The Coffee House

Digger... · Aug 3, 2024

Rickbb said:
“Missed it by this much.” Maxwell Smart

Dodged a big one.

Crappy iPad pic.View attachment 278267

The roof done its job, just glad is was only branches hey.

Digger... · Aug 3, 2024

CherylL said:
Bought plastic shelving to fashion together a platform for the pups' photos. I'll add carpet and a blanket on top. Hopefully they will approve.

Im sure they will with a few licks to the face.

Digger... · Aug 3, 2024

The Plovers lost a chick last night. Bugger.

jeffashman · Aug 3, 2024

Heya Hosers! Tonights dinner consisted of New Zealand lamb chops, 2" thick ones from Costco, basmati rice, green beans with summer savory, and Middle Eastern flatbread with a garlic ghee brushing on top. Quite yummy. Instead of mint jelly

I use Indian mint chutney for the lamb, so much better tasting IMHO. Had to find some, and to my delight there is a new Indian grocery store a ten-minute drive from the house, what a place! Will be shopping there for an Indian inspired meal coming up soon. And yesterday I discovered Zion Mart, a full sized Korean super market. Kimchi anyone?

Digger... · Aug 4, 2024

jeffashman said:
Heya Hosers! Tonights dinner consisted of New Zealand lamb chops, 2" thick ones from Costco, basmati rice, green beans with summer savory, and Middle Eastern flatbread with a garlic ghee brushing on top. Quite yummy. Instead of mint jelly I use Indian mint chutney for the lamb, so much better tasting IMHO. Had to find some, and to my delight there is a new Indian grocery store a ten-minute drive from the house, what a place! Will be shopping there for an Indian inspired meal coming up soon. And yesterday I discovered Zion Mart, a full sized Korean super market. Kimchi anyone?

Whats a Hoser first off? Secondly your gonna have to start doing food photography for all these gourmet meals hey

. Done a Mediterranean chicken dinner here, was just Masterfoods but it was really bloody nice.

jeffashman · Aug 4, 2024

Digger... said:
Whats a Hoser first off?

Hoser is a Canadian slang term for "blockhead" but is used more generally as a friendly jab these days. It was popularized by the McKenzie brothers (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas for clarification) of Great White North fame on Second City TV, aka SCTV. If you aren't familiar with them, they are worth a watch on YouTube, pretty funny and they are the epitome of hose headedness. As for food photos, I don't do a very good job in the area of food arrangement and display, so take off, eh!

snowbear · Aug 4, 2024

... and as the term is used in this thread; Originally the term "housers" was used, as in Coffee House. Housers was corrupted to hosers, probably due to a typographic error, and just stuck. It can probably be seen somewhere in the first 2000 pages.

limr · Aug 4, 2024

snowbear said:
... and as the term is used in this thread; Originally the term "housers" was used, as in Coffee House. Housers was corrupted to hosers, probably due to a typographic error, and just stuck. It can probably be seen somewhere in the first 2000 pages.

That was my fault

I kept reading 'coffee housers' as 'coffee hosers' and we just ran with it. This also reminds me of our use of 'jamming' to replace the f-word.

jeffashman · Aug 4, 2024

limr said:
That was my fault I kept reading 'coffee housers' as 'coffee hosers' and we just ran with it. This also reminds me of our use of 'jamming' to replace the f-word.

I am never going to be able to listen to Bob Marley and the Whalers again the same way again!

Ooh, yeah
Well, alright
We're jammin'
I wanna jam it with you
We're jammin', jammin'
And I hope you like jammin' too...

Digger... · Aug 5, 2024

Dam it. The Plovers lost all there chicks, i just buried the last one in Vader's garden. That's spoilt my day now.

jeffashman · Aug 5, 2024

Digger... said:
Dam it. The Plovers lost all there chicks, i just buried the last one in Vader's garden. That's spoilt my day now.

Sorry to hear that. Sometimes nature is brutal. Go talk to a Quokka and maybe you will feel better.

Digger... · Aug 5, 2024

jeffashman said:
Sorry to hear that. Sometimes nature is brutal. Go talk to a Quokka and maybe you will feel better.

No Quokkas in Vic, i talked to our postman instead

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jeffashman · Aug 6, 2024

Digger... said:
No Quokkas in Vic, i talked to our postman instead.

We'll have to find someone out in western Oz to get us some Quokka pix. Just looking at one of those little grinning fluffballs is therapy. @stapo49 lives near Perth, so maybe he can get some photos.

smoke665 · Aug 6, 2024

Well looks like Mother Nature is off her meds again, forgot and left the oven door open again. Headed for 99 today with a feels like 104.

jeffashman · Aug 6, 2024

smoke665 said:
Well looks like Mother Nature is off her meds again, forgot and left the oven door open again. Headed for 99 today with a feels like 104.

100 today and 104 with some hellish heat index on Thursday, then back into the upper 90's for the weekend. My watch has been reminding me to stay hydrated and avoid heat stroke.