The Coffee House

SquarePeg · Oct 23, 2017

Gary A. said:
SquarePeg said:

Pats game. Let’s go!!

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The folks in the cheap seats can only hear the game.

We went to a foggy game once at the old Foxboro stadium. Pea soup as they like to say around here. It was a playoff game vs Pittsburgh back in the Parcells era. Fortunately we were not in the cheap seats for that one.

smoke665 · Oct 23, 2017

Pea soup here this morning! Rain started in the wee hours this morning and is down to a drizzle now. Glad Sadie and I got extra walking time in yesterday, as it will be limited today.

smoke665 · Oct 23, 2017

@Gary A. On the news this morning they were saying that tickets for the series started at $750 with an average price of $3,000. Do you have any "extra tickets" you want to gift to someone? LOL

limr · Oct 23, 2017

Guys, guys, guys, GUUUUYYYYYSSS!

Frank F. · Oct 23, 2017

I guess I buy to many things online. Always dangeours surfing with health or photography in mind....

Gary A. · Oct 23, 2017

smoke665 said:
Pea soup here this morning! Rain started in the wee hours this morning and is down to a drizzle now. Glad Sadie and I got extra walking time in yesterday, as it will be limited today.

Man, we're in a real heat wave. 20 degrees above normal ... triple digit stuff ... Santa Ana winds blowing in from the Mojave Desert. Gary would love some of that fog. Mary Lou and Gary are having dinner at the beach tonight.

Gary A. · Oct 23, 2017

Frank F. said:
I guess I buy to many things online. Always dangeours surfing with health or photography in mind....

Mary Lou keeps threatening to take Gary's Amazon card away.

Gary A. · Oct 23, 2017

smoke665 said:
@Gary A. On the news this morning they were saying that tickets for the series started at $750 with an average price of $3,000. Do you have any "extra tickets" you want to gift to someone? LOL

Oh sure ... Gary just picked up ten tickets ... they're cheaper that way, economy of scale and stuff. I only have four friends, so I'll leave six at will call for you. Enjoy! (It will be hotter than hell tomorrow, *see above, 100F, so no Alabama winter clothing. I'll meet you at Phillipe's after the game.)

PS- Parking is $35 online or $50 at the stadium.
G

smoke665 · Oct 23, 2017

Gary A. said:
Oh sure ..

Obviously they are selling these high prices, but for the life of me, I don't know who. Last year we were close to Tampa in January. Wife suggested we see if we could get tickets to the playoffs. Cheapest ones available even close to the field were upwards of 5k. Crazy!!

Oh and the temps here ---- 65 is the high today, and the skies are prettiest shade of blue.

davidharmier60 · Oct 23, 2017

Electricians came and did their part.
SHECO was just here and didn't know they lost a pole too. A crew to do that should be here in 35 minutes or so. Will be SO NICE to kill the generator!
The electrictions did a stand out job!
Because it's husband of a super nice lady it was Done for $400. Still a lot but not nearly what was expected.

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JonA_CT · Oct 23, 2017

Things are different in Texas! I'm not sure I could get an electrician to my house for much less than that.

Gary A. · Oct 23, 2017

smoke665 said:
Gary A. said:

Oh sure ..

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Obviously they are selling these high prices, but for the life of me, I don't know who. Last year we were close to Tampa in January. Wife suggested we see if we could get tickets to the playoffs. Cheapest ones available even close to the field were upwards of 5k. Crazy!!

Oh and the temps here ---- 65 is the high today, and the skies are prettiest shade of blue.

A couple of days ago it was in the 70's ... just a real freak thing, apparently two 'Highs' are creating the extremely hot temperatures. If you're coming, I hope you like wine!

Gary A. · Oct 23, 2017

davidharmier60 said:
Electricians came and did their part.
SHECO was just here and didn't know they lost a pole too. A crew to do that should be here in 35 minutes or so. Will be SO NICE to kill the generator!
The electrictions did a stand out job!
Because it's husband of a super nice lady it was Done for $400. Still a lot but not nearly what was expected.

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Including the pole? If so, that is quite good. Out here for a temp pole and connect mmmhhh ... over a thou ... but then we're also talking prevailing wage ... dunno about private sector work.

smoke665 · Oct 23, 2017

A few years ago we had some of the meth heads doing their own wiring to the pole on empty houses in the district, bypassing the line fuse. So, when the house caught fire all we could do is stand back and watch it burn until the power company arrived (which by that time it was generally on the ground). Talk about fire works, those live lines would jump, spark, pop! Thankfully most of those houses have been thinned out now.

Gary A. · Oct 23, 2017

smoke665 said:
A few years ago we had some of the meth heads doing their own wiring to the pole on empty houses in the district, bypassing the line fuse. So, when the house caught fire all we could do is stand back and watch it burn until the power company arrived (which by that time it was generally on the ground). Talk about fire works, those live lines would jump, spark, pop! Thankfully most of those houses have been thinned out now.

That's just crazy ... as for Gary ... Gary just runs an extension cord to my neighbors garage.