 CalifJim wrote: |
... warmed it two ways...
The first thing that came to mind was
1. by increasing its temperature
2. by adding whiskey (or some other alcoholic drink)
Closer attention to the context before and after this quote might verify or falsify this hypothesis.
CJ
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Jim gets this month's <multiple lightbulbs> award:
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"I'm doing worse than that. I'm trying to bribe you with a cup of coffee. It's worse than that, too. I'm suggesting a dollop of Old Granddad in the coffee."
He laughed then. "What the hell!" he said. "Let me get my jeep off the road."
Well, the whole pattern was broken. He squatted cross-legged in the pine needles on the ground and sipped his coffee. Charley sniffed close and let himself be touched, and that's a rare thing for Charley. He does not permit strangers to touch him, just happens to be somewhere else.
But this young man's fingers found the place behind the ears Charley delights to have rubbed, and he sighed contentedly and sat down.
"What you doing – going hunting? I see your guns in the truck."
"Just driving through. You know how you see a place and it's just right, and you're just tired enough, I guess you can't help stopping."
"Yeah, " he said. "I know what you mean. You got a nice outfit."
"I like it and Charley likes it."
"Charley? Never heard of a dog named Charley. Hello, Charley."
"I wouldn't want to get you in trouble with your boss. Think I ought to drag ass now?"
"What the hell?" he said. "He ain't here. I'm in charge. You ain't doing no harm."
"I'm trespassing."
"Know something? Fella camped here, kind of a nut. So I came to kick him off. He said something funny. He says, "Trespassing ain't a crime and ain't a misdemeanor. He says it's a tort. Now what the hell does that mean? He was a kind of a nut."
"Search me," I said, "I'm not a nut. Let me warm up your coffee." I warmed it two ways.
"You make swell coffee," said my host.
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MrP