Aboard the QUEEN

No luck in posting pix

I can't get even one pix to post. I'll try when I get back to the frozen north. In the meantime, check out the Save the Delta Queen Facebook page, where I was able to post pix and videos easily.

Judy,
Thanks for the reports, they are much appreciated. Some of us cannot get to Facebook (dial up & Facebook are NOT compatible) so will be awaiting photos posted here!
Yes, I read your "Live from the Levee" but didn't have anything to add or ask, so didn't post, but thank you for that news too!
S'
David D.

Judy,

While the new DQSC facebook page is public and can be viewed even by people who are not on facebook the Save the Delta Queen facebook page is a closed group page. So you have to be a member of this group to see the photos (and for being a member you have to be on facebook).

But: Great photos!! Thanks for sharing!!

Carmen

Thanks Judy for everything you post!!
Some of us are here happily reading but don't like to write. I always enjoy your Live on the Levee postings, and today I'm so happy to read about your visit to the Delta Queen!! I do hope you can get pictures posted here.

I read it, I read it. Since I don't get to Nola on a regular basis anymore your posts and Capt. Bob's are the only news I get from Nola. You do have a faithful following.

*Faithful following/I agree*
Morning, Steamboating colleagues,
I also agree with Capt. Bill Judd above. Judy, you "Live from the Levee" with photos on this n' that always welcome here on my computer screen. I fact, you the only one who gives updates on the Str. NATCHEZ. We also used to have regular reports from the BELLE OF LOUISVILLE but of late....well?

FACEBOOK has drawn away a great number of former 'posters' here or even those who 'lurk.' I am not on FACEBOOK myself. Franz still provides a great forum here and we shouldn't let it languish. I also look forward to Jim Reising's postings and great old steamboat photos or photos of personalities from long ago.

R. Dale Flick
Coal Haven Landing, Ohio River, Cincinnati

Thanks.

Thanks, its good to know some are reading. I don't expect responses, but I can see the number of views of a thread, and it is usually minimal, and some people who generally DO respond, aren't, which makes me wonder...
As to Facebook: I am not a fan of it, and I generally lurk and am under the alias Patti Ence. But the sad fact is it is very easy to post pictures AND videos on there, unlike on .org, at least for a non-techie like me. Phillip Johnson is going to repost my pix onto the official DQ company page, which as Carmen points out, is available to non-Facebook users. But Phillip, unlike me, has a job and a family to attend to, so the pix will be posted when he has the time. Sorry DD, but can't help on the dialup, been there done that though.
I am flying back home tonight and according to the forecast, I'll have PLENTY of indoor time this weekend to work on getting pix transferred from camera and iPad to this computer and then to .org.
Now, on to packing, storing the bike and golf clubs, and then one more trip on the steamer NATCHEZ before heading to the airport!

Belle of Louisville

Dale Regard to your post at 9 09 AM about Belle of Louisville an not posting. Linda Harris the former CEO retired Jam of 2015. Her position was filled by Captain John Boyle.Maybe he is not aware of this. I shall contact him.I had spoken to Linda Harris on many occasions an she was always involved in everything.Will get ahold of Captain Boyle right now. Carole Matthews Pompano Beach Fl. Franz does run a great site.I always make it a part of my day an glad to have found it.

Belle of Louisville Great Steamboat Race April 29

Great Steamboat Race celebrating Derby Festival Week 4 thirty to 8 pm April 29 Race between Belle of Louisville an Belle of Cincinnati. Belle of Louisville won last year. All information on Belle of Louisville Website. Tickets Directions etc. They said it is a time honored river boat tradition. check it out. Carole from Pompano Beach Fla

Folks here, and elsewhere helpfully tell me you don't have to belong to Facebook to see postings---sorry folks, it has nothing to do with being a member (I am, BTW); it has to do with Facebook and dial-up not being compatible. Facebook puts way too much graphics on their sites, and all it does on dial-up is crash. I get wonderful emails that "so-and-so has updated their status" and this morning it was a friend who's spouse is dying, so I wanted to read what she posted--after a half-hour of trying, I give up!!
BTW, it's not just facebook, it's most photo posting sites too. If there was ANY reasonably affordable way for me to get off dial-up, I would. The only option here is satellite, and my neighbors tell me it doesn't work in rain (like we have rain in California anymore/?--actually, it rained last night!) and it's about $60 a month here, plus equipment. I just read where America has the most expensive internet service in the developed world!
Hmm, believable to me, as where I live there is no cell service, no cable service, and my dial-up is at 33K--and less when it rains, as the wires out here are bad.
Sorry for the rant, but everyone keeps telling me, "You don't have to belong" and that's not the issue, Dial-up is the issue!
Folks, please keep posting here; this site works!!

Judy, It's Worth It!

Judy Patsch;34474 wrote: judging by the underwhelming response to my Live on the Levee postings, maybe it isn't worth the bother. Is there anybody out there still reading .org??????

Judy,

Thanks very much for your description of what you saw on the DQ, and for any pictures you can post here.

Jim Alexander

another hurdle

I loaded the pix to my older laptop,but I have to login to .org on that one, and I can't get on, something as simple as how I type my name I guess. I'll try again later after I get some sleep - got in at midnight but my suitcase didn't, so I've just come back from the airport with it in tow.... vacations!!!!

Judy, I can promise you that there are people reading this post and the other posts out in the middle of the great North Atlantic Ocean right now. Well, maybe not in the middle of Cunard's Pond yet, after all the QUEEN VICTORIA just left New York yesterday!

Keep posting here as I love to see and read here. The ones who post here are knowledgeable and as with Facebook Save the Delta Queen page, there are too many strange people who say anything and everything. This is why I left the group. Judy I enjoy your Live from the Levee reports as I love the old town and they take me there. You can smell the food and steam. So never stop posting and let's keep this site alive, even if Facebook is easier.

Thanks for the continued posts and great pictures.
She's in the best hands she could be in for the long recovery to full steam. We have all followed her on this sight through the years while always longing to be there. This is the start of bringing her back to life and longevity as it should be. We all just hope that those that control her fate can truly realize what she is worth to American history, those that have passed through her doors for so many years, and those yearning the experience in the future. Sincere thanks for the ongoing investment and efforts to all that have made it possible to get her this far.

Ed, "even if Facebook is easier."
Well, that's only true if you live where there is high-speed internet available. Surely I'm on the only on left on the internet with dial-up? OK, maybe I AM the only Steamboat Nut. . . . .
Even this site is taking longer to load, but I can still load it AND see the pictures (I've always had to be patient to see the pictures. Good thing I don't drink coffee, or there'd be a shortage of it! I've learned to have other things to do while "surfing" fixing toy trains, reading S&D (or Model T Times, or. . .).
So folks, PLEASE keep posting here! I wish the DQSC would get a regular web-page that isn't entirely graphics-oriented. . . .

Delta Queen/Great Steamboat Race

The Great Steamboat Race started in 1963.The Delta Queen Steamboat has won it 20 times.Hopefully someday she will be back and win another wonderful victory.What a great old boat.Carole Matthews Pompano Beach Fla The race is usually held the Wednesday before the Kentucky Derby each year.

Yep, time to get those Golden Antlers back on the pilot house!!

re Great Steamboat Race

David. It is Silver Antlers now not Golden Carole Matthews Pompano Beach Fla

Delta Queen Trivia

Was just reading on the Delta Queens Facebook page the silver antlers are awarded to the boat that wins the race.Yesterday it was the Belle of Louisville The Great Steamboat Race Weds each year before the Kentucky Derby. Delta Queen says to dust off the antlers as they are coming back to get them at some point. Great news from a fantastic boat. Carole Matthews Pompano Beach Fla antlers used to be gold but am now advised they are silver. Comments?

On the last trip of the DQ in October 2008, when we stopped in Louisville, the golden antlers were given to the Belle of Louisville to keep them safe and unused until the return of the Delta Queen. When I have ridden the Belle since then, I look for those golden antlers and find them hanging on the wall on the lower deck, awaiting the return of the DQ. The silver antlers are used until that day.

[QUOTE=carole matthews;34544]Was just reading on the Delta Queens Facebook page the silver antlers are awarded to the boat that wins the race.Yesterday it was the Belle of Louisville The Great Steamboat Race Weds each year before the Kentucky Derby. Delta Queen says to dust off the antlers as they are coming back to get them at some point. Great news from a fantastic boat. Carole Matthews Pompano Beach Fla antlers used to be gold but am now advised they are silver. Comments?[/QUOTE
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My previous post was to make the comment you asked for, but it ended up in a different place. So when you read it, you can see it was to help explain why the silver antlers.
Pat

Aboard The Queen

Sorry Pat Did not get to read your previous post but assume the antlers are silver as that is the information that was given to me on another on line site. Thanks Carole Matthews

The Antlers used up until 2008 were in fact Golden.....today they still hang in the deck room on the Mayor Andrew Broaddus (Belle of Louisville's wharfboat) waiting for the day the Delta Queen returns for them.

The Golden Antlers were "given to the Belle for safe keeping" by Captain John Dugger of the Delta Queen on her final stop in Louisville, October 24, 2008. The following year saw the introduction of the Silver Antlers that are now used between the Belle of Louisville and Belle of Cincinnati.

Pat, the Silver Antlers you saw on the main deck of the Belle of Louisville are a much older set that had been used decades ago and have since been retired when the Golden Set came along.....confusing I know. haha

So they were silver at some point, and that set was retired and now is displayed on the main deck of the Belle of Louisville....then they were golden...and that set is now retired and waiting for the DQ on the Belle's wharfboat....and now the antlers are silver again being passed between the Belle of Louisville and Belle of Cincinnati.