Sandra:

Yes, my mother is ill, and is now in a skilled care nursing home. She has has a mutlitude of problems, but her current one seems to be dementia. She's 88 and Dad's 90, and I'm kind of worried about them.

Robert:

Don't worry, the open bar thread will come back in some form someday ---- just not initiated by me. It got to the point that some thought I had only this one interest and no others, and that's incorrect. But this subject has come up every few months since there have been cruise boards. The one I had on CC did all it could do. In fact, instead of going in the direction of more open bar times, Radisson raised drink prices! I think there may be two better ways for cruisers to express their opinions on this subject (whatever they may be) via letters and emails to Mark Conroy and by expressing one's desires on the comment cards at cruise end.

Thanks
Richard :) :) :)