USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Foxfyre]

Country still produces new talent. Pop is dead.

My tastes in music are very eclectic ranging from classical to rock to pop to good blues, bluegrass, country, easy listening etc. But I never got into honky tonk country or heavy metal (sorry Montrovant ) I honestly don't find much in modern country music to (taking from Flashdance) take ahold and wrap around my heart. So I don't even watch the country music award shows anymore.

I have an extensive collection of music CDs from the 1940's through the 1990s that we listen to on our ancient Bose radio, but I haven't bought many since the 1990s

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Happy New Year!

 

[Foxfyre]

Happy New Year!

And to you my friend and everybody!!!

 

[Ringel05]

Cool stuff.

 

[Foxfyre]

Cool stuff.

Things like that fascinate me but evenmoreso does the phenomena that is occurring now in real time. I was fascinated by the concepts in the original Star Wars and am a dedicated Trekkie. I would have loved to be on the Starship Enterprise exploring the universe. And I have always thought the money the country spent on space exploration and possibilities was money well spent. I didn't want them to end the Apollo program or the Space Shuttle program. I was furious when they defunded the Hubble and was one of the contributors to keep it going. I want to know what and who is out there and I think it could be very bad for Planet Earth if bad actors were to gain supremacy in space.

And if all of that includes a little fantasy--"Starman", "E.T.", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "The Day the Earth Stood Still", etc.--well that's okay too.

 

[Oddball]

Saturday morning!

What baby wants....

Let the cartoon begin!

 

[Ringel05]

Things like that fascinate me but evenmoreso does the phenomena that is occurring now in real time. I was fascinated by the concepts in the original Star Wars and am a dedicated Trekkie. I would have loved to be on the Starship Enterprise exploring the universe. And I have always thought the money the country spent on space exploration and possibilities was money well spent. I didn't want them to end the Apollo program or the Space Shuttle program. I was furious when they defunded the Hubble and was one of the contributors to keep it going. I want to know what and who is out there and I think it could be very bad for Planet Earth if bad actors were to gain supremacy in space.

And if all of that includes a little fantasy--"Starman", "E.T.", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "The Day the Earth Stood Still", etc.--well that's okay too.

Here's another

 

[Ringel05]

Another cool one

 

[Ringel05]

Now for something completely different.........
Been there, done that.

 

[Montrovant]

Another cool one

Thinking of space in 3 dimensions, and thinking of the scale of space, are 2 things that often bother me in fiction. Too often writers have problems with those.

Conversely, there have been plenty of times a sci-fi author has made me give myself a figurative face palm because I didn't think about something they pointed out in their work.

 

[Foxfyre]

Thinking of space in 3 dimensions, and thinking of the scale of space, are 2 things that often bother me in fiction. Too often writers have problems with those.

Conversely, there have been plenty of times a sci-fi author has made me give myself a figurative face palm because I didn't think about something they pointed out in their work.

It is uncanny how often the fantasy stuff of fiction becomes actuality over time too. It's like if it can be imagined, it can eventually be reality.

 

[Lumpy 1]

It is uncanny how often the fantasy stuff of fiction becomes actuality over time too. It's like if it can be imagined, it can eventually be reality.

My 4yr old grandson has a smart watch and knows how to use it.. I recall wanting Dick Tracy's wrist communicater at that age.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Okay we're back up and running yet again everybody. Sorry I wasn't here earlier but hope we don't lose folks in the transition.

And the statistics so far:

The original USMB Coffee Shop opened on 5-4-2010 and acquired 80,455 posts and 3,285,729 views before it closed on 7-30-13.
USMB Coffee Shop II opened on 7-30-13 and acquired 25,935 posts and 486,351 views before it closed on 4-14-14.
The USMB Coffee Shop III opened on 4-15-14 and is closing on 5-15-14 with 2,803 posts and 32,229 views.

The original two Coffee Shops had acquired roughly 100,000 more views before CK had to delete them. I really hate losing all those great photos, especially of those of us who frequent the Coffee Shop, but oh well.

But at any rate, the stats for the Coffee Shop record now stand at 109,193 posts and roughly 3,904,309 views.

375 different people (give or take a few due to name changes) have posted in the Coffee Shop at some time.

I like to think this record is because of the really special people we have learned to get to know and love in the Coffee Shop, and the genuine affection, concern, and encouragement that can be found there. And there's always room for more folks who need or want or appreciate that.

Long live the Coffee Shop!!!

/---/ Why did they close any of the coffee shops?

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• Thread starterCorky
• Start dateJan 20, 2021
• Jan 20, 2021

 

[Cellblock2429]

My 4yr old grandson has a smart watch and knows how to use it.. I recall wanting Dick Tracy's wrist communicater at that age.

/----/ In the 1960s, I remember one of my grammar school teachers laughing at the very idea of a Dick Tracy watch ever becoming a reality.

 

[Foxfyre]

/---/ Why did they close any of the coffee shops?

President Biden - Making America Normal Again has 478,500+ posts​

• Thread starterCorky
• Start dateJan 20, 2021
• Jan 20, 2021

Hey Cellblock2429 Welcome to the Coffee Shop!

Back when USMB was on VBulletin, big threads like the Coffee Shop were dragging it down and the site itself was having serious problems. So Admin had to start closing the Coffee Shop that was a lot more active then and we started new threads. Since USMB moved to a Xenforo platform that problem has not reoccurred.

The Coffee Shop hasn't been so active the last couple of years or so as so many have moved on and no long post at USMB and many of the most active Coffee Shoppers have passed. But there has always been an ebb and flow to the Coffee Shop which can get really busy at times and other times not so much. New people have found us and it keeps plugging along. We are happy you're one of them so keep right on joining in.

Newcomers to the Coffee shop receive a complimentary beverage

 

[Foxfyre]

/----/ In the 1960s, I remember one of my grammar school teachers laughing at the very idea of a Dick Tracy watch ever becoming a reality.

And back in the 60's, even the creators of Dick Tracy couldn't imagine the capabilities of the modern smart watch. Computers had existed for only a couple of decades and were still in their infancy. Remember the Jim Lovett line from "Apollo 13" when he was showing off the Saturn V rocket to a visiting Senator and his entourage and states that a part of what has made the moon landings possible is a belief that anything is possible, "things like a computer that can fit into a single room, and hold millions of pieces of information".

Those early computers were good enough to get the astronauts to the moon and back though and in the 70's and 80's computers were still primitive compared to what the cheapest personal home computer can do now.

And I suspect our computer knowledge is still in its infancy compared to the capabilities of our future as I think all our science and technology is. For instance if we are being visited/observed by beings from other worlds in our galaxy, their science and technology is light years ahead of ours.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Hey Cellblock2429 Welcome to the Coffee Shop!

Back when USMB was on VBulletin, big threads like the Coffee Shop were dragging it down and the site itself was having serious problems. So Admin had to start closing the Coffee Shop that was a lot more active then and we started new threads. Since USMB moved to a Xenforo platform that problem has not reoccurred.

The Coffee Shop hasn't been so active the last couple of years or so as so many have moved on and no long post at USMB and many of the most active Coffee Shoppers have passed. But there has always been an ebb and flow to the Coffee Shop which can get really busy at times and other times not so much. New people have found us and it keeps plugging along. We are happy you're one of them so keep right on joining in.

Newcomers to the Coffee shop receive a complimentary beverage

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[Ringel05]

 

[Foxfyre]

I have been on two planes that landed in conditions like that and it's scary. Generally they don't allow it and divert the planes to some other airport.

 

[Foxfyre]

That reminded me though that long ago when our kids were still young, the four of us spent a lovely weekend in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Heavy fog had closed in as we were getting close but we saw a sign on a side road going to Beaver Lake and we decided to check it out. The fog was getting worse and we couldn't see all that far when a huge pterodactyl flew out of the fog and quickly disappeared back into it. Nobody said a word while we digested that bit of information. Not until the tyrannosaurus and then a brachiosaurus appeared and disappeared into the fog. By that time we were all wth and what's going on?

Turned out these were concrete lifesize replicas of dinosaurs in a theme park that I don't think exists any more. But it was one of those unforgettable memories of the past. (The pterodactyl was on a tall pole we didn't notice in the heavy fog that had it maybe 20 feet off the ground and to us in a moving car it really appeared to be flying.

Roadside dinosaurs face extinction | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

A closed theme park near Beaver Lake — featuring about 50 life-size, concrete dinosaurs — has been named one of America’s “10 most endangered roadside places.”

www.arkansasonline.com

Beaver Lake back then was truly a pristine and absolutely gorgeous place. The water was so clear in the lake you could clearly see the bottom even in deep water. When wading in the shallows, little minnow size fish would approach us and sometimes pull at the hairs on the men's legs.

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