Birthday Wishes to dspevack

I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for all the work you do for this forum. You make it a better place.

Hey Dan,

Happy Birthday to you and many, many more!

"Hi Yo" wrote:

I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for all the work you do for this forum. You make it a better place.

Goes for me, too.

Jon

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Many thanks for all of your fine contributions to this forum!

Happy Birthday dspevack! Many more!

Happy birthday Dan. Hope you have had a great day.

Happy birthday to my florida friend!

Dan
Happy birthday. I hope you get to go for a nice long ride. This has to be one of best birthdays the weatherman has given you, :flower: it's 77 degrees hear in St.Pete. so it has to good in Miami.

Dan,
Happy Birthday! Have a great one

Happy Birthday

47 ... MAN, I have a suit that old. Sure hope you enjoyed this special day.

Thanks for all the great wishes guys.

I've been on a cruise this week out of Ft. Lauderdale, stopping in Jamaica where at Dolphin Cove I got in the water and played with an 8 foot female nurse shark named Diablo. She sat on my lap and let me pet her and tickle her tummy and then I fed her. Then me and my group went snorkeling with her and her friends.

Then in Labadee (a private island off of Haiti) I went 500 feet up a mountain to a 2600 foot zip line that ran over the reefs of a lagoon. Beautiful.

All in all a 5 day cruise full of endless gourmet food, vegas quality shows and a private balcony where I could listen to nothing but the waves.
At night I would turn off the A/C and open the balcony door so I could be rocked to sleep gently while listening to the ocean.

By the way, if any of you have relatives that are in an assisted living facility,
keep in mind, that often costs several hundred dollars a day, while a cruise including tips can cost less than $100/day.

Dan

dspevack wrote:

I've been on a cruise this week out of Ft. Lauderdale

Welcome back.

dspevack wrote:

stopping in Jamaica where at Dolphin Cove I got in the water and played with an 8 foot female nurse shark named Diablo. She sat on my lap and let me pet her and tickle her tummy and then I fed her. Then me and my group went snorkeling with her and her friends.

Then in Labadee (a private island off of Haiti) I went 500 feet up a mountain to a 2600 foot zip line that ran over the reefs of a lagoon. Beautiful.

Was that on Royal Caribbean?

Bill,
Yes I was on Royal Caribbean's Freedom Class ship: Liberty of the seas.

Gross Tonnage 160,000
Length 1,112 ft
Max Beam 185 ft
Draft 28 ft
Cruising Speed 21.6 knots

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do?shipClassCode=FR&shipCode=LB&br=R

Maybe next cruise I'll get on the Oasis Class ship (Oasis/Allure):

Gross Tonnage 225,282
Length 1,186.5 ft
Max Beam 213 ft
Draft 30 ft
Cruising Speed 22.6 knots

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do?shipClassCode=OA&shipCode=OA&br=R

Dan,

Happy belated birthday. It's sounds like you had a great time there. When I was in the Marines we would jump in the water with Great Whites and rub their belly's, just for fun.

Happy Birthday !!!

JeffR_ wrote:

When I was in the Marines we would jump in the water with Great Whites and rub their belly's, just for fun.

From the inside or outside??

I thought that in the Marines,
"Jumping in the water"
was also a euphemism for
"Going to the whore house."

dspevack wrote:

euphemism for "Going to the whore house."

Years ago when I was traveling in Asia ( I believe Thailand ) wearing my black cowboy hat, everyone would ask where I was from I would say "I am from Texas". I learned later that Texas was a euphemism for whorehouse.

Dan,

I never heard that phrase before, but then again, I wasn't the type to do some of the things other Marines would do. I generally hung out with others like me. But some were really something, i went into a 'culture shock' by what some would do.

BUMP      What I said before still holds, if you're not too old to remember. Also I hear they're having a football game (with a real football, not a tarted up basketball) in NJ/NY to celebrate your day.             

Thanks for all the birthday wishes.
I can't believe this thread is 2 years old.
It reminds me of how much of my life I've spent online.   

All the best.

   

Happy birthday Dan. Did you jump over last years birthday ? Does that make you one year younger than if you had one last year ? I need to try that. At least it warmed up again this year for your birthday.   

  

Hey Dan,

Hope you have a Happy Birthday and wish you many more. Thanks for all that you do for the forum.

Hey Dan,
I'm late, as usual but wanted to add my wishes to you for a very Happy Birthday !!!!!! And lotsa', lotsa' more !!!!!