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oldbrownhat · Nov 11, 2021

Redbert31 said:
@oldbrownhat I hope S learns the quirks of her new machine quickly, and is soon producing great lattes and cappuccinos (my favorite). At least Charlie-of the Epic whiskers- is a happy boy in his new playhouse[emoji16][emoji16][emoji250][emoji16][emoji16]

I get daily blow-by-blow ("bean-by-bean"?) updates and will post when Perfection Has Been Achieved. It had better be soon, for the sake of her mental health

Her students alone are enough to push her to the edge.

(There is a passage in Bach's "Coffee Cantata" where the daughter, who is being upbraided by her father for her coffee addiction, says, "If I can't have my little cup of coffee three times a day, in my distress I will become like a piece of dried-up roast goat!"

Real coffee lovers can probably relate.)

Redbert31 · Nov 11, 2021

@oldbrownhat you got me curious and I just watched a presentation of JS Bach's "Coffee Cantata" in German with English subtitles.. It was delightful and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love coffee and I can definitely relate[emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji477][emoji477]

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RobertJ. · Nov 11, 2021

A couple of months ago we had some work done to our roof, and the repairman took this photo of a baby seagull. He wasn't as close as it appears, he just had a really good camera on his phone. That's probably its mother looking on:

oldbrownhat · Nov 11, 2021

Redbert31 said:
@oldbrownhat you got me curious and I just watched a presentation of JS Bach's "Coffee Cantata" in German with English subtitles.. It was delightful and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love coffee and I can definitely relate[emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji477][emoji477]

Excellent! Continuing the slight "thread derail"....

You may have discovered that the cantata was first performed at the then-new Zimmerman's Coffee House in Leipzig, where Bach was the Cantor (music director) of St. Thomas' Church. (Alas, no longer there as some clumsy, over-zealous idiot dropped a bomb on it in WWII, What WERE they thinking- that Hitler was inside?)

I took a famous engraving of it, added a bit of the original manuscript and passages from the cantata on it , with translations, and had sweatshirts made for Sandra and I:

But... there's more...

We were at our favourite breakfast place in Bellingham (The Harris Ave. Cafe, now temporarily closed due to the pandemic) and seated at the next table was a young guy and his gf. He looked over at us and said, "Isn't that Bach's Coffee Cantata?"

We were absolutely gobsmacked. It turned out that he was a voice major in the university there (where Sandra teaches biology) so he knew the cantata! Ever since, I wish I had had the presence of mind to tell the waitress, "Their bill is on me!"

S and I now have a code word for a serious need for coffee: "Code 212", since the Coffee Cantata catalog number is BWV 212.

Cultural interlude is now over and we return you to your regular programmng

bgrafsr · Nov 11, 2021

Salty RI said:
This guy was caught here a few days ago, 950 lbs and 725 lbs dressed.

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That should bring a pretty penny if he sells it.

rubiranch · Nov 13, 2021

Salty RI · Nov 13, 2021

bgrafsr said:
That should bring a pretty penny if he sells it.

So many tuna are being caught the prices are way down, 2 this size were taken in about a week.8

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xring33 · Nov 13, 2021

My wife’s 94 Honda Del Sol. Recently had body work and paint. Added new tires also. Doesn’t get driven much. May put in local shows.

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xring33 · Nov 13, 2021

Her car has always been referred to as the Barbie Car. With that in mind, the guys at the body shop suggested adding a pinstripe and the word Barbie to set it off. My wife was thrilled with the finished job.

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goatsnguns · Nov 13, 2021

Really Tired Dog and a Bad Hair Day

oldbrownhat · Nov 13, 2021

From my gf- Squalicum Beach, Bellingham WA, Nov.13/21

DRYHEAT · Nov 14, 2021

My new AR magazine...

oldbrownhat · Nov 14, 2021

Another "Squalicum sunset" from a couple of days ago, with an interesting cloud pattern. Will be the last for a while as we are in the grip of a "pineapple express" (56º and lotsa rain). Almost need scuba gear just to go outside.

Rodan · Nov 15, 2021

My wife, on-track in our Miata...

Protocall_Design · Nov 15, 2021

Obviously you like to hang out with racy women...

Rodan · Nov 15, 2021

Protocall_Design said:
Obviously you like to hang out with racy women...

She likes to race and shoot. I consider myself quite a lucky guy.

oldbrownhat · Nov 15, 2021

Experiencing a little aggro in the Pacific North-Wet

We got it bad, and that ain't good

High winds and record driving rains, Flooding in all directions, people trapped in vehicles in the mud and having to be airlifted out.

Dozens of vehicles were trapped Sunday night between two landslides on Highway 7 near Agassiz. Photo by Adam Wuisman /PNG

"Canada Task Force 1 called in to rescue 275 people, 50 kids trapped by landslides | Mum with 2 kids trapped without food, collect rainwater to drink | Entire city of Merritt on evacuation order..."

Here's a pic from several from the Coquihalla Highway that heads into the BC interior.

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The little border town of Sumas WA is awash, like it was during the floods of Feb. 2020 with flooding continuing down to Bellingham WA.

I'm dry here but a neighbour up the street got water in her basement and has hoses siphoning water from the blocked floor drain to the pond. All the schools are closed.

Looks like it's abating a bit now... maybe Ma Nature is just reloading

BLUEDOT37 · Nov 16, 2021

Yikes, it's been that long already

A montage from back when I ran at a couple of Autocross events in my Mk.III Supra at the Fair Ground.

It was a lot of fun but you only ended up getting to run about 8 minutes of track time (8 runs, about one minute each) for standing around about 7 hours a day doing corner work while the others got their 8 minutes.

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Rodan · Nov 16, 2021

BLUEDOT37 said:
A montage from back when I ran at a couple of Autocross events in my Mk.III Supra at the Fair Ground.

It was a lot of fun but you only ended up getting to run about 8 minutes of track time (8 runs, about one minute each) for standing around about 7 hours a day doing corner work while the others got their 8 minutes.

I have done some AutoX over the years, but that is exactly why I gravitated to the open track. More track time in one session than you get all day at AutoX. And you get the car out of 2nd gear...

oldbrownhat · Nov 16, 2021

oldbrownhat said:
We got it bad, and that ain't good ... maybe Ma Nature is just reloading

Well, today you'd never know there had been anything amiss, at least where I live. (Nut my well is nice and full

) But the Interior of the province is pooched, with massive cleanups and evacuations. The border town of Sumas is still w/o power. The City of Bellingham WA posted this video of the mess yesterday:

Bellingham, Washington Flooding: November 15th, 2021 - YouTube

What with the terrible wildfires and heat this summer and now this, the Theme Song of 2020 must be James Taylor's "I've seen fire and I've seen rain."

Kenny- we need some more of those gorgeous Utah pics to compensate.

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