The New Coffee Room

My mother passed away this morning.

Survived by her six children, brother and many more extended family members, she assumed the role of Matriarch when her mother died at age 102.

She just celebrated her 89th birthday.

Mom survived cervical cancer which was diagnosed in her 50s. The treatment, while saving her life, and giving her almost 40 years of life extension, had long term side effects that really started to rob her quality of life especially during the past 10 years. It was ultimately her undoing.

She was a good hearted, good natured human who always had time for anyone. She had no addictions, never a smoker or a drinker.

I will miss her terribly.

Rest in Peace Mom. You were the best mother anyone could hope to have.

Thanks all. I had a bad night. Sleep was elusive the past two nights. The sore throat and cough are the worst parts. The lack of energy is also annoying.

I got it. Ugh. I meant to get a vaccine but forgot and now it's too late.

Tamiflu incoming. Does anyone have experience with it?

Sould Mrs Mark get the vaccine today?

I haven't felt this miserable is a long time.

@Horace said in What are you listening to now?:

My piano teacher Thomas Schwan is doing a small tour playing Chopin's complete nocturnes. I noticed he'll be around where a few forumites live. He's previously played the complete WTC1 and WTC2, and the houses are not always packed, as you can see from the videos. I wish I could have gone to his recital near Dallas tonight. He'll be in Chicago in November. I doubt the houses will be packed, if his WTC recitals are an indication.

https://www.thomasschwan.com/events

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Listening to his Bach WTC I now. Just about 5-6 minutes in and I am enjoying this immensely.

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@Mik said in What's the one thing you feel your education lacked?:

The financial life cycle for most people, and how to build wealth, a rudimentary understanding of one's legal rights and responsibilities. We send kids out into the world with no real clue how it works.

This 100%

Sorry to hear about your Rob Petrie style of welcoming in the new year.

Hope you mend quickly. I had my right knee give out on me while descending the basement stairs the day before New Year's Eve. Felt like something snapped in the back of the knee and down I went. Painful as hell and I could not walk on it for a couple of hours. I could use a cane but was still in a lot of pain. Went to CC and they x-rayed the knee. That came back negative. On Meloxicam for two weeks then to see an ortho doc on the 29th.

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

Nice. Very nice.

Is your piano in a different room? I don't recognize the curtains.

Those are the same curtains that have hung on that window since long before we even moved in here 27 years ago. My best guess is 70s or 80s vintage.

The last two pieces by Chopin.

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Renato practicing some Ravel on my piano.

More than likely the most complex piece ever played on my piano.

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Highest-Resolution Atomic Image Ever Captured

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-the-highest-resolution-atomic-image-ever-captured/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHelilleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRao7eWFATvV2RJ7J6e6C4NyfatZ693_snvyZFTf0KzM16FsnHE5bzTBpQ_aem_ly4tdiFZ1HecKNnzFNOiZg

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!