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Was it some version of this amazing thing: I think it was known as the MasterAce Surf in Japan and the Space Cruiser in Europe. Ours was branded "Toyota LE Van." Supposedly it's based heavily on the invincible Hilux. My parents had one with two sunroofs and an ice maker. I found out later that they sold it, still in perfect working order, just because their HOA kept bitching about it being unsightly. I was gutted.
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Oh hey, those were branded as the Tarago in Australia and were basically the go to vehicle for surfers, bands, and broke families with heaps of kids. Probably still are, actually. Anyways, on the subject of vans and VWs, here's a classic road safety ad
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Jun 14, 2017 08:04
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Someone read our thread and made it reality. The Museum of Failure CBC: The Museum of Failure showcases and celebrates really terrible ideas I emailed him and offered to donate my old TeleGuide, since the museum is pretty close to my parents' house where it's stashed. 
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Jun 14, 2017 08:59
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moller posted:Was it some version of this amazing thing: Yep, that was it. I know the one I had was just very poorly maintained, and even though I know it's a terrible thing to be driving in an accident, I still want one. The one I wanted to buy had the ice maker. Odd thing to have in a vehicle, but pretty rad. I think it also had a tv and vcr, but that might have been a thing that the owner installed himself. Note (unrelated to post, but related to thread): vcr is a spelling error on this Android tab and is autocorrected to bff.
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Jun 14, 2017 12:55
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I drove one of those for my drivers license test in 97. We owned it from 86-99 and then it lived on for a few more years as a cousins work van for his construction crew. When I got to drive it to school my classmates called it a Ninja Turtle van. Great memories of that beastly van.
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Jun 15, 2017 03:42
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I made coffee. With my grandmother's Corningware stovetop percolator. As far as I can tell it's a late-'70s/early '80s model. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAyLk5tV_28 (Nothing happens, it's just seven minutes of that with Kevin MacLeod music.)
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Jun 15, 2017 20:13
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Delivery McGee posted:I made coffee. With my grandmother's Corningware stovetop percolator. As far as I can tell it's a late-'70s/early '80s model.  (that music is giving me a major Twin Peaks vibe) Edit: how was the coffee?
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Pham Nuwen posted:Edit: how was the coffee? Not bad. It was Mello Joy, I bought a bag just because people keep telling me how great it is. On a scale of 10 from cowboy coffee (boil a pot of water, pour coffee in, strain the grounds out with your teeth) to Walter White's coffee-snob apprentice, I'd give it a six. Would be an eight, but all I had on hand was auto-drip-grind and couldn't find the filters. A bit chunky (you can see the grounds being thrown onto the glass in the video), but a coarser grind or a filter would make it perfect. On the other hand, coffee snobs would probably think it an abomination, but I like my coffee like I like my men -- dark and bitter. Edit: Last year, I did some work in an indie grocery store that sold filters for percolators. Apparently they either still make the drat things and nobody sells 'em, or it was deadstock from when I was in diapers. Chillbro Baggins has a new favorite as of 21:01 on Jun 15, 2017 |
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mine crap
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Delivery McGee posted:Not bad. It was Mello Joy, I bought a bag just because people keep telling me how great it is. On a scale of 10 from cowboy coffee (boil a pot of water, pour coffee in, strain the grounds out with your teeth) to Walter White's coffee-snob apprentice, I'd give it a six. Would be an eight, but all I had on hand was auto-drip-grind and couldn't find the filters. A bit chunky (you can see the grounds being thrown onto the glass in the video), but a coarser grind or a filter would make it perfect. as you probably know most mass-market coffee is sold as "for all coffee makers" or something now which means it's for a drip machine because that's all anyone uses anymore but obsolete is that they used to have for example different grinds of maxwell house et al for drip, percolators, etc etc. i pretty much only drink trung nguyen now, man that stuff owns.
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Jun 16, 2017 00:58
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A guy at work is going bananas about this new coffee machine he is getting for his desk. All he tells me is that it's a 'Turkish Coffee Maker' as in the type of coffee and what it makes is really strong. I wonder if he is a bit too into it and the fact that it's a Beko (a brand who manufactures their appliances in Turkey) and that it just makes normal coffee as strong as you want and the turkish part has nothing to do with the process.
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Humphreys posted:A guy at work is going bananas about this new coffee machine he is getting for his desk. All he tells me is that it's a 'Turkish Coffee Maker' as in the type of coffee and what it makes is really strong. I wonder if he is a bit too into it and the fact that it's a Beko (a brand who manufactures their appliances in Turkey) and that it just makes normal coffee as strong as you want and the turkish part has nothing to do with the process. So he got a hot plate?
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Jun 16, 2017 09:33
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I assume it's one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Beko-Turkish-Coffee-BKK-2113M/dp/B008DYQ6D0
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Jun 16, 2017 09:58
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I thought turkey was more tea country
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Humphreys posted:A guy at work is going bananas about this new coffee machine he is getting for his desk. All he tells me is that it's a 'Turkish Coffee Maker' as in the type of coffee and what it makes is really strong. I wonder if he is a bit too into it and the fact that it's a Beko (a brand who manufactures their appliances in Turkey) and that it just makes normal coffee as strong as you want and the turkish part has nothing to do with the process. Beko are a Turkish company, they use that name for goods they sell in English speaking markets as their Turkish name (Arçelik) has the potential for misuse. The Turkish part has a lot to do with the style of coffee and your guy at work sounds like an idiot. For starters Turkish coffee uses a finer ground than any other method, so he'll either need a decent grinder, a coffee shop that will grind some beans super fine for him or to buy preground which I think I've seen on the shelves in the USA. You fill the kettle with the right amount of coffee grounds and one espresso cup full of water per coffee you're making. All the machine does is heat it to boiling and turns off after a preprogrammed amount of time. You then carefully pour the contents out into each cup, making sure you get a good crema on the top of each cup. It is strong espresso style however the grounds are still in the bottom of the cup - you drink until you start getting them in your mouth. Personally I hate the style.
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Jun 16, 2017 10:24
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Butterfly Valley posted:their Turkish name (Arçelik) I take it the c‐with‐cedilla makes a sound like s?
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Boiled Water posted:I thought turkey was more tea country Tea is ubiquitous but Turkish coffee is very much its own tradition. Using the grounds for fortune telling is still common although more out of fun than any sincere belief, at least in the western cities.
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Jun 16, 2017 10:32
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Platystemon posted:I take it the c‐with‐cedilla makes a sound like s? 'Ch' so when pronounced correctly there's no issue, but the first time I came to the country as an idiot British teenager seeing what I thought was 'arselick' splashed over all the white goods was enough to make me lol. Beko probably played better with focus groups sounding vaguely Scandinavian or German.
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Jun 16, 2017 10:40
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Butterfly Valley posted:It is strong espresso style however the grounds are still in the bottom of the cup - you drink until you start getting them in your mouth. Personally I hate the style. Sounds like 'Arselick' is a very apt name.
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Jun 16, 2017 11:04
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Yeah you can get this stuff from any supermarket shelf here in Australia I never understood why you have to mix the coffee into cold water, then heat it up? just treat it like instant coffee.
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Jun 16, 2017 12:52
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I guess the flavor extraction is a bit different? The different chemicals that make up the taste are soluble at different temperatures, so you extract them at different proportions depending on the temperature profile. I would like to see a blind test of that, of course.
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Jun 16, 2017 13:15
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Might clump a bit if you dump it directly into hot as well.
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Turkish coffee made their way rules and you get the added bonus of pranking your friends by telling them the sludge at the bottom is the best part I got one of my friends to eat it with the stirring spoon once
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Jun 16, 2017 13:42
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Computer viking posted:I guess the flavor extraction is a bit different? The different chemicals that make up the taste are soluble at different temperatures, so you extract them at different proportions depending on the temperature profile. I've even heard a guy claim there's a taste difference between coffee with hot water poured into it, and hot water with coffee poured into it.
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Pilsner posted:I've even heard a guy claim there's a taste difference between coffee with hot water poured into it, and hot water with coffee poured into it. I mean if you pour coffee grounds into water they spread out and clump at the top in a totally different way than if you pour hot water onto a pile of coffee, so it's fairly reasonable to think there might be a difference in taste. I like coffee but don't care enough to learn about it, but you hear people talking about "tastes like they burned the grounds" or whatever and I'm assuming that has something to do with it?
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Jun 16, 2017 14:01
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If the coffee is stirred and allowed to settle there's no difference between the two methods.
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Butterfly Valley posted:'Ch' so when pronounced correctly there's no issue, but the first time I came to the country as an idiot British teenager seeing what I thought was 'arselick' splashed over all the white goods was enough to make me lol. Beko probably played better with focus groups sounding vaguely Scandinavian or German. wikipedia posted:Beko /bɛkoʊ/ is a Turkish domestic appliance and consumer electronics brand of Arçelik A.Ş. controlled by Koç Holding lol
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When I was in Turkey coffee was also served in little teacups that were about 1.5 oz, so a little bigger than a shot. I think Americans tend to forget that the majority of coffee in the US is cheap as gently caress and also garbage, which is why you drink it by the gallon half full of sugar and cream.
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Kelp Me! posted:Turkish coffee made their way rules and you get the added bonus of pranking your friends by telling them the sludge at the bottom is the best part But it still tastes sludgy before you get to the bottom. I have a Turkish coffee place a few blocks away from where I live and I've tried it a bunch of times. I just can't do it, it's like super-espresso and I don't even really like espresso shots.
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Pilsner posted:I've even heard a guy claim there's a taste difference between coffee with hot water poured into it, and hot water with coffee poured into it. Coffee fanatics are right up there with audiophiles when it comes to absurd beliefs and claims. BRB, gonna market some Monster Cable coffee grinders...
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A Youtube channel I recently discovered, Technology Connections, just posed the second part in a a two-part video series on why VHS won the format war. It's the best in-depth video I've seen on this topic and it mainly focuses on comparing the practical aspects of the two formats circa '78-'82 (when the format war was at its height) from the average consumer's perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyKRubB5N60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v019trxfcmg
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PhotoKirk posted:Coffee fanatics are right up there with audiophiles when it comes to absurd beliefs and claims. Here's what you need to know about coffee in America if you would like it to taste good: If you're buying it from a supermarket or grocery store it's very likely garbage. Here's the details on coffee if you're buying it elsewhere: There are 4 grades of beans: - Fancy, the smallest standard bean - Extra Fancy, big beans - Peaberry deformed beans sold at a premium due to their infrequency - Estate, unsorted, so they have fancy, extra fancy, and peaberry all in one. When it comes to roasts, the lighter the roast the more caffeine, and the more it tastes like the coffee bean. The Darker the roast the less caffeine and the more you're tasting the charring. Grind is personal preference, as is brewing method, although leaving it on a burner is not recommended. Don't buy Kona unless it says 100% Kona. Kona is good stuff, but it's real expensive, and everything else that says Kona, is a blend and you're getting mostly garbage. Personally I like Hilo coffee, which is grown on the other side of the big island and less acidic, but good loving luck finding any outside of Hawaii
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Iron Crowned posted:When I was in Turkey coffee was also served in little teacups that were about 1.5 oz, so a little bigger than a shot. Americans like dark(er) roast which tastes less like coffee and more like... roasting. This is all I need to know about Americans and coffee. e: I should learn to check for new posts 
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Dark roasts have less caffeine. No thanks.
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I need to buy the lightest roast Robusta beans. I keep meaning to hunt some out.
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"if you're American don't even drink coffee you idiot every single coffee in America is bad and so are you" I'm glad to be here at Something Awful, rapidly gaining international recognition as the coolest and most comedy-packed coffee discourse site on the world wide web
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InediblePenguin posted:"if you're American don't even drink coffee you idiot every single coffee in America is bad and so are you" I'm glad to be here at Something Awful, rapidly gaining international recognition as the coolest and most comedy-packed coffee discourse site on the world wide web Let me tell you about American beer, man... Budweiser, right? Right?
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Have you considered that maybe it's true? For example, Starbucks opened about 80 stores in Australia, and currently have less than 30. They pulled out entirely from my city of 1.5 million people. quote:In short, they just took what worked in the US, and tried it here. Unfortunately for Starbucks, what worked in the US was bitter, weak coffee augmented by huge quantities of milk and sweet flavoured syrups. Not so much coffee, as hot coffee-based smoothies.
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Americans in general don't drink coffee to enjoy it. It's why you can go to just about any diner and get unlimited refills for $1.
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