Carnival Splendor - August 29, 2010

[lindnet]

Originally Posted by Snoozeman

Good Job!! 1st Post!!

See what a friendly group we have?

Also welcome to Cruisemates---you have a great screen name--a Popeye avatar would look good!

And a can of spinach!

[Phil&Liz]

We didn't get a phone call from Carnival !

Chopped liver I guess.

Ohhh btw, welcome to Greg & Myrna. See ya Saturday or Sunday. Beware of the magic wand you two.

Phil & Liz

[ready2gonow]

Originally Posted by Phil&Liz

We didn't get a phone call from Carnival !

Chopped liver I guess.

Phil & Liz

You want me to call you about 3:00 am tomorrow, just so you won't feel left out?

Well, I think I have all my clothes pulled, but I'm not going to pack until tomorrow. I actually remembered to get a couple of the individual laundry packs and a couple of sheets of fabric softener! I may not do laundry, but there may be spillage, ya know! WooHoooooo

Let's see, my count is only 1 more day, since Saturday we will be on the Queen!

[lindnet]

Originally Posted by ready2gonow

I actually remembered to get a couple of the individual laundry packs and a couple of sheets of fabric softener! I may not do laundry, but there may be spillage, ya know! WooHoooooo

Let's see, my count is only 1 more day, since Saturday we will be on the Queen!

Hey, I know somebody who will be living next door to the laundry room!

Woohoo, it's finally almost here!!

I had the phone call on my answering machine. My question is, if everybody comes at the time they recommended, won't it be crowded like they said they were trying to avoid??

Hey Greg and Myrna.....I've sailed with Mo & Jerry and visited with them once or twice since. We can talk behind their backs when we get on the ship! (just kidding, Mo, I know you're probably lurking out there)

[SAYLORMAN]

I have one but do not know how to put it in.

[SAYLORMAN]

Sorry, I did not get that correct. What I was trying to respond to was Rays mention about Popeye. I do not know how to put a picture next to my log in name.
Also just on the news a hand granade thrown into a bar in Pureta Vallerta today. A bunch of people hurt. I guess I will be going to the beach there.

[ScurvyDog]

Published August 26, 2010
| Associated Press

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico –
, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say at least 16 people have been injured by a grenade that exploded at a bar in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.
Jalisco state prosecutors say five of the injured have been detained as part of the investigation. Four of those detained each lost a leg in the explosion before dawn Thursday.
Prosecutors say they are investigating whether one of the injured was carrying the grenade when it exploded.
Jalisco state has seen a wave of drug violence in recent months and the bloodshed has intesified since drug kingpin Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel was killed by soldiers earlier this month. Coronel, whose base was in Jalisco, was the No. 3 of the Sinaloa drug cartel.

[April]

Hummm just before dawn-- I don't think I will be out that late or early ???

I hope Carnival will keep us updated and informed about the security issues in all the ports that we are going to--as they have done in the past---

pack and panic are all I can handle now--

but wait-- packing is done --except my carry on stuff---and yes the red shirt is there---so panic it all thats left---

I actually had time to clean some of the house---hoping that if this continues to be a trend-- my Michael might let me go away more often---hahaha as if he even has a choice--

cheers
April

[Phil&Liz]

Originally Posted by Phil&Liz

We didn't get a phone call from Carnival !
Phil & Liz

Hey gang, Mrs Phil and Liz here, and I am afraid I have to correct Phil. We did indeed get the 8AM call, they just called the important one..the one that pays attention..the one that doesn't procrastinate...the one that doesn't get sidetracked with a TV remote, I am sure by now you have firgured outby now, they called me

[April]

Well now we know who answers the phone in your family---

now if our TV was on I wonder what the caller ID would have said-- on our phone is listed service call ?????

Now why don't you post more often Liz ?

cheers
April

[Phil&Liz]

April, I had to sneek around to do this one..If he finds it no telling what he will do, prolly make me go on a cruise or something like that

[April]

Well you just have to do it more often then dont you--cruising is good for you---

thanks for checking in when you do-----

cheers see ya soon too

April

[lindnet]

, hi Liz!! Nice to hear from you! See you in a couple of days!!

Greg, I'm sure Ray will walk you through putting your Popeye picture up. He's the resident expert on these boards.

Geez, I'm thinking maybe we don't want to wander around downtown PV after dark? Heck, with Frank following us around, we may not even be able to dock!

But who cares?? This cruise is all about the friends, and no matter what the weather's doing or where the ship goes, we're still together having fun.

April.....you're really all packed??? I'd better get a move on.

[Phil&Liz]

Mr. Phil & Liz here now. As the Rush song says..." I have assumed control".

Simma down now y'all. It looks like it was an accident.

Grenade In Puerto Vallarta Bar An 'Accident': Mexican Governor : The Two-Way : NPR

Grenade In Puerto Vallarta Bar An 'Accident': Mexican Governor

5:43 pm
August 26, 2010
by Frank James

Alejandra Moguel/AP
Rescue workers help a man who was injured after a fragmentation grenade exploded next to an open air bar in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, early Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.
Amid Mexico's escalating drug violence, grenades have become the latest weapon of choice used by drug gangs, with many of the grenades of Cold War vintage and manufactured in the U.S. or Eastern Europe, according to a recent Washington Post story.
So on hearing that a grenade which wounded at least 15 people was detonated in a nightspot in Puerto Vallarta, a destination once popular with tourists from the U.S. and elsewhere before the surging violence, it was easy enough to assume that someone had rolled a grenade into the bar as part of the cycle of attacks and revenge.
But NPR's Jason Beaubien reports for the network's radio newscast that the governor of Jalisco state says it was an accident.

JASON: The governor of Jalisco, Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, says the grenade went off by accident.
Speaking on local radio, the governor said some young people had brought grenades into the bar "Pink Cheladas" just off the tourist strip in Puerto Vallarta.
One of the young men was carrying a bucket of beers and accidentally tripped the explosive, according to the governor.
No one was killed in the explosion but at least 4 people had to have their legs amputated...
Grenades have become a common weapon of Mexico's drug cartels. This week there have been several grenade attacks in the northern industrial city of Monterrey.
Gov. Gonzalez says the police can't patrol every bar and nightclub... and it's up to bar owners to make sure weapons aren't allowed inside.
Maybe a guy with a bucket of beers did trip and set off the grenade though it would seem to pay to be skeptical about this explanation. My understanding of how time-delay grenades work is that you have to pull the safety pin which allows the striker lever to be released before you throw it.
If grenades were so easily exploded by bumping etc, then they would be a lot more dangerous for troops to carry around than they actually are.
Maybe theres' a grenade expert out there who can tell us about the plausibility of the governor's version of events.
In any event, I don't think it's going to give people, especially tourists but Mexicans too, much comfort to hear the governor call this describe what happened as an "accident."

Apparent accidental grenade blast injures 16 in Mexican bar - Monsters and Critics
Apparent accidental grenade blast injures 16 in Mexican bar
Aug 26, 2010, 23:07 GMT
Mexico City - A grenade blast apparently set off inadvertently wounded 16 people in a bar Thursday in Puerto Vallarta, in the western Mexican state of Jalisco.
Cristina Guzman, a spokeswoman for the Jalisco State Attorney's Office, told the German Press Agency dpa that five of the injured have serious wounds. One victim suffered the amputation of a leg and another lost a foot.
These same five people who were most seriously wounded have been arrested, because the explosion early Thursday came from their table, where the grenade's safety pin was also found.
Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez said preliminary investigations show that the youths who had the grenade were drinking in the bar when one of them dropped the explosive 'by accident.'
'They went into a place of alcohol consumption with grenades, not to attack anybody, according to the witnesses who already testified, but to have beer,' the governor said.
Guzman said the investigation was ongoing, and that the authorities hoped the five men arrested could shed light on the incident.
Grenade attacks are not uncommon in violence-plagued Mexico, mostly in connection with organized crime, which has claimed more than 28,000 lives since December 2006.

Phil & Liz

[lindnet]

So as long as we ask everybody in the bar if they have grenades and they say no, we'll be ok?

Wow, if it really was an accident, I sure feel for those people who accidentally tripped it. How awful.

[TravelMike]

Originally Posted by Phil&Liz

We didn't get a phone call from Carnival !

Chopped liver I guess.

Ohhh btw, welcome to Greg & Myrna. See ya Saturday or Sunday. Beware of the magic wand you two.

Phil & Liz

Phil, Carole just told me we got the one asking us to arrive between two and four. Mike

[TravelMike]

JASON: The governor of Jalisco, Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, says the grenade went off by accident.
Speaking on local radio, the governor said some young people had brought grenades into the bar "Pink Cheladas" just off the tourist strip in Puerto Vallarta.
One of the young men was carrying a bucket of beers and accidentally tripped the explosive, according to the governor. Phil, I am no expert, but a grenade won,t go off unless you pull the pin. I find it hard to believe something like this could happen by accident. Sounds more like a timing issue. Mike

[lindnet]

Originally Posted by TravelMike

Phil, Carole just told me we got the one asking us to arrive between two and four. Mike

Wahhhhh!! I sure wish you guys were going.

[ScurvyDog]

Originally Posted by lindnet

So as long as we ask everybody in the bar if they have grenades and they say no, we'll be ok?

Maybe the "rest of the story" here is never drink with anyone who looks like they have a bulge in their pocket???

[ready2gonow]

QUOTE=lindnet

"So as long as we ask everybody in the bar if they have grenades and they say no, we'll be ok? "

QUOTE=ScurvyDog

"Maybe the "rest of the story" here is never drink with anyone who looks like they have a bulge in their pocket??? "

Y'all are toooo funny!

[ScurvyDog]

Hmmmmmmmm

My day has started out rather well. I was able to snag two FREE business class upgrades from AirTran which is a really good thing on a four hour flight. Besides, what better way to start a cruise than with AirTran's beer.

1 Day

[lindnet]

That's too cool, Scurvy! Enjoy! I have 4 free drink coupons from Southwest, so you guys might want to look for me being carried to the baggage claim area tomorrow.

Ok, I have received a SIGN. The past 2 mornings on the way to work I was listening to my new Sirius radio in my new car......and both mornings 2 different stations were playing Billy Joel's Piano Man. I figure it's a sign.....we're going to have some fun in the piano bar!

Of course that will only happen if we can get the yawning table moved in there.

Yay, all packed and ready2gonow!!!

[TravelMike]

I,am excited just thinking about this trip. Needless to say I will be thinking about all of you, and wishing Carole and I could be there with you guys. Don't feel sorry for me I have a Med cruise coming up October 6th. I plan on being 100% by that time. I am looking forward to hearing lots of wonderful things about this cruise. Wishing you all a safe and fun packed trip. Mike PS Someone else will need to change clothes with TC, funny she looked better in my shirt than I did Hmmmmmmm!

[TravelMike]

Originally Posted by ScurvyDog

Hmmmmmmmm

My day has started out rather well. I was able to snag two FREE business class upgrades from AirTran which is a really good thing on a four hour flight. Besides, what better way to start a cruise than with AirTran's beer.

1 Day

That is great news Scurvy, what a great way to start a vacation. Carole and I are wishing you and Kay a great trip. Mike

[April]

Snif snif snif-- boy do I feel left out -- no beer or drink coupons for me--
Guess I'll just have to buy my own---or have bulge in a pocket somewhere-- I would have said something else but I wouldnt want to be stopped at the airport and not let on my flight-----

Darn now why arent I flying on Southwest when they give out those free drinks-----I've missed that the last time they did that by one day---
hummm maybe I'll have to plan a flight around that----

Ok so some of us still need to go to work today and walk a spoiled rotten little dog---and I'm one of them too

so I will check in later---

Cheers y'all
April

[Snoozeman]

My, we have an active thread this morning!!

Once we get around Frank we should be be good in all the ports. Of course it may be 'rockin' for awhile!! Monday evening may be exciting.

Good to see you online Mike. You sure sounded good on the phone!!

[lindnet]

Originally Posted by Snoozeman

Once we get around Frank we should be be good in all the ports. Of course it may be 'rockin' for awhile!! Monday evening may be exciting.

Sounds like we need to have a "We're Not Afraid of Big Bad Frank" party on Monday night, then!

4.5 hours to go and I'm officially on vacation!

[TravelMike]

Hey gang, Mrs Phil and Liz here, and I am afraid I have to correct Phil. We did indeed get the 8AM call, they just called the important one. Mrs. Phil & Liz, Carole received the call and did not tell me until I brought up the subject. I guess she though it might make me feel bad. Who in the heck wants to wait to get on a ship. I would like to be on ASAP! Right. Have a great cruise. Mike

[Snoozeman]

Originally Posted by SAYLORMAN

I have one but do not know how to put it in.

Greg

Click on the User CP (control panel) in blue line near top of page. When it loads there will be an edit avatar button on the left. Try that!!

[ready2gonow]

No free drinks for me and no Business Class upgrade. But you know what, I think I could stand on my head knowing I have a cruise waiting on me! Did y'all get a good visual of that? SCARY!

Anyway, I have my carry-on pretty well packed, and all the clothes pulled out. Now it is a matter of folding, hoping nothing is overweight.

Linda, we definitely be in the piano bar.

I'm kinda looking forward to the motion in the ocean. There have been times when I couldn't even tell I was on a ship, and I missed it. Of course, I say that now!

Mike, I hope today finds you feeling a little better. How much alcohol do you guess will be consumed, in honor to you and Carole? My guess is..... Mass quantities!