What’s on your mind?

[boswald]

Paid a fleeting, flying visit to the farmers' market and purchased several types of olives, a bag of mixed varieties of cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, chives, French onions, plus several gorgeous heads of locally grown new season's garlic, along with apricots, nectarines, and peaches.

Peaches are my favorite and I could eat them all day, everyday. It's just a shame the selection at the local grocery is always terrible, regardless of the time of year. There's other places, but their markup is almost as bad as Apple's. I should research how to grow my own...

 

[boppin]

Do you have some kind of nicknames for foreign countries?

I need to explain this. Dr. Gregor Gysi (politician from German left party) once explained it beautifully. He said that when Berliners give a name to something or someone, it is considered accepted. Or to put it another way: we don't mean that in a derogatory sense, but rather appreciatively!

For example, we call sometimes the people from The Netherlands as "Käskôppe", which means in English some kind of Cheeseheads. That's because Gouda is every time associated with the Netherlands.

I personally call the Italian as "Spaghettis", not because they are stupid or something, because they invented it and I like them! 🛐

I remember Luca the astronaut. I hope you understand.

Well, we have a need for a book for intercultural competency. My former social worker I met did write about it 🇮🇹

 

[WriteNow]

Peaches are my favorite and I could eat them all day, everyday. It's just a shame the selection at the local grocery is always terrible, regardless of the time of year. There's other places, but their markup is almost as bad as Apple's.

I used like to buy peaches from an open air produce market. They were vastly superior to what the grocery store had. They were more expensive, but I felt the quality was worth it. I suspect the price could have been justified by the costs of what was involved in growing, transporting, and selling those better peaches.

Sadly, that market is now gone...and I'm stuck with what the grocery store has.