The Coffee House

[Frank F.]

Morning, hosers.

The light this morning was really warm and interesting from the corner gas station's parking lot this morning. I should have done one of those 365* photos instead. This corner is about as classic as it gets around here. Gas station, bait shop, two salons, a weird type of convenience store/dollar store that only exists in cities, a package store, and a Chinese restaurant.

Untitled by jwa04, on Flickr

What a wonderful piece of photography!

 

[Gary A.]

Gary never waters down anything in his life. He even swims in a dry pool.

Wiat, wait, I need to roll up my pants legs it's starting to get deep in here LOL

Gary never rolls up his pant legs either.

 

[Frank F.]

Morning, hosers. @JonA_CT: that looks like a pretty little town in the morning! @SquarePeg: RE: "package store" - I've seen those words on signs down here...not often, but it does exist in the South. Most often, signs simply read: LIQUOR. Keeping it real straightforward.

Sunny and chilly morning here...going to be a beautiful January day.

When a New Englander says “I’m going to the packy” now you will know what they mean.

If you hear an Englishman utter these sounds he means the Pakistani Kiosk on the corner selling anything round the clock, employing any family member, child, grandpa, dogs and middle couple ... Just like your US 7/11, most of them unlicensed ... Germans go the the "Tanke" meaning petrol station, the 24/7 tabac and liquor store here. In Cologne and Berlin they have their "Büdchen" or "Kiosk" or "Trinkhalle". Last expression means they offer to consume the stuff on premises. It is also the common expression for this kind of micro superstore offering wine, toilet paper, tooth brush, bread, butter, soft drinks, beer, tabac .... "Trinkhalle" is also common in Eastern Germany and the coal mining region "Ruhrgrbiet".

Some also serve small food like fries and burgers and "Schnitzel" and "Currywurst" ... Last is a real gourmandise if the know how to make a good curry sauce on site. Can be a magic dish!

 

[limr31]

I wish there were a way my phone camera could have done justice to the sunset yesterday. It was like the sky was on fire AND there was a rainbow. I mean, this was Technocolor Gone With the Wind sky. It was Ted Turner over-dramatic colorized sky. And apparently, it was a sky to be experienced but not photographed.

Le sigh.

 

[davidharmier60]

5.75 hours today. Floors. Marquee. Sweep.
Pick up a LOT of the mess the guys that get the cardboard bales leave behind.
Eating a leisurely breakfast and sort of goofing off to wait for the check.

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[Frank F.]

Depends on the whiskey. Sometimes, a splash of water really opens up the flavor.

Ice cold cleanest water from an Irish fairy ground. Transcend taste. Lift spirits. And a Guinness fresh from clean pipes. What a treat. After several you sure know where the floor is but search for your head somewhere between the clouds

 

[davidharmier60]

As I have mentioned I rarely drink alcoholic beverages. Maybe a margarita or a rum and coke once in a blue moon.

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[smoke665]

Gary never waters down anything in his life. He even swims in a dry pool.

Wiat, wait, I need to roll up my pants legs it's starting to get deep in here LOL

Gary never rolls up his pant legs either.

That's because Gary is the most interesting man.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou, Mike (Max’s human) and Gary watched the Three Billboards movie. A very good and throughly entertaining movie. At least four stars. It reminded Gary of Fargo. Tuesdays is a great day for movies. We watched the movie in downtown Brea, a very upscale, quaint, Orange County shopping area. We were the first to entered the theater, it took five minutes for the theater to double in occupancy. In total maybe six watched the movie. After the movie, Gary reached to the seat ahead of him just for leverage to pull him out of the seat he was seated. The jammin’ back of the seat pulled off in his hand. We all laughed. If he was younger and less responsible, he probably would have attempted to depart with the souvenir seat back.

 

[davidharmier60]

There is a theater in Cleveland that has been there forever. There is a big fancy cinema in Humble. I can't remember the last movie I saw in a theater.

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[vintagesnaps]

What do you do swimming in a dry pool, walk around and pantomime?

I'm getting tired of cloudy, gray, overcast, gray... as my mom says, **** or get off the pot, rain or snow or let the sun come out already!

I think there's a need for a happy hour.

 

[Gary A.]

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What do you do swimming in a dry pool, walk around and pantomime?

I'm getting tired of cloudy, gray, overcast, gray... as my mom says, **** or get off the pot, rain or snow or let the sun come out already!

I think there's a need for a happy hour.

Savoring the pure enjoyment of an undiluted swim ... of course.

 

[smoke665]

Savoring the pure enjoyment of an undiluted swim .

That would make for an interesting video

 

[Frank F.]

I like to share a picture I took a few days ago ... a small fashion store .. I like the layers of relections here...

... I look at it and zoom in and zoom out ... great effect

 

[JamesD]

Earthquake off the coast of Alaska apparently triggered a lot of tsunami warnings - though from what I understand now, those have been canceled.

I hope @JamesD wasn't impacted by this.

Nope, no impact here, just a lot of people asking about it. ;-)

Apparently there was an approximately 30cm tsunami in certain parts down on the coast, but I'm in the interior, 350 miles or so north of Anchorage, so tsunami warnings don't reach us up here. The quake itself was a bit offshore of Kodiak, even further south, a total distance of maybe 700 mi. Somewhat further than the distance from San Francisco to Salt Lake City, as the crow flies.

Alaska is big...