Coffee Thread

In the Spirit of Hogger's weekly update post:

Just sipping some black Maxwell House colombian coffee here.

About 20 below here, and we have a small space heater running and our bedroom window plasticked and taped up. Cold enough here to freeze the knackers off a bronzed primate.

I dunno if I'm gonna do this weekly- I miss the originals.
For those of you wondering about the forum, don't be dissuaded by the skeletonized white background version of the forum- it still works, with most of the things we need in small type blue highlighting. Don't be fazed by the the repeated log-in requests- I have to log in for every reply and post I make here. A bit of patience, armed with a good set of drug store readers will almost make this place seem normal. :hello:

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

Thanks for posting. We were dying on the vine.

As far as the forum appearance goes, all is normal here except for the brief mentions I made before. Whatever happened (here) cured itself within a couple of days.

Temps here for the past few days have been 60's to near 70 with mostly sunshine, then down to near freezing at night. Next Tuesday is predicted to go down to 18. Cold for us and extra freeze protection required.

I see no change to the page?

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Originally Posted by Phloating Phlasher

I see no change to the page?

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https://i.imgur.com/RW3pgK1.jpg

There's what the forum looks like on the main page for most of us on Win 10 after the latest round of up-dates from M/S.
The rest of it is much similar.

Forum is normal on my Android based phone, which is a real pain to post with due to the smaller screen and key-pad.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

Wow! Not sure, My "Windoze" 10 is current & my browser is Firefox current also.
Not sure why but I still see in the original colors & format.

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Wow! Not sure, My "Windoze" 10 is current & my browser is Firefox current also.
Not sure why but I still see in the original colors & format.

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I'm pretty sure it's the M/S Edge browser with it's non-beta tested A/I that's doing it.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

Going to get cold here tomorrow night. We are preparing for it.

Lol! Holy Rosary tire chains, Batman!

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

Tried to mail a letter this morning but the mailbox door was frozen shut. I think the low was only 28 last night but since it is almost always wet and raining here a little freeze goes a long way. And yes, it rained too.

forum is funky , that is all I can say about that,
as I type on my ancient Windows 7 Dell,

the other laptops I use are as pictured

meanwhile, big small gunshow in Hampton,

had a great show, very very busy,

and did Lobby Day (VCDL event for no more gun control) at the State Capitol yesterday,

The last few years the cold snaps have occurred as far South as central Florida causing the iguanas to get stunned and fall out of the trees. I didn't even know FL had iguanas till this started happening.

We had our beneficial cold snap of 19 degrees last night with more on the way.

Frost on the roofs in the morning, Boganvillas are turning brown, mulberry still has some leaves; but for the most part I'm still shoveling sunshine off my driveway in Phoenix

Mo' better this morning.

Sun is shining. Temp is around 40 and rising. Things are thawing out. No rain (yet).

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The last few years the cold snaps have occurred as far South as central Florida causing the iguanas to get stunned and fall out of the trees. I didn't even know FL had iguanas till this started happening.

We had our beneficial cold snap of 19 degrees last night with more on the way.

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Lots of videos on You Tube of people shooting the iguanas with air rifles. Unbelievable how they have multiplied in Florida from people releasing pets. Golf courses hire people to come in and shoot them.

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Lots of videos on You Tube of people shooting the iguanas with air rifles. Unbelievable how they have multiplied in Florida from people releasing pets. Golf courses hire people to come in and shoot them.

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What needs to be done at the Southern border. I don't think they have iguanas though.

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Originally Posted by Allen

The last few years the cold snaps have occurred as far South as central Florida causing the iguanas to get stunned and fall out of the trees. I didn't even know FL had iguanas till this started happening.

We had our beneficial cold snap of 19 degrees last night with more on the way.

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Not really a new problem for S. Fla. Dave Barry was writing about his compact sized dog eating Iguanas in the Miami Herald back in the 80's.
Unfortunately, we haven't had a humour columnist that good since then...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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Originally Posted by Doc Sharptail

Not really a new problem for S. Fla. Dave Barry was writing about his compact sized dog eating Iguanas in the Miami Herald back in the 80's.
Unfortunately, we haven't had a humour columnist that good since then...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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While I only live 30 miles from the FL border I seldom travel there and haven't been very far South in FL since I took my kids to Orlando 25 years ago and St. Augustine (pretty place) 20 years ago.

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Originally Posted by Doc Sharptail

Not really a new problem for S. Fla. Dave Barry was writing about his compact sized dog eating Iguanas in the Miami Herald back in the 80's.
Unfortunately, we haven't had a humour columnist that good since then...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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not just the ugly lizards, FLA has a Python\Boa problem too,

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not just the ugly lizards, FLA has a Python\Boa problem too,

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We would have the same problem here if not for our "beneficial" cold snaps. Not to mention extra weeds and bugs. Some things we don't have (like scorpions) because they would probably drown.

Weather is mild this week here. Sunny days in the 50's-60's with lows near freezing. Whenever it warms up any at all it rains.

About 34-35 f here by mid-day, and then back down to 25-28f at night, which is a bit on the warm side for this time of year.

Roads are still kinda iffy- I've been off the bike for almost a month now. Sort of hoping for dry roads soon. I'd like to get back into riding for the exercise.

Been seeing red crested wood-peckers for most of the winter. I had thought they migrated. A little odd to see them trying to drill into the oaks and elms around here at ten below.

I'll keep an eye out for them- photo opportunities are still rare for me with those birds.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

Phoenix...30 Jan, high temp 78 degrees, WX channel says feels like 83. Yes it is warm, today I had to repair a water leek in the front, and sweat like July. Cooler this weekend and supposedly rain.

You all will get back at us in July - Aug when it's 120 degrees here and you are 85.

33F and overcast today.
We actually came close to record warm for late January with the last two days of the month edging low 40's.

Streets are drying off quite a bit, with a lot of newly exposed pot-holes. I am going to get back on the bike in the next couple of days. Most of that really glossy overnight melt water ice is gone now, so should be a bit safer.
I could really use the exercise.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

Highs here in the 60's, lows in the low 40's. Sunny but hard to start any outside projects because everything is and stays wet. Heavy rains predicted for the next couple of days.

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Originally Posted by PWC

Phoenix...30 Jan, high temp 78 degrees, WX channel says feels like 83. Yes it is warm, today I had to repair a water leek in the front, and sweat like July. Cooler this weekend and supposedly rain.

You all will get back at us in July - Aug when it's 120 degrees here and you are 85.

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"feels like" - depends whether your sitting in a chair on the patio under the shade having lunch or out in the sun busting your butt.

The forum just folded on my Android phone this a.m..
I can still get on and post on the laptop with the stuff pictured and described on the first page of this thread.

Colorado low set to slap us beginning sometime over-night.
It's even supposed to clip Hogger. These counter clock-wise rotating low pressure cells appear to be more frequent these days, or maybe the joints in my knees are paying more attention to them. At any rate the system extends from the foothills all the way to the eastern edge of Minn, and from Just south of Nebr all the way to central Manitoba, with the north edge bisecting the Interlake area. Big system...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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Originally Posted by Doc Sharptail

The forum just folded on my Android phone this a.m..
I can still get on and post on the laptop with the stuff pictured and described on the first page of this thread

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Strange. Everything is normal here (forum) but certainly not for everyone. I had that one blip for a couple of days that I mentioned, then everything returned on it's own.

Since I did have problems though I have to rule out area/location. I wonder if the cause could be signal strength? I think I read where Lyman said an upgrade to the forum's website may be needed but if so that will have to go through Pat.

Weather wise everything here is mostly overcast, cold, wet, windy. Overall crappy.

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Originally Posted by Allen

Strange. Everything is normal here (forum) but certainly not for everyone. I had that one blip for a couple of days that I mentioned, then everything returned on it's own.

Since I did have problems though I have to rule out area/location. I wonder if the cause could be signal strength? I think I read where Lyman said an upgrade to the forum's website may be needed but if so that will have to go through Pat.

Weather wise everything here is mostly overcast, cold, wet, windy. Overall crappy.

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We're on a fibre optic network here, with both the laptop and phone on the same wi-fi signal.
Grandson games off the same wi-fi signal, which devours massive amounts of band-width, so I doubt it's either of the wi-fi signal or network service. The system keeps up with everything to a much more than reasonable extent.

Very likely a security up-grade issue at the host server level.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

About 28f here and light snow.

Supposed to head out for family meet today if any of the required party's are willing to show- no big deal, just playing catch-up and how the heck are ya's :P

Still playing around with and investigating photo flash, and am a bit surprised at how much I've retained and how well it all still works.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

Rain

Rain

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Sunny today.

Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras BS going on in Mobile. State holiday for them and us. Local news reporters covering the event all wearing sunglasses. Most all downtown Mobile streets closed off for the parades.

Cool evenings here around 40 and highs close to 70 in the days. Usually raining or overcast but a few moments of sunshine too. Early spring weeds popping up--will be mowing as soon as I pick up tree limbs all over the yard.

Rain

So much for needed yard work. Got a little bit accomplished yesterday. Would have done a lot more had I known it was going to be such a limited opportunity.

About 15 F and finally clear here.
Not a lot on the agenda today other than making up some homemade chiz boogers, and maybe some home fries- probably dollar fries if I give myself enough time.
Just a bit under 12 weeks left to go to open water opening day for fishing.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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Just a bit under 12 weeks left to go to open water opening day for fishing.

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Fishing wise you would like it here. You would have your choice of freshwater or saltwater fishing. We have plentiful ponds, lakes, rivers, Mobile bay and of course the Gulf of Mexico but then there's the constant rain thing. Most everyone here either has a boat or once had a boat.

Weather here sucks. Cool nights near freezing and highs in the 50's to 60's but feels colder due to the damp air. Not getting anything done outside. Next week predicted to be better but predictions change after they have already occurred.

Went to the range with a buddy, We B/Sd & do did the wives who get on well. I never actually fired a single round!
It was nice to meet up but too cold & windy to shoot. A nice social meeting though.
We did have our on little , private gun-show swap shop though, no actual firearms, its Md :icon_rolleyes:, but lots of iron sight parts./

35 F here today with sunny breaks. It ain't gonna last though. There's a clipper on the way with 2-4" snow, and it's supposed to start tonight.

On 2nd cup of Max dark roast, which takes a bit of taste development. Haven't been able to find blue ribbon for quite a while now- the last hold out from the old Yuban days. Current coffee ain't bad, but no where near what it should be. Still like donut shop coffee from Robin's a lot. Some dept store labeled colombian is all right. Probably going to get some new coffee in here this week, just for taste's sake.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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Originally Posted by Doc Sharptail

https://i.imgur.com/RW3pgK1.jpg

There's what the forum looks like on the main page for most of us on Win 10 after the latest round of up-dates from M/S.
The rest of it is much similar.

Forum is normal on my Android based phone, which is a real pain to post with due to the smaller screen and key-pad.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

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When my screen opens up like that, I click on the banner at the top and screen opens as norml

I tried that but it didn't work on mine.

My Chromebook is working fine and what I'm using now. Happily, for most of you, I can't post pictures right now.

Weather here is easing into Spring. I've been busy dragging limbs, mowing and spraying herbicide.

Heck, I can't even get Lightroom to accept a photo. Never-the-less, it is a great photo (I think) and I'll post it when I can.

We usually get a mid March light freeze that kills the blueberry blooms and other plants that flower at that time. Otherwise, here, Spring has sprung.

Highs in the high 70's with lows in the 40's to 60's. Ideal temps for us.

With a break in the rains I've been doing all the yard work I can. I have my little 2 acre yard but also work in my mother's 2 acre yard and my daughters 2 acre yard.

Went to two different Arbor Day events and got a few trees that I potted. If/when they leaf out I will have to decide where to plant or whom to give them to. Been ordering seeds and bulbs from ebay sellers too.