the werst thing about double d is when you order a iced coffee.they fill the cup to the top with ice and you end up with about a shot glass of coffee.

I do miss DD iced coffee. The first time I was down here in SC in the early 90s nobody down south had even heard of iced coffee. Plenty of sweet tea but clueless on iced coffee. On a trip from Camp Lejeune to Parris Island we stopped in Myrtle Beach to eat and I saw a DD with a poster of an iced coffee in the window. I poked my head in and asked them how they made their iced coffee (people down here would try to sell me hot coffee poured over ice.) In the thickest RI accent the lady asked where I was from. I just smiled, ordered an iced coffee and found out she was from Bristol, RI.

great article.....
 

would you like some doughnuts with that?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/21/car....ap/index.html

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Employers in Massacusetts pay the same amount of unemployment tax whether an employee collects or not. The tax is based on the number of employees hired, not whether any given employee collects.

Thanks Pete. I was reading the posts about some shops adding some mysterious drug to thier coffee, and I'm sittin' here thinkin', "...but coffee already HAS a powerfull drug in it. That's why we drink it!"
If anyone doubts that caffein is a powerfull drug, try going without it. The symptoms that yopu describe Pete are full blown withdrawal symptoms.

i've tried to quit
 

several times and it ain't happening...
.its worse than nicotine by ten....
imo....

of course everyones personal chemistry varies...

but when you look at the amount of coffee

sold, advertised, promoted within the good ole USA

its a panademic of society... with dependance...

thats off the scale...

Raven,
that thwarted jacking was about 15 minutes from here. Wish the dude had broken his legs. I hate thieves.

no kidden Kev....wow.... hey, all it takes is a sign saying where ya wanna go, a clean shirt and a smile and you can hitch a ride anywhere...

if your stealing the car....to resell it....at least do it when the owner's not already in the thing.

morone saxtillus - Great Avatar - who caught who - lol

oh my god
 

now they are saying that coffee improoves short term memory...
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CHICAGO, Nov. 30 - A cup of coffee is good for the memory, at least the short term memory, according to research reported today. In a study of 15 healthy men ages 26 to 47, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) detected significant activity in the brain's memory centers 20 minutes after the men consumed 100 mg of caffeine, according an Austrian study reported at the Radiological Society of North America meeting here.
The activity was significantly greater than men who were imaged after consuming a matched placebo (P<0.05), said Florian Koppelstatter, M.D., of the University Hospital Innsbruck.
He said the fMRI scan detected activity in the anterior cingulate cortex of the brain, which is responsible for some short-term memory functions.
The men, all right-handed, underwent fMRI scans on two days. Half of the men were initially given water that contained a tasteless concentration of 100 mg of caffeine -- about the equivalent of two cups of coffee -- and half were given ordinary water. The groups were crossed over for the second scans.
Dr. Koppelstatter said that fMRI routinely detected activity as participants completed memory tasks during the scan, but caffeine significantly boosted brain function beyond that expected level. In addition to greater activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, men taking caffeine had increased activity in frontal cortex, and the inferior parital cortex. Moreover, since the men were all right handed, the increased activity was greater in the left hemisphere.
Twenty-minutes after consuming the drinks -- a time that Dr.Koppelstatter said was calculated as the caffeine's peak potency time in the brain -- the men underwent fMRI scans. He noted that caffeine's effect diminishes after 45 minutes.
Dr.Koppelstatter said the scans clearly demonstrated that caffeine has a definite impact on short-term memory processes. "This effect takes part in the distinct part of the working memory network that controls attention and concentration."
Michael Brant-Zawadzki, M.D., chairman of the RSNA communications committee and moderator at press conference where Dr. Koppelstatter discussed his research, said the findings will probably not surprise anyone because "we all know that coffee makes us more alert, but now we know how that works."
He said that finding also suggests a possible research target for the development of drugs to improve memory function. "It may be possible to develop drugs like caffeine that can stimulate these same brain regions," he said.
:huh: oooo kay

I'M ADDICTED
 

My Name is Raven and im addicted to coffee.
do they have coffee addicts anonymous?
i need to join this organization.

because I'm addicted
to coffee it seems....just like i thought....i went cold turkey for only one day and totally caved in.....i just had to make a cup...of java,,,
partly because this ole farm house is as cold as a well diggers butt
in the morning....
and i'll consult my doctor monday on how to kick my habbit,,,since it was recommended that i quit.... i don't think it'll happen....though,
to many Dunkin Doughnut ads when i watch football,when i drive my car...where ever i go i smell it....see it...almost taste it
it's such a tease.....

and with my imagination ----> pffffffff ....forget about it....
like last night i had this dream i was at a beautiful coffee bean plantation......right... and i was gonna be meeting Juan Valdez
and all that....but he wasn't there....

Juanita Valdez was though......saying:
"Come to me my little coffee bean and let me see if you are ripe....." :love:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...ITA_Valdez.jpg

:laughs:

Raven.... is that Juan Valdezes daughter? ;)
:kewl:

Coffee Anon... Dennis Leary had a whole routine on that a few years ago, the bottom line was that's where you ended up after going to AA, all those meetings where they fed ya Coffee, and gave ya a new addiction.
He has a whole other coffee rant on just trying to get a cup of regular coffee, that still makes me laugh till I cry---->
"Mochachino, Frappachino, Cappachino, AlPachino, WTF.. I just wanna cup of coffee!".. and there's waaaay more... :hihi:

the MASS SPIKE
 

is it his Daughter? but of course she is....
hell you can just ask him....because
Star Bucks just bought the Mass Spike...
and no one can drive on it unless they
drink some coffee first and get all Jacked up
In Fact Juan is out there for the grand opening :rotfl:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c6...eMassspike.jpg

:claps: Raven
As JPI would say, "You are totally out of control" :hihi:

Juan's gonna get his burro killed out there, MassPike = DeathRace2000!

Maybe the elevated caffiene levels of RI and MA residents causes all the bad driving?