Marilyne, you can easily make a Cuban sandwich in a grill pan or panini when the mood strikes.   https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cuban+sandwich+recipe&atb=v256-1&ia=recipes   Cuban bread   https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Cuban+bread&atb=v256-1&ia=recipes   


MarsGal, thanks for the photos of the Perseverance; I've seen some on the online news.

Good morning Shirleyn, and thanks for the treats. My Mom used to call that a Continental Breakfast.   

I'm glad everyone is having their vaccinations. One more step into or toward a new normal.

shirleyn  -  The Cuban sandwich sounds delicious.  I love sandwiches that are hot pressed.    The only place (that I know of?) that does them here where I live, is Whole Foods Market.  There's always a wait line at lunch time, for people to get their sandwiches.  They are big, and the bread is thick and sturdy, and the ingredients are whatever you choose.  The old light weight Wonder Bread, that we all remember, would never survive that hot press! LOL!

MarsGal  -  I'll have to start monitoring the Marine City cam, so I can see the ice escorts.  M. city has always been my second favorite  boat cam.  The Duluth Canal is my favorite.  I also like Charlevoix cam, during the summer, when they have the Sunday boat parade.

Sandy - Masks continue to be mandatory here in California even after you've completed your vaccinations. It makes sense, but I think the younger generations will abandon the masks, as soon as they get their shots.  Many people age 65 on up are still waiting for their vaccinations, so I think it will be a while yet, before they get to my adult children - ages, 62, 59, and 51.

Patricia - The Cuban sandwiches look delicious! The first photo, looks exactly like the sandwiches I see coming out of the grill press at Whole Foods.  Chances of me ever making one here at home, are very slim.  I would rather buy one ready made, instead of having to buy all those ingredients and have them on hand.  Also, I have no "appliance" to do the all important "press"!  I used to make grilled cheese and avocado sandwiches on my electric skillet, but it quit working about five years ago, and I never replaced it.  I don't cook much anymore, so as my small appliances have worn out, I've learned to live without.   

My friend and neighbor orders To Go from a very nearby restaurant.  I volunteered to pick the order up for her, and asked her to add a sandwich to the order for me. I like the California Melt, and they make 'em delicious!  Hamburger pattie (very large) with swiss cheese, grilled onions, sliced tomato and sliced avocado on grilled Rye bread.  Wow, I just finished a little over half of it.  Yummy!

Yum, yum on all the sandwiches discussed here....
GOOD NIGHT.....SLEEP WELL💤💤

Good morning yawl!  Coffee and tea are hot and ready.  I brought some Monkey Bread this morning – enjoy.

We went for some groceries this mornin – decided to go twice a week as it was getting too much for me to carry a whole weeks worth in one trip.  Danny does not help too much.  And there are not too many people there at 8 in the AM.  And those who are there all have masks on.  We were in and out in a half hour.

Yesterday we took a chance and went to the BIG farmers market.  We have not been there in over a year and I needed something I cannot get anywhere else.  Danny calls it a panteria.  Could not find that online or Amazon.  Did not know a better name for it, but mine broke and I use it every morning to keep my oatmeal warm on the stove.  The name on the package is Heat Diffuser.  Anyway, we were so surprised at the number of people without masks.  Got out of there as soon as we could, and will not be back for quite a while.

And that is my story for today.  You all take care and have a great day ~

shirleyn
(~_~)

shirleyn - Monkey Bread, is good, and I'll definitely have have some with my coffee!   If you find any Danish breakfast pastries in Florida, I'd love to have one of those. They're getting harder and harder to find here, with the fillings I like best - apricot or lemon.    I used to favor bear claws, when they had the almond paste filling, but now they don't anymore.  Now just covered with almond flakes, which I don't care much for, because too hard for me to chew.   

This morning I'm going to my favorite local market, and hope to buy enough to keep us happy for the remainder of the week.   Our Farmer's Market's are still closed for the winter, but I hope will be opening sometime this month.

Last night,  I tried to watch the Golden Globe Awards, but it was so confusing, that I finally gave up on it.   The sound was poor quality, and I had never heard of most of the shows or the actors who were nominated?  I guess that's just another sign of growing old.     

we are having some light rain here in Northwest Florida, but the radar shows some rain storms coming this way.

It was warm and sunny yesterday.  We had the doors open and enjoyed the fresh air until it got too warm and on went the AC.  We ate a nice breakfast and then a Mcdonald's cheeseburger deluxe for our dinner.  Boy, did it taste good.  We both were reading books and never turned on the TV all day.

Niceville must be in a good spot geographically because most of the bad weather usually is a little west of us or a little east of us.  We mostly just get some rain with the thunder sounding far off into the distance.

I subscribe to Washington Post online, and I read where Marty Baron is retiring as editor of the Post.  He was the editor of the Boston Globe during the famous investigation of the sex scandal of the Catholic priests in Boston.  The investigation was portrayed in the movie "Spotlight", a very good movie.  I hope the person replacing him has the same integrity in demanding truthful news as he has shown.

Hope you all have enjoyed the weekend and have a good upcoming week.

I did it again......got interrupted and by the time I got back here....POOF....message is gone, gone, gone.

I hope you ALL had a good 1st day of March.

Pleasant dreams to all.

Jenny

It has cooled down a little today, but promises to be fairly sunny. It is only 25^o at 5:50am here.

Marilyne, I think the ice ops are winding down on the St. Clair. CG Neah Bay is heading north now to help out in the Straits of Mackinac. Cargo ship Manitoulin got an early start to the season yesterday with Samuel Risley as an escort. She is now at Sarnia. It looks like the 2021 shipping season will start March 25 with the opening of the Soo Locks. I am keeping an eye on Alpena which laid up at Cleveland for the winter. She popped up on the Marine Traffic site a not too long ago. They list an arrival date to Alpena, MI of March 7.

Yesterday was wet and dreary. I spent most of the day reading or watching clips on YouTube. Has anyone been following the earthquake and volcano clips and info from around the world. Seems to be a lot of activity. Iceland has been getting a bunch of earthquakes and their instruments are showing some magma movement. They are expecting a lava eruption in the near future. I've been seeing some things about more Yellowstone activity too. There has been, in one video poster's opinion, some unusual, but as far as I can tell minor, migration activity among bison and antelope. Three volcanoes popping their corks in Guatemala, one in New Zealand, and of course, there is Mt. Etna, among others. Of course, I am also keeping an eye out for any new pix from Perseverance.

Barring getting side-tracked, I plan on going on a foraging expedition to the grocery store today. 

Good morning everybody!  We are rather overcast this morning, but temp is 72 with a hi expected to be 82.  I'll take it.  How about some buttered cinnamon raisin toast for a change, to go with the coffee/tea.

Today I only have a trip to get my taxes this AM, & then this afternoon we will be stuck to the TV watching a spring training baseball game.  Sound exciting? 

Marilyne, I will have to think about your Danish pastries, but they do sound good!

Hi to Jean, Jenny, and MarsGal and anyone else peeking in.

I hope you all have a great day!!

shirleyn
(~_~)

Good morning, nothing new here, so I haven't had that much to say. MarsGal, after reading your post, I checked on Alaska's volcanic activity, but Wrangel and Redoubt have been relatively quiet. I looked it up, but out of 130 or so in the state, only forty are still active.   https://www.alaska.org/guide/alaska-volcanoes-directory         

It is cold (50°) and rainy.  what miserable weather today.  Glad I have an interesting book to read.

Marsgal, you mentioned Yellowstone and it brought back some very good memories.  We spent a couple of days at Yellowstone in 2003.  what an interesting place.  It was thrilling to see Old Faithful.  I'll never forget it.

Shirleyn,  I'll grab a piece of cinnamon toast and go relax a while with my book.

Have a good day all!

Usually I check in here first thing in the morning, but today I was distracted with other stuff going on, so just now getting ready for some computer time! 

Jean - Looks like you're getting some cold Winter temps in Niceville. We had some days like that is December and early January, but since then it's been in the 60's most days, with a few 70's.  I remember that our temperatures tend to be about the same during the Winter months. 

MarsGal -  Kilauea Volcano on the big island of Hawaii, started erupting once again in February, this year!   It's been active off and on in recent years.   The year we were there, and visited Volcanoes National Park, it was very quiet, with no activity .  A fascinating place to visit, and walk around on the old lava fields.  Sometimes during an eruption, the lava flows red hot, all the way to the ocean!   I'm sure there are lots of videos on YouTube, so I'll take a look when I finish here.

shirleyn - I like watching the pro baseball games!  Go SF Giants!!  It used to be my favorite sport to watch, because it's totally non-violent, and easy to follow what's going on.  The only problem I have with baseball, is that it can move so slowly.   The only pro sport that moves right along at a fast pace is hockey.  The clock just keeps ticking, unless there's a serious confrontation or injury.

Patricia - I'll take a look at the Alaskan volcanoes today also, while I'm on YouTube.

Jenny - Hope we hear more from you today, as to how Michele is doing, and about everyone else in your family. 

Frightening to see what it looks like up close! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWkWxGjF6TA

Thank you....Thank you....SHIRLEY!  Now YOUR trug looks like the REAL DEAL, the kind that Kyle would make for us IF we could only get up there to pick it up! Can not wait to see yours built!

Yep, not surprised to see you want a trug too, JANE!  You do have access to all of those wonderful  home grown veggies, so yes, you need a trug for your flowers! 

Sorry to read you were not feeling to good after your Covid Vaccine, PHYLLIS.  It appears it was temporary since you are feeling much better today! 

I just learned this morning that one of our neighbors is in the hospital after having a sever adverse reaction after his Covid Vaccine and another neighbor is not feeling too well either after hers.  Some are going to have a reaction, no doubt about it HOWEVER many of us have not, so please, EVERYFRIEND, do not be afraid to get yours as soon as you can because getting Covid would be so much worse and for some the long lasting effects from having Covid have been very bad. 

HAPPY to read your post, PATRICIA.......do hope this works out great for you. 

AMY, I definitely saw that you will have to wait a little longer to be able to even get next to your trugs with all of the snow that you have. 

We are off to mail in our passports for renewal.....they want an arm and a leg these days to renew AND it is 8$ to mail in the renewal the way they suggest you mail them.  Heck, we do not even know IF we will ever be able to travel out of the country ever again😩😩

Have a good rest of your day.

Jenny

Good morning everyone.  Tis a rainy morning, but they say clearing up by noon.  Will look forward to that.  Temp is 72, with a high by noon of 75.  I have the coffee and tea ready, along with some Cream cheese Danish.  Marilyne I took your idea up for the Danish & they sure do taste good. 

I hope everyone is/are (?) well and enjoying a little bit of retirement life.  It looks like this pandemic might be easing off, lets all pray it is so.

shirleyn
(~_~)

My goodness, where is everyone?  No one has posted since you were here this morning SHIRLEY🤪

We had a very exciting day......after anxiously awaiting the news, we found out that #3 son and his family will be moving to NW Arkansas for a new job. Unfortunately Covid once again closed the second golf course for him this past year.  He is very well qualified so had two job offers within the week of being out of a job.  We are very thankful, and happy for him to get what we hope is going to be an excellent fit for him.

Pleasant dreams to ALL❣️
Jenny

Jenny - Such good news, that Mark has been offered a job that he is enthusiastic about!   I'll have to take a look at my USA map, and see how close that area of Arkansas, is to Colorado?

Yes, it's been way too quiet in Seniors and Friends today!  I hope things pick up tomorrow.   

Shirleyn - Thank you for thinking about me, and leaving me a cream cheese Danish this morning! I love them, even though I know I'm consuming way too many sweets lately!    Also - don't let this sudden lack of messages in B&T discourage you!  I would hate to see you become "occasional" again!    Tomorrow it will be busier here, and throughout all the forums, I hope!   
   

Good afternoon everyone.  Tis a sunny afternoon with the temperature of 73 degrees.  (Just how do you make those degree signs anyway?)  I did not make it in this morning – we both went for our 2nd shots at 9:00 AM.  Glad to get that over with.  Just like last time, they picked us up with golf carts, took us to the club house, gave us our shots, made us sit there for 20 minutes and then brought us home using the golf carts again.  Worked out pretty good.  And neither one of us has any kind of a reaction.  Yet.  And now we are enjoying watching a spring training baseball game.  Tampa Bay Rays (our team) against the Minn Twins.  My kind of day.  I hope you all are enjoying your day ~

shirleyn
(~_~)

Shirleyn,

Insert the degree symbol by using a keyboard shortcut
Place the cursor where you want to insert the degree symbol.

On your keyboard, press Alt + 0176.

Note: This method works only for keyboards that include a 10-key numeric pad.

Or go down to Windows accessories on your left side start menu and click on character Map. Right-click on character Map, then left-click on the word more. Then click on add to taskbar.

This way, it remains at the bottom taskbar, so it and other symbols are readily available.

  76°

shirleyn
(~_~)

HaHa - Thanks Patricia!  I knew you would come through!

Hope you enjoy a little history.

Special Group / Born Between 1930 - 1946. Today, they range in ages from 74 to 90.  Are you or do you know someone "still here"?

Interesting Facts for you

You are the smallest group of children born since the early 1900s.

You are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war which rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.

You are the last to remember ration books for everything from gas to sugar to shoes to stoves.

You saved tin foil and poured fat into tin cans.

You saw cars up on blocks because tires weren't available.

You can remember milk being delivered to your house early in the morning and placed in the "milk box" on the porch.

You are the last to see the gold stars in the front windows of grieving neighbors whose sons died in the War.

You saw the 'boys' home from the war, build their little houses.

You are the last generation who spent childhood without television; instead, you imagined what you heard on the radio.

With no TV until the 50's, you spent your childhood "playing outside".

There was no little league.  There was no city playground for kids.

The lack of television in your early years meant, that you had little real understanding of what the world was like.

On Saturday afternoons, the movies gave you newsreels sandwiched in between westerns and cartoons.

Telephones were one to a house, often shared (party lines) and hung on the wall in the kitchen (no cares about privacy).

Computers were called calculators; they were hand cranked.

Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage and changing the ribbon.

INTERNET' and 'GOOGLE' were words that did not exist.

Newspapers and magazines were written for adults and the news was broadcast on your radio in the evening.

As you grew up, the country was exploding with growth.

The Government gave returning Veterans the means to get an education and spurred colleges to grow.  Loans fanned a housing boom.  Pent up demand coupled with new instalment payment plans opened many factories for work.

New highways would bring jobs and mobility.

The Veterans joined civic clubs and became active in politics.

The radio network expanded from 3 stations to thousands.

Your parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and the war, and they threw themselves into exploring opportunities they had never imagined.

You weren't neglected, but you weren't today's all-consuming family focus.  They were glad you played by yourselves until the street lights came on They were busy discovering the post war world.

You entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where you were welcomed, enjoyed yourselves and felt secure in your future though depression poverty was deeply remembered.

Polio was still a crippler.

You came of age in the 50s and 60s.  You are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no threats to our homeland.  The second world war was over and the cold war, terrorism, global warming, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life with unease.

Only your generation can remember both a time of great war, and a time when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty.  You grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better...

You are "The Last Ones."  More than 99 % of you are either retired or deceased, and you feel privileged to have "lived in the best of times!"

Donklan  -  Thank you for posting that history about "our" generation.  I enjoyed it very much, and have already copied and sent it on to my husband, as well as to a couple of friends that I know will like it.     

Donklan, Sure did enjoy that bit of history.  I also copied and sending it to a friend.

Thanks, Donklan.  I friend had sent that to me yesterday.  We are quite a bunch, aren't we?

Keep on, keepin' on!

Morning everyone. This morning it is 23^o at 6:10am here with a lovely half (or just about) moon hanging in front of my house. BTW, I just use the super-script (X²⁾ in the message icon menu here. But for other sites, etc, thanks for the handy tip for adding it from the task bar, Patricia. I would never have thought of that.

Donklan, just missed it. I was born in 1947, but I remember some of it, like the delivery of milk and bread. The milk was still in bottles then, and I loved licking the cream off the newly removed cap. Oh, and the Saturday matinees. Yes! And yes, we did have a party line phone. But, I am squarely in with the first of the Baby Boomers, where we got the Polio shot; my arm like many others got stiff and sore for a while. We still did the "duck and cover" routine at elementary school. I remember the old radio shows, but not the newscasts. We got out first TV in 1954 (I think). I learned to type on a manual typewriter before being introduced to an electric. Same with the adding machines, I learned on a crank model before learning on an electric powered one. We've come a long way, haven't we. Next up, the moon, Mars and beyond. I plan on being out there in my next life.

Speaking of space, did anyone see the SN10 test? What a great shot of it heading up with a big X in the sky behind it (jet contrails?). It did land, but unlike my sister who turned it off just afterward, I continued to watch and saw it blow up a few minutes later. Another great shot of it lifting up off the landing pad and then falling sideways.

Been checking the volcanic and earthquake activity the last day or so. Yesterday, I saw a report that there are currently 49 active volcanoes. Yesterday's report of New Zealand getting hit with a 7.3 or 7.4 earthquake topped the charts. It appears to have been upgraded to an 8.1 magnitude by this morning. I am keeping an eye on Iceland which has been getting a lot of small quakes. They are expecting a lava eruption at any time now, last I looked.


Well, that is about it for now. The sun is up and I am getting hungry. Time for breakfast.
 

Good Morning everyone.  Almost 9:00 AM here, and I had to settle for a bowl of oatmeal this morning.   I'm not, and never have been, fond of either hot or cold cereal in the morning.  Prefer eggs and toast, and of course a sweet roll, muffin or coffee cake, etc.  Does anyone remember going to Denny's, and ordering the Grand Slam Breakfast?    Back in time, when we used to drive to Southern California to visit my parents, cousins, and when my daughters lived down there, we used to always stop for breakfast at Denny's, both going and coming home.  Now nobody in the family left in SoCal anymore.

MarsGal - I'm keeping up with the volcano watching, around the world.  The one in Hawaii, is the most active, but very little online about it.  If you haven't seen this YouTube video, be sure to take a look.  I haven't checked it yet today, but ill when I finish this.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWkWxGjF6TA

shirleyn - We don't have any Spring Training camps in California, but we can watch our SF Giants in Arizona, for the next month.  Fortunately, we have the Sports Channel, so AJ never has to miss a hockey game.  Now they are showing Spring Training, but always on during the day, and we don't tend to watch TV during the day.

Well, about 9:20 now, so time to start getting something accomplished.  I hope we hear from most of our regular posters today.