Shanghai Noon ( ? )

not quite , SN was a Kung Fu meets New World detective flick.

In the ' News by the Numbers ' , Singapore has taken over the title     " Most Expensive City " to live in. The rest of the data is there to laud ( ? ) or verify why. Tokyo , the perennial Trivia answer fell to   6 th.

As a tangent , on PRI at night , I heard a segment which started ' and they come and take advantage of our standard of living , bringing their extended families for health care. The Koreans and SE Asians are making a mockery of our immigration policies '
Now , I'm thinking where in Canada is there a Mayor w/ a deputy who are both Asian by heritage. I mean there was an accent.
You got it - the Mayor of Singapore and his assistant were making the case for abuse of Singapore's social and health programs by countries surrounding them.
Thus , I wasn't totally surprised by that ranking.

Weather : COLD , again. We are some 17 degrees C below the average for March. We will warm to plus numbers ( 36 F ) , but it will be up and down , for quite while.
A very nasty meteorologist when asked for 3 - 4 days of 45 F , commented  ' wait til late April , perhaps May ' .....Crap on a Cracker
( BTW - thanks Penny - BBT - its a great swear phrase )

 ' Success is counted sweetest by those who n'er succeed ' 
E. Dickenson.
OK , where does that come from
Well, yesterday , while waiting for JHU to lose to Syracuse. I started looking at my fishing equipment. Especially reels.
I happened to handle one reel and it was very stiff on turning the crank. Now , repair shops charge $30 w/out parts for clean / lube.
Cheepie here said I can do that - sure.
Well , got the reel apart and was checking for dirt / grit etc. We were  / are very careful w/ our reels and our standing rule is / was never put a reel on the ground. So , natch , clean reel inside.
I'm applying the reel lube ... and a metal pin and plastic insert fall on the board that I was using. Oh oh .. Crap on a Cracker !!!

Where could it go ? Dunno.

To the 'net. Realize that these reels were bought in 1981 - 2. The parts lists go back to 2002. Oops !. 
By accident , I saw a Google search item for cleaning a Shimano reel on YouTube.
What the hey , nothing to lose at this point. I start to watch ,
part way through the dismantling he says ' be careful not to invert the reel too quickly b/c the guide rods fall out '
Light goes on , click.
finally ,figure out where the sucker goes
Lube and re-assemble the reel. works fine. Success !!!!!!

However , things were going so well - yep lets fix the other one.
The other one being a reel where the bailspring broke while in Fla.
The cost to replace the bail spring would be $25... lets save some money.
Start the dismantling.. no problem. however ,the bailspring falls out.
Oops ! Where could it go , Nope. Now its look and look - go to the ' net. This reel is probably pre - 1980 when purchased. No way , Jose.

Honest , these reels probably cost , well , the Shimano that I did lube , was $100. And the second , a Cardinal about $30. The cost of repair basically ,means that I could buy a new one , especially the Cardinal.
Sentimentality figures in here. The Shimano was used for 22 years on the Nottawaaga River near Wasaga Beach. It was my go to reel for all those years. 
In 1980 , when we bought the cottage we had fishing equipment. But we broke 4 reels in the first year. As my Dad would say ' they make these reels for guys who fish 10 - 20 hrs a year   - not 10 - 20 hrs a weekend. '
That reel tamed 8 - 10 lb steelhead ( lake run rainbow trout ). We used 6 lb test for aggressive , powerful fish in a moving river.
Phenomenal drag systems on those Shimano reels.

That Shimano Aero Stradic , stood up for all those years. only in the last few years , have I got away from using it regularly. A gift on retirement brought one new reel and in an effort to get lighter reels , two more have seen more regular use.

Crap on a cracker , I am getting old. Reminiscing about fishing reels.
Well if I discuss old girlfriends here , it could be big trouble

SYL