The New Coffee Room

I think most all events were cancelled last night, but this is the most badass trick riding I’ve seen! This was yesterday at the Ponoka Stampede! All tickets are sold out https://www.facebook.com/belladacostatrickriding/videos/didnt-feel-so-glamorous-after-when-we-were-all-covered-in-mud-but-jameson-did-so/4476450106009144/

Don’t like skunks. They have too many babies.
@jon-nyc ‘s coyote seems skinny to me. That’s not good. It needs to be put down. The fact that this one is trotting around during the day isn’t good either.

Haven’t heard or seen much of coyotes since moving away from the city. They’re a big problem in YYC. I guess the “shoot, shovel, shut up” thing remains alive and well in small town AB. Too bad the geese are a protected species. They are vicious.

@andyd Me too. I don’t remember commercial gyms (or rec centres) until my late 20s or early 30s. Prior to that, I think men went to places to do things like boxing or martial arts. I sort of recall ladies going to places to do aerobics and dance classes, but they did these things before adding weights, bands, step ups. Personally, I was too focused with school or work then. These group classes where you pay to join seemed silly to me.

I missed this too. I’m glad you’re okay Jon.

@jon-nyc of Q1: I never did sports or exercised prior to my 40s. It was school and work then motherhood. I did do many low wage physical type jobs when I was young. Q2: My mom swam morning laps at a pool for a bit. She’d also do what she called walking the neighborhood. My dad was sedentary, no sports. Both parents prioritized academics in us kids. And chores at home. They did all their own house, yard work. I guess I was a bit like my mom.

I’ve always been the type wanting to focus with one thing at a time. I think I spent ~15 years goal setting and achieving with exercise. I was pretty consistent. Then there was Covid. So started a rebirth of a creative phase, designing, sewing, quilting. I’m happy for now just squeezing in short walks, doing a bit of stretching.

@Renauda said:

There is some sort of AI connected to the Google search engine. No idea what it’s called. I find it useful in sorting out reviews on various recordings. Beyond that I doubt that I have ever used AI. Not really all that interested in exploring its possibilities either.

I’m similar to you with the Google searches. Just for fun, I’ve been googling-asking quilt related math type questions instead of long hand doing the math myself in order to draft blocks/patterns and estimate yardage. Also I’m testing its logic with efficient cutting calculations. Even 6 months ago it confused common things, but it’s getting better with its answers now. It must be learning. I’m guessing it also must also have some back door knowledge of some online paid subscription design programs too.

I like rodeo. Lots of different events to see. I really want to see Extreme Indian Relay live:

TNCR legends. A great pic of you 2!

Oh my. Wow. Super wow. I’m impressed. Gains are gains no matter what. And you’re being safe. You gotta be.

I’m just converting, but yesterday in YYC it was $5.22 US per gallon but in Central AB it was $4.64 US per gallon.

It’s costing about $50 CAD to travel 200kms on the highway.

There are pumpjacks everywhere!

Yes! Good news. Keep on gaining!

I still hear the word Pulmonologist. Maybe it’s where they trained?
Last year the UofC IT people were offering up safe laptops and cellphones to almost anyone wanting to go to a U.S. conference.
I know of no one who went down there. I’m trying hard also to think of anyone who went to the U.S. for a vacation.
Fears of harassment, detention, deportation, the reasons.
Canada is a pretty diverse country. Many come from countries far away to train, work, do research. Few want to risk their lives being torn up with threats of being turfed back to the countries they left.

@nobodysock .. I’m quite interested in your piano, but want to hear what your plans are to position it, put a rug under it, maybe what you’ll do for the walls if the sound bounces around, humidity, all that.

I’m trying to wrap my head around this $2M per ship thing.

Not so open air public defecation, but I gotta get something off my chest…
I’ve seen this x2 in the past few years in public areas inside hospitals. Zippo no one was rushing in to clean it up. Everyone stepping around it. In one instance I was reprimanded by a nurse, she threatening to call security on me for voicing up her rationale for leaving the mess there.

There’s no reason friends can’t organize informally to celebrate a person’s life. I went to an impromptu culdesac barbecue where we ended up around a fire pit sharing great memories of a neighbor. He didn’t have a funeral. He didn’t want it. I respect that.
None of my elders wanted funerals. Their choice. Our family was so tiny we just went to their favourite restaurants after we put the urns in the ground. That seems a tradition with us.

You 2 look so in love! Beautiful dress.
The food looks yummy.
What an exciting trip!

Cash only, unless I’m forced to use a card. Can’t recall the last time I’ve written a cheque.