March 20, 2015


I did my “Flight 19 and the Legend of the Bermuda Triangle” talk today.  It went well, but had a couple of “interesting” bumps in it. 

First off, my Citizen watch, eco-drive, has not been getting enough light.  At 233 it sits under a light which is on from the time I get up until the time I go to bed.  I was rehearsing this morning, looked at said watch, said to myself, “Self, it’s about 45 minutes until show time, go ahead to the theater.”  When I got there Bonnie said, “Where have you been?  Your talk starts in 10 minutes!”  Now I am a slow walker, but not that slow.  Said watch was more than 40 minutes slow.  So it’s been in the window all day, and I’m telling time with my cell phone (which is 2 hours faster than your time, dear reader – and will be 5 hours faster by the time we get to Rome).

The second disturbance was a fire alarm mid-way through the talk.  It was a drill, as a voice from the bridge indicated, but that is one Bermuda Triangle talk that may be talked about with smiles and laughter in the future.

I skipped lunch today so I go could go to tea and consume scones, clotted cream, and strawberry jam, washing the whole thing down with tea – Earl Gray, hot.

We had our least enjoyable table grouping for supper tonight.  Three people bragging on themselves, and three people (your friendly neighborhood blogger and traveling companion and a guy from Toronto via the UK who looks like Vin Scully – all you Los Angeles Dodgers fans will know who he is) who nodded at all of their accomplishments.  The time share in Madeira.  The 70 plays starred in.  The yearly Atlantic crossings.  Etc., etc., etc.  Oh my goodness!

But the food was very good.  We had shrimp that were straight and about 4 inches long.  Never seen the like, but they were crusted and spicy and very good.  And for dessert Bonnie had pineapple crisp with vanilla ice cream and I had chocolate cheesecake with coffee ice cream.

Tomorrow is “The Pirates of the Caribbean” talk.  I’ll report back later.

TTFN!