Power on and second attempt at dental examination. J has a broken plate and repair time is problematic as we leave on Friday of next week. Looks like it’s going to be possible, although sadly the reason is that the technicians haven’t been getting enough business and that’s down to the dire state of the economy. So a second appointment in a week’s time.
Stop on the way back at the supermarket by our old flat. This time we do remember about the corkscrew. However, the supermarket doesn’t seem to stock them. Tin openers, metal whisks, pizza cutters - they’re not particularly short on kitchen implements. And they do sell wine and beer and whiskey, so it’s not a question of being opposed to alcohol consumption. Don’t know the word for corkscrew and not sure whether attempts to demonstrate, with or without sound effects would succeed in conveying the meaning or only in establishing own dubious sanity. Anyway, there obviously aren’t any. Pick up a tin of pilsner.
Interesting observations re the itemised supermarket receipts. As in most of the world, although not in Canada, the price on the shelf is what you pay. There may or may not be tax on an item but if there is it will be included in the posted price. There is in fact tax on most items including most food and the tax rates are listed on the receipt, with some curious anomalies. Beer is taxed at 20%, most food items including herbs and spices at 5%. Soup cubes are 10%. There are some with 0% tax though; in our case red lentils, pasta and bread. So staples - fair enough. But bottled water is 5% although you’re not meant to drink the tap water. The culprit being the throwaway containers?
Learn the Turkish for corkscrew. It’s tirbuşon. The difficulty with Turkish being a non Indo-European language is that few words resemble familiar terms.
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