Jim's Cafe - Oct.22-24

[dandelions]

@JMG yikes! I think I've heard it said, "so many questions. so little time". I'm happy you invited/tagged me. Thanks much. Now about answering, as could be expected, I'm in a rush now so I'll give it a shot hopefully around 10 am my time at work. See you later. Hope everyone's past three days were good or better. Thanks again JMG.

 

[dandelions]

@JMG ok now I'll try these qs.

1. Have you ever opened/started a cafe topic here before?

Yes, I've started a few


2. What do you think are the best kinds of cafe themes? (ie. ones that have questions, ones that have an actual particular thing to talk about like animals, etc.)

I think I like themes better than questions. I remember there were a few cafés that had such difficult questions that this brain just could not handle. I felt a little bad about that. In general though, I love the questions. I also love just sitting by the window that lets in all that sunlight. I also have a special attraction to unintentionally dual cafés or wrong date cafés.


3. What kinds of questions do you most enjoy answering?

Questions where a little personality slips out by the asker and the answerer.


4. How was your day today? In my case that would be yesterday which wasn't so good. Today's being much better - so far.


5. Anything else you want to talk about? Post it here if you want

I love music from all over the planet.

thanks @JMG

 

[Bbear82]

1. Have you ever opened/started a cafe topic here before?
yes I have.
2. What do you think are the best kinds of cafe themes? (ie. ones that have questions, ones that have an actual particular thing to talk about like animals, etc.)
I tend to like the questions it helps for me to get to know others which is something I need to work on.
3. What kinds of questions do you most enjoy answering?
I enjoy answering questions that tells someone about you to get to know others and maybe even myself more. may have a question ive never thought about of myself so learn something new about self
4. How was your day today?
today is just starting but it was hell yesterday
5. Anything else you want to talk about? Post it here if you want
yes thanks @JMG for opening the café. and thanks to all the wonderful SF people that help support each other on a daily basis

 

[Charliex8]

Just read your post @Charliex8 (read yours too @bag_of_struggles , ty for replying I enjoyed reading your replies!) and just wanted to reply about what you said about it being scary to open a cafe. I felt that way about it for the longest time as well but then I posted in one of them that I felt that way about it and a kind member here was very reassuring and said don't worry if people like the theme or q's or w/e cos the main point of it is just a place for people to come & socialize and to get them talking.

The first time I ever opened one I was quite freaked out that either no one was gonna reply or that the q's I asked would be criticized or not answered (was mainly worried about my own reaction if that happened cos I knew I'd be mad & I can be kind of unpredictable when I'm mad which I do not like at all) but I worried for nothing thankfully cos I DID get replies, positive feedback and was very grateful for all of that. Now I actually find it fun to open them and if I were to post one that only got 1 or 2 replies I'd be ok now I think cos I've had good experiences with posting them overall.

Also if you have a hard time coming up with a theme then no need to worry about that either cos there's been some cafe's where the person who opened it couldn't think of a theme so they've said feel free to post a theme GL & if you ever do post a cafe please know that I will support it by at least replying ((( hugs )))

PS- Oops also meant to say so sorry to hear about your dog & that you are sick too that sounds very challenging to deal with. I wouldn't blame yourself for what is happening with your dog though, that kind of stuff can easily happen anyway & also I'm sure you did the best you could to take care of him. I wish you lots of luck with him recovering after and also with your own recovery from the cold. If you ever want to talk by PM on here please feel free to send me a message, otherwise see you around

Thank you! Ah! You've given me so much more confidence now! That was really encouraging to hear ^_^ Still not sure I'm quite brave enough to open a cafe quite yet....but I feel like it's something I'd really like to try in the future Thank you!

 

[Livelife]

1) never have opened, afraid to....
2) I like all themes and topics, seeing who everyone is and what interests them with their topic choices
3) I like easy to answer questions
4) today was full, had medical monitoring equipment removed from 3 days of testing at home so I am feeling quite freed.. got to shower after 2 days . and run around in the cold with the dogs and errands...got to do some yoga and plant pansies.. I'm done.
5) going to go drink some fresh sage tea I just made and try and watch part of the Astros game since it's my home team......have a feeling there's not a hope in heck that they are going to pull out of their losing streak.

 

[Lane]

1. Have you ever opened/started a cafe topic here before? Nope! Too scary! I think about it when I notice the cafe isn't open but I always chicken out lol

2. What do you think are the best kinds of cafe themes? (ie. ones that have questions, ones that have an actual particular thing to talk about like animals, etc.) I like the variety of themes we get but I tend to find it easier to pop in when we have questions to answer

3. What kinds of questions do you most enjoy answering? I prefer questions about my favorites and things I enjoy. I struggle with questions asking my opinion on things. Always get scared I'll say something wrong! Philosophical questions are hard too.

4. How was your day today? Not great My dog has cancer in his lymph nodes. Went in for some tests today and now he's feeling sorry for himself, my poor boy. He's going to be starting chemotherapy next week but it's very unlikely he'll get better *blub Just sad that it's probably going to cut his time with us short....and feeling guilty for not looking after him as well as I could be because of stupid anxiety and depression. Also I have a cold and it's really triggering my emetophobia. Just a crumby day

5. Anything else you want to talk about? Post it here if you want Nah, pretty sure that's enough socialising for one day lol

Sorry to hear about your dog @Charliex8. I bet he knows you love him even though you struggle with depression. You give him a good home. 🐕

 

[Charliex8]

Sorry to hear about your dog @Charliex8. I bet he knows you love him even though you struggle with depression. You give him a good home. 🐕

Thank you x

 

[dandelions]

How was your day today? Not great My dog has cancer in his lymph nodes. Went in for some tests today and now he's feeling sorry for himself, my poor boy. He's going to be starting chemotherapy next week but it's very unlikely he'll get better

hey sorry to hear about your dog. our cat just had a cancerous growth removed. he’s on mushroom pills now for the rest of his life, which are supposed to prevent cancer returning. he has a new bump in the same location but the doctor thinks its a reaction to a dissolving stich that was left inside. we keep hoping for the best. wishing you and your doggie the best too.

 

[JMG]

Aw ysw @Charliex8 I'm so delighted that you feel more confident about maybe opening a cafe sometime soon after I said what I did No prob. about the info @LostGirl22 I was confused about the tags for awhile also lol. & to everyone else who replied here tysm again it was a lot of fun reading everyone's answers!

 

[Charliex8]

hey sorry to hear about your dog. our cat just had a cancerous growth removed. he’s on mushroom pills now for the rest of his life, which are supposed to prevent cancer returning. he has a new bump in the same location but the doctor thinks its a reaction to a dissolving stich that was left inside. we keep hoping for the best. wishing you and your doggie the best too.

So glad to hear your cat's cancer seems to be under control. I really hope the new bump is nothing to worry about and the pills are able to stop it coming back Thank you from me and my doggo s*

 

[Walker]

Hellooooooo? Man we need to open a Cafe! sheesh

 

[Walker]

I think the reason they don't always work is if there's more than 5 in a post then the rest don't give notifications to people

The thing about tags is that after 10 tags they start to get wonky and people start to lose them. You can tag more people - but not everyone will get them and there's no way to tell which people will - or won't receive it.