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RTDNTOTO 🐻 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 19 (2024)

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I'm not a coffee drinker so I don't "get it" but I'm just amazed at the number of people here who probably drop between $50-60 a week at Starbucks for their morning fix. We have a two pot maker in the building and it's free. Is the other stuff just that much better that it's worth that kind of money? I understand treating yourself now and then but everyday?
 
MD Planner said:
I'm not a coffee drinker so I don't "get it" but I'm just amazed at the number of people here who probably drop between $50-60 a week at Starbucks for their morning fix. We have a two pot maker in the building and it's free. Is the other stuff just that much better that it's worth that kind of money? I understand treating yourself now and then but everyday?
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I can't believe the number of people who constantly carry a cup of coffee or bottle of water with them. Why can't they wait until they're stationary to pour a cup of coffee? It's like the new security blanket.

I also don't get drinking from Mason jars. Glassware is pretty affordable.
 
btrage said:
Email conversation with a finance professional and I use the the term "in perpetuity" in reference to an easement. He said he was not familiar with that term. :r:
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Maybe they're not used to thinking long term.

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Hink said:
I feel like iced coffee doesn't count. It is just a nice little drink, not my morning coffee.
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When its 80 by 9 am, iced coffee is the only acceptable answer. I've had a few of the locals coffee snobs tell me it can have more caffeine.

I don't do iced lattes in the morning, just iced coffee and maybe a little creamer from around May-September.
 
kms said:
I can't believe the number of people who constantly carry a cup of coffee or bottle of water with them. Why can't they wait until they're stationary to pour a cup of coffee? It's like the new security blanket.

I also don't get drinking from Mason jars. Glassware is pretty affordable.
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I don't bring Mason jars to work or elsewhere but I drink out of them regularly at home because it's what we have around. We like to cook and eat a lot in my house but neither my wife nor I are especially concerned with having stuff like matching dishes, glasses, etc. But it's rare that a Mason jar goes out of the house.

I have travel mugs and water bottles at my desk in the office but coffee only goes with me to a meeting if it's going to be cold when I get back and I want to keep drinking it while it's hot. I make coffee at home and bring it in, almost never make coffee here at the office although we have the setup to do so.

Had an admin assistant in one job once who could not go to our weekly staff meeting without both water and coffee and a cute little divided snack Tupperware with perfectly arranged veggies, fruits, and crackers. I think this was maybe during the peak Rachel Ray era or something. It was distracting. Just go to the meeting without the four-course meal!
 
We end up losing a number of mason jars every year. Typically it's when we give jars of canned garden produce or homemade jelly jars as gifts for birthdays and other holidays. Some relatives are pretty good about returning the jars, others less so.
 
I sip coffee all morning at my desk and sip tea in the afternoon - trying to introduce more water, usually as part of lunch and at the end of the day

I think I started the concept of coffee to go in my 20s as even in college, coffee was consumed in the cafeteria or cafe and not in class - and water bottles were not a thing

so yesterday I fell at work and completely embarrassed myself - I don't have a concussion as I don't have any symptoms - it was a full-on face plant - the weird thing is there was nothing that caused it, the only thing I can think of is I stepped funny and my espadrille got stuck and then a fell forward - anyway I am fine today but omg falling at work is the worst.
 
luckless pedestrian said:
so yesterday I fell at work and completely embarrassed myself - I don't have a concussion as I don't have any symptoms - it was a full-on face plant - the weird thing is there was nothing that caused it, the only thing I can think of is I stepped funny and my espadrille got stuck and then a fell forward - anyway I am fine today but omg falling at work is the worst.
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luckless pedestrian said:
so yesterday I fell at work and completely embarrassed myself - I don't have a concussion as I don't have any symptoms - it was a full-on face plant - the weird thing is there was nothing that caused it, the only thing I can think of is I stepped funny and my espadrille got stuck and then a fell forward - anyway I am fine today but omg falling at work is the worst.
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Oh no. I'm glad you aren't hurt and still have all of your teeth and a straight nose.
 
luckless pedestrian said:
I sip coffee all morning at my desk and sip tea in the afternoon - trying to introduce more water, usually as part of lunch and at the end of the day

I think I started the concept of coffee to go in my 20s as even in college, coffee was consumed in the cafeteria or cafe and not in class - and water bottles were not a thing

so yesterday I fell at work and completely embarrassed myself - I don't have a concussion as I don't have any symptoms - it was a full-on face plant - the weird thing is there was nothing that caused it, the only thing I can think of is I stepped funny and my espadrille got stuck and then a fell forward - anyway I am fine today but omg falling at work is the worst.
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Glad to hear the only thing wounded was your pride.
 
luckless pedestrian said:
I sip coffee all morning at my desk and sip tea in the afternoon - trying to introduce more water, usually as part of lunch and at the end of the day

I think I started the concept of coffee to go in my 20s as even in college, coffee was consumed in the cafeteria or cafe and not in class - and water bottles were not a thing

so yesterday I fell at work and completely embarrassed myself - I don't have a concussion as I don't have any symptoms - it was a full-on face plant - the weird thing is there was nothing that caused it, the only thing I can think of is I stepped funny and my espadrille got stuck and then a fell forward - anyway I am fine today but omg falling at work is the worst.
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Must have been something about the day. I was on a routine grocery run on my bike when the front wheel decided to suck up the fender and jam- sending me over the bars. Scraped knees and hurt pride but nothing else.

/I was not wearing espadrilles
//Chaco flipflops
 
luckless pedestrian said:
I stepped funny and my espadrille got stuck and then a fell forward - anyway I am fine today but omg falling at work is the worst.
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The important thing is: you were wearing espadrilles. You are awesome.

Falling at work or anywhere is the worst. People are well-meaning and concerned but you kind of wish they just would pretend that they somehow hadn't noticed your faceplant. Somehow....
 
MD Planner said:
I'm not a coffee drinker so I don't "get it" but I'm just amazed at the number of people here who probably drop between $50-60 a week at Starbucks for their morning fix. We have a two pot maker in the building and it's free. Is the other stuff just that much better that it's worth that kind of money? I understand treating yourself now and then but everyday?
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I'm a coffee drinker and I don't get it either.

My suspicion is that a lot of these people don't really like coffee straight up so they have to add a bunch of stuff to it to get something they will actually drink. Also, maybe some people do it because they think it's cool or it's just part of their morning ritual.

For me, I have a coffee pot at my desk (both at home and when I work from home) and I drink a full pot during the work day. Black.
 
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Doohickie said:
I'm a coffee drinker and I don't get it either.

My suspicion is that a lot of these people don't really like coffee straight up so they have to add a bunch of stuff to it to get something they will actually drink. Also, maybe some people do it because they think it's cool or it's just part of their morning ritual.

For me, I have a coffee pot at my desk (both at home and when I work from home) and I drink a full pot during the work day. Black.
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Starbucks for many is like buying a hot liquid candy bar for seven bucks every day. It's a Monster Energy can for the Pilates set.
 
After my surgery, my chart said I was fall risk, so I had to have a PT person walk with me.
 
Doohickie said:
I'm a coffee drinker and I don't get it either.

My suspicion is that a lot of these people don't really like coffee straight up so they have to add a bunch of stuff to it to get something they will actually drink. Also, maybe some people do it because they think it's cool or it's just part of their morning ritual.

For me, I have a coffee pot at my desk (both at home and when I work from home) and I drink a full pot during the work day. Black.
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I consider coffee with creamer like corn on the cob with butter and salt (Tony Chachere's is better, BTW) as it makes for a better flavor. This is really true with most any food as seasoning is added. Creamer is seasoning to me. Sure, we can eat without the basics of salt, pepper, and garlic, but why?
 
My sunglasses are the Ray Ban Wayfarer - polarized, got to protect them eyes.
 
You'll all be happy to know I took advantage of the 80º and sun after lunch to walk up to Starbucks... for an iced coffee... full of sweet cream and sugar.

In my defense (not that I need to defend my choices), drinks are half off on Friday afternoons.
 
OOPS!!!

Construction has been halted at the site of the planned new stadium for the USL Championship’s Indy Eleven after at least 87 instances of human remains from a long-shuttered historic cemetery nearby have been found. Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsett has proposed an alternate site for the new stadium.
 
Not a big fan of American Airlines at the moment. I should have been home an hour ago and I am still in the wrong city.
 
Here's a demonstration of how NOT to photograph bison at Yellowstone, courtesy of two tourists
 
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Not a lot of traffic this morning. It's the first day of 'school's out for summer'







I guess every one of those shopping carts had the 'defective wheel syndrome'
 
JNA said:
Hadley, MA asks state to probe shopping cart structure along bank of Connecticut River
The use of shopping carts as gabion baskets is featured in a how-to video on YouTube.


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This is unattractive and doesn't appear to be effective based on the pictures or the article. There doesn't appear to be stone in the baskets which is typically how gabion baskets are used. I guess it wouldn't be bad if they would separate the baskets from the carts and scrap the non-basket parts.
 
Have you noticed the commercials recently from the American Beverage Companies? Coke, Pepsi, Keurig/Dr. Pepper are touting their new recycled/recyclable containers. Interesting.

I understand Congress may be on the verge of adopting legislation about forever chemicals.

I'm sure it is purely a coincidence.
 
When I was in elementary school one of my classmates did a science project on how many ping pong balls would it take to raise the Titanic. He came in with a 20 gallon aquarium and a mental model of a ship with a hole in the side and bags of ping pong balls and talked about the conversion of his test ship and the real thing with all the different notes about water pressure, size, massing, and such. Even then (like more than 35 years ago) he pointed out that this would never work in the real world because the deck and the floors of the ship were constructed for downward force and not lift. Additionally, the ship is in two pieces and too many of the ping pong balls would come out.

His dad was a structural engineer.
 
WSU MUP Student said:
You'll all be happy to know I took advantage of the 80º and sun after lunch to walk up to Starbucks... for an iced coffee... full of sweet cream and sugar.

In my defense (not that I need to defend my choices), drinks are half off on Friday afternoons.
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The local coffee shop sells this as "Iced Crack."
 
A local coffee shop has a drink called the "Calm Down Karen!"

But the "Karen" moniker is rather passe now.
 
michaelskis said:
When I was in elementary school one of my classmates did a science project on how many ping pong balls would it take to raise the Titanic. He came in with a 20 gallon aquarium and a mental model of a ship with a hole in the side and bags of ping pong balls and talked about the conversion of his test ship and the real thing with all the different notes about water pressure, size, massing, and such. Even then (like more than 35 years ago) he pointed out that this would never work in the real world because the deck and the floors of the ship were constructed for downward force and not lift. Additionally, the ship is in two pieces and too many of the ping pong balls would come out.

His dad was a structural engineer.
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When I was about eight, I asked my father how they decide how much weight a bridge can hold. He told me that they drive bigger and bigger trucks across it until it fails, then they weigh the last truck and rebuild the bridge.

I believed this for years.

Jim
 
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