The Coffee House

[smoke665]

Maybe this kind of natural disaster will have them re-think this, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Like you I doubt it. We have the same issues in our state. Greedy politicians and developers put naive buyers at risk

 

[terri39 10]

I'm also thinking about the mosquitoes. I lived there for 3 years. I know about those persistent little buggers.

When the sun breaks back out, they're going to explode. All the standing water breeds them quickly. It stays quite warm in SE Texas until October, even November. Could be hazardous. Ugh!

 

[jcdeboever]

What??

Oh, I forgot JC, you got a Stormtrooper (that's what the white ones are called). I love using my SX-70 and like Terri have more than one (in varying conditions).

So far The Impossible Project film has held up fine, I haven't had any deterioration. Never heard of spraying it with anything. They have plenty of film last I looked. Only thing I've had happen if it's too far expired it starts drying up and you get divots. Which you can figure out how to use if you want to be experimental.

I like the monochrome, the cyan more than the magenta.

edit - Yeah, it's an improvement over the original. Supposedly you don't have to shield it but I'm so in the habit of flipping it face down on a table, under a book, or sticking it in a pocket, or in something I have with me.

Does that mean when I replace the leather, I should go with black? What do you mean cyan, more than magenta?

 

[jcdeboever]

Boston terrier I think. Just a pup, 8 months old. He was bad, being trained when I pulled up. He was full of love.

 

[Frank F.]

@Frank F. your recipe is pretty close to what I have. Going to print it out to compare side by side.

I guess they took traditional recipes and adapted them to the needs of the diet. That might be the reason for some inconsistent ingredient lists. In my dreams I would not have thought of combining cinnamon with Sauerkraut and nutmeg in a broth of home cooked beef'n'bones with Meatballs. But it turns out to be a great combination!

Must be some eastern European origin. I love the soups from Poland and Russia!

 

[Frank F.]

Yesterday we sat by the dying dog of a friend. The friend was more in pain than the dog. The dog was desoriented, aphatic but only seemed to feel pain when someone touched the left eye area. It stopped moving as if it had forgotten what to do, how to continue. It did not bark when we rang the bell, no storm of love declaration. It is a large dog. Berner Sennen Hund. It drank some buttermilk mixed with water and did not raise his leg when peeing. Not a lot left of his former personality. Possibly had a stroke, sure had an epileptic episode and a lot of other throuble.... Pity.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Always a shame for someone to lose their pet.

edit - Goodness, more evacuations this morning, this just isn't letting up. Although they do seem to be getting power restored, it must depend on where people are. I guess places like that became cities early on because of the ports but then to have so many people living in low lying areas leaves so many in the flooded parts.

 

[smoke665]

I guess they took traditional recipes and adapted them to the needs of the diet. That might be the reason for some inconsistent ingredient lists. In my dreams I would not have thought of combining cinnamon with Sauerkraut and nutmeg in a broth of home cooked beef'n'bones with Meatballs. But it turns out to be a great combination!

Sometimes it's the ingredients that don't sound like they should work that end up tasting fantastic. My wife makes meatballs in a sauce that combines grape jelly and chili sauce. They are so good.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Yeah, my mom had some recipe for meatballs that used grape jelly - I guess it's a substitute for wine. Seemed to work! tasted good.

There is somebody that does replacement leatherette that's precut, but I can't think of the name. The Impossible Project did film that was monochrome, cyan and magenta, but I don't know if they have any now. I liked the cyan better, the magenta was too, I don't know, bubble gum pink in the light areas. Couldn't find much that worked so well in pink but took some outdoor winter shots in the cyan, etc.

 

[JonA_CT]

I guess they took traditional recipes and adapted them to the needs of the diet. That might be the reason for some inconsistent ingredient lists. In my dreams I would not have thought of combining cinnamon with Sauerkraut and nutmeg in a broth of home cooked beef'n'bones with Meatballs. But it turns out to be a great combination!

Sometimes it's the ingredients that don't sound like they should work that end up tasting fantastic. My wife makes meatballs in a sauce that combines grape jelly and chili sauce. They are so good.

Those meatballs are one of my favorite things at the tailgating events they inevitably end up at. Easy way to get that awesome sweet/sour/spicy thing going.

I've been making only quick foods since the baby has been born. I'm about done with grilled chicken and hamburgers. I need to pull out my pressure cooker again.

 

[limr34 3]

Yesterday we sat by the dying dog of a friend. The friend was more in pain than the dog. The dog was desoriented, aphatic but only seemed to feel pain when someone touched the left eye area. It stopped moving as if it had forgotten what to do, how to continue. It did not bark when we rang the bell, no storm of love declaration. It is a large dog. Berner Sennen Hund. It drank some buttermilk mixed with water and did not raise his leg when peeing. Not a lot left of his former personality. Possibly had a stroke, sure had an epileptic episode and a lot of other throuble.... Pity.

So sad

 

[Gary A.]

Gary paired it with a dry Riesling, which is an odd combo (dry and Riesling) but it's a great wine and paired nicely.

In fact some of the mildly sweet (Halbtrocken) and dry (trocken) Riesling wines in Germany mark the top of the mountain, best of best every year.

The longer Tradition is of course in the super complex super sweet Eiswein and Trockenbeerenauslese, TBA.

Gary loves Eiswein ...

 

[Gary A.]

I suspect that many of the areas destroyed will be allowed to revert back to nature when the flood waters recede and the rebuilding starts.

I don't know about that. They will probably want to rebuild every scrap - since there's no state tax there, state and local Texas government gets a bulk of its income from property taxes, as well as other ad valorem taxes. They just have no financial incentive to *not* let people build where they shouldn't.

Maybe this kind of natural disaster will have them re-think this, but I wouldn't bet on it.

I dunno, the hit of reconstruction and the revenue loss from nonproduction is cause for many/most companies to think thrice about going back to the same location with the same annual threat of disaster. Last year it was Louisiana this year Texas ...

 

[Gary A.]

It will take at least a decade to get back to where Houston was a week ago.

If ever. Not criticizing the people by any means, so many have lost everything they had, but one of my pet peeves for years has been the constant destruction of the wet lands, and riparian buffers along coastal waters. In this case I doubt even storm surge protection would have helped though, because the latest reports claim they had 52" of rain, but it might have helped. I am critical of the politicians, that gave waivers and changed laws that allowed developers to build in areas that should have been offlimits to prevent such catastrophic destruction.

I suspect that many of the areas destroyed will be allowed to revert back to nature when the flood waters recede and the rebuilding starts.

Some cities in Texas have no zoning codes.

 

[snowbear120 51]

Good morning, hosers. Got an email on the way to work for a station wall map - luckily I've set things up so they are pretty uniform - all I have to do is set the station's area, zoom to the area and change a couple of details.

Losing a pet sucks.

MLW is getting a promotion. The Fire Chief's administrative aide is retiring and the chief picked her to be his acting aide; it will become permanent once the paperwork and approvals are done. She's worked for him when he was a Deputy Fire Chief (aka Lt. Colonel) and again when he was appointed to "Chief Deputy" (we have four Deputies) so they have a good working relationship.

Working on my Python skills. The newest version of the mapping software upgrades to Python Version 3 (I use 2). There aren't a lot of differences but enough that I have to unlearn some things. Likewise the module that interfaces python with the mapping software has changed so I'm trying to get a handle on that. The boss told me I'm ahead of the others in the office and Python with Desktop Pro (mapping software version) will be a very desired skill in the GIS world.