Here again I go trying to blog. As tramatic as learning to blog is, the experience is not as earth shattering as the one I had two weeks ago. I volunteer once a week at the local 'Mission to Seafarers'. One of my responsibilities is to return old beer bottles to the bottle exchange. We have a small bar in our mission and seafarers but only seafarers are allowed to purchase beer there if they want. Once a month or so I take the empty bottles to the recycling depot. So... two weeks ago at the beginning of my shift I placed eight dozen empty beer bottles in my car. At the end of my shift at approximately 10:30 PM I drove home.The aroma of old beer bottles in my car was incredible. I rolled down my window and headed home. Two minutes down the road, late at night, I drove into a police roadblock. When the officer approached my car he took a breath of air in order to talk to me. As he did he smelled the beer fumes coming from my open window. After " Good evening sir", his next words were " Have you been drinking tonight?" I replied "No" but realized from his expression and from what I could smell that he smelled beer and a lot of it. I had to explain why I said no so I added " I have just come from the mission ( church) and I have all their beer bottles." This of course didn't make any sense to the officer. He ordered me to pull my car over to the curb.That's when he and another officer checked my car from front to back, top to bottom, asked for all my papers such as insurance, license etc. After a very thorough fifteen minute interogation I was allowed to leave. The moral of the story is 'if you're going to drink in church don't even think of recycling!'The list of those planning to attend the reunion is growing . This is good news. I encourage those who have not yet signed up to make every effort to do so. It's going to be a grand time.On a completely different point if any of you have not seen the 'YouTube ' clip of the Scotish singer Susan Boyle I urge you to watch it. Although it initially showed the negative side to human nature, by the end of the clip ones belief that there is good in all of us was most evident. Then there is the good that has shown itself among the friends forever. One just never knows where or when one will find it. Did any of us ever think that such a positive bond would develop among those who participated in that trip to Japan? I doubt it but it's clearly evident to all of us now. Peg and I are looking forward to our trip to Spain. I intend to learn a few Spanish words before we leave Canada. First though, I must learn to blog.Keep smilingGlenn
