I thought that it was just the Chinese and Indians that were carving up Sri Lanka. But, I have no visibility as to what happens in what was the country of my birth — 71 years ago. I left in 1967 & last visited in 1992. So, I only glean occasional tidbits from what I see on the news. That was the case today. I happened to see the ‘BBC‘ post about this ‘White Party’, in Sri Lanka, in my ‘Google News’ feed. (2nd story in the image above.)
I was amazed. In my days there were no Russians, other than a few at the embassy and some NGOs, living in Ceylon. In those most Russians weren’t allowed to leave the country.
I don’t think this is good. But, no skin off my nose. I have no skin in Sri Lanka. Just feel bad.
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The above video came up as a YouTube recommendation this morning. I was intrigued. I had never heard of clocks driven by compressed air. At first I didn’t even believe that it was feasible — in terms of accuracy. I was wrong. Appears that they were remarkably accruate.
5-years ago TODAY. Coming home from ER after over a 6-hour stay.
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I am so, so, so GLAD that I slipped, shoveling snow, on February 28, 2019 & SNAPPED my Quad-tendon. I did NOT know I had a quad-tendon.
Today the temps were in the 50s Fahrenheit. 5-years ago we had had a MAJOR snow storm. Ditto last year. This weather, CLIMATE CHANGE, is crazy & scary. I know we will get WALLOPED before this winter is over. Of that I have no doubt.
I postponed surgery for a week, because we had a mini-vacation booked in the Cape, & had it done on March 8, 2019.
CHANGED MY LIFE — for the better.
I am so glad I busted my knee. I am a new, better man because of it. I am 30 pounds lighter than I was 5 years ago!
It was a wake up call. I was, prior to it, exercising daily & watching my diet. But, I had become lazy & complacent.
My pre-surgery blood work said my blood glucose was 102. I started crying. I was so distraught. All the nurses are saying it is FINE. It is FINE. You don’t have to worry till it gets close to 125. Heck with that.
From the very day of the surgery I changed my life.
I went on a much, much, much stricter diet. I lost 20 pounds. I STILL NEED TO LOSE ANOTHER 25. But, losing 20 was a START.
And I started AMBLING, each & every day, even while I was on crutches. They had me on crutches for 6 weeks. The day I was allowed to ditch them I started ambling in anger.
The rest as some of you know is history.
In the 1st year after surgery I walked 2,250 miles.
I now walk at least 3,000 miles a year. SMILE.
I have walked at least 10,000 steps, EACH & EVERY DAY, since April 17, 2020.
That is an unbroken 1,412 day STREAK. 3 years 10 months.
So, each February 28, in particular, I thank my lucky stars that I busted my knee.
They are NOT related. IF they were, Japan’s birth rate would be INCREASING, as opposed to decreasing, since the MAJOR cause for rhino poaching is the STUPID belief by some Asians that rhino horns are aphrodisiacs. Haven’t they heard of ‘Viagra‘. Much less expensive & save the poor rhinos.
I happened to hear these two stories, back-to-back, on the ‘BBC‘ this morning. I try to listen to ‘BBC News‘, on ‘Sirius XM‘, at least once a day, because I like to know what is happening in the world — that doesn’t get covered in the U.S. news.
I knew about Japan’s natality woes. I can’t say it bothers me much. SORRY. I have enough other things to worry about — like poor rhinos getting killed. I am disappointed that this is happening in South Africa — but I appreciate that there are HUGE amounts of money at play.
Well, I wanted to bring these two stories to your attention since I wasn’t sure whether you listen to world news on the BBC. You really should. It is eye opening.
‘Acadia‘ has the WONDERFUL, FREE, ‘Island Explorer‘ bus service — part funded by Park Entrance Fees.
Providing a bus service to the summit of ‘Cadillac‘ — should be THEIR EXCLUSIVE prerogative. This shuttle to Cadillac does NOT have to be FREE. People will gladly pay.
It is wrong that a private company is allowed to profit from this.
This should be a Park Service initiative — that they get money for.
This makes me mad & sad.
Looks like there was some ‘insider’ trading — if you know what I mean.
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I, as I am prone to do IF I have the time, stopped at ‘1A Relics‘, on Rte 1A, just outside of ‘Ellsworth‘, Maine, on my way to ‘Acadia‘, last week. ‘Motocar’ is next door. What is the ‘1A Relics’ building was their SHOWROOM. I have walk around the old cars too.
Saw the Rolls from far — & was immediately drawn to it.
It is in bad shape — PLUS my days of buying ol’ British cars is DONE. Well & truly done. So, I was NOT interested.
‘Terrance Pinkham‘, the owner (who is my age), came out to chat. Very, very NICE gentleman. In future I am going to make a point to STOP just to say ‘Hello’ to him.
He is hoping somebody will buy it for the parts. That makes sense. I checked Rolls Royce GRILL and HOOD ORNAMENT prices on eBay. You can get them for CHEAPER than you might realize. So, to make it worthwhile you will have to sell more than just the grill and chrome.
Alas, the transmission is NOT original. It is a ‘new’ GM transmission.
But, I wanted to share this with YOU. Plus, I told Terrance I will do a post. SMILE.
