Boarding Arcadia - 1.2.10

Having largely avoided the sin of moral turpitude during the few days we spent in San Francisco we then went on to board Arcadia on 1st Feb. First thing we are handed in the queue is a form to proclaim that we have no infectious diseases and if we have any feverish symptoms PLUS a runny nose we were to report ourselves immediately for medical inspection. I was not feverish but I did have a cold and runny nose no doubt caused by going across the Golden Gate bridge on top of that double-decker sight-seeing bus, or was it one of the open top ferry trips to Alcatraz or
Sausalito? Anyway Mike made me put my tissues away and willed me not to sneeze until we were safely on board. Having successfully made it to our cabin the phone goes. Mike is summoned to Reception. Security had impounded our luggage under suspicion of containing a lethal weapon. Unbeknown to MJ I had packed a Waterford crystal handled paper knife that my Mum had asked me to give to my nephew Robin and his wife when we met up with then in Honolulu. This has shown up in the X-ray and there was Mike swearing blind there were no knives! He was almost arrested! ANyway it was duly confiscated until we reach Honolulu.
Hopefully we can now continue our trip free of suspicion of criminal intent, innocent of infectious disease and of course clear of the sin of moral turpitude!