Nancy wrote --

Besides, if there were a true problem, probably the customer would be flagging them down, anyway....

When the weekly coffee klatche was going on (it sort of petered out and
the current situation has ended it) we met at this one place.
Our waitress was a young friendly blonde who always flirted with the men. (To get bigger tips we all agreed). :)
Someone in the group would want more of something and wave at her to get
her attention and she would wave back and smile and keep on going. :)
She was a character.

I've used the computer at the courthouse to do my land record research.... :)

I'm kind of old fashioned in a way. I like the look, feel and musty
smell of old document books.
When I was doing the history of the city and of my building, and esp. who lived in this apartment before me, I would have several Polk Directory's scattered on the library table.
Of course as usual, I would get side tracked and be looking up things I wasn't intending to but got interested in. One thing led to another and
before I knew it hours had passed. And still didn't have half of what I was there for in the first place. :)

One year they had boxes of new Ipads that were never used for some reason. Still sealed from the factory. They were to be given to students. I didn't buy one, since I already had a tablet.

Probably were obsolete already.... ;)

No doubt.

costly to repair then the $45 I paid for it and cost to repair would be

equal to buying a new one. That was a door sto

(door stop?) Unless there was a way to make sure it worked, I don't
think I'd be bidding on much if at all....

Yeah, door stop. for several years.
I quickly learned to stay away from any electronics on sale.
A local computer repair shop would buy these and part them out.
After checking them out they would sell used (as is) hard drives and
anything else useful.

recall everything from those days. Some of that time is lost in a drunken haze. LOL

He admits it, eh.... ;)

Well, there are a day or two in my memory bank that are bank. :)
(Great opening line for Daryl were he here).

Admittedly, I probably don't remember everything from my college days,

When Saturday Night Live was funny they had "Fr. Guido Scarduciti" (sp)
who offered a five minute college degree, since after a few years we only remember a little of what we were taught.
One class was economics. which was "Supply and demand", that's all you
need to know about that. :)

Since I quickly found out that I detested beer, it would have been hard
to have spent much if any time in a drunken haze.

I only enjoyed the first one, the rest tasted nasty, but I would drink
that since it was a cheap buzz.
One little dive, er, establishment, I frequented sold "red eye", that was
a pitcher of beer with tomato juice.
It was sometimes like a scene in a old western. Walk up to the bar and
say "Bartender, give me a red eye". I'll give you a black eye if you don't behave would have been a good response but never heard it. Of course I was always well behaved...

Wine and the hard stuff cost too much and weren't nearly as available.... :)

Never been much of a wine drinker.
Had quite a few different mixed drinks in my life, but those days are way behind me now.
Oh, I did have two beers last year visiting friends in NYC. The first
one in over 20 years. They tasted sooo good, but had no desire for more.
And I got a buzz on just two glasses.
Like I often say, I can get the effect now of several drinks by just standing up real fast. :)
Joe
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-28-20 06:48 <=-

Besides, if there were a true problem, probably the customer would be
flagging them down, anyway....

When the weekly coffee klatche was going on (it sort of petered out
and the current situation has ended it) we met at this one place.
Our waitress was a young friendly blonde who always flirted with the
men. (To get bigger tips we all agreed). :)
Someone in the group would want more of something and wave at her to
get her attention and she would wave back and smile and keep on going.
:) She was a character.

Indeed she does sound like a character... ;) I guess you'd have to be
more inventive and persistent in getting her attention when needed... ;)

I've used the computer at the courthouse to do my land record
research.... :)

I'm kind of old fashioned in a way. I like the look, feel and musty
smell of old document books.

I'm with you on that... and have done most of my research in those old books.... but the current stuff is on the computers now....

When I was doing the history of the city and of my building, and
esp. who lived in this apartment before me, I would have several Polk Directory's scattered on the library table.
Of course as usual, I would get side tracked and be looking up
things I wasn't intending to but got interested in. One thing led to another and before I knew it hours had passed. And still didn't have
half of what I was there for in the first place. :)

Done that, many a time... :)

costly to repair then the $45 I paid for it and cost to repair
would be equal to buying a new one. That was a door sto

(door stop?) Unless there was a way to make sure it worked, I don't
think I'd be bidding on much if at all....

Yeah, door stop. for several years.
I quickly learned to stay away from any electronics on sale.
A local computer repair shop would buy these and part them out.
After checking them out they would sell used (as is) hard drives and anything else useful.

That's probably the best use for them... and ended up with more useful
things being salvaged, no doubt.... ;)

recall everything from those days. Some of that time is lost in a drunken haze. LOL

He admits it, eh.... ;)

Well, there are a day or two in my memory bank that are blank. :)
(Great opening line for Daryl were he here).

Yes, I suppose he could run with that... ;)

Admittedly, I probably don't remember everything from my college days,

When Saturday Night Live was funny they had "Fr. Guido Scarduciti"
(sp) who offered a five minute college degree, since after a few years
we only remember a little of what we were taught.
One class was economics. which was "Supply and demand", that's all
you need to know about that. :)

Rather abbreviated... but probably more accurate than most economics
teachers would admit to.... ;)

Since I quickly found out that I detested beer, it would have been hard
to have spent much if any time in a drunken haze.

I only enjoyed the first one, the rest tasted nasty, but I would
drink that since it was a cheap buzz.

It never was worth it to me.... the buzz wasn't enough to justify the
nasty.... didn't enjoy the buzz all that much either.... ;)

One little dive, er, establishment, I frequented sold "red eye",
that was a pitcher of beer with tomato juice.
It was sometimes like a scene in a old western. Walk up to the bar
and say "Bartender, give me a red eye". I'll give you a black eye if
you don't behave would have been a good response but never heard it.
Of course I was always well behaved...

You only thought that good response, no doubt.... :)

Wine and the hard stuff cost too much and weren't nearly as
available.... :)

Never been much of a wine drinker.
Had quite a few different mixed drinks in my life, but those days
are way behind me now.

I'll have wine if with friends who are imbibing and offer to share, but otherwise not that much of a wine drinker either... but at least I can
enjoy it, which isn't the case with beer.... Mixed drinks are also a
sometimes thing with me... I don't go after them, but will try one if offered... especially when my son was working as a bartender and liked
to show off his newly made-up ones... A liqueur, on occasion, again when offered by a friend as an apertif... And I do like my single malt
scotch, which I save for special occasions, since it can be a bit
pricy.... ;)

Oh, I did have two beers last year visiting friends in NYC. The
first one in over 20 years. They tasted sooo good, but had no desire
for more. And I got a buzz on just two glasses.
Like I often say, I can get the effect now of several drinks by
just standing up real fast. :)

So much fun to approach elderliness, isn't it....? <G>

ttyl neb

... The food at school cafeteria isn't awful. It's digestively challenged

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