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If you could, would you take this cruise that lasts three years?

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/3-year-cruise-mv-gemini/index.html

It travels to 135 countries and all seven continents. The cheapest cabin is $30K per year.

Posted - April 22, 2023

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  • 10052
    Unless there's an offering that allows dogs, no chance. 
      April 22, 2023 7:27 AM MDT
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  • 3699
    If you stop to think about it, that's a great deal.  No rent, food, utility costs, no cooking for yourself, no house cleaning - all for $30,000 a year.  Cheaper than a senior citizen/nursing home.
      April 22, 2023 10:39 AM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      Well, it certainly sounds tempting, because I do have the free time, financially it’s a great bargain, I certainly can afford it, and I would really be interested in not only the cruise itself but all the 135 countries to which it goes.
      However, I see nothing on the itinerary indicating either the 10,000 Lakes in the great state of Minnesota, nor anything more specifically near the great city of Minneapolis. Three years away from my Babykins? Nope, I can’t see it happening. I’m going have to take a hard pass on this one. Grrrrrrr. 


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      April 22, 2023 11:46 AM MDT
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  • 10993
    So, there's absolutely no chance that you would be on board? Good to know.
      April 23, 2023 6:13 AM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      Grrrrrrrrrrrr.


    (She got me, folks.)

     

      April 23, 2023 7:47 AM MDT
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  • 2999
    Take her with you. 
      April 23, 2023 4:48 PM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      I know, right?

      Technically, however, the way that she got me was that she slyly used my own scheme against me by verifying that I was saying I’d decline going in the 3-year cruise (based on me being adamant about not wanting to chance being away from her), so that she herself could go on the cruise, thereby leaving me behind for an absence of three years. As such, I could not really “take her with me” because I wouldn’t be going anywhere. Your suggestion could be altered to say, “go on the cruise with her”, but she’s slick: she’d have me believe she was embarking on the cruise ship, I would purchase my ticket and embark, the ship would get underway, and she’d slip back into Minneapolis, leaving me high and dry for three whole years. Grrrrrrr. 



      This cloak and dagger game tgat that she and I play calls for vast amounts of cunning plans and counter plans (and even counter-counter plans). Grrrrrrrrrrrr.




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    This post was edited by Randy D at May 6, 2023 8:00 AM MDT
      April 23, 2023 11:47 PM MDT
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  • 2999
    You are better off without her then, that would be so deceitful, shame on her. 
      April 24, 2023 5:15 AM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      Hold on! You KNOW she will read that, right?


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      April 24, 2023 6:53 AM MDT
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  • 44602
    Yes.
      April 22, 2023 7:18 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    I won't even take a cruise that leaves the dock.  I'm waiting for one that stays docked but you get to go aboard and pretend the ship is moving and enjoy the things people always talk about regarding cruises.....Lanluber Cruise. 
      April 23, 2023 12:05 PM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      Dozens of ships that have been converted to museums can be found in various and sundry locations, that might be an option you’d enjoy. 


    :)

      April 23, 2023 1:07 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    My comments are about a cruise, but thanks anyway.
      April 24, 2023 2:39 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Landlubber?
      April 23, 2023 2:28 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    Yes.  I have no words for that typo.  Maybe a mini stroke or something.
      April 25, 2023 9:57 AM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      Heck, I thought you had written it that way on purpose. 


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      April 26, 2023 3:53 AM MDT
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  • 1953
    Oh yeah in a heartbeat. 
      April 23, 2023 2:32 PM MDT
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  • 551
    No, because most of the countries or provinces that are on my shortlist to visit - Nepal, Tibet, Bihar (India) are landlocked. I don't think the Chinese government is likely to dig a canal from Shanghai to Lhasa any time soon!
      May 6, 2023 4:18 AM MDT
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