Me too negative? Of course not.

While on holiday earlier this month, visiting my son, my grand-daughter, and my son's new partner (Liz), I found to my delight that Liz is as
honestly outspoken as I like to think I am. And thank heavens for that. I determined this fact by listening to her comments about me being too
negative. I therefore decided to try to be a bit more vocal about the things I like.

So here, for your edification, is a list of some of those positives:

1. The buses are air conditioned, a blessing in the record heat experienced during the week of my visit. Especially as compared to the ovens we have over here in the UK. They have no air conditioning. UK buses have huge windows (letting in plenty of light and heat) only the top two or three inches of which open and then only about two inches. The greater part of which problem is that most of the people would rather put up with the heat and stale air and foul smells of some of the other passengers than open the windows for what little relief they might provide.
   
2. The surprising generosity of some restaurant personnel. For example, on at least two occasions, I stopped in cafes/restaurants to buy a cold drink (I don't often drink soda, but it was so hot I drank quite a bit of soda that week). But instead of selling me any, they gave me a tall, cold glass of soda.
3. Delicious and readily-available cocktails (Manhattans and Martinis are my favourites), as opposed to scant availability of cocktails in the UK.
4. The USA is the only country on the planet with no Global Warming. The genius in the White House tells us so.
5. And speaking of the genius in the White House, he provides the rest of the world with so many laughable comments, policies and fox pose, that to lose him would be a crying shame.

Unfortunately they still say, "have a nice day" to the exclusion of almost any other way of saying goodbye.

I know there were a few other positives I talked about, but I'm too jet lagged to recall them at the moment.

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