USMB Coffee Shop III

[Ringel05]

Happy Sunday

God I miss those days........

Obviously, I'm getting old. Of the 3, I want the front porch.

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

 

[Againsheila]

God I miss those days........

Obviously, I'm getting old. Of the 3, I want the front porch.

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

Are you getting old too?

 

[Mertex]

I love my coffee....but this seems a tad extravagant....

Besides, I don't like anything "electric" anywhere near me/water...

 

[Ringel05]

Mrs R like pillows that (to me) feel like sleeping on logs, and the ones we have for her now took us 6 months of searching to find. What most manufactures consider extra firm she considers waaaaaay too soft. Normally it's wouldn't be an issue but we have to wash them frequently (kill the allergens) and after a while the outer fabric gets weak and starts to tear. Came up with a solution, bought two standard size, white pillow cases and stuffed the queen sized pillows in each case and sewed the open end shut.

 

[alan1]

Are cardinals stupid?
Pretty birds, but for the past few weeks this cardinal has been attacking his own reflection in my living room window. I don't know if he is winning or if the reflection is. But he attacks the window for about an hour every day.

Nuptials.
I talked to my daughter this morning, the wedding plans are all falling into place. Flowers, catering, photographer, an officiant, dresses, all secured. The house on the beach is big, beautiful and rented for the week for the entire wedding party. The wedding will be on the ocean side of the house. I think I've come up with a wedding toast, "May you always have two years of wedded bliss. The first year and the current year."

Artifacts.
Dad's website is up and running. He's finally decided that he needs to start selling off some of his collection of ethnographic art. There are a few things that I have laid claim to... As in, he can't sell them to anybody but me. They won't be listed on the website. Neither will the things that my sister and I both laid claim to. My sis and I will have to figure those ones out. Good thing we love each other, that will make it easier.

Politics.
Not here, not now.
See ya elsewhere on the board for that.

 

[alan1]

A little depressed this morning. I have no claim to fame. Not even fleetingly.

No need to be depressed. Celebrities are just like you and I, when they take a shit it stinks, just like your shit. I've never understood why people think it is somehow "special" simply because they met an actor/actress, sport figure or somebody else "famous".

My last brush with "fame" went down like this.............

I was staying at The Rio Casino in Las Vegas and was getting my morning coffee. There are two Starbucks in the casino. One is near the elevators close to the rooms and the casino floor, it always has an horrendous line around 8:00am. The other is off the beaten path and it never has a line, so I walk the extra distance to use that one. So, I walk into the Starbucks and there is this tall large fellow standing at the counter, I line up behind him (a line of two). He looks at me and says, "If you know what you want, go ahead, I'm still trying to decide". I recognized him, he was Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller. I thanked him, ordered a plain coffee, and sat down to drink it.
End of interaction, because I really don't care. He's just another person, albeit a very large person.

Oh come on. Penn Gillette is 'not just another person' as you are not 'just another person.' I don't know a single other person who gets excited about the stuff you travel hundreds of miles to get. Or that knows as much about those items as you know. And I have PhD anthropologists and archeologists in my family.

Penn is brilliant. I first learned who he was and sort of got to know him on Celebrity Apprentice. His leadership, marketing instincts, and creativity superior to almost all other candidates became quickly apparent. And then it turns out he is a much-more-than-average amateur cook and has participated in a lot of on line cooking competitions open to celebrities. And he has always accomplished himself well there too as well as making it entertaining. I have learned to appreciate who he is a lot.

Penn Jillette puts his pants on one leg at a time, so does alan1.
While staying at The Rio, Penn gets coffee from Starbucks, just like alan1. We probably both desire better coffee, but settle for what is available.
Regardless of our skills or interests, we are both still just people. He is larger than me though.

 

[alan1]

Obviously, I'm getting old. Of the 3, I want the front porch.

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

Are you getting old too?

Hehe.
Two choices, get older or die.
At the moment, I prefer the former over the latter.

 

[Foxfyre]

Oh come on. Penn Gillette is 'not just another person' as you are not 'just another person.' I don't know a single other person who gets excited about the stuff you travel hundreds of miles to get. Or that knows as much about those items as you know. And I have PhD anthropologists and archeologists in my family.

Penn is brilliant. I first learned who he was and sort of got to know him on Celebrity Apprentice. His leadership, marketing instincts, and creativity superior to almost all other candidates became quickly apparent. And then it turns out he is a much-more-than-average amateur cook and has participated in a lot of on line cooking competitions open to celebrities. And he has always accomplished himself well there too as well as making it entertaining. I have learned to appreciate who he is a lot.

Not trying to be smart but you misspelled Jillette.

Yes I did. My eyes, brain, and fingers aren't always on the same page here.

My favorite Penn Jillette quotation: "Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups."

 

[Sarah G]

Some sad news... Came home from church to find the last kitten was dead. Seems the Mama Cat is not a very good Mama.

All of them? Oh that's a shame..

 

[pacer]

Yes I did. My eyes, brain, and fingers aren't always on the same page here.

I would not have known it was misspelled had another member not introduced me to the name the other day.

 

[Mertex]

Some sad news... Came home from church to find the last kitten was dead. Seems the Mama Cat is not a very good Mama.

Geez, that's too bad....I kinda thought maybe she was the one killing them when you mentioned that one had died. Sorry.......

 

[Ringel05]

Obviously, I'm getting old. Of the 3, I want the front porch.

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

Are you getting old too?

Need a new left knee and the right is getting to that point though I have been doing research into hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Apparently there is some indications of positive results in the treatment of soft tissue injuries.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Up early this morning. Will be leaving for church in just a little bit. Have had my coffee. Went out on the back porch to check on the kittens and found one of them dead. Not a good start for the day.

That sucks. So young. I am always disappointed and wonder what went wrong when one of my youngun's dies. The only kid that died so far appeared to have been stillborn, the amniotic sack had not been broken and it was still curled up in fetal position. I doubt it even drew one breath.
Sorry about the kitten.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Where do I get one of those? Want...want...want...

 

[Spoonman]

God I miss those days........

Obviously, I'm getting old. Of the 3, I want the front porch.

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

boy do I hear you. I used to be a skier, a rock climber, played hockey, loved skating. those were the days. these days I cave to keep my activities to less impact and less strenuous.

 

[Sarah G]

Obviously, I'm getting old. Of the 3, I want the front porch.

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

boy do I hear you. I used to be a skier, a rock climber, played hockey, loved skating. those were the days. these days I cave to keep my activities to less impact and less strenuous.

Surely the guy in that photo can't be described as merely rock climbing. I don't know how they can do that even.

 

[Sarah G]

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

Are you getting old too?

Need a new left knee and the right is getting to that point though I have been doing research into hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Apparently there is some indications of positive results in the treatment of soft tissue injuries.

They have hyperbaric rooms now that you can just walk inside and have a seat. If you try the hyperbaric route, ask for that instead of the chamber, yuk.

 

[Ringel05]

Obviously, I'm getting old. Of the 3, I want the front porch.

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

boy do I hear you. I used to be a skier, a rock climber, played hockey, loved skating. those were the days. these days I cave to keep my activities to less impact and less strenuous.

Some of my other favorites were spelunking, mountain hiking and backpacking not to mention extensive philandering in my youth.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

boy do I hear you. I used to be a skier, a rock climber, played hockey, loved skating. those were the days. these days I cave to keep my activities to less impact and less strenuous.

Some of my other favorites were spelunking, mountain hiking and backpacking not to mention extensive philandering in my youth.

I enjoyed parachuting, rappelling, mountain climbing, Army baseball and then softball, and river treks.

Now I walk and swim and use Planet Fitness. Can't run anymore.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Obviously, I'm getting old. Of the 3, I want the front porch.

Oh, I want the two I posted, alas I'm currently forced to settle for the front porch.

boy do I hear you. I used to be a skier, a rock climber, played hockey, loved skating. those were the days. these days I cave to keep my activities to less impact and less strenuous.

Only rock climbed if absolutely necessary.