Re: Qua Vadis, Quassia?

[Michael Huehne <Michael.Huehne@Germany.EU.net>]

>>>>> "	Bill" == William M Perry <wmperry@aventail.com> schreibt:

 	Bill> Michael Huehne <Michael.Huehne@Germany.EU.net> writes:

 >>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes:
 >>>> [...] What I had originally planned were some Quassia
 >>>> Gnus cups.  Well, mugs, rather.  Kinda big, solid, heavy
 >>>> mugs suitable for sufficient quantaties of tea and/or
 >>>> coffee. [...]

 >>>  Hi, I prefer a really big mug (0,5 liter or more) because nearly
 >>> every standard cap design might be to small for my head (65 - 66
 >>> cm circumfence = XXXL for helmets).  A price up to 20 US$
 >>> including p&p would be fine for me.  Gold printing on dark green
 >>> might be a cool style :-) But how about a well fitting saucer for
 >>> this mug project ?  Most of my mugs do not have a saucer (but
 >>> one). Some times I get some chocolate milk rings on my papers and
 >>> the surface of my desktop. A saucer might protect your documents
 >>> too ?

 	Bill> Hmmm - not a bad idea, but it'll be one hell of a
 	Bill> saucer.  Perhaps some people don't have a desk that
 	Bill> big. :)

Grin,

if  my desk would  be  big enough I  would  have a  place for my mug
without surrounding  paper  :-) 

>From my point of view this is a typical: "What comes first problem?"

The missing  space  on my desk  or  the chocolate milk   rings on my
papers ?  

Quite simple: The mug full of chocolate milk without a saucer :-))

 Kai> All the pro-mug people here seem to drink tea, not coffee.
 Kai> Wouldn't it be nice to make a poll and add a section to the
 Kai> appendix of the Gnus manual along the lines of:
 >>>
 Kai> Did you know that 75% of all Gnus users drink tea, not coffee?
 >>>  What about the minority drinking chocolate milk like me ?  Is
 >>> anybody else out there not even drinking tea or coffee ?

 	Bill> I typically drink ~1 gallon of milk per day (not
 	Bill> chocolate though).  Perhaps a GNUS Millnium Udder is in
 	Bill> order?

Whoa, thats very similar to 4 liter ... I am very impressed ! On hot
days I  am  satisfied with 2  liter of  milk  plus some coke  in the
evening during the dinner.

 	Bill> I no longer drink caffeinated drinks (I had to quit cold
 	Bill> turkey when I realized I was drinking over a 12-pack a
 	Bill> day[1]), and never have drunk tea or coffee (vile
 	Bill> stuff).

Marvelous ... your US cans are ~ 0.48 liter * 12 = ~ 5.5 liter.

 	Bill> -Bill P.

 	Bill> [1] My company provides free soft drinks and snacks - we
 	Bill> have hired 9 new people since I stopped drinking pop,
 	Bill> and our monthly intake still hasn't gotten back up to
 	Bill> where it was when I was. :)

Great service from  you company. We  get only mineral  water, coffee
and ~ 20 kinds of tea for free.

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   Freundliche Grüße,
   Best regards,

       Michael Hühne

   Gebietsverkaufsleiter
        Mitte/West

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