Well... our much anticipated blizzard has started. But.. everyone in Carroll County is prepared... and you can tell that is true by checking the supermarkets.... they are all out of milk, bread, toilet paper, and a little surprising: Jif peanut butter!
Panic
During the Washington, D.C. rush hour last Wednesday.. a light sprinkling of snow suddenly fell (much less than 1/4 of an inch....) But, that little amount of snow got commuters in a panic and some folks who normally take 1/2 hour to get home.. took 5 (count'em) hours!
Health Tip from W.C. Fields
"I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it."
Interesting Book about an Interesting Person
Prince of Darkness by Shane White was reviewed by Mental Floss magazine in October 2015.
I quote: "A decade before the Civil War, Jeremiah G. Hamilton rose to prominence as a ruthless Wall Street broker. When he died, he was New York's only black millionaire, owning a mansion and stock in railroads that he could not legally ride in." (!)
In the books about New Bedford that my cousins sent me.. several rich black persons are mentioned. Also, remember that Frederick Douglass escaped slavery and began a new life in New Bedford..
Care for your Brain
Mental Floss magazine for October 2015 also mentioned three things that you can do to sharpen your ability to recall things:
1. Drink two to five cups of coffee a day.
2. Stop killing your brain cells by watching TV.
3. Always get a good night's sleep.
Speaking of Sleep
At a cardiologist office visit today, I was encouraged to get tested for sleep apnea. I have avoided this test for years... and, you know, I definitely would not be agreeable to having some kind of facial device intruding on my life. It's like colonoscopies... when I had them before, no polyps were found and all looked well... and now.. in my old age, why would I want to subject by system to such a test. Even if they found something wrong... I would probably die long before the treatments took effect.
Keyboard Symbol @
Mental Floss again.... they say that the @ symbol goes by many names around the Earth:
monkey tail -- Dutch
Elephant's trunk -- Sweden
Rolled pickle herring -- Czech.
and in the US: at sign
More Coffee
Raymond Lesser says: "... the nerve of coffee chains that pay crummy wages and then have a tip jar at the register. I'm supposed to wait in line to order and pay for my coffee, wait in another line to pick it up and take it to my table ... but they think I should tip their cashier?,,, I should be the one getting a tip."
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