Chemistry 101

Let me explain a little chemistry to you. A bar of toilet cleaner/freshener is more of a base on the pH scale. Junkanoo soda is an acid on the pH scale. When a base (bar of toilet cleaner/freshener) is clogging up the toilet, and it needs to be disintigrated, you need an acid (can of Junkanoo soda) to help with the chemical reaction. Well, as you may have already concluded, there in fact was a bar of toilet cleaner/freshener that clogged our toilet, and we did, in fact, pour a can of Junkanoo soda into the clogged toilet...well...2 or 3 cans...to help speed of the disintigration process. Did it work...well...we like to think so. We also found a plunger which didn't work too well with the frame of the toilet hole, not much suction. But, I got it to stick a few times, I also like to think that contributed somewhat to accelerating the process. Anyhow, a few more flushes a little later, and walla! Clog free toilet. Don't attempt such a feat at home unless there is an experienced chemist, such as myself, present. It could have dangerous results. I believe that was Tuesday.

Sunday was kind of slow to my memory. We had most of the day off, but I believe we went around that evening in Kennedy Sub and interviewed some of the kids that he worked with before. Monday we were there, and he played ball with some of the kids and we interviewed a couple. Tuesday he was palying again with a lot of his original group of kids who are a lot older now, and we were out there for a little while. Wednesday, the fourth of July, we were at the courts in the morning getting some closer shots of people handcuffed going into the courts, and we saw a kid Mark worked with from Eleuthra who was paroled and flew back to Eleuthra. We saw about three fireworks...well, the tops of them, and a few more flashes on the fourth of July. The 'forest' behind our house blocked the rest of the fireworks. I don't know why they lit off fireworks here though, their Independence Day is on the 10th of July. Today we were at the church where the program was going on again. It went really well today. Brother Penn was there also with Mark working with the kids. He hasn't been able to drive the bus a lot lately because his mother has been in the hospital. He was supposed to drive tomorrow too, but his mother has to go back in the hospital. But hopefully all goes well tomorrow, and then Sunday should be the final day, where all the kids go to church and there's a large tournament. Then Mark is off to Eleuthra and we'll try to tie up some loose ends here before we go back for a few days.

Tim is losing his farmers tan little by little, it's even making his Bob Marley tattoo fade. It's been very hot down here since it hasn't been raining. We've been going through a lot of water. We've got Omar's car to drive pretty much permanantly now, for the rest of out time here in Nassau. It's a nice right hand drive, Honda Civic, doesn't die everytime we stop. Much safer. That's a lot of what's been going on. If you want to know what else has happened...well too bad. I'm not writing anymore right now, mainly because I can't remember too much more, but also because it's getting late and other responibilities call before slumber.

I hope this has been a valuable lesson when dealing with toilets. Goodnight folks!

-Chuck Norris-