Running Bear's February 2026 Coffee Shop
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Glad you are home and was wondering! Home bed and showers are so much better than hospital.
Was this one an AI one and how trustworthy is it? A lot of the history and especially WW2 history videos in YiuTube are not trustworthy and made up.
We don't know how much the human behind the channel edits the scripts. Hopefully some. While I do occasionally find errors in AI content, it generally gets it right. And that's what the human behind the channel needs to be doing: fact checking.
I'm not an expert on WW2 despite my decade + of gaming it, but detected only one questionable fact given about the production - casting a 69-inch turret ring not being possible in mass. I can find that it was possible, but I'd have to check the exact wording in the script.
Someone else in the comments pointed out an error at about the 7:30ish mark. It said the British Crusader and the Stuarts "carried 2-pounder guns"... Almost the same gun, but not quite. I had to look it up, but the early Stuarts carried the 37mm M5 gun to the British 40mm 2-pounder.
Brits were great at retrofitting American armor to handle their own ideas (firefly, the expanded turret in the Grant), so it didn't ping my radar.
I scrolled the comments fairly far, and that was the only error I saw.
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I haven’t spent much time at the coffee shop and hadn’t noticed your absence, forgive me. I’ve been obsessed with AC transformers, working in the attic and car troubles.
Fill us in with the details when you can.
Most importantly I hope and pray all is well.
I also forgot to hit the post button on this this earlier morning.
It was the same in Franklin Square Hospital’s intensive care, no showers. My most vivid memory from that stay was being transferred to a regular room. From there, I was taken by wheelchair to a shower room with a seat. A pretty young lady was assigned to keep me safe, and before agreeing to let her help, I made her promise not to try to catch me if I fell, and she did.
As I suspected, she had lied. When I nearly fell off the seat she rushed in and forcefully planted both arms firmly on my shoulders. The pretty little lady managed to keep me from falling. Her less than 100lbs and sheer will, supported my 6'9", 300lb body long enough for me to regain the little strength and balance I had. My pretty little hero saved me from an unknown fate of hitting that floor. I hadn't thought of that in years, thanks for reminding me.
Angela and I will keep praying for you.
I won't share my memory of the mean old nurse. That wouldn't do either one of us any good!
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Kusojiji
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Very good channel. Bookmarked.
migalyto
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Good morning all!
Happy Hump Day!
Kind of chilly this morning. Currently 11F with an expected high of 26F.
Not much new around here. Will be doing usual Wednesday stuff around the house this morning.
Basketball game is away tonight. Usual Culvers stop for dinner Im sure is in order since where we are going has one.
Have a safe day everyone!
Happy Hump Day!
Kind of chilly this morning. Currently 11F with an expected high of 26F.
Not much new around here. Will be doing usual Wednesday stuff around the house this morning.
Basketball game is away tonight. Usual Culvers stop for dinner Im sure is in order since where we are going has one.
Have a safe day everyone!
Kusojiji
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Got some ideas stewing with this thing. Just hope the wife doesn't get zapped...
TLOC
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Good morning from the frozen tundra. -2f degrees feels like -2! +26 sometime this afternoon as the warm trend continues.
Not much was happening here. Just commissions finished and out the door. Some time being spent on the layout and working on my friend’s structures for his paper mill.
Our personal taxes were submitted Monday as we had to wait for paperwork from the 401k.
In October I was approached by a realtor who was trying to off load a farm and thought he had a sucker because we’ve purchased a few over the last 20 years in a 10 mile area around here. After a week or 2 of research we said no for 2 reasons, unreasonably priced but I really disliked the realtor. So we didn’t even counter. Monday I got a call from a representative of the estate that owns the farm. It has not sold and they asked me why I didn’t counter offer and I told them what I typed above. The estate attorney asked since the realtor no longer represents the property if I was still interested. Not really because of price and they asked what I’d offer. I don’t play that game. I told them with Terry listening in furiously taking notes that we would call them Tuesday (yesterday) afternoon after we looked over our notes. Told them to give me a price when I called and maybe we can deal. Seems we own another farm in principle and unusual for us, farm equipment! The 3 kids who own the farm lost both parents Spring of 2024. Mom to a medical illness and dad a week later to they think a broken heart. A good deal for both. Paper work was exchanged via email and Friday the bank will transfer the payment. So I have another real estate project to keep the juices flowing. The economy really worries me but I’ve been edgy about it for years. Terry said Tuesday to just buy “the damn” thing and don’t worry about the economy. I called our surveyor and the attorney we use for real estate at 6 this morning. The lawyer of course went to voicemail. The surveyor, she picked up. She’s buying lunch at 11:15 today! The fun for me has begun, Terry will handle the financials, her type of fun
Be well
Not much was happening here. Just commissions finished and out the door. Some time being spent on the layout and working on my friend’s structures for his paper mill.
Our personal taxes were submitted Monday as we had to wait for paperwork from the 401k.
In October I was approached by a realtor who was trying to off load a farm and thought he had a sucker because we’ve purchased a few over the last 20 years in a 10 mile area around here. After a week or 2 of research we said no for 2 reasons, unreasonably priced but I really disliked the realtor. So we didn’t even counter. Monday I got a call from a representative of the estate that owns the farm. It has not sold and they asked me why I didn’t counter offer and I told them what I typed above. The estate attorney asked since the realtor no longer represents the property if I was still interested. Not really because of price and they asked what I’d offer. I don’t play that game. I told them with Terry listening in furiously taking notes that we would call them Tuesday (yesterday) afternoon after we looked over our notes. Told them to give me a price when I called and maybe we can deal. Seems we own another farm in principle and unusual for us, farm equipment! The 3 kids who own the farm lost both parents Spring of 2024. Mom to a medical illness and dad a week later to they think a broken heart. A good deal for both. Paper work was exchanged via email and Friday the bank will transfer the payment. So I have another real estate project to keep the juices flowing. The economy really worries me but I’ve been edgy about it for years. Terry said Tuesday to just buy “the damn” thing and don’t worry about the economy. I called our surveyor and the attorney we use for real estate at 6 this morning. The lawyer of course went to voicemail. The surveyor, she picked up. She’s buying lunch at 11:15 today! The fun for me has begun, Terry will handle the financials, her type of fun
Be well
TLOC
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Glad you are home and was wondering! Home bed and showers are so much better than hospital.
TLOC
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NYC_George
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santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Clear and 37° to greet me on this first day home in a while. Cool day today at 55° with a chance of rain around dawn. But the radar shows all precipitation to be east of here and moving further into Louisiana. Slowly warming into the 70's for the next ten days.
Thanks to all for the kind words of welcome back and encouragement moving forward.
While I am feeling better this morning, only time will tell. I am now on a new medication schedule which is one of the things that I have been complaining about since my last unscheduled visit in June. I had felt that the old ones (mainly since June) were too many and that the various doctors were not talking to one another and some were not listening to me. Gone are four old ones. In are two new ones, one of which I took for years before being discontinued 4 or 5 years ago. Long story shortened, I had some internal bleeding (from some of the meds I believe) leading to lowered BP (98/48) which contributed to high (135) pulse rate. PCP stopped all of my meds Thursday and I went into some as yet unexplained shock on Friday night several hours after I had arrived at the hospital (not sure if there was a connection). It was not a stroke or heart attack, but one push of that button by the overnight nurse brought 10-12 persons into my room, immediately! Colonoscopy/endoscopy on Monday fixed two small spots internally and then the med transition began. One of my regular doctors took control of the whole medication thing and what I am reading about the individual components and reactions with one another is encouraging. I have felt that 12 doses from a pool of 8 medications was too much; I am now on 8 doses from a pool of 5 which I hope increases my energy level and ability to carry on with life.
Meanwhile I am woefully behind with the Coffee Shop. I did read a couple of items on the phone (from January) which I have to go find and respond to. I don't handle phone responses very well to begin with, but with IV's in both arms and other equipment hook-ups along with constant interruptions from people, I just did well to just read. I actually slept for 8 hours last night, don't know whether it was catching up or the start of a new trend.
I'll be back later, as I need to catch up on the financial world for a few minutes and spend some time with my wife now that she's up.
Everyone have a great Wednesday. Two weeks to go before Ash Wednesday.
Thanks to all for the kind words of welcome back and encouragement moving forward.
While I am feeling better this morning, only time will tell. I am now on a new medication schedule which is one of the things that I have been complaining about since my last unscheduled visit in June. I had felt that the old ones (mainly since June) were too many and that the various doctors were not talking to one another and some were not listening to me. Gone are four old ones. In are two new ones, one of which I took for years before being discontinued 4 or 5 years ago. Long story shortened, I had some internal bleeding (from some of the meds I believe) leading to lowered BP (98/48) which contributed to high (135) pulse rate. PCP stopped all of my meds Thursday and I went into some as yet unexplained shock on Friday night several hours after I had arrived at the hospital (not sure if there was a connection). It was not a stroke or heart attack, but one push of that button by the overnight nurse brought 10-12 persons into my room, immediately! Colonoscopy/endoscopy on Monday fixed two small spots internally and then the med transition began. One of my regular doctors took control of the whole medication thing and what I am reading about the individual components and reactions with one another is encouraging. I have felt that 12 doses from a pool of 8 medications was too much; I am now on 8 doses from a pool of 5 which I hope increases my energy level and ability to carry on with life.
Meanwhile I am woefully behind with the Coffee Shop. I did read a couple of items on the phone (from January) which I have to go find and respond to. I don't handle phone responses very well to begin with, but with IV's in both arms and other equipment hook-ups along with constant interruptions from people, I just did well to just read. I actually slept for 8 hours last night, don't know whether it was catching up or the start of a new trend.
This hospital doesn't have showers in the cardio-care rooms! A female "patient care technician" (young but a bit oversized) used a handful of "wet wipes" and washed me and the equipment off. The bed sucked, but the food was exceptionally good. No beer though!
I'll be back later, as I need to catch up on the financial world for a few minutes and spend some time with my wife now that she's up.
Everyone have a great Wednesday. Two weeks to go before Ash Wednesday.
jmupton2000
John M Upton
Been a busy morning, I planted some trees:
....picked up a bargain from my local hobby shop...
...and took delivery of another cheap Ebay purchase that needs TLC...
Apparently the prototype for this one may still exist I believe!
....picked up a bargain from my local hobby shop...
...and took delivery of another cheap Ebay purchase that needs TLC...
Apparently the prototype for this one may still exist I believe!
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
Good morning all! 23°F chilly degrees here this morning. It probably won't hit freezing today but it might. The big warm-up starts later in the week and weekend. Might see low 50s. Still cool but better that 10°F.
Nothing planned for today, just hanging out. Have a great Mittwoch. Servus!
Nothing planned for today, just hanging out. Have a great Mittwoch. Servus!
DeaconKC
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@santafewillie glad you are back, praying for you.
My back started screaming at me Monday at work so I left early and have been pretty much immobile since then. Gonna try for a shower in a bit.
33 and sunny here, predictions are "mild" for the next few days.
My back started screaming at me Monday at work so I left early and have been pretty much immobile since then. Gonna try for a shower in a bit.
33 and sunny here, predictions are "mild" for the next few days.
chadbag
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That video came for me on YT but I didn’t watch it. It looks like it’s AI generated and I avoid those. Especially WW2 based ones. You can’t trust that anything they say is really true.
Was this one an AI one and how trustworthy is it? A lot of the history and especially WW2 history videos in YiuTube are not trustworthy and made up.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
You're correct that this one is AI narrated.
We don't know how much the human behind the channel edits the scripts. Hopefully some. While I do occasionally find errors in AI content, it generally gets it right. And that's what the human behind the channel needs to be doing: fact checking.
I'm not an expert on WW2 despite my decade + of gaming it, but detected only one questionable fact given about the production - casting a 69-inch turret ring not being possible in mass. I can find that it was possible, but I'd have to check the exact wording in the script.
Someone else in the comments pointed out an error at about the 7:30ish mark. It said the British Crusader and the Stuarts "carried 2-pounder guns"... Almost the same gun, but not quite. I had to look it up, but the early Stuarts carried the 37mm M5 gun to the British 40mm 2-pounder.
Brits were great at retrofitting American armor to handle their own ideas (firefly, the expanded turret in the Grant), so it didn't ping my radar.
I scrolled the comments fairly far, and that was the only error I saw.
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Bruette
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I'm glad you are home!
I haven’t spent much time at the coffee shop and hadn’t noticed your absence, forgive me. I’ve been obsessed with AC transformers, working in the attic and car troubles.
Fill us in with the details when you can.
Most importantly I hope and pray all is well.
I also forgot to hit the post button on this this earlier morning.
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Bruette
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I know exactly how invigorating that first shower feels.
It was the same in Franklin Square Hospital’s intensive care, no showers. My most vivid memory from that stay was being transferred to a regular room. From there, I was taken by wheelchair to a shower room with a seat. A pretty young lady was assigned to keep me safe, and before agreeing to let her help, I made her promise not to try to catch me if I fell, and she did.
As I suspected, she had lied. When I nearly fell off the seat she rushed in and forcefully planted both arms firmly on my shoulders. The pretty little lady managed to keep me from falling. Her less than 100lbs and sheer will, supported my 6'9", 300lb body long enough for me to regain the little strength and balance I had. My pretty little hero saved me from an unknown fate of hitting that floor. I hadn't thought of that in years, thanks for reminding me.
Angela and I will keep praying for you.
I won't share my memory of the mean old nurse. That wouldn't do either one of us any good!
kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
Glad to hear you are back Willie! Ain't it amazing how modesty goes out the window when you are laying in a hospital bed! After my stroke and then years later after the heart surgery I didn't give a 
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who saw what.
.
But then again, there is no better place to sleep than your own bed!!
Take care!
's who saw what..But then again, there is no better place to sleep than your own bed!!
Take care!
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