blogging: Reflections from Boomer’s Back Porch: Why are the Codgers™ Blogging on Active Rain? - 02/24/07 08:32 PM
That is a question we’ve pondered more than once. We’re not real estate agents, lenders, stagers, appraisers, closers, or trainers (but we did sleep in a Holiday Inn last night). We used to help homeowners prepare their houses for sale, and new homeowners remodel their new homes—but age crept up on … (26 comments)
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blogging: Reflections from my Back Porch Tuesday Morning - 12/19/06 06:01 AM
It is +27F, and still this morning as I stand on my back porch with my (china, not stoneware) mug of coffee (gotcha—no description) warming my hands, and jump-starting my brain, making my synapses synapse.
Today I made my first post exclusive to the group: “Codgers & Friends Conversations,” and … (19 comments)
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blogging: Old Men & Coffee Shops: Continued Blatant Trolling for Comments on a Saturday Morning - 12/16/06 07:05 AM
Good Morning to you all, Gentle Readers! Medford and I have been working on our marketing plan for the codgers. Today we will give you an idea of what the regular crew of codgers look like—at least in caricature.
Top Row: Jay Merton & Medford Ambrose (both re-drawn).
Bottom Row: … (21 comments)
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blogging: Old Men & Coffee Shops: Blatant Trolling for Comments or Active Rain Blog Marketing ? - 12/15/06 05:08 AM
I didn’t linger long on my back porch this morning as the boys were assembling early at the café today for our daily meeting. It seems they actually read our posts, and have some concerns about the blog.
“What is all this?” asked Harold the retired barber as I sat … (11 comments)
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blogging: Decorating Our Blog for the Christmas Holidays - 12/03/06 05:31 AM
by Jay Merton
Maureen McCabe asked in her post, Real Town Bloggers: “Will you decorate your blog (s) for Christmas? Or ‘the holidays’?”
Well, being the handyman, albeit retired, that I am, and encouraged by that ne’er-do-well techno-geezer, Medford I thought—why not? It can’t be too hard can it? I … (12 comments)
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blogging: Friday Morning at the Coffee Shop—Funny Red Thing That Sneezed Outside the Window - 11/17/06 07:20 PM
A pleasant, albeit cloudy, morning enveloped me as I walked to the coffee shop for my usual meeting with the codger elite. We were gathered at our table, the one by the front plate-glass window, each with his mug (china—not stoneware), filled with organically grown-fair trade-French roast-coffee, most without being polluted … (7 comments)
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blogging: Reflections from the Back Porch, Friday, Nov. 17, 2006 - 11/17/06 04:49 AM
Again on my back porch, this very-early morning, savoring my mug of hot, this time Guatemalan-fair trade-organically grown-coffee, and savoring the day that would soon dawn. As our loyal readership may have noted, we submitted no post (comments—yes) for your consideration on Thursday the 16th—it was kind of nice taking a … (15 comments)
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blogging: Monday Morning on the Back Porch—For a Few Minutes - 11/13/06 05:03 AM
My home-brewed coffee always tastes better, it seems, when encased in an old-fashioned china mug—not pottery, mind you—but china, with both hands wrapped around the mug for warmth, the vapor rising from the cup—take a sip, (just a sip, a brunt tongue does tend to muck up the experience)—and feel the … (6 comments)
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blogging: WHADDAYA GOTTA DO TO EARN A "GOLD STAR?" - 11/03/06 07:00 AM
After this morning's codger meeting, Medford & I removed to his place, and got to talking about AR's coveted "Gold Star" designation for featured posts. We are the recipient of one such award. We like gold stars! We really likethe bragging rights they give us with the codgers: "See, we told … (7 comments)
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blogging: Took the Day Off - 10/28/06 09:26 PM
Even retired guys like me get a day off, today was mine. I stayed away from the computer & blogs from this morning until this evening. I just knocked around all day.
Carl (retired Army, Retired Ford Plant assembly line foreman) with his excellent sense of timing, stopped by the … (3 comments)
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blogging: Tuesday, Oct 24 with Old Men at the Coffee Shop - 10/25/06 05:42 AM
Tuesday morning I drove over to the coffee shop, instead of walking, as I had some errands to run after out meeting. As I wove my way to our usual table, Fred, whose nose is normally buried in the morning newspaper, piped up: “Where’s yer Ford? You don’t go anywhere … (6 comments)
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blogging: Retired Doesn't Mean Not Busy! - 10/23/06 05:35 AM
It’ 4:40AM CDT, and as usual I’m seated at the computer, a TV above my head (mounted on one of those brackety things like you sometimes see in motel rooms or sports bars) with the national network news droning away, and attempting to write a post for AR. I have … (0 comments)
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blogging: New Regular Feature of our Blog - 10/15/06 12:39 PM
Weekday banner for the Old Men & Coffee Shop series(above), you may guess, but we won't tell!
Saturday banner (or when we don't meet)Skyline of St. Paul:
I may just figure out how to make them fit the top of the document. I am not Kristal, or Maureen, who are capable of using … (5 comments)
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blogging: Blogs, (as discussed by the codgers) - 10/14/06 04:26 AM
If anything, this Friday morning was more miserable than Thursday. Still, today we had a quorum as the usual cast of codgers could be found at the table, in front by the plate-glass window, where we can watch passers by, and maybe (usually) make a comment or two.
“Jay, tell us about … (2 comments)
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