USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Sarah G]

 

[Smilebong]

Hi everyone.

 

[BriannaMichele]

Damn. It's is Friday isn't it? ��


•Pinky•

Hey, welcome to the Coffee Shop Brainna

Complimentary nosh 'n' slosh...

Everyone should check out Brianna's art over here --. Good good stuff.

Aw shucks! ☺️


•Pinky•

 

[Ava]

Damn. It's is Friday isn't it? ��


•Pinky•

Hey, welcome to the Coffee Shop Brainna

Complimentary nosh 'n' slosh...

Everyone should check out Brianna's art over here --. Good good stuff.

I did recently and her artwork is absorbing.

 

[Pogo]

Shots of Nature's pregnant bounty here at Blackberry Way... I'm lovin' it.

I might change the avatar to this in place of the Cape Breton coastline... last several years I've been spending this time of the summer in faraway places (Cape Breton several times) -- this summer I'm in a less familiar place: home. And really enjoying it.


--- and a related tune...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiTJsmdXheI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiTJsmdXheI[/ame]

 

[BriannaMichele]

Shots of Nature's pregnant bounty here at Blackberry Way... I'm lovin' it.



I might change the avatar to this in place of the Cape Breton coastline... last several years I've been spending this time of the summer in faraway places (Cape Breton several times) -- this summer I'm in a less familiar place: home. And really enjoying it.





--- and a related tune...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiTJsmdXheI

I dig it


•Pinky•

 

[WelfareQueen]

Morning coffee people.

 

[Sherry]

 

[SFC Ollie]

About a week ago one of my son's friends passed away. while at his funeral the other night he learned another one of his friends had passed away that day. it's so sad to see these young kids dying.

My condolences to your son, SM. That must be rough for him and the bereaved families.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8gO0Z818j4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8gO0Z818j4[/ame]

i can't even imagine what it would be like to lose a child

I can. Trust me, it is true that no parent should have to bury a child. I could not speak at Angies funeral, And I speak at so very many of our veterans.

 

[WelfareQueen]

My condolences to your son, SM. That must be rough for him and the bereaved families.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8gO0Z818j4

i can't even imagine what it would be like to lose a child

I can. Trust me, it is true that no parent should have to bury a child. I could not speak at Angies funeral, And I speak at so very many of our veterans.

Ollie, I truly cannot imagine. And btw...I have worked with a ton of Vets. The crap this latest group of Iraq and Afghanistan vets have been through pales next to what most Vietnam guys had to do. A lot of Iraq and Afghanistan Vets I've worked with have done 3-4 combat rotations. Some more than that. By the 2nd or 3rd they just get fried.

They come back....most of them...incredibly angry....frustrated....and unable to respond normally to everyday life. Many cannot really sleep anymore....they rarely have a moments peace. I have worked with thousands of people over the years in extreme situations (suicidal, psychotic, violent)....but this latest group of Vets gets to me as much as anything I have ever dealt with.

I know you have tried to give a lot back to your fellow vets...just wanted to say thanks.....and as always much respect.

 

[Foxfyre]

Good morning all.

Sending ((hugs)) across the distance to those still hurting from recent losses. Our best friends from Kansas called us day before yesterday and visited for a long while. Their oldest child and only son committed suicide just before this last Christmas and now, more than six months later it isn't much easier for them.

A warm Coffee Shop welcome to BriannaMichele who joined us for the first time this morning. Welcome welcome and happy to see you're joining right in. I see Pogo took care of your first timer's complimentary beverage and thanks to him for that.

And registering complaint that I never have enough rep to go around and run out way too early. (I think somebody has been stealing some of my allotted rep.)

Oh well. It's Friday. Trying to muster up courage to go grocery shopping but not sure I'm going to make it. So. . . more coffee. . .

 

[Foxfyre]

And for today's history lesson, on this day in history, July 25 in. . .

1965 - Times indeed do change. Bob Dylan was booed off the Newport Folk Festival stage for using an electric guitar, but the next year in. . .

1966 - Eric Clapton performs with George Harrison my favorite song that Harrison wrote: "While My Guitar..." It then became one of those iconic numbers and wildly popular.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4J6i_vw0w]Eric Clapton - While my guitar gently weeps (HQ)(Concert for George) - YouTube[/ame]

But my favorite rendition of that great song ever was this one. James didn't win American Idol that year but I thought he should have:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA_aRNm0YdM]American Idol's James Durbin "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube[/ame]

1990 - Roseanne Barr created a national mini scandal when she sang the National Anthem at a San Diego Padre game

2013 - Scientists in Britain say they have identified the mechanism that causes human allergy to cats and they believe a general cure for the condition could be available in the next five years.

 

[peach174]

You all have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend !

 

[Hossfly]

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 friend Tracy,
Sheila's sore foot post surgery healing,
Stat's aunt,
Smilebong and family as they deal with the passing of his brother-in-law,
Complete healing for Mrs. Ringel and assurance for Ringel,
Ollie, Mrs O and family in the loss of their Angie,
Bloodrock's father-in-law in Germany,
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, and Sunshine.

My best to you all. I am having a happier weekend. "kaz" is short for my home town, Kalamazoo, Michigan, where I will be this weekend and for most of next week. So I'll be getting coffee in my Mom's kitchen instead of here in the coffee shop for a few days.

Sunday we're going to Muskegon where my aunt and uncle are having their 50th wedding anniversary party. Will see that whole side of the family. My mother is packing up her house to sell, she bought a place in Florida in the retirement community her lifelong best friend and her husband just moved to from Michigan last winter. She'll miss Kalamazoo, but she's getting out of winter and maintaining a house and she can visit her other friends in the summer.

My brother and sister will both be there. They are two of my best friends. This is going to be a blast.

I'm originally a yooper myself, wasn't raised there and haven't been back since 1980ish. Had relatives somewhere outside of Kalamazoo, living on one of the lakes.

Saw yesterday , my dictionary word of the day was "Yooper", meaning Michigan's

Upper Penninsula resident. It has been added to the 2014 Merriam-Webster dictionary.

 

[Pogo]

And for today's history lesson, on this day in history, July 25 in. . .

1965 - Times indeed do change. Bob Dylan was booed off the Newport Folk Festival stage for using an electric guitar, but the next year in. . .

1966 - Eric Clapton performs with George Harrison my favorite song that Harrison wrote: "While My Guitar..." It then became one of those iconic numbers and wildly popular.

Eric Clapton - While my guitar gently weeps (HQ)(Concert for George) - YouTube

But my favorite rendition of that great song ever was this one. James didn't win American Idol that year but I thought he should have:

American Idol's James Durbin "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - YouTube

1990 - Roseanne Barr created a national mini scandal when she sang the National Anthem at a San Diego Padre game

2013 - Scientists in Britain say they have identified the mechanism that causes human allergy to cats and they believe a general cure for the condition could be available in the next five years.

For Foxy -- While Jake Shimabukuro's Ukelele Gently Weeps...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k[/ame]

 

[Mertex]

I don't know about you all, but I'm very glad it's......

 

[Foxfyre]

For Foxy -- While Jake Shimabukuro's Ukelele Gently Weeps...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k

Wow. I didn't know about this guy but not only was it a great rendition of the song, but who would have thought you could get such music out of a ukulele? I was transfixed! Really great stuff.

 

[Hossfly]

Good morning all.

Sending ((hugs)) across the distance to those still hurting from recent losses. Our best friends from Kansas called us day before yesterday and visited for a long while. Their oldest child and only son committed suicide just before this last Christmas and now, more than six months later it isn't much easier for them.

A warm Coffee Shop welcome to BriannaMichele who joined us for the first time this morning. Welcome welcome and happy to see you're joining right in. I see Pogo took care of your first timer's complimentary beverage and thanks to him for that.

And registering complaint that I never have enough rep to go around and run out way too early. (I think somebody has been stealing some of my allotted rep.)

Oh well. It's Friday. Trying to muster up courage to go grocery shopping but not sure I'm going to make it. So. . . more coffee. . .

[MENTION=6847]Foxfyre[/MENTION], just wanted the Coffee Klatch and especially [MENTION=46168]Statistikhengst[/MENTION] to know I visited [MENTION=36767]Bloodrock44[/MENTION] 's Father-in-law yesterday afternoon for about 3 hours. He is out of the hospital and doing well. He said to thank everyone who remembered him in prayers and well wishes. So Thanks To All.

 

[Foxfyre]

I know I shouldn't laugh re the bank robbers getting away, but I did. . .

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dos1bm_tU_k]Bank Robbery in Downtown Los Angeles! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Hossfly]

I know I shouldn't laugh re the bank robbers getting away, but I did. . .

Bank Robbery in Downtown Los Angeles! - YouTube

That's a Keystone Cops classic!