Running Bear's September 2025 Coffee Shop

[NorthBrit]

Good afternoon all. Afternoon Tea please, Flo.

Younger granddaughter visiting after school; so is oldest grandson.

Had some work done in our bedroom to help Dawn. That has just finished.

Early morning bread delivery

 

[TLOC]

Good morning from So Central Wisconsin. 45 now and now the guessers say 75 this afternoon. So much for the flannel wearers, back to shorts and a tee shirt for me.

Today is my relax day after basically being go go for the last few days. Friend texted this morning asking me to help him find a short on his layout on Wednesday. He’s prepping for a OPS session in October. His 1st on the layout in 5 years. He used to run a couple per month till Covid, health and family deaths got in the way. Until last month I didn’t even know he had a layout. Of course I said yes.

I did decided with Terry no additional foundations for me in the subdivision. We are going with what we have and I will release the lots I held to the realtor. I’m already gambling with the subdivision and spec houses in this economy. No use going in deeper even though it’s going very well.

Today’s track on the Hurricane in the Pacific near Hawaii says it’s going to pass east of the islands. Thanks for the good wishes on that Willie. Terry said last night they are fine but the hurricane shutters were installed and ready.

No the son did not have the winning Powerball ticket in Texas

I watched the woman at the baseball game in Miami screaming the ball was hers. While the dad was nicer than I would have been she had NO to claim to that ball. He didn’t snatch it from her hands. I’ve had pucks taken from me in scrambles but I’d never say the puck was mine because it was near me. What the hell is wrong with her…

Ah life!

 

[kbkchooch]

Good morning gang.

59° and sunny out this morning, heading to a high of 73°. Heading out to see my local GP to get and RX for whatever this bug is I have got.

Karl - Hope that you're feeling better soon.

Thank you Willie.

Time to jump in the shower and get ready for my 10:30 appointment with the Doc, and see what good drugs he will give me. I can't steal something from the wife. She is allergic to the Penicillin and its derivatives wile I have a bad reactions to her Zpack and other members of the Mycin family.

BBL (if my nose stops running)

 

[troyphoto]

I watched the woman at the baseball game in Miami screaming the ball was hers. While the dad was nicer than I would have been she had NO to claim to that ball. He didn’t snatch it from her hands. I’ve had pucks taken from me in scrambles but I’d never say the puck was mine because it was near me. What the hell is wrong with her…

Ah life!

I saw a story on FB that the CEO of Camper-something-or-other is sending the kid and his parents to the World Series, and giving them a new camper for dealing with "Ballsy Karen"

 

[TLOC]

I saw a story on FB that the CEO of Camper-something-or-other is sending the kid and his parents to the World Series, and giving them a new camper for dealing with "Ballsy Karen"

That’s crazy too. The dad was smart and basically said, here’s the ball. The ball club rewarded his coolness that should be enough.

 

[Jaz avalley]

I lik

In Japan, they are having a rice shortage. The US has the natonal oil reserve to keep the fight going. Japan has the national rice reserve so that they can eat while sitting around. The govt has let some out to try to keep prices down, but the FNN has been driving the costs up as they provide farmers with every reason to hike the prices up. There is a rice price controlling czar that has to be negotiated with (even the govt) so that rice doesn't sky rocket. Un-real...

Then they have panels of rice experts on tv to say that the imported rice is crap so the believers steer away. Oh BTW, these rice experts are gold medal winning olympians. You win a gold medal and now you are the expert in US/NK relations - go figure. Now, I do taste the difference, but not only by brand but also by the method of cooking. My MIL's rice always tasted better than ours did and it was the same brand from the same place. She used a gas rice cooker so it cooked hotter and faster than our electric one. I haven't tried to cook US rice in a gas cooker yet as my wife already has it in her head that it's going to be crap, so I don't bother. I'm good with eating bread all day long.

I like Basmati for Indian, fragant
I like jasmine for Japanese Thai or China, also fragrant
I like pudding rice rice with full cream milk, Keto sugar, lemon zest and real vanilla flavouring no creatures scent glands for me Keto or not yuck, nutmeg topping as I don’t do Demerara sugar any more , homemade or just don’t bother, add cream as desired at the last moment, the other Half adds jam - the heathen.

I know my punctuation is sloppy but I’m too lazy to keep jumping from numbers to letters….poor Troy

 

[Jaz avalley]

Good morning gang.

59° and sunny out this morning, heading to a high of 73°. Heading out to see my local GP to get and RX for whatever this bug is I have got.

Thank you Willie.

Time to jump in the shower and get ready for my 10:30 appointment with the Doc, and see what good drugs he will give me. I can't steal something from the wife. She is allergic to the Penicillin and its derivatives wile I have a bad reactions to her Zpack and other members of the Mycin family.

BBL (if my nose stops running)

A little boost from zinc and vit c won’t hurt

 

[Jaz avalley]

No unfortunately it is a shingle roof. A less than five-year-old roof! It leaked where a plumbing vent comes through the roof. The boot and or flashing around the pipe has failed. Or in this case I suspect it wasn't installed properly. Which is why I haven't requested a warranty repair. If they can't get it right the first time, I'm not giving them another chance.

This leaks into my attic where many of my trains are. A leak is unacceptable!

I know how to do the repair, but I'm no longer able to get on the roof to do it. Or should I say I'm no longer sure I can stay on the roof to complete the repair.

I'll keep talking to independent roofers until I find one who can explain to me the proper way to make the repair. There are no quick fixes for this kind of leak on a shingle roof.

I wish it were an asphalt roof. Thank you all the same.


I used to be an independent crane operator. I had a customer whose best roofing mechanic, the best I ever met! He insisted I be the only one to operate the crane when he worked as "the man in the bucket" I learned a lot from him and to show my gratitude for the easy money ($150 to show up, $75/hour until I returned their truck.) I often got on the roof with him to help. Not to mention it was fascinating watching the old expert work.

Many times, he didn't need me. He liked working with me. He knew I wouldn't mind stopping to get him Dunkin Donuts coffee on the way to the job and Popeye's chicken on the way back. He could dictate whatever he wanted. He was the only roof mechanic Verizon would accept here in the Mid-Atlantic. Verizon was a multi-million-dollar account for the roofing company he worked for.

His name was Harry; I still miss him as he is no longer with us. His ability to locate leaks was uncanny. I've seen him find leaks on the west side of a warehouse. With the water coming inside on the east side of the building. As Harry said "water travels" but he would always find the source of the leak. He had more than 40 years of experience when I met him.

My dad could find water with diving rods even with bent metal hangers except one time when he found a buried bicycle and could not find the leaking drain with the diviners he just kept finding the bike even once dug up he fully expected the leak to be under but nope a good 15 feet elsewhere as a building control officer that skill won him many a thank you bottle he never said what they thought of the bicycle …sniggers

Could you use a brush on a wooden pole and blackjack it at least temporarily reaching from a ladder but not going on the roof

 

[DeaconKC]

Good morning all, it's 71 here, heading for 84 and sunshiny! G'niece is sore but looks like she will be fine, her wrist is sprained pretty good so she will be out of volleyball for a week or two. I wonder how it will affect her phone operation? She might go through withdrawal as she is a normal teenager!
Tony and others, still praying for you all.
Lady Jaz, you might enjoy this tale, having had fuel stolen from you. I am a retired Field Parole Agent and sometime around 2001, one of our little meth cooks went to try to steal some anhydrous ammonia and a four wheeler from a farmer. The farmer heard him and opened up with a shotgun, hitting him in the butt. When the cops arrived to arrest him he refused medical attention, thinking they would have to release him. That didn't work as the Department of Corrections then issued a warrant on him. He was then taken back to prison [by Yours Truly], where the Tactical Unit was waiting. They delivered him to the Medical Unit where the buckshot was removed without his permission! Word of this immediately spread through the prison, where he was thenceforth known as "Buttshot"!

 

[migalyto]

I wonder how it will affect her phone operation? She might go through withdrawal as she is a normal teenager!

If she's anything like my daughter she will find a way.

That phone is their life!

where he was thenceforth known as "Buttshot"!

That's hilarious!

 

[chadbag]

In Japan, they are having a rice shortage. The US has the natonal oil reserve to keep the fight going. Japan has the national rice reserve so that they can eat while sitting around. The govt has let some out to try to keep prices down, but the FNN has been driving the costs up as they provide farmers with every reason to hike the prices up. There is a rice price controlling czar that has to be negotiated with (even the govt) so that rice doesn't sky rocket. Un-real...

Then they have panels of rice experts on tv to say that the imported rice is crap so the believers steer away. Oh BTW, these rice experts are gold medal winning olympians. You win a gold medal and now you are the expert in US/NK relations - go figure. Now, I do taste the difference, but not only by brand but also by the method of cooking. My MIL's rice always tasted better than ours did and it was the same brand from the same place. She used a gas rice cooker so it cooked hotter and faster than our electric one. I haven't tried to cook US rice in a gas cooker yet as my wife already has it in her head that it's going to be crap, so I don't bother. I'm good with eating bread all day long.

Don’t get my wife started on rice and the situation in Japan. It doesn’t affect us directly but she reads various things and hears from her sisters.

Supposedly the problem is that the rice is being sent cheap to China and farmers aren’t allowed to plant all their fields or something. I may have that wrong. And then they’re importing it at cheap prices from the U.S. to compensate the cheap price sold to China. Or something like that. I’ve had it explained to me multiples times but I can’t keep it straight.

@Kusojiji you just need one of those new super smart AI rice cookers. They make the best rice /s.

Always a new rice cooker technology to fix your rice.

Our almost 22 year old Zojirushi domestic Japanese version rice cooker has been working great here in the U.S. since fall 2003.

If it’s the speed of a gas burner, I wonder if an induction based system would make an electric rice cooker be able to get the same effect. Induction based systems can heat super fast. My sister in law in Kobe has an induction bad water kettle that’s blazing fast. And that’s at 100v. Our Bosch 240v based induction stove top is amazing.

 

[Bruette]

While not a perfect fit, the view will be blocked by a covered hopper most of the time.

I wouldn't think there are many grain elevators with perfectly fitting doors.

Willie, I found Earl Campbell smoked polish sausage in our grocery store, I bought two packs!

They lost the first game in 3 sets

Young athletes tend to be inconsistent. Team sports take time for the players to gel and play as a team. Stay positive and be patient.

Little difference between 11 pro and 11 home

I have yet to notice any difference.

@kbkchooch I hope you feel better soon.

I think, I hope I have caught up with all the posts. If I missed something, forgive me.

I don't know if it is my decrepit hand or this mouse. Every time I scroll down it pops back up.

 

[chadbag]

It’s 9:30am. 76F. Going out for a walk. First morning walk in 2 weeks. Did some evening walks later that week and last week I only got out once. I wanted to go a few more times but it always got too late and I’m trying to go to bed and get up earlier.

Sunny. A few clouds but appears to be a nkce breeeze.

 

[TLOC]

I lik

I like Basmati for Indian, fragant
I like jasmine for Japanese Thai or China, also fragrant
I like pudding rice rice with full cream milk, Keto sugar, lemon zest and real vanilla flavouring no creatures scent glands for me Keto or not yuck, nutmeg topping as I don’t do Demerara sugar any more , homemade or just don’t bother, add cream as desired at the last moment, the other Half adds jam - the heathen.

I know my punctuation is sloppy but I’m too lazy to keep jumping from numbers to letters….poor Tr

No need to apologize about punctuation, spelling or about anything else. We are happy ur back

 

[ctclibby]

Good Morning All!
58F @ 65% Maybe 81F later. Until Sunday, partly, boomers and rain anywhere between 84F and 72F

Welp, think we got the Expedition figured out. The inside handle is connected via cable to the door latch/lock as you already probably know. The broken part is/was one of the small tabs holding the sheathed cable in position where the bare cable hooked to the inside handle. Piece of nylon there so gluing to the broken tab ( ABS ) probably would not hold. Apparently, you can pull the inside handle further that it needs to go to release the latch/lock and when you do so, it pulls/breaks the nylon piece out of the snap in location rendering the whole can-o-worms worthless.

Thought about wire-tie holding the nylon thingie down, then realized that there was a body screw holding the regulator in just below the nylon thing. Mark found a clamp that fit almost perfect to hold it. Clamp almost looks like a small engine rod bearing cap - hardened steel to boot. Sprayed all the latches with White Lithium as the passenger door latch was sort of sticky. Hopefully I saved myself $80 + shipping ... Time will tell.

Since our chicken/goat house kit is coming tomorra, will go out and do some more ground leveling a little later this am. Lots to do at the back of the house still, but I still seem not to be able to avoid ADD and don't want to do anything. Maria is the same way - must have been the heat for those last few weeks....

L8r

 

[Boris]

What the hell is wrong with her…

Supposedly, she's from South Jersey. That in itself could explain why sh is what she is......Supposedly, a Public School Administrator. No school district will acknowledge her though.....Plausible but not likely.

 

[santafewillie]

Willie, I found Earl Campbell smoked polish sausage in our grocery store, I bought two packs!

While I have not tried the Smoked Polish Sausage yet, all of the Earl Campbell products that I have bought have been top-notch. His Hot Links are in my regular lunch rotation.

 

[Boris]

I don't know if it is my decrepit hand or this mouse. Every time I scroll down it pops back up.

Windows 11 Pro doesn't like mice.

 

[shortwrench]

Finding a good roofing contractor is hard no days. Actually finding a good contractor in general is difficult, and if you do find one they are booked out for several months.

Last one I called never showed up for the appointment. If you're not interested, job too small/big, have too much work--
Just say so. At some point in time, contractors will be looking for work and potential customers like me tend to remember
Such things.

 

[NorthBrit]

We must be doing something right.
The grandchildren do not want to go home.
"Can I stay a little longer, Mama?" asked our granddaughter when asked to get ready for me to take her home.
"Another five minutes," Dawn replied. Which was fifteen minutes.

It is the same whoever visits.