Friday 18th October

After all my nocturnal shenanigans  yesterday I didn't wake very early this morning, but when I did I set off for my bank to sort out the filling station debacle.  The customer service agents were all quite busy so I settled into an armchair with some hot chocolate and popcorn (will Lloyds Bank ever become a home from home, I wondered)    When we looked at my account we found the filling station had got on to it earlier this morning, so the charges had already dropped off my account,  leaving just the $15.20  for the fuel I had.

So I went off to a decent filling station.  The reason I didn't fill up the car yesterday was because I suddenly noticed that the price was $3.27 a gallon, which is ridiculous, everywhere else it is about $3.11- $3.19.   I fill up, and pick up a hot dog, so my breakfast and lunch were taken care of while I was running round town.   There are those who might argue that hot chocolate, popcorn and hot dogs are not the healthiest, most nutritional choices, but these were an exception - I do do healthy and nutritious as well, and most of the time.

In the news I was hoping that we could move on from the Government shutdown, yawn, yawn, but the television news continues to re-hash it.    What Obama really wants is a single payer health care system, like we have, and it is now being said that with all the recent chaos and uncertainty launching their Affordable Care Act, eventually it will be agreed that the only way forward is to adopt a single payer system.   Which won't come soon, maybe not even in Obama's Presidency, but will happen nevertheless.

There's a dramatic murder trial just beginning, maybe they can move on to that and give us a break from government shutdowns.  A guy persuades his wife to have plastic surgery then allegedly murders her and puts her in the bath tub, so he can marry his mistress.  I can't see why she had to have plastic surgery first though.  This is in a state where they can have film crews in the courtroom, so I'm hoping the trial will be extensively covered and I'll find out.