Nothing like a jacuzzi in the snow with a good beer.
Decided we’d do our weekly shop on Thursday so off to whole paypacket for beer and coffee, Walmart for cheap staples, including shooting targets and Smiths for other vitals – joy.
Called in at Park City coffee whose web site doesn’t show prices unless you sign, they don’t even bother with prices in their shop. Took the girl a minute to find out how much and then it turns out to be $2 dearer than in Whole Paypacket, and about $4.54 dearer than in a normal supermarket – go figure.
Get it going at last.
Before tea it’s a jacuzzi in the snow with a pilsner urquel, one of the few decent beers in the liquor store.
Then we try to light a fire with logs and fire lighters. I’d be kicked out of the scout for an abysmal performance. Finally get it going and settle down with a Zinfandel to watch Longmire.
Today is world quantum day. The World Quantum Day aims at promoting the public understanding of Quantum Science and Technology around the World.
‘The Qubit Game’ from Google tasks you with building a quantum computer
Just about sums up Germany and France’s efforts to bring Russia to heal.
Lazy Morning as usual.
Joe and I go for a walk around his neighbour hood. Plenty of hills, some very expensive multi-million dollar homes with awesome view of the mountains and Jordenell reservoir.
Fish for tea in typical Easter fashion.
Go over to Mikes to go trap shooting at the Kamas gun club. Use Mike 12 bore. Not so good a shot this week. Need to follow through when I pull the trigger rather than stopping. Best is 10 out of 25.
In the afternoon we go in search of an Easter egg to take to Mikes. Can you believe there’s no Easter Egg or even Spring Break Eggs to be had anywhere, rarer than a bottle of Bourbon in a mosque. Countries going to the dogs.
In the evening we’re off to dinner at Mike’s. Awesome ribs and great company. See Joanne and Dan from previous years.
Nigeria: Muslims target four villages, murder 100 people, ransack houses.
“The assailants ‘were well-armed’ with AK-47 rifles and machetes and arrived on dozens of motorcycles.”
Who pays for all this? Western governments, in ransom payments for hostages, and wealthy Muslims around the world who believe in the righteousness of the Fulanis’ jihad.
The West African nation continues to grapple with security challenges in other parts of the country. A decade-long insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast by the Islamic extremist rebels of Boko Haram and violence by armed groups in the northwest have led to the deaths of thousands.
But who cares? Certainly not the media, doesn’t fit with the Islam as a peaceful religion propaganda.
Get to FaceTime the kids and grandkids. Easter eggs galore and they’re quite hyper as usual apart from Jasper who has tonsillitis – poor kid. Don’t know how Kurt and Fiona cope they’re so noisy and hyper.
Off to Home Depot, Americas answer to B&Q – to get some wood to secure the lounge patio door. 
After lunch we take a leisurely stroll around the old barn down to the church and back.
Yeah, a Reubens for tea.
Awesome catching sight of this fellow.
Neat. Free books.
Trip to the dentist to see what they can do about my tooth that exploded on the plane – better keep quiet about it or the TSA will start wanting to X-ray our teeth before boarding. After 8 attempted X-rays they finally get a Picasso. Seems like the best advice is wip it out.
Help for geriatrics crossing the road.
After lunch I cycle down (great ride downhill, will have to man up and try the ride back in a few days) to Kimble Junction to meet Joe to explore the Millennium trail. This trail will do fine for a leisure (there we go lolly gaggin) hike.
Afternoon tea out on the balcony having a well deserved but rare moment to read “The Code Breaker” – all about the discovery of CRISPR – fascinating.
web_Macron and Le Pen
Well it seems the Archbishop of Canterbury was even spouting rubbish 14 years ago.
President Biden’s administration faced a dilemma yesterday after a federal judge overturned the national facemask mandate for passengers on public transport.
Many airline passengers peeled off masks and took selfies mid-flight as the verdict was announced. The judge in Florida found that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had exceeded its authority, a week after the public health agency had extended the rule until May 3.
Masks reduce the risk of the wearer being exposed Covid virus by over 80% and reduce the risk of spreading it to others by over 50%. Follow the science. For such a minor inconvenience who wouldn’t want to reduce their risk of infection and of spreading it to others.
Leisure (lolly gaggin) hikers.
Then we’re both off ready for me to lead a leisure hike from Silver Star down to the Old Barn and back. Wendy catches the bus after 2 miles to save her back. Have 10 on the hike so quite a good turnout. Pleasant lot, including Mike and Joe, and it’s just really an opportunity for a bit of fresh air, some exercise, meet new people and a chat.
Quiet night in again and finish off “Anatanmy of a Scandal”, a great Netflix series.
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Wot no tooth fairy visit? I would have thought a wisdom tooth was worth at least $10.
After care for wisdom tooth extraction is a right dogs breakfast of soft food, salt mouth wash, no straws. The most difficult being no alcohol for anywhere between 24 hours and 7 days depending upon who you believe. Guess I’m on the 24 hour side.
Kamas Lions Gun club range. Only $5.
Playground on a snowy day.
Although formally known as third molars, the common name is wisdom teeth because they appear so late – much later than the other teeth, at an age where people are presumably “wiser” than as a child, when the other teeth erupt.
The Snowflakes, Wokes and Libtards strike again. Has common sense been banned in the UK
Midwives have been discouraged from saying ‘vagina’ when dealing with pregnant transgender patients if they dislike the terminology.
The guidance has been introduced by health chiefs in Sussex as part of their policy on perinatal care – previously known as maternity services – for transgender and non-binary people.
Last month it emerged that the same trust had begun a policy in which staff were told the phrase breast milk could be replaced with ‘human milk’, ‘breast/chest milk’ or ‘milk from the feeding mother or parent’.
In the care guide from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, midwives and obstetricians are told: ‘Some individuals may have preferred terminology for their anatomy.
These should be used wherever possible. For example, some people may talk about ‘front hole’ or ‘genital opening’ rather than ‘vagina’.
Staff are encouraged to record these requested terms on a document called ‘My Language Preferences’.
It has a list of anatomical parts such as cervix, uterus and breasts alongside a column where the preferred words can be written.
The guidelines add that maternity care has typically been designed as a ‘women-only service’ which may not serve the needs of ‘trans’ and ‘non-binary’ individuals who identify as neither male or female.
Pregnant transgender patients should be treated according to their ‘self-identified gender’ rather than their birth sex, it says. They should be offered ‘pronoun stickers’ to wear advising staff how to address them….
Lazy morning. Short bike ride for me. 
Bob and Marilyn leave about 03:30 for a 12 hour day back to San Diego.
A niqab wearing Muslim woman standing as a Conservative candidate in the forthcoming Blackburn council elections says she wants to inspire other women to get involved in local politics. I’m sure the “bearded ones” will have an apoplectic melt down having a women (only half a man according to the Quran) in power.
Lazy start then a 3 mile walk to the bank and back. Yes, I know we have a car but it so nice to walk around here. Especially on the way back when it’s snowing. Arrive home looking like a snowman.
For years now I’ve been saying why don’t we send these ILLEGAL immigrants, predominantly economic migrants, to some African shithole country for processing like Australia does. Also post videos on social media of them being flown off, to make sure any future illegals get the message. After Tony Abbott, then the Australian prime minister, introduced the policy in 2013 to combat migrant boat arrivals, which peaked at 20,000 a year, the number of asylum seekers arriving by sea fell to 160 the following year. In 2015 none arrived.
Finally up, up and away in Virgin Upper Class. Great news they have a lovely Primitivio wine, very pleasant meal starts off with Duck and marmalade (a tasty combination), Chicken Kiew and then an excellent port to go with the cheese and biscuits. Then to top the meal off I tootle off to the onboard bar for one of my favorite Baron Otard brandies whilst they make up my bed. 
Up early for breakfast. Supposedly opens from 06:00, but what that means is the sloth opens the doors and then starts setting up. Continental breakfast but obviously they never had a breakfast in Europe. Pretty sparse, why not even a waffle machine, have they no American pride and self respect?
I see Macron is strutting on world stage in hope he can be seen as a contender for Nobel peace prize and win the election. Why would anyone be daft enough to try and negotiate with a dictator.
Hot and sunny.
Wander over to the beach to see if we can create a new record of 46 minutes sat on a beach. We give up after about 30 minutes. Have a stroll along the beach and then it’s back home, with a quick nip into Publix.
Tea tonight consists of a burrito for me and some brisket for Wendy from Captain BBQ. Quick service and the pulled pork burrito was good. Can’t wait to get back to PC and those great Mexican burritos from Chubasco’s. I think I’ll be living off them daily for the first week to make up for lost time.
Wendy fancies doing the hop-on-off trolley tour around St Augustine. We did it back in 2015 but forgot most of it and it’s a really relaxing way of seeing St Augustine. It’s a lovely old city with some amazing architecture and intriguing charm. Hop off for lunch and a free Starbucks dirty chai (they managed to piss me off with their app not being able to cope with £ sterling) sat with an awesome view of Flagler college.
Well Russia’s finally invaded the Ukraine. Is this another 1939 moment? I’m fascinated what sensible America thinks about it? Are they even aware that the Ukraine exists? Are they aware where it is?
Meanwhile, here in the land of plenty and the home of the free we have a lazy day planned with a trip up to Anastasia Island state park. Like most of the parks around here it’s mainly yet another beach and another Hammock trail. This time a Dunes Hammock trail so we venture forth. Seems like every other Hammock trail we’ve been on except there are some hills on it.
Hot and sunny again. Lazy morning and lunch at home.
Drive down to Bullow Plantation Ruins Historic state park. They do like including that word historic wherever possible. It’s the ruins of one of Florida’s largest sugar (white gold) plantations and dare I say its slave quarters. Quite interesting to stroll around and there’s a pleasant walking trail to it. No doubt the 1619 Project has something to say on the subject and it turns out that they claim America’s lust for sugar, and the resulting obesity, is founded in sugar plantation slavery.
Now I have a dilemma. Do I continue to seek out a MAGA hat or go for a “Let’s Go Brandon” hat, or perhaps both.
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent Russian threats and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. The Russians have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.
Don’t you just love those woke luvvies and their 1619 project.
Lazy start then off down to Disney Spring for a saunter around. Yes, I know we’ve been there before but it’s quite pleasant and there’s usually some free entertainment on. This time it’s a young dance troop from Oklahoma – good to know there’s something in Oklahoma. Judging by the queues for Starbucks and Giordehli’s you’d think they were giving it away, and what’s happened to the free chocolate samples. Wendy has a wander around the Disney store and manages not to purloin any of the plastic cards – I think she’s finally realised they are not free.
Back to our room and have afternoon tea around the pool.
Off to Sea World for the day. It’s a long while since we’ve been there.
Back home for afternoon tea and then off to Flannigans Irish bar, on the corner of our hotel, for our take away tea. For me it’s a Reubens, a fine last meal in America, Wendy goes for a Fish sandwich.
We also need to start planning my Rest Of AMerica (ROAM) adventure, where we visit the remaining 6 states we’ve never been to and visit as many National Parks as we can. Sadly they’re nearly all in the North of America so the weather in winter is not what we’re looking for.
Drive down to Hillsboro lighthouse, but alas it’s a private estate so can’t get close up. 
Settle down to an espresso in some lovely adirondacks. 
Hot, sunny and humid. I sit out on the patio for morning coffee and have to surrender to the humidity. 
Then drive onto Deerfield beach. Amazed how easy it is to find parking and ONLY $2 an hour. The beach is crowded but it’s one of the nicest beaches we’ve been to. Sit and eat lunch, such a pity we forgot the beach chairs. Mind you we rarely tolerate more than 30 minutes sat on a beach.
After 1.5 hours of driving through hell we find a spot and lug our beach chairs onto the beach. Set a new world record as we last 45 minutes sat on a beach. Then off for a stroll down to the pier and an espresso to calm jangled nerves.
Conch is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends).
Lazy start then off to St Augustine for the day. It’s a 20 mile drive up a coastal A1A road hardly any traffic lights or even traffic, very pleasant for a change. Call in at Home Depot to pick up Kurt’s video doorbell. ABC wine store is very convienantly on the same trading estate. We walk to it. Alas no pavements and of course no one else is walking.
Then it’s a walk around St Augustine. Lovely town spoilt by us tourists and the struggle to park. We park down a remote side street and having the benefit of legs walk into town, oh so very un-American. Wendy finally finds somewhere to have lunch, then it’s a stroll around the castle, but at $15 a person to go in we’re still as tight fisted as we were back in 2015 – not worth it.
It’s a pepperoni croissant base pizza for tea tonight. Cruelty to croissants, if Macron finds out he’ll be having a submarine hissy fit no doubt. One of the best pizza’s ever – only in America no doubt.
