Morning Cup Of Coffee And Weather

Ken & Peggy said:
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We did have a couple Mai tai's this time, and I have to say that most places failed to make what any of us thought was a decent one. In fact the least expensive was the clear winner.
I do remember liking The Abyss, but it's been so long ago I couldn't tell you what it was about. More suspenseful than horror as I recall...
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When it comes to alcohol, I honestly prefer home or campground and really don't have good comparisons. It's too hard to stay legal, and I want to avoid imperial entanglements at all costs. I also tend to drink whiskeys, wines, and the periodic beer far more than mixed drinks.

Life has taught me one thing recently. I've developed a penchant for "dives" -- places that are family owned. May not be as polished as St. Elmo's or Ruth's Chriss, -- but its honest, and I'll take that.

Abyss is definitely a psychological thriller, with a strong love story between an estranged husband and wife. The directors cut of the film is nearly 3 hours long (2:52) but the additional scenes are worth it! I seem to remember reading the same article that inspired the film.

The breathable liquid is a real thing; in fact, in the director's cut (maybe the theatrical, I can't recall), they put a mouse in the fluid and it was fine, it wasn't special effects. The scene was cut from some releases (UK) since it was considered animal cruelty.

I think I'm going to try to watch it this weekend...
 
Thanks! Great review! On the watchlist...
Been a big fan of skandyhoovian films for awhile.

There is not much else on NetFlix worth watching in the US since they went woke.

Amazon is just barely better, but is obviously cash cowing Prime as the feeder for paid for movies, or ad revenue from FreeTV, plus Primes new pay to remove our ads you bot Prime before to avoid...

I see a future in collectible movies on optical media...start stocking up on classics, like hard copy books...jeez Amazon has even screwed up the kindles...(grumpy grumble grumble...)

Sersly? What do the techies here think?
BluRay?
 
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Steve and Karen said:
In the same boat now. My 20 year old version of Photoshop is fast becoming incompatible with my OS upgrades to my 2012 Mac (the last upgradable and repairable iteration), so I am looking at a newer, better, way-cheaper, easier-to-use, non-subscription-based photo-editing software. "Affinity Photo" may be the answer. But I am waiting on getting my new 2024 Apple system fully up and running before I give it a test run.

The list of apps and programs, overall, that are a one-time purchase with convenient and inexpensive updates, is growing smaller each day. When you start needing subscriptions just to keep your car, and car software running, you know that we as a consumer society have crossed the Rubicon, and that we as individuals are just mere insignificant specks in the consumer-corporate landscape. I'll stop far short of calling it a Vast Global Conspiracy. But it sure feels like it.
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Concur. I've been telling myself I'll convert a perfectly good Thinkpad or Dell Latitude to Linux.
I'll probably give myself brain damage trying to keep three systems straight but am gettting tired of MS forcing improvements plus learning curve on us just so some Marketing Team can get their ISOs and bonus...all on something I bot and paid for long ago...for one low low monthly subscription, again!

Speaking of Apple- android is the devilspawn og the Evil Goolag, so that leaves apple...

So I've been testing my iphone/ipad foray into IoS landia for a few years and now I'm retired dont need MS Office...even on the iphone.

Just having to groom the Outlook app so it plays well with iphone contacts is a continuous gripe...
A pox on them all! NeoLuddism!

Grimble grumble...
Time to go camping!
 
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Kevin said:
Thanks! Great review! On the watchlist...
Been a big fan of skandyhoovian films for awhile.

There is not much else on NetFlix worth watching in the US since they went woke.

Amazon is just barely better, but is obviously cash cowing Prime as the feeder for paid for movies, or ad revenue from FreeTV, plus Primes new pay to remove our ads you bot Prime before to avoid...

I see a future in collectible movies on optical media...start stocking up on classics, like hard copy books...jeez Amazon has even screwed up the kindles...(grumpy grumble grumble...)

Sersly? What do the techies here think?
BluRay?
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Amen.
 
Kevin said:
Thanks! Great review! On the watchlist...
Been a big fan of skandyhoovian films for awhile.

There is not much else on NetFlix worth watching in the US since they went woke.

Amazon is just barely better, but is obviously cash cowing Prime as the feeder for paid for movies, or ad revenue from FreeTV, plus Primes new pay to remove our ads you bot Prime before to avoid...

I see a future in collectible movies on optical media...start stocking up on classics, like hard copy books...jeez Amazon has even screwed up the kindles...(grumpy grumble grumble...)

Sersly? What do the techies here think?
BluRay?
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Not sure its their politics that are why they have so few films, I think sony disney and paramount all starting their own streaming service probably has more to do with it.

BUT ever since cuties...I'll pass.

STILL the movie is one of the best, especially if you can get your hands on the directors cut - it adds considerable length to the film, but also some really amazing storyline additions...

If you can get it, the "making of" commentary is truly interesting -- the actors had a horrible time making this film. LONG days, chlorine burns, hours in dive suits...it was pretty remarkable it ever finished...
 
Kevin said:
Concur. I've been telling myself I'll convert a perfectly good Thinkpad or Dell Latitude to Linux.
I'll probably give myself brain damage trying to keep three systems straight but am gettting tired of MS forcing improvements plus learning curve on us just so some Marketing Team can get their ISOs and bonus...all on something I bot and paid for long ago...for one low low monthly subscription, again!

Speaking of Apple- android is the devilspawn og the Evil Goolag, so that leaves apple...

So I've been testing my iphone/ipad foray into IoS landia for a few years and now I'm retired dont need MS Office...even on the iphone.

Just having to groom the Outlook app so it plays well with iphone contacts is a continuous gripe...
A pox on them all! NeoLuddism!

Grimble grumble...
Time to go camping!
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Ubuntu isn't perfect, but its a decent distribution designed for windows converts...email, and browsing with Brave Browser is pretty seamless.....
 
70 degrees and I'm sittiing in my office, alternating to the bedroom. Fortunately at this point it is just extreme fatigue.

Yesterday we had to try a new restaurant for breakfast. They gave me food poisoning!!! I haven't felt this bad in probably 20 years, maybe more short of surgeries.

I called the health department to report it...hopefully whatever they did is not a regular occurrence though its 100% safe to say I am not going back there again!

I'm going to lie down again. 20 minutes was enough
 
Kevin said:
Thanks, Sweeney!
I'll give it a try.
Brave is my default browser too.
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You can download Unbuntu in a 'runable dvd/cd' -- it boots directly off removable media, where you can 'try before you buy' --- Some people area afraid of the technical nature of linux --- it sounds scary. It isn't its just different. Like moving from windows XP to Windows 11 only....just different, not harder.

If you can do this, you can easily handle Linux....

Try Ubuntu before you install it | Ubuntu

For what it is worth, if we can erase the past 36 hours, that would be great — except I think I did! I slept most of yesterday, got up at 5 and had a bowl of chicken soup (a childhood memory...What happened to the Flavor Egg in Mrs. Grass?!!), watched an episode of Better Off Ted, and went back at around 9. I awakened at 6:00 this morning. I feel 100% today except for a bit of dehydration. I hope whoever didn't was their hands get a case of fleas.
 
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No coffee for me this morning as I’m in the Madison VA Hospital for a day of testing. I was here last night and won’t go home till later tomorrow.
 
Temps have been in the teens and twenties at night and forties to sixties in the daytime. Right now it in the teens with a slight wind from the north. I’ve noticed whenever the wind is from the north it’s cold and when from the south it’s wet. When it blows from the east or west it’s stormy.
 
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Temps have been in the teens and twenties at night and forties to sixties in the daytime. Right now it in the teens with a slight wind from the north. I’ve noticed whenever the wind is from the north it’s cold and when from the south it’s wet. When it blows from the east or west it’s stormy.
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I was looking at weather around LaCrosse -- I was thinking of making a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine this week, and I'd probably stay somewhere near by. I was encouraged that the night times temps are just slightly above freezing...so 'regular' camping season is getting closer!

My Dad went to his eternal reward yesterday...March 8 at 9:50. It hasn't hit me yet. I'm still in a 'business as usual' mindset --- perhaps it because I need to still take care of mom....

Actually --- The first week of March has probably been one of the worst weeks of my life. On Sunday, I got food poisoning. I was 100% down for the count for nearly a total 24 hours, sleeping an additional 8-9 hours on Monday. Then, on Thursday my company told me officially that my position was being downsized. Then on Friday, my dad died. Put that to a guitar twang and you've got a country song. Now, its taking care of mom while she has to carry on.

I've known this was coming for a bit, hence the conversation about Route 66 elsewhere. This made official, which hit me harder than I thought it would. It took me about 5 minutes of my finger hovering over "send" to a farewell email I sent to my colleagues and friends.

The only upside is that I no longer have to 'work' until they formalize the separation which will happen in 2 months. At least I get that. What next? We'll will have to see.
 
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I was looking at weather around LaCrosse -- I was thinking of making a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine this week, and I'd probably stay somewhere near by. I was encouraged that the night times temps are just slightly above freezing...so 'regular' camping season is getting closer!

My Dad went to his eternal reward yesterday...March 8 at 9:50. It hasn't hit me yet. I'm still in a 'business as usual' mindset --- perhaps it because I need to still take care of mom....

Actually --- The first week of March has probably been one of the worst weeks of my life. On Sunday, I got food poisoning. I was 100% down for the count for nearly a total 24 hours, sleeping an additional 8-9 hours on Monday. Then, on Thursday my company told me officially that my position was being downsized. Then on Friday, my dad died. Put that to a guitar twang and you've got a country song. Now, its taking care of mom while she has to carry on.

I've known this was coming for a bit, hence the conversation about Route 66 elsewhere. This made official, which hit me harder than I thought it would. It took me about 5 minutes of my finger hovering over "send" to a farewell email I sent to my colleagues and friends.

The only upside is that I no longer have to 'work' until they formalize the separation which will happen in 2 months. At least I get that. What next? We'll will have to see.
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Sorry to hear what a tough week you've had... sometimes it seems like when it rains it pours. Hopefully the opposite will balance things out for you soon, and the sun will shine upon your path.
 
Sweeney said:
I was looking at weather around LaCrosse -- I was thinking of making a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine this week, and I'd probably stay somewhere near by. I was encouraged that the night times temps are just slightly above freezing...so 'regular' camping season is getting closer!

My Dad went to his eternal reward yesterday...March 8 at 9:50. It hasn't hit me yet. I'm still in a 'business as usual' mindset --- perhaps it because I need to still take care of mom....

Actually --- The first week of March has probably been one of the worst weeks of my life. On Sunday, I got food poisoning. I was 100% down for the count for nearly a total 24 hours, sleeping an additional 8-9 hours on Monday. Then, on Thursday my company told me officially that my position was being downsized. Then on Friday, my dad died. Put that to a guitar twang and you've got a country song. Now, its taking care of mom while she has to carry on.

I've known this was coming for a bit, hence the conversation about Route 66 elsewhere. This made official, which hit me harder than I thought it would. It took me about 5 minutes of my finger hovering over "send" to a farewell email I sent to my colleagues and friends.

The only upside is that I no longer have to 'work' until they formalize the separation which will happen in 2 months. At least I get that. What next? We'll will have to see.
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Our condolences on your dad's passing. Even when you know it's imminent, it seems we're never really ready. It's said that death is a part of life, and I know that's true, but it sure sounded like a cliche when my dad died, and I'd bet it sounds that way to you now, too. Sounds like a road trip is definitely in order. All the best.
 
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