Re: Mind's Eye coffee

Maxwell (I claim thread relevance on the 'grounds' Maxwell House was a
big coffee brand here once) threw himself in a stinking bog on his
evening walk. My Chinese wind-proof umbrella was working well against
the rain, but no use against a mud-shaking hound. 'Stinker' as I may
rename him (also with science roots after an old chemistry teacher
called Reekie), refused to clean himself up in the river with a couple
of swimming dogs and had to be introduced to the hose when we got
home. He struggled mightily against his bath, then came back for more
of the game. Car needs a valet job. Dog clean. Had coffee with my
bath. Bliss!

On 28 May, 18:26, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> mines cat free.. lol  but my puppies well  what can I say...   but I have
> great coffee...  ;o)
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> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:42 PM, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Coffee here usually means feeding cats aroused by the noise of the
> > kettle.  Coffee is generally poor in the UK and I only drink it when
> > in Europe.  It comes cat free there.
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> > On 28 May, 13:21, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > We learn from success and failure, true, but we have to repeat the
> > > same elements to achieve the same results- this is where mischief
> > > starts.
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> > > On May 26, 1:54 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > I think we also learn from success
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> > > > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > We learn by failure.  Unless we are incredibly adept at learning
> > > > > lessons from other people, we learn about control fraud the hard way.
> > > > > Hopefully, early.  Kids are good at it and learn it early in the
> > > > > family dynamic, then practice it on their peers.  Interesting to
> > watch
> > > > > them in action.
>
> > > > > On May 26, 12:21 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I think we should do things with all the "authority" of my German
> > > > > > translation above, but then I used to chew ice.  Einstein never
> > > > > > claimed his brain invented relativity - this was done much as we
> > > > > > credit "great leadership".  The brilliant individual is a myth in
> > > > > > creativity.  It's much more certain that we are very good at
> > copying.
> > > > > >  Strangely enough, a guy called Weinstein is currently offering a
> > > > > > potential breakthrough theory in physics.
> > > > > > Academe insists on referencing on the ideas of others and most of
> > this
> > > > > > is based on lies.  "Wittgenstein 1953" is the standard citation for
> > > > > > Philosophical Investigations - yet there was no reliable English
> > > > > > translation until 1958.  Postmodernism is incredulity towards
> > > > > > metanarratives (Lyotard 1979/84) - yet read the piece and you find
> > the
> > > > > > words 'oversimplifying to the extreme' before the oft cited text.
> > > > > >  Academics copy each other's citations without reading the
> > originals.
> > > > > >  Something similar has happened to film, television and the novel.
> > > > > >  All claims to originality and creativity are suspect in my view.
> > > > > >  Anyone else who says this should cite it as my idea!!!
>
> > > > > > I don't trust any authority, not least my own.  But doubt is only
> > so
> > > > > > much good.  One needs thought experiments (Andrew has thrown a few
> > up
> > > > > > in other areas) and a means to detect what we can take at face
> > value.
> > > > > >  In 'The Extended Phenotype' Dawkings (1984:162 - but this really
> > > > > >  isn't his idea) suggests we imagine an alien brought up in a
> > trusting
> > > > > > culture in which distrust is absent.  This guy/gal/etc. is looking
> > at
> > > > > > an information system on Earth and can't make sense of access codes
> > > > > > regulating what can be entered or taken out of the system.  We
> > might
> > > > > > be making similar mistakes as we look into biological information
> > > > > > systems being Dawko's point.
>
> > > > > > Nearly every non-scientific idea I've seen claimed by academic
> > writers
> > > > > > can be found in the Greeks - and probably this was copied from
> > other
> > > > > > societies.  There are very few plots or characters in novels,
> > fewer on
> > > > > > television, news hosts and reporters are so similar the only
> > > > > > difference I can spot is whether I'd sleep with them or not (which
> > > > > > turns out to be all the women until a revulsion factor sets in
> > after
> > > > > > conscious thought starts).  Is all this because the arts pander to
> > the
> > > > > > least common denominator?  I trust none of it and am now revolted
> > by
> > > > > > its mediocrity - it truly is klatsche und tratsche.  Does this
> > make me
> > > > > > arrogant?  I think, incidentally, 'they' control us through gossip
> > and
> > > > > > etiquette - but as rigs' points out, some of this may be needed to
> > > > > > control the barbarian temperament.
>
> > > > > > The people James is on about may be the biggest resisters to needed
> > > > > > change.  No ideas they cannot claim as their own will do.  On
> > trust,
> > > > > > does anyone believe Microsoft products are any different for real
> > now
> > > > > > as opposed to 14 years ago and know why we are still paying for
> > them?
> > > > > > It all looks like a con to me.  How do we know when we are stuck
> > in a
> > > > > > control fraud?
>
> > > > > > On May 26, 2:52 pm, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > "solely responsible for every idea" sounds like someone with an
> > > > > > > overblown sense of authority.  Not normal, or better to say
> > natural,
> > > > > > > but I also see it often, and don't put much credence to what such
> > > > > > > folks have to say.  Speaking for myself, once I became
> > comfortable
> > > > > > > with my own authority, how others used theirs did not bother me
> > so
> > > > > > > much.
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> > > > > > > On May 25, 11:12 pm, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > "Who chews ice?" I hear the sexually repressed do, could be a
> > myth. I
> > > > > > > > haven't messed with it but EPDM sounds like fun, welding
> > plastic
> > > > > seams
> > > > > > > > and such. I made a recommendation a year back that we redo some
> > > > > > > > buildings here with a TiO2-thick garage floor paint right over
> > the
> > > > > > > > shingles but am mixed on the question of ceramic bubbles or
> > > > > diatomaceous
> > > > > > > > media as a base layer, price probably will rule in favor of the
> > > > > latter.
> > > > > > > > Is it normal for an intelligent person to constantly behave as
> > though
> > > > > > > > they are solely responsible for every idea? After ten years
> > working
> > > > > with
> > > > > > > > someone this is still urking me like a sliver that no matter
> > how many
> > > > > > > > times you pull it out, just magically reappears. I've seen
> > this in a
> > > > > few
> > > > > > > > rather intelligent people I know so far and it always puts me
> > off,
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > > it's freaky, like their mind is making up things with them
> > always at
> > > > > a
> > > > > > > > prominent position somehow.
>
> > > > > > > > Sorry for the rant rigsy, glad to hear about the tooth and
> > roof!
>
> > > > > > > > On 5/25/2013 5:46 PM, rigs wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > Pollock
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> > > > > > > > > On May 25, 4:21 pm, rigs <rigs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >> I didn't mean to insult your tea so I made fish and chips
> > last
> > > > > night-
> > > > > > > > >> flounder and steak fries. I used to drink whiskey without
> > ice- not
> > > > > > > > >> really a fan of ice. The dentist switched and I have a white
> > > > > crown and
> > > > > > > > >> was told not to chew ice or almonds. Who chews ice? Also
> > have a
> > > > > white
> > > > > > > > >> roof on the garage which is so bright I feel like dripping
> > paint
> > > > > a la
> > > > > > > > >> Pollack but it's some TPO material superior to rubber.
> > Almost
> > > > > finished
> > > > > > > > >> except for painting the caps and weather vane which the
> > roofer-
> > > > > Ed-
> > > > > > > > >> will do on Tues.
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> > > > > > > > >> On May 24, 2:45 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > >>> No added sugar in my life James - too old to handle the
> > drug.  I
> > > > > don't
> > > > > > > > >>> smoke in the morning either.  I converted to tea bags a
> > few years
> > > > > > > > >>> back.  Instant tea is an ironic punishment for space
> > travelers in
> > > > > > > > >>> Hitch-Hiker.  Cold tea might have some purpose under hot
> > sun,
> > > > > but I
> > > > > > > > >>> don't keep it in preparedness for such blue moon
> > conditions in
> > > > > > > > >>> Northern England.  Anyway I need the ice for my whiskey.
> >  I do a
> > > > > > > > >>> double Java when I work in Manchester.  They have smoking
> > tables
> > > > > at
> > > > > > > > >>> the place near Oxford Road railway station, so I sometimes
> > break
> > > > > my
> > > > > > > > >>> not smoking in the morning rule, unless the croissants
> > have that
> > > > > baked
> > > > > > > > >>> today look.  I'd prefer a shot of cognac in the coffee, so
> > I
> > > > > could
> > > > > > > > >>> pretend to be Maigret instead of on my way to do finance
> > 101.
> > > > > > > > >>> On 24 May, 13:35, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>> Tea counts as a slow beverage in contrast to coffee, yes.
> > > > > > > > >>>> Unless you make it instant ice tea, of course, shudder.
> > > > > > > > >>>> 2013/5/24 rigs <rigs...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Tea seems more like medicine. I have a small drip coffee
> > maker
> > > > > set up
> > > > > > > > >>>>> in the bedroom- take it black and need it hot- am buying
> > a
> > > > > brand from
> > > > > > > > >>>>> Aldi that claims "fair trade"- a muffin- a few
> > cigarettes and
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > >>>>> day's begun. I am shocked-drugged into action!
> > > > > > > > >>>>> On May 24, 1:28 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> what and give up my morning double espresso extra dark
> > roast
> > > > > to jump
> > > > > > > > >>>>> start
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> the morning,,   french presses are good..        Tea??
> >  Tea??
> > > > > > > > >>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:15 AM, James <
> > ashkas...@gmail.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> Heh, could we be any more stereotypical? Tea would be a
> > > > > > > > >>>>> health-conscious
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> choice of course (planning eventually) but to follow
> > through
> > > > > with the
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> typefaction I drink my columbian/arabica cheap-roast
> > with
> > > > > two sugars
> > > > > > > > >>>>> and no
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> cream. :)
> > > > > > > > >>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 4:07 PM, archytas
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