The lady tasked with setting out the daily newspapers on the racks in the supermarket glances at the headlines then greets me with a cheery ' It's a crazy world'. You couldn't phrase it more succinctly if you tried.
The students are approaching life with a touch of humour. These hats are now appearing around town :https://canadaisnotforsalehat.ca/products/le-canada-nest-pas-a-vendre They make me chuckle .
To the dentist to set up an appointment with the hygienist. The dentists reception area is decorated in a tone of grey that is presumably designed to calm any nervous patient. I'm not sure grey works in the Scottish climate. On a cloudy morning there's little, if any, difference between the colour outside and that inside. Surprisingly, the hygienist can see me later this week. This dentist advertises itself as being 'pain free'. The other dentist in town sets itself apart as having the 'sharpest needles' .
A sign in the car park of the farm shop informs us that the EV charging points are out of action .'We are in discussion with Tesla regarding a more meaningful charging offering' it says. There's something about the language that hints the discussion will go on for some time ... possibly forever. I'm left wondering what a 'more meaningful charging offering' might mean.
Angus pops into the barber to see the Syrian gentlemen about a haircut. I arrange to see them at ten. The Syrian barbers display photographs of possible hair styles on their walls ( including one that looks just like Kim Jong-un with a perm ) although the default style always seems to be a sternly military short back and sides. The Syrian gentlemen have recently installed a row of television screens that play jaunty Middle Eastern pop videos over and over.
The idea of paying a driver to take you to see their mother strikes me as bizarre- as do some of the other tips. There are parts of the world where gatecrashing a wedding would be ill advised : https://kk.org/thetechnium/50-years-of-travel-tips/
It would seem the students swimming in the salt water pool this morning have read this :https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/cold-shock-from-ice-baths-leads-to-stronger-cells/
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I like the hats. If I wear one and drop an occasional "eh" when I'm speaking, perhaps I can pass myself off as Canadian. It's just too embarrassing being an American abroad these days. I read this morning that there is a bill before Congress that would have the practical effect of disenfranchising those of us who live abroad, as well as many others. The article about ice baths was interesting. My son is an athlete and ice baths are sometimes used in sports medicine. The theory there is that they stimulate the vagus nerve, which has anti-inflammatory effects.
Hari OM
Somehow, the words "pain free" and "dentist" don't seem to belong in the same sentence... as for sharper needles.................. YAM xx
I think I need to order one of the hats.
There is an old joke, it is false advertising, the sign outside the dentists' office says painless dentist, he screamed in pain just like all of the others when I bit him.
As a proud citizen of Not-The-51st-State, I can tell you that the hats are far from a joke here.
It would seem Canadas ice hockey team are also unamused.
As the only non-Americans on our planned voyage around Japan in late April we have decided to avoid politics altogether and claim we don't read the news. We aren't sure where the Palo Alto crowd will sit on the political spectrum so this seems the most sensible approach .
It's either going to be a maple leaf tattoo or the hat for this embarrassed US citizen.
For those of us not fond of hats, the "51rst state-not a snowball chance in Hell" T-shirts are also selling like hot cakes. No joke indeed!
There are places in the world where eating street-food would also be ill- advised.
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