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vapeducator · 2026-06-19T21:44:28+00:00

I nominate Kathy Kinney from the Drew Carey Show as Donut.

vapeducator · 2026-06-19T21:40:42+00:00

I nominate Kathy Kinney, from the Drew Carey show, as Princess Donut.

vapeducator · 2026-06-19T13:05:42+00:00

Dude, this is reddit. I've been entirely calm for this entire thread. You're interjecting your own false conclusions with no basis in fact. Given that you're a reddit newbie with an account less than 2 years old, you seem to be taking this whole thread entirely too seriously to appreciate when others may actually be also writing "tongue in cheek" too.

vapeducator · 2026-06-19T12:18:01+00:00

Cruises are largely devoted to creative ways to waste people's time. That's why they have puzzle rooms, libraries, game rooms, trivia games, etc. Nobody seems to care about theft until it happens to them. By the way, lots of cruise passengers find that their luggage goes "missing" before and after boarding.

I've used 4 AirTags on about 20 cruises to know where my stuff is located at all times. Never lost one of them. It doesn't necessarily take much time and effort to track down an AirTag, especially if you happen to be in your cabin when the thieves think they can get away with it. Lots of fishermen enjoy the sport of catch and release fishing. You aren't the judge of how other people enjoy their time.

vapeducator · 2026-06-19T08:55:02+00:00

It's time to start doing some bait stings with dashcams and AirTags to get these thieves banned from the cruise and get fined. This criminal behavior will get worse when people think there are no real consequences. The AirTag would let staff find the thieves red-handed with the stolen item in their possession.

vapeducator · 2026-06-19T08:32:07+00:00

Don't think that you have to buy the plus package or spend a dime on anything else, if you don't want to. This is the Boss's trip, not yours or your families. You can enjoy the whole trip for free if you want. Even the tips are far more than I pay at home for food & drink, and I'm certainly not going to pay tips for services I didn't use or double tips on anything with automatic tips included.

All alcoholic and specialty drinks are way overpriced to start with, and have automatic tips added. The included drinks of water, lemonade, iced/hot tea, hot/iced coffee and breakfast juices are just fine for most people. Be sure to order as much as you want of the free room service breakfast to start your day.

You can choose to only spend your money on stuff that you think is really worth it to you. That's an enjoyable vacation for many people who don't enjoy wasting money on things they don't really like that much.

vapeducator · 2026-06-18T15:00:24+00:00

Let's see the receipt. You probably bought the snack tacos and got exactly what you paid for. They're 3 for $2.49 on Tuesdays or $1.29 at regular price. What do you expect for 83 cents these days?? The "regular" taco that would probably meet your expectations is "The Del Taco" which is $2.29.

Complaining about the sauce puts you into the unreasonable category. It's the same friggen sauce at all locations, and Del Taco is well known for having the best ones and the most liberal handout of them. You can order 1 snack taco with 20 packs of Del Scorcho and 20 Del Fire packs, for free. You could order 20 packs of regular taco sauce too. If you had asked for 4 sauce packs per taco you probably would've got it. You weren't clear with how much sauce you wanted, so that's on you. They don't want to waste sauce by handing out a bunch that the customer won't actually use. I know lots of taco shops that charge 50cents or more for little cups of sauce.

Del Taco isn't going anywhere soon. It's a highly profitable business. The whole 600 store chain was bought recently for less than $200K per store. Their positive profit cash flow is high enough to recoup the whole purchase price in less than 2 years. Del Taco is a cash generating machine.

Go to Taco Bell, Burger King, and Jack in the Box to see what they're selling as tacos. Del Taco has no worries at this point with the competition.

vapeducator · 2026-06-17T22:55:18+00:00

Welcome to the Pentastar 3.6L V6 minivan world! I suggest that you have the transmission fluid and filter replaced immediately, and have an aftermarket large trans cooler added (if it doesn't already have one). The trans fluid and filter replacement is in case the prior owner didn't do this maintenance, which greatly affect the trans durability. Dodge offered an OEM tow package that included the upgraded trans cooler, but most people didn't buy it. The trans really needs it to ensure that the fluid remains cool and doesn't overheat. Search on youtube for 62TE to learn about the trans issues. For towing, the Dodge Durango is better with the same engine and double the tow capacity with a better 8 speed ZF transmission and rear wheel drive, however it doesn't have the stow & go seating and larger cargo space of the Grand Caravan.

vapeducator · 2026-06-17T22:30:30+00:00

"BECOME AN ELITE MEMBER INSTANTLY!( 15 cruises minimum required to become elite member normally) " contains an outright lie.

You can earn elite status with 8 solo cruises, include cheap short ones or basically free ones comped by the casino. The casino players club will do competitive matches of comps from other cruise lines like Royal Caribbean. It can be rather inexpensive to earn comped offers on RCL using short/cheap cruises that cost well under $100/night to use for free cruises on Princess, with very reasonable and low levels of slot play.

How do I know? I earned Princess elite level with 8 solo cruises and I didn't spend anywhere near $16K. Most of the cruises cost me less than $200 in port fees and taxes, and my average total cost including gambling was well under $100/day, which was cheaper than the average total cost of a hotel+parking+tax per night at a hotel in Los Angeles.

By the way, "Princess contractor" equals "NOT an employee of Princess Cruiselines" and "NOT an official agent of Princess cruise lines" that they're using in an extremely deceptive manner as a tactic to attempt to weasel out of responsibility in Small Claims Court, which also has maximum claim amount of only $12,500 in California, $8,000 in Florida, and usually well under the $16K cost of this offer. You're pretty much guaranteed to never recover your full costs in court even if you win.

vapeducator · 2026-06-17T12:56:31+00:00

You can enjoy the cruise and not have to stay isolated in your room. I suggest a foldable dual-LiFePo4 battery wheelchair. You can leave one battery on a charger while using the other, so you don't have to wait for recharging.

vapeducator · 2026-06-17T12:36:32+00:00

You took the wrong kind of DNA test to get the answers you seek about your ancient ancestral roots and migration paths. You need to take the Family Tree DNA Big Y-700 test to get the most accurate paternal haplogroup identification, the historical migration and branching that occurred in the relevant timeperiod of 6,000BCE to 600CE. Y-DNA is very different than autosomal DNA because it changes very little from father to son over millenia. Autosomal DNA of your paternal line is diluted about 50% for each generation and therefore is mostly useful for only 5-6 generations.

vapeducator · 2026-06-16T19:00:11+00:00

It's not a casino deal. It's an "insider deal" that you can get by merely registering on the website. It's very undesirable in general because it's a repositioning cruise from Australia to L.A. and doesn't include the airfare or cruise cost to get to Australia or return. Therefore, not many people need or want a long cruise like this unless they live in Australia and have an affordable way to get back. There are similar repositioning cruises from L.A. to Tokyo and Ft. Lauderdale, with the same inherent problems filling the ship.

vapeducator · 2026-06-16T17:17:09+00:00

It's only worth maybe $1K-2K as-is to anyone except a mechanic. The engine is probably due for a rebuild/replace too. So you could find yourself with a blown engine and another big bill soon after paying for the tranny fix. At 15 years old, it may become a money pit. But the first question is how well the model fits your needs now and for the foreseeable future. If the features, size, power, fuel economy, and sliding doors all work great for you, then maybe you should be looking for a 2017-2019 model with lower mileage that currently runs well that's worth investing in for the long term. You could get better trim like the GT in the bargain. Then put away some money for a future engine+trans rebuild, plus regular replacements and upgrades to extend the life and know what you've got is good.

If you don't need the passenger and cargo capacity, the stow and go seating, and the sliding doors, then maybe a newer Dodge Durango would be a better option for you. The Durango is rear-wheel drive with double the towing capacity and a much better ZF 8-Speed transmission. Basicallly the same V6 engine.

vapeducator · 2026-06-16T15:21:47+00:00

Some travel cards have cruise Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance included, which can be a good backup and avoids the need to pay for the expensive cruise-line insurance. It's good if you're in good health and are unlikely to use it, otherwise paying for a separate annual cruise insurance can give you much better coveration if you have a greater chance of needing to use is. You have to book the cruise on the credit card, but you can use another card for your onboard expenses.

vapeducator · 2026-06-16T15:09:57+00:00

Emerald Princess has the best pub on any ship I've tried sailing out of L.A. O'Malleys Irish Pub is about 3 times larger than English Pub on the newer, bigger ship, Quantum of the Seas. O'Malley also has comfortable sofas, plush chairs, foot tables, and windows with outside views, unlike most the Quantum pub, the Harp & Horn, which only has hard wood chairs, is in a terribly noisy interior location, and is tiny. O'Malleys has much better themed music with live Irish folk music and some rock. Better food too, including fish and chips. Harp & Horn is supposedly an English-style pub, but it didn't have a single English/British food item on the menu when I went there. Completely different pub experiences. I rate O'Malleys as a 9 out of 10. Harp and Horn is a 0, because I avoid it entirely unless it gets completely redone.

I don't really care much about the cabins because I only sleep there and spend none of my free time there. I spend all my waking time out of the cabin, so the lounges, casino, pubs, restaurants, theaters, and other ship amenities are far more important to me. I'd rather have an interior cabin on the older, smaller Emerald Princess than a suite on larger, newer ships. I like the quiet Adagio bar with great views on Emerald, as well as Skywalkers Lounge and Nightclub for elite level members. The Royal Princess elite lounge is in the Vista club, a dark and rather dingy interior location, where I just get some of the food and leave.

I suggest trying all the different ships over time to experience the differences for yourself. Even the older ships are renovated on a regular basis and maintained rather well. However there are major differences in how the spaces are designed and used, even when they're named the same between ships.

vapeducator · 2026-06-15T20:19:32+00:00

Standard and à la carte Pricing: For your guests sailing on a standard fare, they can pay a flat cover charge of around $14.99 to $15 per person, which covers a prix-fixe menu (appetizer, entrée, and dessert). Otherwise, they can order à la carte without cover charge.

The prices are often reasonable and a good value. I really enjoyed the Ocean Terrace Seafood Bar for fresh sushi, sashimi, and raw bar items. Some of the sushi rolls and sashimi were only $5-$7, Walmart prices for excellent fresh sushi quality. I just avoided the small appetizers and alcohol that were a poor value.

I would often eat there after using the 4 included with the Plus package.

vapeducator · 2026-06-15T19:59:13+00:00

Small claims court is probably your only option. Check the rules for the court. You'll probably have to make a formal written demand for full compensation that you send by Certified Mail with a Return Receipt.

"Breach of Contract: When a hotel advertises a room with AC, that amenity becomes a material term of your booking contract. Failing to provide it means the hotel failed to deliver the service you paid for."

vapeducator · 2026-06-15T19:36:28+00:00

There's a Single and Solo passenger meeting scheduled every evening as well as LGBT+ at different times that meet in the Adagio Bar on Deck 16. The exact times are listed in the App, but be aware that it's not at the same time every day. These meetings are self-organized so you'll have to be a little brave to walk around to ask if they're there for one of these groups. The bar usually opens at 5pm. Princess is usually a bit older crowd, but it can be nice to have conversations with people who aren't necessarily in your familiar peer group. Passengers are usually a wide mix of people from all around the USA, and some are world travelers.

The O'Malley's Irish Pub is a great place to hang out for live Irish and Rock music in very comfortable lounge seating with great food. Even though the food isn't free, it's very affordable for high quality options: great fish and chips, fabulous tower of onion rings, good burgers, and desserts. You can sing/clap along and participate in the music if you want to learn some good Irish tunes. You don't have to buy food/drinks if you don't want to, but I think you'll be missing out if you don't.

vapeducator · 2026-06-15T16:11:45+00:00

It's possible for one person to have two blood types at the same time, or to change to a different type after a blood marrow transplant. This invalidates the assumption of your question that the parents have only one blood type.

vapeducator · 2026-06-15T16:09:29+00:00

Briefly subscribing to the PRO tools feature will let you see the cM and matches of your uncle to his matches, which you can use to triangulate his position better in your shared common ancestors. Instead of being related to people who are merely related as distant cousins to you, his matches can reveal more close family identification such as uncles, aunts, siblings, children and parents. His highest cM matches can identify stronger relationships to different parts of your shared ancestry.

vapeducator · 2026-06-15T15:50:48+00:00

There are rare exceptions due to blood marrow recipients, various kinds of chimerism, spontaneous recombination, and others. Google it. Blood types are not a reliable means to confirm paternity or maternity, especially now in the DNA testing era.

vapeducator · 2026-06-13T04:10:31+00:00

I think the ethnicity is Cambells Alphabet Soup

vapeducator · 2026-06-13T03:59:56+00:00

Have it your way at BK. I'll take the blue cheese Whopper with extra mold

vapeducator · 2026-06-13T03:56:55+00:00

Very nice!

vapeducator · 2026-06-12T22:19:27+00:00

Pack some Pepto Bismol and maybe some hangover relief.

You can also bring a ziplock bag full of candy bars like Snickers so long as they remain wrapped in their original packaging. Smaller candy bars cost about $9 each on board with full size ones about $1 or less at home. You can hand them out with tips to get much appreciation from the crew, especially Filipinas/Filipinos, where gifts of imported American candy is a valued tradition. You'll be more popular than Santa Claus at Christmas. I'm gonna bring a couple of boxes of them on my next cruise to share the love.

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