Plexiglass

In 1961 one of the worst murderer of the nazi regime, Adolf Eichmann was put on trial in Israel. For his safety, he was sitting in a (probably bulletproof) glass cage. This was the first time I saw such an enclosure. Little I knew then that today these things will become parts of our evyday life.

Banks noe have bulletproof shields between costumer and teller, subway token booths are enclosed with bulletproof shields, in every store the cashiers and costumers are separated with plexiglass shields. In casinos at the tables the players and dealers are separated from each other. Casinos should be fun but these separators take the fun away from being there. Players like to talk to each other but these items take that possibility away. 

The result is that people will think twice if it is really worth the time and effort to go to a casino.

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ABC TV has a daily talk show called The View. Whopi Goldberg (not jewish) is one of its hosts. Yesterday she said that she thought the necessity wearing of the mask would be around during her lifetime. 

Maybe so. But my opinion is that even if they lift the restriction she should be wearing one because that would be to her advantage. 

Teens

 The mentality of teenagers is beyond my comprehension (at least the ones I know). Selfishness runs rampant among them. There is absolutely no consideration about others, all they care is themselves. Their amusement and relationships run their lives. Parents' only purpose in life is to be at their kids' beck and call.

They can not tell what is important if it is not in their interest. Abigail is promised to go over to her girlfriend's house which necessitates transportation from my wife. In the meantime my wife got an important phone call that could not be interrupted.

Did Abigail care? No! She threw a tantrum that she had to be at this girl's house by whatever time, like if a train was leaving. And what was so important? Nothing! They would sit around, have lunch, play games, whatch movies.

This is what I meant by saying they do not grasp the meaining of importance. Actually, they do. If it is important for them than it is important, otherwise they don't care.

And it is not just Abigail, all her frienda arde like that, and that is very sad. But on the other hand they scream at the top of their lungs that they are no longer children, they are adults. 

The sad truth is that they can not even wipe their behinds without the parents.

Slow

My darling wife (biz hundert un tsvantsik) blames me for everything under the sun. The other night we were taking Robin out for his usual midnight pee stroll. I am not fast, I have my slow pace getting ready. So, she tells me that I should hurry up. I am putting my shoes on, putting on my jacket, getting my keys ready and she tells me to hurry up. I am hurrying as much as I can.

Behind our building is a parking lot and we usually go through there on the way to the street. Robin loves to pee on the grass in the lot. So, we go through there the usual way crossing through the gate.

As soon as we step out to the street Robin starts to bark at the top of his lung and that bark is returned by a similar small dog that was lurking in the shadows a few steps away. My wife is attempting to quiet Robin down which was not an easy task when two dogs are "talking" to each other. I am nervously waiting for the neighbors to start holloring to shut the dogs up.

To make matters worst it starts to rain pretty heavy reducing our around the block stroll to running back into the building.

Now why this description? Because my wife's remark was that if I were faster we would ha missed the rain and also would have missed that other dog. All that blame for being 2 minutes slow. Does this count as elder abuse?

   

Summer

Traditionally in Hungary May 1 is the official start of summer and it lasts until August 20 that is Saint Stephen Day. Here in this country the unofficial start of the summer season is Memorial Day and it lasts until Labor Day. Both work out to about sixteen weeks.

The interesting thing is that right now on May 3 it is chilly outside and absolutely not summery. So it is a good thing that here the summer season does not begin until the end of this month. Even then, good weather is not guaranteed. 

On the other end of the season there were many years when good summery weather lasted far past Labor Day, into October.I remember we used to go out to the beach many times in early october.

Now, wasn't this fascinating?

One more thing. Why August 20 in Hungary. Saint Stephen was the first christian king of Hungary 1,000 years ago and he christianized the country and August 20 is his name day. You see, I do know my history! All that studying was not in vain.

Mothers Day 1

Today is the first Sunday in May. Traditionally, in every part of the world it is Mothers Day. Except in this great country. Here world traditions don't mean anything if it is not related to business. In the timeline (several feet long) of world history this country's tradition is about 1 inch long.

Anyway, years ago in 1907 it was decided that Mothers Day in the US will be celebrated on the second Sunday in May. I don't know why but that is the way it is. For people immigrating from other parts of the world this is very confusing.

But it has a silver lining. Anybody celebrating the traditional way will find that things cost less now than they will next week. Restaurants don't have the overpriced special menus, restaurants are not yet filled to capacity, flowers are still priced the regular way, and other stuff.

Good old american businesses have the tendency to jack up prices for certain holidays in order to take advantage of the increased demand.

But here is my age old question. What about the rest of the year? Do we love our moms only today?  

My blog

I write this blog sometimes during the day. It always depend on what very important assgnments I get from my better half. Sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the evening. I always make sure it is published the next morning.

I have a very good friend who lives in the UK. To make sure he gets to read it (if he wants it to) I schedule a 12:30 am publish time. That is 5:30 in there. I'm sure he is not up that early, but I am a very considerate friend and I don't want him to lack this little contribution to brighten up his day.

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Yesterday I watched an Oscar winning (2021) documentary on Netflix. It is called My Octopus Teacher. Very interesting, I advise watching it. It is about interaction between a man and an octopus. This is a real story, from South Africa.

This is not just an ordinary nature movie because it has a storyline. Besides the beautiful photography the story is also interesting. Very moving I admit it. 

You see this where life took me. Now, I am watchingfilm  octopus movies!

Oh, even though this movie is not x-rated there is serious octopus sex scenes in it.

  

Excitement

Sen. Ted Cruz laughingly admitted that it was very difficult for him to stay awake during Biden's speech before Congress. He didn't make a secret of it that he found it extremely boring. At least this man is honest. This was just a note on the prez's speech.

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Right by our front door there is a fire hydrant. In New York City it is mandatory to be 15 feet away with a car. Why am I saying this?

There is an svu parking there about 6 feet away for the second day with Texas licence plates. They put a heavy boot on its front wheel. I don't know who puts it on in New York but I'm sure it is some kind of authority. I also don't know why it is booted. It is because of the parking or it is because they own money or other police affair.

Anyway, right now that is about the most exciting thing happening in my neighborhood. As you can see, I live a very busy and eventful life.