Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

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Our good friend and my fellow Cob Weasel is in Texas conducting Pew-Pew classes. But before he hit the road he shared the following with us.

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Good morning folks. Before we get into the Prayer Revival just a few thoughts and rulz from yours truly.

Thanks Annie for your work. You folks at the TXMoMe have a fun time. Be safe or have enough bail money handy.

Rulz? Yup.

1) Open thread, feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate. The choice is yours.
2) Be nice to one another. Yes, boys & girls, even the trolls.
3) Sharp objects and speed do not necessarily go together. Before running with the sharp object, think. Have I met my deductible?
4) Wherever you are, have a wonderful weekend.

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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo atsign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
9/9 – San Franpsycho sent an update Paul, who we have been praying for as he deals with cancer,
has elected to discontinue further treatment of his cancer. Please continue to pray for his complete and immediate healing.
10/14 Update – Thank you for your prayers. They had a pizza party at Paul’s house to celebrate his birthday. San Franpsycho was thankful for the opportunity to tell his friend how much he loves him.
9/22 – DaveT sent an update. He is a retired gentleman, and we had prayed for him in May, as he was going through some legal battles to save his home, for himself and his cats. The legal (and home repair) battles continue, and additional contributions would be very much appreciated. Please email Annie’s Stew directly if you would like to contribute, and she will send you the link to his GiveSendGo account.
9/23 – Jim (in kalifornia) provided an update on his relatives. His father-in-law is better after having a vascular catheter put in and emergency dialysis. His wife suffered through helping him, and also ended up with a new tumor. She also missed about 5 treatments, so all her other tumor markers are way up.
9/30 Update – Jim and his family could still use some prayers. His wife hasn’t been doing her cancer treatments. She has a new tumor in a new organ, a lung. His younger son is being a stupid teenager. They found drugs (weed, mushrooms) in his room and he didn’t see anything wrong with that (despite my house, my rules, zero drug policy). His father-in-law is finally out of the hospital. All this meant Jim hasn’t been working, so with big bills coming up (home insurance, car insurance), it will be fun figuring out which bills not to pay.
9/23 – Polliwog the Ette requested prayers for her mother-in-law, Peggy, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. It seems to be contained, but fast-growing, and hopefully a lumpectomy will be sufficient. She is understandably nervous about the whole thing and would appreciate prayers.
9/24 – Eromero was having dinner with a 95 year-old buddy at the senior living facility, and had to bring his friend to the ER with pneumonia symptoms.
10/14 Update – Eromero’s friend passed away on 10/4. His widow is 93, deaf, and nearly blind, and Mrs. E. is her caregiver. They are planning a memorial, tying up loose ends, finding resources, etc. They will miss their friend, even though they know he’s better off than we are. Perspective.
9/30 – Duke Lowell posted that his mother-in-law, who lived with them for ten years, had passed away on Wednesday. He asked that God would welcome her into his kingdom and the He comfort Duke’s wife and her brother.
10/1 Coelacanth asked for continued prayers for Cam. In addition to the other medical (and other) issues that Cam and his family are experiencing, Cam just found out he has testicular cancer, at age 26. Surgery is anticipated for later in October. Prayers are gratefully appreciated.
10/1 - Morgan, long-time lurker, gives praise for the exercise of God’s providence. He had a job offer in Sarasota that was withdrawn this morning. Very disappointed, but God has other plans for me which he has not yet revealed. Praise be to God.
10/2 – SMH asked for prayers for his ex-ex’s dad, which has stage IV laryngeal cancer. He had a trach put in last week, and it will be permanent. The cancer is very aggressive, and it’s only got 50-50 odds if he agrees to the treatment plan (total laryngectomy and lymph node removal, plus radiation).
10/3 – Hadrian asked for prayers for his brother and sister-in-law, who are on sabbatical in Spain. They’ve both come down with Covid and are confined to a small, temporary apartment. Prayers appreciated for 1) their quick recovery and 2) they survive the time cooped up with each other.
10/7 – Halfhand asked for prayers for her dear friend and former neighbor, Kathleen, who has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and is currently undergoing chemo.
10/7 – Reforger requested prayers for a friend and coworker’s father, 92, and curled up into a ball on hospice. Reforger is praying that he would pass soon. The only allowable drug is morphine, and it’s not even helping with the pain; he barely is able to breathe.
10/14 Update – Thank you all for the prayers. His pain has gotten less severe with some changes they made to decrease his swelling and water retention. It’s still “any day now”.
10/7 – AnchorPoint asked for prayers related to a possible job change that terrifies him. It could be absolutely fantastic for him personally and professionally. He prays for God’s will, and not his, though.
10/10 – TP requested prayers for her co-worker, J. She has worked with him for many years, and was told today that they are firing J and his crew. Prayers for all of them are welcome, too. But J. is close to retirement age and it’s unlikely he’ll find a good job. Por, prayers that she is wrong and that he can bounce back from this.
10/12 – Hadrian the Seventh said he would appreciate prayers for his sister. An echocardiogram showed the calcification of her aortic valve is severe and she’ll need surgery to replace it. The operation is scheduled for 11/15.
10/14 – grammie winger would appreciate prayers for her son, who has been in the ICU for 10 days and it looks like it will be a couple more.
10/14 – Jewells says thanks for the continued prayers. She is on a 6 week break from chemo, and is feeling so much better. The date for the next treatment is the day after she gets home from Texas.
10/14 – blaster posted an update on sra blaster’s mom, which is home hospice – she has had some improvement. They’ve dialed in her pain meds and she is much more comfortable without being knocked out completely. She is better in ways that a late-stage Alzheimer’s patient can be better.
10/14 – gourmand du jour is praying for his friend Wes, studying in Jerusalem, to find a way home safely soon.
10/16 – Donna&&&&&&V and her sister could use some prayers. Donna&&&&&&V had surgery for breast cancer, and her sister (whom she lives with) has lung cancer, and now also a blood cancer that cannot be treated. Over the past few days she has had unbearable pain in her calf and foot, and they found 3 blood clots. Donna&&&&&&V is afraid she will lose her sister and very best friend.
10/17 – mngiggle requested prayers for his sister, who has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and starts treatment next week. She and her family could use all the prayers they can get.
10/18 – Fox2! Asked for prayers for Shelby, who is due in three weeks.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
Romans 8:26-27
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:12 AM

Comments

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1 Happy Saturday

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2023 09:14 AM (lwOKI)

2 Drinking reheated coffee this morning.

'Cause their is no such thing as bad coffee.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:14 AM (TpxpJ)

3 Morning.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2023 09:14 AM (B705c)

4 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 09:15 AM (fwDg9)

5 En mi casa, Lavazza.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 21, 2023 09:16 AM (R4t5M)

6 Hi Horde... off topic... I usually just lurk but my dad is a regular here, Mindful Webworker, and he's been pretty sick the lady few days and if anyone can spare some prayers for his recovery to fill health and strength and wisdom for my mom to help him that would be appreciated.
Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy at October 19, 2023 01:41 PM

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 09:16 AM (fwDg9)

7 Sad rain and train.
Wet tracks...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 21, 2023 09:16 AM (TGPs7)

8 Rise and shine!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2023 09:16 AM (4I/2K)

9 Saw this during week and saved it for here if not mentioned

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 09:16 AM (fwDg9)

10 Prayers for all intentions, those specifically requested and those known but to God.

Stand by Me - Tennessee Ernie Ford
https://youtu.be/10_xjsb10Lg?si=0sL-Du4wOOam0RCl

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:18 AM (TpxpJ)

11 Posted by: Sugar Plum fairy
*****
Prayers for your Dad.

Posted by: Cosda at October 21, 2023 09:19 AM (Dn83Q)

12 Prayers up for everybody.
Insert Salty's standard greeting here. I think he's at the MoMe, wouldn't be surprised by a late arrival.

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 09:19 AM (4780s)

13 2 Drinking reheated coffee this morning.

'Cause their is no such thing as bad coffee.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:14 AM (TpxpJ)

I generally make a fresh pot even if there is some left over.

https://tinyurl.com/2udfbhec

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2023 09:19 AM (lwOKI)

14 Greetings. Wish I was in Corsicana, but work intervened. Sadly, I am only 40 miles away. Prayers up for those on the list, and also those needed that are not.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 21, 2023 09:20 AM (3TaGe)

15 I said brothers
(Hallelujah) Now you got yourself two good hands
(Halle-hallelujah) And when your brother is troubled
You gotta reach out your one hand for him
(Hallelujah) 'Cause that's what it's there for
(Halle-hallelujah) And when your heart is troubled
You gotta reach out your other hand
(Hallelujah) Reach it out to the man up there
(Halle-hallelujah) 'Cause that's what he's there for

Take my hand in yours
Walk with me this day
In my heart I know
I will never stray

Posted by: Count de Monet with a little Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show at October 21, 2023 09:20 AM (4I/2K)

16 Good Saturday morning, horde.

You are all in my prayers.

I pray that all the MoMe attendees have safe travels, and uplifting fellowship this weekend.

Donna of the Ampersands, special prayers for you and your sister. So much to endure!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2023 09:21 AM (OX9vb)

17 Mis Hum.
My Prayer request can be taken down. The old guy passed away on Monday afternoon. Along with two other people on Hospice near to me. All within 6 hours of each other. Been a rough week but none are in pain anymore.

Thank you all.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2023 09:21 AM (B705c)

18 I generally make a fresh pot even if there is some left over.

https://tinyurl.com/2udfbhec

Posted by: rhennigantx
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And what are you drinking while it brews?

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 09:21 AM (4780s)

19 Is it me, or does the Conductor look like brandon ?

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 09:22 AM (T4tVD)

20 And what are you drinking while it brews?
Posted by: From about that Time

EXACTLY!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:22 AM (TpxpJ)

21 Prayers up for alla youse !

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 09:23 AM (T4tVD)

22 Posted by: Count de Monet with a little Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show at October 21, 2023 09:20 AM (4I/2K)

Now I have Sweet Caroline stuck in my head. I hate that song.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:23 AM (45fpk)

23 That sucks, Reforger. Been a bad year for family deaths. Prayers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 21, 2023 09:23 AM (R4t5M)

24 The old guy passed away on Monday afternoon. Along with two other people on Hospice near to me. All within 6 hours of each other. Been a rough week but none are in pain anymore.

Thank you all.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2023 09:21 AM (B705c)

Oh my. How sad.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:24 AM (45fpk)

25 14 Greetings. Wish I was in Corsicana, but work intervened. Sadly, I am only 40 miles away. Prayers up for those on the list, and also those needed that are not.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 21, 2023 09:20 AM (3TaGe)

That's what "sick" days are for.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2023 09:24 AM (B705c)

26 9 Saw this during week and saved it for here if not mentioned
Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 09:16 AM (fwDg9)

Thanks for reposting, Skip. I hadn't seen that. Doesn't he also have an estranged son? If so, I pray that the family comes together in this time and that they are all healed of illness of body and mind.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2023 09:24 AM (OX9vb)

27 Thanks dear morons for your prayers

Paul was enrolled in hospice at home on Monday after a super fun trip to the ER and I do not think it will be a long stay. He seems to be declining rapidly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2023 09:25 AM (RIvkX)

28 OWLS! I love owls!

I may print that drawing.
Thanks MisHum!!!
*smooches*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 21, 2023 09:25 AM (vHIgi)

29 Drinking reheated coffee this morning.

'Cause their is no such thing as bad coffee.
Posted by: Tonypete

Many moons ago, we had a 32 cup percolator coffee pot in out missile assembly building. The place where we repaired the nucular warheads and re-mated them to the missiles. Those old pots had a plastic spigot that would always dribble a drop or two after you filled your cup onto the floor.

Now this missile assembly building had been in service since the 50s, and it was now SGT Bif's 1983 turn to be in the barrel so to speak. That one or two drops of coffee over the intervening 30-ish years had eaten out the cement under the pot leaving a tablespoon sized pothole.

The coffee sucked, but it was hot and kept us awake.

It was bad coffee.

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 21, 2023 09:25 AM (3CCua)

30 Now I have Sweet Caroline stuck in my head. I hate that song.
Posted by: grammie winger

Bum! Bum! Bum!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:25 AM (TpxpJ)

31 grammie winger , how is your son doing ?

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 09:27 AM (V13WU)

32 Bum! Bum! Bum!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:25 AM (TpxpJ)

*scratches Tonypete off the Christmas list*

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:27 AM (45fpk)

33 there is bad coffee, there is...

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 09:27 AM (V13WU)

34 A prayer for peace on the gathering of the horde in Texas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2023 09:27 AM (RIvkX)

35 Drinking reheated coffee this morning.

'Cause their is no such thing as bad coffee.

Add a slug of Grand Marnier (slug>shot) Oh, and in my household it's New Mexican Pinon Coffee.

Posted by: Mark probably needs a nickname at October 21, 2023 09:27 AM (EHCjp)

36 So gppd.....So good,,,,

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 21, 2023 09:27 AM (R4t5M)

37 runner - he is doing better. He did 11 days in the ICU and is now in residential treatment. I have high hopes.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:28 AM (45fpk)

38 grammie winger, still praying for your son as well. I hope he is improving, and that God is giving you courage and strength.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2023 09:30 AM (OX9vb)

39 10 days in ICU sounds very serious grammie

He will be on my list

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2023 09:30 AM (RIvkX)

40 I got fitted for a new crown a couple of days ago. The dentist has a little device with lots of different colored enamel pieces so as to match the new tooth to the existing ones. It's jarring to see just how much your teeth have been colored by coffee. I believe my teeth are somewhere around french roast.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2023 09:30 AM (I/Qkd)

41 he is doing better. He did 11 days in the ICU and is now in residential treatment. I have high hopes.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:28 AM (45fpk)

that's very good news !

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 09:30 AM (V13WU)

42 Thanks everyone for your prayers and good wishes. God is good, all the time.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:31 AM (45fpk)

43 Now this missile assembly building had been in service since the 50s, and it was now SGT Bif's 1983 turn to be in the barrel so to speak. That one or two drops of coffee over the intervening 30-ish years had eaten out the cement under the pot leaving a tablespoon sized pothole.

The coffee sucked, but it was hot and kept us awake.

It was bad coffee.
Posted by: BifBewalski

At one of my postings, there was a huge coffee pot that was never turned off or out of service. The genius designers of said machine designed it is such a fashion that there remained about 3" worth of coffee in the bottom of the well (below the spigot) that could not be drained. It had to be sponged out - which it never was. As one might imagine, that bilge was disgusting and wicked strong.

A gallon of battery acid added to that unholy liquid would have helped it. Wowsa.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:31 AM (TpxpJ)

44 Can be break time, have a cinnamon bagel and might put some butter on it too.
Then it's plumbing leak time

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 09:32 AM (fwDg9)

45 At one of my postings, there was a huge coffee pot that was never turned off or out of service. The genius designers of said machine designed it is such a fashion that there remained about 3" worth of coffee in the bottom of the well (below the spigot) that could not be drained. It had to be sponged out - which it never was. As one might imagine, that bilge was disgusting and wicked strong.

This is why God created siphons.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2023 09:32 AM (I/Qkd)

46 From about that Time

Comment #95 on the Pixy thread.

Getting ready to attend the MoMeet, with a young, comely lass will be wearing a Bacon Wench apron. And other clothing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 21, 2023 09:33 AM (CQ8KO)

47 Bum! Bum! Bum!!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:25 AM (TpxpJ)

Ya prolly shouldn't sing that at a homeless gathering....

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 09:33 AM (T4tVD)

48 Can be break time, have a cinnamon bagel and might put some butter on it too.
Then it's plumbing leak time

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 09:32 AM (fwDg9)

Skip - I always think of you as a hard-working man who is never idle, and never gains a pound.

Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:33 AM (45fpk)

49 I believe my teeth are somewhere around french roast.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2023 09:30 AM (I/Qkd)

I'm in the club. Baking soda & peroxide toothpaste doesn't help.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2023 09:34 AM (OX9vb)

50 Prayers and hugs to all the Horde in need

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 21, 2023 09:34 AM (vHIgi)

51 Now I have Sweet Caroline stuck in my head. I hate that song.

I liked it just fine until some baseball stadium turned into a stupid call-and-response thing. I was on a cruise a couple of years ago where it got played at least 3 times an evening and if you were in earshot of the bar area, you had to hear people shouting "SO GOOD! SO GOOD!" Ruined a perfectly good* song.

* At least until I learned that it was supposed to have been written for Caroline Kennedy. But I can pretend to ignore that.

Posted by: Your Landlord at October 21, 2023 09:34 AM (nfrXX)

52 I guess I'm somewhere between the regular and half-caf owl.

But I'm only on my first cup of coffee.

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2023 09:36 AM (88xKn)

53 * At least until I learned that it was supposed to have been written for Caroline Kennedy. But I can pretend to ignore that.
Posted by: Your Landlord

iirc Gilbert O'Sullivan wrote 'Clair' for innocent reasons but boy, you can't think too hard on that one.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:37 AM (TpxpJ)

54 Greetings. Wish I was in Corsicana, but work intervened. Sadly, I am only 40 miles away. Prayers up for those on the list, and also those needed that are not.
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That's what "sick" days are for.

Or at least bust over for dinner after work.

Posted by: Your Landlord at October 21, 2023 09:38 AM (nfrXX)

55 Tea time, 1 wedge of lemon please.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2023 09:38 AM (4I/2K)

56 Tonypete, that coffee makes me think of the 40-year-old continuous pot of soup:

https://tinyurl.com/4rvc5trv

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 21, 2023 09:39 AM (OX9vb)

57 Tonypete, that coffee makes me think of the 40-year-old continuous pot of soup:

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Wow! I'm reasonably bold in my food choices so I might try of bowl of that if I was there.

"When do you wash that thing?"

*Blink, blink*

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:42 AM (TpxpJ)

58
Now I have Sweet Caroline stuck in my head. I hate that song.

___________

It's not a bad song, so long as you only hear it every five years.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2023 09:42 AM (MoZTd)

59 Skip - I always think of you as a hard-working man who is never idle, and never gains a pound.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:33 AM (45fpk)
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With a taste for fruit flavored bagels.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 21, 2023 09:42 AM (RIvkX)

60 * At least until I learned that it was supposed to have been written for Caroline Kennedy. But I can pretend to ignore that.
Posted by: Your Landlord

iirc Gilbert O'Sullivan wrote 'Clair' for innocent reasons but boy, you can't think too hard on that one.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:37 AM (TpxpJ)

My mom's friend a few blocks over had a daughter named Cecilia. Devout catholic family. Initially Cecilia's mom was ecstatic about the Simon & Garfunkel radio hit. Then she listened to the lyrics all the way through . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2023 09:43 AM (4I/2K)

61 Off to the range in a few - I'll be wearing my AoSHQ ball cap in honor of us all.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:43 AM (TpxpJ)

62 Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum!

Prayers up for all intentions, known and unknown.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2023 09:44 AM (Zb5iS)

63 Aboard a Navy ship (years ago) the mess had a large coffee brew that was made (accidentally?) with seawater.
No one really noticed.

Posted by: boynsea at October 21, 2023 09:44 AM (z/uSE)

64 Prayers for Mindful Webworker and all who need them. My rosary gets daily use. A pleasant and useful way to start the day.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2023 09:45 AM (7EjX1)

65 Hope all the folks down in Corsicana are having a wonderful time. I'll sip some more coffee in their honor.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2023 09:46 AM (7EjX1)

66
The genius designers of said machine designed it is such a fashion that there remained about 3" worth of coffee in the bottom of the well (below the spigot) that could not be drained.

_________

If you had turned it off, cleaned it thoroughly and made fresh coffee, everyone would have complained.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2023 09:46 AM (MoZTd)

67 I am taking up a collection just in case any corsicanans need here aforementioned bail money. Just send checks made out to cash c/o RI Red, Northern New Hampshire.

Posted by: RI Red at October 21, 2023 09:47 AM (xZEBF)

68 Lol, Count @60- my dad was a preacher and he didn't like Cecelia either, that line about come back to bed, someone taking my place. I couldn't convince him it was a metaphor.

Tonypete, agree about Claire, and none of us gave it a thought back then. I read it was about babysitting his niece.

Posted by: skywch at October 21, 2023 09:47 AM (uqhmb)

69 Wife has a friend named Angie. Needless to say, she is not a Rolling Stones fan.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 21, 2023 09:48 AM (eTnDQ)

70 If you had turned it off, cleaned it thoroughly and made fresh coffee, everyone would have complained.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2023 09:46 AM (MoZTd)
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Clean?

Posted by: Sgt. Yamana at October 21, 2023 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

71 My rosary gets daily use. A pleasant and useful way to start the day.
Posted by: JTB

I've been trying to do that too. A great idea. Some of the elderly church ladies here race through it so fast, I can barely keep up. And get into squabbles about what Mysteries to specify because someone has confused what day it is.

Hilarious.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:48 AM (TpxpJ)

72 >>I liked it just fine until some baseball stadium turned into a stupid call-and-response thing.

Red Sox middle of the 8th inning song. More than a call out at this point, it's an entire stadium sing along.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2023 09:48 AM (ZLI7S)

73 Love that cartoon at the top of the post. Amusing and accurate, especially the double espresso.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2023 09:49 AM (7EjX1)

74 I did have a pretty good week on the bucket list collecting of air rifles side on my life. I added to my collection two other versions of my favorite 1960's pump rifle. A Sheridan "Blue Streak" and a Crossman 140.
$50 for both out the door. Someday I will own every air gun I ever wanted and this was an awesome find. Two down, 233 to go.
Sadly some asshole made the Crossman useless. They drilled a 1/4 inch hole between the barrel and the lower. I suspect there may be a hole in someone and a really pissed off dad related to that.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2023 09:53 AM (DL9cc)

75 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:

“This is what the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand says, the one who walks in the midst of the seven gold lampstands: I know your works, and your labor and patient endurance, and that you are not able to tolerate evil, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you found them to be false. And you have patient endurance, and have endured many things because of my name, and have not become weary. But I have this against you: that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the works you did at first But if you do not, I am coming to you, and I will remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. But you do have this: that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, things which I also hate. The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 21, 2023 09:53 AM (TNnZH)

76 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at October 21, 2023 09:54 AM (sVc11)

77 Monday though might see me slowed down a bit, Monday have a consultation on a hernia I have, hopefully repaired quickly next week

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 09:55 AM (fwDg9)

78
My rosary gets daily use. A pleasant and useful way to start the day.
Posted by: JTB

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I try to say the Rosary every day. Very soothing. When I had Delilah on the treadmill, I'd use an app (Laudate) for it. Lila's workout was 20 minutes, almost the exact amount of time it takes me to say it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 21, 2023 09:56 AM (MoZTd)

79 Reforger, I had an early 60s crossman pump pistol, lever was in the back of the grip.
Loved that gun. Sold it to a friend when moving up to a browning .22 pistol. By the end of the week, every streetlight on his street was mysteriously out of commission,

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 09:58 AM (4780s)

80 OMG! Mindful is Skip's dad? I shouldn't be surprised. They're two of my favorite Morons.

Prayer already sent. More to follow. Skip, I'm not far. If there's anything you need please ask.

Hugs for all three of you.

Posted by: creeper at October 21, 2023 09:58 AM (cTCuP)

81 Now I have Sweet Caroline stuck in my head. I hate that song.

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The Professor of Rock says that Crackling Rosie isn't about a girl but rather about a Canadian brand of fortified wine kinda like Night Train or Mad Dog.

Aw, Cracklin' Rosie, get on board
We're gonna ride
'Till there ain't no more to go
Taking it slow
And Lord, don't you know
We'll have me a time with a poor man's lady

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 09:59 AM (FVME7)

82 We'll, I did it. I submitted my resume for a new position. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the prayers. I really do appreciate them.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at October 21, 2023 09:59 AM (4zG9j)

83 iirc Gilbert O'Sullivan wrote 'Clair' for innocent reasons but boy, you can't think too hard on that one.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 21, 2023 09:37 AM (TpxpJ)

Wasn't that J. Edgar Hoover's stage name ?

Posted by: JT at October 21, 2023 10:00 AM (T4tVD)

84 Having trouble sleeping after years of no problems. Get to sleep 3 hours or so at the time.

Posted by: Ciampino - Gruntled postal worker must be legion at October 21, 2023 10:01 AM (qfLjt)

85 To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 21, 2023 09:53 AM (TNnZH)

This is the mantra of Islam too. The best societies have been based on Christianity. Britain and America.

Posted by: JmT at October 21, 2023 10:04 AM (eeYo9)

86 Byron Donald's is throwing his hat into the speaker ring. Let's see the squishes vote against HIM. Moment of truth is at hand

Posted by: Pete Seria at October 21, 2023 10:04 AM (KzOOq)

87 There is a new understanding that comes with redemption. Though you are dead in sin, you had not recognized it. It lingered in your immortal self, but rarely breaks through in the conscious way, rarely did you understand why the thoughts you had, the depression, the anxiety, the hopelessness that creeps in that made you sad, whether you be blessed with health, wealth and happiness, it lingered and manifested at times like an itch in the middle of your back that you couldn't reach.

But upon receiving the Holy Spirit, there becomes a recognition of the fate of all the world, the underlying reality of the desperate state of the world, which is heavy indeed. Mercifully, at that time the Lord Jesus reaches out his hand and lifts you out of this and says "I got you, you are in my hand."

And as a man that has been literally saved, as a falling body careening towards the earth facing certain death that hits a safety net at the last moment, the relief and joy and admiration and overwhelming appreciation dominates your life.

But as with all things, the world creeps back in. And time diminishes our gratefulness and time deadens us.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 21, 2023 10:04 AM (TNnZH)

88 Skip, just got on again after a failed attempt at getting some sleep. Prayers for your Dad.

Posted by: Ciampino - Gruntled postal workers are legion at October 21, 2023 10:05 AM (qfLjt)

89 Loved that gun. Sold it to a friend when moving up to a browning .22 pistol. By the end of the week, every streetlight on his street was mysteriously out of commission,
Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 09:58 AM (4780s)

Which reminds me, I need to buy new Wrist Rocket bands. I don't remember the bands when I was a kid going to crap so fast as they seem to now.
There was only one street light in my childhood hood and they just quit fixing it.

Posted by: Reforger at October 21, 2023 10:05 AM (DL9cc)

90 OMG! Mindful is Skip's dad? I shouldn't be surprised. They're two of my favorite Morons.

No, Skip was bringing forward a comment from MW's daughter (I presume).

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2023 10:06 AM (nfrXX)

91 OMG! Mindful is Skip's dad? I shouldn't be surprised. They're two of my favorite Morons.

Prayer already sent. More to follow. Skip, I'm not far. If there's anything you need please ask.

Hugs for all three of you.

Posted by: creeper at October 21, 2023 09:58 AM (cTCuP)

his daughter stopped by, and skip reposted .

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 10:06 AM (V13WU)

92 Having trouble sleeping after years of no problems. Get to sleep 3 hours or so at the time.
Posted by: Ciampino - Gruntled postal worker must be legion

I bought this new type of sleep mask that is comfortable and effective.

https://tinyurl.com/4fjfr82d

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:06 AM (FVME7)

93 as far as I know mindful is NOT skip's father...

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 10:06 AM (V13WU)

94 Without a speaker no bills get passed.

I fail to see how this is a bad thing.

Posted by: Montec at October 21, 2023 10:10 AM (bWsRe)

95 73 Love that cartoon at the top of the post. Amusing and accurate, especially the double espresso.

Posted by: JTB at October 21, 2023 09:49 AM (7EjX1)
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Coffee has no effect on me other than I got to have my coffee, even before bedtime.

Posted by: Ciampino - Drink made from beans? (Bob Newhart on Sir Walter Raleigh) at October 21, 2023 10:12 AM (qfLjt)

96 Ilhan Omar is better than you and me.

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Democrat Ilhan Omar, a disgraceful antisemite, freaks out when somebody asks why Israel shouldn't have a right to defend itself against the terrorists who brutally tortured and killed so many innocent children, women, and men

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The answers to her questions are 2,000,000 more or less and yes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:13 AM (FVME7)

97 Though we may transform our ways and seek to become true disciples, to understand the Lord in deeper ways, and to love those things that He loves and despise those things He despises, out of allegiance, we are all sadly prone to lose that initial childlike admiration of the goodness of the miracle of salvation.

That overwhelming moment we threw our hands around His neck and hugged Him tightly, clinging for our lives and feeling safe and hopeful again. The unmitigated joy becomes coated again in the filth of the world and weighs on us heavily, like a coat of lead at the x-Ray center.

One wonders the trials of Lazarus after his Bering brought back to life. Surely he was overwhelmed at being raised to life by Jesus, but in his second earthly life he undoubtedly faced health concerns, the difficulties of life, relationship woes, financial burdens.

Did he whistle and smile and walk about telling everyone not to fear, to bat away troubles without concern? Or did he struggle as you and I do, with the present earthly circumstances still vexing him?

I think the challenge for us, is to always remember that moment where we, too, were spiritually lifted from the grave.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 21, 2023 10:14 AM (TNnZH)

98 Lookin at twitter (X) threads this morning, and I'm seeing a step change in the conservative leaning feeds I follow - they are all in agreement that the Republican party, such as it is, is dead. Now this may seem trivial to us, but it isn't - this is how preference cascades begin.

the big problem, of course, is that as was true of the Whigs in the 1850's, there is no obvious replacement in existence yet, and the old zombie party will lurch along for a while yet, soaking up money and media looks, but that will change nothing. It's dead.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2023 10:14 AM (q3gwH)

99 VDH

Finally, in all such faculty hate-speech incidents, just substitute any noun like “gays”, “trans”, “Latinos”, “blacks” or any other intersectional group for the damned and slandered “Israel” or “Jews”—and you can be assured that the offending professor in a nanosecond would have been put on permanent “leave,” or more likely summarily fired on the spot by a “bold” and “decisively acting” campus president, who would follow with the usual blah-blah memo how he and his university “have no tolerance” for hatred, etc., etc.

TRUTH

Posted by: rhennigantx at October 21, 2023 10:15 AM (lwOKI)

100 A police investigation is underway after a Washington County Circuit Court judge was shot and killed on his driveway at his home in the northern Maryland city of Hagerstown.

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More chaos. Well, Bain would be happy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:17 AM (FVME7)

101 9/11 made conservatives out of many liberals and centrists. after the atrocities of 10/7 we will be seeing the same.

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 10:17 AM (V13WU)

102 > Now I have Sweet Caroline stuck in my head. I hate that song.
Posted by: grammie winger - I don't belong here at October 21, 2023 09:23 AM (45fpk)

I've heard this song mentioned for years, but to the best of my knowledge I never heard it until a couple of minutes ago. Other Neil Diamond songs, yes, but not that one.

Maybe this is Berenstain/Berenstein Bears, "Mandela Effect" thing, and that song just didn't exist over on the alternate timeline I come from.

As for it being written about Caroline Kennedy, according to Wikipedia she was only 12 when the song was recorded, so... eww?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2023 10:20 AM (Y6AXb)

103 Marvel Will Reportedly Scrap More TV Shows After “Daredevil: Born Again” Including “Wonder Man”

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No Wonder Man?!!! What is the world coming to?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:20 AM (FVME7)

104 Add a slug of Grand Marnier (slug>shot)

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Funny thing. Just last week I was cleaning out an old shed and found a really old bottle of Grand Marnier that must've been stuck up in the rafters by my dad when he was still alive (some 25 years ago). That building is not heated and the bottle had a thick coating of frost. I was tempted to have some inn my coffee but wasn't comfortable with the Rime of the Ancient Marnier...

Posted by: Muldoon at October 21, 2023 10:21 AM (l4B/J)

105 My dad is not anyone here, just saw Sugar Plum fairy comment and had to save it

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 10:21 AM (fwDg9)

106 88 Skip, just got on again after a failed attempt at getting some sleep. Prayers for your Dad.

Posted by: Ciampino - Gruntled postal workers are legion at October 21, 2023 10:05 AM (qfLjt)
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I see I misread that, trying to catch up, and my prayers need to go to MW's Dad. Apologies but I'm sure God knows anyway.

Posted by: Ciampino - What's coffee Wal? (Bob Newhart on Sir Walter Raleigh) at October 21, 2023 10:21 AM (qfLjt)

107 > It's dead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2023 10:14 AM (q3gwH)

Agreed. I also think we're seeing the demise of the Democratic Party playing out on Twitter in real time.

Jewish-Americans and other traditional "liberal" communities are having their noses rubbed in the fact that the communist wing of the party hates their guts, and would be happy to see them all dead.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2023 10:22 AM (Y6AXb)

108 So to all those struggling, as I do, don't despise the world and its cruelty and humanities debased nature.

Surely the Lord wishes us to reject these things, but that is not the only task at hand.

We are now ambassadors for a new life. We don't just say "those ways and this world is wrong", but we also carry the understanding that there is a different way, a way that all long for, and we know where it is and how they, too, may enter this world with us.

We must be as children gleefully grasping the hands of an adult, eager and pulling them in the direction of something we want to show them that is overwhelmingly fascinating and joyous to us.

Remember that first love, that wonder and amazement and pure joy. Share that. Love that when you may and be that. Show all the world that which is amazing.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 21, 2023 10:22 AM (TNnZH)

109 "Ethically certified coffee brands such as Equal Exchange and Cafedirect have risen in popularity as consumers become more aware of labor exploitation issues."

When I read or hear of shit like this, I take a sip of my Chock Full O Nuts coffee and release the safety on my Browning.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 21, 2023 10:24 AM (R/m4+)

110 9/11 made conservatives out of many liberals and centrists. after the atrocities of 10/7 we will be seeing the same.

The prominent ones who changed and stayed changed can probably be counted on one hand. David Mamet, James Woods,.... That's all I can think of offhand.

Posted by: Your Landlord at October 21, 2023 10:24 AM (nfrXX)

111 "Israeli troops raid the West Bank home of a senior Hamas leader and detain members of his family, witnesses say.

Saleh al-Aruri is the deputy to Hamas’s overall leader Ismail Haniyeh and one of the founders of the Islamist terror group’s military wing....Outside the house, troops put up a banner of the Hamas deputy against the background of an Israeli flag that read: “This was the house of Saleh al-Aruri and has become the headquarters of Abu al-Nimer — Israeli intelligence,” "

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 10:26 AM (V13WU)

112 Years ago I helped put on a BSA merit badge weekend at the training annex of a nuclear power plant. At the first breakfast it became evident our coffee-making capacity was not up to the intake rate of Scout leaders. One committeeman was an instructor there, and said he knew where there was another coffee machine we could borrow for the weekend. I ran a test batch. There is such a thing as bad coffee.

The dang cleaning brushes were right there. Bet I spent an hour on it, and oh gosh the stuff that came out of that Bunn. Now the good part: it resided in the observation gallery where NRC regulators sat in isolation to report on operators in crisis operations. And they didn't know how to clean their Bunn-O-Matic. I'll bet they glowed in the dark the next week.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 10:26 AM (4PZHB)

113 KATU News
@KATUNews
The Oregon Board of Education says competency assessments in reading, writing, and math harm students of color.

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What's the big deal about reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic anyway?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:27 AM (FVME7)

114 Bitter Clinger, beautiful thoughts, thank you

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 21, 2023 10:27 AM (vHIgi)

115 Skip, if your dad's still with us, I'm sure the prayers aren't wasted.
And if he's passed on, maybe they'll get him better seats or something up there.

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 10:27 AM (4780s)

116 It's dead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2023 10:14 AM (q3gwH)

Agreed. I also think we're seeing the demise of the Democratic Party playing out on Twitter in real time.

Jewish-Americans and other traditional "liberal" communities are having their noses rubbed in the fact that the communist wing of the party hates their guts, and would be happy to see them all dead.

A likely scenario would be that the "moderates" in both parties move to a center party, and the two remaining rump parties occupy the wings.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2023 10:28 AM (I/Qkd)

117 The prominent ones who changed and stayed changed can probably be counted on one hand. David Mamet, James Woods,.... That's all I can think of offhand.

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many regular people changed quite a bit, and many showed their true colors, not very nice ones, just like many are doing now

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 10:28 AM (V13WU)

118 9/11 made conservatives out of many liberals and centrists. after the atrocities of 10/7 we will be seeing the same.
Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 10:17 AM (V13WU)

No. They mostly always return. See Maher.

Posted by: JmT at October 21, 2023 10:28 AM (eeYo9)

119 The Oregon Board of Education says competency assessments in reading, writing, and math harm students of color.

Could the BE any more obvious in their racism?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2023 10:28 AM (I/Qkd)

120 Muldoon, I always read it as Rime of the Ancient Mariner with the impelication that the old guy was crusty, because I had known the word Rime meant fine coating of salt was not Rhyme.

I suppose we shouldn't trust the spelling of habitual laudanum eaters

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 10:29 AM (xhaym)

121 The Oregon Board of Education says competency assessments in reading, writing, and math harm students of color.
What's the big deal about reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic anyway?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:27 AM (FVME7)

Well, Oregon needs to stop harming those kids of color and tell them to stay home.

More coffee...

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at October 21, 2023 10:30 AM (R/m4+)

122 celebrities are hoors , I am thinking of the regular folk you never hear about

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 10:30 AM (V13WU)

123 Years ago I helped put on a BSA merit badge weekend
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Maybe just me, but I immediately pictured putting a BSA motorcycle emblem on the gas tank, and wondering why this takes all weekend.
More coffee needed.

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 10:31 AM (4780s)

124 Clay Travis of Outkick has put up an insightful series of posts backed by financial data released yesterday as to how quickly and badly espn's financial situation is collapsing. He makes the point that when their current league broadcast agreements expire, there is no way they will be able to retain them, and espn will be finished. They have enough inertia to survive 3 - 5 more years, but the decline rate is now obvious.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2023 10:32 AM (q3gwH)

125 The NYT leaps into action!

NY Times Rehires Hitler Fan to Cover Gaza

The New York Times has reenlisted a freelancer, who was exposed last year for sharing anti-Semitic posts, to cover the war between Israel and Hamas.

The paper said it took "appropriate action" in 2022 when a watchdog revealed that Soliman Hijjy, a Gaza-based freelance videographer for the Times, had a history of making posts praising Adolf Hitler and attacks by Hamas against Israel.

"How great you are Hitler," reads a 2012 Facebook post from Hijjy. He also posted a photo of himself in 2018, describing himself as "in a state of harmony as Hitler was during the Holocaust." In 2020, months before the Times hired him to work on coverage of 2021 skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, Hijjy re-shared the 2018 post, according to HonestReporting, which revealed the posts.

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Fair and balanced.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:33 AM (FVME7)

126 the big problem, of course, is that as was true of the Whigs in the 1850's, there is no obvious replacement in existence yet, and the old zombie party will lurch along for a while yet, soaking up money and media looks, but that will change nothing. It's dead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2023 10:14 AM (q3gwH)

the dems have a similar, Superdelegate problem, where they will listen to the voice of the voter as long as they vote correctly. The current system is unstable if anyone breaks ranks. I think Kennedey's run is more dangerous to the current stability than anyone is willing to admit

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 10:33 AM (xhaym)

127 @123 Sounds like you need more experience with BSA's!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 10:34 AM (4PZHB)

128 Huh. I glanced at the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, after listening to Wellerman. They have the same meter, and now I can't read RAM without hearing it set to Wellerman.

RAM
The Sun's rim dips; the stars rush out;
At one stride comes the dark;
With far-heard whisper, o'er the sea,
Off shot the spectre-bark.

Wellerman
The winds blew up, her bow dipped down
Oh blow, my bully boys, blow (huh)

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2023 10:34 AM (I/Qkd)

129 I started drinking coffee with Nescafe and boiled milk - and far to much sugar per cup.
I have very little coffee snob beyond not wanting to drink yesterday's pot.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 10:35 AM (xhaym)

130 29
Now this missile assembly building had been in service since the 50s, and it was now SGT Bif's 1983 turn to be in the barrel so to speak. That one or two drops of coffee over the intervening 30-ish years had eaten out the cement under the pot leaving a tablespoon sized pothole.

The coffee sucked, but it was hot and kept us awake.

It was bad coffee.

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 21, 2023 09:25 AM (3CCua)
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So it was made from either Alien Saliva or had some rocket fuel in it?

Posted by: Ciampino - People have coffee with their first cigarette in the morning? (Bob Newhart on Sir Walter at October 21, 2023 10:35 AM (qfLjt)

131 119 The Oregon Board of Education says competency assessments in reading, writing, and math harm students of color.

Could the BE any more obvious in their racism?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2023 10:28 AM (I/Qkd)

Public schools no longer have any connection to helping children. Public schools exist to extort money from the residents and distribute it to '"teachers" unions, who in turn kick back a lot of money to the Dem Party. The "teachers" insist on conditions that require them to do as little as possible, except for those who are there so they can groom some of the children to satisfy their sick sexual fantasy life.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 21, 2023 10:36 AM (q3gwH)

132 coffee video very interesting

way more to the process than I thought, which was grow pick dry roast grind sell

Posted by: DB - at October 21, 2023 10:37 AM (geLO8)

133 The Oregon Board of Education says competency assessments in reading, writing, and math harm students of color.

So, all those TV sitcoms in the 70's and 80's where they talk about getting an education was wrong??

Posted by: dantesed at October 21, 2023 10:37 AM (88xKn)

134 coffee video very interesting

way more to the process than I thought, which was grow pick dry roast grind sell

I missed the part where George Clooney and Danny DeVito get involved.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 21, 2023 10:38 AM (I/Qkd)

135 And Muldoon invents a new cocktail, The Albatross.

Cross-bow and a shot...

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 10:38 AM (4PZHB)

136 Bud Light Offering Major Perks to Keep the Beer on Shelves

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Major perks? Dates with Dylan?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:38 AM (FVME7)

137 I also love owls. Posted here was an injured owl that was cured and grew up into a magnificent bird.
Love the meme MH.

Posted by: Ciampino - Don't call us, we'll call you. (Bob Newhart on Sir Walter Raleigh) at October 21, 2023 10:39 AM (qfLjt)

138 Thank you for the opportunity to pray for those in need.

Posted by: Marybel Smiles at October 21, 2023 10:39 AM (b2Tnl)

139 131. Public schools no longer have any connection to helping children. Public schools exist to extort money from the residents and distribute it to '"teachers" unions, who in turn kick back a lot of money to the Dem Party. The "teachers" insist on conditions that require them to do as little as possible, except for those who are there so they can groom some of the children to satisfy their sick sexual fantasy life.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Yes. Correct 100%

Posted by: Floridachick at October 21, 2023 10:40 AM (tQiVh)

140 celebrities are hoors , I am thinking of the regular folk you never hear about

Yeah, so many of them changed their world views that only 7 years later, we elected a guy named Hussein.

Posted by: Your Landlord at October 21, 2023 10:42 AM (nfrXX)

141 My parents are moving to a retirement community next month. My dad is getting up there but still can move around.

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 10:42 AM (fwDg9)

142 WWII Germans couldn't get coffee. Drank 'ersatz' barley compote we call Postum, after CW Post. Our troops had instant coffee, a lot of it, while they had to get by on meth. Which side won? Which drug made you crazier? Left as an exercise to the reader.

The only good instant coffee I've ever had (not counting Medaglio d'Oro Instant Expresso, which you put between cheek and gum) is made in...Germany. I don't know why this is.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 10:44 AM (4PZHB)

143 Maybe Cracklin' Rosie was about Neil Diamond's 90 year old lover.

The cracklin' came from her joints every time she walked.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2023 10:45 AM (QzZeQ)

144 The pet owl the other day on Cafe got me wondering what that would be like.

Posted by: Skip at October 21, 2023 10:46 AM (fwDg9)

145 Greetings. Wish I was in Corsicana, but work intervened. Sadly, I am only 40 miles away. Prayers up for those on the list, and also those needed that are not.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Can always show up for the night party

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2023 10:46 AM (U6Qsx)

146 Jesse Watters
@JesseBWatters
The world is on the brink and Washington is living in fear.

The US is now sponsoring a double proxy war against the Iranians and the Russians. China's eying Taiwan and North Korean weapons were just discovered in Gaza. The State Department has just issued a world wide travel warning — to all countries. Our embassies are being mobbed, our military bases are under attack in Iraq, we just had to shoot down 2 Iranian-made missiles and we keep catching Middle Easterners sneaking across the "secure" southern border. All while Putin is in China- coordinating.

But don't worry- we have Joe Biden, the proxy wartime president who's focusing on isms and phobias.

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Top men.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:46 AM (FVME7)

147 As for it being written about Caroline Kennedy, according to Wikipedia she was only 12 when the song was recorded, so... eww?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 21, 2023 10:20 AM (Y6AXb)

Patty Griffin (not to be confused with Nancy Griffith) is one of the greater songwriters of the 21st century, she wrote a song about Christina Onassis, and explains it briefly. The explanation is somewhat... trite, or something like that. She heard a news story about her, and thought she's write the song.

But the song is gorgeous and sweet and sad, and captures something her explanation doesn't quite match.

Sometimes I think songwriters (and poets) are just stenographers for a spirit of beauty and depth they don't really themselves understand.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2023 10:47 AM (QBaJw)

148 Are you getting owly with me? Are you getting owly with me?

I'll slap that attitude off of your flat face into the middle of next week!

Have some delicious coffee.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at October 21, 2023 10:49 AM (KVGVf)

149 Make Believe Time.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
Yesterday I met with family members of hostages currently in Gaza.

They said: “We can do it all. We can fight for our families held hostage by Hamas, stand against occupation, stand with impacted Israelis, stand up for innocent Palestinians.”

May their humanity be an example.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:49 AM (FVME7)

150 A friend introduced me to "Korean coffee" which is an instant coffee plus sweetener (something called "down sugar") and creamer. It comes in single serving sticks or packets. There is also "Vietnamese coffee" which is the same thing, different brand. It's all available on Amazon. Some brand names are Maxim, Maxpresso and French Cafe.

The instant coffee sticks are handy for traveling or camping, and it's now become my go-to mug in the morning!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2023 10:49 AM (Zb5iS)

151 Skip visit them as often as often as you can. These last moments.

Posted by: JmT at October 21, 2023 10:50 AM (eeYo9)

152 What would Jesus do?

Texas CHURCH gets "Millstone of the Month" award for facilitating out-of-state trans surgeries for KIDS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:52 AM (FVME7)

153 >>@AOC
Yesterday I met with family members of hostages currently in Gaza.

>>They said: “We can do it all. We can fight for our families held hostage by Hamas, stand against occupation, stand with impacted Israelis, stand up for innocent Palestinians.”

>>May their humanity be an example.

Has she posted her feelings about the innocent people in Ukraine or Russia or is that war still good to go?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2023 10:52 AM (ZLI7S)

154 But don't worry- we have Joe Biden, the proxy wartime president who's focusing on isms and phobias.

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Top men.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:46 AM (FVME7)

I don't get sad anymore. I don't envy those who still have hope this world will get better. I'm resigned to the fact we're doomed. I'll hold those closest to me, and continue to function as a hopefully usefully human being to those I can, professionally, but otherwise, I'm done thinking any of this going to get any better.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2023 10:53 AM (QBaJw)

155 Greetings! That was a cool Nestle video. I'm drinking coffee now as I didn't sleep a lot last night, was out partying with friends from Brasil, where there are a lot of beans, and great music.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 21, 2023 10:54 AM (MeG8a)

156 127. I'd love more experience with BSAs. And Nortons.
Tough to find. Even harder to start (thanks, Lucas).

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 10:55 AM (4780s)

157 Oregon and other blue states have lowered standards so much that getting straight As means nothing. But kids in red states (for the most part) are competing with those kids for college. So whenOregon does their thing it’s indirectly hurting a kid from Florida who has to work his ass off to get a 3.8 while the kid in Portland gets a 4.0 for breathing.

Posted by: Montec at October 21, 2023 10:56 AM (bWsRe)

158 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
Yesterday I met with family members of hostages currently in Gaza.

They said: “We can do it all. We can fight for our families held hostage by Hamas, stand against occupation, stand with impacted Israelis, stand up for innocent Palestinians.”

May their humanity be an example.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at October 21, 2023 10:49 AM (FVME7)

Sorry, that woman is pure evil. Whatever words that come, trying to soothe others, claiming to strive for peace or whatever, she's a mouthpiece of the devil.

I don't understand how anyone cannot see it.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2023 10:57 AM (QBaJw)

159 >>@AOC
Yesterday I met with family members of hostages currently in Gaza.

>>They said: “We can do it all. We can fight for our families held hostage by Hamas, stand against occupation, stand with impacted Israelis, stand up for innocent Palestinians.”

>>May their humanity be an example.

Has she posted her feelings about the innocent people in Ukraine or Russia or is that war still good to go?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2023 10:52 AM (ZLI7S)
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For certain definitions of "innocent"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 21, 2023 10:58 AM (eJCK2)

160 109 "Ethically certified coffee brands such as Equal Exchange and Cafedirect have risen in popularity as consumers become more aware of labor exploitation issues."

When I read or hear of shit like this, I take a sip of my Chock Full O Nuts coffee and release the safety on my Browning.

More coffee...
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People in the West so concerned with the masses in the poor countries, don't realize that individuals not in a commercial job (farming companies, retail, manufacturing, etc.) only carry out subsistence farming - they grow just enough to eat. Their minimum wage is zero, whereas working on a coffee plantation gets them cash.

Posted by: Ciampino - and then you light it (Bob Newhart on Sir Walter Raleigh) at October 21, 2023 10:58 AM (qfLjt)

161 >>They said: “We can do it all. We can fight for our families held hostage by Hamas, stand against occupation, stand with impacted Israelis, stand up for innocent Palestinians.

——

I will never understand these people. Seriously what the fuck is the matter with them? JFC.

Posted by: Montec at October 21, 2023 10:59 AM (bWsRe)

162 Sounds like you need more experience with BSA's!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 10:34 AM (4PZHB)

Beezers....didn't they have Lucas electricals?

Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2023 10:59 AM (AwYPR)

163 131, spot-on!

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at October 21, 2023 10:59 AM (+vFC3)

164 NY Jews will not be happy until Hamas fulfills its river to sea steam, I guess. That’s the only explanation.

Posted by: Montec at October 21, 2023 11:00 AM (bWsRe)

165 Firstly , AOC is a know hoor and a liar
Secondly, if they did say it, THEIR FAMILY IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE WHAT DID SHE EXPECT THEM TO SAY ?!

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 11:01 AM (V13WU)

166 156 127. I'd love more experience with BSAs. And Nortons.
Tough to find. Even harder to start (thanks, Lucas).

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 10:55 AM (4780s)
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And they leak oil .....
Plenty of those bikes in Africa.

Posted by: Ciampino - and then you stick them up your nose (Bob Newhart on Sir Walter Raleigh) at October 21, 2023 11:02 AM (qfLjt)

167 165 Firstly , AOC is a know hoor and a liar
Secondly, if they did say it, THEIR FAMILY IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE WHAT DID SHE EXPECT THEM TO SAY ?!
Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 11:01 AM (V13WU)

Someone takes my family member hostage and AOC comes over? I tell her to fuck off. I don’t sit and chat about it with her.

Posted by: Montec at October 21, 2023 11:02 AM (bWsRe)

168 >>For certain definitions of "innocent"

Innocents always die in war, nature of war. At no time have I heard any of these people rushing to demand a cease fire in Gaza demand a similar cease fire in Ukraine. Just the opposite, they want us to go broke fueling it.

We almost never hear about the details of the war in Ukraine anymore, just vague claims. But somehow these same people seem to have instantaneous body counts from Gaza on a minute by minute basis.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2023 11:02 AM (ZLI7S)

169 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthian 13:13 NIV

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 21, 2023 11:04 AM (4I/2K)

170 Left: Omg did you see the Uke missile that blew up 100 Russians? Dude I came it was so hot

Also left: whaaaaaa? A Palestinian got hurt? Outrage!!! Israel is worse than Hitler.

Posted by: Montec at October 21, 2023 11:04 AM (bWsRe)

171 I'd love more experience with BSAs. And Nortons.
Tough to find. Even harder to start (thanks, Lucas).

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 10:55 AM (4780s)

Triumph, Norton, BSA....all the same outfit?

Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2023 11:06 AM (AwYPR)

172 Woke up to drizzle, but been raining like hell now and the last half hour.

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 11:06 AM (4780s)

173 We almost never hear about the details of the war in Ukraine anymore, just vague claims. But somehow these same people seem to have instantaneous body counts from Gaza on a minute by minute basis.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 21, 2023 11:02 AM (ZLI7S)

Dave Smith talks about how, when Trump was talking about pulling out of... Syria(?), or wherever, there was suddenly a cacophony of voices crying out of the fate of the Kurds. Who was going to protect the Kurds, what if they started slaughtering the Kurds, we have to protect the Kurds.

And then, when that little action of a President trying to de-escalate the U.S. involvement in killing people stopped being a thing, when the war party got to keep doing its thing, nobody heard another single f'ing word about the Kurds.

Nobody in Washington gives a damn about any of those "innocent" people anywhere.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2023 11:08 AM (QBaJw)

174 A friend introduced me to "Korean coffee" which is an instant coffee plus sweetener (something called "down sugar") and creamer. It comes in single serving sticks or packets. There is also "Vietnamese coffee" which is the same thing, different brand. It's all available on Amazon. Some brand names are Maxim, Maxpresso and French Cafe.

The instant coffee sticks are handy for traveling or camping, and it's now become my go-to mug in the morning!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2023 10:49 AM (Zb5iS)

I like the Vietnamese 3-in-one coffee by vinacafe, and the Kopiko coffee from Indonesia. My wife buys me the Korean stuff but I am not as much of a fan, it needs two pouches to make a decent cup.

I used to drink the instant coffee with ginseng in it, but it made we want to fight, which was a drawback since I was a receptionist at the time. It will make you rev like a motor

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 11:09 AM (xhaym)

175 Triumph, Norton, BSA....all the same outfit?
Posted by: BignJames
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Originally, three separate companies, I believe. But as brands wind down, all sorts of incestuous combinations happen, so no idea of current status, if any.
Triumph may be last man standing.

Posted by: From about that Time at October 21, 2023 11:09 AM (4780s)

176 Prayers for all. Good post BC. Got nothing else. I'm running on empty.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * No quarter, no mercy at October 21, 2023 11:10 AM (Qm4V8)

177 Nobody in Washington gives a damn about any of those "innocent" people anywhere.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2023 11:08 AM (QBaJw)

Including here.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at October 21, 2023 11:10 AM (TNnZH)

178 For instant coffee we drink Bustelo's.
For emergency use only.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at October 21, 2023 11:10 AM (MeG8a)

179 Yes, "Sweet Carolina" is a thing.

A few years ago during his last(?) tour, we saw Neil Diamond as a last minute kind of thing since we had nothing better to do. Excellent seats surprisingly.

Anywho, when the opening to "Sweet Caroline" started a big cheer went up from the crowd and it was all arms on shoulders and swaying back and forth and singing along, which is not my thing, hanging onto strangers that is, and the lovely and surprised Mrs naturalfake was a bit shocked by it all cuz Neil Diamond was nothing to her.

But, we went along with it so as not to spoil the fun of the superfans on either side of us. Expecting it to end shortly.

However, the 573 callbacks and encores of SC soon disabused us of that notion.

Neil knew how to milk that song.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 21, 2023 11:11 AM (QzZeQ)

180 KT is up.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2023 11:15 AM (QBaJw)

181 I bought some ground limestone from Tractor Supply, it is supposed to be for making your stall floors less slippery, and I can use it for icy sidewalks I suppose, but I mostly got it to spread on the yard because it was cheaper than the ag lime I was going to buy.

Then I started thinking this morning that I could roast it to quicklime, if I ever had a need for quicklime. Is mortar a thing, anymore?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 11:15 AM (xhaym)

182 142
Also chicory (the root) was made into a https://is.gd/03VlJ9coffee and is still popular in the West and Africa, particularly blends with coffee. Not bad and cheaper. I remember Ricoffee
https://is.gd/03VlJ9

Posted by: Ciampino - and it makes you sneeze (Bob Newhart on Sir Walter Raleigh) at October 21, 2023 11:16 AM (qfLjt)

183 "And I shall lay My revenge upon Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will do to Edom according to My wrath and according to My fury, and they will know my vengeance, says the Lord God.

"So said the Lord God: Because the Philistines acted with vengeance and took revenge with [the] disdain of [their] soul to destroy for the hatred of old. "

Therefore, so said the Lord God: Behold I stretch forth My hand upon the Philistines, and I shall cut off the Cherethites and destroy the survivors on the seacoast. "

Ezekiel 25

Posted by: runner at October 21, 2023 11:16 AM (V13WU)

184 I was well into my thirties before I realized that an 'albatross around one's neck' was allegorical and not literal.

Posted by: Muldoon at October 21, 2023 11:18 AM (l4B/J)

185 I bought a very expensive automated tea maker, a Breville. First day of using it and I love it. Just under 5 minutes to bring water to boil. Then it shuts that off and the tea basket lowers to the water via magnet. Steeps for the time you set it and then takes it back up.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 21, 2023 11:21 AM (cLWyk)

186 Also chicory (the root) was made into a https://is.gd/03VlJ9coffee and is still popular in the West and Africa, particularly blends with coffee. Not bad and cheaper. I remember Ricoffee
https://is.gd/03VlJ9
Posted by: Ciampino - and it makes you sneeze (Bob Newhart on Sir Walter Raleigh) at October 21, 2023 11:16 AM (qfLjt)

Cafe du Monde is a good chicory coffee. I had a buddy who would sell it to the German WWII re-enactors in reproduction packets. It goes well with really spicy and garlicky Vietnamese food

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 11:22 AM (xhaym)

187 I don't get sad anymore. I don't envy those who still have hope this world will get better. I'm resigned to the fact we're doomed. I'll hold those closest to me, and continue to function as a hopefully usefully human being to those I can, professionally, but otherwise, I'm done thinking any of this going to get any better.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 21, 2023 10:53 AM (QBaJw)

Well, with an attitude like you'll miss the fun of raiding their castles, breaking their shit, drinking their booze, having fun with their women, and wiping your dick on their drapes. Lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 21, 2023 11:22 AM (U6Qsx)

188 My wife buys me the Korean stuff but I am not as much of a fan, it needs two pouches to make a decent cup.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 11:09 AM (xhaym)
* * * *
Agreed. I mix one stick to 5 to 6 ounces of hot water. Which is actually the old-fashioned recipe for coffee in vintage cookbooks...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 21, 2023 11:23 AM (Zb5iS)

189 Posted by: Muldoon at October 21, 2023 11:18 AM (l4B/J)

Did you know many people who walked around with a bird around their neck?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2023 11:24 AM (RSbhh)

190 Did you know many people who walked around with a bird around their neck?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2023 11:24 AM (RSbhh)

Does a chicken wing count? Mom used to tie one around my neck to get the dog to play w/me.

Posted by: BignJames at October 21, 2023 11:29 AM (AwYPR)

191 Did you know many people who walked around with a bird around their neck?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 21, 2023 11:24 AM (RSbhh)

It was a fashion accessory, the gorget was a lovely bird, sadly another puir beastie driven to extinction by the cruel demands of fashion

Posted by: Kindltot at October 21, 2023 11:31 AM (xhaym)

192 My new hobby: sitting in the Home Depot parking lot watching people who just bought some kind of sheet material try to figure out how to get it in their cars.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 21, 2023 11:32 AM (zeUTU)

193 @156 Somewhere in a back room I still have the carefully wrapped tank insigniae from my Norton Matchless, made of cast resin with lovely metal inserts, which I unbolted to keep them from shattering themselves from the 750's unremitting non-isolastic'd constructive interference.

The 500+ singles had more amplitude, but considering as they only fired every fourth phone pole, it had time to run out.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 11:39 AM (4PZHB)

194 @185 Seren-dip-ity. I was shopping for the one step no-rinse cleaner you use for wine equipment yesterday and ran across a user review. The dipping screen portion of the automated tea maker will eventually acquire a patina, and that cleaning solution will make the whole inside of the tea machine sparkly without attacking the metal or plastic. You won't need it for a while.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 21, 2023 11:43 AM (4PZHB)

195 @166 J. Lansdowne "Pa" Norton had a brother who moved to South Africa. When JL learned he had cancer, he thought he would go and visit his brother. So he left from Birmingham and rode his Norton across Europe and down the length of Africa, the first man to do so.

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