On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:02:26 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 11/20/2013 5:52 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:44:03 -0800, sf > wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:33:03 -0500, jmcquown >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 11/20/2013 3:22 PM, sf wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:03:57 -0500, Nancy Young
> >>>> > wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Not really into mingling, though, and it would be a tough sell to
> >>>>> my better half, so who knows. But I'd like to go.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mingling is not mandatory. You know that right?
> >>>>
> >>> True, but seems like if you're stuck on a boat with 100 people someone
> >>> is bound to strike up a conversation.
> >>
> >> Most, although not all, people on cruises are outgoing, excellent
> >> conversationalists and very pleasant to be around. We've met exactly
> >> one person we couldn't stand (but his wife was lovely). We chose a
> >> large table to sit at for dinner, so we could meet a lot of new people
> >> all at once and he was the only dud in the bunch.
> >
> > I see no point in meeting a bunch of people on a cruise who you will
> > never speak to again and they don't want to speak to you
> > again either... it's like talking to someone at the check out at the
> > stupidmarket... then you leave and it's adios forever.
>
> That's an odd comparison. One can always leave the store at the
> supermarket without having a long conversation. You also don't have to
> answer if someone asks you a question if the encounter you in an isle.
> That's not "mingling". It's being cordial.
>
He's either on crack or living in a fantasy land of his own creation.
My grandparents had many longtime friends they became acquainted with
on cruises... and yes, I met them - so, they existed.

Sheldon can say whatever he wants to say about European river cruises,
but it doesn't change the fact that they are wonderful.

In any case, I'm not against cruising American rivers. I want to do
it eventually - but only after I can't stand those long flights over
seas anymore (coming soon, btw).

In the mean time, I want to see more of the world. I NEED to see
Scotland (for reasons of heritage + literary romance) and a river trip
or two in France ultimately, but I really, really, really want to see
those onion domes in St. Petersburg first.... Oh yes, I also want to
do an African safari somewhere in that time frame too. Hubby wants to
do things in South America, but I think what Janet Wilder did is right
up my alley.

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