I wrote
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> Monica, not sure if you have ever sailed Carnival, but FWIW we are also of
> the same mind as you with regards to drinking, partying etc. I generally
> have a beer or two in the afternoon, unless we are in port and off the
> ship, a before dinner drink and some wine with dinner. Some evenings I
> will also have a specialty coffee. In addition we generally are in bed by
> 11 PM or so. Now I recognise that there may all sorts of carrying on in
> the wee hours, but it never impinged on us at all. We were on the Carnival
> cruise in early May and there a fair number of young people, but it was
> never a problem for us. I am not trying to convince you to try Carnival,
> but simply relating our experience. Certainly if one goes into a vacation
> of any sort with certain perceptions and expectations it is easy to be
> disappointed or to look for things to reinforce those thoughts. I hasten
> to add that I am not implying that you are like that, but it is a fairly
> common human trait. If you really like going out of Galveston, why not try
> carnival? Just don't blame me if you are unhappy if you do :-)
Rereading my own post I realise it sounds as if I am down on young people
and nothing is further from the truth. I spent 31 years as a technician at a
university working with and exposed to youing people and I have a great deal
of respect for them. In addition there is no age monopoly on bad behavior.
Besides which when I see bad bahavior on the part of younguns, I tend to
blame the adults. So if I offended anyone by the above post I apologise.
Paul
Paul Hoffman
Burlington ON
phoffman@cogeco.ca or hoffmanp@mcmaster.ca
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known" Montaigne
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