I got up once about 1:30 and my mouth felt parched so I
drank a few sips of water. I noticed the
ladies night party across the street had broken up. I went back to bed, quickly fell back asleep
and woke up at 6am and got up at 6:30.
This morning I would say my back is about 95%.
Well, we still have working TV.
I left the apt at 9am and took an Envigado bus to Parque
Poblado. As I got off the bus Nobraskja
was right behind me. I apologized for
not noticing her when I got on. We
walked across the street to Envios Market
where I paid my rental for July and picked up my document – a Credit One
Platinum Visa card offer, ie, junk mail.
I walked to Cedimed
where I made another withdrawal of mainly 20s.
I took a bus to Oviedo and since it was only 9:40am and the stores don’t
open until 10am I ordered a café mocha blanco in Starbucks. As usual I asked
the cashier if she spoke English. She
replied no. I then started ordering my
usual drink in Spanish and she asked why I wanted to speak in English if I
spoke Spanish. I replied with my usual
“I speak a little Spanish and understand less”.
After enjoying my coffee it
was almost 10:30 so I went to the information booth and asked for the location
of the mattress store. She wrote something
down on a small piece of paper then handed me the names of 8 mattress stores in
the mall and directed me to go to the 2nd floor. I went to the stairs and went up one level
and saw “level 4”. What? That means I came in on level 3? I went down 2 levels and towards the back as
she directed and in one location next to and across from each other I found the
8 mattress stores: Rambler, Serta, Comodisimos, Americolnol de Colchones,
Euromattress, Paraiso, Spring, and Pullman
Back at the apt just after
11am I emailed Bear Mattress in the States and asked if they sell their brand
in any of the stores I found in Oviedo
I left the apt at 12:15 and
met Chuck outside restaurant Oliva.
There was obviously a wedding reception going on as there were lots of
ladies in nice long dresses. We walked down
to Empire’s NY Pizza but found it
closed. On a Saturday, can you imagine?
We went a few restaurants away
where we had the menu of the day at Asados
Rogelio for 17mil. We then adjourned
to Eduardo Madrid Panaderia where we
had coffee and a pastry.
We said goodbye at 2:30 and I
returned to the apt.
Teresa and I took a 25 minute
nap.
I wanted to watch the US Men’s
National Team play against Trinidad & Tobago but I couldn’t find it on an
y
TV station.
5,335 steps today.
Joke of the day
A defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong
evidence indicating guilt, but no body had been found. When giving the closing
statement, his high-flying lawyer knew there was a good chance of him being
convicted.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise
for you all,” said the lawyer.
“Within one minute, the person presumed dead in
this case will walk into this courtroom.” And she turned and pointed at the
courtroom door.
The jurors, somewhat stunned, all looked on eagerly. A minute passed.
Nothing happened.
The jurors, somewhat stunned, all looked on eagerly. A minute passed.
Nothing happened.
Finally the lawyer said, “Actually, I made up
the previous statement. But you all looked on with anticipation. I therefore
put to you that you have a reasonable doubt in this case as to whether anyone
was killed and insist that you return a verdict of not guilty.”
The jury, clearly confused, retired to deliberate.
A few minutes later, the jury returned and pronounced a verdict of guilty.
“But how?” inquired the lawyer. “You must have had some doubt - I saw all of you stare at the door!!”
The jury, clearly confused, retired to deliberate.
A few minutes later, the jury returned and pronounced a verdict of guilty.
“But how?” inquired the lawyer. “You must have had some doubt - I saw all of you stare at the door!!”
The jury foreman replied: “Oh, we did."
"But your client didn’t.”
"But your client didn’t.”
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