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I carry a photocopy of passport and driver's license, full size on letter size paper. I don't want to hand my phone to anyone who wants to see my documents.

It always surprises me how these discussions about preferences veer towards the eternal words of Mick Jagger in Satisfaction: "He can't be a man cuz he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me..." Depending on what coffee some drink I am either a snob or a peasant. Oh well, life goes on regardless.

"80% of UK households buy instant coffee for in-home consumption, particularly those aged 65 and older" This is a survey of UK households. I think of the UK as a nation of tea drinkers. If there was an instant tea available would people in the UK drink it? Additionally, it seems to say only that they buy instant coffee, is it what they drink at home on a daily basis? Again, I don't know but among my acquaintances in the US their coffee drinking habits have gone and continue to go in the opposite direction from instant. More people grinding beans, using uber-coffee makers, buying "artisanal" varieties of coffee beans, etc. Now I have been very wrong about people's coffee drinking habits in the past. When Starbuck's first started I used to ask "Who is gonna pay $3 for a cup of coffee?". Turns out almost everybody.

"90% of coffee drinkers drink instant coffee at home. " It would surprise me if this was true. What is the source? In Thailand I find a surprising number of restaurants use instant coffee, and it is not so good.

I am partial to what I make at home. A lot of coffee at 7-11, Dunkin', and (strangely popular) McDonalds that people swear by doesn't taste that great to me. However, I am aware that numerous blind taste test of wine, beer, cola, coffee people who express a strong preference often can't tell one drink from another in a blind taste test. Here is one with unexpected results: https://thebolditalic.com/guess-the-loser-of-our-blind-coffee-taste-test-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-145e59e4b7dc

I have read that the most reliable athletic performance enhancing drug is caffeine. I took a course from a physical therapist who prepared athletes for the NBA and NFL rookie combines as part of his business. He recommended they accustomed themselves to coffee before workouts leading up to the combine and drink the same amount on the day of the combine to enhance performance, He had elementary school age children and on days that they had exams he would have them drink coffee. He was really an enthusiast for a lot of supplements etc.; I couldn't imagine giving a school aged kid caffeine to improve test performance but he was convinced that it worked.

"Anyone quit drinking coffee here? " I quit all caffeine for over a year. No coffee, no cola, no tea, no caffeine at all. Only difference I noticed was I missed the pleasure of having a cup of coffee in the AM. As always, YMMV.

Benefits of quitting coffee are probably slight unless you are getting the jitters from coffee. Medical/dietary researchers appear to be puritanical types who want to get us to quit anything we enjoy (IMHO). For years they have tried to find a health problem with coffee, never anything significant found as a detriment. So if essentially no detriment to drinking coffee, can one expect a benefit from quitting? Maybe psychological, the elation that comes from being proactive about your health; which is a good thing. Try it and see how you feel.

Nothing obscene but I saw a very chic, stylish young lady on the BTS, cool short edgy haircut, great makeup, stylish pants and shoes. But the t-shirt negated the effect with the word "Saint Margaret's Bell Gardens".

Star of Light and Kangaroo Club were nice. Both are gone now.

They's thirsty.

Fox news and NY Post? Puhleeze.

Doesn't seem to have anything to do with hiphop. I would think it is more to do with white collar criminals and politicians doing fake TV confessionals/apologies.

That is very true, straight forward heating stuff up is what they are best for. I have never adjusted the power level on a microwave for example. The only control I use is the timer.

This is not necessarily a "woke" expression, but the one that annoys me is when a person gets caught in wrongdoing and says "that's not who I am". The question (IMHO) is not "who they are" it's "what they did". Also, "I take full responsibility for" when the only responsibility they take is to admit what they have already been caught doing. Now I gotta chase some damn kids off my lawn.

I agree, it literally drives me crazy. But it isn't a woke thing, it has infected all persuasions and many folks who I would think would know better.

Real.

No point that I can see to a built in microwave. If you decide you want one at some point get a counter top model.

Just a guess but estimation of running totals on a bar bill, and cash in pocket do not improve as a person imbibes.

Right, it becomes confusing, misleading. I had an acquaintance who described a Black African person as African American. And of course Elon Musk is accurately described as an African-American person as he is originally from Pretoria, South Africa. But nobody actually thinks of Musk when they say African-American. Even still, it doesn't really upset me.

The Red/Blue map is misleading and requires reflection to interpret. There are several combinations of 4 red states (eg. MT, WY, ND, SD) that have fewer people than Los Angeles county. The visual impression is misleading as most of the red represents areas with very few people.

Interesting to see these people have strong support in their districts. AOC in particular seems to evoke strong negative (possibly ambivalent) reactions from some people. ‘Squad’ members cruise to reelection A group of six progressive House lawmakers known as the “squad” are all projected to cruise to reelection in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Various outlets have called the races for Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Cori Bush (Mo.) and Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.). https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3726475-squad-members-cruise-to-re-election/

Oh dang, have to change my snacking habits.

IMHO one of the great things about fútbol is that it costs almost nothing for kids to play. Kids play with soda cans as balls, they play without shoes, they can always find a way to play if they want to. It seems that no other sport can compare with the world wide talent pool that fútbol draws from. Although you would expect that a large talent pool would lead to the athletes with the greatest gifts, it seems it isn't that simple or China, India and Indonesia (having the largest populations) would dominate sports.