Re: Mostly OT: Exploration vs Domestication

Alan Lothian wrote:
In article <ndjai5tq8cjck7cm9grngdrjqv2h7bqu26@xxxxxxx>, Peter Skelton
<skeltonp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ISTR that coffee-shops were seen as evil for a period in England

And that was even before the odious Starbucks, may God strike them down.


Having been brought up in a country where 'coffee' in any sort of coffee bar was half a spoon of instant coffee mixed 'half and half' with milk and water, this ghastly mixture being heated by passing steam through it, I'm inclined to forgive Starbucks a great deal.


--
William Black

"Any number under six"

The answer given by Englishman Richard Peeke when asked by the Duke of Medina Sidonia how many Spanish sword and buckler men he could beat single handed with a quarterstaff.
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