Comments on: A Finnished Blog http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/ Wed, 23 May 2012 11:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Carroll B. Merrimanhttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23948 Carroll B. Merriman Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:24:00 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23948 Hey, just thought I would drop a line to let you know that your site took a little while to load... are you using a caching plugin? I don't know if they have caching plugins for BlogEngine, but I know they do for Wordpress and it makes my Wordpress sites load A LOT faster! Maybe it is just my internet though, check your webmasters tools and see what it says the load time is. Hey, just thought I would drop a line to let you know that your site took a little while to load… are you using a caching plugin? I don’t know if they have caching plugins for BlogEngine, but I know they do for WordPress and it makes my WordPress sites load A LOT faster! Maybe it is just my internet though, check your webmasters tools and see what it says the load time is.

]]> By: Frank Marchicahttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23947 Frank Marchica Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:09:03 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23947 Hello John Heald!I have been most informed by your regular blogs and find them a very nice way end the day with a calmness contenting amusement satisfaction!I don't have a lot of time as it is late and I need some sleep and I have a little bit of homework to do before tomorrow (however I do plan on writing you a detailed letter very very soon). In short, I am a 7-time Carnival Cruise Goer (about to be 8 very shortly) since the Holiday when I was just 4 years old. I've had you on I think 3 of my cruises and have had great respect and admiration since! I am 24 now.You are the best and very funny that I regularly describe you as someone who provides laughs beyond stomach-side repair!Thanks for your influence and I'll be sending a very good letter soon hopefully.-Frank Marchica Hello John Heald!

I have been most informed by your regular blogs and find them a very nice way end the day with a calmness contenting amusement satisfaction!

I don’t have a lot of time as it is late and I need some sleep and I have a little bit of homework to do before tomorrow (however I do plan on writing you a detailed letter very very soon). In short, I am a 7-time Carnival Cruise Goer (about to be 8 very shortly) since the Holiday when I was just 4 years old. I’ve had you on I think 3 of my cruises and have had great respect and admiration since! I am 24 now.

You are the best and very funny that I regularly describe you as someone who provides laughs beyond stomach-side repair!

Thanks for your influence and I’ll be sending a very good letter soon hopefully.

-Frank Marchica

]]> By: BuckeyeLadyhttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23946 BuckeyeLady Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:02:21 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23946 John, Never for a moment should you doubt yourself or your abilities--both you and Heidi show so much compassion and work so hard to make everyone's cruise exceed their vacation dreams. (and share all those dreams w/we bloggers so we can survive until our next cruise!) Folks like Cap't Rude and Mr & Mrs S Nob allow you the opportunity to send us entertaining stories. I'm actually writing to say thanks for all the interesting tidbits you share about the various ports and countries. The stories and pictures make so many places come alive, and even if I never get to visit some of them I will feel like I have been there. jo John, Never for a moment should you doubt yourself or your abilities–both you and Heidi show so much compassion and work so hard to make everyone’s cruise exceed their vacation dreams. (and share all those dreams w/we bloggers so we can survive until our next cruise!) Folks like Cap’t Rude and Mr & Mrs S Nob allow you the opportunity to send us entertaining stories.
I’m actually writing to say thanks for all the interesting tidbits you share about the various ports and countries. The stories and pictures make so many places come alive, and even if I never get to visit some of them I will feel like I have been there. jo

]]> By: Patriciahttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23945 Patricia Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:44:27 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23945 Dear John, I am so sorry that Captain Rude was 'short' with you. This is my theory why people behave like that. They save their pennies from under the sofa cushions so they can go on this awsome trip of a lifetime cruise and get so puffed up about it, they consider themselves really really special. Then they embark and discover that they are taking this trip with 2000 other really really special people, and they get all pissy about it. Captain Rude would not like Heaven either-too many tacky Saints and Angels, nobody keeping the riff-raff out! LOL Well, like many of the other 2000 cruisers, we are going to Hawaii with next month, Larry & I will be celebrating our 25th anniversary, my birthday, and my retirement. And unlike Captain Rude, we don't want special treatment. Like Minnie Pearl, we will just be "proud to be here!" You will laugh when you hear how we financed it. I 'm an avid anti-smoking preacher, and I tell my nursing students who smoke that if they would quit, then put the price of a pack of cigarettes a day into a shoebox, then at the end of a year or so, they could go on a cruise. So, although we never smoked, we decided to give the theory a try. Sure enough, in a little over a year, we had saved enough for the trip. We love you and your blogs John. It takes someone really special to make everyone that happy. Keep up the good work. Dear John,
I am so sorry that Captain Rude was ‘short’ with you. This is my theory why people behave like that. They save their pennies from under the sofa cushions so they can go on this awsome trip of a lifetime cruise and get so puffed up about it, they consider themselves really really special. Then they embark and discover that they are taking this trip with 2000 other really really special people, and they get all pissy about it. Captain Rude would not like Heaven either-too many tacky Saints and Angels, nobody keeping the riff-raff out! LOL
Well, like many of the other 2000 cruisers, we are going to Hawaii with next month, Larry & I will be celebrating our 25th anniversary, my birthday, and my retirement. And unlike Captain Rude, we don’t want special treatment. Like Minnie Pearl, we will just be “proud to be here!”
You will laugh when you hear how we financed it. I ‘m an avid anti-smoking preacher, and I tell my nursing students who smoke that if they would quit, then put the price of a pack of cigarettes a day into a shoebox, then at the end of a year or so, they could go on a cruise. So, although we never smoked, we decided to give the theory a try. Sure enough, in a little over a year, we had saved enough for the trip.
We love you and your blogs John. It takes someone really special to make everyone that happy. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: dwa76http://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23944 dwa76 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:40:08 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23944 Hi John/Heidi: You're making the party scene in Finland sound like Mardi Gras. Watchout...It may become the next big hot spot for Spring Break. Great pics today. Thanks for posting these. I really enjoyed Skippy's interview and he had some great stories. Hope everything else is going well and you're looking forward to seeing warmer weather. Take care! David Hi John/Heidi:
You’re making the party scene in Finland sound like Mardi Gras. Watchout…It may become the next big hot spot for Spring Break.
Great pics today. Thanks for posting these.
I really enjoyed Skippy’s interview and he had some great stories.
Hope everything else is going well and you’re looking forward to seeing warmer weather.
Take care!
David

]]> By: Lindahttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23943 Linda Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:27:03 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23943 We are so anticipating our Transatlantic cruise on the Splendor. I am glad we found your blog John and will continue to read until we sail. We are on the Texas coast and all eyes are on Ike. Hope it stays away. We are so anticipating our Transatlantic cruise on the Splendor. I am glad we found your blog John and will continue to read until we sail. We are on the Texas coast and all eyes are on Ike. Hope it stays away.

]]> By: Lauren in Oregonhttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23942 Lauren in Oregon Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:22:09 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23942 What beautiful pictures! Simply stunning. What beautiful pictures! Simply stunning.

]]> By: Carol Schoenbergerhttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23941 Carol Schoenberger Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:43:13 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23941 Linda - Amen, amen to your words. and tell DJ great joke,Carol Linda – Amen, amen to your words. and tell DJ great joke,

Carol

]]> By: michellehttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23940 michelle Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:09:20 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23940 "..even now you can find men frozen to the spot with a stolen TV in their arms." I am still laughing at that...I LOVE the cultural details you share and it's one of the many reasons I log on here every day. The photos are so appreciated too.And Lisa, that was a 'sweet' note to 'John' and I know for a 'fact' that he 'loved' it. Seriously, it was 'touching'. Sorry, 'just' couldn't 'help' it. ':D' “..even now you can find men frozen to the spot with a stolen TV in their arms.” I am still laughing at that…

I LOVE the cultural details you share and it’s one of the many reasons I log on here every day. The photos are so appreciated too.

And Lisa, that was a ‘sweet’ note to ‘John’ and I know for a ‘fact’ that he ‘loved’ it. Seriously, it was ‘touching’. Sorry, ‘just’ couldn’t ‘help’ it. ‘:D’

]]> By: Melissa Jurgensenhttp://johnhealdsblog.com/2008/09/07/a-finnished-blog/#comment-23939 Melissa Jurgensen Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:36:50 +0000 http://johnheald.wordpress.com/?p=5567#comment-23939 John,I love New York so when you are a pot washer on the Staten Island Ferry I will come and say hello.Cheers! Melissa John,

I love New York so when you are a pot washer on the Staten Island Ferry I will come and say hello.

Cheers!
Melissa

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