Blog Number 323

Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.

I have forgiven myself for not blogging for 2 weeks so I will assume you will join with me and do the same.  Since I got my new cell phone I have snapped pics of things that interest me or might potentially be a blog subject.  They are not all winners but anything not used on the blog ends up stuck on my computer desktop just in case I decide to use it.  Well, I need the space on my desktop so today's blog is just a cleaning house for...

Random Bad Quality Pictures With My New Cell Phone

 

So we were at a grocery store the other day for the sole purpose of checking their prices on the things we buy week to week.  At the end of one of the rows were all these painted mixers.  There were probably about 15 mixers overall.  They looked pretty neat and there was a small placard with information about the "artist" and how to contact them should you want your mixer painted.  I don't know but it seems to me like someone has a little too much free time.

 

I mentioned in an earlier blog that we stayed at the same hotel to and from Indiana.  The hotel was great and the only thing I can fault them for is the phenomenally low quality of their forks at their continental breakfast.  It is a little hard to tell from the pics but these things were quite thin and provided barely enough resistance to stab your food and forget about using it to cut through your biscuits and gravy.  The fork quality was the same during both of our stays.  Checking some online stores I think you will find that plastic forks are $19.00 / 1,000 count case.  Now that is less than 2 cents per fork (for medium quality).  Spending an extra penny per guest for a good quality fork seems like a small price to pay.

The wife and I were killing some time waiting before our movie time arrived and while in a store near the movie theater I saw this toaster.  It is designated as high speed.  Is there a real need for faster toast out there?  I cannot honestly say I have every used slow toast making as an excuse for being late for anything.  Sorry boss, I would have made it to work on time if it weren't for my cursed slow toaster.

While shopping a week or so ago I came across these Donut Peaches.  After a little research I found out they are also know as Saturn Peaches.  When I checked, even Wikipedia did not have an article devoted to them.  They really do look like a donut to me (more so than the planet Saturn).  Also in the parking lot of the grocery store where the above peaches were for sale I snapped this picture...

At first glance you might not catch what I saw but look in the background and you will see a SmartCar.  In the foreground is the front of a cart made for people with small children.  I could not help but notice the similarity in overall design especially from the profile view.  I just thought it was funny.  I should have moved some of the carts in front of the car for a better comparison pic but I was afraid the car's owner would come out and ask me what I was doing or perhaps be offended or embarrassed.  I can tell you that the SmartCar does not have 2 steering wheels like the front of the cart does (I peeked in the SmartCar to check, just in case) so there is at least one thing NOT in common between the two.

Well that almost clears up the desktop (I threw a few pics out since they were even lower quality than the above ones).  In family news, we are getting a new puppy (puppy pics here).  We should be able to pick up our new pet in mid September.  I will keep you posted.  Until next time...

Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.

Jon