For some of us, the Jobs' ubiquitous 'i' is 'a'pocritical: "it's 300 bucks," goes the yell out our kitchen, "tell the kid in Bandra it is not rupees !" This in response to the note from the second cousin's boy whose mind is set on a gadget. "It is small, uncle," went the message, "fits in your pocket." We were only warming up ! Now what good is a gadget with an extra cord with no magical device to plug into - so off to the Causeway, where a vertical display stack has the 50,000 not-so-real money piece at eye level. And that is where a stubby finger points. Mel/Rose - oh for the innocence of a Cadbury moment ! eric. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1972 when we relocated to London, everything changed. I mean the contents of our suitcases changed. In came the air plane restrictions of so many kgs. I cannot recall my mother ever mentioning maggie cubes, kraft cheese, cotton material or cloves again.
As the years went by, gifts of clothing from Marks and Spencer were substituted with their iced fruit cakes and biscuits. Cadbury chocolates was now in first place followed closely by Batchelors Cup a Soup, the chicken and vegetable variety . Today, the biggest import to Goa is still chocolates and the biggest export from Goa? Well, let's see if all of you all can guess. Like chocolates, it starts with "C" and brings a smile to the face of whoever is at the receiving end? Rose Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 27 November 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
