I once met a retired journalist that worked for the Toronto Star who worked there in the 60s. He said at the height of his career they were working so much, so often on constant deadline in a huge system that required typewriters, hand writing, note writing and an army of people to get things onto printing presses for the daily news they literally worked round the clock every day. At one point he explained that he didn’t even have time for coffee so he and a few of his co-workers would just eat whole coffee beans instead. After a year like that, he suffered a nervous breakdown, destroyed his gut, serious withdrawals and had to leave the city to work in a less stressful environment on Baffin Island in Inuit territory in far northern Canada.
That sounds horrible. I feel bad for him.
That said, chocolate covered espresso beans are fantastic.
Hmm Depresso
What about this
Whats a hoxhaist? It sounds made up. Is it made up?
What is the big machine that looks like a soda fountain?
I think it’s a replicator from Star Trek. Is that the one you meant?
Aha, thanks, I wouldn’t have figured that out. But now I remember it serving a smoking Klingon beverage to that Irish guy in a generally pretty bad episode. Found it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L31S2frVnOc&t=69
Now I want to try some Klingon coffee.
Klingon coffee is called “raktajino”.
The More You Know
Sooooo…I’m a marxist and I never even knew it. My coffee pot and I will be investing in Marxwell House coffee from now on.
