Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: April Moron's Day approaches Date: 1 Apr 2015 17:57:26 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <310320151930048849%YourName@YourISP.com> <551aca1f$0$19819$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com> <010420150853325266%YourName@YourISP.com> X-Trace: individual.net PADrX5AitG24gowFC1POiQeblVhmN27yiRx4LjxW7vJgoEGy4V Cancel-Lock: sha1:4jiaP587231n0ZgfmCnqlRsA3G4= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.misc:4686 comp.sys.mac.system:72524 On 2015-04-01, John McWilliams wrote: > On 4/1/15 PDT 8:52 AM, Jolly Roger wrote: >> >> Must be nice! Then again, I guess I'm comfortable with my level of >> laziness: getting yummy dark roasted beans from a local roaster rather >> than investing the time and money into roasting my own. Growing them >> here in the Pacific northwest would be silly, if not impossible. : D > > Well, you could always build a 25,000 sq. foot greenhouse with a lot of > heating and extra lighting to grow your own. I'm sure there are folks > around who grow another crop similarly but not quite in the open who > could advise you! Yeah, sure, I just don't see the ROI, since it would mostly be for little, old me. : ) >>> Got a great machine from Chris' Coffee Service in Albany, a Quickmill >>> Andreja. Best cappuccino ever. >> >> Mine's just a lowly $600 Breville Barista Express, but it is reliable >> and makes a perfect shot every single time. I make espresso Starbucks >> customers can only dream of. : ) >> > Beating Starbuck's is like saying it's better than MJB out of a six > month old can! > >:) True, that. > I have a Breville- started with it, then went to a La Pavoni lever > machine, and now, cannot blame the equipment! Looks like a *very* nice piece of equipment, I'll give you that. > I never seem to get rid of any expensive equipment - so I have a G3, 4 > and 5 in the garage, some early MacBooks in a box. Would have a Mac > Plus and SE 30 but they were stolen. Oh, as was an iMac with a large > screen. Shame about the plus and SE! : ( I still have my dad's SE and a few others sitting here. I do tend to resell my main workstations whenever I upgrade to newer ones these days, to offset the cost. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR