Taoist Tales

 What happened to the Zen Master

I thought that it was a real story  ......

Well, mostly real.

Overcast day, and I don't need to see the CBC online feed. " Fourth Wave fears ", " delta variant danger "
" Olympics Lose Money "

Thus, our dinner was from Dairy Queen, last night. The burger was tasty < salty to me, M loved it > and the fries were ordinary but cheese covered and gravy dabbled.

The best part was - a short drive as in 4 min whereas the                        ' 6 Burger Bar ' is 20 minutes. Lazy is as lazy does

And only drive thru is allowed there. I not a fan of drive thru - but last night, perfect for my mood. Slam, bam and thank you ma'am !

Yes. sometimes an alternative is presented and you say ' what ? ' but it works out. Hopefully, though, we will not ' dine ' ala DQ, too often

Sunday, is or was a tradition at Giant Tiger. The CV 19 situation disrupted the routine. Okay, GT doesn't have the best prices necessarily. Some products are slightly less than elsewhere. But compact is the word.
The stuff that I habitually buy found in a smaller store < sic, GT is the size of the produce dept at RCSS < superstore >. RCSS is like a military campaign 
- you have a battle plan and execute. Survival is the game.

GT is a stroll - look at this, look at that. Buy my coleslaw < lower price, for  this > cookies and sausage < 1/2 price today >- the bare minimum, you see.

What more could you ask ? AND I got L s Birthday present. Let s see, this will be the 51 st year that we've exchanged BD gifts. In GT, I saw a corduroy backpack - stylish and functional < if L doesn't want it then I'll use it >
<< oh, right that will jive nicely w/ the 8 other backpacks that I have >>  <<< useful and quirky, all of them >>>

Backpacks: 3 yellow w/ Cheerios logo, 1 canvass from 1968 or so,

1 orange from 1970 bought for camping, 4 assorted smaller rucksacks - b/c they are handy, every ten years or so. Others too.

The main culprit is a Regatta backpack. While en route to England, 4 years ago, I notice 3 younger fellas w/ handy medium size backpacks. Oh, mine was big and heavy. 

The black beauty is a computer carrier. Meant for a 17 in laptop and accessories. It has pockets galore, a metal lined pocket for film or X Ray sensitive material and padding plus a pocket tarp to cover the whole shebang. However, while in a gardening/ home store, I looked over and saw ' 1/2 price ! for 24 L Regatta knapsacks '

$16 all in. yessir ! snapped it up. The story doesn't end there. our hosts went w/ us to the Island of Jersey. Out on main street, the first day, T disappears and pops out w/ a matching knapsack to mine. He had been watching for 10 days and said ' right size for me ' 

The never ending story,