The Children's Off Topic Thread

[qbman1]

Scrambled eggs anyone ?

[Manoverboard]

No satanic Mills but does he know that Essex is sinking ... just saying .

[towny44]

Pleasant surprise today, we just received a cheque for a small balance on an old forgotten account. Not totally forgotten but it had changed names a few times in the intervening years, but I was reasonably certain that it had been emptied several years ago. But anyway the cheque will be paid in before they realise their error and should enable us to have a couple of cocktails on our next cruise.

[Stephen]

Nice one John

[Happydays]

We got a cheque from P&O yesterday for a refund of minibar charge in the cabin that we did NOT use. Seems to be happening quite often.
We always have the minibar removed from the fridge when we arrive.
One evening when we were going to dinner the cabin steward stopped us to say they had made a mistake and put our cabin number on the charge for drinks instead of the next door cabin but she had informed the manager to get it changed. We forgot about it until I checked our balance when we got home then I phoned (using the free number) and got a refund
That was while on Ventura.

[Stephen]

It always annoys me that they use YOUR cabin fridge to promote their products. It was the same Celebrity. We just take most of it out and store on the desk top. Otherwise how am we supposed to keep all our wine chilled

[Mervyn and Trish]

We're sociable types. Yeah strange but true. And prefer to drink in the bars with other passengers.. So we like to use our fridge for chilling water.

[qbman1]

The stuffed full fridge really annoys me. First time, I asked Reception to have it taken away but they said to tell the cabin steward. He said he wasn't allowed to take it out of the cabin but we could store it in his plastic box under the bed where the spare crockery and bed linen goes - which is what we now do each time.

[Stephen]

We're sociable types. Yeah strange but true. And prefer to drink in the bars with other passengers.. So we like to use our fridge for chilling water.

So are we Merv. But we also like a glass of wine on the balcony, and as you mention store bottled water in the fridge.

[qbman1]

I do wonder how much of that stuff in the fridge they actually sell and whether it is all worthwhile as it seems to annoy more people than it pleases. Has anyone heard anybody say "isn't that minibar great" ?!

[Stephen]

I do wonder how much of that stuff in the fridge they actually sell and whether it is all worthwhile as it seems to annoy more people than it pleases. Has anyone heard anybody say "isn't that minibar great" ?!

Very little I would think going by the extortionate prices they charge.

I wonder if the cabin steward ever checks use by dates on things like the mini tubs of Pringles and chocolate bars.

[qbman1]

Sad to see Carluccio pop off - RIP

Mind you, I don't think it was a fall or his great age that did for him but having a bit of totty nearly 30 years younger - fair play to the man !

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[Stephen]

Bet he had smile on his face though.

[qbman1]

Well, you would, wouldn't you ?!

[Mervyn and Trish]

One of the perennial debates on one of the P&O FB groups at the moment.

Early or late booking? And the usual arguments.

Just one oddity. Someone arguing strongly for late booking says she lost out when she booked early. By which she apparently means booking in July for November. To my mind that's just about the worst time to book. Too late by far for the early offers. And too early for the late bargains. Probably just about the peak price.

BTW the one we booked when they went on sale this year for May 2019 has already gone up by 10%.

[Stephen]

The BBC couldn't forecast a pi** up in a brewery let alone the weather.

[Mervyn and Trish]

The BBC couldn't forecast a pi** up in a brewery let alone the weather.

Technically that would be the Met Office! Just saying.....

But someone once told me that if you say today's weather will be the same as yesterday's you'd be right two thirds of the time. That's better than most forecasts! (Though a bit like a broken watch being right twice a day!)

[Stephen]

A nice day now. Shame they couldn't get it right earlier.

[Jan Rosser]

Off to the cinema this afternoon to see Murder on the Orient Express then afternoon tea with my sister and niece for her birthday

[Stephen]

Very nice too Jan.

We are off to my sisters tomorrow and stopping over on route to the Mermaid Inn in Rye for a couple of nights to celebrate my 21st

[towny44]

You've been saving for this for quite a while then Stephen?

[Stephen]

A couple......of months

[Happydays]

Very nice too Jan.

We are off to my sisters tomorrow and stopping over on route to the Mermaid Inn in Rye for a couple of nights to celebrate my 21st

Have a good time, hope you both enjoy yourselves

[Stephen]

Thank you Happydays

[qbman1]

Rats haven't got at my parsnips yet this year