Coffee Time
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09/21/17 11:56 AM
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One I came across a while back and liked the look of:
I make my coffee in the microwave. Every time I make coffee, I set the microwave to 73 seconds. I can often predict that it will come out hotter or cooler than desired, but I punch 73 anyway. Why?
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Coffee Time
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09/21/17 10:23 PM
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Well, when you set 73 seconds but don't start the microwave you'll predict cooler than desired and sure enough, it is And when you set 73 seconds and start the microwave you'll predict hotter than desired and sure enough, it is Hmmmm, but while typing this another thought comes to mind...
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Re: Coffee Time
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09/22/17 11:42 AM
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Eyesight 20/20 Lex, and it's the same cup every time (I'm a cheapskate). Clever to think of the buttons, but they all work OK Water comes out of the same cold tap Flo, so it only varies by a degree or so. 73 seconds gives me a good coffee every time...
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Coffee Time
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09/22/17 12:16 PM
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Is it because it's your preference to your taste of the coffee pressed on 73?
Gail
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Re: Coffee Time
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09/22/17 12:53 PM
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Gail - I'm not that picky about taste Joan - I only have the one cup A hint - I could also use 146 seconds, but the coffee would have boiled over by then
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Coffee Time
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09/23/17 09:58 AM
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Afraid not Would it help if I said my one and only cup was very thin ?
To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?
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Re: Coffee Time
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09/23/17 12:11 PM
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Three cheers for the Birthday Boy! As for the coffee mainly what I think of with 73 is the old western film Winchester 73... ...noting that it could also be 146 seconds, is 73 seconds the minimum single button setting (which would offer multiples of 30 seconds on most microwaves in my experience)?
Last edited by Lex; 09/24/17 02:36 AM.
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Re: Coffee Time
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09/25/17 07:21 AM
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Hmmmm....73 seconds makes the cup handle readily available once the turntable stops so you can take your coffee out of the microwave without burning your fingers on the thin cup? Happy belated birthday Rog!
Did you ever stop to think and then forget to start again?
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Re: Coffee Time
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09/25/17 07:39 AM
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Is your cup made of tin? Maybe any longer than 73 seconds would blow the cup up.
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