The Coffee House

pgriz · Apr 6, 2017

Gary A. said:
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That's not a flower shot, that's one of those visual afterglow shots. Stare at it for a minute, then look at a white background.

Yep. Gary's running a mass experiment on us.

Gary A. · Apr 6, 2017

Gary just upgraded the firmware for his XP2 and XT2. Gary likes Fuji.

jcdeboever · Apr 6, 2017

Gary A. said:
Gary just upgraded the firmware for his XP2 and XT2. Gary likes Fuji.

9 frame bracketing. That's cool, if I knew what to do with it. Like that it has 6 single point focus sizes. Voice memo is handy.

Gary A. · Apr 6, 2017

Gary had a little Sony tape recorder when he was working in news for assignment notes. Gary is giving serious thought to getting a second XT2. Presently, Gary is shooting with a XP2 and a XT2 ... shooting with identical camera is nicer than shooting with different cameras.

SquarePeg · Apr 7, 2017

The truth about cats and dogs...

smoke665 · Apr 7, 2017

Yup its spring in the south. The weather goes from a warm 85 to a cool 55 this morning. At least all the wind and rain has cleared the pine tree pollen from the air for a couple days. Prior to the storms everything was "yellow" with pollen, like a heavy dust on everything outside. When the wind blows it picks it up and swirls it around till even the air has a yellow tint. It's easy to pick out someone from the south in the spring. Just look for red swollen, watery eyes, and red noses dripping (well you know). Thankfully it doesn't last very long, and there's Zyrtec D, to help me.

jcdeboever · Apr 7, 2017

smoke665 said:
Yup its spring in the south. The weather goes from a warm 85 to a cool 55 this morning. At least all the wind and rain has cleared the pine tree pollen from the air for a couple days. Prior to the storms everything was "yellow" with pollen, like a heavy dust on everything outside. When the wind blows it picks it up and swirls it around till even the air has a yellow tint. It's easy to pick out someone from the south in the spring. Just look for red swollen, watery eyes, and red noses dripping (well you know). Thankfully it doesn't last very long, and there's Zyrtec D, to help me.

I seen a lot of those people at the hash bash.... But there was a greenish brown tint in the air... Hemp pollen

limr · Apr 7, 2017

HAPPY FRIDAY, HOSERS!!

table1349 · Apr 7, 2017

SquarePeg said:
The truth about cats and dogs...

Proof that Dogs were created by God and Cats were created by Satan!

FYI we are honoring Satan around here this evening as we are adopting a second cat to go with our current two dogs and one cat.

table1349 · Apr 7, 2017

There is no rest for the retired.

My agenda for the day.........and every day.

JonA_CT · Apr 7, 2017

A few more hours until Spring Break for me. My wife is headed to Tampa tomorrow to see a friend she hasn't seen since her baby shower, so I'll be hanging with the kid for the next 5 days on my own. It should be fun.

I also accidentally ordered 10 pounds of green coffee beans last night. Accidentally, because I thought I was buying 5, 1lb bags but ended up buying 5, 2lb bags. I guess I won't have to buy any for awhile. It's all good though...I go through about $6 of green beans a week. That's significantly cheaper than the coffee I used to buy, and extraordinarily cheaper than stopping at Starbucks or DD daily.

Derrel · Apr 7, 2017

Voice memo, yes, I like it a lot.

Gary A. · Apr 7, 2017

limr said:
HAPPY FRIDAY, HOSERS!!

For some reason Gary thought yesterday was Friday and abstained from meat. Mary Lou, (God bless her), served dinner yesterday, a huge salad, baked beans and a pile of leftover brisket. Gary questioned her motive and dinner entree. She questioned my sanity and short term memory.

table1349 · Apr 7, 2017

Here you go, dinner for this evening. Mackerel is always good.

Gary A. · Apr 7, 2017

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. Yesterday afternoon, Gary took apart the high pressure filter for the pond and gave it a through cleaning. It stands about three feet high and 18" in circumference and it is filled with hundreds of these 3/4" round plastic wheel thingies. The filter was filled with mud and debris. The filter if fed by a submersible pump, which Gary also hauled out of the pond and give a Spring cleaning. The filter was tedious work and took hours to compete. After Gary reassembled the complete filtration system and restored power ... nothing happened. The pump is no longer working. Gary is rather upset. Last night he ordered a new pump, this one is an external/above ground pump. Today, time permitting, Gary plans to disassemble the old pump and look for obvious infringements to functionality.