The Coffee House

[smoke665]

What?! Ours aren't that bad.

Condos in high dollar resort areas. Good friend of mine owns a 2 bedroom facing the gulf, his are $4k/qtr, but he gets more than enough in part time rentals to cover it.

 

[terri58 1]

What?! Ours aren't that bad.

Condos in high dollar resort areas. Good friend of mine owns a 2 bedroom facing the gulf, his are $4k/qtr, but he gets more than enough in part time rentals to cover it.

Holy crap, mine is nothing like that. Basically they like to have enough cash to keep the pool and surrounding grounds maintained, and you have to show them your exterior paint colors before you begin - stuff like that. Overall, it helps keep the neighborhood presentable and certainly doesn't break the bank, while not being overly intrusive.

I appreciate the freedom of living alone out in the country - we have friends who are doing just that - but it's not for me. I wave at neighbors and have the occasional chats, but I still live like I'm alone out in the country. I like the security of a neighborhood, and also the privacy of a glass of wine on my screened in back porch.

Water is back 100%. Yay!

 

[terri58 1]

How would we know who the local jerks are if not for Facebook community pages?

Exactly. Amazing how you can predict reactions after awhile. It's helpful to know which houses to quicken my step in front of when I'm out walking.

 

[smoke665]

I appreciate the freedom of living alone out in the country - we have friends who are doing just that - but it's not for me. I wave at neighbors and have the occasional chats, but I still live like I'm alone out in the country

We have neighbors they just aren't right next door. As the crow flies I have 4 good friends within a 2 mile radius. Expand that and the number goes up significantly. Our "neighborhood" is about 60 square miles, so we get to wave a lot at neighbors. LOL

@wayday over the years we've also looked at buying a lot in different RV resorts. Same thing, most of the nicer ones we've looked at are close to $2k/qtr. One in particular, has lots that people paid $40-$75k for, now you can now find those same lots for less than $20k because the HOA's keep going up. Another one that some friends bought into is now in the midst of a huge lawsuit over the increasing fees.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou, Maggie and Gary have arrived in Temecula. We’ve ordered lunch and sipping vino. The weather is perfect, sunny and upper 60’s, blue skies and fluffy clouds.

 

[davidharmier60]

So far as I know there ain't nowhere within driving distance like Temecula in this part of Texas. I have been looking at wine bottles at work. Some are WAY expensive.
And that's the way it is.

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[Dean_Gretsch]

How about a story to make us smile and feel good for once?

'Oh my gosh, this is red!' The heartwarming moment six-year-old boy sees colors for the first time when his mother surprises him with a pair of correcting glasses

 

[davidharmier60]

Had a four hour and two or three minutes day for my 58th birthday.
I may celebrate by going to Wal-Mart and getting a new Timex Expedition.
But first the post office and then the box at the front of the neighborhood and then home.

Brenda staked me breakfast this morning.
It was awful good!

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[jcdeboever]

Wow, what a first quarter I had, smoked the budget. April looking great as well. All the hard work is bearing fruit and I harvested a Fujifilm 35mm f/1.4. I didn't really need it but I have been amazed by the images, potentially, your able to get from it. I think it probably has the most impressive, online images, of any Fujifilm lens I have studied. Right up there with the 50-140 and the 16. I tried one before I committed to the Fuji system. My first test image with it yesterday reminded me of the reaction it gave me a little over a year ago, it was the first lens I slapped on my friends XT1. Man the micro contrast and sharpness. It is sweet.

 

[Fujidave]

So go out today for the whole day, battery all fully charged and go for a nice walk. Take X-T20 out of bag switch on, and nothing then try it again and what a plonker I am. I left the fully charged battery on top of my desk ooops, had a good walk though haha.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. Gary is finishing his coffee and getting ready to take Miss Maggie to her school. Yesterday was a good day. Mary Lou, Miss Maggie and Gary first drove out to Menifee to drop off a set of dishes to Mary Lou's niece, then off to Temecula. It was Thornton Winery for brunch. Thornton has great food. Gary is a member of Thornton purely for the discounts on the food. Gary had a Mushroom Medley Fettuccini ... is was soooooo delicious ... with a members free tasting Gary choose Champagne, a glass of Sweet Angels Waltz, to go with his fettuccini. As it was getting late, Mary Lou decided on one more stop, Lorenzi, before coming home. Lorenzi is the best winery Mary Lou and Gary have discovered in Temecula. Lorenzi is a small winery which only produces about 4,000 cases a year. So another free tasting, some nice chats with other tasters, (one from Maine), and then the hour, twenty minute drive home. We had 'pickups' at both Thornton and Lorenzi so y'all come over the wine fridge is replenished.

 

[Gary A.]

So go out today for the whole day, battery all fully charged and go for a nice walk. Take X-T20 out of bag switch on, and nothing then try it again and what a plonker I am. I left the fully charged battery on top of my desk ooops, had a good walk though haha.

Oops.

 

[Fujidave]

So go out today for the whole day, battery all fully charged and go for a nice walk. Take X-T20 out of bag switch on, and nothing then try it again and what a plonker I am. I left the fully charged battery on top of my desk ooops, had a good walk though haha.

Oops.

I now have a fully charged battery in the bag, just in case

 

[JonA_CT]

That's one of my hang ups with using the a6000, haha. I always seem to need to charge the batteries, and I'm not good about keeping the backups charged.

My D800 on the other hand? I charge it once a month, probably...its lasts for well over 500 shots.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Everyone complains about the mirrorless battery life but I have not found that to be a big issue. I do keep one of my Fuji batteries fully charged in my bag. The other Fuji and 2 Wasabi's I rotate into the charger as needed but leaving the one in the bag I can avoid running into the situation that Fujidave found himself in. I also keep an extra SD card in my bag that I do not use unless I am 100% stuck. I don't normally even take the SD cards out of my camera. Lately, I transfer wirelessly when I'm done and then reformat in camera...