COFFEE POT #12 December 2010 for all to take a drink and chat. 5+ years and going. Plenty of coffee but also Christmas cookies and grits along with egg nogg and sweet ice tea.

[SPMan]

Good morning all, Cold here last night with temp down to 35.

Took wife to ER yesterday to get sore rib checked out.  Turned out to be a strained muscle or something.  Anyway good news it is not something worse.

Chief, that old Victrolla sounds great!  Does it have one of those big horns where the sound comes from or is it in the cabinet?  Bet those records are interesting too.  I can imagine Rudy Vallee or somebody like that singing on one.  Lots of good jazz on some of those old records too.  I heard a guy play one of these machines at a jazz festival and was impressed with how good the sound was for something that old.

Some yahoo running a jack hammer in the neighborhood all morning today.  I walked by the house but could not tell what was going on.  Looked like the house was unoccupied.  Unless it is an emergency, they sure picked a heck of a time to do work like that on New Years Eve.

Picked up my new TV table yesterday and son helped me unload from the car last night.  I got a little short on breath for a while.  I have chronic bronchitis and use oxygen at night only but have not needed it in the day time so far.  Anyway it bugged me.  I took a walk this morning and my breathing seemed OK.  Just hope I don't have to go on oxygen all the time.  So far so good.  I am going to see the doctor soon so I will tell him about all this stuff.  Normally my blood oxygen level has been running at least 96 most of the time which is pretty good for me.  I think being overweight doesn't help me either.  Got to get back on the diet.

Happy New Year all,

Ray

[cheapclassics]

Good afternoon all,

It is almost tropical here in SE Indiana with temps near 60.  I went outside and picked up sticks while wife went "easter egg" hunting for the pooch.  Ran the 384E last night in the back room.  Will be having friends over for supper tonight to ring in the New Year.  I want to take this time to wish everyone on the pot a Happy New Year! 

My Wishes for 2011:

All the ailments for the pot people and their families go away

SFR and AJF Racing both get wins

"My" soccer girls get a sectional title

US women win World Cup

Someone other than Team Red wins an oval race

I write some more train articles

TBIL anytime.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

 

[AF53]

Jim - We can only hope!

Happy New Year!

Ray

[ChiefEagles]

Sun came out and turned real warm.  Got everything transferred to roll top except computer, printer and modem.  Can't or I will mess up digital phone per TWC.  They are coming tomorrow [yes tomorrow] from 1 to 3 to do the move.  Fine with me.

Victrola is cabinet type.  Records are probably worth as much as the Victrola.  Brought desk that handmade by Great-grandfather.  Has hand written and typed [surprised about typed] deeds dating before the War Of Northern Agression andsome right after.  Also letter from my Great-grandfather and his brother while stationed on the Outer Banks telling about the Yanks about to attack and etc.

Going out to dinner with Fred, wife, SIL, BIL and Wifey. 

Happy New Years. 

[blownout cylinder]

Have a HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!

[Brutus]

Big storm came through today with high winds, tornados, and hail.  No damage at my house, but saw some houses on the news that looked like they exploded!

Dad is doing great today - feels a lot better and no pain.  Char is doing well - made some of her favorite party foods for dinner.  I'll slow cook a roast tomorrow too.

Lost power while I was talking with RT.  Now I got smart and pulled the old UPS out of my computer desk in back and put it on the modem and router.  That's the way I had it set up for years and never had all these problems of losing connection.  This thing is pretty old though, I better check and see if they have replacement batteries for it or maybe replace it in the future some time.

Prayers for healing and safety and for all of us to have a Happy New Year!

Tardis is ready - let's hit the road!

PS - that's a heck of a find, Chief!  Those records are worth their weight in gold or more!

[cnw1995]

Beacon is on!

[sir james I]

50 today, snows gone.

HAPPY NEW YEAR Potters

S.J.

[Anonymous]

Chief,

            If you are going to use it, put a fresh needle in it.  I am paranoid about records and needles now after the research I did.  I usually change the needle in Talking Stations every 3-6 plays now just as a precaution.

Just got home from work, which was extremely busy this afternoon.  Still cranking out resumes hoping for a real job.  No real plans for tomorrow other than rebuilding the smoke unit in my 342AC and maybe replacing the gaskets in the 314AW.

Does anyone have any experience with Flip camcorders?  I just picked up a Flip UltraHD to use for videos instead of my Kodak M341 digital camera.

[8ntruck]

Thunderstorms before dawn this morning.  Turned out to be sunny and about 60 again today.  However, the temperature has been falling all day.  Feels like high 20's at the moment.

Happy New Year, all.

Chief - that sounds like an interesting find.  My aunt had a similar unit when I was in grade school.  Have no idea what happened to it though.

We spent the day in the kitchen making a whole bunch of snack foods, spreads, dips, and such.  Then we spent the evening watching TV and consuming the goodies - most of which are so good we can only have them once a year.  Plenty left over for tomorrow's bowl games.

All for now.

[anjdevil2]

 

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