Running Bear's September 2025 Coffee Shop

[RhB Michael]

That Lenovo desktop from 2011 is not supposed to be able to run Win 11. When MS released it and people started putting it on stuff older than what was supposed to use it. MS at the time said eventually the older stuff that does work with it eventually won’t.
You may have reached that point.

I might have, but the T series is a laptop. The reason I loaded Windows 11 was just to see if it could be done.

Currently it is running normally. I'm watching BR Fernsehen and watched Tageschau without incident. I don't know why it just started this unless it is the Win 11 issue. It has not been upgraded further than the initial offering back in '21 from MS. But it is possibly a cumulative effect or problem that couldn't be anticipated since it was never tested...until now.

And then again, it could be a bad sector on the drive although drive analysis points to a 100% healthy, functioning drive. Could be the GPU failing. This one has two. I may switch to the Intel graphics and see if it makes a difference.

 

[Jaz avalley]

Here's a pic to show the difference.
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My tried and true dark roast on the left. New guy on the right.

one of those is not a dark roast despite what it says on the label.

I now have a fresh pot of the left, and the right will be given away to someone who likes 3rd wave medium roasts

Be grateful you don’t visit me I like the fooked up Nescafé in a jar their dark rich for what it is worth and you might see me tip in any of the following vanilla,cinammon,nutmeg,ginger no sugar plus a lot of full cream …I am pretty much guessing your stomach would rebel in seconds
I on the other hand will drink a nice strong espresso and am ok with a fresh ground roast I keep beans for visitors - so you might be ok - but if making it for me boil kettle dump in Nescafé
And with enough of an excuse a good French brandy or a British whiskey ie not bourbon May hit the cup before the cream yes sometimes a single malt - what ever is to hand my dad was the whisky fan and I have a number of unusual ones still about I for my sins like liqueurs and do not ruin them in coffee….looks left looks right runs with coffee in hand sipping creamy topping as I go….

 

[Jaz avalley]

Since I am still living the way my parents taught me (you ordered it, you use it), and since I’m super-cheap, I’d probably get another bag of the really good coffee, and mix them all together to make “really okay” coffee, instead of tossing what is now two bags of “barely okay” coffee.

A couple of months ago, the River place accidentally sent me three 2-pound bags of espresso. I mixed one bag with a 2 pound bag of medium Columbian, and had four pounds of strong Colombian coffee. I gave the other two bags to my daughter in law, because by the time I work through the four pounds I have, the other two bags would have been stale.

You could make coffee cake,coffee biscuits, tiramisu I recommend the last one

 

[RhB Michael]

I think the problem may have been a corrupted install of ExpressVPN. I was having trouble with this yesterday starting correctly, but a couple of times it did start. Today it was not having any of that and would not start at all. I removed it entirely including registry entries, and downloaded the latest release again. Seems to be running fine now.

Time will tell.

Seems that it was using 100% of CPU until the O/S just hung and would not respond to anything except mouse movement. Eventually, that stopped too.

 

[troyphoto]

Be grateful you don’t visit me I like the fooked up Nescafé in a jar their dark rich for what it is worth and you might see me tip in any of the following vanilla,cinammon,nutmeg,ginger no sugar plus a lot of full cream …I am pretty much guessing your stomach would rebel in seconds
I on the other hand will drink a nice strong espresso and am ok with a fresh ground roast I keep beans for visitors - so you might be ok - but if making it for me boil kettle dump in Nescafé
And with enough of an excuse a good French brandy or a British whiskey ie not bourbon May hit the cup before the cream yes sometimes a single malt - what ever is to hand my dad was the whisky fan and I have a number of unusual ones still about I for my sins like liqueurs and do not ruin them in coffee….looks left looks right runs with coffee in hand sipping creamy topping as I go….

I learned that the Nescafe kick with Brits of our age happened because of WW2. Instant coffee was made for the the GIs in the Army, and they shared it with their British hosts when Tea was being rationed due to limited supply during the war. After that, the instant coffee hung around since the taste had been accepted. Our parents and/or grandparents passed the taste down to us.

I've got a friend up in Alaska that drinks instant because it's less trouble than making five pots in one day.

 

[Jaz avalley]

I learned that the Nescafe kick with Brits of our age happened because of WW2. Instant coffee was made for the the GIs in the Army, and they shared it with their British hosts when Tea was being rationed due to limited supply during the war. After that, the instant coffee hung around since the taste had been accepted. Our parents and/or grandparents passed the taste down to us.

I've got a friend up in Alaska that drinks instant because it's less trouble than making five pots in one day.

Slightly off topic it was the GI ……
My aunt married a GI he and my dad were best mates, he often got into scrapes my dad helped get him out of,his New York twang was gorgeous he was of Italian decent and my aunt and he moved to America after the war my dad was gutted.
Edit my aunt was flighty
She had a n affair with his boss when he worked for a glazing company, his truck full of glass accidentally rolled down a slope no one was hurt but the glass and van were smashed
he then worked in an ice cream van, I think she ha hemmed the owner as we heard he gave away all the icecream to the poor kids in his area, making him a local hero
Amazingly?! Their marriage did not last. my dad said (Eu)Gene was a genuinely great guy, and always regretted him going back to the US. I believe he remarried happily. His son did some acting. amazingly my aunt remarried and as as far as I know remained faithful, her husband certainly did not trash any of his companies kit…smirks. well not that we heard …rolls eyes. She was pretty and knew it.
I never add a picture of myself but this is my aunt I think the picture says it all. This was early 1960s and mini skirts, she was meant to wear glasses and the number of things that she goofed up because she would not wear them is legendary in our family. The number of disgruntled wives turning up at my nans was also pretty legendary

 

[westtexjohn]

There must be something unique going on. I have a Surface 7 Pro and the same thing happens. With only Task Manager open CPU is at 100% and Memory at 90% +. I have 2 Asus laptops and neither of them ever have this issue.

Usually, but not always, 100% use on CPU and 90% on memory is the sign of a virus or malware running in the background of your computer.
Time for a GOOD anti virus/anti malware package. While Microsofts virus protection has improved, it is not the most powerful. Norton or McAfee don't offer much protection either.
I use ESET for my anti virus and MalwareBytes for anti-malware protection and have been for over 20 years.
There are some free downloads that you can run that will reveal what is using all CPU power and memory but I have never used one. Lots of good computer "Health" info on YouTube.

Hope this helps....John

 

[Texas Hobo]

I don't even finish my plate anymore!

"What about all those starving children in China! They'd love to have food like that young man!"

 

[bnsf971]

I might have, but the T series is a laptop. The reason I loaded Windows 11 was just to see if it could be done.

Currently it is running normally. I'm watching BR Fernsehen and watched Tageschau without incident. I don't know why it just started this unless it is the Win 11 issue. It has not been upgraded further than the initial offering back in '21 from MS. But it is possibly a cumulative effect or problem that couldn't be anticipated since it was never tested...until now.

And then again, it could be a bad sector on the drive although drive analysis points to a 100% healthy, functioning drive. Could be the GPU failing. This one has two. I may switch to the Intel graphics and see if it makes a difference.

For whatever reason, I was thinking this was a T series desktop. They do/did make them, and they are/were powerful. The newest one I saw had an I7-11700 in it.

 

[chadbag]

I like the Python but I'm not really into revolvers.

In addition to half dozen seven Walthers, have W. German made SIG-Sauers. I have a P225 Police Edition and a P220. Both were new when purchased, but they are showing a lot of love from being carried so much. Not a fan of the US Made SIG-Sauers. I want stamped and rolled steel slides, not milled stainless.

I'm actually on my third example of each of these two. I'm not going to be selling or trading these two though. My nephew picked up a date coded 1988 P226 yesterday while at the gunshop. It was still tight with no rattle, good lockup, but no finish on the slide. I told him he could send it to SIG-Sauer and they would refinish it for him and install SIG-Lites for under two bills.

HK USP45 Expert and HK USP9C completes the German trio of handguns in my collection. There is an Austrian present and two three American made handguns.

I have three early 1990s USP. A 40 I bought "used". When it came the "dealer" (my friend at work was an FFL) said it looked new and still had factory grease on it. I then bought a new 9mm since while different caliber's most parts could swap, and a 45acp I got at a pawn shop for cheap that was basically new but had a bum mag. Those are my German guns. I have a S&W M&P for my lone American handgun. I do have one Brazilian revolver. A Taurus raging Bull in 480 Ruger. I traded a Dillon XL650 for that one. Oh, and a Keltec 32. I forgot about that. I need to stop thinking about it as I might remember more, like the Ruger 22/45 22 pistol. So I guess a couple more US made.

I'm more interested in rifles in terms of purchasing and building and stuff, despite the Sig P320 stuff.

 

[chadbag]

Now I have a choice: Mix it and make Great coffee into two bags of merely-ok coffee. Or go back to Great Coffee.

Can you play around with the ratios? Again, I don't drink coffee so have no idea how easy that would be.

 

[chadbag]

"What about all those starving children in China! They'd love to have food like that young man!"

As an aside, my wife told me that as a kid in Japan, her mother told her about the poor starving kids in Bangladesh when she didn't want to eat something

 

[westtexjohn]

Good day to all forum members............

It is Saturday here in west Texas. I have lots to do but running short on time and energy.

Some freight cars from Trainz are on the way today along with some Liquitex and a new set of sprue cutters from Amazon. I have some sprue cutters from Micro Mark that work great but are geared for smaller detail pieces, so I ordered a more heavy duty type sprue cutter that is more like rail nippers.
I ordered some crackle paint and some Ammo paint but those items won't arrive until next Thursday.

I need to install a new blade on the band saw. I was cutting some thick pieces the other day and there was a lot of smoking and burnt spots on the wood. I checked the blade and there were nubs on the blade where cutting teeth should be.

Maybe some time in the train room this evening.

For other coffee drinkers: I watched a video on YouTube that investigated coffee companies and tested their products. Some name brand coffees were found to NOT be 100% coffee but contained fillers. One was Folgers but there were others. Some used cheaper beans and chemically enhanced their coffee flavor. Like everything else, quality goes down and the prices go up. A person needs to be an educated buyer these days.
For me I like Community Coffee, medium roast, "Breakfast" blend. This is family owned company started in 1919. And while they do offer a blend with chicory, it is NOT present in their other offerings.

For internet users: For me, living in the "country", my internet is my connection to the outside world, like this forum. There are no train enthusiast for miles. I also subscribe to websites that report the news without a liberal twist. My work is dependent on the internet also. As with all things, there is the good and the bad to deal with. I like YouTube as I use it for "how to do " videos. Lots of modeling videos on painting, building and layout tours plus some railroad historical information.

Two model railroad forums is all of my social media. I can't stand mark zuckerturd so I don't do fake-book, or for that, matter X, TicTok or any other "on line" form of "general" social communications. I find it amazing of how people talk about our privacy being invaded while those same folks post everything going on in their lives on social media for the whole world to read........."loose lips sink ships".

Well, "times-a-wastin"......better get busy.

Take care....John

 

[Kusojiji]

if the world logged off social media for a week?

 

[Kusojiji]

remove the keyboard and blow it out

be careful not to spin the fans too much/quick with the compressed air. I've ruined a few fans that way, including a laptop fan that was a bear to replace. I don't really understand why they get damaged since they are spinning all day, but they start making a bad bearing noise.

 

[Kusojiji]

Mix it and make Great coffee

Coffee makes good fertilizer...

 

[jmupton2000]

Coffee makes good fertilizer...

My local supermarket has the coffee grounds from the cafe and the free coffee machines in a big metal dustbin outside with a help yourself sign on it. Apparently if you spread them around plants, they ward off slugs, well so I am told. The wife is the gardener, I am the guy who ferries her around places as she buys plants, bags of compost, etc and gets dragged away from the model railroading whenever something heavy in the garden needs shifting or dug up.

 

[Espeefan]

You reload? What’s your setup?

I have a Lee Loadmaster, and a Lyman Turret press. I load mostly pistol calibers. .380; 9mm; 38/357 and 44 Magnum. I don't have but two rifles, a Henry .357, and a .22, lever action of course. A couple of shotguns, 12 and 16 gauge.

The Loadmaster got a lot of bad press, but I've put thousands of rounds through mine and never had a lick of trouble out of it. I think most of the folks who had issues with it are people who think they're smarter than the folks who wrote the manuals.

 

[Espeefan]

Social media has become a sewer full of hate and misinformation. I see U-tube as a bigger offender than FB. FB is also bad. I maintain FB to stay in touch with other retired railroaders, and related groups.
X which I tolerate only because all the hockey "insiders" use it to break their latest rumors

You Tube is less a problem than the people who use it. Now that any fool with a computer and broadband can call themselves a journalist one has to be careful about separating the wheat from the chaff. Its biggest problem is that it has fallen victim to what I call "Enshittification". That's where you take a simple easy to use tool, and "improve" it to the point where it's a total piece of crap and damn near unusable! That's You Tube, and also Adobe Acrobat.

 

[DeaconKC]

A pistol collector? I have a small-ish collection myself. Love to shoot. I reload as well. I have to as a trip to the range usually means 300 rounds or so. More if I shoot several pistols. Wanna see a couple of mine? Picked these two up a couple of years ago:

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Nice Sig-Sauer P-226. Very sweet. I may put a laser sight on that rail. I also picked up this:

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Love me a Colt Python. Your basic hand canon. This one is an older model. 1974. Made by gunsmiths, not this CNC crap they're turning out now! Not to be a snob. Call me a purist! I have several other hobbies besides my trains. They are center stage, but when I tire of modeling I move around to other things to refresh myself. I collect coins, vintage diecast, and I like watches too.

Ooh Yes! Love me some Sigs, got 6 of em here. And that classic Python, had to let a 4" blued one go right before I got married. And actually we have had a couple of the new ones come through the store, they are awfully good.