On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:02:30 -0700, you wrote:

>On 9/11/2006 10:03 AM bueses wrote:
>> It's so hard to get good help in the kitchen?   We grind our beans at home
>> before a trip-woulda thunk we were avoiding a problem?
>>
>>
>Not at all acceptable. The sound of a whirring coffee mill is part of
>the start of a good day. Mrs Squirrel just covers her head with a
>pillow. I make certain to run it extra long when I awaken next to yutzes
>who thought that coming into the campground late at night and partying
>for several hours was a good idea.

Ah.  

Our early-morning-grouch noise is the brats in the adjoining campsites
(and their children, as well) who think the entire world ought to wake
up at 6 AM.  

But if S was ever to try to run a coffee grinder, that might trump the
ignoramuses in the next campsite.

One answer to the coffee issue is to go a few miles south of the
border and buy some decent instant coffee.  Yes, it really, truly does
exist.  Instant coffee is not wonderful but is at least acceptable in
the UK and in Mexico.  (Possibly other countries as well, but those
are the two I personally can vouch for.)

B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
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