Out on the deck again, trying to connect to the internet. I'm using a 3.5 g dial up thumb drive, from Rogers ( think of robber barons and thats Rogers and Bell, these two run the internet in Canada ).
Double-double : a Canadian expression meaning 2 sugars and 2 creams. this expression appeared on a quiz between 2 broadcasters, one from Canada and one from CBS. The American didn't get the expression.
Now, there is a separate meaning for double - double. Our major purveyor of coffee and donuts, the ubiquitous Tim Hortons Donuts has experimented w/ improved customer wait times at the drive through. At most Tims, it is the norm for line ups at drive-thru to be around the block.
In an effort to deal w/ this, Tims is creating two lines ' coffee only ' and ' coffee plus '. Apparently, this will give the illusion of faster drive-thru. Experts say that this system cannot speed up wait times.
But customers value their time at drive thru differently than if standing in line. Random surveys show that customers rate their time at $ 40 an hour.
America beat us at gold medals by a whopping amount ( Canada got 1 ). And the whopping continues. In 13 American states, 30 % of the population is obese ( up from 9, 4 yrs ago ).
In Vancouver, B.C. Canada, a questionnaire showed that teens could find a drug dealer in ten minutes. This is of course, about the wait time at Tim Hortons drive-thru.
A Muslim mosque was was blown up somewhere in Africa, I think, by Hindus, for the second time. Now, if the Hindus go to war can the Buddhists be far behind. the Christians had the Crusades, the Muslims have Jihad and now the Hindus. There are Buddhist martial arts sects that often fight amongst themselves. The problem is that that Buddhist symbol, the chubby guy looks so roly-poly, how do you envision him going after the enemy. Kinda squash him to death ?
Weather is cloudy, cool and a little damp but comfortable.
Oh yeah 1 fish and one jumped off. hard wired for sure
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