The Coffee House

[SquarePeg37 8]

Hey hosers.

Being able to breathe would be aces.

Whatever I had wasn't too bad - a sore throat and some congestion, but manageable. Tired, but not the kind of "I am so tired I don't even know how I'm still alive" kind of fatigue that hits me at times.

And then about 1-2 hours ago, my head decided to totally mess with me. A decongestant and some antihistamine later and nothing. Going to break out my breath strips to try to sleep tonight.

I'm wearing a big )^%*#@^% happy hat right now.

Sorry to hear it. If it's what I had, it keeps going away and coming back every 12-24 hours. I'm not sure if the meds I took cleared it up or if that was a coincidence after 10 days of feeling crappy maybe it had run its course.

I highly recommend a hot toddy.

 

[Frank F.]

Bright red and shiny after 21 years of use, no rust, always stood outside winters and summers.

21 years, wow. Do you not use it much?

Several years ago when they shifted from rock salt to brine, it really started taking a toll on our equipment. Even with weekly washes, it wasnt unusual to see the aluminum be rotted on a 5 year old trailer. The brine soaked in every crack/crevis and continued to eat away despite regular washing.

Me and my wife are city kids, live in walkable distance from friends work shopping school health care ....

So we do not actually neeeed a car. When my FIL died we inherited the machine in next to unused condition, 35k Kilometres! Now we are 140k after 9 years, kind of half life for a Golf 3 in perfect shape....

I went through the technical examination twice now, so four years of regular check and clean only. No rust and the motor fume emissions are barely measurable, 100 times below threshold....

 

[davidharmier60]

Hi ho hi ho it's off to work I go.

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[snowbear115 47]

During torrential storms in the '70's, Gary once witnessed s small herd of dead cows being rapidly swept downstream by a churny, foamy, chocolate brown river, legs stiff in the air, tumbling around as if they were bits of paper in the wind.

Finally warmed up enough to give the truck a much needed bath. The chemical, sand, grit, garbage we accumulated from our ice encounter in GA was terrible. Still have to do the Rv but it may have to wait as rain is coming in now. How people who live in snow country deal with the mess is beyond me, can't stand a dirty vehicle.

You wash when you can, but mostly you learn to accept a dirty car and unleash the need for cleanliness (if you have such a need) on the interior Though you have to get good winter floor mats (not carpet but rubber) and accept that they will invariably look like the outside of your car. Oh, and don't have kids

My Alice is kind of a hot mess right now but the cabin is beautiful and clean.

We had the Camry washed on Sunday, while we were in CT. The mirrors got icy, but a few wipes with a paper towel and all was good. We figured it was best to do it on the road, then after we got home and changed the doors freezing.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. Yesterday, there was rain. Nice and steady, a nonstop steam of moisture falling gently from the skies. The rain was continuous light until late in the night ... then it started to pour ... then buckets ... then dogs & cats ... then dogs & cats in buckets. It was of Monsoonal fury, literally sheets of solid water pounding the roof and walls, rain which you couldn't see through. Gary hasn't caught up on local news yet, but it has to be pretty bad flash flooding all over ... but a wet muddy Hell gotta be breaking loose in the burn areas. Remember more than 300,000 acres burned and all that acreage is now on its way silting up the Pacific Ocean and taking everything in its path with it.

 

[Gary A.]

On the sunny side:

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

@Gary A. - literally lol'd. Thanks!

 

[smoke665]

Gary hasn't caught up on local news yet, but it has to be pretty bad flash flooding all over ... but a wet muddy Hell gotta be breaking loose in the burn areas.

That's scary!!!

 

[limr30 3]

Hey hosers.

I apparently woke up with a brand spanking new cold!

Yahtzee!

 

[smoke665]

Hey hosers.

I apparently woke up with a brand spanking new cold!

Yahtzee!

Are you sure its new? I've had the same one for four weeks now.

 

[davidharmier60]

I've come out of the store to misting rain.
Just enough to make old blue look worse.
Come on Thursday!
Apparently nothing is wrong and it will all be alright. Got roughly 4.5 a minute one way or the other. Trish wants my box of pennies tomorrow. That hasn't changed.
Gonna check PO and then the box at the front of the neighborhood and then go home.

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[SquarePeg37 8]

Hey hosers.

I apparently woke up with a brand spanking new cold!

Yahtzee!

Hey hosers.

I apparently woke up with a brand spanking new cold!

Yahtzee!

Are you sure its new? I've had the same one for four weeks now.

Same thing I had as well. It came back 3 or 4 times after brief periods of feeling better. Someone told me yesterday that it is a version of this year's flu. Muscle aches and fever with terrible sinus symptoms and it lasts 2-3 weeks. I had a flu shot so I guess that's why it felt like a cold and sinus and not much worse.

 

[smoke665]

terrible sinus symptoms and it lasts 2-3 weeks. I had a flu shot so I guess that's why it felt like a cold and sinus and not much worse.

Interesting, hadn't heard that. I had the flu shot also, and mostly sinus problems

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

@smoke665 Congrats on a hard fought win by Alabama!

 

[vintagesnaps]

Oh, Leo, what a bummer, take care this week. Do you have a long weekend? I hope.