Stranger in a Strange Land

[gvallee 2,916]

6 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

I'll take a look later, Gen—going out now. Wear a facemark and watch out for those giant Salties. 

 

Edo

 

Luckily, there is 0 covid case in the Territory where I'm in now. There hasn't been one for the past 2 months until an isolated case cropped up a few days ago.

Salties might be the biggest thread. We went bush camping two days ago. There was a lovely plunge pool there. We had a chat with the ranger who said swimming was alright but they can never vouch 100% for it being croc free. So hubby went in. I didn't, not because of the crocs but I'm not a water person. Next day, sure enough, a croc was spotted. Swimming closed until they catch it.

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

Gen, do they capture and relocate those big crocs or do they kill them? 

 

Edited July 9 by Ed Rooney

[gvallee 2,916]

5 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

Gen, do they capture and relocate those big crocs or do they kill them? 

 

 

There would be an uproar if they killed them. No, they relocate them which is not easy as they are very territorial, they'd better not release them in another croc's territory or it would be a death sentence. They also relocate them to a croc farm if available.

[Allan Bell 2,155]

29 minutes ago, gvallee said:

They also relocate them to a croc farm if available.

 

Handbags?😳

 

Allan

 

[gvallee 2,916]

2 minutes ago, Allan Bell said:

 

Handbags?😳

 

Allan

 

 

Not on me nellie!!

[Allan Bell 2,155]

1 minute ago, gvallee said:

 

Not on me nellie!!

 

Only joking.

 

Allan

 

[Gervais Montacute 93]

Hmmm.

[Betty LaRue 2,754]

Never heard of a croc handbag, boots, etc. Only alligator.

[Steve F 614]

36 minutes ago, Betty LaRue said:

Never heard of a croc handbag, boots, etc. Only alligator.

 

 

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

I'm a little late this week because of blogspot tech problems. Sorry. 

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

God, what a tech mess!

 

https://edostrange.blogspot.com/2020/07/alfresco-unlocked.html

 

[Michael Ventura 5,207]

10 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

God, what a tech mess!

 

https://edostrange.blogspot.com/2020/07/alfresco-unlocked.html

 

That veggie Cuban sandwich looks good! What is the green sauce next to the sandwich?  And don’t just say, “green sauce” 😃

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

That's green mayo, Michael. I don't know why it's green. Below is their meat version, called a Cuban mixto. It has various types of pork. Sadly, I've never been to Cuba.

 

[Shergar 193]

19 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

That's green mayo, Michael. I don't know why it's green. Below is their meat version, called a Cuban mixto. It has various types of pork. Sadly, I've never been to Cuba.

 

Cilantro Mayonnaise perhaps?

[Thyrsis 413]

20 minutes ago, Shergar said:

Cilantro Mayonnaise perhaps?

 

Coriander (cilantro) and lime mayo.

[Thyrsis 413]

1 hour ago, Ed Rooney said:

God, what a tech mess!

 

https://edostrange.blogspot.com/2020/07/alfresco-unlocked.html

 

 

We’ve been missing our Oxford Mowgli so I bought the cookbook. Some great recipes in there!

[Michael Ventura 5,207]

45 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

That's green mayo, Michael. I don't know why it's green. Below is their meat version, called a Cuban mixto. It has various types of pork. Sadly, I've never been to Cuba.

 

 

Cilantro mayo sounds good. I haven’t been to Cuba either....closest I got is Little Havana in Miami.  Actually the closest I got was Key West, Florida....just 90 miles away.  

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

Thanks for the mayo report, folks. I've been to Key West too, Michael. When I was in Montreal waiting for my Irish passport renewal, I almost went down to Cuba to wait. Alas, it was hurricane season and I didn't want anymore complications. I've had a drink in all the other Hemingway places. 

 

https://edostrange.blogspot.com/2020/05/at-harrys-bar.html

 

 

[Michael Ventura 5,207]

Did you make it out to Bimini, Bahamas?  I was fortunate to get a magazine shoot there once.  He lived there as well.  The great sport fishing drew him out there.

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

Ah yes, Bimini. I've done shoots on a few islands in the stream, but I've never been to Bimini. 

 

Hemingway spent a lot of time on Bimini between 1935 and 1937, but he never really lived (settled) there. He was living with his family in Key West. If he was by himself on Bimini, he usually stayed at the Compleat Angler Hotel. When he had his wife and boys with him he rented or stayed with friends like Michael Lerner. It was a very important, pivotal place to him and I will have to add it to the spots I did not have a proper Papa beverage. 

 

This Hemingway story recently published in The New Yorker seems to be set in Bimini:  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/08/pursuit-as-happiness

 

Edo

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

Again, Sunday morning is here.

 

https://edostrange.blogspot.com/2020/07/my-blog.html

 

 

[Mr Standfast 401]

🙂

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html

 

 

[Ed Rooney 3,140]

Sorry—I'm trying to sort out a tech problem with blogspot. Did everyone or anyone get this blog of a couple of weeks ago? 

 

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8692256053840313139/3176977482850370702

 

Thanks, Edo

[Phil Crean 475]

47 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said:

Sorry—I'm trying to sort out a tech problem with blogspot. Did everyone or anyone get this blog of a couple of weeks ago? 

 

https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8692256053840313139/3176977482850370702

 

Thanks, Edo

No... goes to a page to start a new blog...

Phil