USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Foxfyre]

Which courses do you intend to learn next semester?

Suffer and Serve

The freeloading sadistic hypocrites who imposed this indentured-servitude system don't care if the talented drop out.

"Don't forget to to Suffer" Do you really think, healthcare is good somewhere at Earth... Maybe only in Cuba, lol?

In our world no one need to be "more socialistic than USSR", so, why anyone have to cure us without a lot of money? )))

Anal-Retentive Creeps

An MD is a Mama's Boy who doesn't earn a living until he is 26. Not only is he a weakling conformist, but all that unnecessary sacrifice makes him want to make as much money as he can, as fast as he can, and any way he can in order to make up for lost time. A PhD medical researcher doesn't earn a living until he's 30, so he's even more incompetent and dishonest.

Okay, you two. However fond I am of you, I must gently suggest that we are creeping into the area of controversial sociopolitics that is best discussed outside of the Coffee Shop. Please take It to private message or to another thread.

As Lumbergh would have said: "That'd be great."

That's right. You get em!

Well, they're too lovable to 'get em' too much.

 

[Montrovant]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

As someone with frizzy, poofy hair when it's long, I recommend you just accept your fate.

Well have you tried any of these products, or do you use Suave which is harsh and stripping enough that you could probably wash your kitchen floor clean with it.

I don't have to worry about it now, my hair is very short. When it was long, I almost never bothered trying any particular product. I have never had much in the way of money and never thought hair products were worth wasting it on. I usually kept my hair up in a pony tail, and when I let it down, I just let it poof and frizz how it wanted to.

This was me 20-25 years ago. Yes, the whole left side of the picture is my poofy hair.

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Wow. You're a good looking guy Montro.

You're actually saying I was a good looking guy in my early 20s when I had a lot of hair, but thanks.

 

[Foxfyre]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

As someone with frizzy, poofy hair when it's long, I recommend you just accept your fate.

Well have you tried any of these products, or do you use Suave which is harsh and stripping enough that you could probably wash your kitchen floor clean with it.

I don't have to worry about it now, my hair is very short. When it was long, I almost never bothered trying any particular product. I have never had much in the way of money and never thought hair products were worth wasting it on. I usually kept my hair up in a pony tail, and when I let it down, I just let it poof and frizz how it wanted to.

This was me 20-25 years ago. Yes, the whole left side of the picture is my poofy hair.

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Wow. You're a good looking guy Montro.

You're actually saying I was a good looking guy in my early 20s when I had a lot of hair, but thanks.

Lots of hair isn't what makes a guy good looking to me.

Anyway, as Hombre likes to remind people, grass doesn't grow on a busy street so that beautiful shiny dome of his is only because he's smart.

 

[Nosmo King]

Note to Nosmo King re your new Alexa system in your home. I ran across this video and article today:
Woman says her Amazon device recorded private conversation, sent it out to random contact

If this is on the level--I always leave open the possibility that it is some underhanded trick by a competitor--then I can understand Amazon being reluctant to refund that couples' money for a system that they no longer want to use as that would set a precedent that could open a floodgate of such requests.

But I have often wondered about the voice activated stuff as to how much the suppliers would have ability to use them as 'spying' devices? For instance, does my voice activated remote for our TV listen to everything we say? I am less concerned about that as you have to depress a button on the remote in order to use the voice commands, but I do wonder.

Occasionally Alexa will answer a question nobody asked. Occasionally Alexa responds to the television.

But I do not own a cell phone not because I am a Luddite, but because I feel cell phones divide us into what I like to call 'electronic hermits'. At our Mother's Day brunch I noticed every table in the restaurant had at least one person, and more often more than one person, with their head bowed, their thumbs scrabbling across a screen and not talking to the other members of their party.

I may be old school in my thinking, but I found that behavior to be very rude.

As far as Alexa eavesdropping on me, I don't say that much here at the Luxurious Pimplebutt Estate aside from calling Daisy the Mutt to go outside or to the park. If it is listening into my phone conversations, I cannot fathom what sort of information it is listening for.

Meanwhile my trip to Brooklyn this weekend is cancelled. I took Daisy the Mutt to the vet this afternoon following four days of her refusing to eat, play or do anything but sleep or curl up on my lap. She has Cholangiohepetititis, an inflammation of the bile ducts. It's treatable through a regimen of antibiotics and steroids to be administered twice daily for the next week or so.

She got an infusion of saline solution through a needle plunged between her shoulders. The vet squeezed the plastic bag and I watched the stuff fill her back with fluids. At the end it looked as if she had a Thomas's English muffin between her little shoulders.

I must keep her quiet and jamb for pills into her maw then make sure she has swallowed them. A task I could not ask my brother and sister-in-law to do, not only because it is a delicate procedure with such a small and sweet dog, but because their dog Teddy would torment Daisy to play and run.

Anyway, I have my work cut out for me this weekend and I'm hoping this chemistry set of medication she has to take does the trick.

 

[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,
The Ringels in difficult transition
Dana, Foxfyre's friend recovering from heart transplant
Strength and stamina for gallantwarrior in his relocation project,
Ringel's injured shoulder and general wellness,
ricechickie for trouble free healing and wellness,
BigBlackDog for comfort and effective treatment
TK
Sixfoot for an accurate diagnosis and wellness,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful, and wellness for Sherry's daughter, her dad, and family.
Wellness for Foxfyre's sister and Hombre's sister
Healing for Ringel and Mrs. R's Gizmo
Gracie
Nosmo's Uncle for good news and Aunt Roxie
Nosmo's Daisy

And we keep the porch light on so that many others scattered here and there can find their way back.

May 25 is National Polka Day and also the Cookie Monster's birthday.

 

[Dajjal]

I have started reading books from my extensive library, instead of wasting time watching second rate daytime TV films. I am reading the history of English literature, of which I have an excellent four volumes book set in my library. I am also reading the History of western philosophy by Bertrand Russel. I alternate between the two.

 

[Foxfyre]

I am one who used to love to polka. An instruction video for those who might like to try it:

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. No change in the vigil list.

 

[Oddball]

Saturday morning....Let the cartoon begin!

 

[Ringel05]

To the ladies, has anyone used Bamboo anti-frizz products?

I recently got these . . .

I also got this . . .

I have naturally curly/wavy hair, and I have a HUGE problem with the frizzies when it gets humid or rainy. These were QUITE the investment, so I hope they work. I've used the shampoo and conditioner already, and they seem to work pretty well and smell really nice, but it wasn't a really bad hair day. We shall see. I haven't tried the overnight hair mask yet. I will wait until it is really hot and humid for that.

As someone with frizzy, poofy hair when it's long, I recommend you just accept your fate.

Well have you tried any of these products, or do you use Suave which is harsh and stripping enough that you could probably wash your kitchen floor clean with it.

I don't have to worry about it now, my hair is very short. When it was long, I almost never bothered trying any particular product. I have never had much in the way of money and never thought hair products were worth wasting it on. I usually kept my hair up in a pony tail, and when I let it down, I just let it poof and frizz how it wanted to.

This was me 20-25 years ago. Yes, the whole left side of the picture is my poofy hair.

View attachment 195184

Wow. You're a good looking guy Montro.

You're actually saying I was a good looking guy in my early 20s when I had a lot of hair, but thanks.

Yeah but those crazy eyes.........

 

[Foxfyre]

Looks like some folks on the Gulf will be cancelling bar-b-ques for Memorial Day. It will likely miss Sherry and WelfareQueen but Kat and Ernie S. appear will take a direct hit from Alberto.

 

[Kat]

Looks like some folks on the Gulf will be cancelling bar-b-ques for Memorial Day. It will likely miss Sherry and WelfareQueen but Kat and Ernie S. appear will take a direct hit from Alberto.

It's pouring rain with thunder and lightening right now. We needed the rain, but not this way.

 

[Oddball]

May 26, 2018 — Apollo astronaut Alan Bean, who shared his experiences as the fourth human to walk on the moon through paintings sprinkled with lunar dust, has died at the age of 86.

Bean died on Saturday (May 26) at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, as confirmed by his wife, Leslie. His death followed his suddenly falling ill while on travel in Fort Wayne, Indiana two weeks ago.


Astronaut Alan Bean, Apollo moonwalker-turned-artist, dies at 86 | collectSPACE

 

[Foxfyre]

May 26, 2018 — Apollo astronaut Alan Bean, who shared his experiences as the fourth human to walk on the moon through paintings sprinkled with lunar dust, has died at the age of 86.

Bean died on Saturday (May 26) at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, as confirmed by his wife, Leslie. His death followed his suddenly falling ill while on travel in Fort Wayne, Indiana two weeks ago.


Astronaut Alan Bean, Apollo moonwalker-turned-artist, dies at 86 | collectSPACE

I have had pretty much a lifelong fascination with all forms of space exploration dating back to at least middle school when I was reading Jules Verne books and maybe as early as 4th and 5th grades. I was a voracious reader and not at all interested in most of the silly kid books though I did enjoy the Bobbsey Twins and Clara Barton series and such as that.

Hombre and I were talking about that the other night. He takes the view that there are so many problems to deal with here on Planet Earth that it is a waste of time and money to do space exploration. I am all for it though because I want to know what's out there. And the possibilities are endless. I suspect we humans are in our early infancy when it comes to the technology that can be developed and all the science that there is still left for us to know and learn.

 

[Michelle420]

I'm wasted and feeling all right

Happy Weekend I heading to Florida tomorrow with Boyfriend.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'm wasted and feeling all right

Happy Weekend I heading to Florida tomorrow with Boyfriend.

Life is good... Be safe...

 

[Michelle420]

I wish I had some good potato salad with deviled eggs on top munchies

 

[Ridgerunner]

I wish I had some good potato salad with deviled eggs on top munchies

 

[Michelle420]

 

[Sherry]

Looks like some folks on the Gulf will be cancelling bar-b-ques for Memorial Day. It will likely miss Sherry and WelfareQueen but Kat and Ernie S. appear will take a direct hit from Alberto.

We've already had lots of rain over the past week and the ground is saturated. Now they are calling for 6 to 8 inches. Areas to the south of us are prone to flooding, and had flash flooding yesterday. I hope everyone stays high and dry, especially Drifter.