Jim's Cafe July 10, 2021

[dandelions]

I saw the tag much earlier but timing was not good today plus I'm still going heavy with the brain clutter which made responding difficult. and I don't have the best of reasons for being awake now at 2:47am - an apartment that just won't cool down, a tasty mexican dinner causing excessive stomach clutter and which must been salted so much or msg-ed that now after drinking a gallon of water I'm feeding much like a water balloon - but thanks for the tag @Lane. now let's see what I can do with the Qs. oh yeah, forgot, there was also the smell of a plastic fire in the air so I walked around our building to see if anything was burning up.

Qs...
1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail? porter or stout.

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town? love the park here and all its wild life. hate that periodically someone sets fires there lately.

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them? I have always been sort of a low speed rocket with direction - just to get to the other end of life. that didn't work. I discovered that happiness is supposed to be a part of the process also. so my goal now is to get some of the happiness if I can find enough of the remaining puzzle pieces and put them together to find the solution.

4) How long could you go without your phone? take it away... let's see!!! or, take it away... I dare you!!! What are some of your favorite apps? #1, my APPitite for food.

5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it? CNN TV breaking news which generally is regurgitated old news.

6) What skill are you good at?this is a difficult question for as self deprecating a person as I to answer. What skill(s) do you want to learn? self approval.

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk? she can talk! she's a cat after all. she always says "this food is disgusting!!! gimme that can... wait.... no.... I want dry... no!!! this dry is disgusting"

🤮still generally feeling over salted inside but happy I made it to the café Lane. hoping everyone's enjoying the café. thanks again Lane ☀️☀️☀️

 

[MosesY]

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn? I have great creative skills - I'm a dreamer but I struggle to put my ideas into reality. I want to learn more woodworking skills.

If you would have any questions or want book recommendations, whatever, message me. I have been working with wood both professionally and as a hobby for a long time. There are many different forms of woodworking you can get into as a hobby; cabinet building or using hand tools only or woodturning, etc.

 

[Witty_Sarcasm]

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail?
Iced tea

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town?
It's quiet and peaceful. Downside is everyone knows your business.

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them?
Not too much, I mean I've always wanted a family and to be reasonably happy.

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps?
I could probably go without the phone longer than the computer. I like all the game apps I play on there.

5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it?
Not often because it's usually negative. But I will see it online or hear it from others.

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn?
I'm good at writing and drawing. I want to learn some instruments.

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk?
I wish I had a pet and we could talk back and forth. haha

 

[Astrid78]

Hi @Lane thanks for the tag!
4. I could go without my phone forever. I dont really use it.
7. My pets would just ask for more food.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!

 

[MosesY]

Thank you so much for opening the cafe and inviting me @Lane
How about some questions and coffee and breakfast for you fine folks?

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail?
Two weeks ago it was Black Velvet and Coors Light. I am 14 days alcohol free today. I am drinking coffee right now, later it will be Dr Pepper Cream Soda or vinegar water (take a pitcher and mix vinegar, water, and sugar to taste.) Add lots of ice.

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town?
There are so many drug related shooting here in the city I live in, there are two or three every week. Also the environment is toxic if you let it be, strip joints, porn shops, etc. This is the largest city in a three county area and people come from miles around for drugs and prostitutes, so many young ladies hooked on crack or whatever and will do anything. I love the city though, I love the access to restaurants and grocery stores, health care, there is a very large beautiful park just up the road from me, they spent a bunch of money the last few years and remodeled the downtown streets and sidewalks. It's beautiful now.

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them?
A friend of mine offered to send me one of his custom Coleman lanterns if I stayed away from alcohol until August 18 (I collect Coleman lanterns). The deal we made was if I ever start again I have to send it back. You better believe that is a goal for me, no alcohol.

Right now I am setting goals for myself and came up with three different 5 year plans I could choose, I have to narrow it down to one.

1) Gradually begin drinking again, end up spending all of my money on alcohol, cam girls, and crack, get evicted and then live under the LaSalle Street bridge.

2) Move out to Colorado where the hunting and fishing are great.

3) Stay here and concentrate on improving the relationships with my higher power and my friends and family, save up $1000 for an emergency fund, pay off all my debt, and buy a good used car (my car has 220,000 miles on it now)

You can vote for one of those goals for me if you want to.

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps?
I use my phone for a lot of stuff, I can't do without it for more than a day. The AA "Meeting Guide" app is great. The app I use the most is Listonic, I have my grocery list on it and a list for every day of the week. The only thing I don't like about it is I can't put the stuff in the order in which I want to do them.





5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it?
I don't watch the news at all. If there is something important going on the people at work will be talking about it the next day and I can google it. Every newspaper, every TV station, every magazine, every website, has their own bias.

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn?
I am pretty good at woodworking. Right now there is no other skill I want to learn.

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk?

 

[Lane]

Thank you so much for opening the cafe and inviting me @Lane
How about some questions and coffee and breakfast for you fine folks?

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail?
Two weeks ago it was Black Velvet and Coors Light. I am 14 days alcohol free today. I am drinking coffee right now, later it will be Dr Pepper Cream Soda or vinegar water (take a pitcher and mix vinegar, water, and sugar to taste.) Add lots of ice.

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town?
There are so many drug related shooting here in the city I live in, there are two or three every week. Also the environment is toxic if you let it be, strip joints, porn shops, etc. This is the largest city in a three county area and people come from miles around for drugs and prostitutes, so many young ladies hooked on crack or whatever and will do anything. I love the city though, I love the access to restaurants and grocery stores, health care, there is a very large beautiful park just up the road from me, they spent a bunch of money the last few years and remodeled the downtown streets and sidewalks. It's beautiful now.

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them?
A friend of mine offered to send me one of his custom Coleman lanterns if I stayed away from alcohol until August 18 (I collect Coleman lanterns). The deal we made was if I ever start again I have to send it back. You better believe that is a goal for me, no alcohol.

Right now I am setting goals for myself and came up with three different 5 year plans I could choose, I have to narrow it down to one.

1) Gradually begin drinking again, end up spending all of my money on alcohol, cam girls, and crack, get evicted and then live under the LaSalle Street bridge.

2) Move out to Colorado where the hunting and fishing are great.

3) Stay here and concentrate on improving the relationships with my higher power and my friends and family, save up $1000 for an emergency fund, pay off all my debt, and buy a good used car (my car has 220,000 miles on it now)

You can vote for one of those goals for me if you want to.

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps?
I use my phone for a lot of stuff, I can't do without it for more than a day. The AA "Meeting Guide" app is great. The app I use the most is Listonic, I have my grocery list on it and a list for every day of the week. The only thing I don't like about it is I can't put the stuff in the order in which I want to do them.

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5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it?
I don't watch the news at all. If there is something important going on the people at work will be talking about it the next day and I can google it. Every newspaper, every TV station, every magazine, every website, has their own bias.

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn?
I am pretty good at woodworking. Right now there is no other skill I want to learn.

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk?

I vote for #3. It's more immediate. Then if you still want to down the line you can go to Colorado, or go on vaca. Also congratulations on being alcohol free for 14 days! You got this.

 

[Sunspots]

I am 14 days alcohol free today

That's awesome! That must be really tough so super well done for sticking to it

I'm with @Lane, I'd go for option 3. It'll be easier to improve relationships with friends and family if you're still local. And you'd need a bit of money behind you to move to Colorado if you still want to go.

 

[Dinolaur]

Thanks for the tag @Lane and sorry for the late reply

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail? I love a cocktail but don’t like pina colada lol

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town? The fact that it’s not a great area! So many issues with teens and young adults. All causing issues, last year there was a group of people walking around with a machete 😶

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them? Yes I think so. When I was younger I wanted a career in photography but when I turned 20 I had given up on that dream because it was super difficult to get into and I was pregnant

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps? Eeep I wouldn’t say more than an hour 🤦‍♀️ I like to play games like “bingo blitz” “Gardenscapes” and something called “project makeover” lol they keep me occupied when my mind isn’t in a good place. Also the standard Facebook and Instagram

5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it? No, I rarely watch the news it’s far too depressing. I don’t know if you get the channel in any other parts of the world but the news is on a standard tv programme called BBC or you get ITV so there’s bbc news or itv news and then the bigger ones like Sky News lol

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn? I am good at taking photos (I think) I have an Instagram for it I used to be really good at colouring hair and if I do say so myself I’m good at cooking and baking but I cannot decorate a cake to save my life! So I guess I’d like to learn to decorate them, if I had the patience lol I mean I’m not terrible but they’re not sell worthy lol I’ll post a few pictures here

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk? I have 2 cats Pippa and Mavis Pippa is quite clingy so I think she’d just ultimately demand to sit on your lap! Mavis is abit hit and miss she loves a stroke on the face but doesn’t like to be picked up and cuddles are on her terms lol so I’m not sure what she’d say

 

[Kiwi2016]

A day late...but thanks for opening and the tag @Lane

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail?
Strawberry Margaritas

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town?
Most- I guess that the necessities are fairly accessible....and views of the surrounding mountains. Least-not on the ocean

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them?
Yes...career wise not by choice and realizing as well that I have lost sight of goals for myself as seem to have settled into a rut of routine of existence so something that keep trying to address/think about but without much luck so far

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps?
I could be fine without my phone for a bit of time as just use it for messaging a few friends and surfing FB (I'm a lurker as they say)

5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it?
My husband being from DC is a political junkie so we watch the news (CNN. MSNB) and I check out BBC.

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn?
I don't really think I have any of note...when retire...would love to learn to play the classical guitar or the Native American flute

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk?
I want more carrots...I wish there was a place I could run around like crazy-dog....

Hoping all are having a good relaxing weekend...

 

[A_J_R]

Thank you for tagging me! I haven't done one of these in a while!

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail?
I guess mojitos? I don't drink too much right now, but when I do it's usually something simple like a gin and tonic. Mojitos are really refreshing though!

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town?
I live in a really pretty town that is actually full of good people. I don't have many friends, but do have several acquaintances and I have to say, people are genuine and kind, and that's really nice.

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them?
Good question! I'm not sure. I think my main goal right now is to just get from one day to the next. But I have never thought long term. Other than that... I don't have much else on my plate that I would call a goal.

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps?
I am an online person, and most of my good friends are in different states. It's where I make connections. So, I need it, but I would say I don't live on it, although I rely on it heavily.

I am big on social media. I have fun posting photos, etc. So, just those apps. I also have some fun apps that create workouts for me on the days I exercise at home.

5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it?
No, I do not watch the news. I get it from people online, then I usually back into anything interesting by looking at different articles. I will say my dad taught me to look at all sides of a situation if I can, so when you want to get information, it can be really time consuming, because everything these days has a bias. So I try not to get too hooked on a website or news program as my sole source of information. Because of that, I probably tune out a lot of things. I just don't have the time.

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn?
I'm a decent writer (non-fiction), because I'm good at research. I think I'd like to learn to be a better cook. I constantly set off the smoke detector in my house! :/

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk?
Feed me!

 

[MisterBGone]

Thanks Lane! Is it Saturday already? . . ; )
1.)Tang/or Kool-Aid...
Questions obitted--> :^)_.
7.) Save. Your. Tears, for 'Ajnother_Day^~*' : D

 

[Javier]

Thank you for the tag, @Lane. I didn't know piña colada day existed, but I have been drinking a lot of piña colada recently, so I guess I have been celebrating it without even knowing jaja.

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail?
I really like cuba libre, I drink it all the year, actually.

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town?
I like how close it is to nature, but I don't like the weather, almost every day is cloudy and you can't see the sun.

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them?
well, now I don't have any goals, so I guess it has.

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps?
I could go weeks without the phone, I really don't have anyone else to talk to, besides of people here in SF, so I think I wouldn't miss it too much. My favorite app must be Spotify.

5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it?
Yes, I watch them on the TV, but honestly, they are a joke.

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn?
I wouldn't say I am great at it, but I am at least decent at writing, I think. I would like to learn to play several music instruments

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk?
I think he's words would be "just feed me, limit yourself to that"

 

[Dante]

Good morning/afternoon SF friends. Hope you're all doing fine. It's National Pina Colada Day and National Kitten Day. I know so many of you are animal lovers so I though I'd give that a mention.😻

How about some questions and coffee and breakfast for you fine folks?

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail?

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town?

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them?

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps?

5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it?

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn?

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk?

1) Something light, if its alcohol, a nice refreshing Cider, if its not, then perhaps sprite or just water.

2) My City is London, its got everything, it is a cultural hub, but.... its bloody impossible to buy a home ANYWHERE NEAR it.

3) Completely.
Very young: I want to grow up to be a starship captain
Young: I will grow up to be SUPER rich and important
Teenage: Successful and left alone
Early 20s: Happy
Late 20s: Financially secure & useful
30s: Financially secure, happy, family.

4) Not too long, my favourite apps used to be games, but now its internet, news apps, reddit and whatsapp.

5) I dont watch it, but I get it on my phone, from Reddit (people mocking current events) and friends.

6) Im OK at many things, I am great at very few, but I would like to be great at Piano. (though I havent started learning yet)

7) "BUY ME ALREADY!" (I dont have a pet)

 

[KM76710]

1) What's your favorite summer drink or cocktail?

Ice water with a bit of lemon for flavor.

2) What do you like most and least about your city/town?

Same answer for most and least...small community where everybody seems to know most of what is going on and what everybody is up to. They can be either helpful or prying either way. Always someone to lend a hand but at the same time believe you owe it to them to share everything.

3) Have your goals changed since you've gotten older? What are some if them?

Not so much change for myself, continue one day at a time.

4) How long could you go without your phone? What are some of your favorite apps?

A long time. Both landline and Trakphone flip phone get rare use. The only exception is calls to work that are working from home related.

5) Do you watch the news? How do you get it?

Not on TV I am more likely to see what it is on the internet and disregard so much of it because I can recognize agenda in much of it.

6) What skill are you good at? What skill(s) do you want to learn?

Pretty good woodworking and carpentry for myself. Other than the expense since it is considerable I would love to learn to fly.

7) What would your pet say to you if he/she could talk?

I can imagine my cat saying to me: "I am a cat that lives with a jackass.". LOL

 

[ClassicsFan]

I'm still here! I just haven’t posted in a really long time, but I'll try to post more often.

 

[Baywasp]

I'm still here! I just haven’t posted in a really long time, but I'll try to post more often.

Good to see you here!

 

[Lane]

I'm still here! I just haven’t posted in a really long time, but I'll try to post more often.

Hi @ClassicsFan how've you been?

 

[ClassicsFan]

Hi @ClassicsFan how've you been?

Hi @Lane. I've been well.

 

[ClassicsFan]

Good to see you here!

Thank you!