The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 03: Come On In

I've got my next hospital appointment to find out why my legs are wobbly and I have little sense of balance. The doctor's request for an urgent rush by ambulance to the ER was unnecessary. I told the ambulance operators that I had had the condition for four weeks and had driven back from the doctor's surgery. They downgraded my priority and arrived with an hour and a half. The ambulance staff checked my blood and heart - all OK as far as they could tell.

Six hours later I was discharged from the ER but with an urgent appointment within 48 hours for further investigations including an MRI of my head. That ruled out all the life-threatening conditions and I had to wait for a different specialist.

That is now scheduled for 1st March, fairly fast by NHS standards for something that is definitely NOT urgent.

Meanwhile, if I want a cup of coffee by my computer, my wife brings it upstairs. I can get up and down stairs using a stick and the bannister rail but not while carrying a cup of coffee. I don't have three hands.

But the coffee is always welcome.
 
Meanwhile, if I want a cup of coffee by my computer, my wife brings it upstairs. I can get up and down stairs using a stick and the bannister rail but not while carrying a cup of coffee. I don't have three hands.

Need to work on those prehensility skills, sir. :D
 
Hmm. I think I'll work on Chloe today.

*combs hair. Puts on sunglasses.:cool: *

So, Chloe, how's it going today?
 
Good morning to you! Terribly busy lying on my couch listening to Beethoven and otherwise not giving a damn. This may be a daylong project....

May I have a hot cocoa with marshmallows, or do you not supply such froufrou stuff?

Happy writing to all!
 
Power vanished a few minutes ago, a bit past noon, under the night's foot-plus of snow. UPS and batteries will die soon, taking the WiFi down. We've a five-month wait for a generator so it's candle-lighting time. And I should pull on long pants. Cya later.
 
Question for the knowledgeables: Is the word "rape" allowed in stories here? Searching for "rape" on the forum returns no results, suggesting that it is not allowed, but I do see stories that use it in their text and titles.
 
Question for the knowledgeables: Is the word "rape" allowed in stories here? Searching for "rape" on the forum returns no results, suggesting that it is not allowed, but I do see stories that use it in their text and titles.

There was a thread earlier in the week with "Rape" in the title. So I'm assuming it is allowed.

Hypoxia, be careful out there. Throw another log on the fire and cuddle, cuddle, cuddle.

Hot chocolate with or without marshmallows are a staple around here for some of us.

Fresh coffee for the evening crew.
 
There was a thread earlier in the week with "Rape" in the title. So I'm assuming it is allowed.

Hypoxia, be careful out there. Throw another log on the fire and cuddle, cuddle, cuddle.

Hot chocolate with or without marshmallows are a staple around here for some of us.

Fresh coffee for the evening crew.
Thank you, Tex.

I'll take marshmallows in my coffee.
 
Question for the knowledgeables: Is the word "rape" allowed in stories here? Searching for "rape" on the forum returns no results, suggesting that it is not allowed, but I do see stories that use it in their text and titles.

I used Google to search Lit for "rape." There are many.

I don't think the site limits the use of words in stories. They do limit the use of words as search tags. If they don't allow writers to use the term as a tag, then your search for "rape" would come up with nothing.
 
Power returned after 95 minutes. Whew. We can read tonight. Without candles.

We used to sip that Swiss Miss w/ Marshmallows sugary 'cocoa' mix. Mini-marshmallows always dissolve fast so what's the use? And they're corn syrup, not actual sugar, so feh. Desert mallows last longer but taste worse. Kahlua in the mocha, that's the ticket.

Meanwhile, the back-porch snow accumulation looks like about 16in / 40cm. Dive in.

PS: Tonight it's bubble-and-squeak patties, ribeye steaks, and deep red wine, blood of the godz. Not necessarily in that order. Dessert? Not ice cream, no in this weather. Do any peanut butter cookies remain? [/me looks] Ah, two of them, so we're saved!
 
We used to sip that Swiss Miss w/ Marshmallows sugary 'cocoa' mix. Mini-marshmallows always dissolve fast so what's the use? And they're corn syrup, not actual sugar, so feh. Desert mallows last longer but taste worse. Kahlua in the mocha, that's the ticket.

Use Mexican coco -- the stuff with almonds and spices that you break off in solid chunks and blend with hot milk.
 
Use Mexican coco -- the stuff with almonds and spices that you break off in solid chunks and blend with hot milk.
Since noxious baby-killers Nestlé took over Abuelita, I generally whip up my own with baking cocoa and spices.
 
Since noxious baby-killers Nestlé took over Abuelita, I generally whip up my own with baking cocoa and spices.

I didn't know that Nestle took over Abuelita. We've had Abuelita before, but what we have in the cabinet is Casero, not Abuelita.

It took me a while to find the cocoa. We don't get cocoa weather all that often. I found a container of chocolate cake icing back behind the Casero, in the middle of the lazy susan. It must be twenty years old. I didn't even check. It's in the garbage.
 
I don't really like " rape" in my stories anyway. Maybe some forced reluctance that eventually ends up with the girl liking it. Assuming the story has a girl in it.
 
Rapes occur in some of my stories. Rapists do not fare well i.e. they are seriously damaged. Gotta have SOME moral standard here.

Now there's a "revenge" thought or three.

Good Morning all; time I think, for a really nice, hot coffee.
 
And a Happy Sinday Morning to all you folks also. :)

Fresh coffee is now available in three colors. Black, black, and black.

There is cinnamon raisin swirl toast available. That is, if I don't eat it all.
 
Morning everyone. Still dreary outside. Temps in 60's today.

Somewhere starting around midnight CST the servers are updated and pages become unavailable for a period of time. About that time the forum slows way down as thing are updated and I just go look at something else for half an hour.

Y'all have a good day.
 
Well, HM is headed back to mothers house for an unknown time frame. So it is now, me and the crazy cat. :cool:

No incentive to write today. Maybe later.
 
Well, HM is headed back to mothers house for an unknown time frame. So it is now, me and the crazy cat. :cool:

No incentive to write today. Maybe later.

My wife's in Chicago for the weekend, so now it's me and three crazy cats. I'll have more coffee and see if the weather warms up enough to get some work done outside.
 
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