10 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Failing to keep equilibrium when young Is comedy and the brink of tragedy when old.

It has been years since I heard this one, the classic answer to the mythological riddle of the Sphinx solved by Oedipus is man (a human being). The Sphinx asked: "What goes on four feet in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?"—referring to crawling as an infant, walking on two legs as an adult, and using a walking cane in old age.

I have now experienced all three and find "the shadows are getting longer for me".

39 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Failing to keep equilibrium when young Is comedy and the brink of tragedy when old.

Young or old, alcohol can upset your equilibrium.

3 minutes ago, Paladin said:

Young or old, alcohol can upset your equilibrium.

Been there, done that, been there, done that, been there, done that, been there....................

2 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

My equilibrium issues only hit when lying down.

I have gone for many a spins myself.

5 hours ago, sandrewn said:

It has been years since I heard this one, the classic answer to the mythological riddle of the Sphinx solved by Oedipus is man (a human being). The Sphinx asked: "What goes on four feet in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?"—referring to crawling as an infant, walking on two legs as an adult, and using a walking cane in old age.

I have now experienced all three and find "the shadows are getting longer for me".

 

I have also experienced all three stages, so the shadows are getting longer for me as well.  

4 hours ago, drpaladin said:

My equilibrium issues only hit when lying down.

Mine isn't from lying down, but sitting up or standing up after I've been lying down. 

There is no equilibrium between my stomach and ice coffee when lactose intolerant 

6 minutes ago, Quilah said:

There is no equilibrium between my stomach and ice coffee when lactose intolerant 

I will be 75 in October and I have never, ever had an iced coffee. I will add that to my to-do list.

From what I just looked up, You can easily enjoy a delicious iced coffee while lactose intolerant by swapping regular dairy milk for plant-based alternatives or lactose-free dairy.

dairy free iced coffee - Sarah Bakes Gluten Free

Let me know,

sandrewn

13 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

I will be 75 in October and I have never, ever had an iced coffee. I will add that to my to-do list.

From what I just looked up, You can easily enjoy a delicious iced coffee while lactose intolerant by swapping regular dairy milk for plant-based alternatives or lactose-free dairy.

dairy free iced coffee - Sarah Bakes Gluten Free

 

Let me know,

sandrewn

You're still a young whippersnapper.  🤪

7 minutes ago, Bill W said:

You're still a young whippersnapper.  🤪

Thanks, you just made my day. 

30 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Not all iced coffee has milk it it. I mean it is COFFEE.

Hot, I drink black coffee but when it comes to iced coffee I have it with milk, ice cream and whipped cream. An infrequent, total indulgence!

1 hour ago, drpaladin said:

Not all iced coffee has milk it it. I mean it is COFFEE.

To me if a COFFEE does not have milk & sugar, it is not coffee.

I can think of only two times in my life that I voluntarily had it black. The first time I was by myself, on Christmas Eve,1970, doing guard duty at an ammo dump near Montreal. I was freezing/frozen in my sentry box, about 3 in the morning, I had been there since midnight and was half way through my shift. My sergeant drove up to do a check up, took pity on me and offered me cup of coffee from his thermos. It was black, hot and life saving(to me) and got me through the rest of the night.

October Crisis | The Canadian Encyclopedia

The second time was 1975, in Cairo Egypt. My convoy was delayed, the bridge across the Suez Canal would only be in place, at six AM. We had the night off, so we decided to go whole hog and treat ourselves to a fancy meal at the Sheraton. I do not remember what we ate, except that it was expensive. My point in telling you this was all about the coffee. They served it black and it was the only time I ever truly and completely, literally loved a black coffee, I had two refills. I never found out what it was, but to this day, bar none, I think it was the best coffee I ever tasted.

17 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Do you recall the amount you considered expensive back then? We need some comic relief.

I tried looking it up, no luck. I'm pretty sure, I was making  $1,000+ and UN pay($180USD) per month.

Keep in mind, there was nothing to spend it on where we lived. Weekend passes to Cairo, Tel Aviv if you were lucky. I was(very lucky) in charge of two convoys a week, one to Cairo and one to Tel Aviv. Then there was UN leave, did I ever tell you that I spent a week in London, stayed at a military hotel, The Union Jack Club. As luck would have it, I was there when the Queen came to officially open its' new location. They asked if I and my two friends would like to meet the queen??? She came to our table in the bar(no booze allowed), spoke with us for 15 minutes or so. Talk about right place, right time. Ever since I like to say, if asked, 'I went to London to visit the Queen'.(True story)

Back to your original question, that whole hog meal, cost us a couple of hundred dollars USD.

6 hours ago, drpaladin said:

Do you recall the amount you considered expensive back then? We need some comic relief.

Coffee prices in early 1975 were $0.61 per pound, and in late 1975 they were $1.27 per pound. 

9 hours ago, sandrewn said:

The second time was 1975, in Cairo Egypt. My convoy was delayed, the bridge across the Suez Canal would only be in place, at six AM. We had the night off, so we decided to go whole hog and treat ourselves to a fancy meal at the Sheraton. I do not remember what we ate, except that it was expensive. My point in telling you this was all about the coffee. They served it black and it was the only time I ever truly and completely, literally loved a black coffee, I had two refills. I never found out what it was, but to this day, bar none, I think it was the best coffee I ever tasted.

I suspect the coffee you had would have been called Egyptian Coffee. Actually it tended to be named after the country in which it was served so could be Turkish Coffee. Lebanese Coffee etc. It is brewed using pulverized coffee beans sometimes spiced with cardamom and served in small cups. Traditionally served without sugar but often for westerners with sugar. I love it. It helps to restore my equilibrium.  

29 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

It went up much more than that. It was a very bad year for coffee, with civil wars in Angola and Ethiopia, and a black frost killing 1.9 billion coffee trees.

That happened in 1976.  Early 1976 the price was around $1.46 a pound and by late 1976 it was $2.12 a pound and by year's end it was $2.88 a pound.