The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

There are no sleds in my future, but DAMN were there a lot of them in my past

Midnight coffee is on!
 
D, my sleds are flat bottom, flat decked fishing boats. Four feet wide and eight or ten feet long with ten and a half inches of free board. Excellent boats that are completely sealed with fiberglass tape and marine epoxy except for a rear drain plug to let out condensate. The 8' sled takes 500 pounds to be 3" down in the water and can take a 3HP outboard. The 10' model takes 635 pounds to put it 3" down and will take a 5HP motor.

No snow involved.

Thanks for the coffee.
 
Awaiting my first mug of coffee.

My LW troll poker went live today: "A Gathering of Trolls" 'Ambitious friends look in on the slut and her husband.'

It's at 2.26 with 14 ratings!
Now 15 minutes later, it's at 2.06 with three more 1's!
Amusing tale. I see it drew a bit of ire and a few smirks. So I left you a tirade as well. Hope it furthers your cause. I could use a fresh cup about now. That ... was so bad ;-) of you. BTW I didn't vote on it. That would have been bad form, knowing your stated intentions.
 
Amusing tale. I see it drew a bit of ire and a few smirks. So I left you a tirade as well. Hope it furthers your cause. I could use a fresh cup about now. That ... was so bad ;-) of you. BTW I didn't vote on it. That would have been bad form, knowing your stated intentions.
With luck, you will soon be below the Mendoza line!
Unless we troll you with 5s?
 
D, my sleds are flat bottom, flat decked fishing boats. Four feet wide and eight or ten feet long with ten and a half inches of free board. Excellent boats that are completely sealed with fiberglass tape and marine epoxy except for a rear drain plug to let out condensate. The 8' sled takes 500 pounds to be 3" down in the water and can take a 3HP outboard. The 10' model takes 635 pounds to put it 3" down and will take a 5HP motor.

No snow involved.

Thanks for the coffee.
Sounds a bit like a Jon Boat, love those boats, especially the ones with a platform on each end for fishing. I had one in my misspent youth and it appears here and there in my We're a Wonderful Wife story

A ROUND FOR THE HOUSE!

I'm celebrating the posting of my very first poem, one I wrote over 20 years ago and its bittersweet beauty still rings true. I titled it, "An Ode to a Literary Challenge" and I hope you all enjoy it
 
D, Jon Boat is correct except instead of a fore and aft deck, deck the whole thing over. Some would call it a barge but sled sounds cooler.

Congrats on the poem getting published.

I'll make a fresh pot of coffee for the brunch crowd.

I slept terrible last night. I had caught up on my naps but today I think I'm behind already.
 
I slept terrible last night. I had caught up on my naps but today I think I'm behind already.
I know that feeling; too often.
'Water Tablets' do not help at all !

And I've had a call from the Volunteer Transport group to say that someone can take me to the eye clinic next week.
Meanwhile, I need coffee.
 
Yeah, it's late but I'm calling it the lunch time coffee anyway.

Lunch was Frito pie.
 
D, Jon Boat is correct except instead of a fore and aft deck, deck the whole thing over. Some would call it a barge but sled sounds cooler.

Congrats on the poem getting published.

I'll make a fresh pot of coffee for the brunch crowd.

I slept terrible last night. I had caught up on my naps but today I think I'm behind already.
As a youth I inherited an 8' Jon Boat with removable floor sections, and 2' carpeted fishing deck on bow and stern. Loved that boat, it was perfect for pond fishing
 
Spent the morning at the doctor's office. Just a routine check-up for Donnie and an additional stop at the eye doctor for me. Still, 20-20 vision for me while the rest of you have to use bifocals. ;)

Now for creme brulee and chocolate cake for me as a mid-afternoon snack while Donnie plays himself out once he's down for a nap, writing time.
 
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Spent the morning at the doctor's office. Just a routine check-up for Donnie and an additional stop at the eye doctor for me. Still, 20-20 vision for me while the rest of you have to use bifocals. ;)

Now for creme brulee and chocolate cake for me as a mid-afternoon snack while Donnie plays himself out once he's down for a nap, writing time.
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Yeah, you guys get it, LOL. My mum use to have 20-15 vision. Now she wears glasses sometimes. I still buy that she really needs them.
 
The evening coffee is ready.

My vision is 20-0 or pretty close to 20 anyway.

Supper was left over pizza and BBQ wings.
 
Rusty, it could have just stayed dark. That would have made for a worse day.
 
Spent the morning at the doctor's office. Just a routine check-up for Donnie and an additional stop at the eye doctor for me. Still, 20-20 vision for me while the rest of you have to use bifocals. ;)

Now for creme brulee and chocolate cake for me as a mid-afternoon snack while Donnie plays himself out once he's down for a nap, writing time.
After bi-focals I went straight to some new stuff called progressive lens. It was better and now after probably forty years or so I still use them ... not the same ones of course. Getting back to 20-20 would be nice but not sure I want someone poking me with a laser even if it 'is so safe' these days. Chocolate cake causes fuzzy vision ... you do know that right? ;-)
 
After bi-focals I went straight to some new stuff called progressive lens. It was better and now after probably forty years or so I still use them ... not the same ones of course. Getting back to 20-20 would be nice but not sure I want someone poking me with a laser even if it 'is so safe' these days. Chocolate cake causes fuzzy vision ... you do know that right? ;-)
my eye doc recommended against bifocals, because the difference between my "up close" and "far away" so extreme, in the "progressive zone" it would just be a blur.

I love chocolate, but not much for cake.
If we just eat pie, that is anti-aging, right?
 
After bi-focals I went straight to some new stuff called progressive lens. It was better and now after probably forty years or so I still use them ... not the same ones of course. Getting back to 20-20 would be nice but not sure I want someone poking me with a laser even if it 'is so safe' these days. Chocolate cake causes fuzzy vision ... you do know that right? ;-)

Are those "progressive" what we call 'varifocal' ?
I have a pair of bifocals; I need lenses to see my PC screens and the reading; both annoyingly 'different'.
I'm booked in to an Eye clinic to investigate whether I need laser treatment.
I'm not convinced - so far.
And my next COVID-19 shot is due. . . .

But I do need my coffee
 
Good morning all. I have my coffee and am laughing at the googly-eyed coffees being posted.
 
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