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

[ChloeTzang]

Chloe, me dear, I'd love to take coffee with you under those circumstances, but I fear retribution from your SO, so if you don't mind, I'll pass, for now. If you have time to join me at Lyons Corner House for a coffee or [real] tea & crumpets, I'd be delighted.

I'd be delighted, and my SO says not to worry about retribution, he knows me. He's looking forward to meeting when we go hunting with Tex and the others over Spring Break.

Uh ... that is ... if you guy's still want to come?

But you might want something to fortify the coffee with.

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As a matter of pure interest, what are those galvanised pipes doing ?

I think they're probably aircon pipes. Where I live up north we almost all have basements coz the ground freezes in winter and you have to go deep so that the water and wastewater pipes don't freeze on you - those look like the pipes we have for heating and aircon - except being out in the open like that it's got to be down south where it doesn't freeze in winter. Being no construction expert, one of the guys like Tex would probably know a lot better than me.

 

[NotWise]

As a matter of pure interest, what are those galvanised pipes doing ?

The vertical pipes are jacks supporting the building. The horizontal conduits overhead are for heating and cooling.

 

[matriarch]

I had to run a quick date check, it's been that long since I've seen you on the AH.
Welcome back !

I agree HP, it has been quite a while. My bad. Thank you.

 

[Handley_Page]

The vertical pipes are jacks supporting the building. The horizontal conduits overhead are for heating and cooling.

The Jack /supports I got - no trouble.
It was that mass of 'horizontal' pipes that had me foxed. Over here, we seldom heat a [domestic] place like that. Industrials is another subject all together.

Chloe, you want me to bring some Navy Rum to 'fortify' the coffee ?

I agree HP, it has been quite a while. My bad. Thank you.

I trust all is sufficiently well with you and yours ?

 

[TxRad]

And another Sinday morning is coming down.

Morning all, fresh coffee is available and cupcakes, the other breakfast food.

Cool, wet, and very cloudy here.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Cupcakes! Nummmm!

(Mouth full) Thanmx.

 

[Hypoxia]

No instante, what we call a CLB, coffee-like beverage. More espresso coming up! With a dusting of cinnamon, I think.

I'll admit a certain longing for those mornings we'd crawl from the camp tent and fire-up the Primus to burn water for that mix of powdered instante, cocoa, and sweetener, freshened with a splash of bottom-shelf whiskey. Lean back in our camp chairs, the toxic brew steaming our eyeglasses as morning awakens around us. Yeah.

I feel an urge to talk about 'ukulele voicings. [boring details deleted] A fingerpicked standard 'uke is one instrument with one voice because the strings are all nylon monofilament. But with a Lili-e 6-string tenor 'uke, each of the 4 courses of mixed solid and wound strings is like a separate instrument, and non-trivial to play melodically. Strumming chords? No problem. Play melody without skipping octaves? Tricky...

Another quadruple espresso. That 6-oz Celadon cup is just right for it. Slurp. Damn, am I ready for the day yet? The world outside my window is snowbound. Good thing we needn't go anywhere for a day or two.

Winter here: a few days at the end of February. Go figure.

 

[Handley_Page]

I wouldn't know an espresso from a latte, to be honest.
But a spoon-full of my local ground coffee ('Italian roast', whatever that is)
with nearly hot water, some sugar and some hot milk and I'm nearly ready for te day.

In the meantime, I'll have whatever's going right now.

 

[Hypoxia]

I may be scarce around here in the immediate future. We're on a dirt mountain road without 4WD vehicles. Our weather forecast: about a yard / meter of snow in the next couple days. Driving out through that is beyond our capabilities. And I have a cardiac procedure due -- might be hard to get there. Thus we're packing the little RV and will head downhill for as long as needed. I don't know if we'll have net connectivity -- too bad we can't just park at the hospital for days.

Another cuppa coffee, then slowly load more into the housecar, trudging through thin snow and bright sunshine while catastrophe approaches. Gotta go before dusk. Cheers.

 

[Handley_Page]

I may be scarce around here in the immediate future. We're on a dirt mountain road without 4WD vehicles. Our weather forecast: about a yard / meter of snow in the next couple days. Driving out through that is beyond our capabilities. And I have a cardiac procedure due -- might be hard to get there. Thus we're packing the little RV and will head downhill for as long as needed. I don't know if we'll have net connectivity -- too bad we can't just park at the hospital for days.

Another cuppa coffee, then slowly load more into the housecar, trudging through thin snow and bright sunshine while catastrophe approaches. Gotta go before dusk. Cheers.

Fingers Crossed; appeals to the Deity of Choice, etc..

All the best with everything.

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Eh, up,I didn't know the Bear played guitar ('uke?)

 

[_Lynn_]

Just saying hello. Have a great week.

 

[NotWise]

Eh, up,I didn't know the Bear played guitar ('uke?)

Looks like he sings, too. That's probably one of Hypoxia's neighborhood bears that's been listening to him for a few years, rather than Bear.

 

[TxRad]

It is very wet and soggy here and not in a good way. It rained, and i mean rained, all day and most of the night. There was water in the yard in places, I've never seen water stand, sit, or lay before.

Okay, fresh coffee and a full hot kettle are now available for the late, late crowd. Or is that the early, early crowd?

I had a nice nap going until my feet caught fire. Uh, nerve ending wise, not actual flames.

 

[Handley_Page]

It is very wet and soggy here and not in a good way. It rained, and i mean rained, all day and most of the night. There was water in the yard in places, I've never seen water stand, sit, or lay before.

Okay, fresh coffee and a full hot kettle are now available for the late, late crowd. Or is that the early, early crowd?

I had a nice nap going until my feet caught fire. Uh, nerve ending wise, not actual flames.

Ah - - coffee.
How nice.

OK, we're at the end of February and we've been having bright sunshine for a few days, now. No cloud, so we've had some bloody cold nights. But this morning's Weather man/ woman reckons we're in for some nasty stuff; but this is ridiculous; it's bloody SNOWING.
Put the heater on, petal; we're in for some unpleasant stuff.
I really must ensure adequate stocks of coffee. . . . .

Tx, how do you 'cool' a burning foot ?

 

[matriarch]

....

I trust all is sufficiently well with you and yours ?

Indeed, thank you, all is well here.
Min and I are plodding along in contented marriage, can't believe it will be our 12th anniversary this year. And we have a grandson, almost four now. Amazing.

 

[matriarch]

It is very wet and soggy here and not in a good way. It rained, and i mean rained, all day and most of the night. There was water in the yard in places, I've never seen water stand, sit, or lay before.

Okay, fresh coffee and a full hot kettle are now available for the late, late crowd. Or is that the early, early crowd?

I had a nice nap going until my feet caught fire. Uh, nerve ending wise, not actual flames.

Hi TX, long time no see.

 

[TxRad]

HP, I've never had a burning foot. Eight inches is the best I could muster.

Morning Matty. I'm glad to hear you and Min are doing well. I've missed the both of you.

Fresh coffee for the morning crew. Have at it.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Large black, please and thanks, sir.

 

[Handley_Page]

It looks like I arrived home in just enough time; it's snowing [again].
This is not fun; at all.
I might be tempted to use the term "attractive" (at least, until the slush has dissipated), but "fun" is not the first word that comes to mind, at present.

So may I have a nice long hot coffee, with milk & sugar ?
Thank you.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Looks like he sings, too. That's probably one of Hypoxia's neighborhood bears that's been listening to him for a few years, rather than Bear.

That's cousin Oswald. He's the multi-talented one in the family. I'm strictly a one-note-at-a-time musician.

 

[Handley_Page]

That's cousin Oswald. He's the multi-talented one in the family. I'm strictly a one-note-at-a-time musician.

One had occasionally wondered. . . . .

We've had two flurries of snow today; and the wind is bitter.
But we have been warned; according to the weather man, "the beast from the east" is set to cool our ardour for a week or so. These 'polar storm' can be so inconvenient, can't they ?

Meantime a pre-retiring cup of tea. . .

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Hopefully we've seen the last of the snow for this winter. It was nothing like last year's brutal blast but it has been plenty annoying. Cold and wet it is outside but not that cold, thankfully. I am now awaiting weather warm enough for planting.

 

[NotWise]

I had some time on my hands today and used it to google up "Winter Thunder," which was a novella or short novel that I read in 7th or 8th grade. The story (based on real events) happened near where my mother's family lived and where I was born so it had some special interest.

It was by Mari Sandoz, who was a respected western writer. She struggled a lot to get her work recognized by publishers but she eventually had a good career. Her first successful novel was "Old Jules," which my mother gave me as a present many years ago, but which I haven't read. Apparently Sandoz's family and our family were entwined.

She died in 1966 and after living in New York through her later life she asked to be buried near where she came from--on a hill overlooking the town where I was born.

Given the spate of "Western" authors who've come up lately, I wonder how her realism and cross-cultural stories would fit for the Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey fans.

I should write a western. It would have to be a Romance, but a lot of those old guys weren't very romantic. Reality would be pretty nitty-gritty.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I had some time on my hands today and used it to google up "Winter Thunder," which was a novella or short novel that I read in 7th or 8th grade. The story (based on real events) happened near where my mother's family lived and where I was born so it had some special interest.

It was by Mari Sandoz, who was a respected western writer. She struggled a lot to get her work recognized by publishers but she eventually had a good career. Her first successful novel was "Old Jules," which my mother gave me as a present many years ago, but which I haven't read. Apparently Sandoz's family and our family were entwined.

She died in 1966 and after living in New York through her later life she asked to be buried near where she came from--on a hill overlooking the town where I was born.

Given the spate of "Western" authors who've come up lately, I wonder how her realism and cross-cultural stories would fit for the Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey fans.

I should write a western. It would have to be a Romance, but a lot of those old guys weren't very romantic. Reality would be pretty nitty-gritty.

Reality was pretty gritty but it seemed to me that they truly valued the few fine things they had, sometimes including their women. I highly recommend Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Eleanor Pruitt Stewart. I think it was more prairies life than far west but homesteading was hard work too. She was a washer woman, widowed, who went to stake her claim on some acreage and ended up marrying her neighbor. They didn't call it "sparking" for nothing. Oh, it's biography, not a novel.

 

[sharingfantasies]

I had some time on my hands today and used it to google up "Winter Thunder," which was a novella or short novel that I read in 7th or 8th grade. The story (based on real events) happened near where my mother's family lived and where I was born so it had some special interest.

It was by Mari Sandoz, who was a respected western writer. She struggled a lot to get her work recognized by publishers but she eventually had a good career. Her first successful novel was "Old Jules," which my mother gave me as a present many years ago, but which I haven't read. Apparently Sandoz's family and our family were entwined.

She died in 1966 and after living in New York through her later life she asked to be buried near where she came from--on a hill overlooking the town where I was born.

Given the spate of "Western" authors who've come up lately, I wonder how her realism and cross-cultural stories would fit for the Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey fans.

I should write a western. It would have to be a Romance, but a lot of those old guys weren't very romantic. Reality would be pretty nitty-gritty.

L'Amour was not a very romantic writer, although some of his heroes did have love interests. Grey wrote romance in almost every story. Grey had a huge influence on my love of Arizona.