The Coffee House

[snowbear121 53]

Good morning.
Cold pizza and the usual K-cup for breakfast. I have to muddle around quietly, as MLW is in bed after her overnight gig and didn't really get a chance to catch her sleep at the office (they are allowed four hours on the 12-hour night shift).

If only football players would merely play football. And leave politics alone.

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There are a lot of people who should leave politics alone. Let’s start with keeping those type of discussions out of threads on the main forum. This is a hot button issue as anyone with a Facebook account can confirm. I’m sure you can get a rousing debate about it going if you’d like to post it in the Subscribers forums where anything goes including politics, religion etc.

Yes, please. Living near DC, I think we get more than our share IRL, so the political-free zone is a blessing.

 

[Gary A.]

Yes for sure there is no greed or whoring involved in college sports.

Not at the schools Gary attended.

 

[JonA_CT]

University of Southern California athletics scandal - Wikipedia

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. Gary has some sad but also happy news to share.

Sadly, about a month ago, Cookie (AKA The Cook), passed. She was 14 years old and her kidneys simply wore out. She was an incredible companion and my best friend. Cook and Gary did everything together.

Gary made a gallery in honor and memory of The Cook.

Cook in her summer coiffure.

Cook in winter.

Cook and Friends:

Okay ... now Gary is tearing up ...

Rest In Peace sweet Cook.

 

[limr35 5]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. Gary has some sad but also happy news to share.

Sadly, about a month ago, Cookie (AKA The Cook), passed. She was 14 years old and her kidneys simply wore out. She was an incredible companion and my best friend. Cook and Gary did everything together.

Gary made a gallery in honor of The Cook.

Cook in her summer coiffure.

Cook in winter.

Cook and Friends:

Okay ... now Gary is tearing up ...

Rest In Peace sweet Cook.

Oh no!!!!! I'm so sorry! Many hugs to you and Mary Lou.

Leo is totally tearing up too. She was a good fine Cookie and I'm grateful we got to know her through you, Tio. Just today, I saw a dog that looked like her and I cried, "Cookie!" and went over for some lovin'.

We'll all miss her

 

[jcdeboever]

Sorry for your loss my friend. I know how special she was. [emoji25]

 

[Gary A.]

Okay the Happy news:

Hosers, Mary Lou and Gary have a new baby. May Gary introduce Maggie, a ten week old Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier baby:

iPhone images

Refuge under the fountain.

Resting on Gary.

 

[Gary A.]

Near the end, when Cook was unable to take her, until then, daily morning walk, a neighbor came by walking her dog. She stopped and we chatted about Cookie and I explained that she wasn't doing well and the neighbor stated that Cookie was an institution in the neighborhood. It's funny, but more people knew Cookie's name than the name of her humans (Mary Lou and Gary). One day Gary and Cook were driving in an adjacent city, Brea, on a four lane highway. While stopped at a red light, Cook's head was out the window, when another car pulled up to the light, rolled down the window and inquired if that was Cookie. Gary, of course, affirmed that indeed it was The Cook then we drove away. To this day Gary doesn't know who that person was.

 

[tirediron]

I'm very sorry to hear about Cookie!

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. Gary has some sad but also happy news to share.

Sadly, about a month ago, Cookie (AKA The Cook), passed. She was 14 years old and her kidneys simply wore out. She was an incredible companion and my best friend. Cook and Gary did everything together.

Gary made a gallery in honor of The Cook.

Cook in her summer coiffure.

Cook in winter.

Cook and Friends:

Okay ... now Gary is tearing up ...

Rest In Peace sweet Cook.

Oh no!!!!! I'm so sorry! Many hugs to you and Mary Lou.

Leo is totally tearing up too. She was a good fine Cookie and I'm grateful we got to know her through you, Tio. Just today, I saw a dog that looked like her and I cried, "Cookie!" and went over for some lovin'.

We'll all miss her

Thank you Leo. All dogs are special, but The Cook just seemed more so.

 

[Gary A.]

Sorry for your loss my friend. I know how special she was. [emoji25]

Thank you John. It's been pretty tough around here the last few months.

 

[Gary A.]

I'm very sorry to hear about Cookie!

Thank you John. Gary wishes all you guys could have know her. Our neighbor's grade school age daughter introduced Cookie to her friend with "... this is Cookie ... she not a dog, she just looks like a dog."

 

[limr35 5]

Okay the Happy news:

Hosers, Mary Lou and Gary have a new baby. May Gary introduce Maggie, a ten week old Soft Coated Wheaten baby:

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Refuge under the fountain.

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Resting on Gary.

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Maggie!! Such a fluff ball

 

[SquarePeg42 3]

So sorry for your loss Gary. It’s sad that they’re only in our lives for a short time compared to humans. I hope you find comfort that you gave her such a loving and happy home.

Your new family member looks like a sweetie pie. Looking forward to photos of your new adventures with Maggie.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou and Gary were reluctant to adopt another dog so soon after Cookie's passing.

Okay the Happy news:

Hosers, Mary Lou and Gary have a new baby. May Gary introduce Maggie, a ten week old Soft Coated Wheaten baby:

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Refuge under the fountain.

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Resting on Gary.

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Maggie!! Such a fluff ball

None of those iPhone image captures her puppyiness. She will melt your heart in an instant. I will try to get some better images today, but she is extremely cute, extremely cuddly, extremely entertaining ... to use JC's vocabulary an extreme Pumpkin Butt.