Lately, I've been fooling around with that peculiar American 1950's ethos, conformity laced with manic optimism.
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It's hard to get through a day without my full pot of it.
Posted by Tom Wms. | June 11, 2013 8:34 AM
Posted on June 11, 2013 08:34
Caffeine is one of the four food groups.
Posted by Craniac | June 11, 2013 9:28 AM
Posted on June 11, 2013 09:28
There's nothing like a good 5 cent cup of coffee. As I wrote this, I just discovered that there is no more "cent sign" on the keyboard - my old typewriter keyboard had one - I guess it's a sign of the times that things like ~ ` and ^ are more important that the good old "¢".
Posted by Doc Al | June 11, 2013 9:31 AM
Posted on June 11, 2013 09:31
COFFEE! BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS!
Posted by GarandFan | June 11, 2013 10:18 AM
Posted on June 11, 2013 10:18
Sorry about the CAPS. Two cups of HI-REV will do that to you in the morning!
Posted by GarandFan | June 11, 2013 10:21 AM
Posted on June 11, 2013 10:21
Doc Al,
Cent sign is easy to use though, just hold down the alt key and type 0162 on the number pad, and ¢!
Posted by Rick | June 11, 2013 10:45 AM
Posted on June 11, 2013 10:45
Thanks - that's easier than opening another page, searching for cent sign, and cutting and pasting it.
Posted by Doc Al | June 11, 2013 10:48 AM
Posted on June 11, 2013 10:48
Sounds like one too many nights watching Mad Men
Not that I have any clue what that would be like. Nope. No clue at all.
Posted by Huggie | June 11, 2013 4:53 PM
Posted on June 11, 2013 16:53
There's a local sign painter who specializes in 50's-ish signs, This reminds me of his stuff.
I'd have to say that bright magenta (as rendered by my monitor) oval is like a taking left hook to the eye.
Swell... haven't heard that word since the 60's except a couple of days ago I used the term "swell foop". a play on "fell swoop".
Some of the coffee I drink (at work) isn't swell... it's swill.
Posted by Dr. Bob | June 12, 2013 12:30 AM
Posted on June 12, 2013 00:30
How does a Seattle resident know they have had the right amount of coffee?
When they can thread the needle in a running sewing machine.
Badoom-boom
Posted by Johnny Logan | June 12, 2013 8:02 AM
Posted on June 12, 2013 08:02
I've heard it said that Lutherans (LC-MS, ELCA, and Wisconsin Synod) consider coffee to be their "third sacrament" (after baptism and Holy Communion). Lutherans will put the money from the offering collections in an unlocked drawer in the church office but keep the coffee fund under lock and key. For Lutherans, as long as the temperature and humidity is 95 degrees/95 percent, it's cool and dry enough for coffee.
Posted by Thunderbottom | June 12, 2013 9:08 AM
Posted on June 12, 2013 09:08
In the Navy, there was nothing like a hot mug of black coffee during "mid-watch" (0000 - 0400), especially when it had been brewing since the previous morning.
Posted by Thunderbottom | June 12, 2013 10:49 AM
Posted on June 12, 2013 10:49
"For Lutherans, as long as the temperature and humidity is 95 degrees/95 percent, it's cool and dry enough for coffee." - should read "is no higher than 95 degrees/95 percent".
Posted by Thunderbottom | June 12, 2013 7:14 PM
Posted on June 12, 2013 19:14
Dr. Bob
I kind of like that color. I was imagining the rest of the background as fluorescent green instead of tan.
Posted by Terwiliger | June 12, 2013 9:38 PM
Posted on June 12, 2013 21:38
T -
Funny you should mention that, when my sister was a rebellious teenager, she had her room painted fluorescent green with that magenta color trim.
When she got married and left home, my dad repainted that room before her reception was over!
Posted by Dr. Bob | June 13, 2013 12:06 AM
Posted on June 13, 2013 00:06