Six Things I Learned in June

  1. Three Rivers will be getting a pharmacy again! Maybe, if governmental regulations and insurance companies don’t block progress. We are supposedly getting the golf course back, along with 2 restaurants in town, but between the Keyboard Warriors and the county regulators, the delays are legion. The French bakery and a high-end hotel gave up because of these hateful people who block progress, who don’t accept the precept that “a rising tide lifts all boats”. STOP IT!!

2. In just one Canadian province (Nova Scotia—Hi Elisabeth!), there are 2 time zones, one of them only 30 minutes later. That would be highly annoying! From Elisabeth: “. . . there is actually only one time in Nova Scotia (AST) which is 1 hour ahead of E.T. But in Newfoundland (a nearby province) it is AST + 0.5 hours. So if it’s 12:00 pm in New York City, it’s 1:00 pm in Nova Scotia, but it’s 1:30 pm in Newfoundland.” You probably already know that there are 4 times zones in the contiguous 48 states, and Hawaii and Alaska add 2 more.

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3. Intermittent Fasting is an eating fad that is supposed to slow aging and keep blood glucose lower. I’ve been trying this, nay, doing this for a month. The idea is that you only eat within an 8 hour window, and fast in the remaining 16 hours. It is sort of hard, but I am learning how to manage, hoping that “closies count”. I won’t know if it is worth it for another 2 months. Oy vey.

4. The week before I acquired a new-to-me car, a friend (Hi again, Elisabeth!) posted a link to a post on this website about life lessons from driving a manual transmission car. I learned that driving a manual transmission is more automatic to me than driving an automatic. I am in mourning, while at the same time feeling very grateful for a newer car.

5. Did you know that the second ingredient in seasoned salt is SUGAR??! Boy am I mad.

6. A site called BookCrossing is a worldwide community of readers who share books and then track where they are. If I had nothing else to do, this might be fun. However, I have more than enough just keeping up with the people I know in real life, along with a handful of not-yet-met friends, so keeping up with my books after I read them isn’t going to make The List.

Why was there a pickleball on my morning walk in a neighborhood without a court?

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  1. Just a quick note that there is actually only one time in Nova Scotia (AST) which is 1 hour ahead of E.T. But in Newfoundland (a nearby province) it is AST + 0.5 hours. So if it’s 12:00 pm in New York City, it’s 1:00 pm in Nova Scotia, but it’s 1:30 pm in Newfoundland. Do I have you confused yet 😉

    • Thank you, Elisabeth! I corrected my post. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia: both start with “N”, both on the right side of Canada, both highly appealing to this ignorant Central Californian.

  2. 1. Prolly the same folks who want the MK Valley to be returned to pristine wilderness (nope, not gonna happen).
    2. Stop the stupid, unnecessary, annoying time change. Ditch Daylight Savings Time!
    4. It can be done! Even at my old age after driving a manual for 46 years I transitioned to an auto drive relatively quickly.
    5. That’s why Lawry’s Seasoned Salt is soooo good!
    6. Not getting the whole pickleball rage. We have a group here that is so desperate to play, they chalk out a court in our parking lot and play twice a week.


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