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,
Drifter for the best job ever,
ricechickie for trouble free healing,
Thanksgiving for Save's successful test and job security,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment,
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.

 

[Ringel05]

It is almost 2 a.m. here, and I'm not tired yet, and I have to go shopping in the morning. I am going to log off and try to get some sleep!

That used to be the story of my life. I was the proverbial night owl at my efficiency and creative best late at night and well into the next day. I think that might be due to so many years of enjoying some hours of uninterrupted solitude after a busy day of constantly working with people and after hubby and the kids were fast asleep. I could put the soothing voice of Art Bell and/or George Noory on overnight radio on in the background where I didn't really listen to them all that much or put on some wordless music and I was in my own little world for awhile. I miss that sometimes now as I am not so much a night owl. But I still enjoy an hour or two all by myself late at night at times and will sometimes find that it is 1 or 2 a.m.

And that's okay. We're grown ups. We can stay up late if we want to.

AND we can have ice cream for breakfast any time we want!

Try it with apple pie........ Apples are good for you.........

 

[Ava]

Back from the doc. Mamm was done again...5 pics this time. Magnified. They have an on staff specialist too. Said they didn't like to keep people waiting for a letter and could tell me within 15 minutes. And they did.
All clear. Calcification, no changes from last years mamm. See me next November.

Great news, Gracie. I am so happy for you.

 

[Ava]

It is almost 2 a.m. here, and I'm not tired yet, and I have to go shopping in the morning. I am going to log off and try to get some sleep!

That used to be the story of my life. I was the proverbial night owl at my efficiency and creative best late at night and well into the next day. I think that might be due to so many years of enjoying some hours of uninterrupted solitude after a busy day of constantly working with people and after hubby and the kids were fast asleep. I could put the soothing voice of Art Bell and/or George Noory on overnight radio on in the background where I didn't really listen to them all that much or put on some wordless music and I was in my own little world for awhile. I miss that sometimes now as I am not so much a night owl. But I still enjoy an hour or two all by myself late at night at times and will sometimes find that it is 1 or 2 a.m.

And that's okay. We're grown ups. We can stay up late if we want to.

AND we can have ice cream for breakfast any time we want!

Try it with apple pie........ Apples are good for you.........

I like apple pie with chedder cheese broiled into it. Oh, man, that is good. I recall the memories. lol

 

[Foxfyre]

It is almost 2 a.m. here, and I'm not tired yet, and I have to go shopping in the morning. I am going to log off and try to get some sleep!

That used to be the story of my life. I was the proverbial night owl at my efficiency and creative best late at night and well into the next day. I think that might be due to so many years of enjoying some hours of uninterrupted solitude after a busy day of constantly working with people and after hubby and the kids were fast asleep. I could put the soothing voice of Art Bell and/or George Noory on overnight radio on in the background where I didn't really listen to them all that much or put on some wordless music and I was in my own little world for awhile. I miss that sometimes now as I am not so much a night owl. But I still enjoy an hour or two all by myself late at night at times and will sometimes find that it is 1 or 2 a.m.

And that's okay. We're grown ups. We can stay up late if we want to.

AND we can have ice cream for breakfast any time we want!

Try it with apple pie........ Apples are good for you.........

I like apple pie with chedder cheese broiled into it. Oh, man, that is good. I recall the memories. lol

Cheddar does pair with apples really well. Sometimes for a snack we enjoy a few bites of cheddar cheese with apple slices.

 

[Montrovant]

It is almost 2 a.m. here, and I'm not tired yet, and I have to go shopping in the morning. I am going to log off and try to get some sleep!

That used to be the story of my life. I was the proverbial night owl at my efficiency and creative best late at night and well into the next day. I think that might be due to so many years of enjoying some hours of uninterrupted solitude after a busy day of constantly working with people and after hubby and the kids were fast asleep. I could put the soothing voice of Art Bell and/or George Noory on overnight radio on in the background where I didn't really listen to them all that much or put on some wordless music and I was in my own little world for awhile. I miss that sometimes now as I am not so much a night owl. But I still enjoy an hour or two all by myself late at night at times and will sometimes find that it is 1 or 2 a.m.

And that's okay. We're grown ups. We can stay up late if we want to.

AND we can have ice cream for breakfast any time we want!

Try it with apple pie........ Apples are good for you.........

I like apple pie with chedder cheese broiled into it. Oh, man, that is good. I recall the memories. lol

Cheddar does pair with apples really well. Sometimes for a snack we enjoy a few bites of cheddar cheese with apple slices.

Don't ruin apple pie with cheese!

I had apple slices covered in Cool Whip for a dessert last night. That's pretty good, actually.

 

[Ridgerunner]

 

[Foxfyre]

???? You're not serious are you? But good morning and hope the weather there is as splendid as it is here today though we would prefer some rain and snow to this interminable sunshine.

Edit: Ah I just saw the Drudge Report. Inadvertent/accidental Civil Defense alert that caused a panic. Oh well, just consider it a practice drill.

(I grew up during a time in which the kids were taught to duck and cover under their desk if a nuclear strike was imminent. I know. Really silly as if those desk would provide any protection whatsoever, but oh well. It made us feel safer.

 

[Foxfyre]

How many are old enough to remember an old radio show written I think by Orson Welles that simulated a radio news broadcast covering an extraterrestrial alien attack on Planet Earth? There was an introduction given, but those not paying attention or who were getting coffee during the introduction just heard what sounded like an honest-to-goodness news report. Caused quite a stir as well as jamming phone lines and other interesting reactions.

 

[Montrovant]

How many are old enough to remember an old radio show written I think by Orson Welles that simulated a radio news broadcast covering an extraterrestrial alien attack on Planet Earth? There was an introduction given, but those not paying attention or who were getting coffee during the introduction just heard what sounded like an honest-to-goodness news report. Caused quite a stir as well as jamming phone lines and other interesting reactions.

Everyone should know about that. It's just one of those things that will come up in conversation, or you might see a piece about it on TV, or it might be rehashed in a news article. It's interesting to know the kinds of things people can believe if it seems to be from an official source.

 

[Ridgerunner]

After my first wife woke me up and said we had incoming on the way, I crawled out of the rack and went outside... No sirens were going off so I kind knew deep down that it was more than likely a mistake... My first wife was burning up the phone calling the kids and her brother and sister... When it went past the fifteen min mark I knew it was a mistake of some sort... Just alerts on cell phones for first 10 mins, then local TV came out with alert... 15 to 18 mins after first alert tweets came from mainland family and friends that it was an error... I don't do tweeter but a nephew from Vegas called my SIL and my son texted from Indy that it was a mistake... There is talk of a hack of the EM system...
I smoked Camels for close to 45 years and quit going on 6 years ago... I have decided I am going to buy a pack and keep them in the freezer for days just like today...

 

[Foxfyre]

How many are old enough to remember an old radio show written I think by Orson Welles that simulated a radio news broadcast covering an extraterrestrial alien attack on Planet Earth? There was an introduction given, but those not paying attention or who were getting coffee during the introduction just heard what sounded like an honest-to-goodness news report. Caused quite a stir as well as jamming phone lines and other interesting reactions.

Everyone should know about that. It's just one of those things that will come up in conversation, or you might see a piece about it on TV, or it might be rehashed in a news article. It's interesting to know the kinds of things people can believe if it seems to be from an official source.

I hasten to add that I did not hear that radio broadcast as I am pretty sure none of us here are old enough to have heard it or were even alive in 1938 when it was broadcast. But like this accidental alert in Hawaii, I suspect folks will be retelling and laughing about that for years just as we are still talking about that old radio broadcast.

 

[Foxfyre]

After my first wife woke me up and said we had incoming on the way, I crawled out of the rack and went outside... No sirens were going off so I kind knew deep down that it was more than likely a mistake... My first wife was burning up the phone calling the kids and her brother and sister... When it went past the fifteen min mark I knew it was a mistake of some sort... Just alerts on cell phones for first 10 mins, then local TV came out with alert... 15 to 18 mins after first alert tweets came from mainland family and friends that it was an error... I don't do tweeter but a nephew from Vegas called my SIL and my son texted from Indy that it was a mistake... There is talk of a hack of the EM system...
I smoked Camels for close to 45 years and quit going on 6 years ago... I have decided I am going to buy a pack and keep them in the freezer for days just like today...

Please don't. Because there won't be many days like today, but you will think about that pack in the freezer and sooner or later you'll have one of those times that you'll give in and have 'just one' because it will be so easy to do. And one is usually all it takes. . .

I speak from personal experience here.

(I've been a non smoker long enough now that I rarely think about smoking any more and am not tempted by guest smokers in our home. (They always step outside.) But even now I sometimes think about how it once was and wonder. . .but it is fleeting and then I'm on to something else. Six years out they were rare, but there were still temptations.)

 

[saveliberty]

After my first wife woke me up and said we had incoming on the way, I crawled out of the rack and went outside... No sirens were going off so I kind knew deep down that it was more than likely a mistake... My first wife was burning up the phone calling the kids and her brother and sister... When it went past the fifteen min mark I knew it was a mistake of some sort... Just alerts on cell phones for first 10 mins, then local TV came out with alert... 15 to 18 mins after first alert tweets came from mainland family and friends that it was an error... I don't do tweeter but a nephew from Vegas called my SIL and my son texted from Indy that it was a mistake... There is talk of a hack of the EM system...
I smoked Camels for close to 45 years and quit going on 6 years ago... I have decided I am going to buy a pack and keep them in the freezer for days just like today...

Good idea, refrigerators can't get addicted to cigarettes.

 

[gallantwarrior]

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?

I'll agree with Mr. SG, daily milking makes travel difficult. That really doesn't bother me much, though, since I don't travel much anymore. Finding someone to feed the goats isn't that difficult, but milking them seems to be a mystery beyond most people's ability. The chickens will be "free range", but I'll be using a chicken tractor to move them around. We tend to have loads of predators here and even the lesser weasels (ermine) enjoy a good chicken dinner, not to mention the eagles and other birds of prey.
I've been making cheese for years. Everyone who's ever tried the stuff likes it a lot. But the move last fall prompted me to dry off the does and to decrease my cheese supplies. I also make goat milk soap using vegetable oils (mostly) and various essential oils. Cattle come later, I'm contemplating Highland cattle because they are very hardy. Grass-fed beef is very popular here and I can take pre-orders before I buy my stock or breed for calves.

 

[saveliberty]

I have to laugh at the last week. All the driving and classes, a big test and then work first thing at 5 am today. Of course it snowed yesterday, so I had five driveways to shovel this afternoon. Up earlier than normal for a Sunday tomorrow as Gerald Warren (grandson) has his Baptism at 10:30, a half hour from here.

 

[Foxfyre]

I have to laugh at the last week. All the driving and classes, a big test and then work first thing at 5 am today. Of course it snowed yesterday, so I had five driveways to shovel this afternoon. Up earlier than normal for a Sunday tomorrow as Gerald Warren (grandson) has his Baptism at 10:30, a half hour from here.

Will you always have a 5 a.m. shift? Do you prefer it that way? My last job working for somebody else I was often at work at 5 a.m. but only out of necessity due to the work load--I was working for straight commission with no benefits of any kind so 12-14 hours days were pretty common--but I sure wouldn't want to do that now. Going to work when there was absolutely no traffic was really nice though.

My uncle by marriage--Aunt Betty's husband RIP--was a natural night owl. As a commercial pilot he loved flying the red eyes, and when he retired from the airlines, he worked the graveyard shift as a master precision machinist for Texas Instruments and loved it. When he fully retired, he never did adjust fully to sleeping at night.

 

[Montrovant]

How many are old enough to remember an old radio show written I think by Orson Welles that simulated a radio news broadcast covering an extraterrestrial alien attack on Planet Earth? There was an introduction given, but those not paying attention or who were getting coffee during the introduction just heard what sounded like an honest-to-goodness news report. Caused quite a stir as well as jamming phone lines and other interesting reactions.

Everyone should know about that. It's just one of those things that will come up in conversation, or you might see a piece about it on TV, or it might be rehashed in a news article. It's interesting to know the kinds of things people can believe if it seems to be from an official source.

I hasten to add that I did not hear that radio broadcast as I am pretty sure none of us here are old enough to have heard it or were even alive in 1938 when it was broadcast. But like this accidental alert in Hawaii, I suspect folks will be retelling and laughing about that for years just as we are still talking about that old radio broadcast.

I am guessing that this Hawaii mistake will be more of a blip on the radar which will be mostly forgotten soon. It isn't as interesting, it isn't connected to an iconic story, it was a mistake rather than people believing fiction was reality; it just doesn't seem like as memorable an event for those not directly involved.

 

[saveliberty]

I have to laugh at the last week. All the driving and classes, a big test and then work first thing at 5 am today. Of course it snowed yesterday, so I had five driveways to shovel this afternoon. Up earlier than normal for a Sunday tomorrow as Gerald Warren (grandson) has his Baptism at 10:30, a half hour from here.

Will you always have a 5 a.m. shift? Do you prefer it that way? My last job working for somebody else I was often at work at 5 a.m. but only out of necessity due to the work load--I was working for straight commission with no benefits of any kind so 12-14 hours days were pretty common--but I sure wouldn't want to do that now. Going to work when there was absolutely no traffic was really nice though.

My uncle by marriage--Aunt Betty's husband RIP--was a natural night owl. As a commercial pilot he loved flying the red eyes, and when he retired from the airlines, he worked the graveyard shift as a master precision machinist for Texas Instruments and loved it. When he fully retired, he never did adjust fully to sleeping at night.

My commute is walking four blocks. Now that I passed this test other daily operations are available, so it will be a mix of hours some early some later in the afternoon.

 

[Foxfyre]

How many are old enough to remember an old radio show written I think by Orson Welles that simulated a radio news broadcast covering an extraterrestrial alien attack on Planet Earth? There was an introduction given, but those not paying attention or who were getting coffee during the introduction just heard what sounded like an honest-to-goodness news report. Caused quite a stir as well as jamming phone lines and other interesting reactions.

Everyone should know about that. It's just one of those things that will come up in conversation, or you might see a piece about it on TV, or it might be rehashed in a news article. It's interesting to know the kinds of things people can believe if it seems to be from an official source.

I hasten to add that I did not hear that radio broadcast as I am pretty sure none of us here are old enough to have heard it or were even alive in 1938 when it was broadcast. But like this accidental alert in Hawaii, I suspect folks will be retelling and laughing about that for years just as we are still talking about that old radio broadcast.

I am guessing that this Hawaii mistake will be more of a blip on the radar which will be mostly forgotten soon. It isn't as interesting, it isn't connected to an iconic story, it was a mistake rather than people believing fiction was reality; it just doesn't seem like as memorable an event for those not directly involved.

Those who experienced it probably will remember it. Those of us unaffected by it not so much.