The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

[dmedic61]

Few inches of snow in South Texas and the whole state paralyzed. My town is small (2,000 people) it was a ghost town.

 

[Greylag]

I try my hardest not to curse.... it isnt a good look on a lady and it offends people.... yesterday was bad

Can't wait.....

You don't offend me!

 

[subdudeme13]

That must have been an old car even then!

It was relatively old. It was a 58 Ford. It was a friends and we were in the Air Force 1963.

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

Good morning cafe dwellers. It’s brrr - 5 F this morning. Windchill in the -20.

I am taxiing grandchildren this morning to day care unless notification of closing comes in.

Be safe if in the cold and stay home if you got the snow in southern USA. My daughter in NOLA got 8 inches!

 

[nipplecaresser]

I try my hardest not to curse.... it isnt a good look on a lady and it offends people.... yesterday was bad

Can't wait.....

When I was growing up, it was relatively rare to hear women swearing. But they were still, to a large extent, expected to be seen and not heard. As equality has become more established, every woman I know, with the exception of my mother, swears regularly. Some as much as I do!
Progress?

 

[Wonderer67]

Drop in the bucket but not a bad place to start.
Read any TOS lately? Or just skip to the end and accept?

Is that the mechanic's version of the Sears Catalog?
Asking for... a friend

The McMaster Carr catalog is the Sears Christmas catalog for anyone who wants to fabricate something, look for cool tools, order just the right part, etc. plus it was a badass catalog. You’d flip thru it and say “that would be great to have!” “We could build or do ______ with this!”

The book for, designers, engineers, fabricators. Nerds, freaks, kids who took their alarm clocks apart etc….

 

[Wonderer67]

Well, we went to see them. They're not open for business yet, but that's coming, I suppose. They are 14" wide by 34 feet long. Concrete slab. Not sure about the insides, but likely as not, the bath is in the middle and kinda divides the house into two rooms, bedroom and living/kitchen area. Solid side walls with a window in the back and a window-n-door in the front. Through-the-wall heat and a/c unit.


I'm thinking a wood frame floor would be easier on older joints. Sixteen by thirty-two might be better. A P-TAC heating system might be better, or a mini-split. Divisible by 4 in both dimensions is cheaper/more efficient for wood and building.

It would be private. With a bit of space around it for gardening or simply a touch of distance from neighbors. I'll scratch my head.

We were thinking of putting tiny homes on our farm property. Was thinking of renting them to people who wanna spend a weekend near the winery near our farm, which is quite a tourist destination.

Fuckin township. You can have them but you can’t lease/airbnb/vrbo them. Not that they need to know…

 

[Wonderer67]

Good morning cafe dwellers. It’s brrr - 5 F this morning. Windchill in the -20.

I am taxiing grandchildren this morning to day care unless notification of closing comes in.

Be safe if in the cold and stay home if you got the snow in southern USA. My daughter in NOLA got 8 inches!

It’s 2° here, so twice as warm as yesterday morning. (I think??)

Cold here in the northeast for another week or so. Last warmish day we had I used some ether to start my old tractor and charge the battery up some.

Was gonna go to the office today but my neighbors need me to let their dogs out a few times today while they take care of their daughter. They’re good neighbors who always have my back and I’ll always have theirs.

So work from home but back in the office Thursday and Friday.


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[dmedic61]

Good morning cafe dwellers. It’s brrr - 5 F this morning. Windchill in the -20.

I am taxiing grandchildren this morning to day care unless notification of closing comes in.

Be safe if in the cold and stay home if you got the snow in southern USA. My daughter in NOLA got 8 inches!

My oldest daughter lives south of Traverse City and laughed at our measly two inches of snow.

 

[subdudeme13]

It’s 2° here, so twice as warm as yesterday morning. (I think??)

Cold here in the northeast for another week or so. Last warmish day we had I used some ether to start my old tractor and charge the battery up some.

Was gonna go to the office today but my neighbors need me to let their dogs out a few times today while they take care of their daughter. They’re good neighbors who always have my back and I’ll always have theirs.

So work from home but back in the office Thursday and Friday.


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I see we are at 39 here. If it gets much colder I may need to drag in the lemon and lime tree. They are small ones in a pot. Darn global warming! I read polar vortexs are caused by the North Pole being to warm reducing the tight circulation around the pole and thus we get an ice age?

 

[subdudeme13]

My oldest daughter lives south of Traverse City and laughed at our measly two inches of snow.

I spent some time out in Traverse City. Nice place but the worst flight I ever had in my life getting there. Flew over from Detroit in a commuter plane and we got tossed around like a leaf. I read the next day there were tornadoes in Flint.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

We were thinking of putting tiny homes on our farm property. Was thinking of renting them to people who wanna spend a weekend near the winery near our farm, which is quite a tourist destination.

Fuckin township. You can have them but you can’t lease/airbnb/vrbo them. Not that they need to know…

Apparently, you can here. My only "concern," my thing to sort out, is how to do the wastewater. We are allowed to do separate "gray water," lavatories, kitchens, and laundry, and tubs. The poopers require a poop tank. Done separately, it may make more sense to do pooper holding tanks (1000 gallons or more) and have the suck truck in once a month or whatever.


We'll be sure to do it up right for Miss Potassium.

 

[Mittering]

I just had the most frustrating meeting.

I have made a decision. I will be doing nothing. I will not tell my opinion. Everything will be fine. I will not be offering to write documents or proof them. I will not take lead on anything.... fuck these people.

I believe the term is quiet quitting.

My last words were. " should have the cancer education done for you all to change... have a nice day" we have to make sure that all the cartoon characters are in the right place on the power point.

Did I say fuck these people?

The last time we were all together we talked about having a best friend at work...fucking really.... now we need to leverage relationships to figure out their billing process. I am not a biller and am barely a coder..then what.... thanks for telling me and good luck... but the rest of these fucktards are sitting there like bobbleheads agreeing.

Fuck fuck fucking fuck

EDIT: the same person who told leadership that me going to the acdis conference was a waste of money is not only going but attending the long session which is 2x as much money.... and they had the nerve to ask my opinion. My response was look at the agenda and make your determination from that....what I wanted to say was ....so you going makes it a good financial.decision when a year ago me going was not....hmmmm...then she talked about never being to Disney and how excited she was..... she wasn't interested when conference was in Indianapolis....fuck

You can always trust people to do what's in the best interest....their best interest. Maybe take that as permission to do the same. I'm not saying you have to change from being the conscientious person you've always been. But maybe, just maybe, sometimes, you could say "No. I'm taking this one for me!". Just to balance the scales a bit. If you think of it as balancing the scales and taking some of the bitterness out of watching everyone else abuse the system, you mind find it easier to assert or insist.

 

[Mittering]

Good morning!

Long day yesterday. Cold too. Didn't get above 28 I don't think. Funny thing is all the snow is predicted to be just a couple of hours south of us along the Gulf.

Salted caramel again this morning. Nearly out of that lot and then it's back to boring old snickers flavor. Who am I kidding? I love that stuff.

Not getting my hopes up but Goodyear and Phillips 66 asked me to take assessments. I hope that's a good sign. One of them administers a video assessment. Ever heard of one? I've never done one. It's when you read a question then giving a minute or so to prepare an answer. Next you signal your ready, and then video your response on camera. Now, there are two reasons I think this would be needed. One, the position being hired for is for public relations or oration of some sort. Second is more nefarious. Judging the applicant for their appearance such as race, color, age etc.

Can anyone enlighten me as to why a shop floor worker at a production plant needs to have a video worthy presence to be considered for the job? I get that its just another form of the in-person interview process but...recorded?

Anyways, hope you all stay warm. Hug the dog, keep the family warm, feed your plants, water the cat.

 

[Missk_2022]

Good morning cafe dwellers. It’s brrr - 5 F this morning. Windchill in the -20.

I am taxiing grandchildren this morning to day care unless notification of closing comes in.

Be safe if in the cold and stay home if you got the snow in southern USA. My daughter in NOLA got 8 inches!

Be safe. All the schools around here are closed....

Real feel around here is -15

8 inches of snow in nola prob shut down the entire town. I hope people are ok!! The cold advisory ends today and then we warm up a little

 

[Missk_2022]

When I was growing up, it was relatively rare to hear women swearing. But they were still, to a large extent, expected to be seen and not heard. As equality has become more established, every woman I know, with the exception of my mother, swears regularly. Some as much as I do!
Progress?

Prob not progress..

I think cursing to me decreases the argument. It is easy to curse...hard to present a reasonable argument to make a point.

Cursing gives me attention but prob not the kind I want.....

 

[Missk_2022]

We were thinking of putting tiny homes on our farm property. Was thinking of renting them to people who wanna spend a weekend near the winery near our farm, which is quite a tourist destination.

Fuckin township. You can have them but you can’t lease/airbnb/vrbo them. Not that they need to know…

I wish there was a way around it.... build the tiny houses and zone the plots and "sell" them for a dollar... collect monthly rent on the sly from me....err someone....damn township.... wonder if somehow connecting them together and rezoning a plot of land changes the rules?

Just working on figuring it out so I will have q place to stay when I visit!!!

 

[Missk_2022]

Apparently, you can here. My only "concern," my thing to sort out, is how to do the wastewater. We are allowed to do separate "gray water," lavatories, kitchens, and laundry, and tubs. The poopers require a poop tank. Done separately, it may make more sense to do pooper holding tanks (1000 gallons or more) and have the suck truck in once a month or whatever.


We'll be sure to do it up right for Miss Potassium.

Composting toilets don't work for these?

Pooping is important.....

 

[Missk_2022]

You can always trust people to do what's in the best interest....their best interest. Maybe take that as permission to do the same. I'm not saying you have to change from being the conscientious person you've always been. But maybe, just maybe, sometimes, you could say "No. I'm taking this one for me!". Just to balance the scales a bit. If you think of it as balancing the scales and taking some of the bitterness out of watching everyone else abuse the system, you mind find it easier to assert or insist.

Yep.... I just need to find my victories in a different way and stop expecting skunks to turn in to snow owls

 

[Wonderer67]

Changing speeds just a tad. But I know I can share here.

As you know, my wife and I are nudists.

This morning it was 2° out, my wife dared me to fill up the birdfeeders and put out water in the heated birdbath.

Naked, of course….

It actually wasn’t too bad. No wind thank god… but, like George Costanza…

https://imgur.com/a/a3B1pOq

 

[cowboyup6977]

32 this morning mid to high 60s the next few days

 

[Missk_2022]

Changing speeds just a tad. But I know I can share here.

As you know, my wife and I are nudists.

This morning it was 2° out, my wife dared me to fill up the birdfeeders and put out water in the heated birdbath.

Naked, of course….

It actually wasn’t too bad. No wind thank god… but, like George Costanza…

https://imgur.com/a/a3B1pOq

Stuff shrunk on me reading this story

 

[Missk_2022]

32 this morning mid to high 60s the next few days

I dont know the appropriate emoji for this statement

 

[BlackSatinKnight]

Good morning everyone. Yesterday at work was a complete shit show. Today looks much better. At least it’s not back to back to back meetings. Hope you all have a good day.

 

[Mittering]

Changing speeds just a tad. But I know I can share here.

As you know, my wife and I are nudists.

This morning it was 2° out, my wife dared me to fill up the birdfeeders and put out water in the heated birdbath.

Naked, of course….

It actually wasn’t too bad. No wind thank god… but, like George Costanza…

https://imgur.com/a/a3B1pOq

Too funny. The only thing dangling were the icicles. HA!