Seems to me my dad told me more than once to "talk about the weather."
The idea was to avoid politics or religion. Of course doing so was avoidance of expressing opinions. In the work place and among people you didn't know - and some you did - the weather was a safe subject.
But now the weather is controversial.
The fact that hard rains have blown out your umbrella, that the heat is roasting you as though you were a bald chicken, or that the snow and cold is unexpectedly fierce (like in Chicago or Milwaukee recently), or that the icebergs are melting all over the globe brings up Global Warming (Liberal), Earth Changes (Middle of the Road), Global Cooling (Controversial ice age theories), and might be avoided. Depending on which theory you most believe, you may be discovered to be a Republican or a Democrat or even a "Socialist."
UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE SUMMIT - SEPTEMBER 2019
It's my feeling that eventually there will be great population shifts that might change the borders of countries in coming years. I read that the North Pole (magnetic) has shifted dramatically unexpectedly (some shift was expected) and I wondered if this had something to do with the deep freeze. Lots of snow can lead to flooding.
MARITIME EXECUTIVE : MAGNETIC NORTH SHIFTING RAPIDLY
EXCERPT: The World Magnetic Model predicts the Earth's geomagnetic field for the next five years and it is normally produced every five years. Scientists have now recognized that the 2015 World Magnetic Model needs updating earlier than planned, but the update has been postponed from January 15 to January 30 due to the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
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You may or may not like the United Nations but can you argue with sailors?
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
THE FAMOUS LOVE LOCKS OF BUDAPEST - SZECHENYI CHAIN BRIDGE
NEWSWEEK - LOVE LOCKS MAY BE FORBIDDEN BUT... This article from the 2015 era discusses the love locks of Paris... I understand that due to the collapse of the bridge due to the weight of the locks, they have been removed. (But the collection is beginning again.)
Did you know that the Szechenyi Chain Bridge is also the scene of lovers padlocking it as a symbol of their forever love? The Chain Bridge was the first permanent stone bride connecting Pest and Buda.
Did you know that the Szechenyi Chain Bridge is also the scene of lovers padlocking it as a symbol of their forever love? The Chain Bridge was the first permanent stone bride connecting Pest and Buda.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
SOYBEANS ARE NOT DOG FOOD
My dog is an itchy dog.
I understand that the number one reason Americans take their dogs to the vet is itching.
An itchy dog appears to be obsessed - unnerved - and it's difficult to watch too.
You want to relieve them of the itch.
The first thing you do is bath your dog.
You think shampoo - conditioner - and topical ointments.
You think fleas, bug bites - especially spiders.
You switch around their food.
"Grain Free" is popular.
However, what's the substitute for wheat or corn?
(Are "Gluten Free" people thinking DOGS should also be Gluten Free?)
So here is what my research and experience has taught me.
In nature dogs are lucky to breed once and are often dead before the age of 6. They don't get old enough to loose teeth or lay around. They are either contributing to the welfare of the pack or they are put out to die alone.
One dog is accepted as the leader, usually a good hunter. That dog gets to eat first. When they kill an animal whose meat they like, this pack leader goes for the stomach. THE CONTENTS OF THE STOMACH are gourmet food to the dog and it includes DIGESTED VEGETATION.
The vegetation is usually grasses and berries - think what a deer eats.
The number one meat dogs are allergic to is CHICKEN. But birds are not all alike.
So READ LABELS. And what do you read?
SOY. I learned that soy plants and beans and oils are a big export of Hungary to the United States. However popular soy is as a protein substitute for vegans and vegetarians, it can have an estrogen effect and should be avoided unless used minimally by people with cancer or danger of cancer that can be grown by estrogen. (How much soy or yams a person can eat is subject to debate.)
I read labels and I see things like TOMATO SKIN, BLUEBERRIES, CACTUS, ROSEMARY put into dog food.
I seriously question tomato in dog food. As for blueberries, see if your dog will eat one without the kibble. Mine rolls them on the floor not knowing what else to do. Cactus? Forget it. I hear of dogs who like bananas and watermelon. Mine could care less.
However she loves - cabbage - sauerkraut, green beans, broccoli and cauliflower (I hear there are cautions about how much of these), yams and pumpkin (I hear to avoid white potato and sweet potato), chick peas. She could care less about lettuce or other table greens.
So I indulge her. About a teaspoon full on the kibble. She will dig out the real food over the kibble.
I have a friend who feeds his dogs chicken and kibble every day. My dog likes to raid his dog's bowls.
Thus if you have a Hungarian-American dog and must give it people food, forget the spices, but give that dog some stuffed cabbage - but not anything with soy.
A sign that a dog has allergies is black discharge or tears from its eyes. A sign that the food change is working is the end of that discharge or tears.
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I understand that the number one reason Americans take their dogs to the vet is itching.
An itchy dog appears to be obsessed - unnerved - and it's difficult to watch too.
You want to relieve them of the itch.
The first thing you do is bath your dog.
You think shampoo - conditioner - and topical ointments.
You think fleas, bug bites - especially spiders.
You switch around their food.
"Grain Free" is popular.
However, what's the substitute for wheat or corn?
(Are "Gluten Free" people thinking DOGS should also be Gluten Free?)
So here is what my research and experience has taught me.
In nature dogs are lucky to breed once and are often dead before the age of 6. They don't get old enough to loose teeth or lay around. They are either contributing to the welfare of the pack or they are put out to die alone.
One dog is accepted as the leader, usually a good hunter. That dog gets to eat first. When they kill an animal whose meat they like, this pack leader goes for the stomach. THE CONTENTS OF THE STOMACH are gourmet food to the dog and it includes DIGESTED VEGETATION.
The vegetation is usually grasses and berries - think what a deer eats.
The number one meat dogs are allergic to is CHICKEN. But birds are not all alike.
So READ LABELS. And what do you read?
SOY. I learned that soy plants and beans and oils are a big export of Hungary to the United States. However popular soy is as a protein substitute for vegans and vegetarians, it can have an estrogen effect and should be avoided unless used minimally by people with cancer or danger of cancer that can be grown by estrogen. (How much soy or yams a person can eat is subject to debate.)
I read labels and I see things like TOMATO SKIN, BLUEBERRIES, CACTUS, ROSEMARY put into dog food.
I seriously question tomato in dog food. As for blueberries, see if your dog will eat one without the kibble. Mine rolls them on the floor not knowing what else to do. Cactus? Forget it. I hear of dogs who like bananas and watermelon. Mine could care less.
However she loves - cabbage - sauerkraut, green beans, broccoli and cauliflower (I hear there are cautions about how much of these), yams and pumpkin (I hear to avoid white potato and sweet potato), chick peas. She could care less about lettuce or other table greens.
So I indulge her. About a teaspoon full on the kibble. She will dig out the real food over the kibble.
I have a friend who feeds his dogs chicken and kibble every day. My dog likes to raid his dog's bowls.
Thus if you have a Hungarian-American dog and must give it people food, forget the spices, but give that dog some stuffed cabbage - but not anything with soy.
A sign that a dog has allergies is black discharge or tears from its eyes. A sign that the food change is working is the end of that discharge or tears.
C 2019 Magyar American BlogSpot All Rights Reserved including International and Internet rights.