"And the tomatoes have already set fruit."

"Basil already!"

"Or some random cats hand..."

"Great cup!"

"is that the postman's hand in the bushes?"

"You don't want to know..."

"He obviously just finished snacking on something really good in the yard <g>"

"Cool!!"

"Exactly!"

"Not unlike the golden eagle video you emailed."

"Witty banter. Some of us do witty banter."

"I think banter is the right expression here. ....do Americans do banter?  "

"Thought about that for a bit. Probably more than was needed. Not mockery. For me mockery is teasing with too sharp an edge. "

"Oh great golly gosh! One might detect a slight mocking tone in that post. But not from YOU Robin!"

"Ah, but I think you will find that the wonderful thing about the spring version is that while it does indeed generate 9bar, it does so differentially thoughout its action, thus providing the perfect coffee.  I believe that more modern equipment actually tries to imitate this variable pressure profile, but has yet to do so to the satisfaction of coffee affectionados"