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jacenta
Isn't it silly, jacenta, that people now walk about with cellphones and water bottles strapped to their belts, not to mention iPods and Blackberries and whatever else. Tap water tastes good to me.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 4, 2006 at 11:41 AM
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Pat
I do prefer your description of my mind as 'interesting.' Ell just shakes her head at me and whispers 'weird.'
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 4, 2006 at 11:38 AM
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John, you have a very interesting mind...
and fortunately there's so much to explore, so much that is weird, you'll never run out of material. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on June 4, 2006 at 9:21 AM
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johnmcnab....
Good Morning. I enjoyed reading your post. A variety, to think about this morning.
By the way........................
I don't put sugar in my coffee. I drink it black. I put a sugar substitute in my oatmeal & cold cereal, although I seldom eat cold cereal, maybe only once every six months. I dislike any of the pre-sweetened kinds of cereals now, but I loved them when I was little. I don't eat syrup on my pancake, just one soft egg on top. The yoke is good on the pancake. hahahah I only eat a candy bar when my hubby buys one and we split it or my son sends me a bag of those tiny candy bars from another state. He knows I can't resist chocolate or fig bars, so that is what he sends me. hahahah
I've never heard of the vanilla water that Taps was telling about. My aunt use to make us jello water to drink.
I drink our own well water, but lately it has been the in thing around here to buy bottles of water. I'd rather drink the water from the tap. Guess I am a bit set in my ways, you think? hahahahha Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by
jacentaOld
on June 2, 2006 at 5:38 AM
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TAPS
Thank you Taps. Your comment dredged up a memory just like yours only my mother called it 'sugarelly water.' We didn't have coke bottles..sigh...we didn't even have bottles.....sob, sob. - just kidding .....only just.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 1, 2006 at 6:04 AM
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I haven't tried Caramel Machiatos, Blanche, but that would be because I'm an old duffer too set in his ways - as my daughter told me last week. I made a mistake when I visited my first Starbucks, and had two cups of coffee - I was wired all day. Now I prefuer the bland taste of Tim Hortons, mainly because it is easier to ask for a
'medium, double, double' than go through Starbucks menu.
posted by
johnmacnab
on June 1, 2006 at 6:01 AM
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Johnmcnab, I just love your type of logic and the questions that you ask. You reminded me of something I had forgotten. When I was a child, my mom made us vanilla water and put it in empty coke bottles. She said coke wasn't that good for us. She would put a few drops of pure vanilla extract and a bit of sugar in plain water and we loved it.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 31, 2006 at 3:53 PM
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JohnMcnab, I just had this very conversation last night with Gideon
He can't stand the taste of coffee, but it's so ubiquitious here in Seattle that he can't avoid making runs to Starbucks for coworkers and he was asking me for a way to get the caffeine without the flavor, I recommended Caramel Machiatos (I personally don't care for sugary coffee drinks, but if a buzz is what you're after without all that pesky taste, then syrup and milk it is! )
posted by
Blanche.
on May 31, 2006 at 2:33 PM
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Azur
A good Scottish porridge is delicious with milk, but I have seen friends sprinkle sugar on top, and I've shuddered at the sight.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 31, 2006 at 1:04 PM
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So many questions to ponder
I have often thought about the tea issue as I have seen people brew tea or coffee until you could stand the spoon in it then add milk and enough sugar to kill the bitterness. Most of the big brands are like sawdust. It doesn't have to be like that.
As for milk, at the moment I enjoy adding chocolat. Breakfast cereals are strange. What of a good sturdy porridge?
posted by
Azur
on May 31, 2006 at 12:52 PM
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Whacky
I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me..(how did you know, Whacky?)
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 30, 2006 at 5:10 AM
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Karldean
That makes sense, Karldean, and still we don't know the answer.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 30, 2006 at 5:08 AM
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You didn't ask your granddaughter to pull your finger did you?
I'll just bet you did!
posted by
Whacky
on May 30, 2006 at 1:49 AM
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Dear Johnmcnab , An interesting anecdote.It is normal for the scientifically curious minds to dabble with the physical world in order to seek the answer.---Karldean.
posted by
Karldean
on May 29, 2006 at 8:04 PM
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