Some people, especially those of the orange-skinned septuagenarian variety (maybe a ‘dotard’?) who wish to be strongmen but just end up being generally weak, really, don’t understand how grocery stores work. On the other small hand, we pop into such establishments pretty much every day, and we sort of know their way of doing business. But we were absolutely speechless when, earlier this week, we saw something in there we had never encountered.
Yea, verily, even at this advanced stage of life, sometimes the genetically induced lactose-intolerance backs off a little and we enjoy a nice glass or two of cold fluid whole milk, the good stuff with the rich mouthfeel, a drink we should all get to savor regardless of race, color, creed, orientation or ethnicity, etc. After all, what goes better with a late-night snack of, say, shortbread cookies than milk?
But check out the sell-by date on the carton pictured in the snap: ‘04/01/19’. That’s springtime! That’s right about Opening Day for your 2019 Major League Baseball season — and we bought this milk in January — January, a week before the Super Bowl! How is this possible?! Is this milk from mutant bovines? Have Ancient Aliens dropped off some advanced strain of moo juice that common 21st-century earthlings were incapable of engineering? What was the deal here?
Luckily for us, there was a stockboy nearby, so we brought the carton over to him and asked him, ‘Hey. Is this true? This milk is good through April 1, 2019?’ And damn if he did not say, ‘Yes! It is!’
He went on to explain that it was all in the ULTRA-PASTEURIZATION. If you expose the milk to the pasteurization process multiple times, the milk stays fresher longer, like weeks and weeks longer. However, the stockboy said that once the carton was opened, he probably would not trust the stuff beyond three weeks after that.
And now we — and you! — know. You’re welcome! Drink milk, especially if you are not out here in sunny La-La Land, because you’re going to need all the Vitamin D you can ingest, since you’re not spending a lot of time outdoors sucking it in from the sunlight, no matter how orange your face is.
Yesterday:
Delta 1
#3 Lass Song ($25.60, BestLine Fair Odds 5.41-1)
Fair Grounds 5
#4 Catty Krys ($20.20, BestLine Fair Odds 5.25-1)
Golden Gate 7
#3 Mithqaal ($20, BestLine Fair Odds 6.35-1)
Santa Anita 3
#7 Ciao Luna ($38, BestLine Fair Odds 5.76-1)
Santa Anita 6
#5 Brahms Forest ($60, BestLine Fair Odds 2.30-1)
Tampa 6
#3 La Sirenita ($31.20, BestLine Fair Odds 3.88-1)
Yesterday’s post looked at the contentious nature of Races 1, 2, 4 & 6 at Delta. Race 2, on closer inspection, was not really contentious, owing to a combined 34pc probability of a coupled-entry; no plays. Race 4 had two overlays; the better finish being fourth at 10-1. Race 6 had two overlays; the better finish being fourth at 16-1. Before those races, though, it was the opener on the card, and there were two overlays; the better finish being first at 11.80-1, or $25.60 up top.
WMF Report / Track-Trend Notes:
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Today:
Turfway 2, 5 & 6 should end in milk-chugging celebrations. Drink up!
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