The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 02: A Comma (is a Restful Pause)

[Hypoxia]

The eclipse was the big news of the day and I missed it, being trundled off to the wizard retinologists (www.retinalmd.com) to see why my right eye (first eye surgery, 6 weeks ago) suddenly went wonky over the weekend. For me, no looking at stuff in the sky; many bright lights intruding on my eyeballs in the clinic. Ooh, look at all those capillaries! So dendritic!

But no eclipse. Well, a fatter patient nearly mooned us, but that's not the same. If two folks moon each other from passing cars, is that a lunar eclimpse? But I digress. The finding: yeah, there's something serious there. Take these pills and come back in ten days. Hope you don't go blind by then. The pills should help. Right. Oh boy, more steroids. They help my general body pain.

Meanwhile, it's fucking four in the morning here. Everyone is awake, and not just from the rude neighbor taking his pickup out for a morning noise-drive. Yesterday's doc told me to keep my head elevated so loose blood would sink down and not not present as floaters. So I'm trying to sleep on the recliner sofa, keep my head up, yada yada. And we've no TV here. How can I go brain-dead?

I tell ya, if you want to see wild images, get a deep-scan eye exam. You get to watch your eyes' circulatory system in vivid color, and if you're familiar with topographic maps and leaf veins, you'll recognize the fractal patterns. As the probing lights shift, your scenery shifts between dimensions. Wow man, traces...

Is it time yet for coffee? Check watch: four fucking thirty in the morning. No, it's time for cocoa and Wild Turkey. Then sleep on the couch again. Right.

 

[Handley_Page]

The eclipse was the big news of the day and I missed it, being trundled off to the wizard retinologists (www.retinalmd.com) to see why my right eye (first eye surgery, 6 weeks ago) suddenly went wonky over the weekend. For me, no looking at stuff in the sky; many bright lights intruding on my eyeballs in the clinic. Ooh, look at all those capillaries! So dendritic!

I tell ya, if you want to see wild images, get a deep-scan eye exam. You get to watch your eyes' circulatory system in vivid color, and if you're familiar with topographic maps and leaf veins, you'll recognize the fractal patterns. As the probing lights shift, your scenery shifts between dimensions. Wow man, traces...

Is it time yet for coffee? Check watch: four fucking thirty in the morning. No, it's time for cocoa and Wild Turkey. Then sleep on the couch again. Right.

Good Luck, pal.
Fingers crossed and all that.

And now - coffee!

 

[Hypoxia]

Good Luck, pal.
Fingers crossed and all that.

Thanks much, The first batch of steroids seem to be helping already. I'll be able to see the bear when she lunges at me.

And now - coffee!

Yeah, another cup, and another ounce or two of Black Velvet in it. And some Hershey's cocoa. Mmmm...

 

[TxRad]

If the Bear attacks from the left, I'm fine. From the right, I'm SOL.

Started to go to town earlier. Had to change a tire first. It was only flat on one side but made for a bumpy ride. It was under warranty and I have road hazard but it still took three hours to get fixed.

Pizza in the oven and I need more coffee.

 

[Chelz789]

I dont understand this thread lol

 

[ChloeTzang]

I dont understand this thread lol

Bear with it......

 

[Handley_Page]

Bear with it......

Nice one, Chloe.

I've discovered a pleasant species of coffee from my local supermarket.
It's laughingly called "Italian Roast" but it taste OK.

But I'd be interested to know a bit more about flavour and the roasting [I get too confused].

And now - TEA.

 

[NotWise]

Started to go to town earlier. Had to change a tire first. It was only flat on one side but made for a bumpy ride. It was under warranty and I have road hazard but it still took three hours to get fixed.

When I get a flat it's pretty much always on one side. The bottom side.

 

[MagicaPractica]

If the Bear attacks from the left, I'm fine. From the right, I'm SOL.

Started to go to town earlier. Had to change a tire first. It was only flat on one side but made for a bumpy ride. It was under warranty and I have road hazard but it still took three hours to get fixed.

Pizza in the oven and I need more coffee.

I accidentally offered to teach a bunch of teenagers how to change a flat as part of a life skills class. Luckily a local automotive teacher called the next day. Just who I wanted to talk to!

 

[Hypoxia]

If the Bear attacks from the left, I'm fine. From the right, I'm SOL.

If I could smell, I might smell the bear first. If I could hear, I might note the clickety-clack of bear claws on gravel. If I could see, I might notice movement. Guess I'll have to depend on my lateral-line senses. But I'm not a fish. Oh fuck. [/me senses bear in yard] Oh fuck.

Started to go to town earlier. Had to change a tire first. It was only flat on one side but made for a bumpy ride. It was under warranty and I have road hazard but it still took three hours to get fixed.

Haven't had a flat tire recently. Last were in Mexico. Fixes took about five minutes and cost about two USA dollars. If you've gotta go flat, go there. Or buy new tires.

Pizza in the oven and I need more coffee.

Pizza last night. Coffee this noonish (I got up late). Tonight, gourmet sausages, red potatoes, caprese salad (fresh basil leaf, heirloom tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella), washed down with local Shenandoah Valley wine. Better than a deli sandwich.

 

[sharingfantasies]

I had to quit changing tires a long time ago. My arm strength couldn't match the power tool used to put on lug nuts. For awhile, I asked the tire guys to ease up on the tightness so that the lug would stay on, but I could get it off. But eventually my strength got too weak to even handle that. Oh, I miss the thirties.

No bear sightings around here, but I did see some quail.

 

[NotWise]

No bear sightings around here, but I did see some quail.

Quail are cute.

They caught a 2-year old male bear in a residential neighborhood on the west side of town a few days ago. The west side of town is a long way from normal bear habitat. It happens this time of year when the bears are spreading out and looking for new territory, or (in a dry year) looking for anything to eat.

They relocated him to the mountains north of here, which may have been where he came from. Good luck young bear.

 

[TxRad]

I had to quit changing tires a long time ago. My arm strength couldn't match the power tool used to put on lug nuts. For awhile, I asked the tire guys to ease up on the tightness so that the lug would stay on, but I could get it off. But eventually my strength got too weak to even handle that. Oh, I miss the thirties.

No bear sightings around here, but I did see some quail.

One of the long handle four way lug wrenches is your friend. Put it on level, pull up with your arms on one side and push down with your foot on the other. With disc brakes, lug nuts should be torqued to factory specs in a crossing pattern to reduce warping from heat.

Had a couple of deer in the backyard yesterday evening.

 

[NotWise]

Had a couple of deer in the backyard yesterday evening.

Mixed blessing. They can do a lot of damage.

The town the rest of my family lives in or near may have a larger deer population than human population. The deer are everywhere and the city contracts professional hunters to thin the herd.

My parents' last house was well inside town on a slope above a small stream. They usually had deer bedding down in their yard. They didn't mind, but their trees were large enough that the deer didn't kill them.

 

[sharingfantasies]

One of the long handle four way lug wrenches is your friend. Put it on level, pull up with your arms on one side and push down with your foot on the other. With disc brakes, lug nuts should be torqued to factory specs in a crossing pattern to reduce warping from heat.

Had a couple of deer in the backyard yesterday evening.

Tried that. Even tried jumping on the wrench. I just lacked the upper body strength. So now I just call the auto club.

 

[sr71plt]

Tried that. Even tried jumping on the wrench. I just lacked the upper body strength. So now I just call the auto club.

Yep. If your tires were put on at a garage, using a power wrench, forget changing it yourself on the road unless you happen to have packed a power wrench in your trunk.

 

[NotWise]

Yep. If your tires were put on at a garage, using a power wrench, forget changing it yourself on the road unless you happen to have packed a power wrench in your trunk.

I figured out a while ago that I could pack a breaker bar in my trunk and that might let me change tires that were put on in the garage. I really prefer the option of having roadside assistance insurance coverage and letting professionals do their job.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I figured out a while ago that I could pack a breaker bar in my trunk and that might let me change tires that were put on in the garage. I really prefer the option of having roadside assistance insurance coverage and letting professionals do their job.

I prefer letting roadside assistance do it too but that's a wait of about an hour where I live. Last time I needed to change a tire, I had just gotten a new car and I was on my way to pick up my daughter from daycare fifteen minutes before their closing time. I was pleased to find out how easy it was to change the tire on the new car.

 

[Hypoxia]

We've only had to call for roadside assistance a few times, mostly for 25-foot RVs, which tend to get interesting problems like the gas heater catching fire or the rear springs sagging. I've slid smaller cars off snowy roads a few times but locals helped pull me back. I'm glad our Executive AAA membership gives 200 miles free towing. We may need that.

No bears on the trash detail this morning. Whew. But we have a skunky smell. Ick.

Coffee? At three fucking AM here? I think not. Black Velvet in cocoa does it.

And the oh-dark-thirty snack: maize corn chips and salsa roja, verdad.

Hey, how many here find themselves awakening at ugly hours, facing the universe and impending doom? Y'all take a late-night / early-morning drink or puff or snort, right? The new moon is only 2% illuminated. The future is as bleak as your soul. Maybe there's traffic noise outside, or merely the snuffling of rodents in your walls. Rumble rumble. Scratch scratch. What the fuck is that sonic?

Yeah, coffee, for sure...

 

[TxRad]

Why am I up at 5:30? Oh yeah, I ain't went to bed yet. Fresh coffee is ready.

The local weather people are yelling about a possible hurricane. Harvey died and now he is going to be resurrected. Predictions on the spaghetti models range from Brownsville to Houston. Maybe they should use something besides spaghetti. Not enough data yet to improve the prediction.

As usual, I'll watch and wait. I have a half dozen boats for sale.

 

[Handley_Page]

Yep. If your tires were put on at a garage, using a power wrench, forget changing it yourself on the road unless you happen to have packed a power wrench in your trunk.

Our on-the-road fixit firms (eg., A.A. & R.A.C.) have calibrated tyre wrenches so that you CAN remove the damn thing sometime; usually !.

 

[TxRad]

Evening all

Got a little rain earlier. Seems like a weak cool front snuck up on us from the north. Cooled things down a little. Got a bunch of editing done while waiting for paint to dry.

Spaghetti for supper. Fresh coffee for the evening crowd.

 

[ChloeTzang]

An exciting drive home. Driving down the road close to our house and three teenage boys in a little sports car came rocketing around the corner and spun out right in front of me. Missed me and everyone else as they spun like a top but they took out a pole, a telephone box and a small tree and ended up in someone's drive completely wrecked. No glass left, the front crunched in, gas everywhere. Had to open the doors from the outside to get them out and they all needed a bit of help - they were a bit wobbly. Did my thing and checked them out - lots of bruises and cuts and scrapes and they really got bounced around but they were lucky. Nothing broken, no one else injured, no other cars hit. Called an ambulance and the police and waited till they got there and then continued on my way.... told the kids it was their lucky day. If they'd rolled instead of spun, it wouldn't have been quite so easy on them. Someone's got a heck of a mess in their driveway tho.....

 

[ishtat]

An exciting drive home. Driving down the road close to our house and three teenage boys in a little sports car came rocketing around the corner and spun out right in front of me. Missed me and everyone else as they spun like a top but they took out a pole, a telephone box and a small tree and ended up in someone's drive completely wrecked. No glass left, the front crunched in, gas everywhere. Had to open the doors from the outside to get them out and they all needed a bit of help - they were a bit wobbly. Did my thing and checked them out - lots of bruises and cuts and scrapes and they really got bounced around but they were lucky. Nothing broken, no one else injured, no other cars hit. Called an ambulance and the police and waited till they got there and then continued on my way.... told the kids it was their lucky day. If they'd rolled instead of spun, it wouldn't have been quite so easy on them. Someone's got a heck of a mess in their driveway tho.....

Shouldn't this be in the Story ideas thread - 'three young men adore their nurse and saviour?'

 

[ChloeTzang]

Shouldn't this be in the Story ideas thread - 'three young men adore their nurse and saviour?'

Maybe bdsm? Three young men get spanked by the nurse that gets their asses out of the car.