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

[Mittering]

1934 Packard Super 8 Goddess of Speed Becomes One of 2025's Most Expensive Cars​

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That is gorgeous!

 

[Missk_2022]

I'm not a real fan of squash or zucchini or eggplant

As a rule I am not either but this lemon bread is pretty good....

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I am.just waiting for the go ahead for the commune

You'll know. It'll (likely) be ready for you 12 months after I hang up my cleats.


Tool belt.


iPad.


Whatever . . . .

 

[Missk_2022]

You'll know. It'll (likely) be ready for you 12 months after I hang up my cleats.


Tool belt.


iPad.


Whatever . . . .

I will be biding my time.....

 

[Mittering]

I can barely hold my eyes open. But I need to stay awake long enough to put the littlest one to bed on time. She gets to stay up late on Friday and Saturday nights. She wanted me to play her Nintendo again tonight, and I was tempted, but I couldn't keep my eyes from slooowly closing before I jerked back awake. 20 more minutes.

Here's something disturbing :

 

[likes2watchU]

Consistently 4 pages behind... all day long
Finally - caught up for the moment (That moment? That was 3 hours ago now ) Busy day

My dad would mess w m when’s I was a kid, turning the antenna this way and that.

“Right there…. Ok… now lift up your right leg…”

And dumbass me would be sitting there for a few minutes, him keeping a straight face.

My dad loved doing stuff like that!

If memory services me right, they must have caught it before there was a major problem because liberty went down as scheduled. However, the guys working in the engine room still had to perform maintenance to flush out any mud sucked in as I didn't see many of them crossing the Quarter Deck going on liberty.

Storytime!

And mowing the lawn. The lines gotta be perfectly straight….
It is good for angst and anxiety.
Or if you’re a nut, like me!

For an experiment, we moved a bunch of plants into the shop, with a tiny little heater and grow lights.
We're still getting tomatoes and peppers, the roses, a cactus and a lemon tree bloomed.

Nice!

The Captain just smiled, nodded his head, looked back at the Admiral, who said, "Carry on, I'm not going to interfere with working sailors." And they went on about with whatever Captains and Admirals do."

I'm liking this Captain fella

Todays coffee…

These are the classic diner to go cups or from any sidewalk stand in New York City, job site breakfast trucks…

I keep meaning to look up whomever created those cups. Did they make a fortune? B/c they are everywhere on the East Coast!!! Lovely gift idea!

Once we even grew a pot plant! Man do they smell!!

VOCs - in this case, terpenes. I have strong reactions to them... and to lots of the products suggested to flush them out of clothes. I love their practical and medicinal applications... but for other people. I need to keep my distance.

I have another phone that has some good sunrise/sunset pics.
I won't photobomb y'all, but I'll post some of the nicer ones sometime.

Have you thought about creating your own Sunrise/Sunset thread? I'd subscribe for another daily dose of Zen.

He was one of the good guys as was the Engineering Officer, ... Our Division Officer was a different story. He came aboard as an Ensign (O-1) and left the Navy four years later as an Ensign.

I really enjoy the wholesome HEA stories, but thinking there may be some humdingers where that feller's involved.

At a dive boat company I worked for, safety regs didn't allow me to replace an end on a drop cord, but they'd allow me to stand in 6 inches of water and connect 480V shore power in a live panel, to get the crew off of payroll.

Figures - "follow the money"

I just called it "training."
But I used to test 220V with the back of my hand... I use a meter nowadays. Lol

Just like water, air, and most people, electricity takes "the path of least resistance."
The key to working on it live (which I don't recommend to ANYONE to do) is to NOT become that path.

I unintentionally did that once. Did not care for it. would not recommend.

Christmastime... (likely @Qky75's first Christmas)... mom was resting on the couch because "baby sleeps, you sleep". I was around 6 1/2, so mom was likely pregnant with baby #5. We were both in the family room having some rare quiet time.

Mom: Be a love and plug in mommy's little tree with the lights
Me: Plugs in the tree

This was one of those tabletop trees with fake snow and colored lights. Plug it in, it lights up. Pull the plug out of the socket, it's off. Simple, right?

Yeah - the plug blew up in my hand. Pieces of plastic flew everywhere. Lucky for me, it startled me enough to drop the whole thing or I might have been stuck holding a live wire.

The inside of my palm had black scorch marks that ran up the whole inside of my arm to my elbow. They washed off - no burns or anything. But was quite the visual.

I have never fully trusted electricity since... but I still use several "plug it in to turn it on" items to this day. But that little spark when you plug something into a socket? Do not like that to this day! I will say every bad word I can manage in a single breath when that happens.

I don't recall it being ceramic, but likely looked a lot like this one, but artificial with that sprayed on fake paint.

Yeah, fuck that!
One thing I don’t like to mess with is anything electric.
My neighbor is line man for the power company. He laughs at me!

My handyman laughed at me, too. Fuck it. When the new switch cover comes in, I'm still shutting off the breaker while I screw it in place.

I know the Mrs is a big gardener.... she needs to start a thread call it the dirty hoe channel and we can have the same vibe about plants....can you imagine... Hahahahaha
We can talk about hoes here

I love it!! I can barely tell a carnation from a rose, but I'm in... I would subscribe to that thread!

I might eat two salads a year though, if they're piled high with taco meat and cheese.

Dining out w/ certain friends/family, we never speak about it but if it's lunch or dinner their lettuce garnish makes its way onto my plate... and if it's breakfast, my bacon makes it onto theirs... and everyone is happy with this arrangement.

Owner Sells a 1970 GTO Judge Maintained by a Pontiac Mechanic, Allegedly Very Rare​

@Rj_1954 good to see you!! I missed you here. Hope you and Mrs. Rj are both doing okay.

The other method I use, is do it on Lit, then when it doesn't post, I copy it, refresh the page, paste it and post it...

Constantly!!!

It's official I now fit the demographic of the thread today. I'm no longer a whippersnapper crashing the party.

Happy Birthday, @Qky75
Since it's a football weekend...
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I love all this woman's posts.

Same... I really liked that Veronika video, too. Similar energy.

It has been fixed many many times. It is like pushing a cart with no wheels. It is old old old. Like a car without power steering.

Hola, chica!!
Well, that's a different story... it has valiantly served you well and deserves a proper send-off.
Shopping for a replacement yet?

Yes a typical green stick fracture. It was caused by the storm. Very dangerous to cut as it could twist back on me.

Yikes! Very glad you came out unscathed... especially as it took 3 hours?!?

Well the results are in from the biopsy. Like so many other older men have the lowest grade of prostate cancer that involves watchful waiting. . I see the doctor in a few weeks to go over monitoring.

Best of luck with the active monitoring!

Strawberries: I remember the first year I nearly got any berries. The second year was great tho. Then the deer came…
Fuckin deer…

Think this would work for strawberries, too? I mean - you do wash them even if their organic, right?

Note: Had to edit some quotes for the 1K char limit

 

[likes2watchU]

Nighty-night everyone... morning will be here all too soon
Sweet Dreams
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[nipplecaresser]

It's official I now fit the demographic of the thread today. I'm no longer a whippersnapper crashing the party.

Congratulations. There are several positives to passing 50,
but you can never remember what they are! Or what you did 30 seconds ago!!

Congratulations. There are...

 

[nipplecaresser]

Look at these gorgeous boys! Come to Auntie Lili! I have treats! ️

Nobody doubts that!

 

[nipplecaresser]

Welcome to the weekend cafe crew. Enjoy!

 

[nipplecaresser]

Thought for the day

When the inventor of the drawing board messed things up, what did he go back to?

 

[KentLondon]

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This is the one I’d recommend
As a whiskey I find it undrinkable

Would love to have a dunk with you some time!

 

[Lilianna23]

3 am club strikes again....

You better be asleep now!

 

[Lilianna23]

It's 130a & I'm wide awake. The alarm goes off at 430a. If everything goes as planned, I'll be working from 6a - 9p. How lucky it will be to be me. Hehehe

Oh, no! Did you get any sleep?

 

[Lilianna23]

LMAO! That reminded me of standing outside and turning the antenna so dad could watch the Razorback games!

 

[Lilianna23]

Thanks!
I recently lost hundreds of EPIC shots, due to a phone "crash."

Did you have your phone backed up? Can you recover them?

 

[Lilianna23]

In my line of work "Friday" will be 04 March... but my weekend is 14 days!

Is the payoff worth it? I saw you mentioned a 30 hr work day. Were you awake the whole time or do you get sime sleep breaks? That is a long-ass day!

 

[Lilianna23]

Thanks! Being away from Her for 28 days is the hardest thing I have to do in this job.

Awww! That is so sweet!

 

[Lilianna23]

I woke up and 0230. I rolled over and gave it another hour, said the f-bomb, and got up. Fixin'ta pour cuppa #2. It's pack-'em-up day. Got to do a wee clean on the job here and then ride down to the next brief assignment for orientation. Getting up to speed on the new job, one tidbit at a time.


Oh, my new/rebuilt big iPad wouldn't charge. No idea why. When the battery died, it rebooted itself and then started tookening a charge again. Who knew???

Did you have a good trip home? I hate it when I wake up before I want to then can't get back to sleep.

That's amazing your iPad just charged up again!

 

[Lilianna23]

Good morning Boat1 and others of the Spoon. I had trouble getting to sleep and then staying asleep. My hip hurts, took ibuprofen, waiting for it to kick in. The good news for our nurses, no more bleeding and no fever. I am going to try to get some sleep. See you later.

I hope you got some more sleep B2. Thanks for the report. You know if you hadn't checked in one of us would be bugging you!

 

[Lilianna23]

My most recent Packard acquisition. Such a deal. And it's a CCCA full classic, the last that Packard made:


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This is a gorgeous car, Wat!

 

[Lilianna23]

I have to.work....or what i call it.

Phone it in make 6 figures.... tell my boss I need more work she says I do enough and I keep.phoning it in....

Guess i will work.on some more ceus

Girl! NEVER tell your boss you need more work!!! You're lucky you have a good one!

 

[Boat1]

Did you have your phone backed up? Can you recover them?

I didn't have them backed up...
I'll be able to recover some of the best ones, from people and places I shared them with, but that will be a time consuming "Easter egg hunt."

 

[Lilianna23]

Thanks! It is hard for her... we do work well together... she's who I've sought for my entire life.
I might tell our story one day.

I'd love to hear it!

 

[Lilianna23]

Sweet little tdk.... she was sitting by the phone agreeing with everything ethyl was saying...

I am glad the new job is working for you.... I wish I was a little happier but thats me.... the eeyore of the group....

But I am a loveable little eeyore.....

Awww, honey! You're not Eeyore! You're our own sweet girl! ️