Abreva works!

For those of you who suffer the indignity of cold sores (herpes simplex) and their resulting disgusting looking scabs, try using Abreva. It really works. For years I had used after-shave lotion which made me smell nice but did nothing to allay the eventual (albeit temporary) disfigurement. Next I tried Blistex which worked marginally but always left a greasy splodge on my face. Then along came pricey, expensive Abreva in its dinky little tube! Worth every penny! At the first sign of a cold sore (funky feeling on lip), I start applying the Abreva every couple of hours, and especially after eating or drinking or snogging. It's not as magical as the television advertisements suggest but it stops the cold sore getting huge--and if you catch it quickly enough, the sore just kinda melts away (after a few days).
I cannot recommend this stuff highly enough! Brilliant!

Albertson's Culinary Circle Pizza

So I bought a Culinary Circle "Ultra Thin Crust Garlic Chicken Alfredo Pizza" from Albertson's.


Boy, did it look d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s ! I was drooling! Check out the pic from the box...


Doesn't it look great?

O.K. so here's what it really looks like!

Not too many chicken pieces, and a splodge of onion.

It tasted pretty much like how it looks (crappy)!

I contacted Culinary Circle and explained to them how disappointed I was with the product and also suggested a possible "untruth in advertising." And, no, they never responded to me!

J C Penney "Sale"

Went along to Home Depot to look at new window blinds for the family room. Total regular price (including tax) was $1,770. With sale and credit-card discounts the total came to $1,373. Not a bad price. However, JC Penney are advertising a whopping 65% off Levolor window blinds so we were quite excited to see what a bargain we'd get there. We found the exact same blind that we looked at in Home Depot. Total JC Penney price (including tax and with that humungous 65% discount...$2060.50. What a deal...NOT!!! We're going back to Home Depot.

Here's an example:
45 x 59 window: MRP (according to JCP) $905. JCP "sale price" $316.75.
Home Depot regular price: $272, HD sale price: $231.20.

Wah Lah, and there it was.

WAH LAH? What the heck is that supposed to be? For those poor souls who think they are writing French, the word (one word, not two) is "Voila."
Numpties.

Spat, not Spit.

Is anyone aware that the past tense of "Spit" (to eject saliva from one's cake-hole) is "Spat," not "Spit"? It appears that there are some who can conjugate this verb in the proper manner but they are hard to find.

A.D.

Many years ago my daughter came home from school one day and informed me that her teacher had told the class that A.D. (as in (e.g.) AD 2009) stood for "After Death."
A.D. is the abbreviation for "Anno Domini." It does not mean "After Death." It's latin and translates as "The year of our Lord" (which, I'm sure, does not sit well with non-believers). :-0
The thing is, this rubbish is still being propagated! Spread the word!

LAS Vegas, not LOS Vegas

Why do people pronounce Las Vegas as Los Vegas? LAS Vegas. Not bloody LOS Vegas!
LOS Angeles, LAS Vegas

Cigarettes an' Whisky an'....

School teachers should not be telling their impressionable pupils that alcohol is a drug (O.K. it is a drug but that's beside the point) and therefore implying that it is in the same category as marijuana, heroin or cocaine. When I have a drink of beer or wine with a meal, I don't want some little sprog telling me I'm a "druggie."

There's no "th" in height!

A box has 3 dimensions: lengTH, widTH and height. Note that there is not a "th" at the end of "height." This being so, I ask you--no beg you--not to pronounce it as such. There is no such word as "HEIGHTTH" unless of course you have a speech impediment in which case you may pronounce it as you wish.

First Day of Summer? Pah!!

How can anyone in their right mind even think that the Summer Solstice represents the "first day of summer"? It's the longest day of the year, for Pete's sake! It's MIDSUMMER'S DAY! "Midsummer's day" pretty much sums it up: IT'S THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER! It's heading for Autumn!