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August 17, 2004

Coffee, traffic and whine.......

Coffee of the day is Panama Jaramillo Especiale.....talk about pricey. This is the stuff that set a world record for wholesale green bean pricing. ..and yes...it's very tastey. There will be no returning to Folgers, Maxwellhouse, Chock full o' nuts for this family. Ok Ok...so maybe we haven't used those in several years anyway... Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is still pretty darn good coffee.

The trip down the interstates was not bad at all...Thank goodness all the state troopers were up in the Northeast Kingdom dealing with getting the Phishheads out. There were a few tip offs that the cars I saw had been in Coventry..or near there anyway. The mud dripping/drying off the vehicle...the Phish stickers...sleeping passengers...near sleeping drivers (that was scary). The surprising part was some of the vehicle types......guess come of those Phish fans grew up and got real jobs. The Mercedes SUV and Landrover who were tandeming back, albeit driving too fast, were pretty darn upscale. The very disappointing factor however was the amount of trash left behind by these people. Vermont is a reasonably trashfree state (well we don't count some of the rusted out cars/trucks in the fields), so to see trash on the side of the roads is disturbing. Pick up your trash on the way out, Please!

Look in your rear view mirror while driving on the interstate. Do you see anyone close behind you? Have you noticed cars passing you on the right? More than once? Have you noticed people glaring at you when passing you on the right? Shaking their fists? Other motions? Take this as a clue that you are DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE AND HOLDING UP PASSING TRAFFIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please keep right except to pass and once you have passed, move back right!!! (pppsssttt...see that little woman in the Saab with VT plates behind you?? Move the Heck over!!!!) gggesh.........

Soooo, I stopped in Windsor, CT to see my brother and sister-in-law on the way down. Ok...it was 5:00pm and I didn't want to deal with Hartford traffic and I had to "use their facilities" and my knee hurt, I stopped for whatever reason. Anyway.........wow! My SIL Karen is a tiger on the phone with the Dell customer representatives!!!!!!!!!! Let's just say she and my brother have been less than thrilled with Dell's handling of their order for a new hard drive. After a week of Angela and Kevin and Eric and many other people looking into their order and being told they will have an answer in 24 hours, my SIL was telling them their 24 hours was up and she was going to get an answer NOW. It was beauty, I can't wait to find out what they will tell her this morning...at 9am Mr Morallis is going to call her and tell her that her hard drive will be arriving in Windsor on Wednesday ..........RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT! So about that bridge in NY...land in South Florida? Next time I have and issue with someone, I'm sic-ing my SIL on them. Go Karen...I heard you roar! I think Dell products are fine unless you have to order new parts or deal in anyway with their Customer Service dept. or use their product...buyers beware. Hhmmm..wait a minute...WE have a Dell we use as a server. hhhmmm.......I hope *I* never have to call Angela or Eric or Kevin or Mr Morallis........I'll have Karen do it.

Posted by frani at August 17, 2004 08:07 AM

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If you are going to plug Green Mountain Coffee, then you should mention that Sweet Maria's is the source of all the fantastic coffee you are drinking and is unquestionably the best green coffee source in the world. Not to overdue the testimonial, but their customer service and support is nothing short of absolutely remarkable.

Posted by: Greg Johnston at August 17, 2004 05:12 PM

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