Lots of sun again this morning but we planned a quiet day. Noel's new pills were giving him a little trouble but perhaps that will pass soon.
We needed some shopping, nothing serious and also to find an internet connection. So we arrived at Starbucks where on the last visit we had opened an account for the internet which covers all Starbucks Coffee shops and it would appear that actual connectivity is provided by AT&T. The signing up process was not too bad and registering the account was also easy but each time you finished one step there were four more to handle, a bit like some of the Bank call centres. So I spent about 15 minutes trying to get this sorted whilst sitting next to me was a chap clearly using the wireless network, so I asked him what to do. He replied that Starbuck's link was a hassle to connect too but next door the Keva Juice store also has internet and he was using that connection instead of the Starbucks. So that's what we did as well.
So we checked all the emails, the weather in UK and also the news to see what is going on. In the UK there is the Iraq enquiry where we see that Geoffrey Hoon has admitted that the troops were sent to Iraq without the correct equipment due to shortage of cash. I seem to remember that all of this was denied at the time by Blair and his bunch of w*****s called the cabinet. How dare they do this to our people?
In the USA there is the Government Investigation in to the financial crisis and this is on TV each day with some new piece of shocking information coming to light from the Banks and Insurance Companies and also the Home Loan companies. At the end of the day it was like one big snowball that had no substance and quickly melted the moment it came under pressure. The CEO's of the Banks etc are all apologising for their huge salaries and bonuses whilst proclaiming that it was always somebody else's fault. The Committee appointed by the Government is a mixture of Republic and Democrat leaders and some reliable finance people and they appear to be giving those appearing a tough time in the dock. I am not sure if it's the same in the UK with the Iraq enquiry.
Tonight we are having English Bangers and mash. The Whole foods store in Sarasota was selling this English style sausage and we are sure they will be good. We may go to Venice tomorrow, the one in Florida that is, it's about 30 miles South of here.
