Friday - Oct 23, continuation...

Took the train into the city to meet Bill for lunch, and afterwards I heard the most beautiful music in the outdoor mall. I listened for awhile and then bought both their CD's. Just two guys and a girl playing "music from the Andes mountains of South America," and all they had was a pan flute, a mandolin and a some sort of conga drum setup, but they sounded fantastic. I love the sound of a flute! So I played the CD's all afternoon and again today, so nice to have music again.

Since we still have no T.V., I was feeling like I needed a fix of US news, so I went on line and clicked on ABC evening news with Charles Gibson, thinking it would be something besides the celebrity news that is all over the internet. But no, in fact, the first thing that came on was Whitney Houston suffering a horrifying wardrobe malfunction. Her bra strap actually broke, while she was singing, and somehow she was able to actually finish her song. Amazing, how did she do it? Such a strong woman. Well the next item up was a movie clip of Kanye West doing something with a mouse that sounded disgusting so I clicked out before it came on. So much for the news, I guess I'll stay in the dark and uninformed for a while longer.

Communicating via the internet can be amazing, I have to say. I emailed my dentist in Calif., to see if he agreed with the dentist here wanting to pull one of my wisdom teeth that is not hitting the opposing tooth but otherwise is problem free. I also explained about breaking my crown off just before leaving for the airport, and that the dentist here says the root canal failed. My dentist seems to think the root canal may not have failed and wants to have a look at the x-ray, so he can offer a second opinion. I was not surprised that the dentist here does not have the capability to send the x-ray electronically, but at least I was able to go in today and pick it up, and I can at least mail it to the US. And who knows, maybe I won't need another root canal after all. That would be nice, although of course I'll still need a new crown.

Well last night was late shopping night, so we drove to the Woolworths (the big grocery store) to stock up. There is underground parking and the escalator is called a travelator. It has a uniquely grooved surface that holds the wheels in place, so the carts (trolleys) can't roll.

I needed to buy some dishwasher detergent, and was shocked to see it cost $26.00, and this is not a Costco sized box, just a regular size that would cost about $7 or $8 in the US. Moving along, I check out the frozen turkeys, and let's just say we will probably not be having turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas. It was $67, and it was on sale. It was about an 18 pounder, so our little mini oven would never hold anything that big anyway, but $67.00, for a turkey???