<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div> </div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">>>Well, your household sounds pretty scary ( :-) ), but I applaud your efforts at compromise. <br><br>Ah..but we are no longer dating. Nice person...but, well, that's another story. ;-)<br><br>>>e that place!). But now I enjoy the same things while sipping DECAF tea. There is no difference in my pleasure factor. I have learned the hard way to carry my own >>decaf tea bags with me at all times, since some establishments (and friends homes) have not caught up to the wave yet.<br><br>Er..decaf tea and a caffe' in a remote village in Italy just don't go together too well. I'd be
kicked out of the country, my passport taken and told never to claim ancestry as a Magnanti ever again. ;-)<br><br>>>I found out 2 days ago that I'll most likely have to have my gallbladder ripped out- due to gallstones. I'm convinced it's due to caffeine abuse all those years ago. So >>drink up! <br></div><br>In all seriousness..there is USE and there is ABUSE. I'd like to think my 2 cup or so a day habit is use and not abuse. And I agree, I avoid coffee on my thru-hikes accept when I am in town. I like wine a lot too, but you don't see me drinking it at work all day. ;-)<br><br><br></div></div></body></html>