Ye ole Cafe

[IceWizard]

Hey Popster.... Hadn't seen you here in a minute... Always great to see you my friend...


(shhh ...I must owe him money )


Ice

[Spanky]

Maybe I mentioned I was in Ecuador about 5 years ago.  I don't go many places except continental US, but I went to Quito.  Funny thing about Quito anyway, anywhere you order coffee they serve a watered down version of Sanka.  In the land of Juan Sandoval--old commercial--and altitude of world class coffee beans.  Without exception, in the old parts of town anyway, here's how it's made.

An instant dust that looks identical to the old Sanka is put in the bottom of the cup.

A couple of ounces of hot water are added to make a thin paste.

Cup is then filled with hot water. 

Just crap.  Have to look around hard for a special place that might serve coffee.  So, I thought, I'll just order a cup of this near coffee and an espresso, and pour it in the  coffee.  So, they brought me a cup of the coffee and a mug big as an A&W root beer full of strong espresso.  So, if you ever find yourself in the older sections of Quito for breakfast, just order the espresso and get ready to rumble and roll. 


Spanky

[Popster]

Hey Spanky, that was a "Juan Valdez" commercial about columbian coffee......i remember those commercials well....LOL

[JimboS]

Juan Valdez is the man!! don't know about the thin paste you get her in Ecuador but in South America I was always under the impression they knew what they were doing. Maybe what you had was one of their versions of an Espresso. Spanky.. don't know..never been there.

[Linville]

Hi guys, willie I hope things went positive for you.

[Linville]

Good Morning IOP.

[Rose5555]

I just wanted to say a quick hello to all my friends here at the Cafe. I've not been able to post of late, and I've missed being here a lot; some of you, but not all, know I went cold turkey on my own very bad habit - I've been stupidly addicted to prescription PKs for many years now.  The cold turkey wasn't as bad as I thought. I was well prepared and had help for a week too.  But a whole lot of pain fell down on my head all at once just as my help had to return to work.  The worst of it was my older son being suspended from his school very suddenly and seemingly unfairly, and trying to deal with his school's demands while I should have been taking it easy completely threw me.  On top of that, I have major building work started, my younger son is furious with me for the inconvenience and my heart has broken for my older son who was bullied at the same school not more than a year previously.
I didn't have long enough help, nor deep enough, to help me deal with the depression and insomnia that leapt on to me once the PKs were leaving my system and it hasn't been possible for me to stay without them.  That in itself is a big disappointment but I am trying not to be too hard on myself. 
Anyway just to say hello. I hope Willie you are getting through your own struggle - sounds terrible.  I read somewhere that Fire is away and hope that trip is going well.
Lots  of love to all of you and I hope to be posting more regularly again now my son has finally gone back to school this morning and my heart has started to knit itself together again.

[willie33]

Good morning, friends. Thank you for all the well wishes. It means so much to me!

Well, the good news is my fusion healed properly. The bad news is that I have arthritis and permanent nerve damage from the original ruptured disc where the disc fragments fell down into the nerve root area.

He took blood work to see if I have rheumatoid or psoriatic (sp?) arthritis to refer me to a rheumatology clinic and said he would be fine referring me to pain management. I just need to find where I want to go and fax the information to his nurse. ??? Not the easiest thing to do since I live in the back part of nowhere. Haha

Will talk later...have a nice day

[iNsom]

I just wanted to say a quick hello to all my friends here at the Cafe. I've not been able to post of late, and I've missed being here a lot; some of you, but not all, know I went cold turkey on my own very bad habit - I've been stupidly addicted to prescription PKs for many years now.  The cold turkey wasn't as bad as I thought. I was well prepared and had help for a week too.  But a whole lot of pain fell down on my head all at once just as my help had to return to work.  The worst of it was my older son being suspended from his school very suddenly and seemingly unfairly, and trying to deal with his school's demands while I should have been taking it easy completely threw me.  On top of that, I have major building work started, my younger son is furious with me for the inconvenience and my heart has broken for my older son who was bullied at the same school not more than a year previously.
I didn't have long enough help, nor deep enough, to help me deal with the depression and insomnia that leapt on to me once the PKs were leaving my system and it hasn't been possible for me to stay without them.  That in itself is a big disappointment but I am trying not to be too hard on myself. 
Anyway just to say hello. I hope Willie you are getting through your own struggle - sounds terrible.  I read somewhere that Fire is away and hope that trip is going well.
Lots  of love to all of you and I hope to be posting more regularly again now my son has finally gone back to school this morning and my heart has started to knit itself together again.

Hey Rose, that sounds like the perfrct storm of s**t. Damn! Keep your chin up, keep at it!
Sorry to hear about your sons too.

Willie that doesnt sound good

Well I wish I had the time to post more but my work just now is crazy and the evenings arent much better. 

I hope everyone has a good a day as they can!

[IceWizard]

Good Morning IOP....



I'm makin another pot-0-coffee even as I type this out... One just ain't cuttin it this AM...

Roses5555... My dear it seems when things start going down hill, they try to "pick up speed" ... Everything seems to get worse and the whole dang world sits on your back... Now I'm certainly not one that knows PK addiction, but these ole cigs are certainly an addiction of mine that's hard as all get out to throw away... And to have crap from school "officials" doesn't help at all... Just know that the good folks here will be here for you through the darkest dayz and give you un-waviering support... That helped me greatly... Just words on a page, yea, maybe so, but those words are just chocked full of love and hope... My best wishes for you my dear... We are here for you 24/7 ...

Now for that coffee... Brb...

Man that's good...

Willie... Good to hear some of that result... Nerve damage is never good... At least the fusion worked... Geeze... It never stops... We get one thing fixed and they break another... Talk about repeat business... I used to have a dentist that I just swore that when he'd pull one tooth, he'd chip another just to keep me comin back quicker... But he did prescribe me either d3m3rol or p3rodans! Even when he just "cleaned" my teeth... Now those were the dayz!

Ok.... I'm shuttin my pie hole... Hope everybody has a great day today...

Remember to love one another today and smile... Despite our government sanctions against us....

Ice