I took a week off. A vacation of sorts. Enjoyed it!
Went to Cape Coral to visit Cheryl. First time. Great home! Terrific cooking…..all week! Visited with my grandkids Robert and Ally. Watched a ton of old movies. Like Godfather 1 and 2, When Alice Meets Harry and many old favorites. Watched Syracuse get killed in the Las Vegas Basketball Tournament. Watched college football. Watched Chicago professional football. Cheryl from the Chicago area and a diehard Chicago fan.
Must compliment Cheryl. Excellent cook and hostess goes without saying. She impressed me with her knowledge of the rules of the game concerning football and basketball. Most women do not comprehend. In some instances, she knew more than me.
Drove up and back with Corey and Lisa. Corey’s folks live in Cape Coral. The homes are lovely. Medical buildings everywhere. Reason simple. The community is old old. Doctors, etc. have a built in patient base.
Russians love vodka. There was a time they ran out of it. For real! When they celebrated the end of World War II. On May 10, 1945 “it was impossible to buy vodka in Moscow, because it (Moscow) was completely drunk.”
The Soviet Red Army was huge number-wise during World War II. Number of troops serving exceeded 34 million.
Vodka was “money” for a certain period of time in the 1900s. Rubles were down. Vodka became the new currency. A bottle of vodka would get a person the equivalent of 20 rubles. Lasted this way till the Russian economy stabilized.
Paris and the Folies Bergère. On this day in 1886, the Folies Bergère went sexy-sexsational costumes. Has remained so to this day.
Mark Twain was born this day in 1835.
On this day in 1965, Ralph Nader’s “Unsafe at Any Speed” hit bookstores. Changed automobile liability law dramatically. I was a young lawyer at the time and saw it happen.
Came across an internet article this morning re first hand the flu epidemic which struck Americans badly 1918. One of history’s deadliest pandemics.
My grandfather Louis (for whom I am well named) was married to my grandmother at the time and came down with the flu. Bad! Almost died!
He has been dead for many years now. If still alive, would be 125-150 years old. I must write his story some day. Interesting. From Italy to the USA.
Unlike other bears, polar bears do not hibernate. Has some thing to do with the cold water.
A couple of Trump shorties.
Trump is losing Republican support. Here and there, Republicans are breaking away from him. The beginning of the end. Slowly but surely.
I close with another Trump observation.
Trump rants in a time of crisis. Ignores unity. Worst President ever!
Enjoy your day!