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Cruise line: 350 sick aboard ship in Caribbean
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| 2/23/10
| BRUCE SMITH
Posted on 02/23/2010 8:19:55 AM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer
This might be a stupid question, BUT this question is outta curiosity...what about military ships or submarines that are out at sea for months? I mean do they have the same problem or has the military found a solution to the problem?
To: Kartographer
Earlier this morning, I read in my local paper, The Key West Citizen, that the Coast Guard has been airlifting passengers with “abdominal pains” off Carnival Cruise ships:
Coast Guard crews also were busy airlifting two patients from two separate cruise ships Saturday. A 59-year-old woman complaining of abdominal pain was airlifted around 1:30 p.m. from a Carnival cruise ship near Key West. About 45 minutes later, a 67-year-old woman aboard a different Carnival ship was airlifted after she, too, complained of abdominal pains, reports say.
Both women were reportedly in stable condition at Lower Keys Medical Center.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:06:17 AM PST
by
jsh3180
To: JIM O
Grits make sick only those not worthy of actually eating them.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:06:30 AM PST
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Mengerian
Shrimp and grits, my friend, shrimp and grits. A true Charleston delicacy!
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:08:24 AM PST
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: rahbert; TonyInOhio
It's delicious food. Love Coastal Carolina and Cajun food, too. (Fried catfish, ham-hocks with buttered collard greens, pickled eggs. Mmm mmmm!)
I eat way too much.
To: rhombus
Let me be clear... WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE EATING (sitting down to eat, not just before you get your food) ... Phew there fixed it. : )
To: Irish Queen
I used to love flying. I now hate it. I had a 6 hour delay on my trip to Dallas this summer. I was taking my kids to see my family. We got in at 3 in the morning. I was really worried because my daughter has epilepsy and sleep deprivation can trigger seizures.
We were already booked for our cruise to Alaska, but we hadn’t figured out how we were getting to Seattle from San Jose. After the trip to Dallas, I told my husband we were driving to Seattle. It took a long time, but it was much more relaxing. The kids don’t mind driving now that they are older. We just have lots of movies to watch in the car. We also got to take lots more things on the ship.
To: Frantzie
I am amazed at the idiots who take cruises. In the 1960s or 1970s it was probably pretty interesting. Today these megaships are just stupid.
Interesting you said that. How many cruises have you been on that you have formed this opinion?
I went on one cruise and loved it. It was the only time in my life that people were actually concerned that I was having a good time. And the food, wonderful. We visited 3 ports and that was quite interesting, the history and all. BTW, I met some great folks from Canada that I still correspond with and it has been over 10 years.
So when you say that the mega ships are just stupid, I have to know what megaships you have gone cruising on, so I can avoid them.
....Bob
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:16:20 AM PST
by
Lokibob
(When handed lemons...Refuse to sign for them. Life's lemons can't be delivered without a signature.)
To: rhombus
Your exactly right, how can they be illegals when legitimately working on a foreign flag vessel?
“Illegal” is being used here to mis-describe foreigners, and imply that foreigners do not know how to wash their hands.
To: ops33
Never had them together. Sounds absolutely delicious; I’d eat it up. Whose cooking!?
To: Walkingfeather
When I was at boot camp in Orlando hundreds of recruits got violently ill from chicken salad. Mayonaisse + heat = sick.
I was fine - nver eat chicken salad, macaroni salad, anything like that. Hundreds of recruits were doubled up in agony!
This incident made it into legend...
‘They say that in the Navy, the food is mighty fine
They gave us chicken salad, it killed a friend of mine’
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:20:10 AM PST
by
olepap
(God help us)
To: ThirdMate
Illegal is being used here to mis-describe foreigners, and imply that foreigners do not know how to wash their hands.That was my thought too.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:20:21 AM PST
by
rhombus
To: Mengerian
Fresh shrimp and stone ground grits. Add any spices you like, tastes great.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:20:24 AM PST
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: rhombus
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:22:37 AM PST
by
stevecmd
To: Frantzie
“The food staff are illegals and they have no clue what hand washing is. They are like an ocean going sweat shop.”
Unbelievable the things you are saying!!
Most cruise ships are foreign flagged vessels, not staffed by illegal aliens, since they are ships company. That is like saying that a pilot from Japan Air Lines, when he lands in the U.S. is an illegal alien. Please quit shooting from the hip...
....Bob
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:22:52 AM PST
by
Lokibob
(When handed lemons...Refuse to sign for them. Life's lemons can't be delivered without a signature.)
To: RoseofTexas
Most of the sickness on cruise line are brought aboard by the passengers.The lines themselves are at least the one i use are very clean.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:26:29 AM PST
by
ontap
To: Kartographer
Sea-sick ping.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:26:47 AM PST
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Afterwards, if you’re really quiet you can actually hear your arteries clogging.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:27:16 AM PST
by
flintsilver7
(Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
To: Kartographer
As I always tell my wife, you want to go on a cruise? I'll fly to whatever island you want to meet on.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:28:16 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Don't criticize. Explain to me who I should support other than Sarah Palin.)
To: frogjerk
From what I read about these outbreaks on cruise ships, it is generally determined that the common restrooms and their lack of thorough cleaning by the staff, is the main reason for these outbreaks occurring.
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posted on
02/23/2010 9:31:52 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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