Humor me.

One of my favorite humorists was S.J. Perelman, an avowed New Yorker. He made some money writing for the Marx Brothers and wrote about the experience in "Acres & Pains". So flushed, he followed other famous writers to Bucks County, Pa. purchasing an 83 acre property in the town of Erwinna, Pa. But he soon found that he lost the "New York idiom" and moved back to Manhattan. He said he was no fan of country life noting how "a corner delicatessen at dusk is more exciting than any rainbow!" Fast forward and the corner delis are disappearing.
tjs )NYT 7/28/19)

Financial Wizards

While you were absorbed with the Mueller hearings, you may have missed the following from the financial world:
-Jeffrey Epstein was found injured in his cell and is on a suicide watch. If his situation is a ruse, he may be seeking better "accommodations". After all, Al Capone had a luxury suite at Eastern Penitentiary back then. And that's no secret, Victoria!
-Bernie Madoff, age 81, is seeking clemency from Trump after a decade in the clink. Madoff was a neighbor of Trump in Palm Beach at one time and a visitor at Mar a Lago. He tried unsuccessfully to get Donald to invest. Stay tuned on this one.
tjs

Are there any news?

An old saw: A wolf whistle is like a train whistle and a gal likes to hear it even though she isn't going anywhere. But lately, train whistles in Canada are giving people the shivers. The NYT reports that in 2017 there were 62 runaway trains taking off on their own - an increase of ten percent over the last decade. I have read about self driving autos but this story is off the rails!

Last week there was a blackout in Manhattan which lasted five hours but I was there in 1977 when the lights went out for 25 hours. After avoiding a mugging on Lexington Ave. I sought refuge in a friend's 3rd floor apt. The most important thing I learned was if you lose power, immediately fill the bathtub with water..........you will need it for flushing - particularly if in a high rise building.
tjs

Buzz Off

Yesterday, Donald Trump was swatting house flies in the Rose Garden. They may have been attracted to his after shave lotion - or his hair tonic - but he couldn't blame the teleprompter this time. Recalls the ditty - "A flea and a fly in a flue - were imprisoned so what could they do - let us flee said the fly - fly away said the flea - so they flew thru a flaw in the flue."
tjs

Hail Brittania II

You've heard the term "The ayes have it!" It seems the current British Ambassador chose a bit of alliteration in describing the current occupant of the White House as "inept, insecure and incompetent" - straightforward but not very diplomatic.

This year's British Open will be held in Northern Ireland. The weather up there is always a consideration. David Feherty, a former Irish champion recalls a past Open when the wind blew and the rain poured so that the seagulls were walking.

Oh, and Brexit is on the back burner as they await a new Prime Minister - God save the Queen!
tjs