Probably because the source of the infestation could be local...
From your post a take it that you are definitely a landlubber. Having served as an officer with P&O, the real one, not the present day one owned by 'grab as much money as we can Yanks'. in my now long gone younger days and because of personal circumstances, I have been unable to enjoy sea voyages.
I think the Authorities in Svalbard were afraid 'we' were going to become bear food....When I first read this I thought the crew with rifles were there to shoot any passenger who tried to feed the bears
Dave
We are the same. Sadly, my wife is no longer able to walk too far, which restricts us.
Yes agree with you there, I don’t get the attraction either travelling around in a huge ship with masses of people
I guess everyone is different when we go away we like to see nature and get away from crowds
My dad loved cruises though and maybe I’m just unsociable
The Alaska cruise was great. They are so large these days and to me,not having any marine engineering knowledge, look top heavy. I wonder how they'd fair if caught in one of these more potent hurricanes, cyclones or typhoons we see these days ? Because of the huge number of passengers I think it's difficult to maintain a high level of hygiene. It's not for us anymore. When we book a UK self-catering holiday it often includes where I can photograph wildlife. birds/wildfowl.
I don't think because you don't enjoy a cruise means you're unsociable. My wife and I don't like huge hotels and enjoy self-catering. We don't do that all the time because it's not fair on her. That's no break for women who,generally does all the cooking at home. Not only that but thinking what to have for the evening neal.
We enjoyed a few cruises and the first was on "Majesty of the Seas. Royal Caribbean...1998. ..9 doing a West Caribbean cruise,then one on the east side. The ship carried 800 passengers. The ships today have 800 crew.
I never joined any of the organised trips as I, or us if part of a group, were too busy taking harbour trips or finding locations from where we could photograph the various ships and harbour craft. When actually cruising, if there were no ships about I found the sensations of being on a ship very therapeutic.
..and ,yes..as you've mentioned, what to eat ? We often went south west Cornwall, near Lizard, and went to Sainsburys , Helston, to shop. We did go out to eat a couple of times with our hosts, who, over the years became friends, but seldom on our own and when we have, out of necessity, I'm glad when we clear off out and get back to our accommodation or home. To be fair to my wife,she's really ok with it, it's me that's the miserable. b****r...One year we went with our hosts to a pub for a party re a birthday..hers or her husband's,I forget which . They hired a room for the 20-25 guests who attended. I hated every moment. Infact, when she asked us she said, " I know you don't like parties, John, but.......
I never joined any of the organised trips as I, or us if part of a group, were too busy taking harbour trips or finding locations from where we could photograph the various ships and harbour craft. When actually cruising, if there were no ships about I found the sensations of being on a ship very therapeutic.
Perhaps I should explain that for four or five generations back my father's side of the family have been seafarers or connected with the sea as shipwrights and other marine occupations. As one of my former female companions once put it "The trouble with you is that half of your blood is seawater"
Fair point and thinking about it, we take several Cook ready meals...frozen. Very good quality.
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We don't like going out to eat because it means driving to a restaurant or hotel ,the same one each evening ,maybe, if there aren't many around. We don't like pubs..especially me ...and Pete thinks he might be unsociable....
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Mass postings are where they get a big chunk of their money. If they relied on what goes into postboxes, these days, I imagine that they'd be considerably more broke than they already are!
I understand but, he’s driving around in a company van, most likely on overtime, to deliver one letter in the whole street, there’s an opportunity to save a shilling or two.
I am fairly sure that it just doesn't work that way.
The Post Office is owned by the Government
I thought the Government had a "golden share" interest in Royal Mail and that will persist should the Czech entrepreneur buy the company, thus ensuring (?) he keeps to his commitments?
Yes sorry, should have said Royal Mail.
WBMT
The BBC World Service Business Program reported that Bitcoin had gone up from $60,000 to $100,000
However, they repeatedly said in the same bulletin that the increase is 40%........ really!
AFAIK if I had something worth $60,000 and it increased by 40% I would have seen it grow to $84,000 i.e. 40% of 60000 is 24000 not 40000.
So can anyone explain how the news report came to their different conclusion
Nothing Scottish flagging up at that time. Were you using a proxy/VPN?
Frankly, I hope nobody ever figures out a way to wipe every bitcoin server simultaneously...
You may wish to look up the events of February 1637. October 24 1929 is even more illuminating.
Okay, I've tracked it down. Seems the IP address in question is no longer controlled by the people who abused it, so I've removed it from the block list.
