Coffee Castle
Posted on 03/04/2014 8:26:45 AM PST by Impala64ssa
America's kids have been suspended for pretending that pencils were guns, but an Ohio school may have topped that. A 10-year-old student at a Columbus elementary school was handed a three-day suspension for making a finger gun and pretending to shoot a classmate. The suspension letter more formally referred to his weapon as a "level 2 lookalike firearm," reports the Columbus Dispatch. Devonshire Alternative Elementary School's principal says students have been frequently told not to play pretend gun games, with a district rep saying kids were warned consequences would follow.
Those consequences hit hard last week for fifth-grader Nathan Entingh, who says he was "just playing around"; the rep said Nathan pretended to shoot another student "kind of execution style" in the head. And the "victim" didn't even see the mock execution, which was instead spotted by a teacher. Nathan's dad seems dumbfounded: "It would even make more sense maybe if he brought a plastic gun that looked like a real gun or something, but it was his finger." (Almost exactly a year ago, a Georgia teacher was suspended over a finger gun of his own.)
Morning! Things are okay here. High of 64, probably won’t rain until tonight, after Tom and Pat get back from camping.
How are you?
I figured lack-of-coffee was the problem
Hanging in there. Our weather is mild now. 48 inches of snow. 40 during the day and anywhere from 10 to 22 during the night.
Pleasantly warm! Does everyone wear shorts during the day now?
I was alert enough to feed the cats.
LOL!!!! Funny! No but we do wear short sleeves and leave the windows open during the day!!!
BWAHAHA!!!
We left some windows open last night. It was 68 when I got downstairs, and the furnace switched on. I shut it off and closed the windows!
You would perhaps expect-oration?
LOL! You already had coffee, didn’t you?
Dunno. It looks like a significant improvement to me...
Actually, no. I had to brew a pot, because I was too lazy last night to set it up.
Besides, I've been waiting years to use that one.
I consider that sometimes, but then I consider the outcome and get the pot ready. Usually I'm up before it turns on, but at least all I have to do is push the button.
I think I'll ask Tom to reset the timer.
Get an espresso machine. They take less than a minute to warm up, they brew one cup at a time, and you have a hot cup
of coffee within two or three minutes of walking into the kitchen, depending on how long it takes you to find your cup.
They’re a bit pricey, though.
We have a one-cup maker, but between me, DP, Bill and Tom, we go through 6 to 8 cups in the morning.
I want a Keureg, but the price is WAY beyond what the money bunneh will allow.
At least with one of those, I would only make enough at one time for me, and no one else. Of course, if company came, making another cup is easy.
I just make a full pot in the morning, and sip all day.
I have to keep an eye on my internal dashboard light, which indicates when my caffeine level is getting low.
Mr. Coffee Steam Espresso/Cappuccino Maker, ECM20-23NP
Online
$36.88
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mr.-Coffee-Steam-Espresso-Cappuccino-Maker-ECM20-23NP/1841472
Kewl! Thanks, Joe!
Coffee Castle
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