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Post by Tom on Apr 9, 2005 18:02:32 GMT
Having read the comments about choice of drink when at work in the 'DrJimi's District Line' thread, I was wondering what we all drink when at work.
My choice depends on where I am. On nights it was usually orange squash or another soft drink. At Baker Street I would either have tea in the SCC or Hot Chocolate in the local Costa coffee shop.
Some of my colleagues who post here I have only ever seen drinking outside work, and I know that their choice of drink then is not one above due to the alcoholic content!
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Post by chris on Apr 9, 2005 18:04:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2005 18:56:34 GMT
Does this show how much I appreciate tea?! Do you have a billy can?! ;D Iam a hot chocolate person myself, but only on earlies as lates i have pepsi, and use the cups from the water machine, ive got it all planned you see!   |
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Post by chris on Apr 9, 2005 19:10:02 GMT
Do you have a billy can?! ;D Well, no. Not yet anyway! Lets see what ebay can do. |
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 19:21:29 GMT
Coffee - extremely black, extremely strong with no sugar.
The best coffee is the sort that makes your cheeks implode when you take a sip.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2005 19:24:31 GMT
Coffee - extremely black, extremely strong with no sugar. Thanks, the next one is on you isnt it? We are 1 - 1 are we not? ;D |
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 19:30:19 GMT
Thanks, the next one is on you isnt it? We are 1 - 1 are we not? ;D Yup - my round next. Unless, of course, you do something to incur my wrath and need to placate me ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2005 19:41:32 GMT
How times have changed (unless you're just too nice, Dave!)... It was drilled into me that in the absence of having a guard to do the dirty work, the next best thing was the trainee always has to buy the coffee!! ;D
Incidentally, My own choice is a number 53 from the LU machines! This is a coffee/chocolate mix! Very nice! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2005 19:43:24 GMT
Unless, of course, you do something to incur my wrath and need to placate me ;D lol I will try not to! Tower Hill or Paddington?! ;D ;D Incidentally, My own choice is a number 53 from the LU machines! This is a coffee/chocolate mix! Very nice! ;D 40 is much better, has a nice head on it!! AND no its not alcoholic! |
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 20:51:25 GMT
lol I will try not to! Tower Hill or Paddington?! ;D ;D 40 is much better, has a nice head on it!! AND no its not alcoholic! Either of the above - but if it involves 'OP38' the least it would require would be a three course dinner in a hosterly with which you are well acqauinted! (Apologies to others if this is a bit 'cliquey'!) Oh, and mine's 18 Strong from the machine. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2005 20:55:39 GMT
Either of the above - but if it involves 'OP38' the least it would require would be a three course dinner in a hosterly with which you are well acqauinted! Ah lol ;D ;D Well I see what you are getting at, but it must work both ways! |
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Post by citysig on Apr 9, 2005 20:56:09 GMT
Being supplied as we are now by LU with Tea Bags and Coffee, we have such a choice.
However, my first choice is normally tea, but not the bags LU supply. They tend to supply what I suspect are Griffen tea bags, and dress them up as Tetley. I supply my own Yorkshire Tea Bags (getting quite a plug on here, maybe they might want to sponsor us ;D )
With coffee freely available, I make take in a few cups of this too each shift.
Normally a 60/40 split with tea the larger.
Gotta keep those wheels turning with something!
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Post by piccadillypilot on Apr 9, 2005 21:03:30 GMT
Gotta keep those wheels turning with something! Quite, there is a view amongst the unlearned that railways run on steam, diesel or electric. Any of them reading this thread would rapidly begin to discover the truth, no tea/coffee/whatever - no trains!! ;D |
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 21:06:01 GMT
Ah lol ;D ;D Well I see what you are getting at, but it must work both ways! Cheeky young whipper snapper.... (mumble, mumble..... 'youngsters today' ....mumble, mumble) |
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Post by setttt on Apr 9, 2005 21:50:48 GMT
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Post by chris on Apr 10, 2005 14:43:09 GMT
No so much a bargain now! With 37 mins to go, it is currently £7.50 + £2.60 p&p. |
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Post by setttt on Apr 10, 2005 15:06:54 GMT
it was only 2.50 last night!
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Post by chris on Apr 10, 2005 15:20:10 GMT
Sold for £9.01 in the end, plus the £2.50 p&p.
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Post by igelkotten on Apr 11, 2005 8:44:48 GMT
Like Dave, I prefer coffee, very strong and very black. Today, we have a coffee machine in our mess rooms, so the coffee that is available is of a rather mediocre quality.
Up until some years ago, we had a system where we had a coffemaker in the mess kitchenette and one of the spare drivers had to ensure that two big thermos pots were always filled with coffee. Woe betide the driver who forgot to make enough coffee, or made it too weak!
Then there were people who went a step further: In one of the workshops, a certain fellow was working on one of the night shifts. He was from the far, far north, the border region between Finland and Sweden, where they traditionally were considered to be half bear, half troll, and only incidentally human. And he certainly looked the part, too -a huge man, with thick black hair and enormous eyebrows and beard.
Now, he couldn't abide these new-fangled drip-style coffee makers. He had to have his coffee boiled in a pot, in the traditional manner. Which he did, for the whole of his shift. He used a huge army surplus sheet metal pot, large enough for a whole platoon, and as a heat source,he used an acetylene torch set on wide & oxygen rich flame. The trick, he said, was to constantly tilt the flame slightly, to keep the bottom of the pot from overheating and warping.
I got to try his coffee a few times. Absolutely wonderful, and guaranteed to keep you awake for a long, long time.
/Igelkotten
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Post by Tom on Apr 11, 2005 16:23:26 GMT
Like Dave, I prefer coffee, very strong and very black. I already knew what you drink... |
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Post by q8 on Apr 14, 2005 21:15:21 GMT
 Anybody know what a cup of "kye" is. 
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Post by piccadillypilot on Apr 14, 2005 21:53:33 GMT
Anybody know what a cup of "kye" is. "Kye" is Navyspeak for cocoa. (Do I get the prize? ;D ) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2005 7:01:48 GMT
Mine's 51 from LU machines, Cappuccino, when it's cold and Diet Coke in the summer.
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Post by q8 on Apr 15, 2005 8:36:26 GMT
WELL Done PP you are indeed correct. I already knew but wonderd if anyone else did. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2005 22:35:35 GMT
WELL Done PP you are indeed correct. I already knew but wonderd if anyone else did. ;D Hmmm I'm Navy and didn't know that!! Ah well you live and learn! |
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Post by piccadillypilot on Apr 16, 2005 7:28:39 GMT
Hmmm I'm Navy and didn't know that!! Ah well you live and learn! (Shakes head at the appalling level of education in the Andrew's traditions amongst sprogs.) www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/4741.html gives a good selection of Jack Speak. |
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 16, 2005 19:26:53 GMT
LOL - Ought to read a few Douglas Reeman novels too!
Practiacally every one has a reference to this particular brew!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2005 20:12:49 GMT
Hey I'm not a sprog been in over 7 years just never come across the term!
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 16, 2005 20:20:11 GMT
Hey I'm not a sprog been in over 7 years just never come across the term! Well, I'm sure it'll stun your shipmates when you bring it up in conversation or come in handy if you offer the Commander a cup at your next promotion board?  Never let it be said that a forum about London Underground isn't diverse and educational!! |
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Anybody know what a cup of "kye" is. 
