USMB Coffee Shop IV

[007]

The new ignore feature with this format is a winner though

I don't understand with all the mods why some of the trolls aren't dealt with. I get snark and I get the flame zone, but derailing thread after thread with troll posts is too annoying.

Well post count is money when you want money from advertisers. The advertisers apparently don't care about content on a message board but are only concerned that there is high traffic to see their ads. And the trolls all post a lot.

There are ads?

Only if you're using an o browser that doesn't have addons, like Adblocker.

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, 007, 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 and Noomi’s Auntie Marj and Nana,
Sheila's sore foot post surgery healing,
Complete healing for Mrs. Ringel and the Ringels in difficult transition,
007's Mom,
Pogo's aunt,
Derideo_te for comfort and healing,
Sarah G for comfort and healing,
Ollie and Mrs. O for a complete recovery,
Mrs. Hossfly (Liz) and Hossfly,
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,
Safe travels for those traveling,
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, Jughead, and Becki as well as many other of our special friends who have been MIA lately.

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.

Looking over the vigil list, I'm wondering what has become of many of our friends bolded above who we have kept in our prayers. I have abandonment issues.

Well, USMB isn't what it once was and, probably for economic reasons, post count seems to be valued more than post quality these days, so it is much more difficult to find and maintain quality discussions. I finally gave up and had my last thread closed and won't be starting any new ones any time soon. I think a lot of folks have just given up and gone elsewhere to find them or have found other things to do. Most especially since the new software is less user friendly than the old and it is just too frustrating for some to deal with. But there are enough folks who don't want quality discussions so that the board will remain profitable. And who knows, maybe the worm will turn again.

Meanwhile, I am grateful and cherish those who are still here, and I remain optimistic that friendship will win out over minor irritations and the troops will come wandering back in at least to the Coffee Shop. Quite a few of us are still here. But the MIAs are also noticeable. And missed by us who counted them as friends.

I've had to dial back my visits here because of so many other current commitments. I miss coming as often as I used to, there's always nice people and fine conversation in the CS. With winter coming on, I'll probably be "in" much more.
Well, my "house" is inside now for the winter. The world gets darker but my house cannot withstand the winter here without the heated garage. This should be my last winter here, I hope to be with my daughter (probably in NC) next year by this time. Leaving Alaska is not something I really want to do, but your grandchildren only grow up once. I'll be back, later.

GW, you, and a couple others such as 007 and BBD, at least desired to offer your friends in the CS a reason for your absence...it showed me that you guys cared about the relationships that have developed over the past few years amongst us. I get it that life happens and/or people choose to move to other locations, but if not an occasional pop in, how about at least a "so long, friends". I don't mean to sound overly-sensitive, because for those of you who "know" me, then you're aware that I never expected to give a shit about anyone on a message board...I also told you not to let that info get around and fuck up my hard ass reputation. I guess that I should just adopt the attitude that if they're fair-weathered friends, then it's no real loss...but somehow it still makes me feel a little disappointed in my assumptions. Old timers also know that we've taken a lot of crap in the CS from assholes who accused us of being nothing more than a rep circle jerk, and we all knew that was bullshit and that they didn't understand how we really felt about each other...I still believe that. Perhaps in time, those who have strayed will return to the fold.

Sherry,
It's funny, but every now and then, someone will post something about online friendships, can they really exist? I feel a friendly connection to many here, especially in the CS. I have even had the opportunity to meet some of my online friends in person, some who are USMB members, too. There are many here with whom I am sure I could strike up a friendship if distance were not an issue.
I guess I miss Ollie a lot. He was a gem and a true gentleman.

OK... what happened to Ollie... or can I ask?

 

[Sarah G]

Also, don't know if anyone has heard. Ollies wife was taken to the ER last night, this morning he said there was no change and they don't know what's specifically wrong with her. Haven't heard anything since. Keep them in your prayers.

Prayer up for her and Ollie.

 

[007]

Hey guys. been kind of busy lately. not a lot of time to post. once winter hits and I can't get outside as much i'll probably be on a little more again

What he said.... HOW YA DOIN', BRO?! ...

 

[Mertex]

For Sherry.

one of the most critical elements in taking a picture is lighting. the color of the light, the intensity, and probably most important, the angle of the light. you'll always get your best pictures at dawn or dusk. usually its the light that shines on your subject that makes the difference. last weekend I was playing around with back lighting. using the sun setting behind my subject to get the effect.

Hi Spoon. I can't take pictures worth a darn, those are some beautiful ones. Thanks.

 

[007]

Absolutely gorgeous, Spoon...you have real talent. Plus, that squirrel put a huge smile on my face.

Goodnight, my CS buds...I'm a very happy girl.

Life is good.

 

[peach174]

I tend to concentrate on whatever board I'm on and stay there unless something happens. I will not be having that distraction any more.

The biggest problem for me is the CS doesn't popup in the new posts heading very often, so I have to make a conscious effort to come in here.

@ saveliberty
If you click on your avatar it brings up your information. Click on profile page. Then click on your postings at the top of the page, it brings up the coffee shop when you posted there the last time.
I like this new feature I don't have to write down when I made postings in many other areas and then usually forgot about them.

 

[007]

I'll tell ya something... I haven't bought a new movie in probably 3 or 4 months, and I finally bought "A Million Ways To Die In The West." I thought this was finally something that looked good that I was going to enjoy, but after watching it, I have no doubt in my mind why hollywood is hurting. The FILTH, the SMUT and the DEBAUCHERY in that movie is simply disgusting. No wonder our nation is turning into an immoral toilet. What absolute GARBAGE. If I could take the movie back and get a refund I would. The thing is, they could have made that movie MINUS all the TRASH, and it would have been a funny movie. What a complete disappointment. I'm about ready to completely dismantle my home theater and sell it off. I don't hold out any hope for anything decent to come out of that cess pool they call the entertainment industry anymore.

 

[Statistikhengst]

I tend to concentrate on whatever board I'm on and stay there unless something happens. I will not be having that distraction any more.

The biggest problem for me is the CS doesn't popup in the new posts heading very often, so I have to make a conscious effort to come in here.

Hmmm...board monogamy.

Beats bored monogamy

Oh, I dunno. Had I written that post, I bet a couple of people (cough, cough) may have accused me of being pornographic.

But I do like the play on words.

 

[Statistikhengst]

I tend to concentrate on whatever board I'm on and stay there unless something happens. I will not be having that distraction any more.

The biggest problem for me is the CS doesn't popup in the new posts heading very often, so I have to make a conscious effort to come in here.

Hmmm...board monogamy.

Once I tried playing around with multiple boards. But I ended up feeling cheap and sleazy.

I hope you've learned your lesson, young man.

And the lesson is: be true to yourself, WQ!!!

 

[Foxfyre]

I tend to concentrate on whatever board I'm on and stay there unless something happens. I will not be having that distraction any more.

The biggest problem for me is the CS doesn't popup in the new posts heading very often, so I have to make a conscious effort to come in here.

Use the Watched Threads tab and it takes you to unread posts in your subscribed threads. And the More information may be available just under the thread title is a link that takes you to ALL WATCHED THREADS and the Coffee Shop will always be there.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Wishing everyone a good Thursday. It's Fall break at my daughter's school and she is at my place most every day right now for most of what would be her schoolday.

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[Foxfyre]

So good to see our good friends slowly returning to the Coffee Shop. I've delighted in BBD's trail cam shots, and Ringels beautiful travel photos, and tonight checked in to see Spoonies always impressive photography. And I wonder if Nosmo put out any fall pansies? I miss Ollie like the rest of you do, most especially in October when we always looked forward to his annual Halloween spectacular. So I hope he'll eventually make peace with the new software and rejoin us.

One thing I've found that helped me with the log ins each day guys is I got into ALL WATCHED THREADS and then created a button for that on my desktop. The Coffee Shop is almost always among the top three or four on the list and I can log directly in here from there. Makes life much more simple.

But 1 a.m. is approaching and I have to be up early to do medical taxi duty in the morning so I am headed for bed, perchance to sleep? That hasn't been really easy lately.

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, 007, 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 and Noomi’s Auntie Marj and Nana,
Sheila's sore foot post surgery healing,
Complete healing for Mrs. Ringel and the Ringels in difficult transition,
007's Mom,
Pogo's aunt,
Derideo_te for comfort and healing,
Sarah G for comfort and healing,
Ollie and Mrs. O for a complete recovery,
Mrs. Hossfly (Liz) and Hossfly,
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,
Safe travels for those traveling,
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, Jughead, 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.

 

[R.D.]

I'll tell ya something... I haven't bought a new movie in probably 3 or 4 months, and I finally bought "A Million Ways To Die In The West." I thought this was finally something that looked good that I was going to enjoy, but after watching it, I have no doubt in my mind why hollywood is hurting. The FILTH, the SMUT and the DEBAUCHERY in that movie is simply disgusting. No wonder our nation is turning into an immoral toilet. What absolute GARBAGE. If I could take the movie back and get a refund I would. The thing is, they could have made that movie MINUS all the TRASH, and it would have been a funny movie. What a complete disappointment. I'm about ready to completely dismantle my home theater and sell it off. I don't hold out any hope for anything decent to come out of that cess pool they call the entertainment industry anymore.

I know what you mean. My favorite move is Fargo, but I actually enjoy it more on tv where the sex is bleeped out. I don't care for smut, vulgarity or over the top profanity. I don't see how it adds to anything, innuendo is so much more entertaining.

 

[Sarah G]

I haven't seen Fargo yet but my sister is trying to get me to watch it. She loves it too. I just watched both seasons of House of Cards on Netflix tho and I am hooked.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Good morning, coffeeshop buddies. Have a good day.

 

[R.D.]

I usually get hooked on shows way after they are popular. I'll have to check out House of Cards

 

[Sarah G]

I usually get hooked on shows way after they are popular. I'll have to check out House of Cards

I could not stop watching it. Try a couple. Omg.

 

[Foxfyre]

OK... what happened to Ollie... or can I ask?

I don't know for sure but I think he didn't like the new software more than he liked us. But he did come back to get Mrs. O on the vigil list. I just hope he's still reading in so he knows he is loved and is a missed person.

 

[saveliberty]

OK... what happened to Ollie... or can I ask?

I don't know for sure but I think he didn't like the new software more than he liked us. But he did come back to get Mrs. O on the vigil list. I just hope he's still reading in so he knows he is loved and is a missed person.

Might be a bit more complicated than just a software issue for Ollie.

 

[Ava]

The new ignore feature with this format is a winner though

I don't understand with all the mods why some of the trolls aren't dealt with. I get snark and I get the flame zone, but derailing thread after thread with troll posts is too annoying.

Well post count is money when you want money from advertisers. The advertisers apparently don't care about content on a message board but are only concerned that there is high traffic to see their ads. And the trolls all post a lot.

Wow! Thanks for that. I had no clue, now I do.