June. I just got my renewed passport in the mail, and am considering the other barriers. But I haven't screwed up my resolve and courage to the necessary level. Do evolved German cops still have reasonably priced on-the-spot issued/paid traffic tickets? Do you have/want an International Driver's License?

John McCain's 94 year old mother reportedly bought a car in ?Paris, when they thought she was too old to drive a rental. I saw her in an interview yesterday, and she could pass for a spry 70 year old. Maybe even 60. So-o-o inspiring to have these lively living feathered Jurassic fossils cackling among us, eh?

Well, if not Devon, how about the original authentic Jura mountains? You could be a true open-minded steely-eyed investigator and check for old rock deposits on top of the newer aged ones, as so easily and conclusively proven by having chicken bones and Timex watches in them.

Tip: Ask your taxi driver for help, and use a divining willow fork to find irreducibly complex metals in old sea beds.

Frank:"I don't eat too much boeuf. Derived dinosaur and poissons are more in my dietary agenda."

The *biftec* I had in a pleasant Paris sidewalk cafe had a whinny essense, when I was there, very reasonable price, although at the time I could have even afforded the moo.

The majority of my violent food rejection experiences have been specifically with non-vertebrate seafoods. Probably there is something about the classy sophisticated intelligent design of my own digestion, rejecting the non-vertebrates. As a matter of filial prudence, I also agree with you on avoiding carcinogenic red meats, now.

Bravely, once I ate snails, in butter, in a trusted setting, and they didn't bite back.

(add) About as on-topic as Devon, Today's TT wisdom:

Saturday, May 10, 2008.
Today's words for the wise (or otherwise). . .
Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.