Thursday February 23, 2017

Blog time 1155 at Panera:

Yes folks another nice day with above normal temps. Highs today will be in mid 50s.

The London papers had many stories about Storm Doris that battered the UK with 100 mph winds. The UK has been on the metric system for years but still use English units like mph and degrees F.

UK is finding out that leaving the EU is going to be difficult. Bad feelings between the two parties will probably exist for years. As the song said "Breaking Up is Hard to Do".

Today I started my normal warm weather bike ride to the Y, 7.5 miles. I am thinking of not running a mile when I take this route.

This afternoon Nancy and I are going to Sam's Club and Costco for supplies.

Interesting Opinion piece in the WSJ regarding the President's order to send immigrants without papers back to Mexico. This is a massive undertaking that will require a huge investment in money and manpower. The last thing we need to do is increase an already incompetent Federal bureaucracy and spend scarce tax dollars. I would send back the really bad guys but folks that want to work should be allowed to stay, especially families. There are many things that we could do to get these folks citizenship without deporting them. We need these workers.

After a quick lunch Nancy and I got in the Escape and headed to Sam's Club. We bought cheese and batteries. Next stop was Costco. Wine, Cheerios, and dog treats were purchased.

Dublin cheese at Sam's Club cost the same as at Costco. Same as gas $2.29.

At home took Ms P on a 1.5 mile walk.

Our TV keeps shutting down. We get a message saying we need different cables other than the HDM. Called Direct TV and they sent us new connection cables. This afternoon I swapped the cables. Big problem, no volume with the new cables. We are back to normal. When the screen goes blank we will continue to shut the TV down for several seconds. Turn the TV back on and every thing is ok.

We had dinner tonight at Shepard's Grill. I had a corn beef Rueben and Nancy a bowl of soup.

This and that: Because of the boot Nancy is wearing on her broken foot she got a handicap parking permit. Only problem is that when we go to Sam's Club, Costco or Meijer's every handicap space is occupied.

I am watching a Minnesota vs Purdue Women's BB game. Both teams are making three pointers with ease. Women's BB has made great strides in the last 25 years. The ball handling and passing is great.