Melaney had difficulty coping with the absence
of internet for a couple of days. We
never know just what causes the interference but it isn’t out of the
ordinary. Our neighbours, through whose
modem we are wired, were gone away to the beach for a few days. Out internet worked fine. The hour that they returned, the internet
quit. We were thinking they had tripped
over a wire, but Mel asked them and they were off the net as well.
We had a marathon of computer games. I worked my board until my knuckle on my
right hand was sore. I won’t attribute
it to arthritis, I don’t really admit that yet, but a few big joints are giving
me the dickens, and I will be forced to admit what is going on with them pretty
soon. Melaney suggests that I try
glucosamine. I’m not convinced that it
is more than hype. Think of the hooplah
over antibacterial soap. All soap is
antibacterial. That just became a selling
byword…..I bristle with the attitude of advertisers today. They think we are all stupid………
Back to no internet, we got several messages
from friends and relatives that they were on line, and there was nothing that
we could do about it. Now this morning,
Tuesday, the internet is back on line, and everyone is busy and happy.
Yesterday Melaney brought two ripe pineapples
and a big stalk of what she thought was bananas to the porch. They weren’t bananas, they were
plantain. I prepare plantain fairly frequently. It is a good substantial food, and free for
the taking. This morning, I cut them
from the stalk. The blossom flack was
still on the head and you could see tiny plantain that would never mature in
the fibres. I cut off about forty small
plantains, and intended to partly cook them and fix them for the freezer. There are too many ripe for me to use. We asked the neighbour, Johanna, if she would
like to take some, but she said that she had plenty. They also say that the fruit is very abundant
here during the rainy season. That
starts in about May.
With work progressing for Melaney, she is busy
answering all the enquiries about her Chill Bill web page. She has contacted distributors from all over
the world. This internet is wonderful,
if it doesn’t stop working.
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