COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Greetings

Just back from a great long day at the beach. Sun all day long....first a nice cuppa coffee at our favorite spot, then we sat on the beach and watched waves crash, walked the boardwalk, enjoyed the still flowering golden rod and yuccas poking out of the natural dunes, and a wonderful setting sun over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge back home.

First - Coffee at Our Favorite Shop

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Pathway to the Beach

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Goldenrod Poking from the Dunes

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Sun Setting As We Cross Over the Bay Bridge

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Gorgeous photos

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning CDR. It's wet and miserable here, so I may have to get the car out rather than walk to yoga this morning.

 

[CarolM]

Bad British habit of ironically saying the opposite of what we mean

Daughter loves her career choice as you can tell from the photo

She had a school student on work experience with her earlier in the year who proclaimed that she had “the coolest job ever”

When youngsters study science in school, I don’t think they realise where it might lead.

Daughter majored in Biology and Geography at university choosing elective modules with an environment bias.

Geography covers a huge range of surveying, mapping and report writing skills useful for her current work... and has lots of field trips. I think it was the field trips that sold her on the course; she travelled to Croatia, Spain and China with the university as well as doing regular field trips in the UK mostly to the Lake District which is just up the motorway from her university.

The field trips must have made a bit of a dent in your pocket.

 

[CarolM]

Anyone here who looks younger than 40 must be ID’D. It’s a law.
I was, up until last year and I was 47.
It made me mad because I clearly don’t look 20!

Our drinking age here is 21.
Driving is 16
Adult is 18

What’s everyone’s else’s?

Over here :

Adult is now 18. Was 21
Driving is 18.
Drinking is 18.

I would not be complaining if I was 47 and had to be id'd because I looked younger. That would be awesome.

 

[CarolM]

It's heck to get old. For some unknown reason I had it in my mind when I woke up this a.m. that it changed to daylight savings time overnight. So I went around and changed all the clocks. It was only while I was pondering why the time on my phone still showed the old time that I realized my mistake. I'll be damned if I'm going to change them back. I'll just have to be an hour behind for the next few days.

Whahahaha. That is funny. I am so glad that we don't have to deal with that over here at all.

 

[CarolM]

I think the measure on our ballot would fix our time at daylight savings time, and it would just stay there year round. Wouldn't it just be easier for all of us to just abolish fooling with the time and keep it normal and natural?

I would think so. I have never understood why you guys do it, other than to add more time to your work day.

 

[CarolM]

"Visibly over 25" is sufficient for pubs/bars and buying alcohol in shops.

Some nightclubs and bars have a policy of IDing everyone which is as much about not admitting those they have previously banned as worrying about age. But they're the kind of venues populated by a younger clientele in any case.

Both my kids had problems with ID in the USA as our standard date format is DD/MM/YY as opposed to MM/DD/YY in the USA.

Daughter got refused entry to a baseball game because the date of birth showed as 15/10/YY and the checker told her that her ID was clearly fake because there weren't 15 months! He clearly wasn't one of those with a higher IQ. They changed gates and got admitted by someone who could cope

Oh my word. That is funny.

 

[CarolM]

This past legislative session, Florida decided to stay on Daylight Saving Time year round. Bur it's really up to Congress whether that flies or not, so we're still changing our clocks for now.

Part of Florida (western panhandle) is in the next time zone, so things are confusing here to begin with...

Maybe I should stay in SA just for the normal time keeping. All of yours sound really confusing.

 

[CarolM]

How fun! Next year make some brain cake and offer them some. MUAHAHA! Reposting the pic (it's that good!)

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How did it taste?

 

[CarolM]

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Whahahaha. I am rolling on the floor. Well in my office chair. If I had to roll on the floor at the office, my boss might just send me to the nut house. Then maybe your screwdriver will come in handy.

 

[CarolM]

Good Afternoon All,

I enjoyed reading all the posts and checking out all the pictures. It is sunny here but very windy, so it won't be nice being outside today. Not much going on in my life other than work, and home. Nothing special. So nothing to report from my side. All I can say is:

Friday is just ahead of me!!!



Enjoy your Thurdays'.

 

[Kristoff]

Over here :

Adult is now 18. Was 21
Driving is 18.
Drinking is 18.

I would not be complaining if I was 47 and had to be id'd because I looked younger. That would be awesome.

I wasn’t let into a casino in the Mid-West of the US because I didn’t have my ID. They make no exceptions for anyone looking under 40. (Such as Kathy. ) My now ex had his ID and went in, leaving me outside to wait. He was so shocked when we broke up a couple of months later — must’ve come out of the blue for him.

 

[Kristoff]

How did it taste?

I have no idea. The outside was made out of marshmallow I think. Daughter said it tasted “so-so”. Then we told her she could have real brain (of sheep!) in Turkey.

It’s actually quite lovely with a bit of lemon juice. Yum [emoji39] [emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

Whahahaha. I am rolling on the floor. Well in my office chair. If I had to roll on the floor at the office, my boss might just send me to the nut house. Then maybe your screwdriver will come in handy.

Hahahaha! I’m glad all your nuts and bolts of punning and CDR humor are still in place! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji173]️

 

[Kristoff]

Good Afternoon All,

I enjoyed reading all the posts and checking out all the pictures. It is sunny here but very windy, so it won't be nice being outside today. Not much going on in my life other than work, and home. Nothing special. So nothing to report from my side. All I can say is:

Friday is just ahead of me!!!



Enjoy your Thurdays'.

Oh no, the weekend is upon us! Gulp [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33][emoji33]

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Ahem, Anne, do you work for Publix by any chance?

No, I don't...but it's much less expensive than dining out or at a hotel restaurant.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Publix Carrie's CHEERWINE soft drink.
The official soda of South Carolina.
Usually not in diet however.
But it's the only place between here and an 11 hour drive to find it.

I'll have to try that sometime. I know people who were thrilled they had Iron Beer someplace besides South Florida.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I have no idea. The outside was made out of marshmallow I think. Daughter said it tasted “so-so”. Then we told her she could have real brain (of sheep!) in Turkey.

It’s actually quite lovely with a bit of lemon juice. Yum [emoji39] [emoji23]

I like brains, but I refuse to eat them.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I enjoy being able to check in on the CDR and overnight updates, first thing in the morning. Nothing like waking up to puns and an international conversation to get my brain functioning!

 

[CarolM]

I wasn’t let into a casino in the Mid-West of the US because I didn’t have my ID. They make no exceptions for anyone looking under 40. (Such as Kathy. ) My now ex had his ID and went in, leaving me outside to wait. He was so shocked when we broke up a couple of months later — must’ve come out of the blue for him.

Some men just have no clue.