Mass. Trip '11 - days 1 and 2a

[pyesetz]

Day 1: Drive to New York

Drug store: September 27th, 11:12 AM.  Pick up prescription meds before the trip.  This was supposed to have been done last week, but a mix-up with the ℞ scrip required multiple faxes between pharmacist and physician to resolve.  Price was $438 for a 90-day supply.  The American price would have been an obscenity.

Comments

[shiver_raccoon]

Yow, your trips are rather expensive! I guess I'm used to just me travelling alone, sleeping in the back of the truck, and eating dry cereal.

But then, your gas mileage is probably better!

[pyesetz]

20 mpg.

We used to try to save money by bringing along all the foods to be eaten during the trip, but this meant that Wifey didn't really get a vacation.

[shiver_raccoon]

we celebrate the Jewish New Year 5772

In the spirit of broadening my horizons, I'm trying to understand the Hebrew calendar...

How commonly is this actually used? i.e. can you get a watch that shows the Hebrew date as the "main" date shown? Would it have a built-in GPS so that it can calculate when sunset is, to begin a new day?

How common is this calendar used in computing? IIRC, there's no locale in Linux that will show the dates in this calendar; instead it would show the civil dates with Hebrew words.

If "year 2" marks Creation, how do Jews designate years before this? (i.e. is there anything similar to counting backwards before 1 A.D.?) Does anyone dispute that in reality, the world is significantly older than this?

[pyesetz]

I have no idea whether someone has invented such a watch, but really there's no need for GPS -- just a scrollable list of big cities from which you would select the nearest

[shiver_raccoon]

Islamic calendar ... the new month begins when *you* see the moon

That must have been a mess... if it's cloudy here, but sunny in your town, then we're in different months! So if I tell Mr. Bear that I'll be finished a project "next month" and I keep the blinds pulled and don't go outside, "next month" never arrives for me! Sounds like a great way to avoid deadlines!

Hmmm... so if someone's blind, they're always stuck in the same month? :-)

I'm glad that the Gregorian calendar is fairly sane... as sane as possible, given that there aren't an integer number of days or months in a year. If humans ever colonize other solar systems, I wonder if we'll agree on some sensible interplanetary calendar.

[sabotlours]

I go to the ”Gulf Express” mini-mart for a pair of egg salad sandwiches.

You are a brave man, sir!

[pyesetz]

Actually, it went down reasonably well.  And the package was sealed in cellophane and had an expiration date in the future.  What could POSSIBLY go wrong???