One of the things I did while lazing around this morning was watch the UCI Mens Downhill Mountain Bike Races from up near Quebec. They cover about 3.25 miles in a little over 5 minutes riding through places like Le Bois Sans Nom and through boulders and at one stage over a 15 foot cliff. These guys are nuts. I didn't watch the women's race, but I can tell you they're just as crazy.
I was down in York, PA yesterday visiting my friend Betsy. We had lunch at one restaurant but had desert the Lyndon Diner. It's owned by Greeks and they make their own pastries. Simply delicious. I had a scrumptious pastry with an even more scrumptious cheesy filling doused with some sort of liqueur.
As we were eating, I said to her that most Conservatives considered Greeks a minority group simply because of their dark complexion. That's odd if you think about it, since they gave us Democracy. We also talked about how Conservatives keep talking about bringing jobs back to the USA without understanding prices would have a drastic increase for that to happen. They balk at a $15 an hour minimum wage, hell, people are going to want way more than that if you expect them to start putting iphones together in this country.
I guess Dorian has dropped down to a category 4 but has also slowed down. He's trying to decide where to go next. Maybe he's waiting for the warm waters to build up his strength.
Well, it's time for me to get my ass in gear. I've got to hit my neighborhood Giant so I have fruit for my lunch next week.
and how are the von trapps today? happy to have daddy home? we've gotten a few house chores done; I'm about to start fixing lunch - leftover broasted chicken & mac & cheese. the chicken comes from here: http://speckschicken.com.
ReplyDeleteand yeah, greek diner pastries; the best in the world! our closest greek diner is here: https://www.thecollegevillediner.com
The dogs are sleeping on the bed.
DeleteI've been to Collegeville, but never to the diner. I'm making chicken chili... yum.
I used to love cycling in my teens and twenties but no one I knew did it. Everyone wanted a car by sixteen and thought cycling was obsolete. Now even out in the middle of nowhere, almost every weekend there is a rally and we have dirt roads mostly. There can be many riders with team colors and everything. Guess I was either ahead of my time or I'm too late. Lol.
ReplyDeleteLucky you, getting to see all of those men in spandex!
DeleteAnd you're never too old... I"m going to be 67 in November.
Whichever way you look at it - trade war or no trade war - prices are going to go up and no, the jobs won't be moving back to the US. Just like Brexit - "stop all those damn foreigners taking our jobs". Yeah, it won't be the Brits willing to bring the harvest in I can tell you!
ReplyDeleteThe same thing is true here with the immigrants... no one is going to want to do those crap jobs they do... you know, the ones they're stealing from Americans.
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