The Coffee House

[smoke665]

but they were clean patches.

As kids we played outside everyday, so yeah, we got dirty, but you could count on not going to bed that way!

 

[Frank F.]

Prälat Schlösser today
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D500 & 1.4/105E

 

[limr30 3]

Evening, hosers.

Buzz and I shot up to Brattleboro, VT on Fri, just for the hell of it. Stayed at a little B&B called One Cat Inn. They had two cat, actually, and yes, I spent as much time as I could petting them both.

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

 

[SquarePeg37 7]

Evening, hosers.

Buzz and I shot up to Brattleboro, VT on Fri, just for the hell of it. Stayed at a little B&B called One Cat Inn. They had two cat, actually, and yes, I spent as much time as I could petting them both.

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Nice choices! We probably passed each other on the road on Friday. I drove from Stowe VT to Mass 89 to 93.

 

[Derrel]

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

NICE! Some most excellent music you bought! Score! A little over five dollars on average over the 10 discs. Sweet! I have six of those albums myself. Ones I do not have would be numbers 1,2,3,and 5. Of course, when I moved earlier this year, I got rid of all my vinyl (donated it to my brother) and all of my "albums" are in .MP3 format on drives and CDs or computer discs.

 

[limr30 3]

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

NICE! Some most excellent music you bought! Score! A little over five dollars on average over the 10 discs. Sweet! I have six of those albums myself. Ones I do not have would be numbers 1,2,3,and 5. Of course, when I moved earlier this year, I got rid of all my vinyl (donated it to my brother) and all of my "albums" are in .MP3 format on drives and CDs or computer discs.

I do have a large digital library of music, but there's something about dropping that needle on a record that is so satisfying, and there are records that I have had for most of my life that I couldn't get rid of (you'll have to pry my copy of Rush 2112 out of my cold dead hands!) So a few years back, I got a small turntable and started collecting some more records. I'm at the point now when I feel like I need to get a proper system that sounds better.

The ones I got in VT weren't in the best shape, of course, but none of them are warped so they all sound the way they should, and I find it very meditative and relaxing to once again sit on the floor, listen to a record while looking at the cover art or liner notes, just like I did as a kid

 

[limr30 3]

Evening, hosers.

Buzz and I shot up to Brattleboro, VT on Fri, just for the hell of it. Stayed at a little B&B called One Cat Inn. They had two cat, actually, and yes, I spent as much time as I could petting them both.

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Nice choices! We probably passed each other on the road on Friday. I drove from Stowe VT to Mass 89 to 93.

I may have waved at you!

 

[Gary A.]

Evening, hosers.

Buzz and I shot up to Brattleboro, VT on Fri, just for the hell of it. Stayed at a little B&B called One Cat Inn. They had two cat, actually, and yes, I spent as much time as I could petting them both.

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

OMG ... Speaking of home runs ... that is an amazing collection at any price. For $53 you most likely ran from the store with the expectation of the employees running behind you shouting "Stop Thief!!!"

(Additionally the list points to your good taste in music.)

PS- Due to my extreme age, I have actually attended concerts of each and every artist/group (the exception being the Beatles and Iggy).

 

[Gary A.]

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

NICE! Some most excellent music you bought! Score! A little over five dollars on average over the 10 discs. Sweet! I have six of those albums myself. Ones I do not have would be numbers 1,2,3,and 5. Of course, when I moved earlier this year, I got rid of all my vinyl (donated it to my brother) and all of my "albums" are in .MP3 format on drives and CDs or computer discs.

I do have a large digital library of music, but there's something about dropping that needle on a record that is so satisfying, and there are records that I have had for most of my life that I couldn't get rid of (you'll have to pry my copy of Rush 2112 out of my cold dead hands!) So a few years back, I got a small turntable and started collecting some more records. I'm at the point now when I feel like I need to get a proper system that sounds better.

The ones I got in VT weren't in the best shape, of course, but none of them are warped so they all sound the way they should, and I find it very meditative and relaxing to once again sit on the floor, listen to a record while looking at the cover art or liner notes, just like I did as a kid

You need a fidget spinner.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. Mary Lou, Cook and Gary are way too old for two consecutive days of guests. But we pulled it off. Saturday was the normal crowd, people who come over once or twice a week. But Sunday was a visit from a couple, Geno and Diane, who have never visited. We run into them often at events, but they have never come over. Diane is Mary Lou's cousin, and they are pretty close. Diane's mother and my mother were best friends since kindergarden. Geno was a local from the same area I grew up and he's now a high-powered attorney. Geno settled into the patio, and much of the time just quietly sucked up all the colors, the grape clusters hanging along the edge of the patio roof, hummingbirds and butterflies, the koi pond and waterfall, the bright red Japanese Maple, the roses, Flowering Maples and Plumerias all in bloom. As we walked them to their car, Geno remarked that he is soooo relaxed and refreshed by the backyard.

Geno is active in AA, and they are teetotalers. Gary brewed up some herbal teas and juiced up some orange-lemonade and regular lemonade. Finished off with Gary's roasted coffee. Gary smoked a Tri-Tip and tossed a marinated salmon with a teriyaki glaze into the Komado. It was a very pleasant afternoon and evening.

 

[JonA_CT]

Evening, hosers.

Buzz and I shot up to Brattleboro, VT on Fri, just for the hell of it. Stayed at a little B&B called One Cat Inn. They had two cat, actually, and yes, I spent as much time as I could petting them both.

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Nice choices! We probably passed each other on the road on Friday. I drove from Stowe VT to Mass 89 to 93.

Y'all stayed in my favorite VT towns.

Either of you ever spent a night or two in Northampton, MA? It's one of our favorite one night getaways. The used book store there (The Raven, I believe?) keeps me busy for a long time, and there are other vintage shops around.

Of course, the best used book store ever is just a few minutes away from me...
The Book Barn

Lots and lots of kitties roam freely there as well.

 

[jcdeboever]

Evening, hosers.

Buzz and I shot up to Brattleboro, VT on Fri, just for the hell of it. Stayed at a little B&B called One Cat Inn. They had two cat, actually, and yes, I spent as much time as I could petting them both.

Found a record store and got the following 10 pieces of vinyl for the grand total of $53:

1. The Door - 13
2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
3. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child
4. James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
5. Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits
6. Dave Brubeck - All-Time Greatest Hits
7. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
8. David Bowie - David Live
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Nice

 

[jcdeboever]

Golf yesterday, golf today. I went this morning to shoot and brought my 100-400 & XT2. Gary had told me a few times, "you don't use it because you don't use it", well Gary, I used it... I was hoping to get some bird shots on MSU campus but none to be found. Last time there, all kinds. So I used it to shoot flowers and plants. Worked fine, I think... I didn't chimp at all for reasons unknown, so will see if any keepers. I changed my IS setting to 2, default is 1. I stumbled across this reading manual. Supposedly, when shooting in single point focus, OIS on, nailing the focus is greatly improved. Will see...I noticed the image was a little jumpier in the view finder. Got to remember to turn it back when shooting Continuous

 

[vintagesnaps]

Iggy and Bowie and Cheap Trick, excellent! All I had to do was read Dream Police and the song keeps going thru my head - who needs a record player?! lol Actually I've been wanting one for awhile since my old stereo is in the basement and no it's not going to be worth having someone drag it up here! I want something more compact.

I like Vincent Price in these old B&W movies before he got into horror movies, makes you see how smarmy and weaselly he can be in other roles.

I'm behind on my 'homework', I gotta get something done today!

 

[limr30 3]

Y'all stayed in my favorite VT towns.

Either of you ever spent a night or two in Northampton, MA? It's one of our favorite one night getaways. The used book store there (The Raven, I believe?) keeps me busy for a long time, and there are other vintage shops around.

Of course, the best used book store ever is just a few minutes away from me...
The Book Barn

Lots and lots of kitties roam freely there as well.

Oooh, kitties and books? Now you're talkin'

We haven't stayed in Northampton, but now I'll put it on the list. I think my friend lives in that town, or near it anyway. We hit a book store in Brattleboro, too (of course!) I got a book on the Dada movement, Philip Roth The Human Stain and Kurt Vonnegut A Man Without a Country.