New Milestones

For everyone that has really enjoyed going to the Milestones Restaurant here in Victoria.  Since there reopening after there renovations in the late spring there service has really gone to the crapper.

When we first got to the hostess desk they were pretty quick and we were seated within 5 minuets.  Once we were all seated the rest of the service truly sucked.  It took about 45-50 minuets for the server to come and take our drink order and because she took so long she also took our dinner order.  About 15 minuets after our order our drinks (3 iced teas and a water) arrived at our table.  Now for the good part.  Our dinners (3 burgers and 1 pasta) didn't arrive at our table for another 45-50 minuets after our drinks arrived, so just over an hour after we ordered.  Now that the food has finally got to our table noting was hot one of the burger buns was soggy.  Once we had the manager called all they would do if take 20% off the bill which was about $3.50 off each dinner.  Needless to say I will not recommend Milestones to any of my clients again.

I guess we will stick with Rick's Grill when we want to go out for a nice dinner and John's Place for a great burger.

The SUN

Why do we always think we are so much stronger then the sun?  We sit outside at the beach, Starbucks, or a restaurant patio and try to fight the sun with our noses.  How smart do you need to be to know you are going to lose that battle EVERY time?

Yesterday my wife and I and some friends hung out on the Starbucks patio for about 6 hours just talking about life.  Then the clock hit about 5 pm or so.  We all decided that it was time for dinner so we went to Milestones (see my next post to learn about the great services) for dinner and yes we sat out on their patio for dinner in the sun.  By the time we left form dinner we all have spent a good full 8 hours in the direct sunlight so needless to say 3 of us went home with looking like freshly cook lobsters.

Just Because I can, here is some of that useless information that I like to look up.

~the sun's mass is 2 x 10(to the 27 power) tones

~about 75% of the sun is hydrogen and the rest is mostly helium

~gravity holds the sun together

~the weight of the outer layers of the sun causes the density of temperature to increase towards the center to about 15 000 000 degrees celsius

 

What's Happening to Us!?!?

As most of you know I use Victoria's public transit all the time.  One thing that always gets my attention is when people are sitting one to a seat and not allowing anyone else to sit, also when people sit in the front seats that are reserved for people with disability.  More often then not you will see people arguing with a young mother with her baby in a stroller because there is some person trying to make a point that the mother is not disabled.  Did the baby walk onto the bus by its self?

What are you doing to stop this form happening?  How can I make a difference? Unfortunately we can't make people change,  we should do what we can and be the better person.  Just get up and allow that elderly person have your seat, put your backpack on your lap or at your feet.  Just have the respect for other people that you would want them to have for you.  

These kind of things are not just happening on my bus.  Look around when you are going to school, work, where ever.  Be patient, allow someone to cross the street, hold the door open when going to the mall.  It's all really simple just have some common courtesy on everyone you see

Long Words

We all know some long words like supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus the longest word that EVERY kid knows.  And a lot of people know about antidisestablishmentarian-ism from high school social studies.

Did you know that the longest word in the english language is 45 letters long.  Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

What does it mean you ask?  Well, it's a lung infection that you can get from a volcano.

Here is a great place in New Zealand a hill 305 meters summit with a name that is 85 letters long.  

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

I don't know about you but i am thinking that it's little overkill for the name of a hill. What do you think?

Because People Ask

Because I read so many blogs, and have been ask a few too many times if i am ever going to start a blog I figure I should just give it a try and see what happens.

I will try to post something new every few days to try to keep up to date with useless information, and possibly some profound thoughts that may either make you think or at least make you think I'm going nuts.

Check back often because you never know when the next post is going to be!