Who ' Orange ' You ?

are the theme song lyrics from ' CSI ' the original , as quoted by M.
The real lyrics are ' who are yoouuu ?  Ooh , ooh '

In the TorStar , this week end , by the numbers
Death in the Groves
Orange trees are dying off , plaqued by a ' citrus greening ' disease.
Once in the tree , the greening kills the tree
75 000            orange workers , 4 years ago
       18 %        squeezed out of orange businesses
89                    million boxes of oranges shipped this year
242                  million boxes of oranges shipped , a decade ago
1                      $ billion decline in revenues from orange

The upshot , experts fear the elimination of the orange industry from Fla.

China to Russia by high speed train for $ 305 billion Canadian. Two trains a week run , now , from Beijing to Moscow in 5 days. The higher speed link will be done in 2 days.

We saw the film ' Imitation Game ' concerning the life of Alan Turing. In the TorStar , an obituary , appeared for Charles Townes
the inspiration for the laser. The ' laser ' inspiration for the ' phasar ' in StarTrek , is now a mainstay of modern technology.

The weather is Brrrrrr ! but warmer to - day by 12 degrees and the wind is really down. All the hibernating animals , i.e. us , are going out. I shovelled the walk , yesterday , to prove that I'm not a total coward. Not bad ,but cold.
The house is some 70 % back to normal ,items put away from travel mode. Wash is going well. Some items are missing - chargers etc.
6 weeks is long to be away

" The weather outside is frightful "
real Canadians charge out to do their chores

We shall see said the Zen Master