Coffee: Occasional joy or every day necessity?

[dolo amber]

What's up with these "sometimes" coffee drinkers? Weirdos... :wtf:

edit: Grrr...FINE, I fixed it. Now leave me alone until I have my coffee. :P

[Eurobabe]

1. Gave it up for health reasons

Miss it, but have alot more money in my pocket!

[LiberalVoice]

2. coffe = poo

:puke:

[terrya]

3. Both.

It's a necessity, but luckily it's a joy to savor. :-)

[WildClarySage]

4. Both joy AND necessity

[Ediacara]

5. can it not be both?

[SarahB]

6. Both!

I work 3rd shift (12 hour shifts no less) and at 4:00am (seems to be my bewitching hour as I'm a natural night person), coffee is the staple of my existence to keep me moving. However, there's something to be said for flavor in a quality coffee as well. :9

[xmas74]

10. I work midnights

and would never make it through, if not for the wonderful benefits of coffee.

[AlabamaYankee]

7. It's my drug of choice

I always try to maintain a therapeutic level of caffeine.

[DBoon]

15. Drug? I thought it was an essential nutrient

They always say you need vitamin"c", that's coffee, right?

[pansypoo53219]

21. indeed

and despite what doctors have said, they discovered it actually has anti-oxidents. wards off parkinson's and liver cancer.

plus it tastes and smells awesome.
at least when i make it.

[all.of.me]

29. well said...

... i see it as my last vice...

[neweurope]

8. BLESSED be the woman who invented it!

--------------------

Remember Fallujah

Bush to the Hague!

[vi5]

9. A joy...I drink it every day but not for the caffeine...

I've never gotten the caffeine addiction thing. I enjoy coffee every day, several cups. But on occassions where I can't get coffee or where only decaf is available, I am fine. I can enjoy the taste of decaf just as much.

[dolo amber]

11. Although I don't think it's necessarily bad

tasting, decaf is still an abomination unto our lord. :grr:

;)

[tjdee]

12. My precioussss...no wait, that's my internets.

All the same, I love coffee.

Not just the caffeine, but the warmth and the taste and the smell....

[DBoon]

13. Thank God it's still legal!

I'd sure hate to test positive for Starbucks on a pre-employment drug test.

On edit: When I get a job that allows me to take an afternoon nap, I might consider giving up coffee.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. My dark mistress

my ball & chain

[amazona]

16. caffeine sensitivity here

Therefore real coffee can only be an occasional treat. My muscles vote that I never drink coffee, but sometimes my mind and my taste buds over-rule. I try to keep it to a dull roar however.

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even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
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[dolo amber]

17. Well, you are certainly excused

from the scrutiny. ;)

I work with a girl who somedays has coffee, somedays not. I've just never understood that; it's like people who only SMOKE sometimes. :silly:

Perhaps I'm just too much of an addictive personality... :D

[tjdee]

23. What does that feel like?

Just curious...does it give you a headache, or...?

[redqueen]

18. Only a special treat for me.

It makes my tummy hurt.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

19. My morning coffee is like friggin' tana leaves for Kharis the Mummy

I can't get up and attack things until I've had it.

:evilgrin:

[BikeWriter]

20. Other. My last cup of coffee was maybe five years ago.

I do like it with a drop or two of something medicinal in it.

[NewJeffCT]

22. never touched it until I met my ex-wife. And now...

I was so worn down mentally & physically from our marriage that it was really affecting my work - I was practically sleeping at my desk. So, I decided to have some coffee to see if that would work - with heavy milk & sugar. That really perked me up and I've been hooked every since.

So, not only did my ex-wife spend money like George W. Bush, she left me with a caffeine addiction.

[sundog]

24. I steep twigs & moss & leaves & dirt & special resins & pickled salamander

in a silver ball

[dolo amber]

25. Probably whilst listening to Paul Oakenfold

:eyes:

:D

[vi5]

26. What is it about that guy?

I know next to nothing about electronic music beyond a cursory appreciation of a few selected artists. But everyone i know who is into that scene uses Paul Okenfold as a punch line. What's the back story on this? I wouldn't know a Paul Okenfold song if it came up and clubbed me in the face with a turntable.

[dolo amber]

30. See the guy in the cross hairs in my sig?

:D

MY personal beef with Oakenfold is that as one of the biggest DJs in the world, he totally squandered the opportunity to turn people in this country onto *proper* dance music...the kind the Europeans do so well. Most if not all of the pioneers of modern house and techno came from America, but finding no audience have since all but given up and now play exclusively overseas. Being a "name", Oakenfold could easily have given exposure to styles that aren't mainstream here, but made them accessible enough for the masses. Instead, he chose to do shitty remixes of shitty pop songs. Therefore, (with exceptions, of course) when people here go to clubs or talk about "dance music", they're mostly talking about the latest Oakenfold remix of the latest Beyonce song or whatever. Just like with most everything else, it's all lowest common denominator rubbish. And then there's that ghastly "Starry-eyed Surprise" pap he made with CrazyTown (who suck mightily in their own right... :puke:)

So, yeah. That's my issue, and I'd imagine I'm not alone in that assessment. But there's enough about Oakenfold to hate that I'm also sure that's not the only thing he's derided for. ;)

[vi5]

32. Interesting.....But what about....

..bigger names that had more "pop" success like The Chemical Brothers or Prodigy or Fatboy Slim. They had much more american success than Okenfold has, didn't they? Or is it not just the popular success thing as much as it is the remixing and such?

Like I said I'm not particularly down with the dj/electronic scene beyond stuff like Underworld, Boards of Canada, DJ Shadow, etc. so I'm not aware of the ins and outs and politics of the scene.

That Starry Eye Surprise song is totally craptastic though. Ugh.

[dolo amber]

34. Chem. Bros, Prodigy, Fatboy Slim aren't blameless

by any stretch...I do however put them in a different category...I dunno how to explain, and it's in all likelihood just my personal dislike of Oakenfold that makes it so. I guess it's at least partially because those bands were never intended to be anything other than what they are. Oakenfold is SO huge overseas...he was supposed to *bring the music to the masses* as it were. I hope this makes sense... :think:

Big ups for Underworld, btw. They're probably my all time faves. :)

[vi5]

38. O.K. I guess I never knew how big he was/is......

I always forget that type of music is so huge overseas and here it's barely a blip. There are a lot of scenes that are like that. I know of bands that tour the US in a beat up van but go to Japan or Europe and are treated like gods. It's weird.

[sundog]

31. yeah, the copy of "Tranceport" you made for me

from your Oakenfold archives - I especially liked that obscure Ibiza Perfecto mix... What would I do without your musical guidance??? Oakenfold #1!!! :bounce:

[dolo amber]

36. I hate you, sundog

:grr:

[ProfessorGAC]

28. PICKLED Salamander???

Oh, i see, just plain old blanched salamander's not good enough for you, huh? It has to be pickled! Well, excuse me Fancy Dan! You think you're better 'n me?
The Professor

[sundog]

37. It's good... mixed with pickled carrot & jalapeno

:9

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

27. Occasional treat for me. n/t

[ironflange]

33. Occasional

And since I've never become dependent on caffeine, coffee represents a cheap high for me.

[flamingyouth]

35. I like it but it bothers my stomach

:(

[Ivan Sputnik]

39. You don't want to deal with me

before I've had my morning coffee.

"Thank you for your coffee, seignor. I shall miss that when we leave Casablanca."
--Ingrid Bergman

[BigMcLargehuge]

40. I don't have time to answer this

I NEED TO GET MORE COFFEE

[yvr girl]

41. I love it, but I don't drink it at home

(I make lousy coffee)

I might have it 1-2 a week.

[bikebloke]

42. Not for me

I never liked it. A couple times while traveling I found a cup shoved in my hands. Out of politeness, I tossed it down my gullet.

As a teenager, my father said wait until I have to work for a living. Then I'd drink coffee. Twenty-some years later, he asked, "You still don't drink coffee?".

To wake up in the morning, I prefer cold juice or cold water.

[SOteric]

43. Other: Nectar of the gods,

appropriately served only by the bucketfull and from time to time as an IV drip.

[dolo amber]

44. You win

:7

[jandrok]

45. Coffee....how I love thee.....let me count the ways.....

More than a mere drink, it is life itself.....

http://www.coffeegeek.com/

[blue neen]

46. Oh my, a necessity.

It's as essential to my body as oxygen.

Think I'll have another cup now!

[Scout]

47. Other

never drink coffee or tea, they taste nasty!

I used to be a morning Mt. Dew drinker though...

[bobthedrummer]

48. I drink so much coffee that my teeth discolor...

[Magrittes Pipe]

49. I haven't had any today, and my head hurts.

Can't be bothered to make any, though.

[cmf]

50. It's a treat for weekends

The caffeine was creating all sorts of health issues that I realized that I should cut down on it. At my peak usage, I would drink 3-4 cups of coffee a day plus a couple caffeinated sodas. I cut that down to 2 cups of coffee and no sodas, and now I just drink teas (made of twigs and moss ;) ) and save the coffee for weekend brunch. I drink soda only a couple times a month.

Caffeine is a drug and it should be treated as such. Occasional use is great for enhancing your life. But once you start needing it to make it through the day, you need to step back and take a look at why.

[Michael Ruggiero]

51. Coffee is for god

Like every thing we can no longer have coffee is for god cream is for God sugar is for god food is for God we do not live by food alone but from every word that come from the mouth of God.
With that sad we now know Y all of this food is no good to us now.
is what you eat and to say your prayers is to make a or a what is a word? but the name of a person place or thing and no mater how you brake it up water is water and staff is staff so the dust we walk on and the water we wash with need only God to make flesh there is no more that it.
{soul} the inside underneath or unseen portion of
{spirit} water that carries any other properties
Now that you see what they did to the word and the word was God and is this word the only thing that can take water and dust and make flesh just a small that multiplies 10 times over at 98.6 and when it fall to the water and everything was just right it fermented and from that ferment did God put air and in that air so did the mist of Gods spirit rise and come back to the dust and bring life to everything for his small movement in the dust did make a void and fill it with love and spirit.
Pesticides and Herbicides in your food and water kill Bacteria and if you think you can live with out them you better look one more time.

[Michael Ruggiero]

52. Repost of above words are missing

Like every thing we can no longer have coffee is for god cream is for God sugar is for god food is for God we do not live by food alone but from every word that come from the mouth of God.
With that sad we now know Y all of this food is no good to us now.
Pray is what you eat and to say your prayers is to make a hail marry hail storms number one or a our father they staff number two what is a word? but the name of a person place or thing and no mater how you brake it up water is water and staff is staff so the dust we walk on and the water we wash with need only God to make flesh there is no more that it.
soul the inside underneath or unseen portion of
spirit water that carries any other properties
Now that you see what they did to the word and the word was God and God is this word bacterium the only thing that can take water and dust and make flesh just a small bacteria that multiplies 10 times over at 98.6 and when it fall to the water and everything was just right it fermented and from that ferment did God put air and in that air so did the mist of Gods spirit rise and come back to the dust and bring life to everything for his small movement in the dust did make a void and fill it with love and spirit.
Pesticides and Herbicides in your food and water kill Bacteria and if you think you can live with out them you better look one more time.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

56. Did you forget your lithium today?

:scared:

[Michael Ruggiero]

58. lithium is what the sick people are taking sorry Iam not sick

[baldguy]

53. .

[Withywindle]

54. All day, every day!

It's the all-seeing eye on my food pyramid.

[donheld]

55. Nasty toxin - I hate coffee

:puke:

[yellowdogintexas]

57. good coffee with real cream or half n half...what a way to wake

up in the morning.

my office has Starbucks in the cafeteria, it is wonderful.


However for me the first sign of a cold or virus is that I have absolutely no desire for coffee in the morning. Then it has to be tea.

[Liberal Veteran]

59. I drink coffee about as often as Bush tells the truth.

It's okay, but does nothing for me.

[phusion]

60. Life-giving nectar of the gods

mmm...