OT: Coffee Anyone?

[Chopper]

So who else works out in the everyday ratrace and loves coffee? Who is addicted to it and relies on it to exist? I know i do! I'm sure all those out there who work office-like jobs know what I'm talking about ! In fact I'm drinking some right now.

In fact I drink coffee everyday, even if it's s**tty coffee, hey it's better than none. If I was a political prisoner in South America I think I would ask the non-english speaking guard beating me if my ragged body could atleast have some coffee.

That's how addicted I am! And it feels great.

 ps-fighter pilots make the crappiest coffee.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Right on Chopper!

I work as technical support for an ISP.  Basically I sit and take phone calls from the computer illiterate.  I have to be in the office at 7:30 each morning and am the only one here until 9 when the main office opens up.  You can only imagine the boredom and the lethargy that comes with it.

That's when my pal coffee comes to the rescue.  I usually drink anywhere from half a pot to a full pot a day.  Once I'm done with the coffee sometime around 12, I switch over to bottled water.  Usually about a liter of that a day.  

Taking anywhere from 150-200 phone calls a day makes one thirsty.

[Blankman]

To start my day of selling advertising, I have a Red Bull mixed with  Lo-Carb Monster.

Now THAT'LL get 'em pepped!

[Deej]

Can't make it through the day otherwise. Coffee is a beautiful thing!!

[Chopper]

HAHA Sweet. that's nice to know comrade. it's good you rehydrate, you don't want to your kidneys to collape. which reminds me, anyone know a good black market dealer where i can buy some new ones!?

[Chopper]

Never had red bull, my buddy told me it tasted like cough syrup. True?

[Vermin Boy]

For some reason, I've never gotten into coffee. Soda's my poison; Code Red has saved my life many a time.

My dad, on the other hand, is a raging coffee fiend, especially Dunkin' Donuts' iced coffee. I swear he's got an internal map of every Dunkin' Donuts in the state, complete with hours of operation and what you have to tell them to get a coffee the way he likes it.

[Chopper]

True I imagine you need a lot for all that ass whupping you do! nah j/k man. I need it to get through my day also, if you only saw my monotonous daily routine. i can't wait until one glorious day when i have a job where i can use my creativity and brain! that's gonna be nice. in fact i think i'm gonna get my PhD and teach psychos in prison how to fingerpaint!

come on neurotransmitters, move, quicker!! MOVE! (referring to the caffeine that's currently effecting my brain).

[Mr_Vindictive]

Dunkin Donuts coffee is the absolute best.  There is one directly beside my office, within walking distance and it is so freakin hard not to go buy "THE GREAT ONE" every single day.  Usually I'm just subjected to office coffee.  Oh well.


As for Red Bull, the taste isn't that great but you do get used to it.  A much better substitute is the Mountain Dew version - AMP.  Great stuff.

[Chopper]

if you guys have ever seen the cult film Eraserhead, Jack Nance, the guy who played the main disturbed character died at a dunken doughnuts. i heard some punk ass teenager punched him in the head, he was also in his later years which didn't help. how sucky is that!

[ulthar]

I admin a Linux server hosting about a dozen web sites and several hundred email accounts across a dozen or so domains.  Sometimes I face a head scratcher and it would be nice to have someone to bounce ideas off.

;)

[ulthar]

I drink a LOT of coffee, but in recent years (alas) have switched to decaf.  I was a 1-2 pot a day drinker (at least) for most of my professional life.  About six years ago, I realized the caffeine was contributing to a generally stressed out attitude and poor sleep.

Drank 50-50 regular-decaf mix for four or five years, and about a year ago, went straight decaf.  Still drink a lot of coffee, but I feel much better.

I have come to really prefer perked coffee over drip coffee.  I have a stainless steel camping percolator that I use daily (multiple times daily); it's more work, but  the flavor is worth it.  We grind beans and rarely buy already ground coffee.

For a couple of years, we belonged to Gevalia, a 'mail order' coffee club of sorts.  They have some good coffees, dudes, and I am not talking about Chick coffee like French Vanilla .  It's pricey, which is why we had to drop it, but if you have a few bucks and want to try some other stuff, check 'em out.

I guess with the last two paragraphs, I'd have to categorize myself as a 'coffee snob.'  But really, we typically buy the cheapo Food Lion brand beans, grind 'em and perk em.  Nothin' fancy.

But yeah, I dig coffee.  Especially when elbow deep in Assembly Code at 3 am.

[Chopper]

yeah i can't say i'm a "coffee snob" persay. i guess i'm more of the blue collar coffee type.  hehe.

[daveblackeye15]

My god, how the hell do you adults drink that stuff? Not only coffee but alcohale also. I mean when I smell beer I almost throw up, I can't imagine putting it down my throat. Anyway coffee. No I don't drink coffee. Ever since a few years ago I pulled a pitcher out of the frige and saw some dark liquid in it. I figured it was dark juice so I poured some into a glass. When I took a sip of it I spat it out into the sink gagging. My mom looks into the pitcher and says "Oh, I was wondering where I put the coffee". So yeah how on earth can you adults put that awful tasting stuff in you guts? I drink tea! HMMM tea! Nice and healthy, tastes good, and helps when I have a cold. Since when has coffee made you feel better when you had a sore throat hmmm? Put I do like the smell of coffee, it's just the taste I hate.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Ulthar,

Just the basic stuff.  Dial up issues/DSL and Satellite connection issues.  I also do a little bit of the network tech stuff here as well, so if you ever have a question let me know.