-shit.

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  9. I'm sure you forgave her right away.

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  10. I put a post about Marie Osmand opening up about her son's suicide. Not finished yet. Been too busy today to visit here.

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  11. Anonymous10:14:00 PM

    I told her she was a little late and the damage has been done and the only thing we could be was business associates and nothing else. She started crying and said she was sorry and I told her she knew what she was doing when she went to Napa Valley and walked out.

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  12. Anonymous10:18:00 PM

    Don't worry about anything I know what you have to do, and remember first things first and that means family.

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  13. Anonymous10:26:00 PM

    I wanted to slap the shit out of her...she hurt my man's heart to the core when she treated Dad that way, he loves his daddy.
    Shirley/Leon better watch their step , because CC is all business.

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  14. If they aren't good business and gaming attorneys CC will drop them without batting an eye.

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  15. Anonymous10:29:00 PM

    Last night you said you forgot to ask me something ...I will tell you if I know.
    I made the peach crunch and dad is in his chair sleep.

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  16. HA!...Now I have forgotten the damn questions.

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  17. Anonymous10:32:00 PM

    You are so right, If I was them I would pack up and go to Reno and work, CC has their own lawyers.

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  18. Maybe they'll come to me. Make me a cup of tea, it will stimulate my memory. How was the peach crisp?

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  19. Anonymous10:39:00 PM

    Had to go to the school today about my babies. I met with the parents and they said thier children don't meddle,I told them their kids was 3/4/and 5 grade and they better be glad their cousins didn't see the fight , I would be the last one to say my kids don't meddle,they are kids and I walked out on them too.
    Emily told Sis she was so proud of me for not going off on them.

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  20. Anonymous10:43:00 PM

    I made 2 and there is not a piece left, Dad carried Sis and aunt mae the rest...aunt Mae called and wanted some more, I said okay.
    Dad said he told you the recipes could be with regular sugar because I substitute equal for sugar....I do.

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  21. I am proud of you too for holding your temper. You are Chairman of the Board now; you have a new image.

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  22. Anonymous10:46:00 PM

    Oksana is losing ground with Mad Mel.

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  23. Those parents knew what their kids had done.Why would they lie about it? Assholes.

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  24. I know, the fucking judge is on his side. She can't stand against the power of money. Mel can afford the best lawyers and keep the case going forever to wear her down. She can't afford shit.

    Your justice system stinks. Mel really needs a head doctor.

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  25. Anonymous10:51:00 PM

    I have good kids...but I would never tell someone what they won't do.
    I feel more at peace after listening to you and Sis... I just want to get back with my bears and find stuff for the FTBB blog...mostly what I find is pictures...I can always find something for SH...have you ever seen anything like the tree man???

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  26. Anonymous10:54:00 PM

    I know what Oksana is ...but I am pulling for her...I think Robyn lied to the judge to save face.

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  27. Anonymous10:55:00 PM

    They say the people on the cruse to hell was glad to get out of that hell hole.

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  28. I hope I never see a tree man again. That was about the most revolting thing I have ever seen and I have seen pictures of leprosy in it's last stages.

    The truth is he has literally turned into a wart.If it had continued he would have turned into a huge gray mass with branches sticking out and suffocated. HPV is the genital wart virus. If you looked at one under a microscope it would look like him. Surely they can remove some of it surgically so he doesn't have to wait for it to die and fall off.

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  29. Anonymous11:05:00 PM

    Cher is on Dave.

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  30. Anonymous11:09:00 PM

    The doctor says he will treat it with Vitamin A.

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  31. I know the doc is treating it with vitamin A but that will take a very long time.

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  32. Anonymous11:16:00 PM

    Dave is asking Cher about Chaz.

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  33. She is about an hour from here.

    Dave should let it go now.Enough about Chas.

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  34. Anonymous11:24:00 PM

    Chaz is a nice looking man and the main thing is she's happy with her life .

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  35. She has the courage of her convictions. I wouldn't be brave enough to have my gigi sewn up and turned inside out...HA!

    It's good that she councils kids now.

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  36. Cher is actually a good actress, she won an oscar.

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  37. Did you have a two minutes silence today?

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  38. Anonymous11:31:00 PM

    I recieved my invitation for 20 years.and they are having it here the last 3 times they held it in Dallas. We have them every 5 years, I didn't go last time .

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  39. Anonymous11:34:00 PM

    Yes we did, it was noon, I almost cried because as you know we have lost so many and lost another one about 4 months ago, he was 23.

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  40. Anonymous11:36:00 PM

    I loved Cher in the 'Mask.' I think Dan has it.

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  41. It's so damn quiet here tonight. Like the whole town is in a coma. Is everyone in your house asleep?

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  42. Craig is doing the F..ing puppets again. And I am sick of the fake horse and the stupid robot. He is depending on props too much and cussing.

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  43. I forgot to get Brian's clothes out. If he did it himself he would put a purple shirt, pink tie and green pants out.

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  44. Anonymous11:42:00 PM

    Everyone here is sleep, I hard Gilly go down the hall about 30 mintues ago to his daddy. It's always quiet here after 9 unless it's on the weekend.

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  45. Anonymous11:45:00 PM

    Craig was really good at one time...They say when he started he was writing his own material and now someone else is writing it,Shit he need to start back writing .

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  46. Anonymous11:47:00 PM

    We better log off so you can get Brian's clothes together, I put out my babies clothes .

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  47. Are you sleepy sweetie?

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  48. I just got his clothes out.I put all his pills out too.

    The dog is practically laying over his head.

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  49. Craig is briliant when he starts ad-libbing.if he gets a smart guest it can be really funny.

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  50. Anonymous11:53:00 PM

    I woke up about 8:pm after dinner.

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  51. So now I know your secret,you nap after dinner. Well, so Do I, although not every night.

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  52. Anonymous11:57:00 PM

    Anita is down there with us and showing NAN the ropes, she says it will be quite easy.

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  53. Anita probably knows more than most lawyers.

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  54. Anonymous12:00:00 AM

    Not every night here, the kids have to do their homework before they can watch TV and Jonny is really improving in his reading.

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  55. Jonny's mind was just waiting to absorb all the wonderful things in books.He is thriving under your care.

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  56. I bet no one ever read him a bed-time story.

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  57. Anonymous12:03:00 AM

    She is really smart and she runs the office. She could went with Dad and things would have been better...

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  58. That would have been better if Anita had gone with dad. It would have avoided a lot of hurt and hate. But you know,at the end of the day it's better to know who your enemies are and deal with them.
    The C's might have run the business into the ground. It didn't sound like they were doing a good job.

    Now everything is settled.

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  59. Anonymous12:08:00 AM

    Gil still reads to them...he lets them pick out the book...He never asks for Annie and she has not called in awhile ...I asked the doc if we had anything to worry about with her not coming or calling and he said no, he talked to Jonny and asked him hot he felt and Jonny told him he was happy , he had a real family that loved him and he takes care of his sisters/brother.

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  60. Maybe we should fold for the night. If you are catching cat naps, you must be tired. Don't make me tattle to Sis. Dad says she rules the roost.

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  61. Anonymous12:14:00 AM

    Dad said today now e can talk with you and help raise awareness about my bears.
    They are still in the senate about the bears, on person Dad was talking to said they may not reach an agreement this year, they have tried to get the loophole closed for a long time.

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  62. Jonny sounds like such a sweetheart. It's sad though that he never asks for his mom.It proves that she was a fairly neglectful parent.

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  63. Yes, I check regularly to see if there are any developments on the loophole.I think we may win that one and that will be a major step forward.

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  64. Dad is a sweetheart too and he loves Jonny, took to him right away. He loves all his grandkids. He will have fun just spoiling them all.

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  65. He likes that I call him Hunky. That's how he signs his letters now.

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  66. Anonymous12:23:00 AM

    I have always taken cat naps and Sis can be a bitch if you get on her bad side...if she say something to us , we listen and no back talk and that goes for the whole compound...
    She will tell us she was grown when we was born... so you see why I had to run when I ask my daddy's friend was he poking [giggles] Boy I hauled ass.

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  67. Anonymous12:25:00 AM

    Sweetie...it is time to say goodnight...I am going to get that damn alarm clock because time flies.

    Goodnite and I will see down by the barn or maybe at the pond.
    Goodnite...HUGS & KISSES...PIC
    Kiss the Rock.

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  68. If Sis was stern, I think it did you all good. Just look how her girls turned out.

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  69. Goodnight Witchy, see you at the gingerbread house for a bowl of Hansel and Gretel soup.

    Night, sleep well, kick the Shank in the ass as you climb in bed...LUV PIC

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  70. Anonymous12:32:00 AM

    PS: he told me you call him Hunky and I told him you meant Chunky and he just laugh. Dad gets a kick out of you, He checked to see if he had a letter...Shit he loves SH and he told Mac today to come and talk with him/you.
    NITE...Bitchy Witchy

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