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1) UK supermarket milk is (usually) sold in plastic jugs with caps. (OK, a few brands sell in Tetra-Paks, and UHT milk always is.)

American milk (except for full gallons) is sold in Tetra-Pak style containers. Only, not the nice Tetra-Paks with the caps built in. They still use old style cartons where you have to open the flaps to make a spout. I forgot how damn annoying it is and how the inside flaps sometimes stick.

2) my parents have triple play with the cable company. If you're watching TV and the phone rings, the caller ID information is displayed on the TV. This is cool because obviously I don't want to pick up all their calls, but I can see instantly if it's one I should answer.

unfortunately, one of their lines also has this thing where it announces the caller, and the text-to-speech sucks. It doesn't correctly recognize the word "wireless" (as in Verizon Wireless, my parents' cellphone company) and I find it very irritating. It pronounces it as "wih-REE-less".

Meh, it really sucks now. One, theme song "updated" again. Two, Elmo's World (which is the last segment, IIRC) is already starting, 40 minutes into a 1-hour episode. I've always hated Elmo, but a third of every episode is just ridiculous.

I need to find something to do this afternoon. It's too sunny to go to the park right now--the sun is blinding and hot. I took Aliza out for a little walk before lunch, and you had to stay in the shade or the temperature went up 10 degrees.

I swore earlier when I dropped something on my foot and Aliza repeated it. Ooops!