Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Acad. Revisited, OOC02

[Lou]

I'm working from home today, along with the children. We have no power at the office due to a lightning strike yesterday, and the schools are closed due to street flooding. We have been drinking store-brand Hawaiian blend beans ground with Eight O'Clock hazelnut beans.

 

[Leif]

You force your children to drink coffee?? I'm calling SCAN!

At least Mom has a real job! (Dxxxed old lawyers!)

I can usually get 8 O'Clock brand beans, depending on which store I go to. It's good stuff, but I'm wanting to try this Kroger thingy now. I just wish I could remember what brand of beans they have!

[sblock=FYI Mr. Moderator]For the benefit of any moderator(s) who are alarmed by the caustic nature of this post, please be advised that Lou is one of my oldest friends on the planet and this is all VERY tongue-in-cheek. What's worse is that I, too, am a "d-o-lawyer" and have been one for longer than he has, even though he is (a little bit) more of a geezer than I am. [/sblock]

 

[Scott DeWar]

You force your children to drink coffee?? I'm calling SCAN!

At least Mom has a real job! (Dxxxed old lawyers!)

I can usually get 8 O'Clock brand beans, depending on which store I go to. It's good stuff, but I'm wanting to try this Kroger thingy now. I just wish I could remember what brand of beans they have!

[sblock=FYI Mr. Moderator]For the benefit of any moderator(s) who are alarmed by the caustic nature of this post, please be advised that Lou is one of my oldest friends on the planet and this is all VERY tongue-in-cheek. What's worse is that I, too, am a "d-o-lawyer" and have been one for longer than he has, even though he is (a little bit) more of a geezer than I am. [/sblock]

as most of you know, northwest coffee's sumatra is my second fav, but my all time fav is jamaca blue mt from "The Kaffee Klatch" , a locally ownd shop in the mall. when I can't afford the JBM or get the sumatra, I frequent the local health food store for some of their organic grown, free trade coffee.

as for lou being a bit more of a geezer theu you Leif, I thoought that I was the only one older then you? and then only by a couple of eons or so.?

and lou, May I ask where you are that lightning struck that bad?

and one last thing...if you can deal with the children on the caffeen buzz, you just go right ahead and give them coffee. it is way better the beer in the bottle!

 

[Leif]

as for lou being a bit more of a geezer theu you Leif, I thoought that I was the only one older then you? and then only by a couple of eons or so.?!

Lots of folks are older than I am, thank you very much! Lou is only one year older than I am. So you're 'geezerhood' is safe with us

 

[Lou]

Our local grocery store has 4 bags of $35/lb pure Kona beans. When I spoke with the coffee guy today, he recommended the $9/lb Free Trade Organic Columbian beans for a similar taste at the lower price.

I'm just northwest of Houston, Texas. We had a funnel cloud near here yesterday, as well as some several severe thunderstorms. The lightning fried the electrical conduit between the power pole and the building transformers for each office. The fire department had to sit and watch the sparks for hours before the local electrical company arrived to shut off the power at the pole. An electrician worked for about 8 hours today to replace the wiring, but the local electrical company had not arrived to inspect and to replace the pole fuse to allow power back to the building, as of 4pm.

My eldest daughter is not into coffee. The middle girl likes about half a cup, and the boy will drink a little before pouring the rest down the sink, the little ****.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Being an electrician that has had fun (not!) dealings with columbia missouri protective inspections and the process to get a meter put back into a building i was working on, I truely understand the frustration. I feel very sorry for your electrician for the hassles he has to go through!

did you say your son poured the rest of the coffee down the sink?

sacralige!!

He should be grounded for life!

 

[Leif]

You do mean that "Lou, Jr." should be 'coffee-grounded', don't you??

 

[Leif]

speaking of age...

Scotley, Mowgli, J.A., and I all graduated from Jonesboro High the same year. (One year behind Lou, in fact.) J.A. is the youngest (by a few weeks), and I am next. Mowgli is about 3 months older than I am, and Scotley, a/k/a Super-Geezer, is slightly older than Mowgli. Speaking of which, Scotley's 42nd is today. and I missed it! Sorry Scotley, I told myself I wouldn't do that anymore, and then I turn right around and forget once again.

Happy Birthday, anyway, Dude.


Mowgli's birthday is May 6th, maybe?? (Are my guesses totally obvious? ) Happy Birthday to you too, Mowgli.

 

[Scotley]

My darling wife gave me some beans from a specialty shop here for my birthday (yes, I too am now one notch further into geezerhood than Leif, at least for a few months). This morning I made pot of Highlander Grogg, which has a Drambuie flavor to it. Yum!

And my 4 year old is quite the coffee fan. He can operate the Mr. coffee or espresso machine himself. He grinds the beans, pushes all the buttons and steams the milk. I just have to add the water to the reservoir when it gets too low as the machine is too big for him to move. He's got a promising career as a barrista if I can't afford to send him to college.

 

[Scotley]

Speaking of which, Scotley's 42nd was this month, and I missed it! Sorry Scotley, I told myself I wouldn't do that anymore, and then I turn right around and forget once again.

Happy Birthday, anyway, Dude.


Mowgli's birthday is May 6th, maybe?? (Are my guesses totally obvious? ) Happy Birthday to you too, Mowgli.

Actually, you are right on time. Its today. I'm off to a birthday lunch now.

Thanks for the well wishes!