{"id":3434,"date":"2023-07-10T17:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2023-07-10T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T17:26:46","slug":"starbucks-gamer-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2023\/07\/10\/starbucks-gamer-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Gamer Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gamerguy.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gamerguy.jpg?w=1008&amp;ssl=1 1008w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gamerguy.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gamerguy.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I met John this morning at Starbucks. I was surprised to see him at a table with all of his equipment playing during the hour+ I was there. I spent some time talking with him after I asked to take his picture. He spoke a polished English that was not from here. Perhaps England. Interesting fellow. He stood and introduced himself and shook hands before talking with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I asked about his decision to play in a coffee shop. He said he can move his equipment in with two trips to the car and the wifi was better than he had at home. I asked about the setting. He said it reminded him of spending time in internet cafes. I had flashbacks to spending time elsewhere and visiting such cafes a few times myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I should write something sometime about my coffee shop experiences. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I met John this morning at Starbucks. I was surprised to see him at a table with all of his equipment playing during the hour+ I was there. I spent some time talking with him after I asked to take &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2023\/07\/10\/starbucks-gamer-guy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3437,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3434\/revisions\/3437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}