Monday, June 21, 2010

NOT a Good Start

My morning coffee...


...store bought.  My coffee pot went tits-up this morning.  It just quit.  I hope this isn't some sorta sign from The Deity At Hand.  

Better news:  I managed to get in the car, drive downtown, buy the coffee, return to base, and all without serious incident.  Quite the accomplishment for someone whose blood stream contained zero caffeine and whose brain was set on "autopilot."  The public was blissfully unaware of the dangers involved.

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  1. You're a better man than me, Charlie Brown. I keep some Folger's Instant Packets in the pantry. It looks like a teabag, but it's Folgers. They're for emergencies and they work just fine.

    Did you buy a coffee pot while you were out? No, you were prob. too uncaffeinated to be handling shopping!

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  2. And while we're on the subject -- were we??? I'm sure we were -- of your trip, you're not driving your house then? You're taking the little car?

    (I'm sure you've said, but I wasn't paying attention or else I was uncaffeinated at the time!!)

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  3. No, you were prob. too uncaffeinated to be handling shopping!

    Not to mention the "People of Wal-Mart." ;-) We'll do that later today. First things first.

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  4. It is good to know that driving while decafeinated can be done. But your coffee pot going out is strange - thins like this come in threes...

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  5. You're taking the little car?

    Heh... "the little car." Heh. It's "little" like a welterweight is little.

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  6. Better news: I managed to get in the car, drive downtown, buy the coffee, return to base, and all without serious incident. Quite the accomplishment for someone whose blood stream contained zero caffeine and whose brain was set on "autopilot." The public was blissfully unaware of the dangers involved.

    Perhaps because the public was in the same state as you were... autopilot in search of its next caffeine fix... !!

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  7. Lou: Driving while decaffeinated was MUCH more of a chore than I let on, as was interacting with the woman at the coffee shop. We were ALMOST coherent. Almost.

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  8. KC: Women would have kept their children indoors. strong men would have averted their eyes, and the cops would have arrested me on the spot... had they known.

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  9. Sorry to hear about the death in your family. My sincerest condolences.

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  10. Oh no - you'd think the coffee pot would have had the decency to die after your AM caffeine, giving you time to get a new one before the next hit was required.

    I'm now on a special diet for a stomach problem - 2 of the things that are not allowed are caffeine and chocolate.

    This is just temporary - I keep telling myself that to get thru each day.

    Temporary. Temporary.

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  11. Are you sure it's DEAD? I mean, did you check to make sure it wasn't just unplugged from life support?

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  12. "The people of Wal Mart" and caffeine deprivation -- you made the right choice!

    Oh, Kris! I will pray to our kind and benevolent God that the chocolate thing is TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY!!! Coffee's one thing -- chocolate is the foundation of the food pyramid.

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  13. Kris: You have my condolences, too.

    Moogie: I have this tee shirt with the chemical diagram of a caffeine molecule on it... little CH's, O's and N's all linked in a hexagonal pattern. When people ask me "whut's THAT?" I always answer "caffeine," one of the four major food groups... the other three being alcohol, nicotine and SUGAR.

    Andy: It's dead. I reset it three times, unplugged it and plugged it back in (twice), and gave it MANY vigorous thumps in various places. No response. DOA.

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  14. Well, every good Soldier finally gives up the ghost.

    I know it served you well. And, it makes me proud that you slapped it around a while before retiring it.

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  15. I'm like a kid in a candy store when looking at Coffee makers at the store. There is no replacement for a morning cup of coffee.

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  16. MissBirdlegs in AL21 June, 2010 14:08

    They never seem to quit in the evening - dang it! You have my sincerest sympathy - made me shudder to think of NO caffeine in the house. I keep an emergency box of instant packets, too.

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  17. I know it served you well.

    It seems like I replace coffee pots EVERY three years. I'm beginning to believe there's some sort of conspiracy afoot here.

    Matt: I thought about going with something different this time around, but the carafe from the old coffee maker is still serviceable. So I did the cheap-ass thing and replaced the old one with the same model (except for different trim and such).

    Katy: I understand what you're sayin' and I'd drink instant if there were nothing else available or no other alternative. I'm a coffee snob, in addition to being a beer snob. ;-)

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  18. There is a pretty simple solution for a fritzed coffee maker... boil some water and pour it through the filter.

    If you have no filter use a paper towel, it works just as good!

    Of course, being the good Eagle Scout that I am, I always have my hiking expresso maker as well as a light weight coffee press.

    There is always Cowboy Coffee as well. Put the grounds in a pot of boiling water, take it off the burner and add some cold water, the cold water settles the grounds and you are all set.

    ;D

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  19. I thought of the "boiling water thru the filter" thing and the Cowboy Coffee thing, too. But. Keep in mind that one cannot be trusted with sharp things or boiling water when one is not in one's right mind. Better to expose the locals to erratic driving, methinks.

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  20. Hey Buck, what about splurging on one of those Keurig machines? I know many people who have them and they love them.

    Just a thought.

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  21. You shoulda mentioned that yesterday, Kris. But I've bought the new coffee maker and space limitations being what they ARE... one is all I have room for. I did google the Keurig machines, tho. Mebbe next time.

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  22. I was just looking at a Keurig machine in Best Buy today. I'm NOT a coffee drinker, but once in a while, I like one cup. I had a taste of the Keurig brew (Caribou Coffee blend) a while back, and liked it.

    Seems like the perfect machine for someone who just wants one cup now and then.

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