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January 26 - At Sea

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I neglected to answer the quesion about how old Cornelius is.  He's the gentleman who is on his 20th World Cruise.  I believe he said he was 85 - he was talking about the doctor offering him another knee replacement, but he said he wouldn't be here long enough to justify the cost.  And since he's a Canadian, he meant the cost to the government.  He said he was just fine with his cane, let a younger person get the knee. The fitness center was full this morning so we showered and went down for a morning coffee and attempt to complete the daily Mensa quiz.  I think we have 4/5 this time.  After breakfast, a bit of lounging before off to the the day's lecture by Terry Bishop.  Yesterday was a brief history of Hawaii and the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor - a lot to cover in 45 minutes.  Today was the Doolittle raid on Japan.  He's an interesting speaker and has a bit of the dry English humor. Since the fitness center was now ...