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Final
- @SimCityAT
BBC is saying Australia and Finland are hot faves to win. I might watch, I might not. I'm not at home right now and I don't know how long it will run. Hours I think! - @fluffy2560

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Final
- @SimCityAT
BBC is saying Australia and Finland are hot faves to win. I might watch, I might not. I'm not at home right now and I don't know how long it will run. Hours I think! - @fluffy2560
Running?
Never watch sports coverage so am guessing this is a long running race?
My brother used to run every Saturday as a teenager for 26 miles.
Down LA Blvd; In Simi and over the windy pass road into the San Frenando Valley;
Left in the morning and came home after dinnertime.
Took a shower and slept in all day Sunday.
My first ex BIL was on the track team at UCSB. A super skinny guy.
I did a light run with him once when I stayed with them in Santa Barbara. Boring is all I can remember.
Tried the jogging fad in the 70,s found it dull and my knees were not happy.
It is not a rich man,s sport like golf or tennis, just need a good track and decent pair of shoes.
Oh, and a good pair of knees. - @Marilyn Tassy

It's the Eurovision Song Contest. Height of kitsch, glitter, glamour and nonsense - European style.

It's completely nuts and even weirder is Australia participating.聽 They are members of the European Broadcast Union (EBU) so they get a slot to perform.

Maybe the US gets involved sometime - have to join the EBU for that.聽 Will Ferrell is a kind of "ambassador" for it since he appeared in a movie as the Icelandic entry.

Hungary might not broadcast it due to OV legacy BS but accessible on YT otherwise.

@fluffy2560

...and there is also this

Oh,Eurovision.

I do not follow current music trends.

Classic rock only.

I used to be a die hard Stones fan but have only listened to a couple of tunes off their new LP.

Is it an LP or CD or Tape, really have not been in a music shop in forever or bought any music in ages.

Used to save all my lunch money and baby sitting money to buy records with but these days I do not care.

I saw my old LP collection in Vegas when I was there. My SIL,s son said they were worth a few bucks.

So far the climate controlled room has kept them from wrapping.

Maybe someday if I had the time I could try selling them off, might pay for a vacation, maybe just a weekend in a motel 6 room? IDK, not sure what they would go for.

My DIL,s grandmother passed yesterday in Japan. Not sure how old she was; My son said she was nice to him.

He is getting a new suit today as there will be a 2 day long traditional funeral for her and he needs to wear a black suit and tie. Hope he can find one that fits him, 6 foot 3 in Japan is not really off the rack.

Today will be a day of prayers with a monk and tomorrow will be the bone picking day.

That I hope he is ready for, not for the faint hearted westerner.

I have and will be sending prayers too. Sad.

Oh,Eurovision.I do not follow current music trends. - @Marilyn Tassy

Eurovision doesn't have a music trend. It covers all music genres. Europop, rock, classical, and even opera. Its all for a bit of fun.

Eurovision was created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1956 to test the limits of nascent transnational live television and to create shared, cost-effective entertainment for European nations still rebuilding after World War II.

- most definitely not the current music trend in the UK.

Oh,Eurovision.I do not follow current music trends. - @Marilyn Tassy
Eurovision doesn't have a music trend. It covers all music genres. Europop, rock, classical, and even opera. Its all for a bit of fun.
Eurovision was created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1956 to test the limits of nascent transnational live television and to create shared, cost-effective entertainment for European nations still rebuilding after World War II.
- most definitely not the current music trend in the UK. - @SimCityAT

It was a toss up between Israel and Bulgaria but Bulgaria stormed it.聽 聽In the end, it was just an OK song.聽

Certainly the types of music are highly variable.聽 The Italian entry was easy listening and the UK entry was total novelty.聽 No idea how that guy got selected.聽 Managed only 1 point.聽 聽Some of the faves were just rubbish - who made that assessment?

It's just an institution - one has to watch, all that glam, kitsch, bad jokes and obvious bigging up of national friends.聽 Amazing (not) that Greece and Cyprus gave their points to each other.

It's a proxy for why Brexit was a stupid idea!

@fluffy2560
...and there is also this - @SimCityAT

Who in their right mind would participate in such a thing?

Ludicrous.

Oh,Eurovision.
I do not follow current music trends.
Classic rock only.
I used to be a die hard Stones fan but have only listened to a couple of tunes off their new LP.
Is it an LP or CD or Tape, really have not been in a music shop in forever or bought any music in ages.
Used to save all my lunch money and baby sitting money to buy records with but these days I do not care.
I saw my old LP collection in Vegas when I was there. My SIL,s son said they were worth a few bucks.
So far the climate controlled room has kept them from wrapping.
Maybe someday if I had the time I could try selling them off, might pay for a vacation, maybe just a weekend in a motel 6 room? IDK, not sure what they would go for.
My DIL,s grandmother passed yesterday in Japan. Not sure how old she was; My son said she was nice to him.
He is getting a new suit today as there will be a 2 day long traditional funeral for her and he needs to wear a black suit and tie. Hope he can find one that fits him, 6 foot 3 in Japan is not really off the rack.
Today will be a day of prayers with a monk and tomorrow will be the bone picking day.
That I hope he is ready for, not for the faint hearted westerner.
I have and will be sending prayers too. Sad. - @Marilyn Tassy

Sorry to hear of the DIL's grandma going on to a higher dimension.聽 She must have been ancient.聽 Japanese people seem to live forever.聽 I suppose she'll be cremated.聽 Buddhist methods I guess. From a Western perspective, very odd to see. I was at a temple recently out in Asia where they burn the bodies.聽 There was a morbid fascination about it all.聽 聽Death is such a mystery for many but it's a massive family affair out there.聽 Everyone turns out to see it happen.聽 Seems almost a celebration.聽 No coffins!

I always wondered if your son could fly to the Marianas Islands and get all his tailoring and footwear needs satisfied.聽 It's US territory.聽 Or Guam (what a dump!).聽 Where the US starts its day - so they say on the TV there.

Those islands are easy to get to from Japan - closest US territory with everything like a US main street.聽 Cost money though but good for a weekend perhaps?

My son just wrote a short message saying it was a hard weekend.

I bet it was.

I am not sure exactly how they did it but I know they keep the body with them overnight.In a nice coffin of course; Whole ceremony about watching a professional wash and dress the person, do their hair and makeup etc.

They have some funeral homes that include a overnight room for the family to stay with the body, has beds, showers etc; Like a hotel with a coffin.

Very formal affair.

They pray to their聽 聽ancestors and burn incense.

My son is a Buddhist so not a big thing for him to follow the tradition.

Heard a funeral there costs upwards of one million yen.

Should do the exchange on that. Just over $6,000, not too bad of course there are always add ons.

I know about 6 years ago it was only $400 in Budapest for a cremation, inflation probably has hit that too.

My moms, old friend paid an extra $30,000 when her elderly husband died just to give him a lead outter coffin; I went to his funeral and that was all everyone was talking about, not about him or his life, weird. That was in the 1980,s too. Now it is probably double the price, waste of money.

A Muslim man I worked with in a casino died out of the blue; He was perhaps in his late 50,s. Really nice man, I barely knew him because I was new at the job, just worked there perhaps a month.

He worked at that casino for 26 years straight!

I went to the funeral home to pay my respects. His brothers were there and his young wife; She went right up to me and cried in my arms, so sad. She asked me where everyone from his job was. I also thought there should of been more co workers there.

I told her that they probably would stop by after work, IDK if anyone did or not but I was angry with everyone for not supporting his family after 26 years of service.

People act strange around death.

When my MIL died and my husband flew in from Ca; He and his sister arranged her service.

My husband paid extra for the priest to wear a higher hat! Crazy, like she would be closer to God if we sprang for the high hat?!

They called out the names of her family members and did not include the grandson or one of the grand daughters, mistake perhaps but those 2 idiots got up and walked out of the service! Ego was hurt??

I dislike it when people think everything is about them. Even someones funeral.

From what I gather, my boy,s FIL took him to buy a suit. Hopefully he will not need to wear it again anytime soon!

From what I gather, my boy,s FIL took him to buy a suit. Hopefully he will not need to wear it again anytime soon! - @Marilyn Tassy

That's good.聽 I suppose your son has sufficient Japanese to communicate with the FIL.聽 聽Make the most of it!

I was never able to communicate with my FIL - Hungarian and Russian only.聽 Just visual stuff and hand waving.

Only way I can get hold of in-laws now is with a Ouija board.

My son just wrote a short message saying it was a hard weekend.
I bet it was.
I am not sure exactly how they did it but I know they keep the body with them overnight.In a nice coffin of course; Whole ceremony about watching a professional wash and dress the person, do their hair and makeup etc.
They have some funeral homes that include a overnight room for the family to stay with the body, has beds, showers etc; Like a hotel with a coffin.
Very formal affair.
They pray to their ancestors and burn incense.
My son is a Buddhist so not a big thing for him to follow the tradition.
Heard a funeral there costs upwards of one million yen.
Should do the exchange on that. Just over $6,000, not too bad of course there are always add ons.
I know about 6 years ago it was only $400 in Budapest for a cremation, inflation probably has hit that too.
My moms, old friend paid an extra $30,000 when her elderly husband died just to give him a lead outter coffin; I went to his funeral and that was all everyone was talking about, not about him or his life, weird. That was in the 1980,s too. Now it is probably double the price, waste of money.
A Muslim man I worked with in a casino died out of the blue; He was perhaps in his late 50,s. Really nice man, I barely knew him because I was new at the job, just worked there perhaps a month.
He worked at that casino for 26 years straight!
I went to the funeral home to pay my respects. His brothers were there and his young wife; She went right up to me and cried in my arms, so sad. She asked me where everyone from his job was. I also thought there should of been more co workers there.
I told her that they probably would stop by after work, IDK if anyone did or not but I was angry with everyone for not supporting his family after 26 years of service.
People act strange around death.
When my MIL died and my husband flew in from Ca; He and his sister arranged her service.
My husband paid extra for the priest to wear a higher hat! Crazy, like she would be closer to God if we sprang for the high hat?!
They called out the names of her family members and did not include the grandson or one of the grand daughters, mistake perhaps but those 2 idiots got up and walked out of the service! Ego was hurt??
I dislike it when people think everything is about them. Even someones funeral. - @Marilyn Tassy

What a waste of money to spend $30K on a lead coffin.聽 聽Think of the pollution never mind the cost.聽 聽I mean, there's no reason to preserve him to that level.聽 Maybe they could have sampled and stored his DNA.聽 But unless he was a Nobel prize winner, or some other extraordinary talent, then no real reason to want his clone walking the earth.聽 Might be better to send his remains into orbit.聽 聽But even so, nature vs nurture....DNA is not enough.

What's with the priests' bigger hat?聽 聽Never heard of that before.

And not being mentioned, happens all the time.聽 My brother has 3 or 4 grandchildren but can I name them?聽 Nope, as they live in the other side of the world and I've never seen them in real life.聽 Only in pictures.

When it comes to great-grandparents, never met them.聽 No idea although I've seen their names in the family tree.聽 I think an individual's memory stops beyond grandparents.

I never knew either of my grandmothers and mom,s 2 aunts passed just before I was born.

One who went off her rocker latr and hung herself,saw my older sister an an infant and did some weird native American sort of bless in on herself!

Mom asked her WTH and she told mom that my sister was a dark energy or words to that effect!

OK, yes my sister was wild but as a new born???

Mom bought us a Ouija board one year for Xmas; Like a double whammy of pagan ideas.

Played with it for a ;spell; no pun.

Then mom decided it was evil, took it outside and burnt it.

Clones of anyone is no good. One chance only to get it right.

Seems lately I am getting all twisted up with worry for people, silly as it is all out of my control.

My brother wrote a long letter from prison.

Seems they always bunk him up with druggies coming down from something.

Getting sick on the floor, rolling in the muck, screaming etc; eyes rolled back before the staff calls for an ambulance.

My one legged bro asked the guard to help him clean the floor, they just gave my bro a mop!

He joked that for once his 38 years of janitor experience came in handy!

At least he can still laugh.

I think he gets out in about 3 weeks time. IDK what is waiting for him but it will be an adjustment for sure.

I never knew either of my grandmothers and mom,s 2 aunts passed just before I was born.One who went off her rocker latr and hung herself,saw my older sister an an infant and did some weird native American sort of bless in on herself!Mom asked her WTH and she told mom that my sister was a dark energy or words to that effect!OK, yes my sister was wild but as a new born???Mom bought us a Ouija board one year for Xmas; Like a double whammy of pagan ideas.Played with it for a ;spell; no pun.Then mom decided it was evil, took it outside and burnt it.Clones of anyone is no good. One chance only to get it right.Seems lately I am getting all twisted up with worry for people, silly as it is all out of my control.My brother wrote a long letter from prison.Seems they always bunk him up with druggies coming down from something.Getting sick on the floor, rolling in the muck, screaming etc; eyes rolled back before the staff calls for an ambulance.My one legged bro asked the guard to help him clean the floor, they just gave my bro a mop!He joked that for once his 38 years of janitor experience came in handy!At least he can still laugh.I think he gets out in about 3 weeks time. IDK what is waiting for him but it will be an adjustment for sure. - @Marilyn Tassy

Of course, grandparents and their grandchildren tend to have somewhat of a more distant relationship, especially now people tend to be scattered to the four winds all over the earth.聽 I'm looking to my older kids to produce some children now - grandchildren for me.聽 They are getting too old themselves - mid-30s聽 I thought it would make me feel older but perhaps it will make me feel younger.聽 聽I said to one of them the other days, the longer you wait, the more difficult is.聽 I said to her, a child will shape your future, so if you want a kid, then just do it and work it out as you go. It's what everyone else does.聽 And I've always found kids delightful (85% of the time) but maybe we were just lucky.

It sounds like a nightmare being sick in prison but I guess what else is there to do but get stoned and who knows what the drugs have been cut with.聽 3 weeks is not so long.聽 I hope his support network is there for him when he's out.

Shame about the Ouija board being burnt in the garden. Perhaps it opened a portal to Hell and the Devil in Disguise (thank you Elvis) materialised through and it took the form of Donald Trump. I was thinking previously of Rosemary's Baby - I saw a clip of that.

Today I might mow the grass and spend a bit of time on my mushroom seats.聽 聽Yesterday I hoovered our older car and did a bit of cleaning inside to make it look better.聽 It really needs the seats cleaning but I ran out of steam.聽 聽I'm planning to sell it and buy a smaller car for our daughter to drive around town etc.聽 This is the summer she has to learn to drive.聽 Or more specifically, learn to pass the test.聽 Despite numerous discussions, we find her summer holidays get full up with festivals, friends and travel.聽 聽If she could drive, we wouldn't need to be 24x7 taxi drivers.

Something interesting, the UK has new figures out today though.

Something interesting, the UK has new figures out today though. - @SimCityAT

Interesting.聽 I can only think Romania is printing money.聽 聽What they should have done in that graphic is group the EU countries in the Eurozone together.聽 聽We're expecting the Euro in 2030-2032 in HU so we should get normalised with the other EU countries.聽 聽I wonder if there's enough margin to keep Euro funds in another EU country where inflation is higher.聽 There's always a simple debate going on if inflation rates include interest rates.聽 They do in my mind - they must do but economists say they don't.聽 聽So more return in another Eurozone country for money that spends the same back in the home country.

Taking a break for a tiny bit before dinner cooking begins.

Spent the last 5 hours running all over Budapest and wasted, tired now;

My husband said from not on, only one errand a day.

Hungarian health care, IDK; Some issues need to be taken care of with a private doctor after all.

6 weeks ago or so I saw a red spot on my collar bone聽 and it looked like the start of a sore of some sort.

Put my trusty Chemo cream on it and it vanished within a few days.

Then started taking note on every slight mark on our bodies.

Can laser off anything that you wish these days for a fee of course.

Made an appointment for the dema doc聽 with the TAJ system;

Early morning, for me early anyways; 9 am.

Took a trolly and bus and walked to find the palce.

Signed in she saw us right away, an doctor in her late 70,s or early 80,s.

She saidd my cream might be getting nold since I bought it a decade ago but they do not even have such a cream here in Hungary.

Weird;

Her conclusion was to get young again!! WTH, very professional answer!

Waste of time.

Then decided to see our bank hubby did not listen to me to find out if they moved locations yet or not.

Took the number 2 tram all over the place, bank was closed they moved, went all the way back to the Westend and walked all over, no they do not have a cashier聽 at that location, went to yet a 3rd location and took care of things;

Walked inside the Lehal聽 center for a bit , broke done and had a glass of nice dark Dreher beer and ready to nap now.

Exciting stuff!

Was considering popping over to immigration tomorrow but need a mental break .

Was nice outside, getting like summer.

IDK, what to say about my bro getting out soon. I mentioned to my cousin that I hope he got back his driving license and bank card from his son since he son has gotten out of the hole recently.

My cousin told me it is bad news and she will not mention it till my bro is informed by his son!

Dang and double dang!!

What a bunch of idiots in the family!!

What did he do? My mind is spinning now, maybe he forged my bros name and stole his savings? IDK but it is upsetting.

Then in his recent letter he mentioned how halfie, fully crazy wanted to ask him a question.

I will take a wild or logical guess, she wants to know if she can be his caretaker and dump our eldest sister because it is getting close to time to get a job and she can not do that, God forbid.

I told my eldest sister to no way allow her to take advantage of our聽 brother because he will be back in prison again, this time for life.

God is wise, at least she never had children! Barely can take care of a dog.

@fluffy2560

What you really need to do is reduce VAT, people will spend more money at home instead of going to next door countries.

@fluffy2560What you really need to do is reduce VAT, people will spend more money at home instead of going to next door countries. - @SimCityAT

I was thinking of investments.聽 If one can get 3% in one country on EUR and somewhere else, it's 5%, that's 2% in your favour.聽 Sure, not so much but with large amounts, it will make a difference.

VAT here is bonkers at 27%.聽 There's no upper limit in聽 the EU for VAT.聽 It has to be brought down to something reasonable (if any of it is), maybe 22% or 20%.

Prices are very high here.聽 Big ticket items, best to go to Austria and buy in person.