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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Just reading on Arsebook the reasons why some people won’t wear masks, some pretty good reasons on there 😀  the best ‘I suffer from Costafobea’. Then some else came on and said  she suffers from Clostafobea as well, surely if you suffer from something you should know how to spell it.  The rest of the post was written ok so not got a language problem.  
    I googled it in case it was a new modern type of illness. It’s not😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Surely "Costafobea" is a fear of the endless eruption of coffee shops?
    Devon.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I think it's something to do with fear of coffee shops @Lyn   :D 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    If I had a great mind @Hostafan1 I might make an assumption, but I don't, so I won't  :) 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Not fear of coffee if it's a Costa shop.  No coffee there worth the name.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    On the subject of fear of coffee.....  I had to take my car in for a couple of new tyres this morning and it was going to take about 40 minutes for the work.  Only 2 places to get coffee locally - MaccyD - absolutely no chance of going there, and Starmucks whose coffee I've never liked but hoped it would have improved since I last tried it about 10 years ago.  Suffice to say I was wrong to hope for any improvement.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We find the most reliable source of coffee is our Thermos ☕️ 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Like you @KT53 I was driven to get coffee from *bucks, this was in California and I had missed the bus with an hour to wait.  Got chatting to the lady serving (place was empty) and explained this would not have been any of my choices for a drink. She agreed but said an extra couple of shots made it bearable and added them. It was still awful but I had a lovely chat until the bus came.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    The only time we have had decent drinks from Starmucks was in Hawaii.  They did fabulous iced coffee. Coffee in crushed ice rather than coffee over ice cubes as seems to be the norm over here.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I love iced coffee. Just need a bit more heat at the moment though  :( 
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
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