Rog270:
Mr Snowman…you being an experienced multi-drop driver …what wears out first the driver’s door or the engine…
Id tell you but I dont want to ruin the surprise for you.
When you grow up and get your big boy license you’ll be able to find out for yourself
I think the op is disrespectful at its best, no regard for older folk, and to make fun of old people on a cruise is beyond belief, i mean calling them coffin dodgers…they have earnt their retirements, and deserve their cruises, but do not deserve the name calling…probably because of some of those, you were able to go on your cruise yourself…thats the trouble with youngsters today, no respect, and bring up their kids with the same attitude.
I have never been on a cruise but have no desire to…but this old coffin dodger ( aged 70 ) has completed over 50 years of international HGVdriving, and am embarking on a long haul across europe in my car to my other home in Bulgaria at the end of this month…so i welcome you to seek your future holidays in Devon, as its possibly as far as you can drive.
tezza:
Which ship was that Rog? Myself and the wife love cruising and usually go on a couple each year.
Not the same type of cruising though. 
Another rude pensioner . [emoji33]
darren118:
Another rude pensioner . [emoji33]
Yeh but you have certainly proved his point mate. 
The term “SAGA Louts” is more pc than “coffin dodgers.” Or “National Trustees.”
At least he didn’t call them 'oxygen thieves '…
Rog270:
Stupidly I thought that when you died at sea you got a sea burial … Now that would have been something to tell the folks back home…
In 1971 I did a round the world cruise (not called a cruise in those days as it was a scheduled voyage carrying mail), half way across the Pacific an elderly guy died as the result of a heart attack. At 0600 the next morning the ship reduced speed and the deceased was committed to the deep, around a dozen of us attended the service. It was a lovely service and I thought at the time what a beautiful way to go. For anyone that’s interested the name of the ship was the ‘Southern Cross’ (Shaw Savill & Albion).
Tiger.
Why keep the bodies in cold storage when they could be commited to the deep in a respectful manner.Its not funny that those people died ,its nature taking its course.R.I.P.
I saw the humour in four people passing away but the ship only having a morgue for three, it’s not disrespectful, it’s just seeing a little bit of humour in an otherwise sad event.
I’d also never even thought of cruise ships needing to have a morgue, or even of passengers passing away while on a cruise or what would happen to the body if it was to happen.
A high percentage of passengers on sea cruises are to put it politely “in their twilight years”, and why the hell not? They’ve worked, saved and looked after their children and grandchildren all of their lives, so they deserve to be pampered.
If it was me in their situation and the option was passing away in a care home in Eastbourne or under a blazing Mediteranean sun I know which one I’d choose.
This thread brings to mind.Its Dover for the Continent and its Brighton and Eatbourne for the incontinent. 
robroy:
darren118:
Another rude pensioner . [emoji33]Yeh but you have certainly proved his point mate.
How have I ?
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so what happened to number 4…did they bung him over the side as shark food,or dump the ice cream to make room in the fridge for him,or what? id imagine it would be a bit wiffy after a day or so…do gerries have a habit of ■■■■■■■ it around you normally,or just on cruises? mabey your a bit of a jinx with the kiss of death…ive always thought a cruise would be like prison with th option of drowning,but each to their own…if the normal ferries are anything to go by,then you must be well accustomed to the smell of stale pish,and vick accompanied by the sight of blue rinses and surgical stockings as that’s all you smell when theres a gerries bus run on board… 
Regarding the 4 deaths, it’s the family left behind that deserve our sympathies. These poor buggers are going to have to bag up all the commemorative plates of Princess Di, the Queen Mum and the Flying Scotsman and fly tip them at night in the doorway of a charity shop. What will they do with all those free Parker pens that Parkinson’s been badgering them to apply for during the ad breaks of Last of The Summer Wine?
That badly tarmacced driveway they let those Irish council workers lay for £20k in cash will need ripping up.
Those VHS cassettes of “Riverdance” will need a skip costing over £230.
Those 36 jars of pickled onions intended to be xmas gifts for the grand kids they never saw will need encasing in concrete and burying in the sea.
Anyhow looking on the bright side of life…
The half used tubes of Super Polygrip will provide a free alternative to No More Nails and Grip Fill.
And those Werthers Originals can be mixed with sand water and cement and make ■■■■■■■ good concrete.
Re- Body disposal on Ship…I spoke to a Steward and asked him would we be having a burial at sea…now that would have been something to tell the in-laws about…fxxxxck your volcano eruptions…two a penny they are…That’s when he told me they had a mortuary on board…makes sense now considering the clientele Bon Voyage
darren118:
robroy:
darren118:
Another rude pensioner . [emoji33]Yeh but you have certainly proved his point mate.
How have I ?
So you don’t think writing Truckyboy off as a ‘rude pensioner’ is direspectful do you, …the point he was making about younger generations.
I’m sure TB is well capable of speaking up for himself and doesn’t need me to stand his corner, but I just think you were a tad out of order mate.
He is the same generation of driver who showed me the job and kept me right when I was a green newbie, it is what comes natural to his generation of driver, empathy, courtesy, and camaraderie, qualities lacking in the majority of today’s drivers, of which in many cases, 10 are equivalent to one of his generation.
He has been running Europe since the 60s ffs, and still doing it at 70yrs old, and deserves more respect than being labelled a …‘rude pensioner’
Bragging about your second home and enjoy your holidays in Devon as if that’s the best the younger generation can afford is disrespectful and rude I don’t consider myself in either camp at 46 and do 18 day long trips around all of the corners of Europe on a regular basis and earn good money in the process. People of all ages can be rude and shouldn’t be let off for being young or Old .
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darren118:
Bragging about your second home and enjoy your holidays in Devon as if that’s the best the younger generation can do is disrespectful and rude I don’t consider myself in either camp at 46 and do 18 day long trips around all of the corners of Europe on a regular basis and earn good money in the process. People of all ages can be rude and shouldn’t be let off for being young or Old .Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk
No…Can’t see where he was bragging at all mate, he just said he was heading over there as far as I can see it.
As for the Devon reference, read the op, it was him who mentioned Devon in the first place .
As for boasting, it could have been construed as boasting about you ‘earning good money’ by the same token also, seeing as there was no need to mention it.
Still can not see where he was being rude or offensive, , the only rudeness imo was the ‘rude pensioner’ reference by yourself.
I was following/stuck behind a Werthers Original in a Talbot camper van yesterday. Never went above 35mph and took undabouts and left turns at a speed more akin to a narrowboat entering a lock. What took the ■■■■ even more was the for sale notice in the back window; “£7k neg…now £6300.”
For an L reg Talbot van. Dementia or delusion?