Any Coffee Lovers???

[ithacaartist]

Ah, yes, the ubiquitous above-the-knee pleated plaid skirt... Makes sense to me

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Ah, yes, the ubiquitous above-the-knee pleated plaid skirt... Makes sense to me

I saw a lot of Ryukyun schoolgirls in those uniforms on Okinawa back in '71. Cute.

When I got released from active duty, I dated a Catholic schoolgirl (I married one eventually, too, but that's another story). She told me an amusing story: The Gestapo Nuns would stage spot-checks to see if those pleated skirts were too short. The girls had to line up and the Nuns would measure the distance from knee to skirt. So, the girls would unbutton/unzip a bit and ease the skirts down to 'legal length'...

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Turning back to coffee...This supermarket ticket was given to me along with my receipt last grocery run. I didn't look at it until I got home, and I still have no idea WTF it is...

No price; no 'free' note; no "Half Off" notations...Nothing to indicate why they handed it to me...

I plan on taking it back and asking, as there is nothing on front or back telling WHY they're giving them out, hopefully it is a promotion of some kind...

[sheepherder]

I had to go by the supermarket yesterday, so I stopped by (even though I didn't need anything)...That 'Keurig 2.0' paper tape was just an advertisement...Huh???

The cash register receipt tape isn't big enough to hold all the spam ads??? They have to print out a supplemental paper tape??? Yes, the nice girl says, that's exactly what it is. The supermarket computer has identified me as a serious coffee customer and will henceforth spew out more spam and junk ads for coffee, coffeemakers, cream additives, filters, sugar alternatives, even tea advertisements...

This despite the fact that they don't even sell the Keurig coffeemakers!!!

I was actually hoping it was a reduced-price promotion and I could buy a new coffeemaker...But no luck.

And to add insult to injury, the day manager had no idea where I could buy this revolutionary new 'Keurig 2.0' coffeemaker...

[sheepherder]

...A scathing indictment of our education system...

So today I'm down to about two or three mugs of 'blended' coffee left (I mixed the dregs of Maxwell House, Tovazzo, and Dunkin' Donut coffee together - not bad) and decide to try the 'grind-it-yourself' 8 O'Clock coffee...The Blue Mountain Jamaican blend...

The instructions see simple enough...Inflate bag, dump beans in it, dump them in the grinder, and put bug under chute. Hit 'Start' button.

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I 'inflate' the bag, put it under the bean measure chute (like a big powder measure), and pull the handle...Beans tumble down and fill bag...I mean, FILL...They're up to the edge of the top of the bag...OK, I think - It'll settle when they're ground...So I dump the bag o' beans into the grinder, re-position the bag, and let 'er rip...

After about a minute, it seems done...No more coming down...I pull the bag out...And it's still full...To the brim...I can't even fasten the tangs on the bag, I can only pinch the bag a bit and hook the tangs to the edges...

So I take it and the other three items to the check-out...15 registers, only two manned [womaned?]...And 2 or 3 customers in line at each...So I go to one of the 4 automated check-outs...Scan my three items, put the bag o' java on the scale, and select Non-Scanable/Bulk screen...No coffee...

I wave to get the girl manning the Reset desk...Tell her it's grind-it-yourself coffee...She has to get out her store items list...Can't find ground-yourself coffee...Asks me if I remember how much it was; I tell her "$8.99 a pound"...She flips pages a bit, finally calls somebody on the store phone, and now she's all smiles...Yes, it's really $8.99 a pound (like it says on the front of the grinder, which someone just checked for her)...

She tells me to put the bag on the scale; I do... 1.7 pounds...I tell her "That's not right - The bag measured the dump"...She looks at it and says "It must have settled when you ground it; that's why it weighs more now"...

Huh???...

She charges me for a pound, because that's what the bean measure is calibrated to dispense...And of course, we all know coffee weighs more after grinding...

She's about high-school senior age, maybe a graduate...And I'm afraid she may have gone as far in her chosen career field as she's likely to go...

I'll have more on the taste of inflated-weight Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee in a day or two...After I've finished my Devils Mix...