The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

As most of you may have observed, Mary Lou and Gary like theatre. Recently we found the Maverick Theater, a tiny little theatre in Fullerton. For Halloween we have tickets for Night of the Living Dead and for November, Gary just picked up tickets for Plan Nine from Outer Space (a play based upon, arguably, the worst movie of all time).

 

[SquarePeg]

Hey Hosers! Sitting at the dentist waiting for Princess. She lost a filling. Fun. Cold and rainy day. Heard some voices out front earlier and stepped out to find our tile guy and his assistant picking all the crab apples off of our tree. I don’t mind as we don’t eat them but they could have at least asked.

A neighbor was complaining earlier this summer that she came home from work one day and found her peach tree in her front yard picked clean. Her kids were so disappointed as they had been waiting for the right time to pick them. What is wrong with people that they just take what isn’t theirs? The brazenness of going into someone’s front yard in the middle of the day and just helping yourself. Unreal.

 

[waday]

Hey Hosers! Sitting at the dentist waiting for Princess. She lost a filling. Fun. Cold and rainy day. Heard some voices out front earlier and stepped out to find our tile guy and his assistant picking all the crab apples off of our tree. I don’t mind as we don’t eat them but they could have at least asked.

A neighbor was complaining earlier this summer that she came home from work one day and found her peach tree in her front yard picked clean. Her kids were so disappointed as they had been waiting for the right time to pick them. What is wrong with people that they just take what isn’t theirs? The brazenness of going into someone’s front yard in the middle of the day and just helping yourself. Unreal.

That's horrible!

You should charge them 15 installed tiles per apple...

 

[Gary A.]

Yep, they at least could have asked. Taking without permission is stealing. Gary would charge/subtract a crab apple fee from the final payment.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou and Gary have numerous Plumeria around the house. After pruning we will stack the limbs, some as long as five to ten feet, in the street strip for the taking, A Plumeria will start from stems and the stems typically cost $10.00 a linear foot at the nursery. People come by and take the free Plumeria stems, which is what we desire, but some will strip the leaves from the stems and leave a pile of Plumeria leaves in our yard to be cleaned up. While not as offensive as stealing, but taking the stems and leaving the leaves is still pretty rude.

 

[smoke665]

Hey Hosers! Sitting at the dentist waiting for Princess. She lost a filling. Fun. Cold and rainy day. Heard some voices out front earlier and stepped out to find our tile guy and his assistant picking all the crab apples off of our tree. I don’t mind as we don’t eat them but they could have at least asked.

A neighbor was complaining earlier this summer that she came home from work one day and found her peach tree in her front yard picked clean. Her kids were so disappointed as they had been waiting for the right time to pick them. What is wrong with people that they just take what isn’t theirs? The brazenness of going into someone’s front yard in the middle of the day and just helping yourself. Unreal.

Have to agree they should have asked first. My Dad would have whipped my rear if he saw me doing something like that. The contractor that put in our driveway, the workers left drink cans and cigarette buts scattered everywhere. You'd have thought I cussed them out when I asked them to pickup their trash, (something I did the second time I had to ask).

 

[tirediron]

.... Heard some voices out front earlier and stepped out to find our tile guy and his assistant picking all the crab apples off of our tree. I don’t mind as we don’t eat them but they could have at least asked..

One of the very few occasions anyone has been in to do work in my home was to install hardwood flooring (because free installation was part of the sale offer). While taking a break, rather than ask to use the washroom (one of the doors off of the hallway in which he was working), he went into the backyard and relieved himself in full view of the neighbour's MIL suite (inhabited by an 80-something year old MIL). Classsssssy. Oddly, after my mentioning* this to the store manager there was a new installer the next day.

*By "mentioning" I should clarify that despite the 25+ mile distance between my home and the store, the manager did NOT need an amplified electronic device to hear my complaint.

 

[terri53]

Hey Hosers! Sitting at the dentist waiting for Princess. She lost a filling. Fun. Cold and rainy day. Heard some voices out front earlier and stepped out to find our tile guy and his assistant picking all the crab apples off of our tree. I don’t mind as we don’t eat them but they could have at least asked.

A neighbor was complaining earlier this summer that she came home from work one day and found her peach tree in her front yard picked clean. Her kids were so disappointed as they had been waiting for the right time to pick them. What is wrong with people that they just take what isn’t theirs? The brazenness of going into someone’s front yard in the middle of the day and just helping yourself. Unreal.

We had an orange tree in the backyard at our house in Texas, which was the best thing about living in Texas, but that's another story. We briefly had a lawn service when we first moved there, and they cheerfully started letting themselves into the back yard - which was only accessible by a gate - to help themselves in December. (Our neighbors watched them and informed us.) Hubby finally intercepted them one day and said, Just ring the bell - we don't mind sharing. But you have to stop acting like you're entitled to this back yard just because you mowed the grass for a couple months one year!

Cold and rainy day.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[davidharmier60]

Getting mighty close to time to say Good Night. Aound here going into someones back yard univited could very well get you shot.

 

[Gary A.]

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Mary Lou, Miss Maggie and Gary are relaxing in the back, sipping vino and watching some cable news.

A wonderful g. stepp Riesling and a very pleasant evening. Mary Lou and Gary watched Searching, a very suspenseful movie, well worth watching.

 

[Tony744]

So...yesterday morning I decided to take a drive down the back roads to Carver and check out King Richard's Faire. After a 2 1/2 hour drive I pulled into the lot, got out of the car, and got a call from work. Boss decided to go hit Treehouse Brewery in Charlton. Everyone from work was invited. He even rented a car so we wouldn't have to worry about driving. I figured he rented one of those large passenger vans. NOPE!
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Nice boss. Yesterday would have been a beautiful day to grab some beers there.

For those of you not from the Northeast...some of the world's top rated beer is brewed there. You can only buy the beer at the brewery, and usually, it's an hour wait for the privilege.

The beer was great. The two pint limit had all of us bit irritated though. Ended up going to the River Styx brewery in Fitchburg (after a pit stop at a coworkers' house to raid his liquor cabinet).

 

[Gary A.]

All those in the path of or indirectly affected by Florence ... be safe and God Bless. Gary hopes for the best for you people.

 

[smoke665]

On my way to Cataract Surgery this morning for the 2nd eye!!! Will be so glad to have equal vision again.

 

[tirediron]

On my way to Cataract Surgery this morning for the 2nd eye!!! Will be so glad to have equal vision again.

Good luck! If you can read this, it worked.

 

[smoke665]

Good luck! If you can read this, it worked.

But I can read that now if I close the bad eye. LOL