The Vacuum of Space.....

bar or my sad story. The keyboard ' spacebar ' is now fixed. After thumping for 20 hrs , Ivacuumed ..... no itsstickingagain...crap!

Storycontinueslater ,

The problem continues re:spacebar. I'm backtoThur night status , where thesticking is minor. The spacebar requires a deadcentre hit i.e. not the ends. I type w/ two hands and rely on the end touch.

Anyway , I type slower and generate less errors.

Weather : another lovely day in the neighbourhood.

Got out early to paint the front retaining wall top. The stones were once painted gray but had forgotten what paint was. I prepped w/ a wire stripper wheel , degreased w/ liquid lightning ( powerful stuff that ) and primed this AM before the sun got hot.
We are leaning toward a cream finish coat , matching the garage door and trim /// or a earth tone red to compliment the interlock on the other side.

Here it comes , World News in numbers :

Nigeria :

360        -   $ million , cost of imported tomato paste ( China )
1.5         -   million tonnes of Nigerian grown tomatoes
900 000 -   tonnes that rot waiting for buyers
$700      -   per tonne for farmers if a processing plant is built
30 %      -  price reduction the Chinese have started offering

McDonalds again :

3000         - outlets worldwide
5.5            - $ billion net profit , 2012 ( $ 2.4 billion 2007 )
22 174 / 1  - ratio of Americans to U.S. branch  outlets
116            - countries w/ a MacD s next year
0                - McD s in Iceland ( 3 in 2007 )

Hey , this weren't so grim

Canadian content : House prices up 16 % Jun to Jun in the GTA
But as reported , housing permits were off 10 % Well , time to go watch paint dry

Have a good one !!