The Coffee House

[limr30 3]

@ Leo: Gary has been ordering Fidget Spinners for his daughter, grandson and granddaughter. There are a zillion models and types. Gary thinks you need use a Fidget Spinner.

Hmmm, curious. Why do you think I need one?

I can sleep in cars and trains, but not on airplanes. Not without drugs.

 

[Gary A.]

They seem to relax many people.

 

[table1349]

Lol, I'm so used to the street and neighbor noise that I can't sleep without it. Just wrapping up a couple of nights in VT and had a hard time getting used to the quiet.

Ah yes, nothing like being able to step out of the house, walk to the corner bar for a cocktail or two before retiring to bed in the heart of the city.


As compared to the peace and quiet of the country.

 

[Frank F.]

The house is small. If there will be work it will be my photo businesses. The greatest luxury of all: a fully walkable neighbourhood and for work I do not even need to leave the house!

I had no idea I was living such a luxurious life! You're right though - being able to walk downtown to shop or go to a restaurant or just enjoy the neighborhood is wonderful. I don't do it often enough. Working from home, while convenient, does have almost as many cons as pros. The isolation can be depressing. Easy access to the fridge and too much sitting can lead to weight gain. And the #1 con - you're always at work.

I also work at customer sites, but if they send their products it is better to have a fully equipped kitchen studio ready.

 

[Frank F.]

For me, the ability to go to sleep hearing nothing but crickets and frogs beats out the convenience of living in an urban neighborhood. Ideally, I wouldn't even be able to see any neighbors at all. Noise is stressful for me and driving, for the most part, isn't, so it's a compromise I can easily live with.

Frogs can be more noisy than a near by Street....

In the middle of a lively quarter I know my neighbours and can talk to them friendly if it gets too loud. My neighbours are my friends, they tell me if there is something annoying with what I do or what my children do and vice versa. We also sit in the gardens together to have tea, coffee, wine or beer. All on speaking terms and destined to keep it that way.

To sustainably comfort 10 Billion people on Earth we need less sprawl and more intelligent density, less driving, more access.

 

[table1349]

Beautiful Friday morning here in Doo Dah, especially knowing that once again I have totally pissed off our family physician. Had a physical Wednesday and he sent me the lab results back. I know this one is really killing him as he did blood work. He didn't bother to call, he just sent me the results. My blood work was great and my cholesterol was 114.

I'm 62 and eat any damn thing I want when I want. I never eat anything all the time so my diet includes almost anything. He's 48 and a had a triple by pass about 5 years ago and lives on cholesterol medicines. He's not only my Dr. but he is a friend so we joke back and forth about things and he always gives me a hard time about my low cholesterol and how it just isn't right.

 

[Frank F.]

Very nice! Put a coffee shop on the ground floor and you'd be good to go. (I'm kidding, of course.)

The house is small. If there will be work it will be my photo businesses. The greatest luxury of all: a fully walkable neighbourhood and for work I do not even need to leave the house!

Guten Morgen, Frank. Wir haben Sie um hier verpasst.

Vermisst habt Ihr mich? Das ist so lieb!

You missed me? That is so lovely!

To gain access to my lot was quite some work. Now I am free to get rid of the remains of the tenant, the garage and the Romans.

Then I am Frank the Builder!!!

 

[Frank F.]

Ah yes, nothing like being able to step out of the house, walk to the corner bar for a cocktail or two before retiring to bed in the heart of the city.

Or to walk half a block, evacuate some nice old wine bottles, then walk home without thinking drunken driving. In urban Sprawl you either abstain from drinking, drive drunken or have sleep over parties.

Or I fall out the door and have a choice of French, German, Turkish or Organic bakery within 5 minutes walk.

Same for groceries: Vietnamese? Turkish? Morrocanian? Latino? German discount? Or Delicatessen? Late Night Beer shop with a selection of 85 different brands.

Same for Pubs and Restaurants, same for the City Government and all of their services

 

[terri33 4]

Hiya, Frank!

The nest outside my front door is getting crowded, hosers.



Just a cell phone pic, taken through the window - which is about all I can get right now. I don't want to spook them. They sit outside the nest most of the day now. I'm gonna miss them when they take off!

 

[smoke665]

Don't know if our 911 dispatch got a another new dispatcher that someone is having fun with or I need to be worried. Just got the following text:

(E911-Page)
CFS: 20170630-007778
MSG: ANNOUNCEMENT
WE ARE UNDER AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING UNITL 330 PM THIS DATE

ETOWAH COUNTY

SVFD:

Not sure if they mean "a real" flood is on the way and I should head to high ground, or if there's an "aerial" flood coming in which case I need to go grab an SCBA.

With them you never know. They once toned us out on a wreck. In route to the scene the dispatcher came back on the radio to advise, that a passerby had called to advise "That there was BLOOD EVEEEERRRYYYYWWWHHEERE!"

 

[snowbear115 46]

Areal refers to an area, just as zonal refers to a zone.

Up and about, eye is feeling better.

 

[snowbear115 46]

A quick note about my wife and spending money.

Her LG phone decided to take a dump, today: no service/can't read the sim card. I swap cards with her, I can read her's fine, her phone still can't read the card. We stop by the local T-Mobile store to get her a new phone. She decides we all should upgrade phones, if Aurelia and I want one. We leave with her and Aurelia each carrying an iPhone6s/32GB and her insisting that I order the 128GB (not in stock at the store).

 

[limr30 3]

For me, the ability to go to sleep hearing nothing but crickets and frogs beats out the convenience of living in an urban neighborhood. Ideally, I wouldn't even be able to see any neighbors at all. Noise is stressful for me and driving, for the most part, isn't, so it's a compromise I can easily live with.

Frogs can be more noisy than a near by Street....

In the middle of a lively quarter I know my neighbours and can talk to them friendly if it gets too loud. My neighbours are my friends, they tell me if there is something annoying with what I do or what my children do and vice versa. We also sit in the gardens together to have tea, coffee, wine or beer. All on speaking terms and destined to keep it that way.

To sustainably comfort 10 Billion people on Earth we need less sprawl and more intelligent density, less driving, more access.

Well, it's nice that you are able to live in an atmosphere that you enjoy.

I would not enjoy it. I will take the sounds of frogs over urban noises any day of the week.

 

[jcdeboever]

House I grew up in, Dickerson / Jefferson, Detroit. Still someone living there. I shot from car, my parents didn't want me to get out of car, lol. Pentax P30T 50mm f/2, 400 TX. Still a rough hood, maybe more so today, looks the same to me.

 

[terri33 4]

Well, I love the house, jc - plywood be damned! It looks like it was a fine old house in its day. I'm hoping Detroit rallies eventually, and neighborhoods like this can be reclaimed. Detroit still has lots of soul.