USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Pogo]

And for a generic piece of history, could our resident teachers go for this?

I saw that poster, or at least the exact same wording, in a small local museum in Nova Scotia.

 

[Ava]

These girls certainly aren't loitering...

OK I've been watching this video for three hours -- how many flights of stairs are there??

A lot more I hope...

That is pretty cool...

 

[saveliberty]

The onset of blindness starts at three hours fifteen minutes.

 

[Foxfyre]

As for the 'nested quotes' issues. I am hoping admin will figure out a fix for that. The site where I met MMC doesn't have nested quotes either and I find it extremely annoying and frustrating there too because you lose context almost immediately on a fast moving thread. But that board thrives and is very active despite that particular issue. And this one will too.

Just logged on for a few minutes and it appears as if the pages have gone back to stark white??? I hope that's not the case.

I'm not seeing stark white--just a very pale blue gray that is better than the stark white but still not as easy to use or as easy on the eyes as the old colors were. Quoted text appears to be on a very faint green background to me. More contrast in both areas would be much easier to read and would eliminate the problem of eye strain that so many of us suffer with the too bright backgrounds.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Why are you discontinuing it, Stat?

For a number of reasons, @Noomi . For one, it takes time to organize, think through and post those pic series and my business(es) are taking up more and more of my time.

I also noted less and less interest on the part of Coffee-Shoppers over those pics and so I decided that's it's time to stop. It has nothing to do with the switchover to the new forum format.

Oh, and some of the extremely nasty PMs I received over the last 8 months (plus some open postings on the baord) about something as innocous as coffee drinking pics is probably something I don't need in my "conversations" box anymore. I'll just leave it at that for now. Let peace and harmony reign eternal, amen.

Plus, elections are coming up and that means that I will be nestled down in the elections forum when I do have time.

Often, people see me posting in USMB alot in short, intensive spurts of maybe 15-30 minutes. What they don't realize is that I am multi-tasking and doing this just for fun alongside business operations that require computer, printer, telephone and FAX. USMB is not something that I sit exclusively at the computer for, not even late at night before I do to sleep. And this is often why I am officially listed as online, but away from my computer for hours on end. I just leave everything up and running for when I need to do work quickly.

I am sure someone else will be delighted to post a daily series of coffee drinking pics, but I for my part have contributed enough to the CS. Let the younguns have their turn!

I will simply read and enjoy the postings in the CS.

Sorry that people have become somewhat disinterested in your daily coffee postings. Too bad about the nasty PMs, too. (I haven't found a PM function here yet, but I suppose such a thing exists.) Other than that, always best to attend to business first, "social life" later.
Good luck, Stats. Have fun in the Politics forum.

 

[saveliberty]

Nasty PMs? Just do what I do, shed on them or cough up a fur ball.

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I love you guys.

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,
Sheila's sore foot post surgery healing,
Stat's aunt,
Complete healing for Mrs. Ringel and assurance for Ringel,
Wellness for BBD,
007's Mom,
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 Oddball, Sunshine, and Becki.

P.S. Sometimes in the editing of the vigil list or when I have switched computers, somebody gets dropped that is supposed to be on it. This will always be inadvertent and if ya'll would call it to my attention, it would be much appreciated.

 

[Montrovant]

Well that was cool, I just saw what I assume to have been a random falling meteorite. A flash in the sky like lightning caused me to turn my head and look up, then I saw a streak of light with something like an explosion at the end. I wish I could have caught it on film for the little one to see.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Why are you discontinuing it, Stat?

For a number of reasons, @Noomi . For one, it takes time to organize, think through and post those pic series and my business(es) are taking up more and more of my time.

I also noted less and less interest on the part of Coffee-Shoppers over those pics and so I decided that's it's time to stop. It has nothing to do with the switchover to the new forum format.

Oh, and some of the extremely nasty PMs I received over the last 8 months (plus some open postings on the baord) about something as innocous as coffee drinking pics is probably something I don't need in my "conversations" box anymore. I'll just leave it at that for now. Let peace and harmony reign eternal, amen.

Plus, elections are coming up and that means that I will be nestled down in the elections forum when I do have time.

Often, people see me posting in USMB alot in short, intensive spurts of maybe 15-30 minutes. What they don't realize is that I am multi-tasking and doing this just for fun alongside business operations that require computer, printer, telephone and FAX. USMB is not something that I sit exclusively at the computer for, not even late at night before I do to sleep. And this is often why I am officially listed as online, but away from my computer for hours on end. I just leave everything up and running for when I need to do work quickly.

I am sure someone else will be delighted to post a daily series of coffee drinking pics, but I for my part have contributed enough to the CS. Let the younguns have their turn!

I will simply read and enjoy the postings in the CS.

Sorry that people have become somewhat disinterested in your daily coffee postings. Too bad about the nasty PMs, too. (I haven't found a PM function here yet, but I suppose such a thing exists.) Other than that, always best to attend to business first, "social life" later.
Good luck, Stats. Have fun in the Politics forum.

Oh, I'll stop by now and then, but am just real busy. PMs are now called "conversations" these days, and they look like normal threads, but only between 2 or more people in specific. I'll send you a conversation to get you started.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Nasty PMs? Just do what I do, shed on them or cough up a fur ball.

Well, I am impressed with your feline abilities!

 

[Darkwind]

Hazards of drag an drop. No control on image size!

I re-sized the image so it does not take up all the screen!

 

[Darkwind]

 

[Statistikhengst]

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Gimme da address, gimme da address!!!

 

[Foxfyre]

Good morning everybody. Gulping down a couple of cups of coffee and then off to the early church service and then brunch. Hope everybody has a really great Sunday.

 

[peach174]

Good Morning!

My prayers go out to the people who live in the earthquake zone that happened this morning.
When one is closer to the surface like this one is, there is always more destruction.

 

[Foxfyre]

Oh yeah, thanks for bringing that up Peach. Napa is so close to the bay area I was scrambling to get news from Oakland and San Francisco--have friends in both places and I believe Boedicca is from Oakland too. But apparently the damage didn't extend that far south. But it sure made a mess of things in Napa.

 

[Foxfyre]

QUESTION TO THE COFFEE SHOPPERS:
Back when we had to close the original Coffee Shop, C_K pinned the Coffee Shop so we would always be on top. But now with the new software, we are still pinned but are no longer bolded on the list like all the other threads and we appear before admin's instruction thread and as a result are pretty invisible. Would you be comfortable asking that we be unpinned and allowed to float and sink or swim on our own merits? And think about it, because we can at least find ourselves now with considerably more difficulty than we used to. If we allow the thread to float naturally that could make it more difficult. Or not. Don't know until we try.

I am discouraged that the posting from so many of our regulars has fallen off in the transition. I am becoming more comfortable with the new look but still feel irritated and frustrated that we have lost so much functionality that made the old software so easy and comfortable to use. But oh well. Even us old dogs can learn new tricks yes?

 

[R.D.]

I don't know mamafox, it is harder to find and I always stop in here if nowhere else on the board. The subscribed threads , watched here, isn't as useful as the old format was . I'm ok with the new format, nothing in life is perfect, but I prefer the old one.

I wont be on too much in the next few weeks because my son decided to get married on the 10th of October and planning a wedding is work and too much fun to not give my whole self into. Besides now I have to lose a few pounds, all the girls are size 8 and I want to fit in

 

[Ava]

Good morning everybody. Gulping down a couple of cups of coffee and then off to the early church service and then brunch. Hope everybody has a really great Sunday.

Goof morning, sweetheart. Your morning sounds so good. Wish I still did those things. I know,---it's never too late. Tell that to Retail....

Pages not looking as bright as last night when I posted the above. I wish they were the shade of the blue surrounding our user name-- under our avi's.

Fall is in the air at night and I am sleeping longer, than the past two months.

 

[Ava]

QUESTION TO THE COFFEE SHOPPERS:
Back when we had to close the original Coffee Shop, C_K pinned the Coffee Shop so we would always be on top. But now with the new software, we are still pinned but are no longer bolded on the list like all the other threads and we appear before admin's instruction thread and as a result are pretty invisible. Would you be comfortable asking that we be unpinned and allowed to float and sink or swim on our own merits? And think about it, because we can at least find ourselves now with considerably more difficulty than we used to. If we allow the thread to float naturally that could make it more difficult. Or not. Don't know until we try.

I am discouraged that the posting from so many of our regulars has fallen off in the transition. I am becoming more comfortable with the new look but still feel irritated and frustrated that we have lost so much functionality that made the old software so easy and comfortable to use. But oh well. Even us old dogs can learn new tricks yes?

Excerpt from your post:


"Would you be comfortable asking that we be unpinned and allowed to float and sink or swim on our own merits?"

Yes, as this system becomes less capitalistic and more socialistic, I LOVE your suggestion. On merit.