Does the Warrior Forum need a coffee machine?

[Kevin Riley]

There have been so many threads and polls about how "we should improve the Warrior Forum". I'm of the opinion that it's damn great just as it is, and merely sit back and watch what Allen's going to do next. However, there's the matter of caffeine dispensing hardware that I feel must be addressed. Please, make your voice be heard.

[Morgan Richman]

Kevin,

I personally don't drink coffee, but I wouldn't mind a root beer machine. I could definitely use one

do you remember Die Hard 4.0? The terrorists were transferring a virus that blew up a person's computer through the net. I am sure if THAT can be done, then Allen can easily come up with something to pop out rootbeer cans out of my dvd drive or something.

What do you think?

MorganRichman

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by Morgan Richman

Kevin,

I personally don't drink coffee, but I wouldn't mind a root beer machine. I could definitely use one

do you remember Die Hard 4.0? The terrorists were transferring a virus that blew up a person's computer through the net. I am sure if THAT can be done, then Allen can easily come up with something to pop out rootbeer cans out of my dvd drive or something.

What do you think?

MorganRichman

Root beer? I've forgotten what that tastes like. Wonder if there's an A&W near the Marriott in Raleigh.

[Tony Dean]

No, Kevin,

Just a water cooler!

[George Wright]

Kevin I posted this in another thread but I feel it is appropriate for this one.

Kevin Riley's Suggestion Box.



George Wright

[Big Al]

Thanks for making me laugh : ) An important component of working that's often forgotten!

[luckystepho]

Yes, a regular dose of caffeine is a must!!!!

[andybeveridge]

Damm it! youve just made me want another cup of coffee. I'm diabetic and should restrict the ammount. Right where is that kettle.

[Bev Clement]

No, as I don't drink coffee.

What's A&W

We have some nice coffee from EZA if that helps and we have Lindt chocolate here in HK

[John Taylor]

We've already got an 'andy beveridge. ;-)

John

[SusanneUK]

oh love latte! would love that.. if we are going to get coffee and such (I also want Bev's Lindt Choccy) then can we also have "Happy Hour" so Vodka and coke served after working hours (ice and a slice with mine), preferably on a nice little silver platter with a cute little napkin (this is where Bev's Lindt Choccy could also go)...

Slight problem I envisage with the above though.. that of as there are several different member time zones, therefore end of work day is gonna be all over the clock, it means that happy hour will have to be continuous.. oh well, I guess we will have to live with that...

Sue

[Andy Fletcher]

Speaking from the British Warrior contingent I find this thread offensive! Where is the tea on your list?

Andy

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by SusanneUK

Slight problem I envisage with the above though.. that of as there are several different member time zones, therefore end of work day is gonna be all over the clock, it means that happy hour will have to be continuous.. oh well, I guess we will have to live with that...

Sue

Nothing wrong with a 24-hour happy hour

[thunderbird]

I just take my coffee black. Why are you asking, as if you need it. They have those fancy robot coffee makers in Japan, don't they, that play soothing music and administer foot massages?

[SusanneUK]

Originally Posted by Andy Fletcher

Speaking from the British Warrior contingent I find this thread offensive! Where is the tea on your list?

Andy

Andy, question, would that be tea in a mug or tea in little china Cup and saucer drunk with your little pinky stuck out in the best snobbish fashion you can muster?

Like to know these things

Kevin

Nothing wrong with a 24-hour happy hour

True, I am sure I will find a way to struggle along

Sue

[bobcath]

Kevin

Other than 'wired warriors being boiled in herb tea and a keyboard ban' this poll is invalid!

You have 3 no's and 1 yes.

There needs to be a 'not sure' choice for dithering warriors.

I think that might perhaps possibly may include me, not sure though!

Bobby

[Louise Green]

I could do with a coffee right now.

First thing in the morning and I'm logging onto the warrior forum.. not a good sign is it?

[Andy Fletcher]

Originally Posted by SusanneUK

Andy, question, would that be tea in a mug or tea in little china Cup and saucer drunk with your little pinky stuck out in the best snobbish fashion you can muster?

Like to know these things

I'd like to pretend I could do snobbish but I require vast quantities of tea and little china cups just don't cut it. Has to be a giant mug for me!

Andy

[John Hixson]

Originally Posted by Andy Fletcher

I'd like to pretend I could do snobbish but I require vast quantities of tea and little china cups just don't cut it. Has to be a giant mug for me!

Andy

Darned tooting! (went for a phrase that would appeal to, well no one actually).

My tea comes in industrial sized vats, using entire truckloads of PG Tips with herds of cows on a rotation system supplying the milk.

If I'm going to exagerate I thought I might as well go the whole hog.

[cclou]

No, but I really dislike coffee and I'm caffeine sensitive. I've been pushing it with my three cups of black tea as it is. I've looked, but the local store doesn't carry any caffeine-free black tea. I need to turn to Amazon if I want any breakfast tea without the kick.

And I should probably go make myself a cup instead of stumbling into the WF all bleary-eyed this morning.

ETA: Horrified to read that people ruin tea with milk and other additives. I take mine black (or green or herbal).

[Diana Lane]

My choice wasn't in the poll. You'll just have to imagine me voting for 'Forget the coffee. Reinstate the 'Buy Me A Beer' facility'. Just like we have to imagine the beer

[krishnaGopal]

i'll have to second a coffee machine ! i find myself hanging around here til 4/5am !! I also talk to myself alot in my head at that time in the morning lol so coffee would be good!

[rosetrees]

Am I allowed more than one vote?

[Bev Clement]

Has to be an EZA mug which is larger than a normal size mug. Sue you'll have to fight Kevin for the Lindt, but I can get you some in exchange for lots of Joes.

EZA Mug for M&S tea perfect and some "One nibble and your nobbled" perfect for dunking.

And it has to be proper tea not the way the Europeans and Yanks make it

[Bev Clement]

and while we're at it, can we have a reality TV program. Kevin's hamster living in the Big Brother hour please

[Lisa Gergets]

I'd like a vendi skim raspberry mocha with whip plea...oh...what? This isn't Starcracks? Oh sorry.

Do you at least have hamsters with perfectly manicured toes?

[Bev Clement]

The chicken feet at the market have perfectly manicured toenails. No idea why, they are beautifully scrubbed and the nails perfect, but we gather they can hurt when swolling them

[SusanneUK]

Originally Posted by Bev Clement

Has to be an EZA mug which is larger than a normal size mug. Sue you'll have to fight Kevin for the Lindt, but I can get you some in exchange for lots of Joes.

EZA Mug for M&S tea perfect and some "One nibble and your nobbled" perfect for dunking.

And it has to be proper tea not the way the Europeans and Yanks make it

Ha! Well Kevin, I won that one, I get the Lindt, can't see you being able to get hold of any "Joes" where you are and no I am not tellin what Joes is because that gives away my advantage here LOL

and while we're at it, can we have a reality TV program. Kevin's hamster living in the Big Brother hour please

LOL

Have to admit to being a BB recovering addict, so I vote for this one too

Cheers
Sue

[Andyhenry]

This is a terrible idea and a waste of time...

A box of doughnuts and some OJ would be much better

[Bev Clement]

Originally Posted by Andyhenry

This is a terrible idea and a waste of time...

A box of doughnuts and some OJ would be much better

Andy do you want the curry donuts from China/Hong Kong which look disgusting?

Mango juice is better than OJ

Just to go with the coffee

MOCHA DELIGHT
This is as light as air yet so rich it sticks to the spoon! The coffee tastes fabulous with the rich chocolate, too.
Makes 6 espresso cups or 4 ramekins: Prep 20 mins: Chill 6 hours: Cal per portion 220
175g 6 oz plain cooking chocolate
50 ml 2 fl oz strong dark coffee
15g ½ oz butter
3 eggs, separated
1. Put chocolate and coffee in a pan together and melt them over a low heat. Stir until smooth. Remove from heat and cool for 5 mins, then stir in butter and egg yolks one by one.
2. Whisk the egg whites until they are softly peaking. Add a couple of spoonfuls to the chocolate mixture and keep stirring until the mixture is slightly loosened, then fold in the remaining whites. Divide the mixture between the cups.
3. Chill for 6 hours in the fridge and then serve with single or whipped cream


Or maybe


Nut Sundae

Filed under:Desserts, Recipes Lashings of crunchy ice cream with delicious sauce drizzled over makes this an irresistible treat.
Serve 4: Prep 15 mins: Freeze 2 hrs plus melting: Cal per portion 1180
ICE CREAM

• 400g carton fresh custard
• 600 ml 1 pt double cream lightly whipped
• 4 tbsp liquid glucose
• 4 x 35 g Toblerone, broken

SAUCE

• 125g 4 oz luxury milk cooking chocolate, melted
• 125g 4 oz marshmallows

In a bowl fold together the custard and double cream until evenly mixed. Drizzle in the glucose and drip in the broken Toblerone pieces.
Give the mixture another stir, tip into a plastic container and put in freezer.
After 2 hours, remove, stir to break up crystals then put back into freezer.
To make sauce, melt chocolate and marshmallows together in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.Do not stir.
Remove ice cream from the freezer 5-10 mins before serving to allow it to soften.
Spoon it into sundae dishes then drizzle generously with warm sauce.


Both recipes have come from my blog before anyone wonders

[Kelly Verge]

Originally Posted by Bev Clement

What's A&W

One might call it "root beer," but that would be like calling the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel a painting.

It comes in three varieties:

1. In a can - if you must...




2. In a bottle - we're almost there...




3. From the fountain...




3a. Nectar of the Gods...

[John Hixson]

Originally Posted by SusanneUK

Ha! Well Kevin, I won that one, I get the Lindt, can't see you being able to get hold of any "Joes" where you are and no I am not tellin what Joes is because that gives away my advantage here LOL

I know!!!

Should I give the game away?

[SusanneUK]

Originally Posted by John Hixson

I know!!!

Should I give the game away?

John, no you can't, really now can you? I know you are moving to London and all that but, no you can't...

How about if I promise to clean up your WF coffee cups for a week?

Sue

[Bev Clement]

Originally Posted by John Hixson

I know!!!

Should I give the game away?

Does that mean you're from Swansea as well

I worked with the grandson of Joes in the 70's and we got free Joes brought into work every day

[George Wright]

Thanks Kelly,

When I was a kid, around 16, I and a friend drove up to northern California to pan for gold.

The old pickup truck we were in had no AC and for about 8 hours of the trip it was unbearably hot.

When we got to civilization again we happened upon an A&W stand.

That first cold frosty Mug of A&W was the best thing I can ever remember drinking to this day.

Your pic captures the feeling. Yum Yum.

After 5 or 6 days of panning for gold and only getting about $50 (1960 prices) in small nuggets and dust we stopped again at A&W on the way home.

I have to say the A&W was the highlight of the trip, not the gold. Well, the trout filled Eureka River and the forest with it's babbling brooks and wild life (Animals, birds, snakes and vegetation kind of wild life) were right up there too. But the Root Beer, oh the Root Beer.

Earth to George, Earth to George, Shaking head quickly to wake up. I'll Settle for some of Kevin's coffee today.

[John Rogers]

I would suggest a water cooler to gather around and gossip, however it seems that there is already far too much slacking off going on around here without one.

The Monkey God needs to crack the whip and send some of these people back to work.

John

P.S. - My appearance in a time-waster of a thread such as this one is not indicative of a propensity to slack off. I'm only here to gather data for a study on wasting time in the workplace.

[Bev Clement]

John, I thought you were testing the coffee to ensure it was safe for BigMike to drink

[Elmer Hurlstone]

Your feeble protestations of innocence, Mr. Rogers, do not hold water, root beer or coffee.

Originally Posted by John Rogers

P.S. - My appearance in a time-waster of a thread such as this one is not indicative of a propensity to slack off. I'm only here to gather data for a study on wasting time in the workplace.

As a teenager, lo—many years ago, my default hangout was the A&W drive-in. Absolutely the best root beer ever!

Now, as always I'm a major addictee of coffee. It is my fuel.

Without it, I daresay, I would be unable to function.

So, Mr. Riley, a textual answer to your poll: Yes! A coffee machine dispensing hot, black, unadulterated coffee on demand would be a worthwhile addition to WF!

Elmer "my hands are shaking" Hurlstone

[Adam Carn]

LOL I know this is thread is making a good point but I'm just too busy laughing my head off reading the poll. Kevin you never fail to make me laugh (in a good way).

Thanks,
Adam

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by Bev Clement

Andy do you want the curry donuts from China/Hong Kong which look disgusting?

If they're anything like our curry donuts, you are missing out on a treat. I love curry donuts.

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

As a teenager, lo—many years ago, my default hangout was the A&W drive-in. Absolutely the best root beer ever!

This was an eye opener for me. Didn't know they had A&W back in the Stone Age. Always thought that Flintstones beginning was just written by the show, guess it was real. Did they have Brontoburgers in your day?

[TLCarroll]

Coffee's a great idea, but while we're asking for stuff can we order a trebuchet???

[Manda]

Okay I vote that coffee is must but that is only before 5pm (Thai time). After 5pm I'd prefer a red wine. Now if if you could get the forum to dispense our individual drinks based on our time zone I'd be really really impressed

Bev, I'm a Mocha fan so thanks for the recipe. I've added trying that to my list of things to do

[Elmer Hurlstone]

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

This was an eye opener for me. Didn't know they had A&W back in the Stone Age. Always thought that Flintstones beginning was just written by the show, guess it was real. Did they have Brontoburgers in your day?

Not "Brontoburgers", Kevin, but the moral equivalent thereof—the "Teen Burger".

Teen Burgers were a bacon cheeseburger delivered hot to the tacky aluminum tray hung on the window of my 1956 Chevy by a "short-shorts-clad", often very attractive, young woman.

There is little these days that can match the memory of those times.

Thanks for the thread. I haven't thought much of those days in recent years.

Elmer

[Bev Clement]

Originally Posted by Kevin Riley

If they're anything like our curry donuts, you are missing out on a treat. I love curry donuts.

Kevin the ones here look overcooked, dripping with fat and covered in sugar

[Lisa Gergets]

Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

by a "short-shorts-clad", often very attractive, young woman.


Elmer

But did she have white go-go boots?

[Bev Clement]

for mocha lovers a cheap tip.

Melt some chocolate and then dip your teaspoons into the chocolate. Let them set. Use them to stir your coffee

[Adam Carn]

Originally Posted by Elmer Hurlstone

"short-shorts-clad", often very attractive, young woman.

Now the olden days don't sound too bad after all!

Adam

[Jagged]

Adding a coffee machine, A&W machine, water cooler will only lead to idle hands / minds & random chit-chat....which always lead to rumors, which no doubt leads to sexual jokes & innuendo's.....which naturally leads to tawdry love affairs, which spawn an entire generation of illegitimate IM children...all of which search endlessly online into their early adult years for their natural fathers...knowing nothing except they were Internet Marketers.....
Searches lead to the warrior forum, where they find that same coffee machine, A&W machine, water cooler....and get caught up in all the idle chit-chat & rumors...which leads to....

It's a tangled web we weave....

Black, no sugar please...

[TimAbbott]

Definitely yes, I like it