I have never, since age 10 or 11 years old, had anything other than either a Pepsi (a long time ago) or a cup of coffee for breakfast.
When I smoked...add a cigarette or a cigar to the beverage.
No lectures, please...and no apologies.
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I have never, since age 10 or 11 years old, had anything other than either a Pepsi (a long time ago) or a cup of coffee for breakfast.
When I smoked...add a cigarette or a cigar to the beverage.
No lectures, please...and no apologies.
Well, the shower is a must, - always - as is checking that I have what I need in my briefcase. Usually, too, I am fairly smartly dressed, and the last thing I need is a juice or coffee spillage or splash while rushing.
But, I hate rushing while preparing anything to eat and I hate gobbling, or wolfing, food. I prefer to wait until I have time to enjoy it.
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But, but, but it's the most important meal of the day!I have never, since age 10 or 11 years old, had anything other than either a Pepsi (a long time ago) or a cup of coffee for breakfast.
When I smoked...add a cigarette or a cigar to the beverage.
No lectures, please...and no apologies.
I have never, since age 10 or 11 years old, had anything other than either a Pepsi (a long time ago) or a cup of coffee for breakfast.
When I smoked...add a cigarette or a cigar to the beverage.
No lectures, please...and no apologies.
Very European.
Now, @Apple fanboy, I will tell you when this started, @Shrink's post has just reminded me of the circumstances.
When we were kids, my father got us up; Mother never had breakfast with us - she planned her day while we were eating, and got up after we had left for school or work, (in the case of dad).
Unlike her, he was a morning person, and he used to superintend our breakfast until we finished school. (That included cereal, - muesli for me - boiled eggs, toast, and coffee for me, even as a teenager. Brothers had tea or milk.) From a very early age, we were taught to prepare our own breakfasts, say, from the age of six or so, with dad superintending the process.
So, right through school, and right through undergrad days, I always ate a good breakfast, and accepted fully the stuff about setting yourself up for the day.
Then, I started teaching, and the first year I taught,- in fact, the first few years I taught - many of my classes were at 9 a.m. I always put a lot of preparation into my classes, not just academic but.....I suppose you would call it psychological. In essence, you are giving a 'performance'; I was and am an excellent public speaker, but - even now - with vast experience and considerable confidence - I will not address an audience on a full stomach.
I got into the habit having a coffee before I left the house, then teaching my classes, and then, having a late (and very enjoyable) breakfast afterwards.
As a university teacher, - @Shrink's post of coffee and cigarette reminded me (though I never smoked), but I know that mental landscape - I had been known to bring a cup of coffee, plus saucer, into lecture theatres, to the stupefaction of my audience.
More recently, I had to give political briefings most mornings after the 'morning brief'. That meant up, and showered, at least an hour before delivering my briefing in order to be on top of stuff. Unless the coffee is pre-ground(and the coffee shop wasn't open that early) there was no coffee.
Again, a large - late - breakfast, (fried eggs, bread, fruit, plenty of coffee, and freshly squeezed juice) - when I would have been up about three hours - tended to follow my briefings.
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Sadly I think all four meals are equally important!
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Pepsi for breakfast? Think I'd rather have the cigar. Probably healthier.I have never, since age 10 or 11 years old, had anything other than either a Pepsi (a long time ago) or a cup of coffee for breakfast.
When I smoked...add a cigarette or a cigar to the beverage.
No lectures, please...and no apologies.
Sadly I think all four meals are equally important!
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Pepsi for breakfast? Think I'd rather have the cigar. Probably healthier.
What is the fourth? Afternoon tea? Morning biccies? Supper?
I know from my reading that you have four - scheduled - meals a day on board a submarine.
Just kidding. Three for me. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Well, while we're on the subject, I'm a man of routine. Up at 6, take an nespresso in an nespresso travel mug (a gift from mother) on my drive to work. When at my desk at just after 7 I'll have a bowl (
)! of bran flakes, then at 8 I make a cup of Yorkshire tea (in a china cup) and have 2 rounds of whole meal toast with lots of butter! I find, for me, I'm at my most hungry in the mornings.
)! of bran flakes, then at 8 I make a cup of Yorkshire tea (in a china cup) and have 2 rounds of whole meal toast with lots of butter! I find, for me, I'm at my most hungry in the mornings.
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Lucky for you I'm not a Freudian!
What you had was a result of the bran flakes.
Stop me before I really get into trouble!
Lucky for you I'm not a Freudian!
What you had was a result of the bran flakes.
Stop me before I really get into trouble!
Cough. Well, in those circumstances, I'd cheerfully blame the spell check. It has offered too many hostages to fortune to escape entirely now.
I'm sipping on the last of the Barrington Coffee Mezcal this morning. The Friis container it was in is now empty, will be washed shortly and ready for the Sweet Maria's Liquid Amber that is due to arrive today.
I must say that you sound very organised.
Time for me to prepare a nice mug of Ethiopian coffee.....
I'll be really interested you hear how the Liquid Amber blend is when you produce it for the first time in the Expobar. I can pretty much predict that you will find much greater depth and complexity in the blend and a richer head of crema, compared to when it was produced in the Gaggia you used in the past.
I will be receiving my bag of the blend on Friday. It'll be the first time that I have used it in a French press (rather than as espresso) and I, too, will be really interested to see how it tastes.
I'll be looking forward to your report, good friend @SandboxGeneral... and I'll be passing along my observations too.
Sure...sure...spell check.
I'll be really interested you hear how the Liquid Amber blend is when you produce it for the first time in the Expobar. I can pretty much predict that you will find much greater depth and complexity in the blend and a richer head of crema, compared to when it was produced in the Gaggia you used in the past.
I will be receiving my bag of the blend on Friday. It'll be the first time that I have used it in a French press (rather than as espresso) and I, too, will be really interested to see how it tastes.
I'll be looking forward to your report, good friend @SandboxGeneral... and I'll be passing along my observations too.
Sure...sure...spell check.
Well, on the topic of breakfast and coffee........
Mine today - late, because, as per usual there were so many distractions, and I slept for around nine hours (having gone to bed shockingly early) included an inevitable mug of Ethiopian coffee.
There was cheese: These included a French blue, Blue de Brebis, (which I hadn't had before, and I am a fan of good blue cheeses, - it was like milder (the spell check suggests 'wilder') version of Roquefort, and is also a sheep's milk cheese, an aromatic washed rind (why did the spell check suggest 'ruined'?) one from Alsace along the lines of Munster - this lovely cheese is called Regal du Brasseur, and the hard cheese - usually I have something rich, and smooth, such as an aged Gouda - or Montgomery Cheddar - was a hard cheese from Italy, with truffle marbling throughout: This was Moliterno Black Truffle Pecorino; Yum.
And, naturally, there was freshly squeezed citrus (orange, grapefruit and lemon juice), accompanied by, but, of course, Ethiopian coffee.
Finished off with two of my German sister-in-law's homemade biscuits. (Other Brother gave me a small bag as a gift when he stayed on Monday).
Smooth, bright, clear, clean......quite lovely, in fact.
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Slept for nine hours? You'll have to let me know your secret.
If I get 3-4 in one go I've done well.
I have always had the gift of sleep.
In fact, I can nod off, effortlessly, such as in the afternoon "snatch the proverbial 'power nap'", and, when I was teaching, would sometimes have a quick nap - at my desk - for around 10-15 minutes - before heading off for an evening class (say, one scheduled for 4 p.m., or 5, p.m).
For that matter, I can sleep on trains, in planes, buses, cars......
And, when I was a civil servant, I used to find myself almost invariably nodding off during the six o'clock BBC news; I doubt I ever made it to the weather forecast, unless there was something utterly compelling happening politically.
Oh, and, @SandboxGeneral: I saw the bigger brother of your Expobar in the French bakery today.
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Ha! I'm a civil servant and today almost dropped off during a telekit, the subject of which I won't bore you with. A strategically placed arm and fist resting against the side of my head and I'm almost gone!
I didn't ask what model it was - I was too busy buying cakes and French bread.
However, it had two group heads, and 10 blue lights - ranged in two groups of five - that flicked on sequentially the way that the controls on the starship Enterprise used to all those years ago.
I think - but cannot swear to it - that it was either a Carat Eco 2, or an Elegance - one of the larger models.
But it looked impressive and was working hard for its living; the reason I say this is that the French bakery is well known for the excellence of both its coffee and its cakes.
And, come to that, it is also known for the excellence of its breads too.
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Well, in my teaching days the five o'clock slot used to be notorious; students - some of whom had partied, some of whom were wrecked because they were working part-time - were tired, and it was a difficult class to keep alert.
During the first year when I was teaching, - as mentioned a few posts ago - I had the horrid nine o'clock in the morning slot for several of my classes, and the other slot the the department allocated to me was the graveyard shift at five in the evening, when I had a few classes scheduled.
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Anyone ordered from the Blending Room?
http://www.theblendingroom.co.uk
I really like my (first) Friis canister and you say you're on your 4th? How long will the beans last in these canisters and do you keep different beans in each and just use which one you fancy?
http://www.theblendingroom.co.uk
I just received my fourth Friis canister.
My goodness...if this is not exciting, I don't know what is!
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I really like my (first) Friis canister and you say you're on your 4th? How long will the beans last in these canisters and do you keep different beans in each and just use which one you fancy?
What an interesting website; I might just pay them a visit when I return from my travels.
My recommendation would be to 1) keep different beans in each (that is what I do with my coffee tins); and 2), yes, label the tins. Labels can be removed, and replaced, as needed.
I do exactly what very smart friend @Scepticalscribe recommended...different blends in each canister and each canister with a label taped on it.
Normally I have 3 blends in my rotation. All roasted beans are fresh for about 2 weeks, no matter how well stored. After that period of time, roasted beans begin to go stale. I only have the 4th canister because I unexpectedly ordered the Sweet Marias Liquid Amber blend, which becomes available extremely unpredictably.
I do a similar thing with my Friis containers. One bean type in each and I keep a sheet of paper taped to the inside of a cupboard door with what's in each can written on it with dates of when said bean was put into it and when I finished it off.
Of course for the longest time I had two cans and @Shrink had 3 cans. Then last week I decided to buy a 3rd can and @Shrink being so insecure with himself had to order a 4th can because he can't handle me having the same number of cans that he has. His inferiority complex knows no bounds and he has to be just a little better than me at all times. Sheesh.
Of course for the longest time I had two cans and @Shrink had 3 cans. Then last week I decided to buy a 3rd can and @Shrink being so insecure with himself had to order a 4th can because he can't handle me having the same number of cans that he has. His inferiority complex knows no bounds and he has to be just a little better than me at all times. Sheesh.
I do a similar thing with my Friis containers. One bean type in each and I keep a sheet of paper taped to the inside of a cupboard door with what's in each can written on it with dates of when said bean was put into it and when I finished it off.
Of course for the longest time I had two cans and @Shrink had 3 cans. Then last week I decided to buy a 3rd can and @Shrink being so insecure with himself had to order a 4th can because he can't handle me having the same number of cans that he has. His inferiority complex knows no bounds and he has to be just a little better than me at all times. Sheesh.
Geez...do you have to give away all my pathetic weakness and insecurities on a public forum!?
Having said that...a newbie dumping on an Old Master does not put the newbie in a good light.
Final note...let's establish who is the SHRINK here...and who is the potential patient.