The Coffee House-Come & Chat With Us! (June 2020)

[Raven]

How did you get to that amount ?

I used an online calculator. I was quite shocked at the result. I'm sure when I calculated it a few years ago I thought it was around £15,000 at the very most.

 

[shyvas]

I used an online calculator. I was quite shocked at the result. I'm sure when I calculated it a few years ago I thought it was around £15,000 at the very most.

What does that amount include ?

 

[Raven]

What does that amount include ?

Stamp duty, removal costs, survey etc...

 

[Danielle]

Mom told me she put avacado in her ramen, I am curious.

 

[Mikkel]

I got my bracelet today. And I like it. The area my office is located at is a very LGBTQ unfriendly place. And that is also why the Pride parade starts there. The start was moved there after a gay couple was attacked. So nice to show some rainbow colors there!

 

[Chryssie]

Hey everyone! It was busy in spurts at work; more like "normal." However the "bigwigs" at corporate decided we needed walls between the registers which are annoyingly ridiculous. Now we can't see if there is a line of customers, customers can't see us at the registers, and the lights that flash showing a register open are obscured by these plywood walls! It is so dumb! I wish I had taken a picture to show you! I will do so when I go back to the store over the weekend which I will have to do since there was no schedule posted for next week.
On a more positive note, the food from Sweets-n- Eats was outstanding as always! Kevin brought Bella (the Beagle) and she enjoyed going out too! There were several other dogs there. It is always so much fun to see and interact with the dogs. There were a lot of people there this evening and bingo will be returning next month.
Mikkel, I really like the bracelet!

 

[KLS52]

Most of the stores here have clear plexiglass partitions, not plywood. That does sound awkward.

 

[Chryssie]

Most of the stores here have clear plexiglass partitions, not plywood. That does sound awkward.

We have plexiglass between the cashiers and the customers. I don't know quite how to explain it. Our registers are set up on a long counter and they have put these walls between the registers. Like I said I will get a picture. It is like they are making a private little room for each register.

 

[silva]

I must say my work has been feeling better lately. Seems like we're getting more orders in production, and I have had more of my favorite things to work on!
One thing that bugs me about the 6 ft in register line is that they line up into the aisles so you can't see which is shorter. Aldi makes you wait till the person checking out is totally done before the next one starts loading. I can;t see the reason for that- you'd still be 6 ft away
Tomorrow is my day off-again! Hoping this stops after July 4 week. Does feel pretty good though! I plan to strip the kitchen wall paper- finally. I actually like it, I just don't like it all that much, and it's certainly an easy room to paint

 

[shyvas]

I'm having a break today with painting. My nails are white and coated in paint and I'm knackered.

 

[Raven]

I'm just hanging up a load of washing. I was watching a YT video yesterday and the vegan woman had a Chinese so I ordered a takeaway.

I just had some leftover veggie spring rolls when I got in from my walk.

I have my CBT session this afternoon. It feels like I have been doing it ages, since January, as time seems to be going so slowly!

 

[Chryssie]

Morning/afternoon y'all! It is bright and sunny this morning and will get hot. I have the next 3 days off. Today I will go pick up a DVD from the library that I had reserved. Then I will head over to Ollie's to return the piece of junk fan I bought. I am very disappointed in the quality of merchandise these days. I may browse in some of the shops over in Orange City and go to Target since I am over there. I haven't gone "window shopping" in a very long time!

 

[shyvas]

We had a lovely time at an Italian restaurant. We sat outside and the courtyard was virtually empty. The waiters all had face masks on and there were no other people at the nearby tables. I had a large salad and a glass of white wine and had a lovely lunch.

 

[KLS52]

We had a lovely time at an Italian restaurant. We sat outside and the courtyard was virtually empty. The waiters all had face masks on and there were no other people at the nearby tables. I had a large salad and a glass of white wine and had a lovely lunch.

I bet it feels good to have a little bit of normalcy after these past few months.

I feel better just going to the supermarket and hardware store on occasion. I’m still taking all of the precautions...wearing a mask and sanitizing before and after going in and out of the store...then washing my hands thoroughly when I get home and wiping down my purchases. I think I will be doing that for awhile until we start to hear that Covid19 is on its way out for sure. I’m still concerned about the expected second wave.

 

[shyvas]

I bet it feels good to have a little bit of normalcy after these past few months.

I feel better just going to the supermarket and hardware store on occasion. I’m still taking all of the precautions...wearing a mask and sanitizing before and after going in and out of the store...then washing my hands thoroughly when I get home and wiping down my purchases. I think I will be doing that for awhile until we start to hear that Covid19 is on its way out for sure. I’m still concerned about the expected second wave.

I still wear a mask when I do my grocery shopping. I've only been to the DIY and material shops but made sure that I wore a mask. I suppose that the courtyard was virtually empty as many people are still working from home and may not want to spend money eating out.

It certainly was a pleasant experience to be able to socialise after so many weeks of being alone.

 

[Val]

Hello my friends! Today is Russia day - a big national holiday. So, happy Russia day, everyone! I'd like to share it with you (despite state borders, common misunderstandings, politics and politicians...)
Here is the naval parade in Vladivostok city (Russia's far East). It's a lot more interesting than Putin's speech, though i've listened to his speech either (he was speaking about our medics, that they are heroes, that they're saving lives, fighting the "invisible enemy", etc.). But the parade is better. After the naval parade, volunteers were giving 3-color ribbons to random pedestrians, and the music and poems were playing on the main square. Then there was a small improvised auto-parade (vehicles with important flags).
The celebrations took place on the old soviet missile cruiser "Varyag" ("Varangian").

Russian cruiser Varyag (1983) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Video:

Celebration of Russia day in Vladivostok.mp4

drive.google.com

 

[Amy SF]

Hello my friends! Today is Russia day - a big national holiday. So, happy Russia day, everyone! I'd like to share it with you (despite state borders, common misunderstandings, politics and politicians...)
Here is the naval parade in Vladivostok city (Russia's far East). It's a lot more interesting than Putin's speech, though i've listened to his speech either (he was speaking about our medics, that they are heroes, that they're saving lives, fighting the "invisible enemy", etc.). But the parade is better. After the naval parade, volunteers were giving 3-color ribbons to random pedestrians, and the music and poems were playing on the main square. Then there was a small improvised auto-parade (vehicles with important flags).
The celebrations took place on the old soviet missile cruiser "Varyag" ("Varangian").

Russian cruiser Varyag (1983) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Video:

Celebration of Russia day in Vladivostok.mp4

drive.google.com

I see nobody wearing masks. Don’t you have the coronavirus there?

 

[Val]

I see nobody wearing masks. Don’t you have the coronavirus there?

You mean those navy boys? They live on that ship for months, so they are being tested beforehand, and they are not allowed to get out of that ship. Citizens in Vladivostok were wearing masks, but some of them decided that covid is over.
It's still not allowed to walk without a mask in SPb center, but people do. What about my hometown... no one ever bothered. I wore a mask for 3 days only, and it was causing me so much inconvenience that i was touching my face a hundred times in an hour,- so i ditched this idea. OTOH, when i went to public places, i certainly was wearing a mask, and i was wearing gloves, because those places are highly hazardous: in pharmacy shop, at veggie market and at work, and it was an expensive mask, which has more protective properties. Nowadays, when i have a walk around the town, i don't wear a mask, and no one does, so i'm freaking out, trying to get away from strangers who pass by.
I have to go to the city on Jun.25th.-26th, in order to vote, because our ministry of education demands that (this time i can't vote next to my house). Elijah promised to take me there, but i'm still anxious and depressed.

 

[Freesia]

I saw a video of Vladivostok the other day. What a beautiful city.. i felt sure i had been there in my dreams as parts of it looked familiar..

i think it is as normal here.. i went out yesterday, and found that i am now the only one still social distancing.. nobody else is doing it...

One place i went to had the plexiglass partitions in front of the cashiers.. the guy behind it was talking to me but the partition muffled his voice and it sounded like he was speaking with a bizarre accent, perhaps another language... i said "what? and stuck my head through the gap and then realised you are not allowed to stick you head through it... anyway turned out he was speaking with a British accent... hard to hear through the screens.

 

[Raven]

I got a new bank card so I have to go through all the online stores I use and change the details. I thought it did it automatically for some reason. It's been ages since I got a new card. It lasts until July 2025. I wonder what the world will be like then!

It's really warm and sunny here today.