The New Coffee Room

Jura are "Bean To Cup, Automatic Coffee Machines"

While they are probably the best in the "Bean to Cup Full-Auto" camp, they are not a traditional E61 group-head (or even different sized group head) semi-auto or full manual espresso machine.

Full auto machines do not have the fine level of control of the traditional machines.

I went from a Flair Pro then to the 58+ model full manual espresso machine to a semi-auto. My semi auto cost about the same as the Flair 58+ so it is not a high-end machine. I intend to get a better machine someday soon.

The Flair Pro3.
https://flairespresso.com/products/espresso-makers/flair-pro-3/

The Flair 58
https://flairespresso.com/flair-58-first-look/

My current semi-auto.
https://espressooutlet.com/collections/turin-espresso-machines/products/turin-legato-espresso-machine

An E61 that I might get in the near future.
https://espressooutlet.com/collections/turin-espresso-machines/products/turin-gallatin-hx-espresso-machine-with-pid

A modern semi-auto with digital pressure profiling, w/Blutooth
https://espressooutlet.com/collections/wendougee-espresso/products/wendougee-data-s-espresso-machine

Enjoy that Jura! They make excellent coffee.

My "investment" or "wager" in Shiba Inu is currently almost twice what I have invested. I am waiting this cycle out, to see if it gets close to ATH. If it does I will cash out with 2 - 3 x the "lunch money investment" I made and still have 40 million of them
for which I will have spent zero "real coins"

I have already cashed in 50% of my original wager in fiat dollars issued by the Federal Reserve Bank.

The town leaders should negotiate a "storage fee" or a "Possession is 9/10 of the law" fee.

The owner takes him home every night.

Very well trained. Likes to visit and boop his nose on your leg at what seems like perfect timing multiple times a day.

Gordy knows when you need a short break.

We have an office dog! Gordy or Gordo, is a very cool aspect of this job.

I have been revisiting the Goldberg Variations. AGAIN! lol.

1st Variation measure 14 is the bane of my existence right now. I think it's the most difficult measure in this piece.

Cute bunny!

I gave notice yesterday. I start the new job December 1. Initially it will be 3 days at the office, working down to 1 or 2 if needed. Really excited about the change. I am switching back to an iPhone I don't know how I'm going to like that tbh. I really prefer the Android OS.

I received an official offer from my long-time business associate and friend tonight.

Salary is the same as where I am at now. I'm not confident that a meaningful raise is in the cards at the current job.

It's a lot to think about. The health insurance is awesome. Zero deductible and zero out of pocket expense. IRA with 3% match. Work from home 3 or more days per week. Mileage reimbursement.

First 3 months he wants me at the office with 80 miles on the car 5 days a week. Ugh. I am going to negotiate that one. I figure I will be just as productive with 3 days per week initially then down to one or two.

It will be a change for sure.

I have flexibility to start on December 1 or January 1.

I am getting very tired of the job I have now. It's mind numbingly boring most of the time and I am well into the thought process that I need to leave. I really like the people where I work but my mental status is not doing so well with the job and the fact that I have to be there all day most of the time.

It's good to have this option and I am 90% sure I will be moving on.

Awesome! Would love to see and hear the band. Videos please!

To extend this, I am still dismayed by my handwriting skills. I tend to rush and sometimes that actually produces some "acceptable results". But mostly, it results in a product that is absolutely horrifying.

I love the calligraphy! You have a very nice technique too!

I am gong to take you up on the creative writing lessons soon. I need a new intellectual pursuit and although I am currently at a loss as to how I will ever develop that skill, I know from a lifetime of pursuit of things that I know little of, practice and persistence is the key.

Update:

Yesterday we drove to Appleton, WI for our second visit to Anderson Pens. The first visit was last month and it did not buy a pen! LOL.

I did however buy a vintage Esterbrook mechanical pencil from 1931. It is the one to the far right in the group photo.

Yesterday we hung around after closing for the monthly meeting of the pen club. The daughter of the owners is an art teacher and we all tried our hand with creating art with fountain pen inks. It was a lot of fun.

I did pick up a new pen and a new pencil yesterday as well as a bottle of Diamine Cobalt Jazz Shimmertastic ink.

The pen i purchased is the Pilot Vanishing Point in matt black. The pencil is a Monteverde mechanical with .9mm lead, in brass. It has 4 rulers engraved with Inches and millimeters gage. It also has a rubber stylus for use with tablets and smart phones. The top is threaded and when removed reveals a small reversible screwdriver with phillips and flat heads.

Not including the 3d printed pen I now have 13 fountain pens of varying price and quality levels. Two of them were given to me by my daughter's original penabler. We visited with him on our trip to Pennsylvania last month.

The Pilot Vanishing Point...

The collection as of today.

Oh no. I didn't read the bad part. I'm not smiling. I was smiling about the previous photos. Sorry to hear about your bunny.

Good to hear! Hoka is my favorite shoe of all time. Pricey, but worth every penny.

I will also be free to work on my 9-1-1 business during the normal work day. That's something I cannot do currently.

@89th said in Gout:

Glad it went away @Doctor-Phibes !

I've been dealing with something for the past 5-6 weeks. Thought it was plantar fasciitis (and it may have been to an extent) but the side/top of my foot still is very painful in the morning but eventually warms up where I can walk without a major limp. I went to the docs the other day and they ruled out any fractures, said it's likely tendonitis mid-foot where the 5th metatarsal has a joint. I hope it goes away one day... basically it's just stretching and rest that is the recipe.

Plantar fasciitist is severe pain in the heel. It feels like you are stepping on a nail or thumbtack.

I had a couple of incidents with it. Good shoes and orthopedic insoles along with stretching exercises are how I cured it.

I went to a podiatrist after I had self cured it and showed him the insoles I used. He really liked the brand I used and also liked the shoes I settled on.

He also recommended a night splint. Xstance has a nice one although I didn't end up getting one as I was already over it at the time.

https://thexstance.com/collection/shop/

https://www.hoka.com/en/us/mens-trail/stinson-7/1141530.html?dwvar_1141530_color=WEPR