Tochi's Hut

We took a day trip to Buffalo to visit the Eternal Flame Falls.  At the border crossing, we met a friendly US border control agent, who spent a minute to warn us on the dangers around the Falls, especially given the rain the previous day.  Afterwards, he wrapped up the conversation with: "Are you bringing anything to USA?"  I answered: "Nope".   Kid in the back, who was listening in on our conversation, said to our immediate horror "What do you mean?!? We're bringing something!"   We had a car full of chips and snacks, etc.  :D

We had a dessert craving, so dropped by Cups for some Mango bingsu.  While we were eating, kid requested we ask him what 12x5 was.  After obliging his request, he promptly told us the answer was 60.  He further explained that he know that was the answer because a clock has 12, and that's equivalent to 60 minutes.   We were quite impressed!

He then requested we test him on multiplication by 5.  Wife asked him 5x5, and again, he answered promptly with 25.  I asked him 9x5, and again, 45!  At this point, I thought this was too good to be true.  He's pretty advanced in math, but not to the extent that he knew multiplication of 5 by heart yet. 

Curious, I then turned around and saw that there was a giant clock which showed both clock face numbers, as well as the corresponding minutes!! What a cheat!! :D

After dinner, we noticed that there was an ultra rare Unown for the kid's favourite letter L.  The location was a bit of a hike into a park, but we decided to brave the cold and grab this guy.   There was a group huddled around GZ with flashlights by the time we got there.  After some pictures, kid went on wife's phone to try to catch this Unown.  After one throw, the Unown fled!!! WTF. 

At a moment like this, there wasn't much conversation.  Wife wasn't too pleased, and the kid felt guilty.   Without a word, I gave my phone to the kid for him to catch.  He fed it the customary raspberries, and threw a couple "Great" balls, but the Unown (it was a high CP one) kept popping out!   After the 4th throw, the stupid Unown also ran away!!

This was the first time an Unown ran away from us.  The next day, kid said he was the worst Pokemon trainer ever... Niantic grrrrrr!!!  This was worse than the previous episode.

We recently picked up a Nintendo Switch along with The Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild.   We were barely into the game, just making it after the part where the Old Man shows us how to use the scope at the top of the Great Plateau Tower.  We had clicked through the dialogue a bit too fast, and had missed how to activate the scope.   So I started randomly pressing buttons and accidentally threw our one and only Boko Club off the tower.  My eyes widened with horror, as you are pretty useless without a weapon in this game.  I let out an OH CRAP!!!  The kid followed up with a big DAAAADDDDDY!!!! I was like... SORRY!!!!   Kid countered with a "YOU'RE STUPID!!!".   I was half taken aback, half bemused.  WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?    Hahaha.

We reloaded from our last save point to get the club back. :)

We visited Willowtree Farm today and picked up miscellaneous goodies you'd expect from a fall harvest: pumpkins, corn, beans, etc.   During dinner, the following conversation happened:

G: Why did we buy honey?  We have two big pails already?
D: What?  We got honey?
me: Huh, I thought one of you put it in the basket, and so I just paid for it during checkout.
kid: It wasn't me, I put on the shelf, not in the basket!!
me: Duuudddee, next time, put it in someone else's basket, not ours!!! Is your throat hurting?  I'm making you honey lemon water tomorrow. :)

After some laughter, and I went to find the honey bottle... 375g for $7!!!  It is GOLD honey after all.