29 May 2013

(In response to an article, USA TODAY, "Best Ice Cream Parlors in the World")

1. Luxurious treat for the elite ups until 1800s when ice houses were invented.
2. Also called sorbet, gelato, frozen custard, ices.  Names vanilla then plain, cone sandwiches to floats, sundaes and spectrum is continuing to expand across the globe.
3. Blue Bell near Houston, Texas.  Best, I believe.  Close to home, cows are hormone free.  Must be the key!
4. Toppings.  Everything you can think of even catsup.
5. My most memorable time to eat ice cream 1963-65.  Pshauar Pakistan, CIA compound edge of city-night.  Dinner for our crew.  Chuck Empy.  Great mormon friend from Adona Turkey, Peshaoor Pakistan and Frankfurt Germany.  Well, after this meal we all went for a walk about in the back yard there. "Watch out for critters." But just as we get into the backyard, Chuck fires his dum dum cannon (it's in OLD books, a toy one and then water buffalo milk.  The butter milk content must be not big 10,000) But noise and anyway that home crank wooden USA metal.  Three paks were cranking these manual machines, we all maybe 20+ of us just stared in the dark, but bright starlit night sky!
It was about 90 degrees but there is no question that was one time that I was so....felt good all over.  In this place, just about if you drilled a hole thru the earth was almost 1/2 way around the world from San Antonio, Texas.  The stars were so close.  Quiet words in 2 different languages.  To me, no English for a time.  I truly enjoyed this ice cream.  So cold.  Home made.  I ate TWO servings.  What a neat adventure for me and now here I am sharing this memory with you.  I don't think I ever told you "My time with the CIA eating home made ice cream not too far from the Kyber Pass."

The LIST:
1. Fenocchio, Nice France
2. Bar Gelatetia, Erccole? Pizzo Italy
3. Vipiteno Galeria, Sao Paulo Brazil
4. Antico Caffe Spirnato, Palermo Italy Sicily
5. Big Gay Ice Cream, New York City
6. Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream, Seattle (Tom and NanC, have you taken the team to this place? It must be on the requirement list.)
7. Perche No!, Florence Italy
8. Murphy's, Dingle Ireland
9. Bi-Rite Creamery, San Francisco
10. Vaffelbageriet, Copenhagen Denmark
11. The Creamery, Capetown South Africa
12. Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream, Ohio and Nashiville, TN
13. Eddie's Sweet Shop, Forest Hills NY
14. A M Scannapieco, Buenos Aires Argentina
15. Simmo's Ice Creamery, Dunsborough Australia

Hmmmm... Blue Bell is not here is it? But it could be.....

12 May 2013

(In response to an article, "What is the greatest invention? Duct Tape.  It's like the force.  It has a light side and a dark side and it holds everything together." by Ricky Loveland, Jr.)

If you were all here, write down what you believe (at your age) what it is (the greatest invention) and why you believe this is the greatest invention in the history of mankind?

Then if you have time tell us in some way.  A written note, email, skype, or eye to eye.  Each person will be so unique.  I believe you know from their life experiences to this Mother's Day 2013. I recall for it was your mother who loved you before you were born, who carried you close to her heart and then passed through the Valley of the Shadow of Death to give you life which you have accepted as a matter of course without any emphasis of appreciation or conscience gratitude as you've grown older.

Ask each person alone, in private so one will not feed off another one, a true measure of each Warriors thinking at this one on one with your.  Here a true measure of what each Warrior believes at this moment-this 12th day of May 2013.

Yes indeed-Moms are special and once each year is not enough for sure to do what mom wants.  This is a want, not a need.  Of course there is a big difference between these two.  Im in Dairy Queen getting Fran a surprise cause it's Mother's Day.  A big man stands behind me in line and orders a big ice cream cake.  I said, "Your wife is really special for you" He butts in, "No sir.  Not for my wife.  This is for my mom.  I asked her what she wanted for Mother's Day and she said Ice Cream Cake from Dairy Queen."  Then I said, "Are you going to test it first to make sure it's just right?" He said, "No.  This my mother will really enjoy.  Maybe she will share."  We smiled and walked away.  Go to my sweet Frances.

-Pop


15 May 2013

Dear Warriors,
This is one tough question for me.  The wheel, make and control fire, Hmmmm..... How about the first DIODE (did I spell that correctly).  Look at what Benjamin Franklin did, the ability to record ideas.

The greatest invention, you all know this story, stuff has been there all the time.  Man (who can will and reason-no other living thing can do that-what these other living things can do is called conductive reflex) Ok so Man will and reasons either inductively or deductively and he discovers what was there all the time.  Hmmm..... Who is it that does not believe in _____? Hmmm... How about finding and organizing and recording DNA.  How about aides for the eyes so we can see 20/20.  In all your life experiences you have become what you are today the sum of your family, mom and dad, and here you are today. Now what will you do with what has been given you and your fine tuned abilities to be able to do so many things SO WELL.

Maybe it was the very first ice cream.  I wonder who and where.  Or was it an accident. Some inventions appear when those searching on something else and WOW!  Something brand new.  NASA from it's first day has discovered a big invention generator that has helped mankind the world over.

Well, what in your life experience in your mind has been the greatest invention to help all of mankind? Please tell me.

-Pop

10 March 2013

I Am Bored-Nothing to Do!!

Boring is not part of the Weiland Warrior lifestyle.  If you want to do nothing, then change your name and leave our tribe, if on the other hand you elect never to ever use or to "be bored" you are a true blue Weiland Warrior.

I am bored! Not in this family.  I wish I had something to do. Oh.  Okay.  Why don't you read letters that our second president, what was his name, that's correct-John Adams.  He wrote to Thomas Jefferson (oh your third president) the two exchanged letters which are VERY interesting for you even in this day 2013! Go ahead, read one and see if you like it!

Adams to Jefferson letter so interesting.  Any subject you can think of you will find in your local library, maybe even the library in your very own home.  Everyone has access to a computer, iPad, iPod or what some electric machine.

Just click on ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA or National Geographic and in your lifetime you can never read all the subjects they have information about which then with this knowledge you, a famous Weiland Warrior, can go out there in this world and do great things to help.  Even help Mother Nature.

To be bored is not who we are.

Love you all
Grandpa-the old Geezer-Pops
xxxooo