Free COVID-19 Rapid Test kits

 There are free iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test kits at the Okee library - hurry.

Self-test at home results in 15 minutes.

Send a message of condolence to the UK

 https://www.royal.uk/send-message-condolence

This link includes many useful links.

Be kind to the volunteers at UCO

 

Suggested sign for UCO

Buy Impact Windows, Doors Without Sales Tax

 

Buy Impact Windows, Doors Without Sales Tax

Florida's "house hardening" sales tax holiday began July 1. It runs for two years, through June 30, 2024. If you've been considering adding impact doors or windows to your home, now is a good time to do it.

More El Presidente market Brunch

 

It must be the heat and humidity

 

CV Haverhill sign

 

New metallic effects, maybe it will reflect in the dark!

Presidente supermarket

 Give Presidente supermarket a try

You could easily use the CV bus and spend an hour or two exploring the market, - or have a meal from the hot bar.

I will keep my prepaid Walmart delivery but go to Presidente for specials:

20 limes $1

5 bananas $1

3 Palmolive bath soap bars $1

Condensed milk 80c

2 Hagen Daz ice cream $5

tomatoes, malanga, pumpkin, onions peppers, papaya, eggplant all under $1/lb.

Bananas and rice mountain

Total lunar eclipse: 'Blood Moon' will be visible in South Florida this weekend

 

Here is a cbs12.com article,

              cbs12.com/newsletter-daily/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-will-be-visible-in-south-florida-this-weekend 

When to see the Total Lunar Eclipse

Here are the times, according to time and date, to watch the Total Lunar Eclipse this weekend:

• 10:27 p.m. Sunday - Partial eclipse begins. This is when the moon will begin turning red.

• 11:29 p.m. Sunday - Total eclipse begins. This is when the moon enters the full shadow of the earth and the moon is completely red.

• 12:11 a.m. Monday - Maximum eclipse. This is when the moon is the closest to the center of the earth's shadow.

• 12:53 a.m. Monday - Total eclipse ends. The moon is emerging from the earth's shadow.

• 1:55 a.m. Monday - Partial eclipse ends.

• 1:55 a.m. Monday - Partial eclipse ends.

Summer coming

 

Earth Day

In 2009, the United Nations designated April 22 as 'International Mother Earth Day'. According to the UN, International Mother Earth Day is celebrated as a reminder that the Earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance. “The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet – and its people.

Beautification

 Flowers at CV entrance should be white, yellow, orange, red, pink, BRIGHT.

Not faded gray blue that die in one day like Haverhill entrance.

Plant at the beginning of the rainy season, NOW!

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition, Armory Art Center

 https://armoryart.org/michelangelo-2022/

OPEN THURSDAYS-SUNDAYS UNTIL APRIL 24

Ticket window for after April 10 will be opening soon! Stay tuned.

Enter the golden age of the renaissance with Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition. Experience one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements up-close, life-sized, and from a never-before-seen perspective.

Earth Hour

 Like millions of others, I'm doing it! Hope you can too! EARTH HOUR - switch off your non-essential electrical gear and lights at 8.30pm today in your local time zone - for an hour - to show solidarity for saving energy, looking out for each other, and protecting the natural world on this remarkable little planet we call home.

Aging.2

  My doctor asked if anyone in my family suffered from mental illness.  I said, "No, we all seem to enjoy it."

I thought growing older would take longer.

My bucket list: keep breathing.

Camping: where you spend a small fortune to live like a homeless person.

Just once, I want a username and password prompt to say, "Close enough".

Being an adult is the dumbest thing I have ever done.

I'm a multitasker.  I can listen, ignore and forget all at the same time!

Retirement to-do list: Wake up. - I Nailed it!

People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point.  The glass is refillable.

I don't have grey hair. I have wisdom-highlights.

Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

I don't trip, I do random gravity checks.

One minute you're young and fun.  Next, you're turning down the car stereo to see better.

I'd grow my own food if only I could find bacon seeds.

Some people are like clouds.  Once they disappear, it's a beautiful day.

Some people you're glad to see coming; some people you're glad to see going.

Aging.1

Common sense is not a gift.  It's a punishment because you have to deal with everyone else who doesn't have it.

I came.  I saw.  I forgot what I was doing.  Retraced my steps.  Got lost on the way back.  Now I have no idea what's going on.

If you can't think of a word, say "I forgot the English word for it".  That way people will think you're bilingual instead of clueless.

I'm at a place in my life where errands are starting to count as going out.

I don't always go the extra mile, but when I do it's because I missed my exit.

I don't mean to brag, but I finished my 14-day diet food supply in 3 hours and 20 minutes.

I may not be that funny or athletic or good looking or smart or talented. . . . I forgot where I was going with this.

Having plans sounds like a good idea - until you have to put on clothes and leave the house.

It’s weird being the same age as old people.

When I was a kid I wanted to be older.  This is not what I expected.

Life is like a helicopter.  I don't know how to operate a helicopter either.

It's probably my age that tricks people into thinking I'm an adult.

Never sing in the shower!  Singing leads to dancing.  Dancing leads to slipping, - and slipping leads to paramedics seeing you naked.  So remember, don't sing!

I see people my age mountain climbing.  I feel good just getting my leg through my underwear without losing my balance.

We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story anyway.

Spice of India

 Spice of India is a huge new farmers market in the shopping center behind Chick-fil-A across Okeechobee Blvd outside the west gate.

Apart from Antigua small store, Spice of India is the nearest source of many foods for CV.

It has northern fruits and veg, also Caribbean fruits and veg and many frozen and pkg foods, 100 lbs of rice if you like.

Blueberries 2 pints for $5, Green peppers .89/lb, plum tomatoes .89/lb, 5 lbs russet potatoes $1.99.  Cherries, cabbage, cashews, dates, coffee, mango juice, etc. on sale until Feb 20th.

https://spiceof-india.com/

Over 80s

 Don't be worried about your smartphone or TV spying on you. Your vacuum cleaner has been collecting dirt on you for years.

 If you can't think of a word, say, I forgot the English word for it. That way people will think you're bilingual instead of an idiot

 

* I'm at a place in my life where errands are starting to count as going out.

 

 I don't always go the extra mile, but when I do, it's because I missed my exit.

 

I just did a week's worth of cardio after walking into a spider web.

 

A recent study has found women who carry a little extra weight live longer than men who mention it.

 

Kids today don't know how easy they have it. When I was young, I had to walk 8 feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel.

 

Senility has been a smooth transition for me.

 

I love being 84, I learn something new every day and forget 5 other things.

 

Just remember, once you're over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.

 

Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the house.

 

* You don't realize how old you are until you sit on the floor and then try to get back up.

It's weird being the same age as old people.

 

When I was a kid I wanted to be older . . this is not what I expected.

 

Life is like a helicopter. I don't know how to operate a helicopter.

 

It's probably my age that tricks people into thinking I'm an adult.

 

Never sing in the shower! Singing leads to dancing, dancing leads to slipping, and falling leads to paramedics seeing you naked. So remember. . . . Don't sing!

 

I see people about my age mountain climbing; I feel good getting my leg through my underwear without losing my balance.

 I'm at that age where my mind still thinks I'm 29, my humor suggests I'm 12, while my body mostly keeps asking if I'm sure I'm not dead yet.

 

We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more information in our heads. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

I think I'll just put an "Out of Order" sticker on my forehead and call it a day.

Ranking Masks' Effectiveness

 

Ranking Masks' Effectiveness

Some masks are better than others when it comes to the percentage of coronavirus-sized airborne particles they’re able to filter out, research published in 2021 by the Environmental Protection Agency and others show. Here’s what their studies have found.

80 to 95%

N95 and KN95 masks

74%

Woven nylon mask with aluminum nose bridge and filter

72%

Surgical mask with ties

60%

Medical procedure mask, loops twisted around ears, corners tucked

56%

Woven nylon mask with aluminum nose bridge, no filter

49%

Cotton bandanna, bandit style

45%

Woven nylon mask, no bridge

39%

Medical procedure mask with ear loops

38%

Single-layer polyester gaiter

Illustrations by Elias Stein

This information was published in the January/February 2022 edition of the AARP Bulletin.