Significant Numbers

We like to eat early and like a 2 person table hopefully adjacent to

another 2 person table. That way we can eat at our own speed and

still converse with someone. Unlike previous trips, we could not 

reserve our tables for the entire cruise because lots of passengers 

wanted a 2 person table. Therefore we had to get to dining room

early each night in order to get our table.

We did a good job and kept our table and became well acquainted

with the couple adjacent to us, Gloria and Richard from Spokane and

liked our waiter Marvin and his assistant Ferdie.

When we got to the second leg of our trip, the wait staff got 

reassigned and we found them and they had a 4 person table. So

since we got along well and ate at similar speeds, we took that table

and since we now had a 4 person table that belonged to us early and 

we didn’t have to worry about rushing down each night.

I had gold Foster because of when they married they were probably

about his age.  It turns out they were all born in 1937. Our table number 

was 37-a good number. Well, they moved Marvin and Ferdie back 

to their previous section and We could have the original 2 person tables

and have to show up early every night or create a 4 person table.

The maitre de said if they didn’t have a 4 person table they would make 

one. So a 6 person got changed to 4. They even replaced it the second

night so it fit better. Well, guess what? Our new table number is 55,

 the year Foster, Gloria, and Richard graduated from high school.

Another good year for them. Although the years do not have great

significance for me. I wasn’t born in ’37 and in ’55 I was 12 years

old and that is definitely not a good age. However the years are 

important to me because from them I got one of the best husbands 

in the world.