MY LAST CRUISE

 The last cruise I had was from Boston to the Caribbean. Every day, on the menu they had sausages. It was the same sausages but each day it had a different name. Come to think of it, that was the same cruise where they were taking people off in body bags.

Col. Sanders.

 

They used to call Col. Sanders a chicken peddler. I picture him on a train, opening up a suitcase and showing a display of chickens. "And here Madam is our southern style."

My son and I have been on six cruises and been to Rome three times and we never had spaghetti on any of these trips because we don't believe it will be as good as how my wife makes it.

                                                                  Amazon Spaghetti

A Burst of Vitamins

Amazon Vitamins

Just before supper yesterday, I took some vitamins. The thing is, one got stuck in my throat. Not a big problem, it would eventually fall apart but it was uncomfortable. Drank water three times to no avail. I didn't want to eat anything till it was gone, didn't want more problems. After awhile I could feel it breaking apart. I gave a little cough and out came a cloud of white dust. That was funny. I looked like Puff the Dragon. 

Eggs for dinner is not weird. I eat eggs for dinner every Sunday

Since the Chinese use chopsticks with everything, I was wondering how that works with yogurt?

Porridge for breakfast. Porridge is not gruel, as some may think.

Two guests at the front door yesterday. No, not Mormons. Two Mallards. Male & female.

Men cannot live on bread alone, sometimes he has to have a Bagel.

Pork Hocks on the Spit.

This is a photo of pork hocks on the spit in a restaurant window in Munich, Germany. I didn't have any in that place but I did try them out when I was in Fussen. That is a lot of food. It's like eating your own pork roast.
With the influx of Muslims, I can't imagine what they think when they see this. The only thing I ever saw them eat in a restaurant was ice cream. I should say the men. The women just sat at the table, behind their veils and watched.

Jell-O

Conversation with my son.

Jack - "I hear we are going to have a mini ice age in 15 years. Like the one they had in the 1860's."
John - ?
Jack -"We'll have to stock up on food then. Yeah, I'll be 87 then. Still able to eat."
John - "We'll need lots of Jell-O."

Snow Again.

I guess you would call this a spring surprise. Looked out the window this morning and there was the ground covered with snow. I wasn't expecting that. Yesterday I was looking at the grass and thinking, that soon the lawnmower has to come out. But it won't be today.

Received my passport the other day. Only took a week. And I need that because.... a couple of weeks ago my son asked me if I would like to go to California. So California, here I come. Going to L.A., driving up the coast and back by another route. He has a friend who has an association with the Gallo family, so we may get a tour.

Doing my walking every day, so I can get in shape for chasing a streetcar. We will be gone nine days.

Filled up with gas last night. Only needed half a tankful. A bit of madhouse, cars pulling up to the tanks in both directions. In this province we have gas regulation, which means that the price of gas stays the same for a week. It changes every Thur. night. So if you pay attention to the news, you get a bit of a warning. There is no instant price increase when the price of a barrel of oil goes up. So no gouging. There is a two week lag. The price will be higher today. So that is the reason for the rush last night. I paid $1.269 for a liter. And for you americans that would be $4.80 a gal. I have a van and it cost me $50.00 for half a tank. I better keep this page open until I find out the price today.

So I did go out and the price today is $1.338 a liter which is $5.06 a gal. My head still works in gals. so that sounds worse. Anyway, that's how it is. Tomorrow it may be one cent less. For some reason, they do that on Sat. An adjustment I guess.

Also bought some groceries. They are also going up. And money as groceries in the pantry gets more interest than money in the bank. And you can't eat nthe money in the bank. You may not be able to get it.

Warning On World Food Shortages

The UN secretary general has warned that millions of people are at risk of starvation as global food stocks have fallen to their lowest levels for decades.

In a letter to a US newspaper Ban Ki Moon warned that shortages are forcing prices to rise which may have devastating consequences for the world's most vulnerable communities
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The most acute effects have been seen in Egypt, where thousands of people have resorted to violence due to shortages of basic food commodities and rising food prices.

At least 10 people have died over the past two weeks, in riots that erupted at government subsidised bakeries.
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The unavailability of basic food products such as bread,.....

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