The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004

[grayfox1119]

Good morning everyone, brrrr, 36F this morning with DP of 41F, stiff winds from the NW at 10-15mph, clear skies, some snow continues in uppermost New England in mountains.

BNSlarson: I have not been to NS ....yet! I have been all through Quebec, parts of Ontario, and all through New Brunswick. NS is a place we have on our agenda to visit, we will probably take the CAT out of Bar Harbor, Maine, drive aboard.
As for (EPI) you have the abreviation a little off, it is PEI, which stands for Prince Edward Island. Now they have a bridge to the island, so you can drive to PEI. A lovely little island set in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

JAMES: Cricket? Yes we have Crickets here in New England, they sing to us every night in the Summer......OHHHHHHHHH, you meant the GAME Crickets...sorry about that mate.....LOL

STEVE: WOW, you are really taking a hop across the pond!! Do you think this will be better for your health? The air should be really much cleaner. I winder where the LHS is in New Zealand?

RYAN: Frosty out there this morning? Now you know what northerners mean when they say, " the frost is on the pumpkins this morning"!!!

LISA: You certainly have had more than your share of sadness and problems, we continue to pray for you and your family Lisa, it will get better.

TRIVIA ? for all of the CS:

What was the 1st country to institute Daylight Savings Time?

A. Germany
B. France
C. England
D. USA
E. Equador

All those who answer correctly get a free lunch in the CS today.

And remember, we go back to standard time this coming Saturday night, FALL back in FALL.

AND>>>>> CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS !!!!!!!

See you guys at lunchtime, Mike, save the corner table please...

[NeO6874]

Morning all, I'll have that bacon & eggs platter, as well.

Morning  Gang: Just a short note. My puter at home is off line. Everyones internet is going to drop the dial up customers and give us to Peoples PC. This wasn't supposed to happen until mid Nov but I cna't get on line as of two days ago. I tried to call tec support but they had a message that said there would be more than a half hour wait. Well not on my dime. Anyway I'll be checking in here from work for awhile. Since I'm off thurs and fri I won't be back untill sat.

To all the new faces. It's always good to have new folks to talk to.

I've got to go and fix myself some breakfast, so you all take care.

If you can get it - now's probably the prime time to go with DSL or cable.  trust me, after a week or so (or until you go to a friend/family member's who still has dialup) you'll wonder how you ever got anything done without broadband...

Trivia - I say D

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Trivia: A

The idea of DST was first put into practice by the German government during World War I, between April 30, 1916 and October 1, 1916. Shortly afterward, the UK followed suit, first adopting it between May 21 and October 1, 1916.  On June 17, 1917,  Newfoundland became the first North American jurisdiction to adopt DST with the passing of the Daylight Saving Act of 1917. On March 19, 1918, the U.S. Congress established several time zones, which had been in use by railroads and most cities since 1883 and made DST official, effective March 3.

Stuff like that was standard learning when I was in school.

[NeO6874]

I was thinking that DST was imposed by the railroads at or around the turn of the century....oh well...no free lunch at the CS for me today...

[ModelTrainLover]

Good morning and thank you all for your sympathy and prayers please pray for my sister in law, Mary, she's handling this very badly, I think partly because she's battling her own cancer (*** cancer) and I think she's afraid for herself as well as grieving her mother. My husband is coping well with the death. He has an appointment Nov. 15 to find out about his test results. I don't think it could be to serious or they would have insisted on him coming in earlier ( I hope anyway). I should be back talking trains as soon as things calm down but until then I'll still be checking in.

OH PLEASE NO MORE PLEASE I BEG OF YOU!!!!!!!
try not to dewle no the past for too long I really do do well with post like these.

I gess I'll have to keep the humor rolling.

and the triva answer is D. USA with Benfranklin

anyone need a "pick me up"?

WARNING:

The conductor aboard this train is a

MEAN OL' B#stard

[jeffrey-wimberly]

and the triva answer is D. USA with Benfranklin

You better check your history. I think you'll find you're wrong. He proposed it.

[Paul W. Beverung]

I'd like to get ether DSL or cable but they are not available in the sticks. Also the price is more than I'd feel comfortable with right now. PeoplePC is suposed to have a faster speed system but when I talked to the phone repair man a couple of weeks ago he said that there was a "chock" in the line and he was supprised that I was getting what I was 26.4kps to 28.8kps.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

One of my forum members with dial-up gets faster than that, on the order of 46 kbps

[SilverSpike]

Lunch Time!

Today's lunch specials are:

Hamburger Steak with Gravy with Smothered French Fries and Toast

Chicken Fried Steak with Mashed Potatoes and Cream Gravy

Dig in!

 

[inch53]

You know you are too old to Trick or Treat when:

10. You get winded from knocking on the door.
9.  You have to have someone else 
     chew the candy for you.

8.  You ask for high fiber candy 
only.

7.  When someone drops a candy 
     bar in your bag, you lose your 
     balance and fall over.
6.  People say: "Great Boris Karloff Mask," 
     and you're not wearing a mask.
5.  When the door opens you yell, "Trick 
     or ."  and can't remember the rest.

4.  By the end of the night, you have 
     a bag full of restraining orders.
3.  You have to carefully choose a 
     costume that won't dislodge your 
     hairpiece.
2.  You're the only Power Ranger in 
     the neighborhood with a walker.

And the number one reason Seniors
should not go Trick Or Treating...

1.  You keep having to go home to pee.

No matter, have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN
anyway.

.

[SilverSpike]

You know you are too old to Trick or Treat when:

10. You get winded from knocking on the door.
9.  You have to have someone else 
     chew the candy for you.

8.  You ask for high fiber candy 
only.

7.  When someone drops a candy 
     bar in your bag, you lose your 
     balance and fall over.
6.  People say: "Great Boris Karloff Mask," 
     and you're not wearing a mask.
5.  When the door opens you yell, "Trick 
     or ."  and can't remember the rest.

4.  By the end of the night, you have 
     a bag full of restraining orders.
3.  You have to carefully choose a 
     costume that won't dislodge your 
     hairpiece.
2.  You're the only Power Ranger in 
     the neighborhood with a walker.

And the number one reason Seniors
should not go Trick Or Treating...

1.  You keep having to go home to pee.

No matter, have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN
anyway.

.

I resemble that remark...

BTW, Halloween is my BD!

[Paul W. Beverung]

Well it looks like I'm buying. Have at it gang. I'm having the chicken strips with fries and gravey and some BBQ sauce.

When I talked to the phone guy he said that there was a chock in the line near me that should have cut down the speed. I don't know what that is but he was surprised that I was getting the speed that I was. I have a neighbor who has a high sped set up buy a dish and a tower near here. He gets pretty good speeds but pays for it. He usesthe puter for his business so it's deducable. What I need to do is contact some of the neighbors and find out what they have. Most of them are much better off than we are so whatever they us may be out of our price range. I'd rather use the money for trains.

[pcarrell]

You tryin' to tell us something Mike?

[inch53]

BTW, Halloween is my BD!

Now thats a very scarry thought

inch

[jeffrey-wimberly]

10. You get winded from knocking on the door.
7.  When someone drops a candy 
     bar in your bag, you lose your 
     balance and fall over.
6.  People say: "Great Boris Karloff Mask," 
     and you're not wearing a mask.
5.  When the door opens you yell, "Trick 
     or ."  and can't remember the rest.

Those would apply to me.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Check this out.

Left to right: Bachmann GP50, Bachmann GP40, P2K GP30

[pcarrell]

BTW, Halloween is my BD!

Now thats a very scarry thought

inch

My in-laws anniversary is halloween.  Whats that all about?

[jeffrey-wimberly]

That would be an easy anniversary date to remember.

[inch53]

My in-laws anniversary is halloween.  Whats that all about?

Me and the wife tried to get married on the 13'th, so our anniverary would fall on Fri. the 13'th some day.
Couldn't find a preacher to do it, so it's the 14'th instead.

inch

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Guess they didn't think there would be much luck in a marriage performed on the 13th, eh?

[SilverSpike]

BTW, Halloween is my BD!

Now thats a very scarry thought

inch

Wait til you see me in person!

That's me on the fateful evening....

Until I turned 11 I thought Halloween was always just for my BD!

[SilverSpike]

BTW, Halloween is my BD!

Now thats a very scarry thought

inch

My in-laws anniversary is halloween.  Whats that all about?

Good question!

How about this one. My sister was born exactly a year and a day after me on November 1st.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

BTW, Halloween is my BD!

Now thats a very scarry thought

inch

My in-laws anniversary is halloween.  Whats that all about?

Good question!

How about this one. My sister was born exactly a year and a day after me on November 1st.

How the world turns.

My younger sister was born exactly 2 years, 1 day after I was. I was born 7/7/60 and she was born 7/8/62 exactly 2 years, 1 day.

[grayfox1119]

Good afternoon gents, I see that Jeff paid attention in History class, or, he looked it up on the enet, either way, Jeff did a great job of answering correctly AND, giving an excellent background history lesson as well. "A" is CORRECT !!!!

And, now for your Spanish lesson for today, see how you would have answered this question posed to the Spanish class recently:

This is hilarious, Which do you think won???? Male
> Female
>
> So true
>
> A Spanish teacher
>
> was explaining to her class
>
> that in Spanish, unlike English,
>
> nouns are designated as either
>
> masculine or feminine.
> "House" for instance, is feminine:
>
> "la casa." "Pencil,"however, is masculine: "el
> lapiz."
> A student asked,
>
> "What gender is 'computer'?"
> Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the
> class into two
> groups, male and female, and asked them to decide
> for themselves whether
> "computer"should be a masculine or a feminine noun.
> Each group was asked
> to give four reasons for its recommendation.
> The men's group decided that"computer" should
> definitely be of the
> feminine gender ("la computadora"), because:
>
> 1. No one but their creator understands their
> internal logic;
> 2. The native language they use to communicate with
> other computers is
> incomprehensible to everyone else;
>
> 3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long
> term memory for
> possible later retrieval; and
> 4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find
> yourself spending
> half your paycheck on accessories for it.
>
> (THIS? GETS ?BETTER!)
>
> The women's group, however, concluded that computers
> should be Masculine
> ("el computador"), because:
>
> 1. In order to do anything with them, you have to
> turn them on;
>
> 2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for
> themselves;
> 3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but
> half the time they
> ARE the problem; and
>
> 4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if
> you had waited a
> little longer, you could have gotten a better model.



And the winner is: (see below)





> The women won.
>
>

[SilverSpike]

How about that Jeff!

I was born Oct. 31, 1961, and my sister was born Nov. 1, 1962.

 

Dick, thanks for today's history lessons. Now I know why my computer acts up so much!

[grayfox1119]

RYAN: Thta is good planning by your parents. SEEEEEEEEEE, they know how to keep a schedule!!! LOL heehehehehehhehehhehe!!\\BTW, my #3 grandson's birthday? Oct 31st.

This is getting spooky!!!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good spanish lesson. I sent that to my mother. It'll leave her in stitches.

[SOU Fan]

A kid on my hockey team's Birthday is the 31st.

 

-dekruif

[Paul W. Beverung]

I was born in 1942, on a Friday the 13th of November. Maybe that explans something about me, or not.

I guess I'll see you guys Saturday morning. Have fun until then.

Duke, thanks for taking over the duties for me. I'll have a cup of coffee and a sugar free apple pie before I head for home.

[SilverSpike]

RYAN: Thta is good planning by your parents. SEEEEEEEEEE, they know how to keep a schedule!!! LOL heehehehehehhehehhehe!!\\BTW, my #3 grandson's birthday? Oct 31st. This is getting spooky!!!

You are so right, spooky!

Too bad their planning did not rub off on me, eh! LOL