Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

I'm a little disappointed by the monsoon. Last night it poured for about 10 minutes, and that was all she wrote. The forecast was for heavy rain yesterday and today. Uh, huh.

Did you know that there are at least 3 tours being offered for foreigners who want to experience the monsoon season? And to think, it's part of the package here.

Have to catch up a bit.

Last Thursday, I found out that I can get Comcast Infinity, and they would have the latest episode of Grey's Anatomy. So I'm thinking, fabulous! I can watch the two episodes I missed when there is nothing else to do on Sunday. Imagine my consternation when they wouldn't let me see it because it looked like I was in a foreign country. Something about international rules or copyrights. Can't imagine that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is a search engine called ask.com where you can ask a question, and they provide an answer. So I asked them what the Fahrenheit temperature would be for 45 degrees C. The first answer I received? "Very hot for an outside temperature. Tried to send a message back to this character appreciating his sense of humor, but it didn't work. The third answer down told me it is 113 degrees, and, I have to say, that is indeed very hot. Northern India is having really high temperatures. There was someplace yesterday with 118F.

Did you know that in the US any produce certified as organic cannot be genetically modified? That's good news!

RE: the well being inside. I found the one they used to use here outside. It is clearly NOT used for anything other than watering the plants and trees. There's a hose down to the water, and I have to say that someone must have an awfully strong sucker to siphon that water up. The water is at least 15 feet down.

The huge pile of coconut shells in the building behind the Royal Palace is used for fires. Waste not; want not.

The Royal Mother made it clear to me that she was the one who arranged her eldest son's marriage. The son lives in Highland, California (anywhere near you, Kevin?--She said it's 3 hours west of Las Vegas.), and has been marketing director for Roche Pharmaceuticals for 25 years. Wife also works, but she didn't remember the name of the place.

Good help is getting harder and harder to find. They refurbished the outdoor stage? and the men who did it came by. Babu said that there are very few people who do that kind of work anymore.
The same can be said for people who climb coconut trees to hack off the coconuts so they don't hit someone on the head. There have been an increasing number of people getting hit on the head, including a three-month old baby during a religious ceremony for the baby.

Our NTSB is on it's way to help with the Air India crash. They did find the black box. There is some speculation that there was a communication failure between the Serbian pilot and the control tower. One survivor said they touched down, and then she felt an attempt at taking off again. It went off the runway, down a mountain, into some trees. One man lost 16 family members.

Can honey or agave syrup be counted as added sugar?????????????????? It seems to me that it is a natural carbohydrate.

Shopping tomorrow.

Take care.

When I get back, I have to find out how to access other blogs and people on Facebook.

Take care again.

Love,
Mom