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    From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to August Abolins on Sun Mar 10 15:22:33 2024
    August, Thanks for this Coffee story, I enjoyed it.

    I have known of this Echo but don't think I've ever posted here or even Joined it all all.

    Never was a big Coffee Drinker, I began drinking it in the Navy on a Night Watch.
    No one wanted to make it that night, someone asked Me if I could make coffee and I said I'll try.

    When opening the 72 Cup Pot I noticed it was stained from earlier days.
    I washed the pot and basket, filled water to the 72 line inside the pot, put coffee grounds in the basket up to the 72 mark, assembled it all together and plugged it in.

    Others said it was real good and I could brew coffee for the shift anytime.

    A few weeks later I began drinking coffee - with lots of Sugar and Cream.

    I didn't drink coffee much in civilian life, maybe I'd get a cup at White Castle when driving home from work around Midnight once in a while.

    I've just about quit. It was a few days before I retired when I drank coffee at work.
    That was in 1996.
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Ed Vance on Sun Mar 10 19:32:00 2024
    Hello Ed Vance!

    ** On Sunday 10.03.24 - 15:22, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:

    I have known of this Echo but don't think I've ever posted here or even Joined it all all.

    Never was a big Coffee Drinker, I began drinking it in the Navy on a
    Night Watch.
    No one wanted to make it that night, someone asked Me if I could make coffee and I said I'll try.

    This place isn't necessarily *just* about coffee tales. It is
    primarily just a general discussion area.

    In other news.. I quit coffee a long time ago.

    --
    ../|ug

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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to August Abolins on Mon Mar 11 15:49:33 2024
    Re: a coffee scene
    By: August Abolins to Ed Vance on Sun Mar 10 2024 07:32 pm

    Hello Ed Vance!

    ** On Sunday 10.03.24 - 15:22, Ed Vance wrote to August Abolins:

    I have known of this Echo but don't think I've ever posted here or even Joined it all all.

    Never was a big Coffee Drinker, I began drinking it in the Navy on a Night Watch.
    No one wanted to make it that night, someone asked Me if I could make coffee and I said I'll try.

    This place isn't necessarily *just* about coffee tales. It is
    primarily just a general discussion area.

    In other news.. I quit coffee a long time ago.

    --
    ../|ug


    I took to coffe on my 6th year in the Navy. Now, retired even from post Navy careers, I get it but my tastes have changed. It was always black coffe straight. (no sugar or cream). Then slowly, powdered instant Asian coffees like Thai versions replaced the normal hot tea, about every other day.

    PS: last post here may have been 25 years ago.

    xxcarol
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  • From Mick Manning@1:229/307 to Carol Shenkenberger on Mon Mar 11 20:16:47 2024
    On 11 Mar 2024, Carol Shenkenberger said the following...

    This place isn't necessarily *just* about coffee tales. It is
    primarily just a general discussion area.

    In other news.. I quit coffee a long time ago.


    In a different time and place, I started drinking coffee during my spare periods during high school. I don't think I've EVER gone a single day since 1968 with out at least 2 coffees. 2 sugar, double cream. Yes. A double-double.

    Relaxed heart rate - 74 bpm
    Blood Pressure - 115/80
    Bowel Movements - Regular/sometimes accidental

    .

    Mick Manning
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Mick Manning on Mon Mar 11 21:46:00 2024
    Hello Mick Manning!

    ** On Monday 11.03.24 - 20:16, Mick Manning wrote to Carol Shenkenberger:


    [...] I don't think I've EVER gone a single day since 1968
    with out at least 2 coffees. 2 sugar, double cream. Yes. A
    double-double.

    I never new what a double double was until i went to a timmy's
    for the first time with some people 3/4 of a lifetime ago.
    Personally, the double dose of sugar and cream was horrendous
    to me.


    Relaxed heart rate - 74 bpm
    Blood Pressure - 115/80
    Bowel Movements - Regular/sometimes accidental

    I drank coffee on the weekdays at work, but I didn't understand
    why i developed a strange headache on the weekends.

    After maybe 35 yrs of drinking coffee to anywhere between 6-10
    cups of coffee, my body simply said no.

    --
    ../|ug

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