The Coffee House

[vintagesnaps]

 

[SquarePeg41 3]

Have to admit that up until this post I thought you were joking about the urine. So let me just say Eeeewwwwww.

If you're that squeamish about using it when you don't physically have to touch it, what are you going to do when you're out on the beach and get a bad jellyfish sting????

Ask my friends Chandler and Joey to do it for me then never speak of it again.

 

[snowbear120 52]

I don't really watch TV - Doctor Who and a couple more shows. occasionally. MLW watches frequently so she knows how the remotes work.
The ancient Scots allegedly used urine as a catalyst, of sorts, when making vegetable dyes for tartans.

@waday in the media room, we have TV, satellite box, sound system, DVD, and assorted switches. Most of which will function off one remote ------- until granddaughter comes over, catches us not watching and starts punching buttons then it takes me an hour of reading all the manuals to reprogram everything.

One more reason to keep the OLBs tied up.

 

[snowbear120 52]

Have to admit that up until this post I thought you were joking about the urine. So let me just say Eeeewwwwww.

If you're that squeamish about using it when you don't physically have to touch it, what are you going to do when you're out on the beach and get a bad jellyfish sting????

Adolph's meat tenderizer. Easy enough to keep a small jar in the beach bag.

Terri: Hope you get power back soon. The local news in Portland said a dozen, or so, power company trucks were on their way down to help restore power - should have gotten there yesterday.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Weather Channel was saying lots of lines down, which unfortunately is taking time.

Hey JC I got the Traverse Prospects games on, couldn't get it to work the other day but watching the last of the games today. No announcer just sounds of the arena but no great loss, hearing the rink noise feels like being there.

Was thinking of going to our junior game over the weekend but they moved it out of town, something about the rink losing 40 gallons of brine, which I took to mean - no ice!

 

[vintagesnaps]

NYR v. Dallas prospects, tied at 1-1 after two. Camera is on the lite brite scoreboard watching it count down.

edit - Hey! realized with staggered start times on two rinks the other game is on - I can do a split screen thing and watch both. Red Wings v. St. Louis, the baby Blues just scored again for a 5-1 lead.

The other game has an announcer, and a guy doing color. And a mezzanine, with people up there (obviously the main rink and the other's the annex).

I'm in hockey heaven.

 

[terri39 10]

Thanks for the info on the extra power company help, guys - obviously we need it!

Still no power, so we've been cleaning out the fridge since the trash gets picked up tomorrow. Didn't lose too much and we're grilling some lamb patties tonight that were in the freezer.

We cleaned up outside, and carried all the herbs back to the porch. Tomorrow should be warmer, no more lingering drizzle. Hopefully the power will be back, too - not much point in a store run without a working refrigerator! Starting to wear a bit thin, though I don't like complaining when others have it so much worse.

 

[jcdeboever]

NYR v. Dallas prospects, tied at 1-1 after two. Camera is on the lite brite scoreboard watching it count down.

edit - Hey! realized with staggered start times on two rinks the other game is on - I can do a split screen thing and watch both. Red Wings v. St. Louis, the baby Blues just scored again for a 5-1 lead.

The other game has an announcer, and a guy doing color. And a mezzanine, with people up there (obviously the main rink and the other's the annex).

I'm in hockey heaven.

I DVR'd it. I am traveling up north now.

 

[JonA_CT]

Thanks for the info on the extra power company help, guys - obviously we need it!

Still no power, so we've been cleaning out the fridge since the trash gets picked up tomorrow. Didn't lose too much and we're grilling some lamb patties tonight that were in the freezer.

We cleaned up outside, and carried all the herbs back to the porch. Tomorrow should be warmer, no more lingering drizzle. Hopefully the power will be back, too - not much point in a store run without a working refrigerator! Starting to wear a bit thin, though I don't like complaining when others have it so much worse.

My homeowners' policy through USAA covers loss of food during a power outage. It might be worth giving your policy holder a call to ask. I think mine was capped at $250, but it was enough to restock our deep freezer the last time we lost power.

 

[jcdeboever]

Dodgers won, the Dodgers WON! Justin Verlander pitch's another masterpiece for the Astros! Red Wings prospects fall to the Blues.... Couple fights, can't wait to get home and see that....

 

[Gary A.]

Thanks for the info on the extra power company help, guys - obviously we need it!

Still no power, so we've been cleaning out the fridge since the trash gets picked up tomorrow. Didn't lose too much and we're grilling some lamb patties tonight that were in the freezer.

We cleaned up outside, and carried all the herbs back to the porch. Tomorrow should be warmer, no more lingering drizzle. Hopefully the power will be back, too - not much point in a store run without a working refrigerator! Starting to wear a bit thin, though I don't like complaining when others have it so much worse.

Power company crews from Eversource in the northeast to Pacific Gas and Energy in the west, even crews from Canada and parts in between are all caravanning to cure the power grid destruction from Irma.

 

[Gary A.]

Dodgers won, the Dodgers WON! Justin Verlander pitch's another masterpiece for the Astros! Red Wings prospects fall to the Blues.... Couple fights, can't wait to get home and see that....

After losing 11 straight games, Kershaw and Jansen played some ball.

 

[vintagesnaps]

Hope they get your power on soon Terri. Reminds me of quite a few years ago when hurricane force winds got this far north (trees here can't withstand that force because they aren't meant to grow where there are hurricanes!). So many lines were pulled down by tree limbs it took almost a week getting all those lines back up. And gas pumps weren't working, it was a looong week... not much to do but hang in there til they get you lit up again!

 

[Gary A.]

iPhone

Making some bread this morning. Finished kneading waiting for it to rise.

 

[terri39 10]

Thanks for the info on the extra power company help, guys - obviously we need it!

Still no power, so we've been cleaning out the fridge since the trash gets picked up tomorrow. Didn't lose too much and we're grilling some lamb patties tonight that were in the freezer.

We cleaned up outside, and carried all the herbs back to the porch. Tomorrow should be warmer, no more lingering drizzle. Hopefully the power will be back, too - not much point in a store run without a working refrigerator! Starting to wear a bit thin, though I don't like complaining when others have it so much worse.

My homeowners' policy through USAA covers loss of food during a power outage. It might be worth giving your policy holder a call to ask. I think mine was capped at $250, but it was enough to restock our deep freezer the last time we lost power.

I never thought of that - might be worth a peek just to see if such a rider even exists. It was just our regular freezer, so I wouldn't both filing a claim this time around. But good information, all the same.

The power is BACK ON. We had some more cleanup to do, then hit the showers, and I'm running the dishwasher now. Later, it'll be time to head to the grocery store to replenish the perishables and frozen stuff we tossed out.

Yay! Yay! Yay!

But my poor sister in central Florida is still without, and likely to be without for several more days. I am hoping she thinks hard about getting a generator now.