Finally, somebody else who actually enjoys the flavor of the coffee itself!! My two older kids get some kind of thing that has 7-10 words and most end in "ino". I am waiting for hopefully a new coffee grinder from my son for Christmas so I can try the Ethiopian coffee beans he brought back from his mission trip this last summer.....
I rarely go to Starbucks, but at least it's only $1.73 for a small black coffee. I did go there this evening and got a small coffee, but was there to get a gift certificate for the ex-wife. I guess that sounds weird doesn't it......
Oh, and congrats on getting Bodhi back to health. That car has quite the personality....

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Ah, the "tall" (small) coffee around here at Starbucks is still only $1.65. People tease me about spending money at Starbucks, but honestly, ounce for ounce, Dunkin Donuts is almost as expensive, as is Bru Ha Ha, Coffee Beanery, etc. I guess it's really only the fancy drinks at Starbucks that are expensive, because the regular stuff and the straight beans aren't that pricey. I am a notorious Starbucks addict. I only have one a day, but it's almost every night ... I always stop on my way to work and get the same plain coffee. Makes the start of the work day (well, work night) so much more pleasant. In addition to the quality of the coffee, it's a nice routine to have ... it's a very pleasant store. And I know they love having Bodhi beautify their parking lot every night. Nothing offsets a lot full of blah SUVs like a charming old diesel Mercedes.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

LOL, I also order real drip coffee at starbucks (just about every morning), but my wife and kids drink these flavored milk-shaky things so I still end up spending $15 every-time I walk in the place.

This morning, the guy ahead of me must have set some type of record for the longest, most complex drink order. My daughter was even laughing at the server trying to repeat it back to him. The person making the drinks commented that they didn't have enough room to write it on the side of the cup.

I hate Starbucks. Its like super hippie, LL Bean central.

There hot chocolate sucks too, I prefer D&D.


Every freaken Christmass I get like $50 worth of Starbucks gift cards for some reason, even though I won't go in one and hate coffee. So I give them to my dad.

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2007 Tiara 3200

............now I thought I would have heard:

"The SOB's charged me $1.73 for a small coffee................7-11 was $.69 about two years ago............"

............but, I didn't.............

Geez, Hattie, if you get any of those dreaded Starbucks cards these year, I'd be willing to take them off your hands. But only because I don't want you to have to suffer with those little plastic demon-cards.

I'll admit Starbucks is a bit of a yuppy magnet (the kind of folks who park their massive SUV in the handicapped spot, leave it running with the heat on and walk in to get their coffee without holding the door for the guy walking out with his hands full), but I'm about as un-yuppy and un-hippie as they come (I do have a Lands End hat, though ... the horror). I find that the "regulars" I see at Starbucks are usually more down-to-earth or nice people. And the baristas are all cool. I don't worry about the other people.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

My local starbucks (in the suburbs) is pretty normal, just a bunch of people going to work/school. The mayor of our little town sets up shop there on some specific morning every month so people know were to find him and complain about whatever. They all know me and usually have my order working before I even get to the counter. There are a few downtown ones that are "too hip" for me.

I do miss the "real" coffee houses that we used to hang out in (25 years ago) before it became mainstream. That was real "hippie central" back when there were actual hippies under 60.

"I do miss the "real" coffee houses that we used to hang out in (25 years ago) before it became mainstream. That was real "hippie central" back when there were actual hippies under 60.

Just like Peet's!

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Be careful of the toes you step on today, as they may be connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow. anonymous

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter won’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

My pissant little town finally got a Starbucks six months or so ago-while it is amazing to me how these pretentiouis yuppie bastards I've never seen before have come out of the woodwork (and have taken to the place like a moth to flame), I do like their brew. Some folks here refer to it as 'burnt' but that is just localspeak for dark roast-some of the locals are not really coffee savvy. Personally I have a three-pot commercial unit in my kitchen, press pots, espresso machine, etc., so I guess I'm qualified to judge (?)

I think my Talls here at 'bucks are $1.86. One recently discovered secret is that regular drip refills are just 50 cents. I also asked and as long as you have purchased something you can sit there from opening 'til closing and they won't say a word. I'm also lucky my local branch is almost exclusively "manned" by cute, friendly females.

They give away grounds for your garden-I even tried drying them out and re-using-the idea being a less strong brew would result. Trust me-used coffee is used coffee. Bad brainstorm that was...

I agree about extra ingredients, though-if you want cream and sugar and all that stuff, go buy a sundae. Or a cow.

DS

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1987 300D Turbo "Greta" 170k
1990 Ford F250 "Marnie" 93k

Now a little Tia-Maria in coffee on the other hand, ... think Starbucks will ever get a liquor license?

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Nice, though I was thinking more like Jameson Irish Whisky. I bet they would let us BYO. I'll have to ask my local staff-they've spilled the beans about everything else so far...pun intended

DS

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1987 300D Turbo "Greta" 170k
1990 Ford F250 "Marnie" 93k

http://www.starbucks.com/grocery/coffeeliqueur.asp

Come on now, Starbucks doesn't miss a beat.

You can't, however, buy these in the Starbucks retail store. You have to buy them in the liquor store (or grocery, if your state allows liquor in the grocery stores). We got two small bottles of this for my grandmother last Christmas. Several months later we were at a family gathering and the Starbucks liquers came up in conversation. We asked my grandmother if she had tried the bottles we gave her for Christmas last year and she says, "Oh, I drank both of them but I didn't realize they had alcohol in them." I guess she thought they were Frappuccinos. Maybe that's why she's lived to be 93 ...

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

I'm not so lucky, and have to do the tank strainer as the fuel pump can't get the fuel up to the primary filter. I can't see where the strainer comes out of the bottom of the tank - is this a 'remove tank' job?
Thanks

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94 chevy 6.5
95 chevy suburban 6.5
96 ford e350 van
3 years - no petroleum, all SVO
Bozeman, MT

Also, the OM603 does not have banjo bolts on the ALDA to clean. The lines and nipples do get clogged up, however.

bozeman,

THe strainer is above ehere thew fuel line goes into the tank. Take off the rubber fuel line off the steel lineand see if fuel runs out of the steel line. If runs in a steady streamk, the strainer is OK. IF fuel barely comes out, the strainer is plugged.

THe stratine screws out. Sometimes turning the nut on the steel fuel line will screw out the strainer.

If the strainer has a brown silicone rubber like substance on it, U have a fungus problem and the system must be treated with a fungacide.

P E H