Beam me up Scotty

I love lists. I have created a list for just about everything and I love it.

I know, I’m sad but bugger it, it makes me happy.

Sandra and I will go on our final shopping trip today with a list of the things we need to get. It is the final step before we are ready with the things we need for our trip. It all kind of started accidentally, I was procrastinating about cleaning the house and so Sandra and I both decided to go shopping instead. Sunday in Perth was really good, we found some great bargains and we chatted about our trip and organised what we need to do in the last four weeks in Perth. I am getting so excited about the trip, I know that I have mentioned this before but this adventure that I am going to do with Sandra is the coolest thing I have ever done including dressing up as a Klingon/Romulin half breed and taking out the best dressed award at a Star Trek convention (I am joking of course… the Klingons would never breed with a Romulin Pah Tek)

What I do want to say is that I don’t get shopping nowadays. It used to be that the price that was asked for is the price you need to pay, or that is how it was when I was growing up. Now people throw discounts at you like there is no tomorrow. We have not bought one thing for our trip retail. This should not sound surprising if I was a bargain hunter and badgered the shop assistants for a cheaper price. I am not. They just give it to me as a matter of course through the conversation. It does make me wonder though, are all products marked up extra high with these “sweeteners” accounted for in the original retail price? If that is the case, forget the discount and ripping off customers who are in a hurry and don’t have time to search for the best price, just set the price at what you want to sell it for.

I think I mentioned before that we had to change our trip to include Venezuela. We were chatting to Yvonne (Spanish teacher) who is from Venezuela and she mentioned that it is a tad rough. She then regaled us with a tail of how she was opening the garage door to her unit when a guy came by with a machine gun and told her to get out. Then she mentioned that most Venezuelans carry guns, as crime is so commonplace. Sandra and I are now shitting ourselves… I wonder if we can hire bodyguards who can pack heat? That would be kinda cool.

I don’t think that people will believe me when I say that I am not a geek, oh well, Klingons rule, Live long and prosper.

Glen

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