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

[Boat1]

Thank you K. I guess I'm too close to the problem to be able to step back and form a solution. This really helps. I'll come up with a way to get some private time with her doc on Tuesday without tipper her off.

She is very paranoid right now if people don't talk a little louder so she can hear. She thinks they are saying mean things about her.

When I talk to my wife, I'll get more details on how she approached it with her mother, early on...
She took care of her mother, full time, throughout it.

 

[Mittering]

When I talk to my wife, I'll get more details on how she approached it with her mother, early on...
She took care of her mother, full time, throughout it.

I'll take all the anecdotes I can get. Something's gotta stick.

 

[Missk_2022]

I haven't had a lot of luck getting a hold office staff over the phone but its worth filling their inbox with requests I think.

Does uour office have something called my chart?
Ask about it

 

[Greylag]

Well yesterday was interesting. For everyone’s safety the bough had to come down but it was a nervous exercise given how badly split it was. There was always a chance it could twist and hit me so I used a long reach chainsaw that was a little small so took time. Every little creak had me ready to run. Eventually it atsrted a reasonably controlled descent!

Drive blocked I had moved a car below it by the gate just in case. Bloody good job I did! My ageing chainsaw decided not to,start so I had to get to a local supplier for a new one. To be fair it was a lot more powerful and more suited to a job that took me best part of three hours; but then I don’t fell trees everyday.

Driveway finally clear I just need a good chiropractor as Ibuprofen don’t seem to be up to it
lol

 

[Greylag]

So it’s back to basic training and steadiness for the boys, including pup Jack. It’s all about discipline now after a season of running themselves silly on the hills. We will get there, particularly Jack who is inclined to anticipate just now. So it’s put him back when he does and start again, it’s tedious but has to be done.

 

[Boat1]

Well yesterday was interesting. For everyone’s safety the bough had to come down but it was a nervous exercise given how badly split it was. There was always a chance it could twist and hit me so I used a long reach chainsaw that was a little small so took time. Every little creak had me ready to run. Eventually it atsrted a reasonably controlled descent!

Drive blocked I had moved a car below it by the gate just in case. Bloody good job I did! My ageing chainsaw decided not to,start so I had to get to a local supplier for a new one. To be fair it was a lot more powerful and more suited to a job that took me best part of three hours; but then I don’t fell trees everyday.

Driveway finally clear I just need a good chiropractor as Ibuprofen don’t seem to be up to it
lol

Nicely done!!!

 

[Mittering]

Has anyone on here read "When we were married" here on lit by DanielQSteele1? Insanely long but I can't put it down. It takes place in Jacksonville FL and the main character is from the little town in Florida I just moved from, Palatka. It's really good if anyone is looking for a true crime/courtroom/romance novel to read.

I only advocate for the truly good stories on this thread. I won't make a practice of it though.

 

[Missk_2022]

Well yesterday was interesting. For everyone’s safety the bough had to come down but it was a nervous exercise given how badly split it was. There was always a chance it could twist and hit me so I used a long reach chainsaw that was a little small so took time. Every little creak had me ready to run. Eventually it atsrted a reasonably controlled descent!

Drive blocked I had moved a car below it by the gate just in case. Bloody good job I did! My ageing chainsaw decided not to,start so I had to get to a local supplier for a new one. To be fair it was a lot more powerful and more suited to a job that took me best part of three hours; but then I don’t fell trees everyday.

Driveway finally clear I just need a good chiropractor as Ibuprofen don’t seem to be up to it
lol

I have never seen a tree limbs break like that.... it looks like it got twisted

 

[Missk_2022]

So it’s back to basic training and steadiness for the boys, including pup Jack. It’s all about discipline now after a season of running themselves silly on the hills. We will get there, particularly Jack who is inclined to anticipate just now. So it’s put him back when he does and start again, it’s tedious but has to be done.

Hi my babies.....

You listen well to da and be good and obedient....

Ben, Sam, Toby, and Jack.... who am I missing????

 

[Greylag]

Hi my babies.....

You listen well to da and be good and obedient....

Ben, Sam, Toby, and Jack.... who am I missing????

None we sadly lost Alex

 

[Wonderer67]

Morning everyone. Bar keep, hope you're doing well. If ya don't mind, I'd like a mug of black, engine room coffee, a toasted whole wheat bagel, with a dab of butter and a dribble of honey.

Pardon? Oh, what is engine room coffee? One of the best mugs of coffee I've ever had was made in the starboard engine room of a LPD, which is an Amphibious Transport Dock, also known as a Landing Platform Dock; a gator freighter and the first ship I rode. I was a young and dumb HTFN or Hull Tech Striker, an E-3 junior enlisted.

The coffee was made in a thirty-cup percolator that looked as if had been there since the ship had been commissioned and never cleaned. They used boiler feed water, which is some of the purest water you'll ever find, to make their coffee. Hot, black and strong; and you never let one of the Snipes see you add cream or sugar, if they did you wouldn't be drinking any more of their coffee.

Oh, thanks bar keep, I see somebody's at the corner table. I'll just slide down out of the way at the end of the bar.

That coffee sounds amazing.

I’ve never seen boiler feed water or even heard the term before, but I guess it must be pure so as not to fuck up the boilers.

One of the companies I work for is an insurance company The specializes in boilers and pressure vessels engineering, and insurance. They hire a lot of navy retirees, especially engineers who have an understanding of pressure vessels and boilers..

 

[Wonderer67]

We had a little banty rooster named rudy that I loved. He came to us because the previous owner said he was mean. We threw him right into gen pop the first day and he went straight to the Head rooster tried to fight with him. Well Rue was three times the size and twice as mean but he wouldn't give up. But Rue took a break and then Fred came over and fought with him, and then Adolf, and then Joe.. have you ever seen chicken sweat and pant before? So we went in to save him, and it made an impression because after that he was the sweetest little banty rooster ever. If a human picked him up he would coo and snuggle in. He liked to ride on the tractor with us, he liked to come up on the porch and just sit in the Box around his humans. He unfortunately passed away but he was a great rooster.

Growing up, my neighbors had a rooster named Ploski. Stan “the man” Ploski was a local and regional racecar driver. They were good friends with Plaske and so they named their fierce rooster after him.

He was a mean, sumbitch! He occasionally chased us across the yard!

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

I will be praying for you

Thanks.

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

The biopsy went well. I am a little sore but Tylenol is working well. Thanks for the well wishes.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

We had a little banty rooster named rudy that I loved. He came to us because the previous owner said he was mean. We threw him right into gen pop the first day and he went straight to the Head rooster tried to fight with him. Well Rue was three times the size and twice as mean but he wouldn't give up. But Rue took a break and then Fred came over and fought with him, and then Adolf, and then Joe.. have you ever seen chicken sweat and pant before? So we went in to save him, and it made an impression because after that he was the sweetest little banty rooster ever. If a human picked him up he would coo and snuggle in. He liked to ride on the tractor with us, he liked to come up on the porch and just sit in the Box around his humans. He unfortunately passed away but he was a great rooster.

The landlady put in some layers several months ago. We were both shocked at how personable they are. She was cleaning the barn yesterday while the weather was decent, and she let them out. They followed her into the barn and tied into any worms or bugs they could find, cooing along as they went. They're chatty girls.


I had no idea.


Still not as good as my horse stories.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Well yesterday was interesting. For everyone’s safety the bough had to come down but it was a nervous exercise given how badly split it was. There was always a chance it could twist and hit me so I used a long reach chainsaw that was a little small so took time. Every little creak had me ready to run. Eventually it atsrted a reasonably controlled descent!

Drive blocked I had moved a car below it by the gate just in case. Bloody good job I did! My ageing chainsaw decided not to,start so I had to get to a local supplier for a new one. To be fair it was a lot more powerful and more suited to a job that took me best part of three hours; but then I don’t fell trees everyday.

Driveway finally clear I just need a good chiropractor as Ibuprofen don’t seem to be up to it
lol

Those damned pole saws are a workout all by themselves without cutting anything. I bent the bar on mine when I misdiagnosed the twist of the last branch I cut. I'll fix it one of these days.

 

[JackStayII]

That coffee sounds amazing.

I’ve never seen boiler feed water or even heard the term before, but I guess it must be pure so as not to fuck up the boilers.

One of the companies I work for is an insurance company The specializes in boilers and pressure vessels engineering, and insurance. They hire a lot of navy retirees, especially engineers who have an understanding of pressure vessels and boilers..

Yep, it's the water used for the boilers. They have or had a fitting where the Boiler Techs or Machinist Mate could take a sample to check for impurities. They would use this fitting to fill a stainless-steel pot to pour into the coffee pot. That was in 1972.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

None we sadly lost Alex

Condolences. Critters hurt worst.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yep, it's the water used for the boilers. They have or had a fitting where the Boiler Techs or Machinist Mate could take a sample to check for impurities. They would use this fitting to fill a stainless-steel pot to pour into the coffee pot. That was in 1972.

Good stories.


Keep 'em coning, please.


It's what makes this place interesting.

 

[Missk_2022]

None we sadly lost Alex

WHAT?!?!?!

WHEN?!?!?

my sweet alex.... so sad...

 

[Missk_2022]

Growing up, my neighbors had a rooster named Ploski. Stan “the man” Ploski was a local and regional racecar driver. They were good friends with Plaske and so they named their fierce rooster after him.

He was a mean, sumbitch! He occasionally chased us across the yard!

Roostie used to chase us to the bus...a hole

 

[Wonderer67]

Well yesterday was interesting. For everyone’s safety the bough had to come down but it was a nervous exercise given how badly split it was. There was always a chance it could twist and hit me so I used a long reach chainsaw that was a little small so took time. Every little creak had me ready to run. Eventually it atsrted a reasonably controlled descent!

Drive blocked I had moved a car below it by the gate just in case. Bloody good job I did! My ageing chainsaw decided not to,start so I had to get to a local supplier for a new one. To be fair it was a lot more powerful and more suited to a job that took me best part of three hours; but then I don’t fell trees everyday.

Driveway finally clear I just need a good chiropractor as Ibuprofen don’t seem to be up to it
lol

Looks like you did a fine job, grey. Job well done!!!

 

[Wonderer67]

Has anyone on here read "When we were married" here on lit by DanielQSteele1? Insanely long but I can't put it down. It takes place in Jacksonville FL and the main character is from the little town in Florida I just moved from, Palatka. It's really good if anyone is looking for a true crime/courtroom/romance novel to read.

I only advocate for the truly good stories on this thread. I won't make a practice of it though.

A good book is worth its weight in gold.

 

[Wonderer67]

Those damned pole saws are a workout all by themselves without cutting anything. I bent the bar on mine when I misdiagnosed the twist of the last branch I cut. I'll fix it one of these days.

They are not easy to use.

But going thru softwood/pine sounded like it worked well.

 

[Wonderer67]

Roostie used to chase us to the bus...a hole

Haha, we are twins!

When I was a kid, we had a hen named cluckie!!

… and a rooster named Roosty!

I don’t think we’re related cuz I never lived in Ohio and my parents weren’t from Minnesota….