So... Whats for lunch?

[Sportsdude]

broken windows and the usual insane panicing that is associated with the goofballs from st. louis, who always need to be sedated in these situations. People are probably running around like its the end of the world. mass hysterial, the usual etc. people are nuts.

when 9/11 happened, the majority of folks in my suburb thought we had been invaded and everyone was going to die, so they did what any one would do and got gas. Some smart guy figured out what was going on raised the price to around 5 bucks. The whole region went awol and within an hour there were mass line ups at gas stations, ran sacking of grocery stores etc.

Same thing happens with blizzards, people ran sack grocery stores just buying the first thing they see. No doubt in a city where the most important thing about you is where you went to high school (denotes economic class) and where people still talk about the 1904 World's Fair like it was yesterday, are talking about this earthquake like its the biggest story ever. lol
 

[Gopher]

Nice to know that the good citizens of St. Louis are so level-headed.

[Sportsdude]

 well the joke is, that if the terrorists were ever smart, they'd attack a place in the midwest because 'middle america' is the paranoid mass of people that constantly elect people based on emotions and urges.  This would explain why cops are carrying automatic weapons at Metro-Link stations in the 'middle of nowhere' in St. Louis. midwesterners as a whole are insane. If anything ever happened terrorism wise inbetween the the coasts, the world is doomed.  Where you get your stereotypes about americans, comes from this region as a whole. Do to the electoral college these people have too much power.

For example, I went to a sports bar in the Ozarks and all the walls of the place (and it was a big place) was filled with the planes hitting the wtc buildings with pictures of bush and Osama and the phrase found everyone in the place was "never forget what they have done to us".  


Denver International airport repeats this anti-terrorism message about being on alert for suspecious people every 3 minutes. Talking about colour code levels and such. This is Denver, not NYC or O'hare where nothing like this is ever said.
   

[Sportsdude]

when I get back home I'll go back to the arch and take a picture of this sign about words you cannot say while in the arch itself or you will get arrested for suspecion.  

[Gopher]

Don't forget. I'll be interested to see it.

[Sportsdude]

I won't. lol its about not being able to say certain words. They might of taken it down now, but last time I was there the signs were still there.


 

[purelife]

How was lunch?

  I had a egg spinach salad with poppy seed dressing.  Yummeee....   now, I'm trying to get rid of this raw onion breath. :P

  I heard that it was snowing in some areas today.  

[P.C.]

Oooo...delish salad purelife.

  It was actually sunny here most of the day....with occasion mini showers that started and stopped in minutes....BUT....in spite of the sun, it was bleedin cold out there.

[Sportsdude]

saw the forbidden kingdom, thought it was great, enjoyed it.

 

[Lil Me]

Evening everyone!  We're hanging on the Island with Mr LM's parents.  Lunch at Coombs market (thanks for the tip-P.C., it was a good meal!) dinner at the SandBar Cafe on the Old Island Highway.  Visited the Wildlife Refuge Centre in Errington and the Little Qualicum Cheeseworks.  Heckyl and Jeckyl played mini golf in Parksville.

Off to Comox tomorrow.

[purelife]

You're at the Island already?  Wow..... that was quick.  Glad to hear that you're out having fun.

Evening PC and Lil Me.

We wanted to watch the movie but by the time we were there, the lady announced that they were all sold out.    Oh well, we'll try again later on.  Instead, we're going to stay home and watch Twin Warriors...with Jet Li.


 

[Sportsdude]

well have fun watching the thunderstorm or lack of a storm. lol
people are going oooh and ahhh down stairs.

i'm thinking of going somewhere tomorrow, don't know where though.
 

[Lise]

Didn't know you were on the island, Lil Me. We visited the animal sanctuary too. My kid had a blast, the other one was too young to enjoy.

  Lovely dinner with the girls. We had Saffron Thali at [A href="http://saffroncuisine.ca/"]Saffron Restaurant[/A] on Kingsway. Delicious!! I was looking forward to the buffet but they don't have buffets on Friday nites. At any rate, our meal came with a bit of butter chicken, lamb curry, raita, saffron rice, naan bread and gulab jamun. All for like $16.95. DELICIOUS!!!

  It was such a nice change to be able to enjoy good food with good friends. I'm usually wolfing down my meals and rushing. I had forgoteen what food taste like.

  Debating if I should head downtown tomorrow for the shoe sale at Army and Navy. Probably everything's been picked over already. Ah well.  

[P.C.]

How nice for you Miss Lise.  It's amazing how you get into the 'rush zone' when it comes to trying to eat a meal with little ones.  So glad you had a good time.

  Hey Lil Me.....glad that you too enjoyed your meal at the country market.  (love that place in spite of the commercialism that has crept in over the years)  Great place to buy fancy gourmet condiments and stuff....such fun.  How was the Cheeseworks?  There is a street market every Saturday in Qualicum where all the farmers and artisans bring their wares....and the cheese people are always there.....SUPER nice people and superb cheeses.  

[Lil Me]

The Cheeseworks was pretty cool.  Heckyl and Jeckyl enjoyed the barnyard with baby cows born this week, goats, bunnies, pigs, chickens...you could view the cheese factory thru the window (nothing doing in there), walk into the milking shed (nothing doing there either) and go into the shop with SAMPLES.  Bought a couple of cheeses to bring home- much cheaper than the supermarket.  Each wedge of fancy cheese was $3-$5.