The 42nd TPBM "Support Your Local Coffee Baker" Random Chat

Got a real shock recently......


BIL is in England again, and asked us to ship some meds to him. They have to be kept refrigerated, so we packed them in a Styrofoam box with some cold packs, and shipped them FedEx O'night.

The package weighted about 4.5 lbs., and cost $108 to ship.

I'm realizing too late, I was in the wrong business.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #11685569
OoooOOooOOOo.... sweater weather.

Rapidly approaching sweat weather.

short5 wrote in post #11684258

TPBM ain't movin' for nothin'

LOL!! Love this shot!

and Chief, you could have red-eye, last class, flown it to him for that.

Permagrin wrote in post #11685590
LOL!! Love this shot!

Me, too.


It really captures the unbridled glee of being a puppy. I wish I was a puppy (again).

Paula Deen is in town to open a new restaurant. I think it is called "Livin' Lard".

Belmondo wrote in post #11685582
Got a real shock recently......


BIL is in England again, and asked us to ship some meds to him. They have to be kept refrigerated, so we packed them in a Styrofoam box with some cold packs, and shipped them FedEx O'night.

The package weighted about 4.5 lbs., and cost $108 to ship.

I'm realizing too late, I was in the wrong business.

You are so right Tom, get out of the drug dealing business as soon as you can. I watched an episode of "America's Toughest Prisons" last night and you would not last five minutes.

I have had another bust week this week, but sitting in one of my offices today I took a couple of iPhone snaps so you could all feel sorry for me ....

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THIS is posted in the show us your dog thread, I love it

monkeygirl wrote in post #11683128
Nice present Omar. Have a great Birthday

misspix wrote in post #11683143
Very nice, Omar, happy birthday!

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #11683230
Nice! Lisa has that lens. She really likes it.

poppie guy wrote in post #11683264
Nice, I'm jealous!

thomascanty wrote in post #11683697
Happy Birthday, Omar!

short5 wrote in post #11683794
Happy Birthday Omar!

Becky N wrote in post #11684263
Nice and HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #11684638
Happy Birthday Omar
That is a great lens (and girlfriend too).

Harm wrote in post #11684646
Happy Birthday, Omar!

mtnphtgrphr wrote in post #11684660
Happy Birthday Omar!!

Belmondo wrote in post #11685040
Happy Birthday, Omar. Do something fun today.....mess up your office and take a picture of it with that great new lens!!

My dad's birthday also would fall right about now, but for some reason, I could never remember if it was Jan. 21 or 22. I decided to look him up on the internet, and found a genealogy site that listed him. He was born on Jan 22, and would have been 108 this year. (He made it to 98, and that ain't bad).

Anyway, They also show my mother, but with the wrong name. She grew up believing her name was Jessie Ruth, and that's what the genealogy chart showed. When she applied for a copy of her birth certificate, it turns out her real name was Ruth Lenore. Apparently her parents named her Ruth Lenore when she was born, but sometime after that, decided they liked Jessie Ruth better, and they just changed it without doing it officially. Either way, she grew up as Ruth, so it never mattered much.

I found another genealogy chart that mentions my mother, father, brother and sister, but not me. Hmmmmmm. Maybe I'm just a figment of my own imagination.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone! Mayra had known for a while that i wanted to purchase this lens but havent gotten around to doing so. Great present

I have the day off and have just been relaxing with Mayra. I still dont know what the plans are since she is running the show. What i do know is that we are going to the movies for a 2pm showing. Then who knows after that

Chief thats an interesting story. i mix up my fathers and sisters birthday all the time. One is 7/6 and the other 7/9. I never know which is which Interesting story tracing your family. I doubt it could be done my end though. Dominican Republic is the worst at keeping accurate records. Just refer to the age scandals in major league baseball with players from the country

neil_r wrote in post #11685847
I have had another bust week this week, but sitting in one of my offices today I took a couple of iPhone snaps so you could all feel sorry for me ....

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Neil i like the look of your office. Are you in production of sorts? or Stock management (since i also see many double monitor setups)

vipergts831 wrote in post #11686092
Neil i like the look of your office. Are you in production of sorts? or Stock management (since i also see many double monitor setups)

Neither, we do stuff

neil_r wrote in post #11686137
Neither, we do stuff

Very subtle Mr. Bond!

vipergts831 wrote in post #11686092
Neil i like the look of your office. Are you in production of sorts? or Stock management (since i also see many double monitor setups)

All of the computers in the office where I work have three monitors.

monkeygirl wrote in post #11683263
Pretty Rose Alyssa

poppie guy wrote in post #11683264
Hi PQ, pretty flower.... nice to see you.

Permagrin wrote in post #11683373
Nice flower Alyssa. I will check out your new gallery

short5 wrote in post #11683806
Pretty shots and congrats on the smuggy account.

misspix wrote in post #11684999
Pretty flower, PQ! Congrats on the Smuggy.

Thanks everyone! A friend from college just bought it (smuggy account) out of the blue, totally surprised me!

Skrim17 wrote in post #11685171
speaking of being a figment of your own imagination...Eli woke up this morning and rushed out to hug me and announces "I really do exist" while patting his chest. His friend Doris told him at school yesterday she placed a magic spell that will have no boys existing on January 21st. I love my kid, but he is captain gullible and while he said 'I knew it wasn't really going to happen', he also didn't go to sleep until after 12 midnight...

Woolburr wrote in post #11685715
Paula Deen is in town to open a new restaurant. I think it is called "Livin' Lard".

Happy Birthday Omar and congrats on your new lens!

Lois and I like to share the household duties. I do the kitchen and a few other things. She does the laundry, and most of the general cleaning. On Wednesday (our anniversary), we were chugging around doing things, and we stopped to hug for a couple seconds. Lois said, "I need a maid. You need a maid."

I responded, "We're maid for each other." Not my best pun ever, but it was relevant to the moment.

When we were newlyweds and almost as poor as we are now, we only had one car, so Lois would drop me off at work in the morning and pick me up at the end of the day. Our partings in the morning must have been quite a spectacle; the guys at work gave me the name "Tender Moments." It's nice to think that after all this time, we're still glad to see each other after being apart. Not everyone is that lucky.

Now, let's talk about this cat of ours.....

Tom you are indeed lucky and blessed xxx