The Coffee House

[smoke665]

another picture of my recent effort in the Botanical Garden:

Very nice. Has the look of a painting.

 

[jcdeboever]

Dodger's didn't play very well last night. Darvish couldn't spin the ball and Roberts got him out of there to keep the game in hand. Dodger's looking to steal one today. Hopefully their bullpen can hold up the rest of the series. The place was crazy. Still think Dodgers in 7

 

[davidharmier60]

Tried all the known stations on I heart but couldn't find the game. Found out we are 2-1 against LA. Cool beans.
There is another TV available.
But mine has grown roots.
I'll deal with it.

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[Frank F.]

another picture of my recent effort in the Botanical Garden:

Very nice. Has the look of a painting.

it is just a simple single shot with my sinar and the D850...

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. Miss Maggie has had an upset/loud constant gurgly stomach all night and morning. It is so loud that I heard it from the bedroom. She otherwise seems well ... but she chews everything in the backyard, dead or alive, and hopefully that is the cause ... something random. Dinner was a success, the Chicken Piccata was divine, even without the sauce it was quite tasty. Gary should have divided the chicken breasts, but didn't. After flattening, the chicken alone filled the entire plate. Mary Lou's fresh salad from the garden was light, yet satisfying and her guacamole was delish. Gary veggie pizza was all herbs and peppers and ended up on the spicey side, not overwhelming, but definitely spicey. The vino was simply amazing. For dessert berry pie and Gary's chocolate/orange ice cream. One of the guest is starting up an ice cream shoppe and he was quite surprised and impressed with the creaminess of the ice cream. If the Dodgers had won ... it would have been a perfect night ... they're a bunch of Bums.

 

[Gary A.]

It is 60F and the Marine Layer is back. Gary is relishing the cool overcast morning, the dew on the grass and flowers, the soft diffused light. We may break 80F today. In the paper, an article that California's 4,000+ years old Bristlecone Pines, the oldest trees in the world, are endangered by climate change, allowing lower altitude pines to encroach in their habitat. A very interesting article.

 

[snowbear117 48]

We missed out on the Apple Harvest Festival, so we're going to attempt getting to the Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival.

 

[Gary A.]

another picture of my recent effort in the Botanical Garden:

Very nice. Has the look of a painting.

it is just a simple single shot with my sinar and the D850...

Other than swings and tilts ... other than you can ... why not just shoot the D850 as designed?

 

[jcdeboever]

Developing today. XP2, HP5, TMax. The odd ball rolls, all pushed. Having fun, negatives drying. Looks good so far except one roll, which I suspected, from a broken camera (totally forgot about the roll). Not looking forward to scans. Maybe loup and select a couple until I get my enlarger.

 

[smoke665]

We have a fairly large farm supply/nursery/country store/building supply/hunting supply/you name it they have it, type store out in the country, not far from us. Went there today to pickup a couple things. Out in front under the front porch, they have 4 huge cast iron circa 1900's pecan shellers merrily cracking away fresh pecans. Inside was a big stack of bagged, cleaned and shelled ones $5/lb. I picked up a bag to add to my order and asked the clerk, if he had any still in the shell as we wanted some for the table (you don't eat as many if you have to shell them). He did at $2/lb so I added 5 lbs of those to the order. I went out to drive around to the back of the building to load my other items, when the clerk came out to apologize that they had already run all of their pecans through the sheller. Told him that was fine I'd just take more of the shelled instead. Pulled back around to the front of the building, to find the clerk waiting for me with 5 lbs of shelled pecans, and apologizing because he didn't have them in the shell. I've known these guys for 15 years now and you won't find a more customer service oriented bunch of people in the world. The owner Mark, has made a small fortune over the years running a country store in the middle of nowhere, with no advertising (except word of mouth). No big box store can come close to him.

 

[tirediron]

We have a fairly large farm supply/nursery/country store/building supply/hunting supply/you name it they have it, type store out in the country, not far from us. Went there today to pickup a couple things. Out in front under the front porch, they have 4 huge cast iron circa 1900's pecan shellers merrily cracking away fresh pecans. Inside was a big stack of bagged, cleaned and shelled ones $5/lb. I picked up a bag to add to my order and asked the clerk, if he had any still in the shell as we wanted some for the table (you don't eat as many if you have to shell them). He did at $2/lb so I added 5 lbs of those to the order. I went out to drive around to the back of the building to load my other items, when the clerk came out to apologize that they had already run all of their pecans through the sheller. Told him that was fine I'd just take more of the shelled instead. Pulled back around to the front of the building, to find the clerk waiting for me with 5 lbs of shelled pecans, and apologizing because he didn't have them in the shell. I've known these guys for 15 years now and you won't find a more customer service oriented bunch of people in the world. The owner Mark, has made a small fortune over the years running a country store in the middle of nowhere, with no advertising (except word of mouth). No big box store can come close to him.

That's how you run a business! It doesn't take much to keep people coming back, and the little bit they may have lost up front giving you those pecans (I trust mine are already in the mail!) will no doubt be compensated for many times over by the glowing praise from you & your family. You can't buy advertising like that!

 

[Frank F.]

another picture of my recent effort in the Botanical Garden:

Very nice. Has the look of a painting.

it is just a simple single shot with my sinar and the D850...

Other than swings and tilts ... other than you can ... why not just shoot the D850 as designed?

Tilt, swing & shifts I love, but the Schneider N°48 alone makes me so happy, even without movements. I have got lots of great lenses but this one is my reference for all...

 

[Frank F.]

We have a fairly large farm supply/nursery/country store/building supply/hunting supply/you name it they have it, type store out in the country, not far from us. Went there today to pickup a couple things. Out in front under the front porch, they have 4 huge cast iron circa 1900's pecan shellers merrily cracking away fresh pecans. Inside was a big stack of bagged, cleaned and shelled ones $5/lb. I picked up a bag to add to my order and asked the clerk, if he had any still in the shell as we wanted some for the table (you don't eat as many if you have to shell them). He did at $2/lb so I added 5 lbs of those to the order. I went out to drive around to the back of the building to load my other items, when the clerk came out to apologize that they had already run all of their pecans through the sheller. Told him that was fine I'd just take more of the shelled instead. Pulled back around to the front of the building, to find the clerk waiting for me with 5 lbs of shelled pecans, and apologizing because he didn't have them in the shell. I've known these guys for 15 years now and you won't find a more customer service oriented bunch of people in the world. The owner Mark, has made a small fortune over the years running a country store in the middle of nowhere, with no advertising (except word of mouth). No big box store can come close to him.

That's how you run a business! It doesn't take much to keep people coming back, and the little bit they may have lost up front giving you those pecans (I trust mine are already in the mail!) will no doubt be compensated for many times over by the glowing praise from you & your family. You can't buy advertising like that!

Agree 100% ... if I can make my customers really happy, they will tell everybody, if they are the final users.

Trouble is that I am a B2B venture and some customers do not tell, because they see me as a business secret and competitive advantage!

 

[smoke665]

I am a B2B venture and some customers do not tell, because they see me as a business secret and competitive advantage!

Sometimes, but I found that even though I was a B2B as well, I always went out of my way to take care of my customer's customers. We did a lot of JIT deliveries to the same places, that required appointments. My drivers were instructed to carry cold soft drinks in the summer, and coffee in the winter, to pass out to the guys on the dock when they arrived. If it was early morning they took donuts, or maybe some other kind of treat. Guess which company always got appointments when we needed them, guess who's trucks took priority on unloading, and guess who caught hell if our customer ever tried to use another carrier. Even though we were in a price competitive market we weren't the cheapest.

 

[davidharmier60]

The grocery store Dave works at isn't the cheapest place by far. But every now and then we have good prices. We try like all get put to have great service.

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