A railway bridge, Google, coffee shop

[asakiyume]

I told sovay about this railway bridge--the tracks are gone now; it's a hiking trail--for the Delaware & Hudson line. There are dandelions and sumac growing on this bridge now.



I do love its flourishing style and debatable quotation marks . . .



Here, the restaurant instructs passersby to Google the chamber of commerce for menus (though I like reading this as "Google chamber"--do you dare to enter the Google chamber?)



But a church in the same town warns that you won't find all your answers through Google



Past the church, the coffee shop has its doors open--maybe you'll find some answers in a cup of . . . Java? Joe? What other names for coffee? ("Java," by the way, is used as a name for coffee in The Grapes of Wrath---I didn't know the slang was that old.) osprey_archer, I thought of you when I took the coffee shop photos :-)

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[harvey-rrit.livejournal.com]

There are five grades of coffee, in descending order:

Coffee
Java
Jamoke
Joe
and Carbon Remover.

(Credit is due Robert Anson Heinlein for this list.)

(EDIT: I can only surmise he limited it to five because he had not tried espresso when he made the list. It's number six. --Be it said, on a list of laxatives it is just below magnesium sulfate in effectiveness.)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

We need to come up with more names. A cup of High-Energy, black. A cup of Nerves, with some milk to mellow it.

[harvey-rrit.livejournal.com]

We need a Cartesian graph for this. Vertical would be corrosiveness, horizontal would be utility.

Anything below the line where X=Y should not be drunk.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

It's a style of railway bridge that seems to be the same the world over.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It must be a sweet spot of effective design at a good price!

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

I like that bridge, and its rusting shield.

See, I read Google as being Beth Chambers' spouse! At least we know their surname now. :)

ETA: I first heard the term "Java" in an Ink Spots song, but I'm fairly sure "Grapes" predates that.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

LOL, and for a moment I thought "Grapes" was another name for coffee :-P

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

MapQuest can help fill in some of the blanks. My favorite searches often take me through twists and turns on Wikipedia though.

Thank you for sharing this.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Those are marvelous journeys! The places we get to visit--at least online :-)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

It is amazing how Google (and the Internet in general) has become so omnipresent in our lives and world. I still remember when it wasn't so.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

I keep expecting to see "I'm feeling lucky" under that church sign. Come to think of it, under the Google Chamber sign too...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

If you find yourself in the clutches of the Google Chamber, you will not be feeling lucky!

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

The worst part about the Google Chamber is the way they can deal out the hits.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

LOL

That puts a different spin on things. :P

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Me too, very much so!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I do like the coffee shop photo! I also went to a charming coffee shop last night; I had a turtle cupcake and my friend Chelsea had a Nutella latte. When the weather gets a bit cooler, I must try making hot chocolate with Nutella instead of plain chocolate.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

A Nutella latte sounds **blissful**

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Sounds kinds of sinister . . . the Beth Chamber, the Google Chamber . . .

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Muahahaha-- If we can't break you with the Beth Chamber, we'll take you to the Google Chamber!

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

That looks like a fun hiking trail. We are supposedly getting one in Sydney on an old goods line. What is the sign on the door saying? Use the next door? Or go next door to buy cakes?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Go next door to buy cakes! And there is a gorgeous cake store next door :-)

[athenais.livejournal.com]

I frequently search for answers in a cup of coffee. If it was the perfect blend I expect I'd find them! Neat photos.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Interesting fact about the Perfect Blend: the back corridor, leading to open-air tables out back, is lined with Phish posters. (Let me follow up that fact with the observation/confession that I have never to my knowledge, actually heard a song by Phish.)

[noachoc.livejournal.com]

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That is **awesome**

I want that song!!