What is in your cup? - Page 998

Stitchawl · 09-09-2011, 07:51 PM

: When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen

When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one

When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
We'd ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five

But now the days grow short
I'm in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

:

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttLR...eature=related )

'Morning, folks... A bit sad this morning... I received word last night that a childhood friend passed away. Although I hadn't seen her in almost 50 years, I still have fond memories of our group of friends gathering together in the park after school... I'm getting so old that my friends in heaven are probably thinking I didn't make it!

Time passes, and so do we. Nothing to do about it but get on with the business of living.

To that end, a mug of my finest. East India Company's "Assam" tea, a bowl of rice, miso soup, and tsukemono, then a ride through the mountains outside of Kyoto... Sunshine, blue skies, fresh air, and a motorcycle...

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 09-09-2011, 10:07 PM

unfortunately loss is part of life and we always need to try to celebrate the time we have had rather than the loss. I recently reconnected with an old Army buddy who went through a rather nasty divorce. his adult (adult but only 19) daughter is kind of acting out and he is very frustrated with her. she has asked to stay with him for 3 weeks, he only has a 1 bedroom apartment, but has a sleeper sofa in the living room. he had worked himself into a frenzy over not being able to cope with her for 3 weeks, and I finally told him that this is the only time that we have, and what we turn away from we regret forever as we cannot get it back

chardonnay and iced green tea... 2 cups, not together ;o)

maianhvk · 09-09-2011, 11:06 PM

Green squash juice. In a can.

EDIT: no, actually it says "Winter melon tea".

wannabee · 09-10-2011, 12:55 AM

Bag in a box red

aceflor · 09-10-2011, 02:59 AM

Coffee, first, need to wake up. Prince and princess let me sleep late, sweet, but I think I overdid it.
Afterwards, it will be fruits, but in which combo ??

@Stitchawl: you are not old. This is utter nonsense. Aren't you the tiger with the guitar ?

beppe · 09-10-2011, 03:18 AM

[QUOTE=Stitchawl;1736956 I'm getting so old that my friends in heaven are probably thinking I didn't make it!

[/QUOTE]

that's a very good one.

Look man, old age is when time becomes the turning of the calendar and worst of all when it becomes the movement of the hands of the watch. Until that time ... just enjoy.

beppe · 09-10-2011, 03:20 AM

BTW. I tried a broccoli smoothie for breakfast:

1 dl water, ¼ GrannySmith apple, 6 florets of frozen broccoli, 6 thin slices of frozen banana. Excellent. With the apple alone it was too green as flavor, it needed sugar. I added the banana and it became a perfect basic breakfast drink (to my taste).

I learned to be careful with banana that has an overpowering flavor.

aceflor · 09-10-2011, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beppe

BTW. I tried a broccoli smoothie for breakfast:

1 dl water, ¼ GrannySmith apple, 6 florets of frozen broccoli, 6 thin slices of frozen banana. Excellent. With the apple alone it was too green as flavor, it needed sugar. I added the banana and it became a perfect basic breakfast drink (to my taste).

I learned to be careful with banana that has an overpowering flavor.

You impress me. Broccoli seems so tasteful, I think it would cover up the taste of everything else.... I'll test it next week though.

Was this your whole breakfast

(it does not sound like much)? Or did you have something else ?

A normal smoothie this morning, no greens in it. 1 banana, 1 cup watermelon, 1 nectarine, 1 kiwi, 1 cup almond milk. (it is a lot, but it is my bfast)
A coffee with that.

Now I am gearing up for my swim.

Stitchawl · 09-10-2011, 04:00 AM

Three cheers for the East India Company. It was just a couple of days ago that I place my order for two hundred grams of their Keemun tea... and it arrived this afternoon! THAT is good service!

(And good taste!)

Stitchawl

Iridal · 09-10-2011, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aceflor

I guess you'll go all MIA on us for the next hours... or is it still days

?

I guess I did

Ah, what an evening, what a night, what a morning ...

It wish it were days, but he had to work today so I won't see him again until tomorrow. And after that he'll be abroad for another 7 days

In my cup: Espresso cortado. I didn't get much sleep last night (not that I'm complaining

), so I'll be drinking coffee all day today.

Stitchawl · 09-10-2011, 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iridal

I guess I did

Ah, what an evening, what a night, what a morning ...

Sweet bird of youth...

My wife said to me "let's go upstairs and make love." I said "choose one or the other. I can't do both."

I'd better get started on a glass of rum.

Stitchawl

maianhvk · 09-10-2011, 06:34 AM

Little niece came over today. Actually her mom went by and dropped her here very early in the morning, even before I woke up. She's 3. As good as every other 3-year-old child. Asking and self-answering for hours straight. Didn't take the nap at noon. I made her cry once or twice over some milk and my rackets. Well... the relationship between niece and aunt is never easy, esp. if the aunt is 19.

So, very strong and sweet black coffee for me at 5:30 pm. That'll help the eyelids open this evening... hopefully.

bjones6416 · 09-10-2011, 06:46 AM

Just finishing black coffee, then I'm heading out for a walk.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

... this is the only time that we have, and what we turn away from we regret forever as we cannot get it back

Amen to that. I've just returned from a couple of days out of town -- I took my mother up to the mountains for a little getaway. She is mostly in a wheelchair now when we go out, and dealing with that is pretty physically demanding for me. I kind of feel like I've been run over by a truck today, lol, but I strongly agree with what kk says. This is the time that I have with her and it may not last too much longer, so I'm determined to make it quality time if I can. I'm glad we're so close, and glad that I'm able to be here to take care of her. Lots of people are not so lucky. But wow, my arms and legs are tired today!

aceflor · 09-10-2011, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

My wife said to me "let's go upstairs and make love." I said "choose one or the other. I can't do both."

never too old..
to go upstairs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iridal

I guess I did

Ah, what an evening, what a night, what a morning ...

soooo... 3 times ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by maianhvk

Little niece came over today. Actually her mom went by and dropped her here very early in the morning, even before I woke up. She's 3. As good as every other 3-year-old child. Asking and self-answering for hours straight. Didn't take the nap at noon. I made her cry once or twice over some milk and my rackets. Well... the relationship between niece and aunt is never easy, esp. if the aunt is 19.

translates here to:
"the relationship between mother and daughter is never easy, esp. if the mother is 43". Petite Princesse, who really is way past that age, decided this morning that she could not let me swim in peace and so drew on her brother's bedroom door. In a house we are renting and will leave in 6 weeks at the latest. I swear I'm gonna beat them all with a stick

(which I never did, do or will do)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjones6416

Amen to that. I've just returned from a couple of days out of town -- I took my mother up to the mountains for a little getaway. She is mostly in a wheelchair now when we go out, and dealing with that is pretty physically demanding for me. I kind of feel like I've been run over by a truck today, lol, but I strongly agree with what kk says. This is the time that I have with her and it may not last too much longer, so I'm determined to make it quality time if I can. I'm glad we're so close, and glad that I'm able to be here to take care of her. Lots of people are not so lucky. But wow, my arms and legs are tired today!

That is the reason why I wanted to have my parents near me, so I can take care too. It is a give and take thing though, they babysit a lot for me (is it still called babysitting if I don't need it, but they insist on having their grandkids for an overnight ?

), I manage their flat here when they are not there, and have a room for them in the new house, just in case. It is a very cultural thing anyway in Spain, families stay together, so it is considered norml here (it is not in France, and certainly not normal at all in Germany). My parents make me crazy, but I love them very deeply and am very grateful for everything they gave and still give me every day. But shhhhhh, don't tell them

!

Raspberry gazpacho in one cup, water in the other. Plus a nice plate of Serrano in very fine slices, and a salad (romaine, tomato, cucumber) with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. A very nice typical Med lunch.

VydorScope · 09-10-2011, 08:42 AM

Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino as I look out over a massive indoor water park... yes I am here http://www.wildernessatthesmokies.com/ !

09-09-2011, 11:06 PM	#14958
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	Green squash juice. In a can. EDIT: no, actually it says "Winter melon tea". Last edited by maianhvk; 09-10-2011 at 01:23 AM.

09-10-2011, 03:20 AM	#14962
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	BTW. I tried a broccoli smoothie for breakfast: 1 dl water, ¼ GrannySmith apple, 6 florets of frozen broccoli, 6 thin slices of frozen banana. Excellent. With the apple alone it was too green as flavor, it needed sugar. I added the banana and it became a perfect basic breakfast drink (to my taste). I learned to be careful with banana that has an overpowering flavor. Last edited by beppe; 09-10-2011 at 03:25 AM.

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Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	: When I was seventeen It was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls And soft summer nights We'd hide from the lights On the village green When I was seventeen When I was twenty-one It was a very good year It was a very good year for city girls Who lived up the stair With all that perfumed hair And it came undone When I was twenty-one When I was thirty-five It was a very good year It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls Of independent means We'd ride in limousines Their chauffeurs would drive When I was thirty-five But now the days grow short I'm in the autumn of the year And now I think of my life as vintage wine From fine old kegs From the brim to the dregs And it poured sweet and clear It was a very good year : ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ttLR...eature=related ) 'Morning, folks... A bit sad this morning... I received word last night that a childhood friend passed away. Although I hadn't seen her in almost 50 years, I still have fond memories of our group of friends gathering together in the park after school... I'm getting so old that my friends in heaven are probably thinking I didn't make it! Time passes, and so do we. Nothing to do about it but get on with the business of living. To that end, a mug of my finest. East India Company's "Assam" tea, a bowl of rice, miso soup, and tsukemono, then a ride through the mountains outside of Kyoto... Sunshine, blue skies, fresh air, and a motorcycle... Stitchawl

09-09-2011, 10:07 PM	#14957
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	unfortunately loss is part of life and we always need to try to celebrate the time we have had rather than the loss. I recently reconnected with an old Army buddy who went through a rather nasty divorce. his adult (adult but only 19) daughter is kind of acting out and he is very frustrated with her. she has asked to stay with him for 3 weeks, he only has a 1 bedroom apartment, but has a sleeper sofa in the living room. he had worked himself into a frenzy over not being able to cope with her for 3 weeks, and I finally told him that this is the only time that we have, and what we turn away from we regret forever as we cannot get it back chardonnay and iced green tea... 2 cups, not together ;o)

09-10-2011, 12:55 AM	#14959
wannabee Media Bloke Posts: 2,382 Karma: 113956855 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: NSW - Australia Device: iOS	Bag in a box red

09-10-2011, 02:59 AM	#14960
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,472 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	Coffee, first, need to wake up. Prince and princess let me sleep late, sweet, but I think I overdid it. Afterwards, it will be fruits, but in which combo ?? @Stitchawl: you are not old. This is utter nonsense. Aren't you the tiger with the guitar ?

09-10-2011, 03:18 AM	#14961
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	[QUOTE=Stitchawl;1736956 I'm getting so old that my friends in heaven are probably thinking I didn't make it! [/QUOTE] that's a very good one. Look man, old age is when time becomes the turning of the calendar and worst of all when it becomes the movement of the hands of the watch. Until that time ... just enjoy.

09-10-2011, 04:00 AM	#14964
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Three cheers for the East India Company. It was just a couple of days ago that I place my order for two hundred grams of their Keemun tea... and it arrived this afternoon! THAT is good service! (And good taste!) Stitchawl

09-10-2011, 06:34 AM	#14967
maianhvk whimsical Posts: 2,779 Karma: 88193939 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: in darkness Device: current: PPW 4. brick: K3 & Voyage.	Little niece came over today. Actually her mom went by and dropped her here very early in the morning, even before I woke up. She's 3. As good as every other 3-year-old child. Asking and self-answering for hours straight. Didn't take the nap at noon. I made her cry once or twice over some milk and my rackets. Well... the relationship between niece and aunt is never easy, esp. if the aunt is 19. So, very strong and sweet black coffee for me at 5:30 pm. That'll help the eyelids open this evening... hopefully.

09-10-2011, 08:42 AM	#14970
VydorScope Wizard Posts: 3,418 Karma: 35207650 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad	Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino as I look out over a massive indoor water park... yes I am here http://www.wildernessatthesmokies.com/ !