Chinese knock offs

Uruguay is country of Chinese knock offs. Why? I'm not sure, other
than the fact they cost less. It never fails to surprise me what they,
the Chinese, will make that looks like American products, but aren't the
same.

Today a coworker commented on my good ol' reliable Stanley thermos, he
asked me if it was a "real" one, I told him yes. He told me that most
Uruguayans have the Chinese knock off versions that break when you drop
them. I found that funny as my uncle had a Stanley thermos that a road
grader rolled over and it still managed to keep hot coffee in it!

As long as the fake Chinese medicines stay off the shelves here I'll be
happy!

Tags: chinese knock offs, trade, thermos, stanley thermos

Sunday breakfast

Yummmmm! German apple pancakes! My lovely bride spent two hours
slaving in the kitchen to make this wonderful treat! It was worth every
minute.
For your eyes to feast on : )

But, if you want the recipe, okay, here it is : )

http://meemoskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/04/original-pancake-house-german-pancake.html

Tags:breakfast, pancakes

My walk to work on the windy day

I meant to mention the other day that I said it was very windy I had a
fun walk to work, I was sandblasted! In fact the next day I realized I
had sand in the pockets of my jacket :-D

Happy Primero de Mayo

May 1st, in our part of the world, Primero de mayo or International
Labour Day, actually worldwide it's Labor Day. So, if we were in the
United States what would be going on right now? Sales come to mind?
Crowds at the mall and newspapers full of advertisements? Here,
everything is closed.

Usually there is a decent amount of traffic passing by our apartment in
the morning, not this morning, the city looks like a ghost town!

This means there's going to be a party across the street at the golf
course club house, and the party will probably continue till the wee
morning hours again!