MSGID: 2:221/6.0 62863c1c
REPLY: 1:153/716.0 285bf5c0
PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20220304
EID: Sylpheed 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.24.23; i686-pc-mingw32).
CHRS: CP437 2
TZUTC: 0300
TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2022-02-13
Ardith Hinton:

AH> A total of xxx kilograms in a year is not difficult to
AH> achieve... for young & able-bodied folk.  At 629 grams
AH> per mug of home made tea or coffee, I'd pass this test
AH> with flying colours even if I did nothing beyond feeding
AH> myself.

I think Alexander's joke is not what you think it is.  I
perceive it based upon the difference between the perfect
and imperfect aspects of the verb `to lift', which is more
prominent in Russian than in English.  It is the same
difference as the one between walking on a road and
traveling the entire length of it, or doing something and
having done it.

629 grams of coffee?  You strange Americans!  140 grams is
my daily portion.  I buy freshly roasted coffee beens, grind
them myself immediately before brewing, and make my coffee
in an electronically-contolled jezwe.  I had used a normal
jezve over an alcohol burner until the office technian made
my face burn with an harangue about fire-safety :-)

--- 
 * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)
SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 19/10 37 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/130
SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 330 331 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/1 6 360
SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 206 317 424 426 428 470
SEEN-BY: 229/664 700 240/5832 266/512 280/5003 282/1038 301/1 317/3
SEEN-BY: 320/119 219 319 322/0 757 335/364 341/66 342/200 396/45 423/81
SEEN-BY: 460/58 712/848 4500/1 5020/1042
PATH: 221/6 1 320/219 229/426