USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Statistikhengst]

And today is July 1. At noon today we will be halfway through 2014. Only 177 shopping days left before Christmas.

For me it's 176 days left before I begin my Christmas shopping. I am not a shopping fan, and try to avoid the malls unless I absolutely have to go. This is especially true during Christmas season, since the malls are packed, and the parking lots are full. Thus, on December 24, if it falls on a weekday, I work half a day, and use the afternoon to do all of my Christmas shopping. If it's on a weekend, I start my shopping in the morning of the 24th. I prepare a list beforehand which makes my task easier.

Procrastinater!!!


Now, back to the really important topic: FOOD!

 

[Statistikhengst]

No internet or camera on his cell, although he can receive pics. The desktop is centrally located, but I'm not super concerned about monitoring his every move. He doesn't even take long showers. He's a good kid, with I'm sure the normal curiosities...I'm a lucky mom.

Possible hard copies.
Tread lightly.

I heard on the news today that an academic study was done showing that teens that sexted were more likely to be involved in sexual activity.
Really? You morons in academia needed a study to figure that out? Next, they will tell us a study has shown that water is wet. The morons in the media will report it as news.

If I stumbled across any, I wonder if I'd recognize what this porn is that you speak of...if I'd be able to identify it as such.

Yes, the days of Debbie does Dallas are kind of gone.

I miss those days.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Ummm Oh Cookies.. Toasty Macaroons dipped in chocolate.. mmm not quite as good as sex but they can lead to it.

sexy!!

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I love you guys.

And we're still keeping vigil for
Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Sunshine,
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
TK, and TK's grandma,
Sheila’s friend Shirley,
Spoonie, Ringel, and Sheila's sore backs,
Sherry’s Mom,
BDBoop, her sis, and family,
Hombre,
Pix,
Becki and Becki’s hubby,
Sheila and son Andrew,
Noomi’s Auntie Marj and Nana and cousin,
Sheila's sore foot post surgery healing,
Ollie's daughter Angie and his youngest brother,
Stat's aunt,
Smilebong for his brother-in-law and family,
Complete healing for Mrs. Ringel and assurance for Ringel
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,
All who are dealing with colds and flu,
And all others we love and hold in concern.

And the light is on awaiting the return of Bigfoot, Oddball, Sunshine, and Boedicca.

P.S. Sometimes in the editing of the vigil list or when I have switched computers, somebody gets dropped that is supposed to be on it. This will always be inadvertent and if ya'll would call it to my attention, it would be much appreciated.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Dad used to take me to A&W when I was a kid. Rootbib, Daddy, Rootbib! That's what I called it. Dayum. 50 plus years ago.

There was an A&W Root Beer on the corner of the main drag and the intersection with the street where I went to elementary school (Kindergarden, 1st grade) in Middletown, Ohio. My older sister took me there every Wednesday after school for a root beer.

 

[Sherry]

When I was a kid, we used to go to a drive-in, similar to a Sonic, called Dog 'n Suds. I don't know if it was a regional place, but they had the best root beer. I had a mini mug...I wonder what happened to it.

 

[Gracie]

Well, now I want one so tomorrow I am going to go to the market and buy a rootbeer (AW) in a bottle, some vanilla ice cream and tomorrow night...i will have my rootbib float!

 

[Statistikhengst]

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the first Hump-Day of July! There will be FIVE hump days in this month!


Today's medical personnel no.1 drinking coffee:

That was from an irish medical website that doesn't let you read the article unless you say you are a medical professional. But with google search, it's easy to access the pic!

 

[Statistikhengst]

Today's "medical personnel" no. 2 and coffee:

That's Lana Perilla in a scene from "Miami Medical" getting coffee in bed.


Just for fun, and because she is hot, here she is again, with coffee:

That's a scene from a dramedy called "Swingtown" (chuckle, chuckle). if you want to delve "deeper" into that one, have fun

 

[Statistikhengst]

And, today's coffee funnies:

Have a good one, folks!

 

[Noomi]

Its Lana Parrilla, Stat, and she is the Evil Queen in Once Upon A Time. And she's darned cute, too.

 

[Jughead]

Morning, all. For all the believers, today is World UFO Day!

 

[Derideo_Te]

After drinking coke zero for a while, I can no longer drink regular coke because there is too much syrup.

Coke doesn't taste like coke when I was a kid. They lost the formula or something and it has never tasted the same since.

I am trying to be a little healthier.

I'm pretty sure it's [MENTION=16165]alan1[/MENTION] who has told the story in here about how Coca-Cola stopped using cane sugar...at least that's what I recall, and he found a place that imported it from I think Mexico, where they still use the old formula.

In the USA, both coke and pepsi stopped using cane sugar in the early 80's and switched to high fructose corn syrup. Most all other countries still use cane sugar. And yes, you can taste the difference. Where I live, quite a few places stock the imported Mexican coke that still uses cane sugar.
I don't drink much soda, but when I want a coke, I get an imported one.
My daughters grew up on the high fructose corn syrup coke and they prefer the flavor that it has.
Scientifically, real cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup are so similar in chemical make-up that it should be virtually impossible to tell a difference in taste, but I can tell the difference, my daughters can tell the difference, my sister can tell the difference and my friends can tell the difference. Most people I know that are in their 40's or older prefer the imported Mexican coke, and folks younger than that prefer the American coke.

If anybody is interested in why the USA uses high fructose corn syrup instead of cane sugar for things like soda, you can PM me. It's sort of political, so not acceptable conversation here in the Coffee Shop.
Sugars of any type really aren't good for people, but that isn't the political reason.

As I recall hearing all white powdery substances are bad for you. That list includes flour and sugar.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Good morning, time to ride camel

 

[dilloduck]

Its Lana Parrilla, Stat, and she is the Evil Queen in Once Upon A Time. And she's darned cute, too.

and looks a lot like Noomi too

 

[Big Black Dog]

Good morning! I sang with the kangaroos last night in my dreams!!! I was dressed up like Elvis and the kangaroos sang back up for me while I sang on a huge stage with thousands of folks out in the cheap seats. Together we rocked the house...

 

[Dajjal]

Well, now I've done it. I just purchased two computer games from Amazon.
Wolfenstein, and doom 3 bfg. But the specifications are too high for my computer, so I will have to get a new one. Well I am happy with my existing system but it is only 32 bit and windows 7 needs a 64 bit computer, so I am still using windows xp and soon I will not be able to watch utube videos because they are withdrawing support for my browser and I cannot update it. So they are forcing me to get a new computer.

Oh well, I am going to get one built for me, with a minimum of 8gig of ram and 2gig video ram.

 

[Ringel05]

Just checking in, still busy. The family all went to their respective homes last Sunday after going through the house like a storm, selecting the few items each wanted, boxing up things for the estate/yard sale and tossing out the broken/really worn/absolute junk. Spent half a day shredding all the old paperwork.
Had to go down to Trinidad yesterday to go through the mail, clean out the bad food in the fridge, pack up some more clothes/etc to bring back with us and pay rent/utilities. I was so exhausted I went to bed at 9 and woke up nine hours later at 6.
The wife is doing good, moving around a lot better and we have to go up to Denver later today for an appointment with the doc to remove the staples and find out about the after surgery pathology tests. With all the staples her belly looks like it has a zipper in it..........

 

[SFC Ollie]

 

[R.D.]