{"id":714,"date":"2007-03-02T07:07:12","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T13:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/coffee-and-blizzards\/"},"modified":"2007-03-02T07:07:13","modified_gmt":"2007-03-02T13:07:13","slug":"coffee-and-blizzards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/coffee-and-blizzards\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee and Blizzards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/windowslivewritercoffee-5f7ecoffee-in-hand8.jpg\" atomicselection=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px\" height=\"82\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/windowslivewritercoffee-5f7ecoffee-in-hand-thumb6.jpg?resize=125%2C82\" width=\"125\" align=\"left\"><\/a> As a proud coffee addict, I am please to see this Managesmarter.com article titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.managesmarter.com\/msg\/content_display\/management\/e3i00c30daf8fb3b8f10cb66df9197dc8cb\" target=\"_blank\">Coffee, Please<\/a>.&nbsp; For the past 2 days, we&#8217;ve been dealing with blizzard conditions, thunder snow (seriously &#8211; there is such a thing), well over a foot of snow and closed interstate highways.&nbsp; Yet it is all quite tolerable as long as I have good coffee.&nbsp; I think these people share that perspective with me:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>What would you give up to hold on to your morning cup of coffee? <br \/>* 42 percent would forgo AM radio, television or newspaper. <br \/>* One-fifth said they&#8217;d be willing to skip lunch. <br \/>* 12 percent said they&#8217;d trade three hours of sleep. <br \/>* <em>10 percent would give up brushing their teeth.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ok, that last bullet point is quite disgusting &#8211; I hope none of the respondents act out on that survey response.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t know if this is surprising, but the survey found that men drink more coffee than women (1.6 cups per day for men to 1.2 for women).&nbsp; For me, nothing beats an extra large skim latte with 1 packet of raw sugar.&nbsp; And if I can have 2 of them in a day, all the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a proud coffee addict, I am please to see this Managesmarter.com article titled Coffee, Please.&nbsp; For the past 2 days, we&#8217;ve been dealing with blizzard conditions, thunder snow (seriously &#8211; there is such a thing), well over a foot of snow and closed interstate highways.&nbsp; Yet it is all quite tolerable as long as I have good coffee.&nbsp; I think these people share that perspective with me: What would you give up to hold on to your morning cup of coffee? 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