Good morning!!!!

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 20 now, high of 31 today. Not sure about that prediction.

Frits will appreciate this one….

I never could grasp Turkish. I dealt with a steel mill a lot in SW Turkey. I knew the people and their lack of maintenance. I also knew the broker who sold machines there. He had an interpreter that I took a dislike to and didn’t trust what he was telling me. The broker had a service company that was very good and I had become friends with the owner. Sadik was smart, learned I could trust him. He understood English, but could barely speak English. But he let me know I was right about interpreter.

Near the end of a long visit to the mill, we had a meeting with their equipment people. I was tired and was really irritated with our broker as I felt his company was not being supportive. The meeting started off poorly when I told our broker and his interpreter that the only thing wrong with the machines was “the mill has no f@#$ing maintenance program”. Being in Turkey for a first thing in the morning meeting, they served Turkish coffee. I drank my first cup straight, no milk, no sugar. I asked for another as the meeting was really testy. I ended up drinking 5 cups of Turkish coffee. I noticed the meeting started going vastly better and the mill people even admitted they had “no f@#$ing maintenance program”. After it was over, Sadik, owner of the service company, had one of his technicians (who did speak good English) tell me the tone of the meeting changed because the mill people decided that anyone who could drink 5 cups of Turkish coffee straight was to mean to argue with.

Shortly afterwards, Sadik was awarded a contract to do all of the service and maintenance on their mobile equipment.

That wasn’t the only interpreter that I had trust issues with. One in Greece convinced me to try to pick up some of the language.

Everyone stay safe out there!

 

[m7040]

Good morning! 20 now, high of 31 today. Not sure about that prediction.

Frits will appreciate this one….

I never could grasp Turkish. I dealt with a steel mill a lot in SW Turkey. I knew the people and their lack of maintenance. I also knew the broker who sold machines there. He had an interpreter that I took a dislike to and didn’t trust what he was telling me. The broker had a service company that was very good and I had become friends with the owner. Sadik was smart, learned I could trust him. He understood English, but could barely speak English. But he let me know I was right about interpreter.

Near the end of a long visit to the mill, we had a meeting with their equipment people. I was tired and was really irritated with our broker as I felt his company was not being supportive. The meeting started off poorly when I told our broker and his interpreter that the only thing wrong with the machines was “the mill has no f@#$ing maintenance program”. Being in Turkey for a first thing in the morning meeting, they served Turkish coffee. I drank my first cup straight, no milk, no sugar. I asked for another as the meeting was really testy. I ended up drinking 5 cups of Turkish coffee. I noticed the meeting started going vastly better and the mill people even admitted they had “no f@#$ing maintenance program”. After it was over, Sadik, owner of the service company, had one of his technicians (who did speak good English) tell me the tone of the meeting changed because the mill people decided that anyone who could drink 5 cups of Turkish coffee straight was to mean to argue with.

Shortly afterwards, Sadik was awarded a contract to do all of the service and maintenance on their mobile equipment.

That wasn’t the only interpreter that I had trust issues with. One in Greece convinced me to try to pick up some of the language.

Everyone stay safe out there!

Great story. Glad it worked out. Many times some acting is needed to get the best outcome like impressing them with the coffee drinking.

 

[kenmbz]

Having had my share of turkish coffee, I think they are correct that at 5 of them they should give in!
I would probably have needed a defibrillator after 2.

 

[Looking4new]

Pop, there are three wires coming out of the switch. They are soldered on.

 

[Looking4new]

Is Turkish coffee anything like espresso?

 

[kenmbz]

Is Turkish coffee anything like espresso?

to make turkish coffess you put coffee grounds in a small pot and boil then pour into a cup (simplifying a bit). It tastes strong like espresso, but with more caffeine.

How to Make Turkish Coffee at Home

Turkish coffee is known the world over for its unique method of coffee brewing and sweet flavor. Try this brewing method out today!

www.coffeebeancorral.com

One thing I loved there and in Egypt, was the mint tea. Offered in small glasses almost everywhere you go, many times for free at shops (big on hospitality). It is regular tea with fresh mint and a drop of sugar. Closest I could get here is to buy chinese gunpowder tea and grind in home grown mint. Great on a hot day.

 

[m7040]

Our company had an office in Cairo. Not sure if they still do. We were doing work for the state utility constructing power plants. And one of our kids spent a year at American University of Cairo. I used our company in Cairo to check on her after a bus bombing in the Sinai desert. Fortunately she was on a different bus. Have many stories from that time

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning
It’s 26 with a high of 36 for today under clear skies.

Yesterday was a good day, a little breezy and cold, but better than rain or snow.
We did get pictures of the movie set, they installed a roadway and parking area out of 3x12 plastic planks to access it from the neighbors property, as the wanted to preserve it’s abandoned lane for a scene that they want to shoot.

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I was told that they originally wanted to burn the house down for a scene, but that the environmental study showed that they would have to do a lot of remediation first, so they are building additions to it that will be burned instead. That can be seen in the second picture, the left most building is the house.

Stopped my my neighbor selling Christmas trees, and things are not going well there. It looks like he will have close to 200 cut trees left that he will have to chip or most likely burn. And he had 200 less trees than he did last year. He is thinking that all the news talk about high prices and low availability scared people into artificial trees. At this time, his prices are lower than last year, so it doesn’t make sense.

“Best economy EVER!!!” according to some dude on TV. . .

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .12 inches rain. Bulk of forecast storm is passing. Much less rain than other areas. Wind, stop and go not as bad as forecast. Will have to see how the morning plays out.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon.

Take Sophiet o dinner later

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[KilroyJC]

Is Turkish coffee anything like espresso?

It should be:
”Black as Night, Hot as Hell, and Sweet as Love”

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Morning

ummm, it's cold outside. currently -23C (-10F) however with the wind chill / frostbite warning it is currently 9 AM and -33C (-27F)
even the dog did not bother to pee when i took her out, after 12 hrs inside

my friends in Calgary are suffering at a windchill of -41 C / - 41 F

yikes. stay safe wherever you are, bundle up.

ALL of the Highways are under snowfall warnings / alerts, and stupid temperatures

 

[txdon]

Stopped my my neighbor selling Christmas trees, and things are not going well there. It looks like he will have close to 200 cut trees left that he will have to chip or most likely burn. And he had 200 less trees than he did last year. He is thinking that all the news talk about high prices and low availability scared people into artificial trees. At this time, his prices are lower than last year, so it doesn’t make sense.

That is strange when most of PA has a tree shortage.

Christmas tree shortage shows no sign of easing

Christmas trees are hard to come by in some parts of Pennsylvania this year, and officials say the shortage is unlikely to be resolved any time soon.

www.wesa.fm

Meanwhile at the Texas "Farm". They just bulldozed out 3 acres of peach trees to make more room for Christmas trees.

Arrived at work just when it started thundering and raining, never started the tractor and got to go home early, which was perfectly fine with me, I like to keep busy at "Play".

 

[Looking4new]

I use a dark roast coffee ground on a commercial grinder set at the Turkish grind, I add one spoonfull of ground coffee to a 1 quart French press, let it steep for about 5 - 10 minutes and push the plunger down and pour into a regualar coffee cup and drink. For a sweetener I use Kahlua. Tia Mariea will work too but I find it too bitter for me.

 

[ronjhall]

Forgot to press post reply.
Coffee is brewing. 23° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 29° with partly cloudy skies. Got motion sensor installed in security system yesterday. Door lock was a no go. Z-wave out put is gone. Ordered new lock. Should be today. Off to get Sassy her Christmas grooming in morning. Will do some last minute shopping while she is there. Weather does not look good for Thursday/Friday this week. I only need to drive on Saturday evening rest of the week.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[rswyan]

24F and cloudy @ 15:30, heading down to around 21F for the overnight low.

Temp out in the garage was still holding at 39F as of last night, haven't inquired yet as to what it was this morning.

Weather looking nasty here Thursday/Friday as Ron mentioned.

Rinsed down south wall in utility room with plain water yesterday, efflorescence seems mostly gone now.

Left fan running on it overnight, should be dry enough to start putting up foam board today.

Got one panel moved into the room yesterday and wiped down with wet rag to clean the dust off of it.

Did some sanding and staining.

Put a drywall mud tray under some water valves that have a continual drip, not looking forward to cleaning up that mess.

Rinsed out water filter again and stuck it back in the Iron Out solution to soak a little more. Will work on that a little more later.

Fed fish.

Second batch of enchiladas was even better than the first, Woman used a mix of regular and "medium hot" enchilada sauce and included black beans this time around, also refrieds had jalapeños in them ...

She also made chocolate peanut butter fudge and I got to lick the pan and spatula ... Unfortunately though, She went over to neighbor's for dinner and left all the fudge there ...

Today is the day we take trash up to the road, recyclables need to go too ... as the bin here at the house is full. There's a good amount of it, as it didn't get taken up last week.

Not sure what all will be on agenda for the rest of the day beyond that.

Hope everyone is having a good Monday ...

 

[gstrom99]

I got a text from the SIL. The (almost brand new) Husq 440 chainsaw early Christmas present went flying off his ATV, onto his frozen driveway and shattered into pieces. Arrgh! Now, I get to go over there to see how bad it is and start making repair/replacement plans. I gave this to him, since I was tired of tinkering with his poor starting Poulan.

He has a hard time keeping stuff running, so I keep getting retirement "projects" (like I need the extra ones).

 

[newbury]

The (almost brand new) Husq 440 chainsaw early Christmas present went flying off his ATV, onto his frozen driveway and shattered into pieces.

That's terrible.
Perhaps he would be safer with an axe.

 

[Looking4new]

Ron, that is one awesome picture of a tree rat.

That's terrible.
Perhaps he would be safer with an axe.

Good God, don't give him an axe, he might chop off his foot with it!

 

[Looking4new]

This just in;
Special weather statement in effect for:

• North Bay - Powassan - Mattawa
• West Nipissing - French River

Significant winter storm expected late this week into the holiday weekend.

Precipitation may begin as rain or snow late Thursday before possibly transitioning to rain in many areas early Friday. Temperatures are expected to plummet on Friday leading to a potential flash freeze for locations that receive rainfall. Rapidly falling temperatures will be accompanied by strong to potentially damaging winds along with snow that may be heavy at times. Blizzard conditions are possible late Friday into the weekend for areas downwind of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.

A multi-day lake effect snow event is expected into the weekend in the wake of the system for locations east of the Great Lakes.

While there is high confidence in a high impact winter storm, the details regarding wind speeds, precipitation types and amounts remain highly uncertain at this time. Please monitor your local forecast and the latest alerts for your area.

Consider altering plans through the holiday weekend as travel conditions may become dangerous. Extensive utility outages are possible. Temperatures Friday night into the weekend will likely be the coldest of the season to date.

 

[Thomas]

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Someone is relaxed.

Paws up nothing but love for papa.