Thank you once again Jim. I really enjoy the phrase of the day, it is fun to learn something new.

Dozens and dozens of similar examples in medicine - Alzheimer's disease, Epworth scale (for sleep disorders), Hodgkin lymphoma, Foley catheter, Apgar score (health of newborn baby), etc.,

As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October) Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn't wash the wigs, so to clean them they would carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term 'big wig.' Today we often use the term 'here comes the Big Wig' because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.

Borscht is delicious and while the variety I ate wasn't in a hotel, it was on the "circuit" of DM's meal preparation. The only "belt" involved was a loosening after indulging in helpings of beet soup, served by DM with homemade biscuits.