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>"Kurt Ullman" wrote in message
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>> In article <7YCdnVaD9uXSRHvXnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>> "John Sisker" wrote:
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>> We were on the Jewel OTS on their Fjords cruise June '08 and the day we
>> had gale force winds was one of the most enjoyable. We went up to the
>> Viking Crown Lounge and watched the idiots walking around outside. One
>> of the highpoints of the trip.
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>In the days before stabilizers on cruise ships we worked at trying to get
>our "sea legs". The exercise was to walk the entire length of a corridor
>without the aid of the wall or rail. It was fun. Now, the ride is almost
>always smooth, or has been on our travels. I live on a lake so I get calm
>boat rides anytime. I like my oceans a little lumpy.
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>When I was about ten, we sailed on a yacht to Catalina and I got sea sick.
>However, as soon as we sighted land, my stomach settled down and I was fine.
>This convinced me that getting sea sick was mental and it never happened
>again. Even if my diagnosis was wrong, it worked ergo it was correct.
>Anybody else ever try something similar?
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I did get carsick once as a child when I had an earache and I was
reading in the back seat, but that was the only time I've ever gotten
motion sick and been actually sick. My dad had a problem, but my mom
and I didn't.
One of the first times we took our boat out we wanted to sail around
from the Patuxent River to the Potomac in April. It was very rough
(south wind which we were heading right into and those lovely square
waves that you get in the Chesapeake) and we had green water over the
bow. I wasn't a very happy camper but Bob insisted that I would feel
better if I was at the helm and watching the horizon. Finally after 4
or 5 hours, I said to him, "I can't do this any more. Here - you take
it."
I dropped a pencil and when I leaned over to pick it up, I got dizzy.
But when I sat up it went away, and all the nausea went away. The
seas were the same, but once Bob took the wheel, I didn't have to
worry anymore, and so I wasn't queasy.
The first time we went down the ICW, I was nauseated every morning. It
was like morning sickness. I was never actually sick, but I didn't
feel good. The second time, I didn't have that problem and I have
concluded that if I am worried, it goes to my stomach.
>I'm not very observant, I guess, but do they still have rims around the
>dining table tops to keep stuff from sliding off in rolling seas? I'm
>thinking no because I rest my arms on the table and should notice. Sorry
>about that, Miss Manners.
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