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Grocery shopping adventures in the Coronavirus time

As not much is happening these days, we have to use any little events    in our lives to record   and then after remember …. This is what happened yesterday, Sunday and today Monday: Mariana graciously offered to buy any groceries that we were missing and went to Walmart to buy them. They went on Sunday and as the weather was nice, a lot of people were doing same. Danger!!! Not helping   with the situation, and in order to meet the milk amount requirements, they had   to go to   the register 4 times,   with only one milk   cartoon each time, as it was rationed to prevent all items disappearance. Poor Mariana and Martin…. But groceries were bought. And today Martin delivered, very early in his way to work.   In his very treasured   Subaru. Then very carefully we unpacked, washed with soapy water all groceries    and dried them. That took for ever and finally there were     pu...

The importance to keep the wife happy and the Jacuzzi's adventures

Everything started last summer when a high wind blow up, removed and broke up his regular patio umbrella. Our neighbor then,   went immediately and bought a new one. Obviously the new model, bigger and red.   For some reason this new one didn’t work. Something was broken, and it was an embarrassing at   grandma and grandpa's annual  visit, a lot of explanations and subsequent wife's annoyance. Then came the discussions between husband and wife,   a lot  of shouting and recriminations, it seems caused for the poor man incapacity to deliver  a sumptuous    patio environment, to relax in the summer   from the daily routines. We started to think this was the beginning of the end of a marriage…… But , oh surprise!, at the   end of the summer,   one day a contractor showed up to install a canopy to cover,   guess what: a Jacuzzi. Very fancy. Not to large though. But they installed it wrong ,...

Why daughters and sons should not take fathers' last name.

Why daughters and sons should not take fathers' last name. It is common practice in our society   that children inherit   father's last names.   In this way family clans are identified always   by their father last name Mother's last names are lost for practical purposes, even though in some Latin countries mother's last names always follow father's. That being said,   there is always a possibility that sons do not genetically   belong to   father's tribe, even though for   decorum reasons mothers are sometimes   obliged to maintain the   belief that they belong. Nowadays it had been proven that we can track genealogy through mitochondrial DNA provided by mothers. In the fertilization process, fathers provide the nuclear DNA included in their sperm's cells,    but their mitochondrial cells only provide the energy required   to reach the eggs   and after, those cells   fall apart with the sperm...

Health research sharing

How the   possibility of seriously get sick changed the way we   see how research and public health planning is conducted We have been used to believe   that medicine advancements will cover any type of eventuality; but far from reality. The COVID -19 appearance had shown us   that there are still health threats against which we are   absolutely impotent. Also, had exposed   government failures and leadership incompetence in planning for these type of events. The fact that the treat was not tangible and visible made it easy for politicians to disregard   funds for research, ignoring at the same time   the need to be prepared to face potential epidemics, not even saying pandemics. One concept   that emerged from this late episode, is how important it is the communication between different scientific research   teams, sharing discoveries and interacting to develop solutions and better ways to approach problems.   Aboli...

Rainbow connections

Why are there some many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side rainbows are visions they're only illusions and rainbows have nothing to hide so we're been told and some chose to believe it. But I know they are wrong wait and see Some day we'll find it the rainbow connection the lovers, the dreamers and me who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on the morning star somebody though of that and someone believe it and look what it's done so far what's so amazing that keeps us star gazing what so we think we might see Some day we'll find it the rainbow connection the lovers , the dreamers and me have you been fast asleep and have you heard voices, I've hear them calling my name, is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors , the voice might be one and the same. I've heard it  too many times to ignore it it's something that I'm supposed to be Some day we'll find it ...