The Coffee House

Gary A. · Jan 9, 2015

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. As Randy Newman sings ... "Another perfect day, I love LA." It is 6:30 a.m. and 55F, it is predicted to cool off to the mid 60's maybe it'll hit 70F today. A hint of an ocean breeze, soft and caressing. Kona again today, The cup is back lighted by the monitor and I can see waves of steam rising. It's a white, oversized rounder cup with this giant lower case 'g' painted on the side.

KenC · Jan 9, 2015

Gary A. said:
Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. As Randy Newman sings ... "Another perfect day, I love LA." It is 6:30 a.m. and 55F, it is predicted to cool off to the mid 60's maybe it'll hit 70F today. A hint of an ocean breeze, soft and caressing. Kona again today, The cup is back lighted by the monitor and I can see waves of steam rising. It's a white, oversized rounder cup with this giant lower case 'g' painted on the side.

What we have here is a photographer describing a cup of coffee. :icon_scratch:

Pictures, man, pictures!

Gary A. · Jan 9, 2015

KenC said:
Gary A. said:

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. As Randy Newman sings ... "Another perfect day, I love LA." It is 6:30 a.m. and 55F, it is predicted to cool off to the mid 60's maybe it'll hit 70F today. A hint of an ocean breeze, soft and caressing. Kona again today, The cup is back lighted by the monitor and I can see waves of steam rising. It's a white, oversized rounder cup with this giant lower case 'g' painted on the side.

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What we have here is a photographer describing a cup of coffee. Pictures, man, pictures!

LOL ... the coffee is gone. Maybe tomorrow I'll replicate this morning.

limr · Jan 9, 2015

Morning, hosers. It's 22F according to the thermometer outside of the kitchen window, and it snowed overnight. Doesn't seem to be too much - more than a dusting but no more than half a foot at most.

Buzz and I brought in our color film to be developed yesterday. Got them back in the afternoon. I have 4 rolls of 120 and 7 rolls of 35mm to scan. Don't know how much I'll get to today but I should get at least a few rolls done.

snerd · Jan 9, 2015

limr said:
........... more than a dusting but no more than half a foot at most..

That's a very liberal spread for a snow measurement lol!! Somewhere between a dusting and 6" inches?! I guess if you live where it snows regularly, it might work. Down here in southern Oklahoma, it could mean the difference between life and death!!!

limr · Jan 9, 2015

snerd said:
limr said:

........... more than a dusting but no more than half a foot at most..

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That's a very liberal spread for a snow measurement lol!! Somewhere between a dusting and 6" inches?! I guess if you live where it snows regularly, it might work. Down here in southern Oklahoma, it could mean the difference between life and death!!!

Around here, a 'dusting' is probably like an inch and barely even worth mentioning. More than half a foot is a more serious snowfall. Anything in between is enough to notice and possibly delay school openings, but nothing major to worry about.

snerd · Jan 9, 2015

2-3 inches pretty much shuts everything down, here!

limr · Jan 9, 2015

It snowed on New Year's Eve where I was in Arizona. In that area, they get some snow sometimes but apparently this was the heaviest snowfall they'd had in 10+ years. It wasn't much snow at all, but they just didn't have the resources to handle it. No salt or sand on the roads and as far as I could tell, no snow plows. People don't even own shovels to clear out their own driveways or storefronts.

snerd · Jan 9, 2015

Snow shovel?! What is that?! Lol!!!

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snerd · Jan 9, 2015

There are always a few enterprising souls who hit the town with that type of equipment. They make a killing, actually!

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limr · Jan 9, 2015

I bet they do!

sm4him · Jan 9, 2015

limr said:
It snowed on New Year's Eve where I was in Arizona. In that area, they get some snow sometimes but apparently this was the heaviest snowfall they'd had in 10+ years. It wasn't much snow at all, but they just didn't have the resources to handle it. No salt or sand on the roads and as far as I could tell, no snow plows. People don't even own shovels to clear out their own driveways or storefronts.

You say that like it's a freak of nature--folks not even owning a simple snow shovel!! The horror!

I have never owned a snow shovel in my life. As far as I know, nobody I know around here owns a snow shovel. I probably know about a dozen people who do own chains for their tires though. But they are all guys, and they are all transplants from the North.

limr · Jan 9, 2015

What I meant was that not only did the city itself have no resources, but not even the individuals had what they needed to deal with it, so much of the snow was left uncleared even on sidewalks and driveways.

It does seem a little strange to me that in an area that does get snow, even if infrequently (and I don't mean the "once every 25 years" type of infrequency), that people wouldn't just keep a shovel - any kind of shovel - in a corner somewhere so they do have one if they need it. I mean, it's not like there aren't other uses for shovels

As for me, I've had my own snow shovel since I was about 5!

Designer · Jan 9, 2015

As one who is prepared for nearly anything, I don't understand that either.

And what about those people getting ready for a hurricane? I mean doesn't anybody keep the plywood they used last year? I guess they just remove it and haul it to the dump after every hurricane.

sm4him · Jan 9, 2015

limr said:
What I meant was that not only did the city itself have no resources, but not even the individuals had what they needed to deal with it, so much of the snow was left uncleared even on sidewalks and driveways.

It does seem a little strange to me that in an area that does get snow, even if infrequently (and I don't mean the "once every 25 years" type of infrequency), that people wouldn't just keep a shovel - any kind of shovel - in a corner somewhere so they do have one if they need it. I mean, it's not like there aren't other uses for shovels

As for me, I've had my own snow shovel since I was about 5!

We get, on average, probably one snowfall a year of more than 2 or 3 inches. For you that's a "dusting" but for us, it's fairly significant. If we get as much as six inches, everything shuts down, usually for at least two days. Some years--like last year--we may have three or four 3"+ snowfalls (even had two of more than 6" last year), but then we may go a year, or two, with no more than an inch all winter long.
The city does have at least SOME equipment; they'll treat most of the roads if we have enough warning and they are pretty good about being able to get main roads and some secondary roads cleared--but snow shovels? Meh, we just all figure if you need to shovel your way out of the driveway, you ought to just stay put!! LOL

I do have *a* shovel though. Just a regular dirt shovel, not a flat one. I once even tried to shovel snow with it (probably during the blizzard of 93)--that was an exercise in futility.