These past few days I have been settling down to the study with the Asset Expansion Development course. With each passing class I am becoming more and more impressed with the level of understanding and detail that is being passed on with the education. Nick possesses both a deep understanding of the market, and a remarkable ability to pass on that knowledge through clear and solid explanations.
At the moment my excursions from the house are few and far between - yesterdays highlight in that regard was a trip to the supermarket to stock up on some food! Bob and I headed out in search of a new Farmers Market that he had heard about. All we found instead was an undercover market that sold everything apart from food (well they sold donuts, however they don't come under my personal classification of food).
So instead we popped into a 'WinDixie', which turned out to be much like a Coles in Australia, and did our shopping there. Whilst in the fruit and vegetable section I saw some vegetables that were totally new to me. I'd be interested to know if anyone out knows what these are, and how they are prepared!
In the same section I saw some more vegies that I had no experience of - all very exciting!
Whilst out I saw another pinnacle of American culture, namely a drive-through drug store. Yep, no need to waste time jumping out of your car to buy your pharmaceuticals, you can just drive through to get your drugs of choice. Actually the whole scene of Big Pharma influence here has been surprising to me, I would have to say that at least 40% of the advertisments I have seen on television have been for drugs. What really makes me laugh is that the last 30% of the ads are disclaimers advising the audience of all the particular ways that the drug in question could maim or kill you!! On that topic, check out this article on ways that Big Pharma are now circumventing the requirement to list side-effects on drug ads...it mentions that a recent 1 minute ad for a drug had 25s devoted to listing the side effects!!
Another sad sign of the times here are the large billboard ads concerning mortgage foreclosures and possible ways to avoid them. For example in the estate where we are staying now quite a number of the homes are uninhabited. The home we are in is available for sale, and apparently the 'owner' owes more on it than it is worth.
On the other side of the coin nearly everyone I have met here, whether in Manhattan or in the poorer neighbourhoods where we have been going to the markets, has been courteous and helpful. A nice surprise for me.
Apparently Bob's new boat is now ready for collection, so I expect that he will be taking it out on the water sometime over the weekend. I've told him that I won't join him in the fishing, but will be happy to go out with him and keep him company. Hopefully I'll some shots of the Florida coastline soon!
Bye for now.
At the moment my excursions from the house are few and far between - yesterdays highlight in that regard was a trip to the supermarket to stock up on some food! Bob and I headed out in search of a new Farmers Market that he had heard about. All we found instead was an undercover market that sold everything apart from food (well they sold donuts, however they don't come under my personal classification of food).
So instead we popped into a 'WinDixie', which turned out to be much like a Coles in Australia, and did our shopping there. Whilst in the fruit and vegetable section I saw some vegetables that were totally new to me. I'd be interested to know if anyone out knows what these are, and how they are prepared!
In the same section I saw some more vegies that I had no experience of - all very exciting!
Whilst out I saw another pinnacle of American culture, namely a drive-through drug store. Yep, no need to waste time jumping out of your car to buy your pharmaceuticals, you can just drive through to get your drugs of choice. Actually the whole scene of Big Pharma influence here has been surprising to me, I would have to say that at least 40% of the advertisments I have seen on television have been for drugs. What really makes me laugh is that the last 30% of the ads are disclaimers advising the audience of all the particular ways that the drug in question could maim or kill you!! On that topic, check out this article on ways that Big Pharma are now circumventing the requirement to list side-effects on drug ads...it mentions that a recent 1 minute ad for a drug had 25s devoted to listing the side effects!!
Another sad sign of the times here are the large billboard ads concerning mortgage foreclosures and possible ways to avoid them. For example in the estate where we are staying now quite a number of the homes are uninhabited. The home we are in is available for sale, and apparently the 'owner' owes more on it than it is worth.
On the other side of the coin nearly everyone I have met here, whether in Manhattan or in the poorer neighbourhoods where we have been going to the markets, has been courteous and helpful. A nice surprise for me.
Apparently Bob's new boat is now ready for collection, so I expect that he will be taking it out on the water sometime over the weekend. I've told him that I won't join him in the fishing, but will be happy to go out with him and keep him company. Hopefully I'll some shots of the Florida coastline soon!
Bye for now.
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