The totally off-topic thread

[Cossie]

We are about to leave on our cruise, down the Mekong from Pakse, mighn't be as grand as some, but I glad I don't need a tux!

Not sure if there web access on board, if not, the boss says that is a good thing.

Have fun on all your cruises.

 

[Pushka]

We are about to leave on our cruise, down the Mekong from Pakse, mighn't be as grand as some, but I glad I don't need a tux!

Not sure if there web access on board, if not, the boss says that is a good thing.

Have fun on all your cruises.

We don't need tuxedos either. . But we do have a couple of nice long gowns. I'd never take MrP on a cruise that needed a tux.

 

[Quickstatus]

We don't need tuxedos either. . But we do have a couple of nice long gowns. I'd never take MrP on a cruise that needed a tux.

Interesting to see MrP has a gown too!!:shock:. Are they matching? Where do you get his and hers gowns?

 

[Pushka]

Interesting to see MrP has a gown too!!:shock:. Are they matching? Where do you get his and hers gowns?

I'm travelling with a (female) AFF'er. Love_the_life.

 

[Denali]

Im a seasick type.
Wont do Easter Show rides or any such rides.
Boats - nope
Tried scuba diving and vomited under water. a lot of coordination goes into this procedure. Breathe in remove regulator vomit put in regulator before breathing. apparently vomiting through regulator is OK but some chunky bits might get stuck. Attracted lots of fish. Gave up scuba
Once took the cross channel boat between South and North Island of NZ. Never again. Most of the passengers were hollering into the toilet. No one allowed outside onto deck as the weather was bad. I had lunch on the boat just as it was departing as the weather was good and seas calm. It went from sunny to rolling seas, massive waves, rain in 1 hour
Airplanes not too bad but not down the back.

I get seasick watching movies with boats. I had to leave Perfect Storm mid movie and was on the side of the road, sick on the way home. But I scuba dive, I just only do shore dives or very very very short flat boat trips. Lembeh is wonderful for short boat rides to excellent diving site.

 

[Quickstatus]

Boat dives are worst. As soon as boat stops it starts rocking and rolling so I had to be the first in the water and consequently the last back on.

Became quite adept at chucking overboard but must always be on the leeside (for obvious reasons)

Luckily have never chucked mid rollercoaster. That would be bad for the people behind.

The worst Easter Show ride was the Zipper

 

[Denali]

My advance course, hanging on the deco line. Sick. As. A. Dog.

Which is why I have so much empathy for a PA at work when it comes to flying, she feels about flying the same way I feel about boats. I rarely do a 2 boat drive trip, like 3 times in 20yrs, and Im always in the water, on the mermaid line during the break.

 

[AisleSeat]

Im a seasick type.
Wont do Easter Show rides or any such rides.
Boats - nope
Tried scuba diving and vomited under water. a lot of coordination goes into this procedure. Breathe in remove regulator vomit put in regulator before breathing. apparently vomiting through regulator is OK but some chunky bits might get stuck. Attracted lots of fish. Gave up scuba
Once took the cross channel boat between South and North Island of NZ. Never again. Most of the passengers were hollering into the toilet. No one allowed outside onto deck as the weather was bad. I had lunch on the boat just as it was departing as the weather was good and seas calm. It went from sunny to rolling seas, massive waves, rain in 1 hour
Airplanes not too bad but not down the back.

You took your reg out to vomit? Did someone tell you to do that? In a previous life I was a scuba instructor and hammered it into my students to never take your reg out to puke. The risk of drowning is too high. Sure, there'll be chunks inside, and fish do swarm, but that's when you switch to your octopus, while you purge your own primary reg of chunks.
Who said scuba was glamorous? Hahah.

 

[straitman]

I get seasick watching movies with boats.

You probably wouldn't like our trip back from NZ. We copped the tail of cyclone Debbie and had 5+M swells and 60+Kt quartering tailwind last Monday on Sea Princess crossing the ditch.

It doesn't bother me but my wife was quite concerned and then pleasantly surprised at how the ship handled it.

 

[Quickstatus]

You took your reg out to vomit? Did someone tell you to do that? In a previous life I was a scuba instructor and hammered it into my students to never take your reg out to puke. The risk of drowning is too high. Sure, there'll be chunks inside, and fish do swarm, but that's when you switch to your octopus, while you purge your own primary reg of chunks.
Who said scuba was glamorous? Hahah.

Yes was told that. I had a Reg fail due to a chunky bit. So developed my procedure. Most important is to make sure the reflex inhale immediately after vomit is after Reg back in. Hated it even more when it went up nose and there was no way to clear that as nose is in mask.

Could no take anti emetics as sedating ones makes diving dangerous


so no cruises for me and no back of airplanes

 

[Pushka]

On our last QM cruise I did a GBR snorkelling cruise. Many of the crew also joined in. They got so seasick and chucking everywhere. And I mean everywhere. Most of the passengers did too. I loved the waves.

 

[TheRealTMA]

My husband says if he wants to be in a confined space with a bunch of bogans, ie South Pacific cruise, he'll rather sit in my brothers garage, drinking beer.

Note. He's never sat with my brother, drinking beer.

A small European river cruise might be nice, or rent a barge boat and tour England.

LOL. A man after my own heart. (notwithstanding your brother.)

 

[AisleSeat]

Yes was told that. I had a Reg fail due to a chunky bit. So developed my procedure. Most important is to make sure the reflex inhale immediately after vomit is after Reg back in. Hated it even more when it went up nose and there was no way to clear that as nose is in mask.

Could no take anti emetics as sedating ones makes diving dangerous


so no cruises for me and no back of airplanes

I would have absolutely freaked out if I'd seen you do that.

 

[drron]

You probably wouldn't like our trip back from NZ. We copped the tail of cyclone Debbie and had 5+M swells and 60+Kt quartering tailwind last Monday on Sea Princess crossing the ditch.

It doesn't bother me but my wife was quite concerned and then pleasantly surprised at how the ship handled it.

You call that rough!
Off Tristan de Cunha 2 weeks ago we had 10m+ swell and winds 125+Kmh.And this was on a 110 passenger ship.
Same size ship coming back from Antarctica 7 years ago 15m swell with occasional 18m waves.No one bothered to measure the wind.
Not sick on either occasion.On the Antarctic cruise only 4 of us at brekkie the next morning.

 

[Denali]

I would have absolutely freaked out if I'd seen you do that.

I prefer to purge and vomit into the purge bubble. I've done both, vomiting through my reg is not something I like doing.

 

[coriander]

Yes was told that. I had a Reg fail due to a chunky bit. So developed my procedure. Most important is to make sure the reflex inhale immediately after vomit is after Reg back in. Hated it even more when it went up nose and there was no way to clear that as nose is in mask.

Could no take anti emetics as sedating ones makes diving dangerous


so no cruises for me and no back of airplanes

Is Maropitant available for humans? Great central anti-emetic and no observabble sedation in my patients.

 

[JohnM]

You call that rough!
Off Tristan de Cunha 2 weeks ago we had 10m+ swell and winds 125+Kmh.And this was on a 110 passenger ship.
Same size ship coming back from Antarctica 7 years ago 15m swell with occasional 18m waves.No one bothered to measure the wind.
Not sick on either occasion.On the Antarctic cruise only 4 of us at brekkie the next morning.

I'm with you - if I had been on board, it would have been 5 at brekkie.... Nothing like a wave or two to sharpen the appetite .

 

[RooFlyer]

We are about to leave on our cruise, down the Mekong from Pakse, mighn't be as grand as some, but I glad I don't need a tux!
<snip>.

Which boat? Vat Phou?

 

[Quickstatus]

.. Nothing like a wave or two to sharpen the appetite .

Or to increase the distance of the hurling

 

[AisleSeat]

I prefer to purge and vomit into the purge bubble. I've done both, vomiting through my reg is not something I like doing.

I've only seen an underwater puke a couple of times, and that was down to students who went out on the piss the night before (against my warnings) and had hangovers. Luckily both times were just in 5m confined water.