On 3/9/13 5:32 PM, J Herring wrote:
On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:51:01 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 09 Mar 2013 16:46:25 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

...any cruise.


Royal Caribbean Cruisers Ill With Apparent Norovirus
By GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN
March 8, 2013—

abcnews.go.com

ABC News

More Than 100 Ill With Norovirus on Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas

A Royal Caribbean cruise ship has returned to port with more than 100
passengers sickened by a stomach illness thought to be norovirus.

Vision of the Seas returned to Port Everglades, Fla., after an 11-night
Caribbean cruise. One hundred five passengers and three crew members
fell ill, the cruise line said. There were 1,991 guests and 772 crew
members on board.

The ship returned as scheduled and ill passengers responded well to
over-the-counter medication being administered on board the ship, Royal
Caribbean International said.

The Centers for Disease Control, which tracks norovirus outbreaks on its
website, did not yet have a record of the incident.

In a statement to ABC News, the cruise line said, "At Royal Caribbean
International, we have high health standards for all our guests and
crew. During the sailing, we conduct enhanced cleaning on board the ship
to help prevent the spread of the illness. Additionally, when Vision of
the Seas arrived to Port Everglades, Fla., today, we conducted an
extensive and thorough sanitizing onboard the ship and within the cruise
terminal to help prevent any illness from affecting the subsequent sailing."

Vision of the Seas just concluded an 11-night Caribbean sailing that
included port calls to Basseterre, St. Kitts; Roseau, Dominica;
Bridgetown, Barbados; St. George's, Grenada; Kraledijk, Bonaire; and
Oranjestad, Aruba.

According to the CDC website , "Norovirus is a very contagious virus.
You can get norovirus from an infected person, contaminated food or
water, or by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus causes your
stomach or intestines or both to get inflamed (acute gastroenteritis).
This leads you to have stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea and to throw up."

Because of the close quarters on a cruise ship, norovirus tends to
spread quickly.

The ship was scheduled to depart on its next voyage late Friday
afternoon. In an email to passengers scheduled to depart on today's
Vision of the Seas cruise, the cruise line said, "We will conduct
enhanced sanitizing onboard the ship and within the terminal to help
prevent any illness from affecting your cruise."

The last recorded outbreak on a cruise line was in December 2012 on
Cunard's Queen Mary 2. The CDC reported 194 passengers and 11 crew
reported fell ill during the voyage. The same month, there was a
norovirus outbreak on another luxury cruise ship: The Emerald Princess.
In that case, five percent of all passengers -- 166, plus 30 crew --
fell ill on the sailing.


Copyright © 2013 ABC News Internet Ventures

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I simply don't get the allure of a cruise. Just don't get it.

I said that for about 60 years. Then I went on one. Lots of fun. Did it a couple more times. Was not
disappointed in the money I spent.


Salmonbait
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John Herring likes Carib cruises because they let him visit
pseudo-exotic places mainly occupied by black people without actually
having to be among them much.

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair, drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait
--

"That's not a baby kicking, dear Bride, it's just a fetus!"
[Attributed to Harry Krause]

On 3/10/2013 9:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:34:46 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair, drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait

And you have to PAY to sit in an enormous herd of people to do this? I
have a boat.


The govt. payed me to do just what John was talking about.

On 3/10/2013 10:15 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 3/10/2013 9:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:34:46 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did
absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did
not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair,
drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait

And you have to PAY to sit in an enormous herd of people to do this? I
have a boat.


The govt. payed me to do just what John was talking about.

I still would like to know what it is about liberals that make them hate
anything they don't do personally. Is it jealousy? Are they anti-social,
or maybe they really don't have a boat at all and this is their way of
striking out??? Just don't get it. This is the kind of mindset that is
leading to so many silly food laws in NYC...

In article ,
says...

On 3/10/2013 10:15 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 3/10/2013 9:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:34:46 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did
absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did
not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair,
drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait

And you have to PAY to sit in an enormous herd of people to do this? I
have a boat.


The govt. payed me to do just what John was talking about.

I still would like to know what it is about liberals that make them hate
anything they don't do personally. Is it jealousy? Are they anti-social,
or maybe they really don't have a boat at all and this is their way of
striking out??? Just don't get it. This is the kind of mindset that is
leading to so many silly food laws in NYC...

Maybe it's because stupid fools like you always try to lump everyone
into one of your narrow minded categorizes. Stop and think how you post
about ALL liberals this, ALL liberals that. Are all conservatives just
like Rush Limbaugh? I saw a conservative being interviewed on TV and
after he spit a wad of chewing tobacco out, ranted about how we need to
"clean the country" of immigrants, undesirables such as inner-city
blacks, etc. Using your analogies, any and all conservatives think and
act that very same way, correct?

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:22:39 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 3/10/2013 10:15 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 3/10/2013 9:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:34:46 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did
absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did
not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair,
drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait

And you have to PAY to sit in an enormous herd of people to do this? I
have a boat.


The govt. payed me to do just what John was talking about.

I still would like to know what it is about liberals that make them hate
anything they don't do personally. Is it jealousy? Are they anti-social,
or maybe they really don't have a boat at all and this is their way of
striking out??? Just don't get it. This is the kind of mindset that is
leading to so many silly food laws in NYC...

Where did the politics come from? ESAD and baybaot would just rather fly. No sweat, that's why God
invented airplanes.


Salmonbait
--

"That's not a baby kicking, dear Bride, it's just a fetus!"
[Attributed to Harry Krause]

On 3/10/2013 11:02 AM, J Herring wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:22:39 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 3/10/2013 10:15 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 3/10/2013 9:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:34:46 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did
absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did
not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair,
drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait

And you have to PAY to sit in an enormous herd of people to do this? I
have a boat.


The govt. payed me to do just what John was talking about.

I still would like to know what it is about liberals that make them hate
anything they don't do personally. Is it jealousy? Are they anti-social,
or maybe they really don't have a boat at all and this is their way of
striking out??? Just don't get it. This is the kind of mindset that is
leading to so many silly food laws in NYC...

Where did the politics come from? ESAD and baybaot would just rather fly. No sweat, that's why God
invented airplanes.


Salmonbait
--

"That's not a baby kicking, dear Bride, it's just a fetus!"
[Attributed to Harry Krause]


I am watching them all tell you your opinion sucks... I see the same
thing with their guns, "nobody needs it if I don't have it" attitude,
vehicles "see above", soda in NYC.... My oldest can't figure out why
anybody needs anything more than a prius, or why anybody would own a car
in the first place:0 not literally... But is fine to rent whatever she
needs on the weekend

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:06:09 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 3/10/2013 11:02 AM, J Herring wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:22:39 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 3/10/2013 10:15 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 3/10/2013 9:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:34:46 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did
absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did
not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair,
drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait

And you have to PAY to sit in an enormous herd of people to do this? I
have a boat.


The govt. payed me to do just what John was talking about.

I still would like to know what it is about liberals that make them hate
anything they don't do personally. Is it jealousy? Are they anti-social,
or maybe they really don't have a boat at all and this is their way of
striking out??? Just don't get it. This is the kind of mindset that is
leading to so many silly food laws in NYC...

Where did the politics come from? ESAD and baybaot would just rather fly. No sweat, that's why God
invented airplanes.


Salmonbait
--

"That's not a baby kicking, dear Bride, it's just a fetus!"
[Attributed to Harry Krause]


I am watching them all tell you your opinion sucks... I see the same
thing with their guns, "nobody needs it if I don't have it" attitude,
vehicles "see above", soda in NYC.... My oldest can't figure out why
anybody needs anything more than a prius, or why anybody would own a car
in the first place:0 not literally... But is fine to rent whatever she
needs on the weekend

Here's the thing. I don't give a **** what they say.


Salmonbait
--

"That's not a baby kicking, dear Bride, it's just a fetus!"
[Attributed to Harry Krause]

In article ,
says...

On 3/10/2013 11:02 AM, J Herring wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:22:39 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 3/10/2013 10:15 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 3/10/2013 9:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:34:46 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did
absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did
not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair,
drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait

And you have to PAY to sit in an enormous herd of people to do this? I
have a boat.


The govt. payed me to do just what John was talking about.

I still would like to know what it is about liberals that make them hate
anything they don't do personally. Is it jealousy? Are they anti-social,
or maybe they really don't have a boat at all and this is their way of
striking out??? Just don't get it. This is the kind of mindset that is
leading to so many silly food laws in NYC...

Where did the politics come from? ESAD and baybaot would just rather fly. No sweat, that's why God
invented airplanes.


Salmonbait
--

"That's not a baby kicking, dear Bride, it's just a fetus!"
[Attributed to Harry Krause]


I am watching them all tell you your opinion sucks... I see the same
thing with their guns, "nobody needs it if I don't have it" attitude,
vehicles "see above", soda in NYC.... My oldest can't figure out why
anybody needs anything more than a prius, or why anybody would own a car
in the first place:0 not literally... But is fine to rent whatever she
needs on the weekend

But conservative laws are, of course, just great, right?

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:22:39 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 3/10/2013 10:15 AM, Meyer wrote:
On 3/10/2013 9:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:34:46 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 09:04:07 -0400, Gogarty wrote:

Did our first big ship cruise over the Christmas holidays. We did
absolutely
nothing and had a blast. The thing is the sea not the ship. We did
not get off
the ship at all. Now we are looking for a Cruise to Nowhere.

Agree. I can spend a lot of time just sitting in a deck chair,
drinking a cup of coffee, reading and
watching the waves go by. It's even better if the water's rough.


Salmonbait

And you have to PAY to sit in an enormous herd of people to do this? I
have a boat.


The govt. payed me to do just what John was talking about.

I still would like to know what it is about liberals that make them hate
anything they don't do personally. Is it jealousy? Are they anti-social,
or maybe they really don't have a boat at all and this is their way of
striking out??? Just don't get it. This is the kind of mindset that is
leading to so many silly food laws in NYC...

Where did the politics come from? ESAD and baybaot would just rather fly. No sweat, that's why God
invented airplanes.


Salmonbait

Oh, you know, he's insane.