From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/11612 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Huehne Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Qua Vadis, Quassia? Date: 14 Jul 1997 16:51:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <86k9itpxbl.fsf@wmperry.oz.net> Reply-To: Michael Huehne NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035151293 31406 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 22:01:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:01:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Michael Huehne , Kai Grossjohann , ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Original-Received: from xemacs.org (xemacs.cs.uiuc.edu [128.174.252.16]) by altair.xemacs.org (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id IAA08712 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 08:49:43 -0700 Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by xemacs.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA02573 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 10:46:30 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from claymore.vcinet.com (claymore.vcinet.com [208.205.12.23]) by ifi.uio.no with SMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 16:51:31 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 32553 invoked by uid 504); 14 Jul 1997 14:51:30 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 32550 invoked from network); 14 Jul 1997 14:51:29 -0000 Original-Received: from mail.Germany.EU.net (192.76.144.65) by claymore.vcinet.com with SMTP; 14 Jul 1997 14:51:28 -0000 Original-Received: from yoshiwara.germany.eu.net [193.96.65.46] by mail.Germany.EU.net with SMTP (5.61c:012/2.7.0.j) id QAA20739; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 16:51:19 +0200 (MET DST) Original-Received: by yoshiwara.Germany.EU.net (5.59:8/EUnetDlan-1.30-1.2.11) via EUnet id QAA04207; Mon, 14 Jul 1997 16:51:58 +0200 Original-To: wmperry@aventail.com In-Reply-To: wmperry@aventail.com's message of "14 Jul 1997 06:39:26 -0700" X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.61/Emacs 19.34 Original-Lines: 87 Original-Xref: altair.xemacs.org dgnus-list:2002 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:11612 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:11612 >>>>> " Bill" == William M Perry schreibt: Bill> Michael Huehne 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. 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