Nancy wrote --

The first thing I ever remember winning was a free pizza in

college on some radio contest.

Did you share it...? ;)

Nope, waited till I was really hungry to pick it up. :)

I entered a coffee contest from a well known expensive coffee
company. (No, not the one that starts with S).

Was it a company that started with G.....?

Close. It was Molita, I think. Something like that.
One time on campus was a big event and we didn't ticket that day since
lots of vendors and so forth were around.
I was sitting in the cart taking a break at one busy small pay lot* and
this fella gave me this sad story and I listened politely. Then acted
like I was doing him a big favour and told him he could park free for a
couple of hours while he attended that event.
Time passed and I was back in that area (patrol days were very boring)
when he returned, again thanking me. He went to the trunk of his car and
gave me several pounds of Starbucks coffee.
The very few times I ever brought any of that on campus it was always
bitter and nasty tasting but at home it was perfect. I think their water
was too hot, which causes bitterness.
(*While not a ticketing day people would see me near the pay box and
break their necks trying to be the first to pay. Unless the machine was
broken I just sat there watching them put in the money. I had a don't ask/don't tell policy. If they didn't ask if we were ticketing I never
told them. <g>).

twisted on that one, and put other people's names on most of the slips

I 'bought'... That one I won... and no, I wasn't the one that did the drawing.... :)
LOL
Joe
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-07-19 07:45 <=-

The first thing I ever remember winning was a free pizza in
college on some radio contest.

Did you share it...? ;)

Nope, waited till I was really hungry to pick it up. :)

Probably a good plan.... <G>

I entered a coffee contest from a well known expensive coffee
company. (No, not the one that starts with S).

Was it a company that started with G.....?

Close. It was Molita, I think. Something like that.

Ah... that's an older company, I think.... :)

One time on campus was a big event and we didn't ticket that day
since lots of vendors and so forth were around.
I was sitting in the cart taking a break at one busy small pay lot*
and this fella gave me this sad story and I listened politely. Then
acted like I was doing him a big favour and told him he could park free for a couple of hours while he attended that event.
Time passed and I was back in that area (patrol days were very
boring) when he returned, again thanking me. He went to the trunk of
his car and gave me several pounds of Starbucks coffee.

I guess he appreciated the favor he thought you'd given him.... :)

The very few times I ever brought any of that on campus it was
always bitter and nasty tasting but at home it was perfect. I think
their water was too hot, which causes bitterness.

Could be... and possibly also made in greater quantity than one would do
at home, as well...

(*While not a ticketing day people would see me near the pay box and
break their necks trying to be the first to pay. Unless the machine
was broken I just sat there watching them put in the money. I had a
don't ask/don't tell policy. If they didn't ask if we were ticketing I never told them. <g>).

Whether or not you were ticketing, it still was the policy that one
should be paying for the privilege of parking there... ;)

ttyl neb

... Appetisers are those little bits you eat until you lose your appetite.

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Nancy wrote --

The very few times I ever brought any of that on campus it was
always bitter and nasty tasting but at home it was perfect.

Could be... and possibly also made in greater quantity than one would

do at home, as well...

I always joke the reason they offer so many flavours and such is to
kill the bitter taste.
Joe
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Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 05-10-19 06:57 <=-

The very few times I ever brought any of that on campus it was
always bitter and nasty tasting but at home it was perfect.

Could be... and possibly also made in greater quantity than one would
do at home, as well...

I always joke the reason they offer so many flavours and such is to
kill the bitter taste.

Probably... or at least to try to cover it up... ;)

ttyl neb

... When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?

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