Advisement (Warning) Long post, with almost Nothing to do with epilepsy.  IF
you want to read about ep. stuff, read another post.  This is a Reply to
John-1's post (at bottom).  G./

Jeepers 'Bright Eyes'.  Now you're making me feel guilty (post at bottom).
As we waited at the Airport for the 'strip search' and X-ray of our Shoes
(Last was True- they Did Xray them, and she made me empty All my Pockets and
remove my Sport jacket to Xray) to leave the Islands-->   The Stores already
had ****Next Year's Calendars on sale!!

 (I still had to go thru the 'tunnel' about 5x - watch, medic alert
bracelet, belt buckle, tie tack, set off the alarms.   They finally let me
keep the M.Alert bracelet on, but Wanded me with the Luke Skywalker thing to
make sure I was 'Clean'  ...   I wondered as the Plane took off if 'Howdy'
had to carry a note from his Dr. to explain why any part of his VNS might
set off those settings now, OR if he could get something to bypass that. )

   There's forms to fill in and verbal questions confirming that you packed
your own luggage and there's Nothing that you're carrying for anyone you
don't know, etc... that I guess is good to have.   Someone *somewhere must
be able to build a 767 Chair Seat that's not like sitting on a Brick!! :-<
1 Hour is probably O.K. but *5, there's no circulation there at All.

  I had already packed all the Kona Beans (coffee) and souvenirs into what
was left of the suitcase and carry-on *Space, and didn't spend a lot since
you're no longer allowed to LOCK your suitcases--> if you DO they'll Break
the locks.  (My wife said they had gone through her's, they didn't go
through mine, or I couldn't tell they had, if they did.)

 But I thought to myself, 'Self,  I could buy about 8 of the various
Calendars in U.S.Dollars to use up this Bag of Change that trades at Par in
Canada, but is worth $1.35 here per Dollar, and there were Pictures there of
scenes- mountains, waterfalls, sunsets, flowers, wildlife and stuff that I'd
never get a chance to photograph in the right light.  But I could Mail
'John-1'   2 or 3 of them, then he could do his Oil Paintings from
**Those -- then pass the Calendars on to Carol or ?? or keep them, or even
wrap them for Christmas Gifts as though he'd imported them...'

  But I didn't.....  And the one pound of Kona Coffee Beans fills one
container after I ground it all....  Guess I'll have to go back and get some
more.
 I forgot to get a Newspaper there that had a real estate section to see
what Land (housing) cost over there.  I expect more than I have, but if I
moved to the West Coast, it'd only be a 5? hour flight from Vancouver,
instead of a 4 + 5 hour flight to get to somewhere Hot with Low Humidity.
Surprising, in Toronto when it gets Hot it also gets Humid, so 100 F feels
like about 130.   There it's 80F everyday, Morning, afternoon, and night,
and there's no noticeable humidity.
  Gasoline was about $1.75? a Gallon? there (a guess- I didn't need any) --
it's 60 cents a litre in Canada (about $2.20 Canada per U.S. gallon, is
about same U.S. price here).

  Seeds for sale there, cannot be imported into Canada, nor can any Live
Plants? in case there are Virii that might mess up local agriculture.  And
day after day of No rain or water except the long, long, long beach might
get boring after awhile... but I could deal with that.

  Then I come back, and now Norway and New Zealand are trying to take the
Troll Olympics away from West Coast Colleges and Asia-- go figure.   Maybe I
should have been a Lumberjack....

 Maybe we are where we are, since it keeps Greenland and Australia from
drifting out of place on the Planet....   Fancy that.... G.