Re: Mind's Eye coffee

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.

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.
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> > > 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!!!
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> > > > 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.
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> > > > 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.
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> > > > 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?
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> > > > On May 26, 2:52 pm, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > "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:
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> > > > > > "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.
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> > > > > > Sorry for the rant rigsy, glad to hear about the tooth and roof!
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> > > > > > 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:
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> > > > > > >>> 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 wrote:
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> I do tea.
> > > > > > >>>>>>>> On 23 May, 19:59, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>> I love mine.  Good french roast in the French press, a
> > > little ground
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>> chocolate, milk and sugar in the cup - the day looks good!
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>> On May 23, 7:55 am, James <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>   "Know thyself"? I hit a wall at three weeks on my
> > > nicotine quit. :(
> > > > > > >>>>> But,
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> I hear it takes roughly twenty three days for new
> > > behaviors to
> > > > > > >>>>> solidify.
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> My rules: no caffiene in afternoon, resolve disputes,
> > > take men's
> > > > > > >>>>> vitamin
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> every day, face the walking direction, move forward, pace
> > > self,
> > > > > > >>>>> breathe,
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> hold regard for the power of influence, allow expression
> > > of
> > > > > > >>>>> enthusiasm.
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> It used to take three cups to break the fog but these
> > > days I can go
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> without, with a minor headache. Mmm, need another cup. :)
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> On 5/23/2013 2:46 AM, Allan H wrote:
> > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> hmm
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