PUBLICATION INFLATION

Vacations are costly these days — but I think Bobby and I hit the jackpot.   Since mostly Portuguese is spoken and read in Sao Paulo and very few (perhaps one) TV station carries world news in English  (BBC), we decided to order copies of USA Today for the remainder of the two weeks we’ll be here.   I got a call from the lovely receptionist who arranged it, advising it will be 20.00 each paid in their exchange.    That equates to over eleven U  S. dollars a day.  I really feel violated as I just saw an ad on the Internet:    “12 weeks for $30.00.    That’s just 50 cents per day!”   I  think we’ve ‘been had’   But, when in Brazil, do as the Sao Pauloans. 

Tomorrow I will be announcing the first eight teams in the standings in the three categories (after 9 rounds of play).   Stay tuned.