USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Kat's sister,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Mr. and Mrs. Gracie in difficult transition
Mr. and Mrs. Peach174 for full recovery from setback,
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
Montro's upset tummy,
Drifter for the best job ever,
ricechickie for trouble free healing,
Saveliberty for success on the test and career,
Gracie for the best news possible,
And for our students, job hunters, others in transition.

And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, Esthermoon, Sixfoot, and all others we hope are okay and will return to us.

 

[Sbiker]

Hi all! I'm drinking coffee at workplace, having first working day in this year and I glad to see you all after holidays. Happy Christmas, New Year and so on!

LOL. So you haven't posted much over the holidays but are posting at work after your vacation? Too funny. You Russians and us Americans really are a lot alike.

But a belated Happy New Year to you Sbiker. Welcome back.

Similar environment produce similar behaviour

Now let's work harder up to... Stop, after USSR falling we've back to religion, so our target is 19th of January, Epiphany... With swimming at ice-hole for everyone, who believe or just want to do it! Btw, usually it's a time of serious frosts...

 

[Sbiker]

Hi all! I'm drinking coffee at workplace, having first working day in this year and I glad to see you all after holidays. Happy Christmas, New Year and so on!

Happy New Year to you, too, Sbiker! How's the weather there? It's been pretty normal for us in Alaska but the East Coast has been getting a lot colder than they are accustomed to being.

It seems they stole our winter In Moscow is normal, silent winter with a bit of snow and a few degree below zero by C... But a several hundred kilometers at south there are only rain and wet, warm air without any snow, like at autumn.

 

[SeaGal]

Thank you for your good wishes, SG. Solstice and Equinox are important to me because I live close to Nature, tending my animals and heeding the change in seasons as times to celebrate, to sow, to harvest, to rest from the labors of all that. I'm looking forward now to the Spring Equinox because that's when my first litters of kids are due to arrive. I love the new babies, love to watch them play and just live. Last year, I lost one doe and her second kid. The kid was turned and I couldn't correct the bad presentation. The doe died a few days later, most likely because of damage or infection of her uterus. The first-born kid we named Annie but she died not long ago because of mishandling by my partner.
I look forward to this year. In addition to the goats, I will have chickens, too. Fresh milk and eggs, nothing better. Next year, I'll establish my garden to provide my veggies, herbs, and medicinals.
May your year bring health and happiness to you and yours!

Thank you!

I've always planted and harvested by the moon phases. One advantage to Fl weather - we could grow year round. We've raised much of our own food, though our experience with chickens didn't work so well. They were what today is called 'free-range' - I call it a dinner bell for the predators. I am more familiar with horses, cattle and hogs than goats - though for years our 4H club showed meat goats at the local Youth Fair. Our neighbors supplied us with eggs and fruit - we supplied them with veggies and pickles, jams, etc.

Many fond memories of 5 or 6 of us gathered in my kitchen shelling peas to blanch and freeze, making pickles, canning green beans, baking bread...a way of life that feels 'right'. (But chicken plucking I do not miss)

When we 'retired' and downsized I didn't like seeing the empty fields so thought about getting a small herd of dairy goats and experiment with cheese making - but, mr sg reminded me that daily milking and freedom to travel were mutually exclusive. Anyway, the fields are now full of wild turkeys and deer - plus we're allowing a friend to graze his small herd of cattle in exchange for maintaining the fences. We're expecting a couple of calves before long. Best of both worlds for me.

Are you planning to try cheese making?

 

[SeaGal]

Similar environment produce similar behaviour

Now let's work harder up to... Stop, after USSR falling we've back to religion, so our target is 19th of January, Epiphany... With swimming at ice-hole for everyone, who believe or just want to do it! Btw, usually it's a time of serious frosts...

Please send pics of ice-hole swimming!

It just ain't 'natural' to swim or fish in water you have to poke holes into. This is by far a more appropriate and natural use of ice...

Below is our version of 'ice-hole' swimming - natural springs with a constant water temp of 72 deg Fahrenheit. Plenty cold on a 98 deg. day!

 

[ChrisL]

Hi all! I'm drinking coffee at workplace, having first working day in this year and I glad to see you all after holidays. Happy Christmas, New Year and so on!

Happy New Year to you, too, Sbiker! How's the weather there? It's been pretty normal for us in Alaska but the East Coast has been getting a lot colder than they are accustomed to being.

It seems they stole our winter In Moscow is normal, silent winter with a bit of snow and a few degree below zero by C... But a several hundred kilometers at south there are only rain and wet, warm air without any snow, like at autumn.

You can have it back! We don't want it!

 

[Sbiker]

Similar environment produce similar behaviour

Now let's work harder up to... Stop, after USSR falling we've back to religion, so our target is 19th of January, Epiphany... With swimming at ice-hole for everyone, who believe or just want to do it! Btw, usually it's a time of serious frosts...

Please send pics of ice-hole swimming!

It just ain't 'natural' to swim or fish in water you have to poke holes into. This is by far a more appropriate and natural use of ice...

Below is our version of 'ice-hole' swimming - natural springs with a constant water temp of 72 deg Fahrenheit. Plenty cold on a 98 deg. day!

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

 

[Sbiker]

Hi all! I'm drinking coffee at workplace, having first working day in this year and I glad to see you all after holidays. Happy Christmas, New Year and so on!

Happy New Year to you, too, Sbiker! How's the weather there? It's been pretty normal for us in Alaska but the East Coast has been getting a lot colder than they are accustomed to being.

It seems they stole our winter In Moscow is normal, silent winter with a bit of snow and a few degree below zero by C... But a several hundred kilometers at south there are only rain and wet, warm air without any snow, like at autumn.

You can have it back! We don't want it!

Ok, I'll think how to do it till the nearest spring

 

[ChrisL]

Similar environment produce similar behaviour

Now let's work harder up to... Stop, after USSR falling we've back to religion, so our target is 19th of January, Epiphany... With swimming at ice-hole for everyone, who believe or just want to do it! Btw, usually it's a time of serious frosts...

Please send pics of ice-hole swimming!

It just ain't 'natural' to swim or fish in water you have to poke holes into. This is by far a more appropriate and natural use of ice...

Below is our version of 'ice-hole' swimming - natural springs with a constant water temp of 72 deg Fahrenheit. Plenty cold on a 98 deg. day!

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

Sorry, but I have to say I prefer Seagal's swimming hole!

 

[Dajjal]

 

[Sbiker]

Similar environment produce similar behaviour

Now let's work harder up to... Stop, after USSR falling we've back to religion, so our target is 19th of January, Epiphany... With swimming at ice-hole for everyone, who believe or just want to do it! Btw, usually it's a time of serious frosts...

Please send pics of ice-hole swimming!

It just ain't 'natural' to swim or fish in water you have to poke holes into. This is by far a more appropriate and natural use of ice...

Below is our version of 'ice-hole' swimming - natural springs with a constant water temp of 72 deg Fahrenheit. Plenty cold on a 98 deg. day!

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

Sorry, but I have to say I prefer Seagal's swimming hole!

Ha-ha, you just afraid concurrency from Russian girls

 

[ChrisL]

Similar environment produce similar behaviour

Now let's work harder up to... Stop, after USSR falling we've back to religion, so our target is 19th of January, Epiphany... With swimming at ice-hole for everyone, who believe or just want to do it! Btw, usually it's a time of serious frosts...

Please send pics of ice-hole swimming!

It just ain't 'natural' to swim or fish in water you have to poke holes into. This is by far a more appropriate and natural use of ice...

Below is our version of 'ice-hole' swimming - natural springs with a constant water temp of 72 deg Fahrenheit. Plenty cold on a 98 deg. day!

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

Sorry, but I have to say I prefer Seagal's swimming hole!

Ha-ha, you just afraid concurrency from Russian girls

I think those people are crazy and just asking for frostbite!

 

[SeaGal]

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

"frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition' - yep, like I once said - jello shots.

Believe it or not - we rarely drink beyond an occasional beer or glass of wine with a meal - however, it just so happens that I have half a bottle of Deep Eddy lemon flavored vodka distilled in Austin, Tx in the good ol' US of A chilling in the freezer - I cannot recall what happened to the other half. When it comes to the hard stuff though, dark rum is my poison of choice.

 

[Sbiker]

Similar environment produce similar behaviour

Now let's work harder up to... Stop, after USSR falling we've back to religion, so our target is 19th of January, Epiphany... With swimming at ice-hole for everyone, who believe or just want to do it! Btw, usually it's a time of serious frosts...

Please send pics of ice-hole swimming!

It just ain't 'natural' to swim or fish in water you have to poke holes into. This is by far a more appropriate and natural use of ice...

Below is our version of 'ice-hole' swimming - natural springs with a constant water temp of 72 deg Fahrenheit. Plenty cold on a 98 deg. day!

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

Sorry, but I have to say I prefer Seagal's swimming hole!

Ha-ha, you just afraid concurrency from Russian girls

I think those people are crazy and just asking for frostbite!

No, they are just jolly and have a hot hearts

 

[ChrisL]

Please send pics of ice-hole swimming!

It just ain't 'natural' to swim or fish in water you have to poke holes into. This is by far a more appropriate and natural use of ice...

Below is our version of 'ice-hole' swimming - natural springs with a constant water temp of 72 deg Fahrenheit. Plenty cold on a 98 deg. day!

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

Sorry, but I have to say I prefer Seagal's swimming hole!

Ha-ha, you just afraid concurrency from Russian girls

I think those people are crazy and just asking for frostbite!

No, they are just jolly and have a hot hearts

You say jolly, I say crazy.

 

[Sbiker]

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

"frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition' - yep, like I once said - jello shots.

Believe it or not - we rarely drink beyond an occasional beer or glass of wine with a meal - however, it just so happens that I have half a bottle of Deep Eddy lemon flavored vodka distilled in Austin, Tx in the good ol' US of A chilling in the freezer - I cannot recall what happened to the other half. When it comes to the hard stuff though, dark rum is my poison of choice.

) Why not? A had a bottle of anis-flavored vodka about half of year in my case, but during the NY walking it reduced to half, step by step.. I think, I'll make a effort at this weekend to finish it ) But if it happen occasionally - it would be double good

 

[ChrisL]

Have to go start my day! Have a good day, everybody!

 

[Sbiker]

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

Sorry, but I have to say I prefer Seagal's swimming hole!

Ha-ha, you just afraid concurrency from Russian girls

I think those people are crazy and just asking for frostbite!

No, they are just jolly and have a hot hearts

You say jolly, I say crazy.

I think, sad and whining people are really much more crazy!

 

[Foxfyre]

Similar environment produce similar behaviour

Now let's work harder up to... Stop, after USSR falling we've back to religion, so our target is 19th of January, Epiphany... With swimming at ice-hole for everyone, who believe or just want to do it! Btw, usually it's a time of serious frosts...

Please send pics of ice-hole swimming!

It just ain't 'natural' to swim or fish in water you have to poke holes into. This is by far a more appropriate and natural use of ice...

Below is our version of 'ice-hole' swimming - natural springs with a constant water temp of 72 deg Fahrenheit. Plenty cold on a 98 deg. day!

Oh, there are a lot of photos of Epiphany swimming, with women and children too...

But as for me, I'm not a lover of it too )) If you doing it fast, there are no any problems to do it, but I prefer sitting at home and be heated by furnace Or to swim in warm water, like you present )))

Mojito is good, but what about frosty vodka - vodka, colded to the gel condition? It's very interesting and easy drinking, but a bit dangerous for your throat ))

Brrr. It has been springlike all winter for us so far but I am wearing a warm sweatshirt and have my little desk heater running as I type this. So I'm afraid your Epiphany swimming excursion must remain for the hardier of your neighbors and I'll check off Seagal's swimming hole--assuming the temperature is in the 90's--is much more appealing to me.

 

[Michelle420]

Hello coffee friends, I'm feeling better and hope you are having a good day.