• Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 23 13:34:26 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    Lynn

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  • From Quinn C@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 23 18:46:19 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    * Lynn McGuire:

    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    You are BasilBruce??

    --
    Never trust ale from a god-fearing people.
    -- Quark

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  • From J. Clarke@21:1/5 to dtravel@sonic.net on Mon Aug 23 20:29:48 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as
    McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a
    reason they push milk drinks.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Mon Aug 23 17:20:24 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.


    --
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    Angrily, angrily, angrily, the net's a nut's scream.

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to J. Clarke on Mon Aug 23 20:05:42 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 8/23/2021 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a
    reason they push milk drinks.

    I am allergic to milk. One ounce will make me upchuck.

    Lynn

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to jclarke.873638@gmail.com on Tue Aug 24 01:43:36 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <m7f8igtvj2si15ionjs9jpqtpbct3ucpa2@4ax.com>,
    J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as >McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a
    reason they push milk drinks.

    I remember when a young man was staying with us (there was trouble at
    home and we had an extra bedroom), and one day I heard him talking
    on the phone and mentioning Starbucks' in tones of scorn.

    When he'd hung up, I asked (out of mere curiosity, I don't drink
    coffee at all) whether Starbuck's coffee was any good.

    "STARBUCKS!" he shouted. "They pay lousy wages and no benefits."

    "But is their coffee any good?"

    "STARBUCKS!" he fumed. "They move into an area, start selling
    their coffee extra-cheap, put the other coffee-houses out of
    business, and then jack up the prices again."

    "Yes, but is their COFFEE any good?"

    He shrugged, completely calm. "Oh, it's lousy."

    --
    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Tue Aug 24 01:44:58 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <sg1gl6$g9m$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/23/2021 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as
    McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a
    reason they push milk drinks.

    I am allergic to milk. One ounce will make me upchuck.

    Lactose intolerance?

    Then you order your coffee black (assuming you drink coffee at
    all).

    --
    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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  • From J. Clarke@21:1/5 to Heydt on Mon Aug 23 22:05:28 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 01:43:36 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <m7f8igtvj2si15ionjs9jpqtpbct3ucpa2@4ax.com>,
    J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler >><dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as >>McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a >>reason they push milk drinks.

    I remember when a young man was staying with us (there was trouble at
    home and we had an extra bedroom), and one day I heard him talking
    on the phone and mentioning Starbucks' in tones of scorn.

    When he'd hung up, I asked (out of mere curiosity, I don't drink
    coffee at all) whether Starbuck's coffee was any good.

    "STARBUCKS!" he shouted. "They pay lousy wages and no benefits."

    "But is their coffee any good?"

    "STARBUCKS!" he fumed. "They move into an area, start selling
    their coffee extra-cheap, put the other coffee-houses out of
    business, and then jack up the prices again."

    "Yes, but is their COFFEE any good?"

    He shrugged, completely calm. "Oh, it's lousy."

    Among coffee aficionados they are known as "charbucks". They do
    provide a brown substance that contains caffeine and is not a cola.
    Quite frankly, McDonalds has better coffee. They didn't used to but
    they've been working on it.

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  • From J. Clarke@21:1/5 to Heydt on Mon Aug 23 22:02:59 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 01:44:58 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <sg1gl6$g9m$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/23/2021 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as
    McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a
    reason they push milk drinks.

    I am allergic to milk. One ounce will make me upchuck.

    Lactose intolerance?

    Then you order your coffee black (assuming you drink coffee at
    all).

    Upchucking is preferable to Starbucks coffee without adulterants.
    However "milk drink" in Starbucks doesn't necessarily involve anything
    that came out of a mammal.

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  • From Alan Baker@21:1/5 to J. Clarke on Mon Aug 23 23:15:23 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 2021-08-23 10:02 p.m., J. Clarke wrote:
    On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 01:44:58 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <sg1gl6$g9m$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/23/2021 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as
    McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a
    reason they push milk drinks.

    I am allergic to milk. One ounce will make me upchuck.

    Lactose intolerance?

    Then you order your coffee black (assuming you drink coffee at
    all).

    Upchucking is preferable to Starbucks coffee without adulterants.
    However "milk drink" in Starbucks doesn't necessarily involve anything
    that came out of a mammal.


    Oh, do shut up.

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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to jclarke.873638@gmail.com on Tue Aug 24 13:01:07 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <7ok8igts1r4918bk6frn80l231j15l9c2a@4ax.com>,
    J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 01:44:58 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
    Heydt) wrote:

    In article <sg1gl6$g9m$1@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/23/2021 7:29 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as
    McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a
    reason they push milk drinks.

    I am allergic to milk. One ounce will make me upchuck.

    Lactose intolerance?

    Then you order your coffee black (assuming you drink coffee at
    all).

    Upchucking is preferable to Starbucks coffee without adulterants.
    However "milk drink" in Starbucks doesn't necessarily involve anything
    that came out of a mammal.

    Well, Lynn is old enough to know what suits his own body and what
    doesn't. If the latter include both milk and Starbuck's, he can
    do him.

    --
    Dorothy J. Heydt
    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Tue Aug 24 12:10:52 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 8/23/2021 2:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    Lynn

    That's funny. People love to transpose the 'a' and 'e' in my name.

    I can't say that I was ever impressed with Starbucks. Their plain
    coffee is so strong that it tastes burnt. I tried a "milkshake"
    "coffee" once. It wasn't bad, but for over $5, not something that I'll
    repeat any time soon.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to michael.trew@att.net on Tue Aug 24 16:17:40 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    In article <sg35ma$b36$4@dont-email.me>,
    Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
    On 8/23/2021 2:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    Lynn

    That's funny. People love to transpose the 'a' and 'e' in my name.

    I can't say that I was ever impressed with Starbucks. Their plain
    coffee is so strong that it tastes burnt. I tried a "milkshake"
    "coffee" once. It wasn't bad, but for over $5, not something that I'll >repeat any time soon.

    McDonalds now has very good coffee. It's not rocket science, and when
    they put their minds to it, and implemented the procedures the franchaises
    need to follow -- it worked. Dunkin as well. Both much better than SB,
    at least for coffee-coffee. I'm sure the half-caf-skinny-whip-almond- mocha-cinamon-cream-steam-nitro at SB is.. still unique.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 24 14:43:14 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 8/24/2021 11:17 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <sg35ma$b36$4@dont-email.me>,
    Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
    On 8/23/2021 2:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    Lynn

    That's funny. People love to transpose the 'a' and 'e' in my name.

    I can't say that I was ever impressed with Starbucks. Their plain
    coffee is so strong that it tastes burnt. I tried a "milkshake"
    "coffee" once. It wasn't bad, but for over $5, not something that I'll
    repeat any time soon.

    McDonalds now has very good coffee. It's not rocket science, and when
    they put their minds to it, and implemented the procedures the franchaises need to follow -- it worked. Dunkin as well. Both much better than SB,
    at least for coffee-coffee. I'm sure the half-caf-skinny-whip-almond- mocha-cinamon-cream-steam-nitro at SB is.. still unique.

    McDonalds has always had good coffee for me. I was a field engineer for
    a number of years and McDonalds was always a good place to stop, drain,
    and refill.

    Lynn

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Tue Aug 24 18:10:46 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 8/23/21 2:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
       https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    Lynn

    For my wife and me, it’s a lose-lose. We can go with her name, Eleanor,
    and expect it to be misspelled, or we can go with my name and have four
    people answer, “That’s me!”.

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  • From Quinn C@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 24 18:45:26 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    * Dorothy J Heydt:

    In article <m7f8igtvj2si15ionjs9jpqtpbct3ucpa2@4ax.com>,
    J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:24 -0700, Dimensional Traveler >><dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/23/2021 11:34 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    To some just saying that makes you a boob.

    None whose opinion, at least in the area of coffee, is worth
    considering. Starbucks has the same kind of quality control as >>McDonalds--what you get will be the same in every Starbucks in the
    world. To achieve that level of consistency they have to blend and
    roast every last vestige of character out of their coffee. There's a >>reason they push milk drinks.

    I remember when a young man was staying with us (there was trouble at
    home and we had an extra bedroom), and one day I heard him talking
    on the phone and mentioning Starbucks' in tones of scorn.

    When he'd hung up, I asked (out of mere curiosity, I don't drink
    coffee at all) whether Starbuck's coffee was any good.

    "STARBUCKS!" he shouted. "They pay lousy wages and no benefits."

    From what I hear, their benefits are outstanding among fast-food
    outlets. People continue working there for the health insurance.

    --
    Veronica: You named your puppy "The Missus"?
    Cliff: Says the owner of a dog named "Pony".
    -- Veronica Mars, S04E05

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 25 00:13:43 2021
    XPost: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 8/24/2021 12:17 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article<sg35ma$b36$4@dont-email.me>,
    Michael Trew<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
    On 8/23/2021 2:34 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    Pearls Before Swine: My Coffee Name
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2021/08/22

    I don't go to Starbucks, I'm no boob.

    Lynn

    That's funny. People love to transpose the 'a' and 'e' in my name.

    I can't say that I was ever impressed with Starbucks. Their plain
    coffee is so strong that it tastes burnt. I tried a "milkshake"
    "coffee" once. It wasn't bad, but for over $5, not something that I'll
    repeat any time soon.

    McDonalds now has very good coffee. It's not rocket science, and when
    they put their minds to it, and implemented the procedures the franchaises need to follow -- it worked. Dunkin as well. Both much better than SB,
    at least for coffee-coffee. I'm sure the half-caf-skinny-whip-almond- mocha-cinamon-cream-steam-nitro at SB is.. still unique.

    I like the way you've named it, haha. The last time I went in, I
    finally deciphered something off of their menu that was basically
    frozen, blended, ground up iced coffee with so much creamer, flavoring,
    etc. that it didn't even resemble coffee anymore. It cost near $6 for a
    large, or whatever Italian name they call that size. It was good, I
    suppose, but a coffee it was not. I'd call it a milkshake with coffee
    flavor.

    I have a $5 SB gift card that someone once gave me floating around here.
    If I ever find it, I suppose I'll take it in and buy another coffee
    milkshake some day. If I only have to pony up 80 cents, I reckon it's
    worth it. :)

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