The Coffee House

Gary A. · Jan 27, 2018

Gary wanted to become a photojournalist.

jcdeboever · Jan 28, 2018

I wanted to be a paper boy

smoke665 · Jan 28, 2018

Though my major was not even close, thanks to my work experience in college I became a publisher of three small weekly newspapers, right after school. Though small by LA Times standards, I think our combined circulation was only slightly over 30k. It was rewarding but unfortunately not as profitable as I wanted, eventually I sold them and moved on to greener pastures.

snowbear · Jan 28, 2018

I've only read newspapers. I did get with a friend in Middle School (we called it Junior High) to write and submit a poem ("Our Neighbor's Garbage") to the school paper.

MLW is still sick, it's raining (and chilly). The first part tells me to go shoot a D, E and F for the alphabet project and contrast challenge, but the second part says "meh".

davidharmier60 · Jan 28, 2018

I never saw myself as a writer.
I worked for a vending company in the 90s.
I thought the perfect job would have been to be a customer rep with the power to change things.

Nowadays I don't like people all that much.

If I were a betting man I'd say it's going to rain most of the day. Not hard rain but it will stay wet out there.

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terri · Jan 28, 2018

I love writing, took journalism classes, scribbled short stories and god-awful poetry. But the paying career path somehow led me to healthcare management. I lamented for years that my writing skills were relegated to job descriptions, staff reviews, and the occasional lengthy emails to staff or my bosses regarding policy. :icon_puke_r:

I cherish good writing and it irks me on a near-daily basis to see the constant misspellings and/or bad grammar on signage, TV or anywhere the public may see it. I think my ideal job would be Editor of the GD World. :icon_mrgreen:

terri · Jan 28, 2018

Beautiful rainy day here. We're having light, steady rain occasionally intensifying, with warmish temps and little wind. This is the kind of thing that juices the ground for the jonquils that will be popping up in only a few more weeks.

After today, the bottom is going to drop out on the temps again, reminding us that it is still January. More time in the kitchen to make soup. :icon_cheers:

snowbear · Jan 28, 2018

terri said:
Beautiful rainy day here. We're having light, steady rain occasionally intensifying, with warmish temps and little wind. This is the kind of thing that juices the ground for the jonquils that will be popping up in only a few more weeks.

After today, the bottom is going to drop out on the temps again, reminding us that it is still January. More time in the kitchen to make soup.

Same here; rumors of "freezing mix" on Friday. I shot a contrast pic for Sharon's challenge. I still need to do my "D."

SquarePeg · Jan 28, 2018

Damp here but rain has held off so far. Wanted to see Three Billboards today but our preferred time is sold out except for single seats in front. Change of plans means going to see Hostiles later instead. May have to curl up with a book and a blanket for a nap.

terri · Jan 28, 2018

SquarePeg said:
Damp here but rain has held off so far. Wanted to see Three Billboards today but our preferred time is sold out except for single seats in front. Change of plans means going to see Hostiles later instead. May have to curl up with a book and a blanket for a nap.

Perfect day for it!

jcdeboever · Jan 28, 2018

smoke665 said:
Though my major was not even close, thanks to my work experience in college I became a publisher of three small weekly newspapers, right after school. Though small by LA Times standards, I think our combined circulation was only slightly over 30k. It was rewarding but unfortunately not as profitable as I wanted, eventually I sold them and moved on to greener pastures.

Was is call the Bama Smoke Press?

smoke665 · Jan 28, 2018

jcdeboever said:
smoke665 said:

Though my major was not even close, thanks to my work experience in college I became a publisher of three small weekly newspapers, right after school. Though small by LA Times standards, I think our combined circulation was only slightly over 30k. It was rewarding but unfortunately not as profitable as I wanted, eventually I sold them and moved on to greener pastures.

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Was is call the Bama Smoke Press?

Nope another time, another state JC

snowbear · Jan 28, 2018

It's looking like I'm going to have to replace the AF 35-80mm f/4-5.6D. Lazy Lobster dropped it a while back so the zoom is a little sticky and the filter area has a bit of a dent, but it's really been a workhorse since I got the D750. Today I noticed the AF didn't want to play without manual intervention. I'm not sure to go with another of these or move up a bit.

smoke665 · Jan 28, 2018

Well just when I thought I'd seen it all. I got an email alert that my CC had been dinged for $86 by Redbox for a movie not returned. When I called them to tell them I hadn't rented any movies, I found out the movie had been rented at a kiosk 600 miles from me. Should have been a simple fix, they issue a credit all is well, but not this POS company. Seems they don't have any way of issuing credits. Their machines only use card swipes, but the transaction was manually entered which tells me somebody at their company keyed the wrong number or their system malfunctioned. As this was the "only" unauthorized charge for the month, I seriously doubt a hacker would have hacked my card only to rent a movie!! So now I had to go through the hassle of canceling the card and having it reissued to get my money back, then updating accounts that I use this card on. Beware this company it's not the first time I've had problems with them, which is why I had quit using them a couple years ago. :mad-new:

snowbear · Jan 28, 2018

smoke665 said:
Well just when I thought I'd seen it all. I got an email alert that my CC had been dinged for $86 by Redbox for a movie not returned. When I called them to tell them I hadn't rented any movies, I found out the movie had been rented at a kiosk 600 miles from me. Should have been a simple fix, they issue a credit all is well, but not this POS company. Seems they don't have any way of issuing credits. Their machines only use card swipes, but the transaction was manually entered which tells me somebody at their company keyed the wrong number or their system malfunctioned. As this was the "only" unauthorized charge for the month, I seriously doubt a hacker would have hacked my card only to rent a movie!! So now I had to go through the hassle of canceling the card and having it reissued to get my money back, then updating accounts that I use this card on. Beware this company it's not the first time I've had problems with them, which is why I had quit using them a couple years ago.

Ouch. We have Discover card for emergencies, and a Credit Union Debit/Visa card for everyday use. The CU is real good with their fraud alerts. I got asked about purchasing about $600 from Macy's in NYC. When I told them no, they immediately cancelled the card. The next day at work (they have a branch in our building), I got a list of charges, verified which were mine, and they credited the rest. I got the new card while I was there. They even followed up with a couple of charge attempts that came in afterwards.