sangfroid:
I do, but for some of the reasons **bbs2k ** already mentioned, I just don’t spell it out blatantly. I don’t mind people knowing where I work, but in the spirit of others accidentally perhaps finding a rant or some such, I’m on the low-key about it.
Zoe:
That sounds perfect
neutron star:
I can’t find ephedra for crap around here anymore, since they started banning it because of meth production or whatever the reason was. Once I get my car, it might be a little easier to procure. I have horrible allergies and the non-ephedra stuff they sell now just doesn’t help me for jack, so I’m already on the lookout for the stuff to make me not all sniffly and bowling-ball-headed.
Baffle:
I think I already mentioned that I do try to call, but they often don’t pick up the phone because they’re busy. Which is A-OK with me. I know how busy stuff gets. But when they don’t answer/don’t make coffee because they’re just standing around shooting the breeze, I get cranky.
OtakuLoki:
Yeah, those are the type of huge coffee urns I’m talking about, not just a regular pot.
[QUOTE=Leah M] neutron star:
I can’t find ephedra for crap around here anymore, since they started banning it because of meth production or whatever the reason was. Once I get my car, it might be a little easier to procure. I have horrible allergies and the non-ephedra stuff they sell now just doesn’t help me for jack, so I’m already on the lookout for the stuff to make me not all sniffly and bowling-ball-headed.
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Ephedra (the plant extract) is illegal in the U.S. now. Ephedrine, the active chemical in ephedra (and not to be confused with psuedoephedrine, which doesn’t really keep you awake) is still legal, but, like I said, not always easy to find. The CVS pharmacy in my town carries Bronkaid behind the counter, so if you have one of those, you might want to try there.
[QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion]
I’ve got the perfect solution. You know those little Stok’d things that 7-11 carries? They look like little creamer containers, but each contains basically condensed coffee and sports 40mg of caffeine. I always put 4 or 5 in my 7-11 coffee. Well now, due to popular demand, Stok’d has set up a website where you can order them by the box. Just add a couple of these bad boys to your decaf and you are good to go. They are available in sweet and unsweet.
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OOOOH! I think we’ve found our next Bacon Salt-like phenomenon! Now if I could only find a nearby 7-11, they’re not as plentiful as they once were.
You could also try making Toddy coffee at home and keeping a pitcher of the syrup at work, if you have access to a fridge and a microwave. I think it tastes fine to mix the syrup with water to taste and microwave it until it’s hot, and it won’t be as messy as a French press to clean up at work.
[QUOTE=Leah M]
Careful how you run, or your location will change from a noun to a verb.
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Fuckin’ priceless.
First of all, I’ve run the clock a lot of times. Won’t have to now but when I was freelancing, I’d be up at 4:30, on the clock at 6:00 am and have breakfast as we set up… and 24 hours later have a bleary second breakfast as we wrapped. I feel your pain.
I’ve also got a 98% + compliance rate with my CPAP machine, so pain felt x2. It does change your life.
Perhaps a part of the reason that coffee works is psychological. What might happen if they put decaf in the caffeinated casks and you loaded up and went back to your station? Might not do shit. Might wake you up more than you’d think.
I’m just sayin’ that perhaps the desire for the coffee is the taste and warmth that makes your mind and body say, " Yes ! We’re cranked now ! "
Cartooniverse, who is still twitching like a motherfucker from the diet Green Tea he had this afternoon. I swear to god, the White Zin cannot start flowing soon enough to take the molar-grinding edge off. So- have you tried Green Tea? That’ll wind your clock.
[QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion]
I’ve got the perfect solution. You know those little Stok’d things that 7-11 carries? They look like little creamer containers, but each contains basically condensed coffee and sports 40mg of caffeine. I always put 4 or 5 in my 7-11 coffee. Well now, due to popular demand, Stok’d has set up a website where you can order them by the box. Just add a couple of these bad boys to your decaf and you are good to go. They are available in sweet and unsweet.
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[QUOTE=Tibidabo ]
Ok, bingo! Chuck a few caffeine pills into the decaf
Actually, I remember during the frenzied dash to get a semester’s worth of work done in the last week of college, I was wired from dawn till dusk, and didn’t realize why until my ex pointed out that an ‘Americano’ coffee consists of one shot of espresso, diluted… and that I was in fact drinking a big mug of espresso :smack:
But anyway why don’t ya invest in an espresso machine thing for use at home, a real simple small one. Then fill up a thermos with very very strong super ultra coffee, and when you’re at work you need only add hot water to each shot of your espresso. In fact you don’t even need a thermos, a bottle will do if you’re adding hot water to it…
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[Fighting Ignorance] Plain brewed coffee has much more caffeine than espresso. Mayo Clinic caffeine chart
[QUOTE=St. Urho]
I work night shift on the ambulance. …
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I’m an EMT with a private ambulance company. Due to employee demand, they got rid of the pansy-ass sodas in the soda machine like Sprite and Ginger Ale, and now stock three rows of regular Mountain Dew and two rows of Diet Mountain Dew. They have to re-stock the machine every day.
[QUOTE=picunurse]
[Fighting Ignorance] Plain brewed coffee has much more caffeine than espresso. Mayo Clinic caffeine chart
Coffee
Caffeine
(milligrams)
Plain, brewed,
8 ounces (oz.) 135
Instant, 8 oz. 95
Espresso, 1 fluid oz. 30-50
It also has charts for sodas and tea.
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Ha! I knew a shot of espresso had less caffeine than a cup of brewed coffee! I’m tired of everyone telling me that the shot or two of my bete noir in the morning is the equivalent of rocket fuel.
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer]
I don’t know, pussy used to wake me up in the middle of the night. I found that a high-power squirtgun would shut the wet critter up.
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Better yet, a large-caliber meat cannon. I keep mine loaded with tadpole yogurt.
[QUOTE=picunurse]
[Fighting Ignorance] Plain brewed coffee has much more caffeine than espresso.
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Per standard serving, yes. Per mug, no. My colleague got cold sweats, the shakes, temporary tinnitus and nausea when I substituted a sextuple espresso for his usual americano.
