Monday, September 07, 2020

HOT! HOT! HOT! with a side of frozen.

Labor Day Edition

HEAT RECORDS!!!  Wow, this past weekend saw record breaking heat for SoCali!  On Saturday we hit around 114 degrees and then on Sunday, about 112!  Both were dryer heat than the humidity we have encountered lately which doesn't bode too well because that kind of prompts fire starters.  What really sucks is the night ... on Saturday night it stayed low 90's till about midnight, it never dropped below 82 degrees till Sunday morning.  Then by Sunday 9AM, it got to 80 again in not time.  That is the really crappy part is when it gets dark, you hope it will cool down quickly but not these past two days ... insanity.  I hope this weather goes away soon!

Weekly Update:
So I learned something recently and I can't remember if I shared this already or not ... so if I did, oops.  If I didn't, here ya go!  I learned that frozen fruits (not sure about vegetables) are better than buying fresh.  The reason is when a fruit is picked, say a strawberry or blueberry, it goes through the same sorting and cleaning process but as soon as it is done, the frozen one gets frozen right away ensuring it captures the freshness right after.  If one is being shipped off to be "fresh" at the market, it then gets packaged and goes through that process.  Then it has to be stored before it gets shipped but that storing isn't freezing but just refrigeration.  Then it gets shipped (again in just refrigerated trucks), delivered and eventually put on the shelves for you to buy.  Now it is still safe and all but the quality of freshness may not be exactly what you would think after you let a frozen one thaw or even eat it frozen!

At the movies:
Numbers continue to grow which is great!  New at #1 is "Tenet" with an amazing 20.2 million to open.  Word-of-mouth is strong on this film but with today's trends unsure how films will continue right now.  Drop down to #2 is "The New Mutants" with 3.5 mil more.  Holding at #3 is "Unhinged" with 2 mil more.  In at #4 is "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run" with 475k.  Rounding off the top 5 is "The Personal History of David Copperfield" with 470k more.

Quote of the week:
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison

Facts & Tips:
There is a town called "Big Ugly" in West Virgina.

"Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison.  That poison?" - Patrick Warburton as Kronk in "The Emperor's New Grove."

posted by McDuck @ 01:09

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