Gregory Morrow wrote:

> JimLane wrote:
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>>Gregory Morrow wrote:
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>>>JimLane wrote:
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>>>>Gregory Morrow wrote:
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>>>>>JimLane wrote:
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>>>>>>sf wrote:
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>>>>>>snip
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>>>>>>>Baloney. Coffee isn't caviar and it can sit for up to a
>>>>>>>week without losing quality if you begin with quality beans.
>>>>>>>One of my family members works for Peets, so I get any
>>>>>>>coffee I want for free on a weekly basis (and I want it
>>>>>>>pre-ground). News flash: The good stuff doesn't degrade
>>>>>>>overnight.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Just because you cannot taste the falloff does not mean that no one
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> else
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>>>>>>can tell the difference. Why don't you take your silliness to
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> alt.coffee
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>>>>>>and see how well it flies?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Uh, she happens to be correct. I've had and gave away three coffee
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>>>grinders
>>>
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>>>>>over the past years. Why? I can't *stand* the annoying sound of the
>>>>>grinder first thing in the morning, fiddling with it, cleaning it, it
>>>>>taking up counter space, etc. I've got better things to do with my
>>>>>time...it's just another useless appliance IMNSHO.
>>>>>
>>>>>I get my coffee from a non - chain store on my corner. They let me
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> know
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>>>>>when the freshest stuff comes in (they roast all their own beans). I
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> go
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>>>>>through a pound about every week or so, and I let them grind it. Then
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>>>it
>>>
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>>>>>resides in a zip loc bag in the freezer. Tastes just fine to me and my
>>>>>guests...very little if any loss of taste. We aren't a bunch of
>>>>>professional tasters in Sao Paulo or wherever who take a sip and then
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>>>spit
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>>>
>>>>>it out. We just like a nice cuppa Joe...
>>>>>
>>>>>I like good coffee, but it *is* just coffee - I'm not going to be all
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>>>anal
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>>>>>to the nth degree about it. As long as it's reasonably good, I'm
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> happy.
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>>>No
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>>>
>>>>>reason to get all silly and snobbish about it. I've got plenty of
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> other
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>>>>>things to be silly and snobbish about ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Bwahaaaahaaaaaaaaa!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>You wouldn't know the difference between good Kona and roasted goat
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>>>turds,
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>>>>>putz.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>As a matter of fact, I do. Do you, is the real question. Because you
>>>>play at one level does not mean others play at a more discriminating
>>>>level. I can taste the fall off after 72 hours, but do not object to the
>>>>change. Oh yes, where did sf mention "freezing" the coffee? What was
>>>>said is that "it can sit for up to a week..." That is not frozen. Had sf
>>>>said that, I would have not disagreed.
>>>>
>>>>Have you passed reading and comprehension 101 yet?
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>>>
>>>
>>>Your initial cheap shot to "sf" greatly discounts the veracity of
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> anything
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>>>you've written after.
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>>Tell it to someone who cares for your opinion.
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>
>
> Poor JimLane. You have to wonder how such a guy goes sour.
>
> To say that time has not
> treated our poor friend well would be a vast understatement. What
> crueler fate could anyone suffer than discovering that after all of
> life's efforts and struggles, you end up being little more than the
> poor lost soul known as JimLane?
>
> The passing of one's youth can sometimes leave little but anger and
> resentment, and JimLane grew himself a grim puss to match. Given to long
> solo
> walks in the woods, the once merry party boy Jim is now faced with
> the loneliness and confusion that often accompanies a life poorly
> lived.
>
> Now known to all in his village as "that nut," JimLane
> has now been forced to accept the charity of soup kitchens and other
> similar institutions dedicated to serving the needs of the destitute.
>
> Often seen shuffling down the street mumbling darkly about his inability to
> discern really good coffee, JimLane is now forced to endure the
> taunts of children and the unkind attentions of the local police.
>

Did you have something of value to say? Nope. Like a child, you are best
seen and not heard from.


jim