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  1. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My boss has a loud and obnoxious forced laugh. It's like fingernails on a chalk board. Come to think about it I don't think he has a natural laugh in him. Hmm, it's interesting to wonder about the origins of the laugh and how it came to be what it is and what it represents.
  2. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Thank you for your efforts. Hopefully we'll be able to at least achieve some semblance of the previous normalcy to which we have become accustomed. I'm on a laptop and the ads pretty much cover close to 80% of the content, though it's reasonably (reluctantly so) tolerable at work when I'm...
  3. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    So has something changed with FL in the last hour or two? All of a sudden I'm getting more pop up ads than ever before. It blocks content and is exceedingly annoying.
  4. Hercule

    What's the worst coffee worldwide?

    I usually refer to the lid and sleeve as a hat and a scarf. Because lid and sleeve apparently aren't simple enough.
  5. Hercule

    What's the worst coffee worldwide?

    Especially if you make it according to the package instructions, which I have found to be quite ridiculous. I generally gave up grinding my own a long time ago (though I will on occasion, esp for the bean of the month club I often get at Christmas). I'm fine with Maxwellhouse Bold Smooth or...
  7. Hercule

    What's the worst coffee worldwide?

    Nope. In a 2 quart deep sauce pan on the stove. Boiled it for about 6 minutes, poured a bit of cold water on top to induce the grounds to settle then poured off a clear cup of the best coffee I've had in a LONG time.
  8. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Blood pressure is spiking this afternoon. I'm working with a graphics person on the cover for a book I'm publishing and just got two examples this afternoon. Long story short, I just needed somebody to execute my own design, which I made clear from the start. I provided original images and a...
  9. Hercule

    What's the worst coffee worldwide?

    I made "cowboy coffee" for the first time a few weeks back and found it quite nice. It was far better than one might expect for having been boiled.
  10. Hercule

    Old sayings, which make no sense?

    Good call, I hadn't thought of that.
  11. Hercule

    Old sayings, which make no sense?

    Loose cannon Not sure what the source of the phrase is but I could imagine it referring to muzzle loading and insufficiently tamped powder. I could be all wrong to. Anybody?
  13. Hercule

    What's the worst coffee worldwide?

    Hear, hear! (though I would have put it more emphatically in all caps.) Actually I'm very surprised it took nine posts before it was mentioned. Best coffee: Whatever was served on a Copa airlines flight to Colombia in April of 1996. To this day I get misty eyed whenever I think about it.
  14. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Woke up to 2-3 inches of snow. Blustery blowing snow throughout the day. Occasional white outs and intermittent clear periods. Hasn't gotten above freezing. Predicted to last until about 9pm. Tomorrow in the 40s (F). And here I was going to mow the lawn for the first time tomorrow. I should do...
  15. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yeah, well my bank closed the branch in my neighborhood "to better serve" me.
  16. Hercule

    Old sayings, which make no sense?

    You don't hear piddle much these days.
  17. Hercule

    Old sayings, which make no sense?

    My dad had a very elderly aunt Ruth who always went to see "Mrs. Murphy." That was probably in the early 70s and she was in her late 80s. Aunt Ruth (as well as my grandfather) actually went to school in the house I grew up in, which had been a one-room school house.
  19. Hercule

    Old sayings, which make no sense?

    My dad was born and raised on a rural Connecticut dairy farm. I suspect "shake a leg" is more era related than geographic.
  20. Hercule

    Old sayings, which make no sense?

    My dad used to say "shake a leg" for hurry up.
  21. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I simply ADORE asparagus! Just about cooked any which way, though raw would be at the bottom of the list (and why raw? There a so many wonderful ways to enjoy it). Sadly, VERY sadly I really can't eat it any more. As I have aged I find myself prone to gout, and asparagus, like many other things...
  22. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    THAT is the problem. All to often such people are blindly afforded the benefit of the doubt. Power does indeed corrupt.
  23. Hercule

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Your mention of the Sonnets brings back fond memories of the summer I spent as a musician at the Utah Shakespeare festival in Cedar City Utah. Born and raised in New England, it was quite a wonderful change of scenery for me and I thoroughly enjoyed being out there (that it took a week for a...

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