tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post4536356982202841334..comments2023-05-15T08:17:21.208-07:00Comments on The Mossy Nest: In Which We Search for a Coffee Potpatrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-11026764568995951492010-11-24T14:50:41.344-08:002010-11-24T14:50:41.344-08:00OMG Daddy's turning in his grave, that's a...OMG Daddy's turning in his grave, that's all I can say right now. And I should know, I can see his grave from my front yard.cookiedough66https://www.blogger.com/profile/17905184382411892052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-25891805979249781602010-11-22T09:40:04.746-08:002010-11-22T09:40:04.746-08:00Actually, last week the car that held up a line of...Actually, last week the car that held up a line of 6 cars in front of the grocery store was not for a snowbird or an old person, but for a very nimble, fifty-something woman to hop out. Then she had to go into the back seat to get the re-usable shopping bags, and then she had to close both doors, and meanwhile, drivers were starting to get impatient, starting to pull out and go around cars, potentially causing accidents with other cars and shoppers crossing between all the stopped cars and which they couldn't see ... <br /><br />She can barely walk. Literally.Tthat is not healthy and it scares me. I refuse to let her start using a wheelchair if that can be avoided by a simple 50-yard walk from a parking space to the store. I'm not asking her to walk a marathon, but I think it's a really bad scenario when she's too weak and out of shape to walk 50 yards. That is not good for elderly women.<br /><br />She needs some muscles to support her arthritic spine, because otherwise all she needs to do is trip over a cat or in the store, and she could break a hip or a vertebra. The statistics for how many people die within a year after they break a hip is frightening, and I'm going to do what I can to avoid that for her, even if she grumbles about me for it.<br /><br />She had a Melitta years ago, remember? She decided she didn't like it, for whatever reason, and won't consider one now.<br /><br />I'll defer to your better wisdom re: the merits of java.<br /><br />And this is why she goes back to her home, always having lost at least 5 lbs and feeling better than when she comes out here. I think of it as tough love, but you can call it anything you like.patrysiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-41669480415970264122010-11-21T10:24:02.564-08:002010-11-21T10:24:02.564-08:00A) There's nothing UNcivilized or NON-heavenly...A) There's nothing UNcivilized or NON-heavenly about a hot, delicious cup of coffee -- mmm, good!!<br />B) MoM should have though about a Melita drip funnel - insert filter, add coffee, pour boiling water through, and voila! A delicious, SINGLE cup of coffee! And so simple to store a funnel 'til her next visit!<br />C) And let the rows of cars wait. If they can wait behind the Hyundai or the Subaru for MoM to get out slowly, they can wait behind the Honda. Especially since they are probably also senior citizens... Consider the odds they're seniors or snowbirds. Let 'em wait for MoM.Krys72599https://www.blogger.com/profile/13794562208024400426noreply@blogger.com