The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou and Gary watched A Quiet Place ... meh. Mary Lou says two stars. This morning Gary had a meeting at CSUSB (Cal State San Bernardino). Cal State is in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains, simply a visually stunning environment. Unfortunately, it gets hotter than hell there in summer and the city is neither a cultural or an economic powerhouse. Mary Lou and Gary are home, relaxing and watching cable news, (Mary Lou is a news junkie), sipping a Dunning/Paso Robles Pinot Noir. Mary Lou and Gary likes this better than the Willamette Valley Pinot Nior we drank on Monday. We’re also snacking on a sourdough baguette smeared with Gary’s pesto, along with a variety of cheeses and some ham. In spite of the drive to San Bernardino ... all-in-all, a pleasant day.

 

[grrr8scott]

When Gary wins the lotto he’s moving back to PV. Gary loves PV, the Peacocks notwithstanding. Oooooh, Luanda Bay is sooooo nice. My oldest daughter attended Bishop Montgomery.[/QUOTE]

We sold my mom’s house in 2000. I live near Modesto - couldn’t figure out a way to live there and work here. Went back a few years ago to visit my brother in Redondo. PV is still a nice enclave, but traffic everywhere else was awful, even though I grew up dealing with it. I still love to visit LA from time to time.

 

[grrr8scott]

76F today with humidity in the 40%.

Some PV stuff:

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76F today with humidity in the 40%.

Some PV stuff:

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Now I’m getting homesick. I lived a couple miles north of that lighthouse. Marine land used to be just south of it. I walked there from home a couple times when I was a kid. As an adult, sometimes my mom and I would go for a run to the lighthouse and back. Good memories.

 

[davidharmier60]

Since the last update (God I hate it when my phone updates) I now get weather alerts that sound like tapatalk or gmail alerts. It says it's 55 in Shepherd.
Thursday is a lot like Monday at the store.
A couple 18 wheelers of stock arrive.
Stockers are all over the place. Some will work with me. Others not so much.
Yippee. Today, tomorrow and Saturday to go.

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[Fujidave]

Had to pop in to town, as I lost my receipt for the X-T20 and XC lenses that came with it. Jessops were great again and printed another one out, so now I can register that kit on the New Fuji Connect site. Today is very grey but mild out, might see if any bugs or critters are in the park.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Morning Hosers! Big day today. Princess is starting pitcher for her first High School softball game. She’s on the Freshman team. She hasn’t pitched much at all the past few years, preferring to play 2nd base or outfield so she’s pretty nervous!

Apparently they pulled the designated freshman pitcher up to the JV team yesterday, leaving Princess and one other as the only players on the freshmen team with any pitching experience.

I think she’ll do fine but her confidence is not where it should be since she didn’t know about it until late yesterday and didn’t have a lot of time to practice.

I’ll be there with my camera and will do my best not to armchair quarterback the coaching decisions! Pics later.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Good luck to both of you!

 

[smoke665]

The sun is shining, for now, but the cold and rain is coming. At least we had a few nice days, during which I was able to get most of the maintenance work done on my extra tractor in preparation for sale. It's been a good little workhorse, but I really don't need it. It's time to simplify and dispose of the excess in several areas.

 

[JonA_CT]

Tonight and tomorrow are all about packing. It's spring break and we're heading to Virginia Beach for a few days.

I'm not sure what we're going to do, as it's super weather dependent, but it'll be nice to get out of town for a little while. I think I'm only going to bring my Sony a6000. It's definitely a better vacation camera than the D800, although I might pack that with the landscape lenses just in case.

 

[waday]

we're heading to Virginia Beach for a few days

Please let me know how you like Virginia Beach! I think the weather there is supposed to be really nice this weekend (at least tomorrow and Saturday, looks rainy after that ). The wife and I have often talked about Virginia Beach as a destination now for a while. We're planning a trip to Ocean City, MD, and we want to see Assateague Island and the wild horses. We are bringing our dog, and I think the Maryland side is dog friendly--the VA side is not, but I think that's because there's more wildlife/reserves down there.

While you can drive on the sand, I really don't want to take my car on the sand, because there's permit fees and other requirements that I won't have in time nor do I want to purchase (like boards for tires if they get stuck, shovel, jack, etc), meh. Too much work for what we want to do... relax!

 

[terri58 1]

Morning, hosers. We're without water completely atm. There's a lot of new construction going on at the back of this subdivision, and somebody cut a water line. We called the water dept as soon as I had that oh-so-yucky moment of flipping on a faucet and having nothing come out, and they were on it.

All it takes is for someone to tell you there's no water for a few hours before you start reaching for it every 5 minutes. Bah! But it beats heading down to the basement and seeing a flood. And I always pay my bills.

When we moved here in 2015, there were exactly 3 new houses under construction - building came to an abrupt halt after the first couple of phases when the financial crisis hit. Since then, we've counted 23 more homes, and this place is just about at capacity. I guess we're lucky it hasn't happened before.

 

[davidharmier60]

Happy late morning y'all.
4 hours and several minutes today.
We COULD have to go up to Uncle's place to work on a grungy pressure washer.
If anyone cares I begin year 59 tomorrow.
Dinner will be Beef Tips and Rice.
Dessert will be German Chocolate cake.
And if we don't go today it could very well be tomorrow.

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[waday]

somebody cut a water line

 

[Gary A.]

Morning Hosers! Big day today. Princess is starting pitcher for her first High School softball game. She’s on the Freshman team. She hasn’t pitched much at all the past few years, preferring to play 2nd base or outfield so she’s pretty nervous!

Apparently they pulled the designated freshman pitcher up to the JV team yesterday, leaving Princess and one other as the only players on the freshmen team with any pitching experience.

I think she’ll do fine but her confidence is not where it should be since she didn’t know about it until late yesterday and didn’t have a lot of time to practice.

I’ll be there with my camera and will do my best not to armchair quarterback the coaching decisions! Pics later.

Tell Princess to Break-a-Leg.

 

[Gary A.]

Morning, hosers. We're without water completely atm. There's a lot of new construction going on at the back of this subdivision, and somebody cut a water line. We called the water dept as soon as I had that oh-so-yucky moment of flipping on a faucet and having nothing come out, and they were on it.

All it takes is for someone to tell you there's no water for a few hours before you start reaching for it every 5 minutes. Bah! But it beats heading down to the basement and seeing a flood. And I always pay my bills.

When we moved here in 2015, there were exactly 3 new houses under construction - building came to an abrupt halt after the first couple of phases when the financial crisis hit. Since then, we've counted 23 more homes, and this place is just about at capacity. I guess we're lucky it hasn't happened before.

Time for a quick vacation.