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How many people here love to drink coffee? If so, how do you like it (and please, do not say "crisp" ).
Do you every drink before a flight? If so, how much?
I drink a massive cup of coffee everyday myself. Take it with 2-3 tablespoons of sugar, cream, milk and chocolate milk. Prior to a flight, I can only drink a small cup because I do not yet fly an a/c with a toillett onboard. I have already had a few occasions where I had to make unexpected stops because holding just became too painful
Also, anyone have any funny stories where they drank a lot of coffee prior to a long flight in a commercial air service onboard an a/c with no toilletts? How do you handle problems like this?
Chris.
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I run an IV drip of Timmy's triple triple throughout the whole day!
BTW, Haz....I used to scuba with John Denver in Grand Cayman. A good guy to be sure.
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I am one of those rare pilots/people for that matter who don't drink coffee, never touched the stuff. I am addicted to tea though...costs the same for a large as it does for a small....(perfect for a pilots budget!)
Lol...that's funny just another pilot. But seriously, I limit myself to one coffee per day. Too much cafeine, believe it or not, promotes cancer, according to what I've heard from a doctor friend of mine. And now that I'm in my forties, I'm even more health conscious. One mezzo late from Starbucks, is all I need for the day. After that, it's juice or water.
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I used to drink it by the gallon it seemed, not anymore though. Can't handle the caffeine. But I still love the taste of it. So I have to settle for having a strong decaf once a day..............always black.
Double Double for me, tried the whole black thing and went back. to the twins.
If you are on the long hauls with alot of coffee in ya, I suggest a zip lock bag, they seal real nice so you can dispose of outta the window over a sparsley settled area.
I've been up to 10 to 12 cups a night once upon a time. I have had cut back to 5-6 cups a night. Found it tough to get much work done spending 30% of my time in the washroom.
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I forgot to mention that I'mn a big fan of iced coffees during the summer. Vietnamese style with condensed milk (very intense) is great. Starbucks (gasp) also does some pretty good iced coffees - especially if you have them add a shot or three of espresso.
Hmmm...looking back at my posts on this thread, I seem to have a common theme. Espresso is good!
As an aside folks, the darker roasts like espresso have less caffeine than the lighter ones (as well as a more intense flavour)
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No Coffee, used to drink tea once or twice a year.
Now, in the winter, I order a hot water with a piece of lemon and add a bit of sugar and ice water with lemon in the summer. Not very good, but I can't bring myself to spend $1.40 for a 1 cent tea bag.
Dark, a hint of cream to give a grey colour, a bit of sugar...
What's up with Tim Horton?? I walked in there (first time in Yearsssss) got a coffee. The guy said, what do take in it? I replied, euh...cream and sugar. So he mixed it for me?? Do they do that all over the country?
I wanna mix my own coffee...It wasn't grey enough!
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on my second cup right now. Dark roast & a bit of cream. Started drinkin' it in college night classes.
A few years back, got an early am phone call to get my ass in gear cuz were goin' to p/u a new airplane. 1/2 hr later, we're airborne & I'm just finishing my 3rd cup 'o joe. Flight plan was for 1hr first leg... due to circumstances, flt plan changed & now it's not for 3hrs to first stop!!! Oh Oh... cessna single... 2hrs in & I'm really hurtin' only receptacle was a full 1litre Coke. We passed it araound & out of desperation, I chugged the last half & was fillin' er back up in a hurry... oh oh... bladder holds a lot more than a litre... the 2 other guys in the plane were in tears laughing & I was struggling to prevent a small disaster....
anyway, I survived, but I always wondered what the guy in the urinal next to me at the first stop was thinkin' when I was finishing what I had started in the air, as well as dumpin' out a ???...
That's right, Yoyo. Timmy's mixes it all up for you (probably because a good part of their business is drive-through). They do it at every Timmy's that I've been to (which is a good cross-section of the country).
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Please don't tell my mother that I work in the Oilpatch...she still thinks that I'm the piano player at a whorehouse.
What's up with Tim Horton?? I walked in there (first time in Yearsssss) got a coffee. The guy said, what do take in it? I replied, euh...cream and sugar. So he mixed it for me?? Do they do that all over the country?
Hey get this one...not only do they mix it for you...if you have the pleasure of going to Sept-Iles, they even give it to you with a hole punched in the top and ask if you want a straw...Yeah talk about completely retarded...you walk into any Timmy's in this particular town and everyone is sipped their java through a straw!! I really hope the trend doesn't spread!!!!!
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield...W. Buffett
the 2 other guys in the plane were in tears laughing & I was struggling to prevent a small disaster....
