On 2018-06-09 6:25 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 09 Jun 2018 02:53:37p, Dave Smith told us...

>> My wife and I use the French press almost daily and it is still
>> hit and miss. Sometimes it is terrific and other times it is quite
>> disappointing. We grind the beans for that, and always a coarse
>> grind.
>>
>
> When I drank hot coffee I always made it in a 1930s double-bowl
> vacuum pot. It made terrific coffee. I've often wondered about the
> coffee made in the Keurig type machines but I won't spend the money
> to find out.

Those vacuum systems made great coffee. Apparently they are still
available.

Don't waste your money on a Keurig machine. I have had it served to me
many times and it tastes like instant coffee. My niece had a Nespresso
coffee maker and it make a great cup of coffee. Unfortunately, she ran
out of pods and had a hard time getting more. She was in Estonia at the
time. I considered getting a Nespresso, but they are expensive. It is a
15 mile drive to the closest place that sells the pods. They are
expensive and seemed to come only in variety packs which included a
number of different flavours.

We have a drip coffee maker, an espresso machine and a French press and
use them all. It is usually espresso in the morning and then drip or FP
after supper.

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I don't know how important a blind taste test would be. Some people
> simply seem not to have good taste.

It's good for personal evaluation. I've always loved root beer.
One day I bought 5 different brands of it and went home to do a
blind taste test. A few were eliminated after the first pass.
Near the end, I kept tasting several times.

Winner for me was "Dad's Root Beer."
Runner up was "A&W"

From then on, I knew what to buy.

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I don't know how important a blind taste test would be. Some people
> simply seem not to have good taste. Heck, we have someone who actually
> likes McDonalds food.

http://www.hostpic.org/images/1806101853000114.jpg

On Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 3:29:00 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Sure, it's better that the crappy coffee in the waiting room that has
> been heated for an hour or more. I have had it at the homes of a number
> of friends and at the snack bar at the YMCA. There was a coffee shop
> that had a variety of coffees and flavoured coffees. You select the
> variety you want and they stick it in the machine. It usually tastes
> like instant coffee.

I'll take coffee however I can get it. When we were in the UK, we were drinking instant because of the lack of a coffee machine in the hotel room. I have never known a Keurig cup to taste like instant but I suppose we'd need a blind taste test to really find out. I would have rejected the machine with the first cup if it brewed instant coffee.

On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 3:36:19 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > I don't know how important a blind taste test would be. Some people
> > simply seem not to have good taste. Heck, we have someone who actually
> > likes McDonalds food.
>
> http://www.hostpic.org/images/1806101853000114.jpg

We've been eating at McDonald's a lot. It's kind of a depressing place but it's cheap, fast, and you know what you're going to get. It helps a lot if you're really hungry. Come to think of it, most of the food places we go to are pretty depressing. That's the breaks.

Here's a funny sign I saw at the hardware store. It implies something about surfers. However, as we all know, that's totally wrong.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...nVAqo22zAnakEA

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 3:36:19 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > I don't know how important a blind taste test would be. Some people
> > simply seem not to have good taste. Heck, we have someone who actually
> > likes McDonalds food.
>
> http://www.hostpic.org/images/1806101853000114.jpg

We've been eating at McDonald's a lot. It's kind of a depressing place but
it's cheap, fast, and you know what you're going to get. It helps a lot if
you're really hungry. Come to think of it, most of the food places we go to
are pretty depressing. That's the breaks.

Here's a funny sign I saw at the hardware store. It implies something about
surfers. However, as we all know, that's totally wrong.

https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...nVAqo22zAnakEA

==

Good grief!

On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 9:00:51 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> ==
>
> Good grief!

Sex Wax is a product that is made of a very soft wax. It is used by surfers to increase the grip of their body parts on the board - by paradoxically, waxing the surface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO9eNGy9nDw

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 9:00:51 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> ==
>
> Good grief!

Sex Wax is a product that is made of a very soft wax. It is used by surfers
to increase the grip of their body parts on the board - by paradoxically,
waxing the surface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO9eNGy9nDw

==

Err thank you

On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 10:15:48 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> ==
>
> Err thank you

From his accent, that surfer dude is either Scottish/Irish or he's from the Caribbean. That's rather odd.

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 10:15:48 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> ==
>
> Err thank you

From his accent, that surfer dude is either Scottish/Irish or he's from the
Caribbean. That's rather odd.

==

Scottish, I would understand ... )

Found this on a Google search. In my case, after removing the cover to the unit, I jumped the microswitch and turned the timer on. Voila - it ran.

I think I'd rotated the hopper all the way to the 'remove' position and it just wasn't engaging the microswitch button.

On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 5:27:58 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Scottish, I would understand ... )

When we were at Heathrow airport, I was talking to some tall footballer lads, inquiring about the shuttle bus. I said "you sound like you guys are from Ireland." They informed me that they were Scottish. Ha ha at least they didn't take to start beating us to bloody messes. Your football fans are famous the world over for stuff like that but these were friendly footballers.

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Monday, June 11, 2018 at 5:27:58 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Scottish, I would understand ... )

When we were at Heathrow airport, I was talking to some tall footballer
lads, inquiring about the shuttle bus. I said "you sound like you guys are
from Ireland." They informed me that they were Scottish. Ha ha at least they
didn't take to start beating us to bloody messes. Your football fans are
famous the world over for stuff like that but these were friendly
footballers.

==

So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ... you might have
ended up a bloody mess!!!

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 1:57:13 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ... you might have
> ended up a bloody mess!!!

Thanks for that important travel tip. I will certainly keep that in mind!

On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:50:54 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 1:57:13 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ... you might have
>> ended up a bloody mess!!!
>
>Thanks for that important travel tip. I will certainly keep that in mind!

How can someone not know that.

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 1:57:13 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ... you might have
> ended up a bloody mess!!!

Thanks for that important travel tip. I will certainly keep that in mind!

==

Welcome!

On 6/12/2018 12:56 PM, Ophelia wrote:

> So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ... you might
> have ended up a bloody mess!!!

My mother was frequently mistaken for English when she was stationed at
Bomber Command. She had Highland parents, and was educated in Edinburgh,
so she didn't sound like Harry Lauder...

"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...

On 6/12/2018 12:56 PM, Ophelia wrote:

> So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ... you might
> have ended up a bloody mess!!!

My mother was frequently mistaken for English when she was stationed at
Bomber Command. She had Highland parents, and was educated in Edinburgh,
so she didn't sound like Harry Lauder...

==

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 6:39:03 PM UTC-4, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 6/12/2018 12:56 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
> > So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ... you might
> > have ended up a bloody mess!!!
>
> My mother was frequently mistaken for English when she was stationed at
> Bomber Command. She had Highland parents, and was educated in Edinburgh,
> so she didn't sound like Harry Lauder...

A while back we had two employees in our UK office who are Scots. One
of my U.S. co-workers wondered why he could understand one of them but
not the other. I conjectured it was social class.

Cindy Hamilton

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 6:39:03 PM UTC-4, S Viemeister wrote:
> > On 6/12/2018 12:56 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > > So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ... you might
> > > have ended up a bloody mess!!!
> >
> > My mother was frequently mistaken for English when she was stationed at
> > Bomber Command. She had Highland parents, and was educated in Edinburgh,
> > so she didn't sound like Harry Lauder...
>
> A while back we had two employees in our UK office who are Scots. One
> of my U.S. co-workers wondered why he could understand one of them but
> not the other. I conjectured it was social class.

Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and dialects in
Scotland.

Janet UK

On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:18:18 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Wed 13 Jun 2018 08:46:49a, Janet told us...
>
>> In article
>> >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 6:39:03 PM UTC-4, S Viemeister
>>> wrote:
>>> > On 6/12/2018 12:56 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > So long as you don't ever ask them if they are English ...
>>> > > you might have ended up a bloody mess!!!
>>> >
>>> > My mother was frequently mistaken for English when she was
>>> > stationed at Bomber Command. She had Highland parents, and was
>>> > educated in Edinburgh, so she didn't sound like Harry Lauder...
>>>
>>> A while back we had two employees in our UK office who are Scots.
>>> One of my U.S. co-workers wondered why he could understand one
>>> of them but not the other. I conjectured it was social class.
>>
>> Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and
>> dialects in
>> Scotland.
>>
>> Janet UK

>As there also appears to be in the UK.

No shit, Sherlock!

On 6/13/2018 5:18 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 08:46:49a, Janet told us...
>
>> Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and
>> dialects in Scotland.
>>
>
> As there also appears to be in the UK.
>
Um...at the moment, Scotland is part of the UK, as are Wales, England,
and Northern Ireland.

On 6/14/2018 12:33 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 01:17:12p, S Viemeister told us...
>> On 6/13/2018 5:18 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 08:46:49a, Janet told us...
>>>> Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and
>>>> dialects in Scotland.
>>>
>>> As there also appears to be in the UK.
>>>
>> Um...at the moment, Scotland is part of the UK, as are Wales,
>> England, and Northern Ireland.
>
> Yes, I understand that. However, I think many USians think of
> England as the UK.
>
Apparently so.

"S Viemeister" wrote in message ...

On 6/14/2018 12:33 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 01:17:12p, S Viemeister told us...
>> On 6/13/2018 5:18 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 08:46:49a, Janet told us...
>>>> Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and
>>>> dialects in Scotland.
>>>
>>> As there also appears to be in the UK.
>>>
>> Um...at the moment, Scotland is part of the UK, as are Wales,
>> England, and Northern Ireland.
>
> Yes, I understand that. However, I think many USians think of
> England as the UK.
>
Apparently so.

==

How do they see Great Britain?

On 6/14/2018 3:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "S Viemeister"* wrote in message ...
> On 6/14/2018 12:33 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 01:17:12p, S Viemeister told us...
>>> On 6/13/2018 5:18 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 08:46:49a, Janet told us...
>>>>> * Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and
>>>>> * dialects in Scotland.
>>>>
>>>> As there also appears to be in the UK.
>>>>
>>> Um...at the moment, Scotland is part of the UK, as are Wales,
>>> England, and Northern Ireland.
>>
>> Yes, I understand that.* However, I think many USians think* of
>> England as the UK.
>>
> Apparently so.
>
> ==
>
> How do they see Great Britain?
>
>

Can't see it. I've gone into the Atlantic Ocean and looked across but
can't see it.

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message ...

On 6/14/2018 3:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "S Viemeister" wrote in message ...
> On 6/14/2018 12:33 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 01:17:12p, S Viemeister told us...
>>> On 6/13/2018 5:18 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 08:46:49a, Janet told us...
>>>>> Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and
>>>>> dialects in Scotland.
>>>>
>>>> As there also appears to be in the UK.
>>>>
>>> Um...at the moment, Scotland is part of the UK, as are Wales,
>>> England, and Northern Ireland.
>>
>> Yes, I understand that. However, I think many USians think of
>> England as the UK.
>>
> Apparently so.
>
> ==
>
> How do they see Great Britain?
>
>

Can't see it. I've gone into the Atlantic Ocean and looked across but
can't see it.

==

Heh! New specs?

On 2018-06-14 8:08 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 6/14/2018 3:23 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "S Viemeister"Â* wrote in message ...
>> On 6/14/2018 12:33 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 01:17:12p, S Viemeister told us...
>>>> On 6/13/2018 5:18 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>> On Wed 13 Jun 2018 08:46:49a, Janet told us...
>>>>>> Â* Not necessarily. There are different regional accents and
>>>>>> Â* dialects in Scotland.
>>>>>
>>>>> As there also appears to be in the UK.
>>>>>
>>>> Um...at the moment, Scotland is part of the UK, as are Wales,
>>>> England, and Northern Ireland.
>>>
>>> Yes, I understand that.Â* However, I think many USians thinkÂ* of
>>> England as the UK.
>>>
>> Apparently so.
>>
>> ==
>>
>> How do they see Great Britain?
>>
>>
>
> Can't see it.Â* I've gone into the Atlantic Ocean and looked across but
> can't see it.


If you can't see it then it does not exist.
To be fair, I think most North Americans are aware that the UK includes
England and Scotland, and the more savvy know that Northern Ireland and
Wales are also part of it, but when they hear UK they are thinking England.

On Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 9:23:24 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> How do they see Great Britain?

I saw the movie "Trainspotting" last week so I have a pretty good idea of how it all goes down in Edinburgh.

Just kidding.

"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 9:23:24 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> How do they see Great Britain?

I saw the movie "Trainspotting" last week so I have a pretty good idea of
how it all goes down in Edinburgh.

Just kidding.

==

Yeahhh *growl*

Any chance you can elaborate on what you did here? I think I found the fuse but I cant say for sure. Is it the flat disk shaped thing on the microchip? Thanks, -Levi

Sorry, heres the quote I was referring to:
€œThe issue with mine turned out to be the thermal fuse, which is in the bottom part of the grinder next to the motor (remove the 4 screws in the base to access). It's a small silver cylinder with a green cap. Test it for continuity, if it fails then it needs to be replaced. It can also be bypassed (simply removed), which is what I did. Just be careful when using afterwards (wait for motor to cool down between uses), as the motor may burn out if it is run continuously for too long.€�
Thanks, Levi

So, same grinder different problem. I just bought one of these on Ebay, was excited to get a "like new" for cheap. "works great" they said.. so anyway, it arrived today, got it hooked up, put in some beans, switched it on, and oh, the quietness! Yay! But wait, it's not grinding any beans! And so it went. Beans will absolutely not submit to being ground, they do not let themselves be pulled down into the burrs. Tried twisting the hopper from coarse to fine while grinding, no dice. Took it all apart, like, there's really nothing to take apart, took the bottom burr out just in case, reassembled it, and still no better. Like I said, the beans will not get "sucked" down into the burrs. Even called Capresso CS, and they're like, "I dunno, if they don't grind guess there's nothing you can do. Could happen I guess." Douchbags... Any ideas?? Thanks! p.s. Yeesss, the top burr is in the right way...

On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 5:30:24 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>
> So, same grinder different problem. I just bought one of these on Ebay, was excited to get a "like new" for cheap. "works great" they said.. so anyway, it arrived today, got it hooked up, put in some beans, switched it on, and oh, the quietness! Yay! But wait, it's not grinding any beans! And so it went. Beans will absolutely not submit to being ground, they do not let themselves be pulled down into the burrs. Tried twisting the hopper from coarse to fine while grinding, no dice. Took it all apart, like, there's really nothing to take apart, took the bottom burr out just in case, reassembled it, and still no better. Like I said, the beans will not get "sucked" down into the burrs. Even called Capresso CS, and they're like, "I dunno, if they don't grind guess there's nothing you can do. Could happen I guess." Douchbags... Any ideas?? Thanks! p.s. Yeesss, the top burr is in the right way...
>
Return it to the seller and ask for a refund.

On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 10:52:38 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> I'm sticking this here, because I could not find any instructions on
> the web, and google does a fair job of finding googlegroups posts.
>
> The Capresso Infinity grinder (Model 505) is the only motorized
> conical burr grinder under $100. Which is why its failure to function
> yesterday caused us consternation. Basic troubleshooting revealed
> a chunk of plastic had broken off the bean hopper. My beloved wife,
> who is the only one to use the grinder, claimed ignorance.
>
> I took off the grounds recipient, and, with the torx bits of my screwdriver,
> removed the lower burr, discovering impacted coffeegrounds underneath.
> Still did not spin. NB: the lower burr is pushed upwards by three balls
> atop three springs. Do not lose these.`
>
> How to remove the housing mystified me, but I found that it was held
> on by five tabs, which I could depress with an old butter knife,
> allowing me to slide the housing downwards.
> The power cord is connected to a terminal block, which in turn is connected
> to two blue wires. One blue wire goes to a microswitch, which is closed
> when the bean hopper is properly installed. From there, another blue wire
> leads to the grinding timer switch. From there, a white wire goes to
> a little circuit board with a MZ-23 PTC thermistor on it, and four diodes..
> Red and black wires from the motor go to this PCB.
>
> Measuring continuity with a VOM was not very fruitful, so I turned
> the timer switch to 10, plugged the grinder in, and manually closed
> the microswitch. Success! as the motor spun.
>
> Monday I will try to order a new bean hopper, and perhaps a new
> microswitch, direct from Capresso.


Would you please do me a HUGE favor? The MZ23 PTC thermistor burnt out on my 565 grinder. I am knowledgeable in electronics, but when the MZ23 popped, it burnt off most of the lettering. Would you be able to tell me all of the lettering on the MZ23 so I can be sure to order the correct one. There are a few different ones in the MZ23 line.

Thank you SOOOOOO much if you are able to do this.