I was looking at old photos of my father taken when he was around my age. He had less hair than me. Very thin on top, but I'm the one with more grey hair. Grandmothers on both sides of the family had white hair at an early age.
My uncle (on my mothers side) was going bald in his 50's and parted his hair just above his left ear. He put some 'snot -like' hair creme on and combed his hair around to the other side (like the guard rail of the highway) and when that cream dried, the whole hairdo was hard to the touch. He could drive in his convertible with the top down and not one hair moved out of place.
I remember when he came to Florida on vacation (from New York) and was playing in the pool. The side by the part was nearly 10" long and draped down over his shoulder!
One of my friends had shoulder length hair and losing it fast. If you know the comedian Gallagher, it looked the same... tied in a straggly pony tail. His girlfriend convinced him to shave it all off and he did, sending out emails with his new photo titled 'A star is born'
Hair today... gone tomorrow.
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I'm a few miles from Johnson & Wales University. It's been called 'the cooking college' because they specialize in careers in the food service industry. Masters of the culinary arts.
Years ago, my dentist raved about their Sunday brunch. I never tried it, but I've seen their TV commercials where a chef single-handedly cracks an egg on the edge of a bowl impressed me.
Okay... I can do that... NOT!!!
Maybe with practice I could, but I'm not inclined to eat scrambled eggs for breakfast, lunch and dinner while I learn the technique.
I guess if you go to a cooking college you have to be an 'eggspert' to make it to the next level!
Guys, when you are in public, pull your pants up.
Maybe it's a fashion statement with you and your friends, but there is a lack of respect to the rest of the world.
I believe this fad started more than 10 years ago (around Florida) and I heard it was a 'calling card' for gay men in jail looking for other gay men. Since I don't have the answer, I can only say someone is keeping up with tradition... you see it all the time here and it's surely an attention getting device.
My office provides ball point pens in black, blue and red.
I won't mention a brand name, but they are called Wow!
Unless the paper you write on is a writing tablet, you have a good chance it will skip.
Anything that came through a laser printer is prone to make these pens skip.
I was in a client meeting and my pen wasn't cooperating with me. I pulled out a spare and it did the same.
Not getting angry, I remarked "It's my Wow! pen"
My client looked puzzled and I explained while pointing to the scribbles on the edge of the paper (trying to get it to write)
When this happens, I say "Wow, what a horrible pen."
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PLUMBER:
We're #1 in the #2 business.
ELECTRICIAN:
Our prices won't shock you.
SANDWICH SHOP:
Let's MEAT for lunch.
DENTIST:
I do my business in your mouth.
WELL DIGGING SERVICE:
Your hole is my goal.
VETERINARIAN:
Every litter bit helps.
BODY SHOP:
We meet our customers by accident.
POWER COMPANY:
We don't keep our customers n the dark.
RADIATOR REPAIR SHOP:
The best place around to take a leak.
TAXIDERMIST:
We really know our stuff.
DOG KENNEL:
It's a ruff life here.
LUMBER YARD:
See us for a good piece of ash.
AQUARIUM SERVICE:
There's something fishy about our business.
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I came across some YouTube videos of noodles made by hand. Two different styles were featured in the same video. One is a Chinese man who pulls them by hand and the other a Japanese man who slices them with a knife.
For years, I grew up on Italian style spaghetti noodles that I knew were 'extruded' through machine with round holes. The fresh noodles were then hung to dry.
Noodles I buy from the Asian market also appear to be made by machine. They take flat sheets of dough and pass them through a conveyor with a series of knives that slice the dough into uniform strips.
As seen in the video, the Chinese guy not only makes an amazing display of his artistry, he has a flare about the showmanship. Watching the performance was very entertaining.
Very impressive... Peter Song:
Stated in an earlier blog, my associate left town to be with his daughter in her final days. I received a text from a coworker the woman lost her battle and passed away this afternoon.
Death didn't come swiftly as she suffered for months receiving treatments, but it wasn't enough to stop the disease.
I'm rarely at a loss for words when blogging, today being the exception.
I haven't played the lottery in a long time and when I did, my numbers were usually randomly selected. Lots of people including ones I know do have their lucky numbers they use all the time.
The first lucky number I recall was 7.
It really wasn't lucky, but I wanted to believe it was.
Chinese people like 88 and it's believed to be lucky for their culture.
666 has no effect on them but a bad one for Americans.
So is the number 13.
Maybe you have a lucky number?
Seriously, I get it. You manufacture products that are sold in pilfer-proof packages. Unfortunately, the consumer needs special tools to get the package open without destroying it's contents.
Computer memory sticks, for example. Small devices that are probably easy to steal, so they come with a plastic cover that requires scissors to open the package.
Probably the worst I've found are the products that are 'encased' in a 2 part thick plastic case that has a hard curled heat formed edge that is sealed all the way around. I have to use metal cutting shears to get those things open at a risk of sharp edges to 'get you' as you remove the product from the case.
Stores in the Unites States have very liberal return policies and usually ask no questions when returning goods... broken or not.
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Maybe it's happened to you... receiving a gift that is similar to one you already own or a gift that really didn't fit your lifestyle? Touchy subject, as always there's a chance it will hurt someone's feelings to find you no longer have the gift they thought would be right for you.
There are websites that discuss regifting. Some say it's a no-no while others give a list of regifting rules to follow to reduce the chance of embarrassment.
Last Christmas... actually BEFORE Christmas, I warned family not to buy me presents. I've been planning a move and need to drastically reduce my inventory of clothes and technological gadgets. That said, my daughter gave me Alexa, the Echo Dot from Amazon.
Groan... okay, it's setup in the living room.
I've got bamboo steamers, food dehydrators and lots of shirts. Good thing they stopped giving me cologne as I haven't worn any in a generation.
What's the consensus on regifting here?
I have a mango tree in my back yard that is older than me.
Every year we get lots of tasty mangoes, so many that I have to give most away.
The tree was damaged when the last (big) hurricane came through around 10 years ago.
A section snapped off that I would estimate was 15% but that didn't affect the amount of mangoes we get, which is upwards of 350 every season.
This variety goes from green to yellow. If you eat one then, it has an apple-like flavor.
To get the fruit that early, we have a long aluminum pole with a looped wire on the end. One pull and the mango drops to the ground. When they change color to reddish orange the flavor completely changes and becomes sweet like honey.
This season beat all previous seasons and I'm not sure why. Perhaps we had more rain than normal, but estimates were over 500 mangoes this year!
When I get up in the morning, I go out with some grocery bags and usually fill 2 of them.
In the evening, we check again and often find enough to fill another bag.
I'm not sure why but my neighbors have mango trees but they aren't the same as mine. Different color and flavor, also their trees aren't as tall as mine.
The last of the mangoes fell a few weeks ago and it's the end of mango season at my place.
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I usually click on Yahoo for a search engine partly because I get to see some headline news. More entertainment value than factual news or things really not important in my world. I'm sure Meghan Markle is a really nice lady but I don't think she needs to be the top story on a daily basis.
Today, I see a story about Dangerous Snakes Sold In South Carolina and a man who drove 4 hours to buy 3 venomous snakes at the Repticon wildlife show. He was quoted as saying “It’s a thrill buying these. This is the closest big show that sells venomous snakes.’’
Of the funny comments:
"Common sense is not this guys strong point. Please don't have kids."
(It’s one of the few venues where people can walk away with a cobra, rattlesnake or other species with few restrictions.)
"Unbleeping believable"
"I had a cobra. I divorced her."
"I collect baseball cards"
"Darwin was right."
"Who in their right mind wants poison snakes around? Wasn't it the snake that cause the fall of mankind?"
"Just what I want to keep in my bedroom. Something that if it ever escapes it's enclosure can kill me while I'm sleeping."
"Well, I don't understand it officer, I left the snake on the floor to watch my kid while I went outside...."
"I have always wanted to go into business for myself and stop working for bosses. Now I finally have a calling. I am going to become an antivenom distributor based in South Carolina."
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