Up at 3, packed two large-ish things and had coffee etc then some cheese and olives, and took off at a quarter to 6.
As I headed out on Old Bayshort a bum across the street on a bike called out to me, "Hey!" and since the guy was going the same direction and looked like he'd be a problem I circled around through the armored car place's parking lot and went out the other way.
The post office was like it's a week before Christmas. People and packages everywhere, the chute was jammed, and the counter where things are left when the chute is jammed was already full. Some guy with a cart full of boxes was going on about how they're "legally required" to open the side door for him. I grabbed a USPS "boat" box and put my packages in there, put it on the bike and rode around to the back loading docks and dropped them off there. It was a madhouse there too.
Next was FedEx where I commented on the post office being kind of nuts, the the friendly guy there said that they'd shut down half of their conveyor belts at the post office. This is what happens when Low-Budget Orange sHitler installed a postmaster general who's a crook also, because he fears that the post office may be a threat to his autocratic rule.
I picked up some tomatoes on the way back, and then got to work on a problem: I'd been tossing things up onto the little overhang above the door/window here because it's a way to feed my birdie friends, and a way to get rid of things like fat trimmings without the chance of any bums' dogs getting them. Well, for the last few days, no birds have been flying due to the bad air. And someone tossed 5 stale buns up there. I'd noticed on my way out that from the far side of the parking lot, just sitting on my bike, it was really obvious that there were buns etc sitting up there.
So when I got back I got one of the ladders out and used a stick to get the buns down and also a thoroughly disgusting bunch of salmon skin trimmings that normally the gulls clean up right away. I don't think I'm going to put anything up there any more. I got rid of it all into the blackberry bushes. I hope I don't end up having to clean buns up all the time now - if whoever puts them up there thinks the birds are taking them it could end up becoming an annoying routine.
Last night I'd done a good practice and a good practice on the shofar too. I also discovered that there are tons of videos of guys fishing in Israel. They're catching tuna right off of the shore. The problem with fishing here is you need a car and a boat and a lot of expensive stuff that 90% of the population can't afford. Or you need to live right on the beach and that's expensive too.
Hawaii's a bit more relaxed, although they take a dim view of people taking fishing poles on the bus. Especially if you're white/"haole". But then, if you're white/"haole" it's not all that safe to fish anyway as you're "taking 'their' fish". And waiting at the bus stop is dicey, as is walking down the street ...
But in Israel, it seems that shore fishing is alive and well and they catch some really great fish. Off the shore in Hawaii I could only catch small fish, which is fine, but as mentioned they're catching tuna off the beach and other good fish. No hassles for being a hated "haole" there.
Watching videos like that of any interesting activity by Israelis might be very good for learning day-to-day Hebrew too.
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