The Coffee House

[terri39 10]

In other news, Happy Friday 13th, hosers!

 

[CherylL]

It has been a crazy busy time the past few months. October I had a few outdoor sessions for family and friends, went to Mexico, setup my xmas set in the basement with several sessions, houseguests (family) and now wrapping up xmas to-dos. For the 3 grand girls this year I made their presents a word scrabble. A letter on each to spell out a phrase. I did this with my daughters at this age and they enjoyed. Now, I can't lose my sheet with whose gift goes with what letter.

 

[smoke665]

@CherylL when the oldest grandsons got "to cool" for gifts under the tree and only wanted money, they got their wish. Except they didnt count on Mimi being devious. Each year she got progressively harder puzzle boxes to hold the cash. They'd work for hours on Christmas until they solved them. Sadly the place we ordered from went out of business.

 

[snowbear120 51]

I emptied out the office desk drawers this evening. The only thing left in the office that is personal is a keyboard + mouse set, the mini Keurig, three coffee pods, and 1/2 gallon of water. I'll bring thaose out on Tuesday (MLW gets the Keurig), then I'm done with the office until the 27th when I have to pull the stuff I had at home (38" monitor, keyboard, and a couple power supplies) and take them, the laptop, my ID Badge and the ket fob door key to the other building, and turn them in. Technically I'm working the rest of the day (and will get paid for the whole day) but they want the stuff at 10:00.

 

[jeffashman15 6]

Someone installed tundra in these parts overnight. High around 12F with hellish windchill. Snow coming.

Can you roll back?

 

[jeffashman15 6]

I emptied out the office desk drawers this evening. The only thing left in the office that is personal is a keyboard + mouse set, the mini Keurig, three coffee pods, and 1/2 gallon of water. I'll bring thaose out on Tuesday (MLW gets the Keurig), then I'm done with the office until the 27th when I have to pull the stuff I had at home (38" monitor, keyboard, and a couple power supplies) and take them, the laptop, my ID Badge and the ket fob door key to the other building, and turn them in. Technically I'm working the rest of the day (and will get paid for the whole day) but they want the stuff at 10:00.

I'm trying to picture a 368" monitor... that would really bring games to life if the GPU could handle that...

 

[snowbear120 51]

I'm trying to picture a 368" monitor... that would really bring games to life if the GPU could handle that...

Fat-fingering fixed.

 

[jeffashman15 6]

Good evening and happy Friday the 13th! I kept a close eye on my coworkers named Jason...

In other news, tonight's dinner was fresh Gulf Coast Red Snapper with a Creole cream sauce, roasted potatoes, and buttered brussels sprouts. Normally I dust the roasted potatoes with paprika, but tonight I dusted them with the sweet Spanish smoked paprika... wow! Kicked up the flavors! Paired with a nice petit syrah. The house smells amazing right now. The only down side were that my essential tremors became an earthquake and I scattered Creole seasoning all over the place trying to put a tablespoon full on a small plate. Guess I need to go see the Doc to make sure this isn't more than ET.

 

[smoke665]

were that my essential tremors became an earthquake

Feel for you, I've had ETs since my early 50's. They seem to get better/worse independently of anything.

 

[jeffashman15 6]

Feel for you, I've had ETs since my early 50's. They seem to get better/worse independently of anything.

I'm learning to deal with them. Normally hold the glass of iced tea with two hands because it stabilized things a bit more.

 

[nerwin]

Too much weather excitement around here!

We have stayed cold - 18F outside atm - but had beautiful sunshine all day. It helped the roads clear out, at least. Warming up over the weekend enough to bring rain next.

It only got up to 25f here today. But the wind was intense, the wind chill factor is no joke. Tomorrow night is suppose to get to 3f. Brrrrr

I do like how the cold air feels sometimes, the air is crisp and there are no flying bugs haha.

But I could do without the ice. I jumped off the tractor trying to be cool and didn't realize it was all ice and did a dance and managed to not fall

 

[VidThreeNorth]

Here's something I found for gardeners:

"We Buried Common Kitchen Scraps in the Garden and THIS Happened ",
length 20:44, posted to YouTube Oct 20, 2023 by "Epic Gardening":

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Note: If I were gardening, I'd bury scraps anyway. It's not just about the plants I'm currently growing, but the long term environment. Also, around "here" it reduces cost to the city hauling garbage, and that becomes part of the City's taxes.

 

[smoke665]

I'm learning to deal with them. Normally hold the glass of iced tea with two hands because it stabilized things a bit more.

I'm fortunate that mine mostly occur when I'm focused on something, and seldom know when they're occurring. IE: If I'm concentrating on a computer screen I'll get head shake. Strange thing is I don't notice it but others do. Occasionally it occurs in the hands, but if I concentrate on the hand it quits most of the time, however there's been times when I've had to use two hands also.

 

[jeffashman15 6]

I'm fortunate that mine mostly occur when I'm focused on something, and seldom know when they're occurring. IE: If I'm concentrating on a computer screen I'll get head shake. Strange thing is I don't notice it but others do. Occasionally it occurs in the hands, but if I concentrate on the hand it quits most of the time, however there's been times when I've had to use two hands also.

I have mine for over a decade, but they've always been minor. They have just gotten progressively worse over the past couple of years. If you need your martini shaken, I'm your guy...

 

[smoke665]

Lets see, so far we've had summer, fall, winter, spring, winter, and spring all in the space of the past week. Next week we start with monsoon weather, ending the week in the dead of winter.