The Coffee House

[jcdeboever]

GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SquarePeg1]

A dusting here. All gone by 1pm. I recall a small amount of snow once in mid May. I had already planted flowers!

 

[limr50 3]

I guess we got about 5" before the sun came out and literally vaporized the snow. The sidewalk outside is dry, and the road is pretty close too. The ground is steaming in places.

Lucky! No sun here, and it's hovering around 40°F. Grass is pretty much the only thing covered now.

We were somewhere in between. Sun came out, but no steaming pavement, and there are still big patches of snow on grass surfaces.

April storms are really all sound and fury, signifying nothing.

I have the same problem at work, they keep the temp incredibly high. Really sucks on days when I'm constantly having to go in and out.

The thermostat is right near my desk. It was literally 85 degrees. The stupid thing is that each area can have a different set point, so maintenance could fulfill my request to set my area lower and it wouldn't affect anyone else in the suite. So I ask them to lower it, it's better for about 2-3 days, and then it creeps back up to 85 degrees.

I actually bought a small desktop "air conditioner" - basically a swamp cooler. Water evaporates through a 'cooling element' (filter) and gets fanned out. Won't work to cool the whole room off and in humid air, it probably won't work at all, but in the dry heat like we get in the office, and placed on my desk, it actually does a nice job. Not as good as a real air conditioner but better than a fan.

So far, I'm working with people who also like to open the window to cool things down so I haven't needed the air cooler lately. Things may change when someone moves into the desk near the window. Hopefully it won't be much longer that the heat will be cranked so high.

 

[grrr8scott]

For you true baseball fans:



LOL!

I used to have a copy of that record. Played it so often I memorized it. Oh the memories!

 

[davidharmier60]

I don't have my usual mug of coffee.
This is not a good thing.

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[Tony744]

GOTTA have coffee!!!

 

[davidharmier60]

Well the pot did get ready and I just finished the mug in a go cup.
So things aren't as bad as they at first seemed.

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[SquarePeg1]

No coffee for me. Caffeine free since 2003. Except for the occasional Diet Coke. I buybthe caffeine free version for at home but they never have that when out.

 

[JonA_CT]

No coffee for me. Caffeine free since 2003. Except for the occasional Diet Coke. I buybthe caffeine free version for at home but they never have that when out.

 

[Gary A.]

I guess we got about 5" before the sun came out and literally vaporized the snow. The sidewalk outside is dry, and the road is pretty close too. The ground is steaming in places.

Lucky! No sun here, and it's hovering around 40°F. Grass is pretty much the only thing covered now.

We were somewhere in between. Sun came out, but no steaming pavement, and there are still big patches of snow on grass surfaces.

April storms are really all sound and fury, signifying nothing.

I have the same problem at work, they keep the temp incredibly high. Really sucks on days when I'm constantly having to go in and out.

The thermostat is right near my desk. It was literally 85 degrees. The stupid thing is that each area can have a different set point, so maintenance could fulfill my request to set my area lower and it wouldn't affect anyone else in the suite. So I ask them to lower it, it's better for about 2-3 days, and then it creeps back up to 85 degrees.

I actually bought a small desktop "air conditioner" - basically a swamp cooler. Water evaporates through a 'cooling element' (filter) and gets fanned out. Won't work to cool the whole room off and in humid air, it probably won't work at all, but in the dry heat like we get in the office, and placed on my desk, it actually does a nice job. Not as good as a real air conditioner but better than a fan.

So far, I'm working with people who also like to open the window to cool things down so I haven't needed the air cooler lately. Things may change when someone moves into the desk near the window. Hopefully it won't be much longer that the heat will be cranked so high.

Sumpthin' like this?

 

[Frank F.]

In Bonn we prepare for the cherry blossom. Big party, too many tourists to even get through with a bicycle (lasts for two weeks), let alone a car, and I live in the middle of it:

Cherry Blossom - Bonn - Aktuelle 2018 - Lohnt es sich?

Cherry Blossom Festival

Blog - Kirschbluete Bonn

 

[waday]

No coffee for me. Caffeine free since 2003. Except for the occasional Diet Coke. I buybthe caffeine free version for at home but they never have that when out.

Wow! I had no idea. So, that makes you caffeine-free and no coffee for @terri.

What made you go caffeine free? My one sister doesn't regularly do caffeine, but it has more to do with the fact that she doesn't like hot drinks. She'll do the occasional soft drink, but she's mostly a water drinker. Similarly, her one daughter dislikes most sweets and hates soda, which is a stark contrast to all other nieces and nephews (and probably most kids her age).

I've thought about giving up coffee, but I find that I drink it more because I enjoy the warm drink rather than the caffeine. I take it with me in the morning to work, and that's all I ever have. If I want more later, I do decaf. I've tried tea, but I can't really find one that I like enough to replace coffee. I do tend to like teas with mint, so maybe I should explore that more.

 

[davidharmier60]

4.25 hours today. Just finished breakfast at the deli. Got to go home and get Dad and go to Houston.

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[SquarePeg1]

No coffee for me. Caffeine free since 2003. Except for the occasional Diet Coke. I buybthe caffeine free version for at home but they never have that when out.

Wow! I had no idea. So, that makes you caffeine-free and no coffee for @terri.

What made you go caffeine free? My one sister doesn't regularly do caffeine, but it has more to do with the fact that she doesn't like hot drinks. She'll do the occasional soft drink, but she's mostly a water drinker. Similarly, her one daughter dislikes most sweets and hates soda, which is a stark contrast to all other nieces and nephews (and probably most kids her age).

I've thought about giving up coffee, but I find that I drink it more because I enjoy the warm drink rather than the caffeine. I take it with me in the morning to work, and that's all I ever have. If I want more later, I do decaf. I've tried tea, but I can't really find one that I like enough to replace coffee. I do tend to like teas with mint, so maybe I should explore that more.

I have never been a coffee drinker. I think that is because my mom loves (turn your eyes away @Gary A. and @JonA_CT) that gross instant coffee and it always smelled and tasted so terrible when I was growing up that I just never wanted to drink coffee. And now I see no reason to add a "vice" to my others! The no caffeine at all started when I gave up soda for a long time after my daughter was born and I was trying to lose the baby weight and also no caffeine while nursing... I missed my soda though so I switched to caffeine free diet coke a few years ago but only occasionally as it's so bad for you.

 

[Gary A.]

No coffee for me. Caffeine free since 2003. Except for the occasional Diet Coke. I buybthe caffeine free version for at home but they never have that when out.

Wow! I had no idea. So, that makes you caffeine-free and no coffee for @terri.

What made you go caffeine free? My one sister doesn't regularly do caffeine, but it has more to do with the fact that she doesn't like hot drinks. She'll do the occasional soft drink, but she's mostly a water drinker. Similarly, her one daughter dislikes most sweets and hates soda, which is a stark contrast to all other nieces and nephews (and probably most kids her age).

I've thought about giving up coffee, but I find that I drink it more because I enjoy the warm drink rather than the caffeine. I take it with me in the morning to work, and that's all I ever have. If I want more later, I do decaf. I've tried tea, but I can't really find one that I like enough to replace coffee. I do tend to like teas with mint, so maybe I should explore that more.

At Gary's house, we're beginning to explore all the teas that we can craft up from backyard stuff. We have lots of herbal tea ingredients in the back ... citrus, tarragon, verbena, lemon balm, different flavored mints, a green/black tea plant and a coffee plant, et cetera. Gary needs to search for a good herbal tea DIY book.