Nonchalance Personified

That's a very relaxed dude.

From his outfit, a golfer perhaps, but cast adrift on a cruise liner???

He reminds me of this image

Pinched from Wiki

 

Bonus - Cyprus has a cat problem: One feline for every resident

Cruising on a Tuesday

 

This sad old Rust Bucket seems to be the "Queen of Bermuda".

Quite an interesting ship, but quite a tedious slide.

"And they sailed off without us!"

 

I can imagine the front page story in the Esher and Surbiton Gazette.

"Our Holiday Hell.

Mr and Mrs Edwin Falconbridge told the Gazette of the disappointment when, on their annual holiday cruise round the Bahamas, they were callously left behind on the harbour quay when a foreign er pretending to be the Captain, sailed off from Jamaica, just because they were 75 minutes late from shore excursion."

This seems to be the "SS Queen of Bermuda",  She had an interesting life, including the ship having the distinction of being the only ocean liner to have sailed with one, two and three funnels.

Bonus - One way to fill a container with wheat

On the Cruise Ship Veracruz

 

A slightly unusual view from the S.S.Veracruz, with a lucky (?) couple being serenades by Trumpet, Trombone and Drums.  Lovely.

The S.S. Veracruz, was one of two ship of the Bahama Star Cruise Line.

Bonus - 

Midge and Nancy -- Cruise Cougars

 

Every cruise has them, or so I am informed. Cruise Cougars: rich widows who go on endless Caribbean cruises, hoping to pick up some young male flesh.

In the unlikely event that an unattached hetero male does come aboard, the pack of cougars might tear him to shreds in an effort to get them. Thus, the background to the preponderance of gay male stewards on-board makes more sense.

Bonus - 

On The River with Betty, Bob and Betty

The odd thing is that Betty and Betty are actually Sisters.

Odd.

Bonus - the man in the Iron Lung - at risk from the latest plague.

Bonus 2 - Yup.  We're flocked.

RMS Caronia

Yes, it's the Winter Solstice, so lets mark the day with a slides of...



... the RMS Caronia.   The pride of the Cunard Line.

(Info available on Wikipedia.)

Bonus - Continuing the theme - the rather odd story of the Liner -vs-Liner naval battle. with one liner sinking its doppelganger.

Bonus 2 - Vertigo sufferers.... No Don't.   2000ft up.

As she shrank to a dot on the horizon

...Tom realised that he wouldn't really miss his Mother-In-Law.

Bonus -

R.I.P. David Bowie.

I had previously theorised that David Bowie was the real Dorian Grey, but I guess that's been disproven...

Hair or Hat ?

From the "End of Rotten Holiday" set, today's slide poses that age-old question. Is that a feathery hat, or tousled hair??

Bonus -

Bonus Bonus - A live feed of the lowest-rated comments on Daily Mail articles. Updated hourly

The Glamour of Cruising

Not every cruise ship gets to be a glamour-filled pinnacle of sophistication.

Here, Maynard and Greta Fischer pose for a slide on the SS Honeywagon, the pride of the Anglo-Ukrainian Shipholders' Fleet. Every summer she cruises round the Caribbean  and every winter is spent as a Navy Torpedo Practise Target.

Bonus - From the Roger Melly Profanisaurus. Allegedly.