The Coffee House

[waday]

Gary's work email is functioning correctly and he is presently frustrated.

I get frustrated with work email, too.

This was a P.O. ... cash money ... and Gary couldn't get it to 'Send'. Gary opened the message in a separate window and off it went. Go figure ...

Ah. My email frustrates me in a different way.

 

[smoke665]

Amazing to me that your hard freeze came before ours almost 1000 miles to the Northeast. I guess the warm ocean water influences our weather much more than I thought.

(PS...the last time I was in Gadsden, it was still in the 80s when I went to bed, haha)

Really, you were a long way from home if you were in Gadsden.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary sorta wonders what the driver thought when they heard and felt the bang on the roof ...

 

[Gary A.]

What does "UV Index" mean?

 

[Gary A.]

BTW- The Watermelon Sorbet is delish ... the recipe called for two Serrano peppers and lime juice ... really really good. The bread came out okay, better than store ... but not one of Gary's better breads.

 

[davidharmier60]

Dave was very surprised when told the Astros won 13-12. If after the first inning I'd have bet I would have lost money. Got a bit over 4.25 hours. Taking a broken grocery cart home to see if I can fix it.

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[Gary A.]

Yep, in an extra inning. Great game, a boxing match really, both clubs trading blows until their arms were wasted with fatigue. Sorta like a Rocky movie, but in movie the Ruskie won.

 

[smoke665]

@limr Any comments on the firing of McElwaine????

Not too surprising, given their record and current problems with the team. Poor recruitment trickles all the way up to the coach. I am surprised and horrified at the death threats.

Southern football fans take it pretty serious!! He's not the first that I remember.

@SquarePeg You have to wonder at the luck some people have. Wonder what the odds would be that the poor woman would have a tree fall on her while driving down the street!!

 

[JonA_CT]

Amazing to me that your hard freeze came before ours almost 1000 miles to the Northeast. I guess the warm ocean water influences our weather much more than I thought.

(PS...the last time I was in Gadsden, it was still in the 80s when I went to bed, haha)

Really, you were a long way from home if you were in Gadsden.

Indeed. My in-laws live in East TX and we drove there and back in July 2016. We spent a night in Gadsden on the way home. (Two stop trip home...Gadsden and we spent two nights just outside of Shenandoah NP in VA). We probably won’t ever make that drive again, although it has nothing to do with the hospitality in Gadsden which was just fine.

We caught a super hot stretch while we were down there. I have pictures of my daughter playing in the first rest area in AL on the way down. She was flush and wet after just a few minutes running around.

 

[smoke665]

We caught a super hot stretch while we were down there. I have pictures of my daughter playing in the first rest area in AL on the way down. She was flush and wet after just a few minutes running around.

Yup Bama in the summer can be "extreme", but generally the temperatures are fairly moderate. Gadsden proper hasn't grown that much, but the surrounding areas have substantially. Lots, and lots of restaurants and shopping opportunities. They've revitalized the downtown, and are in the process of turning it into an entertainment district.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou is up and turned on the Tv to get updates on this 'big' news day. She said when did "... newscasters start wearing dresses like that ...?" A tight purple thing with a slit up to her waist. From the kitchen Gary immediately queried "... is that Fox?" Sadly it was. Gary isn't saying that only Fox News hires females based upon attractiveness and then insist they dress in revealing outfits ... but different standards for identical/similar jobs is just wrong.

 

[smoke665]

Mary Lou is up and turned on the Tv to get updates on this 'big' news day. She said when did "... newscasters start wearing dresses like that ...?" A tight purple thing with a slit up to her waist. From the kitchen Gary immediately queried "... is that Fox?" Sadly it was. Gary isn't saying that only Fox News hires females based upon attractiveness and then insist they dress in revealing outfits ... but different standards for identical/similar jobs is just wrong.

Unfortunately reporting of the facts as we knew it in years past, has turned into a 24/7 reality show. The world is a big place but not so big as to support multiple 24/7 channels, without a lot of "fill in". I'm not sure anyone would have referred to Walter Kronkite or David Brinkley as hunks, but then again, you weren't interested in "them", you were interested in what they had to say.

 

[davidharmier60]

Pretty is one thing but being told to dress slutty is over the line.

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[Gary A.]

Gary sees it as a double standard ... that the female newscasters have different standards than the men.

 

[limr30 3]

Gary sees it as a double standard ... that the female newscasters have different standards than the men.

This is nothing new. It just seems to be more explicit and obvious on some broadcasts than others.