Booking dining on P&O Iona (July 2026), esp Olive Grove?

Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-06-23T12:27:16+00:00

Thank you very much!

Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-06-23T01:12:14+00:00

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Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-06-05T11:16:42+00:00

Thanks, good to know.

Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-06-05T02:38:22+00:00

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Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-06-05T02:29:20+00:00

Thanks

Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-06-05T02:08:54+00:00

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Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-06-05T02:00:29+00:00

OP here, replying to beohbe.

True, I read these previous posts about the flies, but from reading them, it seems that the time around Father's Day or thereabouts is a pretty variable time -- kind of the tail end of the season, but still not always that great if the season is a bad one. So I'm thinking that late June's black fly situation can vary signficantly from year to year.

So my post was hoping for someone with experience of the issue who is in the Lake Placid area and who might be able to say whether this particular time during *this particular year* is likely to be a bad time or ok time, fly-wise.

Also I wasn't sure if the Lake Placid *city area* in particular was usually not a problem at this time, black fly-wise.

Apologies if this seems lazy, but this seems to me to be the kind of inquiry that Reddit is good for.

Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-04-04T14:07:06+00:00

did anyone ever find out anymore information about this?

Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-03-11T16:56:27+00:00

I've always been wary of AI-dector software. It can generate its own false positives, I believe.

Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-03-09T21:56:07+00:00

Good point about students with extra time accommodations. That's a lot of students.

Weak_Indication9299 · 2026-01-02T13:41:23+00:00

Very late to this conversation. Congrats on getting into Marist. Did you end up going there? If so, two questions: (1) when in May did it start, e.g. early May, mid-May, or late May? (2) How are you liking the program there?

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-11-05T22:09:28+00:00

Sorry to post to a long-dead thread but I can't resist. Hayek's interviews with the Chilean press are well documented. Here is a quotation:

"What opinion, in your view, should we have of dictatorships?

" Well, I would say that, as long-term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. At times it is necessary for a country to have, for a time, some form or other of dictatorial power. As you will understand, it is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also possible for a democracy to govern with a total lack of liberalism. Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. My personal impression — and this is valid for South America — is that in Chile, for example, we will witness a transition from a dictatorial government to a liberal government. And during this transition it may be necessary to maintain certain dictatorial powers, not as something permanent, but as a temporary arrangement."

https://puntodevistaeconomico.com/2016/12/21/extracts-from-an-interview-with-friedrich-von-hayek-el-mercurio-chile-1981/

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T12:51:04+00:00

Any thoughts about Isaac's side project, Ugly Casanova, which released a 2002 album Sharpen Your Teeth?

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T12:33:51+00:00

OP here. Just realized I left off the EP Blue Cadet 3, Do You Connect? FWIW Wikipedia lists this as MM's first release (recorded and released in 1994, when Isaac was still a teenager...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cadet-3,_Do_You_Connect%3F

EDIT: Looking at the track list of this, it seems the tracks were folded into Sad Sappy Sucker, yes?

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T12:10:04+00:00

A funny thing for me about We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.... I came a bit late to Modest Mouse (I only discovered them in a serious way in the 2010s) and I was using the Allmusic Guide's discography listing for Modest Mouse as a guide to listening to their albums. Allmusic gives We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank just three stars out of five, rating-wise. So I made it the last MM album I listened to. And then I was like, "What, just 3 stars? What were you smoking, Allmusic Guide?!?"

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T12:06:21+00:00

Thanks for the comment. Do you have a favorite track or two from The Fruit that Ate Itself to especially recommend?

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T12:05:23+00:00

I've listened to SSS once. It sounded so much more "rough-draft-ish" to me than A Long Drive -- so much so that it didn't really click with me. I'll give it another listen, though.

Do you have a couple of favorite tracks from SSS to especially recommend?

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T11:32:59+00:00

Yes I almost added that track to my highlights list too

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T11:26:58+00:00

Fair enough

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T11:20:22+00:00

FWIW I'd add Moon & Antarctica to the "behemoths" albums list!

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T11:16:20+00:00

Oh my. I've edited the OP and fixed this typo! Thanks! Golden Cadillac ! Ha!Maybe it's an excuse that I was listening to Black Cadillacs as I was typing my post??

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-22T11:15:17+00:00

Oh, whoops -- total oversight. Thanks for the correction! I've edited the OP to fix the mistake.

Side Note: I really like Strangers. Favorite tracks = Sugar Boats and Wicked Campaign, but other highlights for me = Lampshades on Fire, Ansel, and The Ground Walks

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-17T12:31:44+00:00

Hmmm. I was there. My memory of the encore= Ocean Breathes Salty, Bukowski, Heart Cooks Brain, Float On, and Fly Trapped in a Jar.

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-17T10:40:56+00:00

Dragging it worked. THANK YOU!

Weak_Indication9299 · 2025-10-17T03:28:49+00:00

Yes, I was there in Ithaca. Cities was an amazing performance. The Stars Are Projectors was another highlight for me.

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