The games were played back to back. That's how we think of back-to-back or back to back. Or it could be meetings. Or watching movies, or having interviews, or...booking 51 back-to-back cruises on the Princess Cruises' Coral Princess. After that finishes, the article says they will get on the Crown Princess for another year. They won't say how much they've spent, but claim it is cheaper than a retirement home.
That's the headline about Marty and Jess Ansen from Australia, who have spent over 450 days on board. They wanted to "catch up" on the cruising they missed during the Pandemic. Another article headline said they did this instead of retiring to a nursing home.
In the same article another permanent cruise ship passenger, Ryan Gutridge says it is cheaper to live on a cruise ship.
"As reported by Business Insider, Gutridge claimed that living on a cruise ship for 300 days costs roughly the same as paying rent for an apartment in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 2023, his base fare budget was about $30,000.
Since he has racked up so many days at sea, his drinks and internet are free, thanks to his Crown & Anchor Society perks. Because of his benefits, he said he'll spend even less money cruising than in the past, even if he's cruising more."
So we find another one of those 1 in 8 billion moments. I have a "1 in 8 billion club". The first person in it is the oldest marathoner, Fauja Singh, who died at 114 years old a few weeks ago. His was an inspiring story. And this cruise story? I didn't promise the 1 in 8 billion club would all be pretty, did I?
Yesterday's summer camp activity, with all that heat, was to take another image through the "fun cycle". This image is from the Minneapolis Botanic Garden from a few years ago. It is a white sculpture reflected in black water. Using the temperature slide, it was turned to a nice blue, manipulated it in Flexify and then arranged into collages. Blue seems to be quite cooling.
Then I read about the 6 foot Tsunami waves that travelled from Russia to Japan, Hawaii, B.C. and the U.S. Pacific coast. It caused the evacuation of millions of people in Japan.
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