The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 04: Come On In

[Zeb_Carter]

Moving! I hate moving. I have done it enough. Chicago to Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs to Chicago, Chicago to Atlanta, Atlanta to Chicago, Chicago to London, London to Chicago, Chicago to Houston. There were several other moves, but the government did those for me. Service related.

Now... I just upgraded my computer with a new(slightly used really) CPU. It has two more cores than my old one and four more threads and it only cost me $13 US.

It also runs cooler than my quad core. They both run at 2.67Ghz. But now I have 2 more cores. And I didn't have to get a new motherboard.

My old cpu was a i7 920 1st gen. My new one is a Xeon X5650.

Now does that let me type any faster... unfortunately, no.

Have a great day everyone.

 

[oggbashan]

As part of my effort to finish part-written stories while I can and I'm still around, a new oggbashan story was published today:

https://www.literotica.com/s/auditions-two

And I've just hit the submit button for another 18,000 word story

 

[TxRad]

Good Job Ogg. I hope Laurel is giving you a place in the speed lane.

Fresh coffee for the nooner crowd.

I keep adding words here and there but not much finished. Is there a difference between finished and finished completely? According to a lot of Lit readers there is always room for more.

 

[oggbashan]

Good Job Ogg. I hope Laurel is giving you a place in the speed lane.

Fresh coffee for the nooner crowd.

I keep adding words here and there but not much finished. Is there a difference between finished and finished completely? According to a lot of Lit readers there is always room for more.

Finished? Or finished completely?

I think that none of my posted stories are finished completely and none will be until I'm no more and not around to improve and edit them.

They will be 'finished completely' only when I am.

 

[TxRad]

Finished? Or finished completely?

I think that none of my posted stories are finished completely and none will be until I'm no more and not around to improve and edit them.

They will be 'finished completely' only when I am.

I think you've hit the nail on the head.

But then that begs the question of, will you feel sorry for the poor sod you will your unfinished stories to. I probably won't.

 

[oggbashan]

I think you've hit the nail on the head.

But then that begs the question of, will you feel sorry for the poor sod you will your unfinished stories to. I probably won't.

I am trying to reduce my massive pile of unfinished stories to a small residue of things that are no more than unstarted ideas.

 

[Handley_Page]

I am trying to reduce my massive pile of unfinished stories to a small residue of things that are no more than unstarted ideas.

Perhaps we should have a thread full of 'Plot Bunnies' so that ideas or the unfinished masterpiece might be picked up by another writer at some time.Meanwhile I need a mug of Tea. It's late !

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Perhaps we should have a thread full of 'Plot Bunnies' so that ideas or the unfinished masterpiece might be picked up by another writer at some time.Meanwhile I need a mug of Tea. It's late !

I assume you are familiar with the Story Ideas board?

 

[TxRad]

I assume you are familiar with the Story Ideas board?

Partially written stories for sale!

I don't think that will fly but it might be worth a try. Story ideas are easy. Getting a story started isn't.

Supper was double decker tacos. Fresh coffee is ready.

I'm running full ahead on several stories. The problem is... they are new stories and not clearing on the backlog.

 

[Handley_Page]

I assume you are familiar with the Story Ideas board?

Actually, No.
But I'll have a look for it.
It's time for coffee

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

Partially written stories for sale!

I don't think that will fly but it might be worth a try. Story ideas are easy. Getting a story started isn't.

Well it was about plot bunnies, not half-written stories. Those might be hard to share indeed. But dumping a whole list of ideas in the Story Ideas board in a post, each summarized in a few lines, might work.

 

[TxRad]

Well it was about plot bunnies, not half-written stories. Those might be hard to share indeed. But dumping a whole list of ideas in the Story Ideas board in a post, each summarized in a few lines, might work.

That has always been my problem. More plot bunnies than time.

Fresh coffee for the Sinday morning crowd. You know who you are.

I'm awake early but I have some errands to run and then it will be time for a nap at the very least. HM kept me up rather later or was that early. Not that it really matters. A good time was had by all.

 

[EmeraldKitten]

Good morning friends!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Good morning, world.

Chloe - found the floor yet after the move?

 

[oggbashan]

That has always been my problem. More plot bunnies than time.

And mine. Whenever I am sitting in a hospital's waiting area I take a reporter's notebook. One hour of waiting produces 100+ plot bunnies...

 

[MagicaPractica]

And mine. Whenever I am sitting in a hospital's waiting area I take a reporter's notebook. One hour of waiting produces 100+ plot bunnies...

100+ ??? That's amazing. I never lack for something to work on but I'm not THAT inventive.

Happy Sinday, all.

The family is giving me alone time to work on my Iwo Jima story today. I am provisioned with leftovers so I don't have to cook.

 

[NotWise]

I can't remember who it was, but last week (or so) someone mentioned having chilaquiles for breakfast. I'd never heard of them, so I did some research and had my own chilaquiles for breakfast yesterday. I tweaked the process a little and had them again this morning.

Thanks! What a great breakfast.

I loaded them this morning. I topped them with cheese, two eggs, half of a small avocado and a sliced ripe jalapeno straight from my garden. That should be plenty to fuel me through weeding the garden and mowing the lawn.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Good morning, world.

Chloe - found the floor yet after the move?

Still moving. It was boxes yesterday. Furniture today. The old place is almost empty. The ne place is boxes waiting to be unpacked. I’m really having fun driving this u-haul. It hauls ass when the load is light. And everyone is terrified of u-haul drivers. I am in my element. I can see a new career ahead of me - long haul truck driving - yo know, 300mph down the freeway in one of those huuuuge trucks. Woo hoooo. Okay, time to cut back on the coffee.... I’m just waiting for the furniture movers to arrive and get their instructions and I’m on a run....

 

[Handley_Page]

Chloe,
the trouble with doing 300mph is that it takes a L O N G time to stop; unless it's against a wall or similar.

But it's time for my Tea.

 

[TxRad]

Errands were run early. Groceries and such put away. Power went off. Play and nap time followed even after the power came back on.

Lunch (around 2:30) was cold pizza left over from the shopping trip.

Fresh coffee for the afternoon crowd. Help yourself.

 

[ishtat]

I am in my element. I can see a new career ahead of me - long haul truck driving - yo know, 300mph down the freeway in one of those huuuuge trucks. Woo hoooo.

There is a Polish woman on You Tube named Ilona Blecharczyk, who has done a pile of videos of her work all over Europe and North America. I thought it was all a bit 'ho hum' until I saw her delivering propeller blades for wind turbines. She knows what she is doing, speaks excellent English and is not unattractive.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

There is a Polish woman on You Tube named Ilona Blecharczyk, who has done a pile of videos of her work all over Europe and North America. I thought it was all a bit 'ho hum' until I saw her delivering propeller blades for wind turbines. She knows what she is doing, speaks excellent English and is not unattractive.

The trucks for those propellers blades are impressive by themselves. A wind farm was built nearby to where I lived 15 years ago, and watching those things navigate in rural areas was a symphony of logistics and traffic control. Fascinating!

 

[Handley_Page]

There is a Polish woman on You Tube named Ilona Blecharczyk, who has done a pile of videos of her work all over Europe and North America. I thought it was all a bit 'ho hum' until I saw her delivering propeller blades for wind turbines. She knows what she is doing, speaks excellent English and is not unattractive.

The trucks for those propellers blades are impressive by themselves. A wind farm was built nearby to where I lived 15 years ago, and watching those things navigate in rural areas was a symphony of logistics and traffic control. Fascinating!

Discounting the skill of the driver for a moment, I have to wonder at the 'road planners' who put such a perilous roadway for such huge vehicles. I mean, if you gonna have a site for a wind farm (huh !), let us at least expect a decently navigable road for access, huh ?

Time, I think for a mugful of Tea.

 

[oggbashan]

Discounting the skill of the driver for a moment, I have to wonder at the 'road planners' who put such a perilous roadway for such huge vehicles. I mean, if you gonna have a site for a wind farm (huh !), let us at least expect a decently navigable road for access, huh ?

Time, I think for a mugful of Tea.

The turbines and blades for our six offshore windfarms were all delivered by sea. The original ones were made in Scandanavia. Later ones were made in the Isle of Wight. Repairs and replacements are done on the dockside in Sheerness Dockyard before being taken out to the windfarms by ship.

 

[NotWise]

Discounting the skill of the driver for a moment, I have to wonder at the 'road planners' who put such a perilous roadway for such huge vehicles. I mean, if you gonna have a site for a wind farm (huh !), let us at least expect a decently navigable road for access, huh ?

There are dozens of wind farms in this area and most are built in rural areas where the roads (if there are roads) were built to access scattered farms and ranches. They were never intended to transport huge turbine blades. Roads within the wind farms might be built appropriately, but the pre-existing roads needed to get there are what they are. The drivers have to work with them.