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04 Jul 06 - 08:54 PM (#1776170) Subject: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: GUEST,Bester Noblest What if the colonists had been protesting a tax on coffee instead of tea, and it had turned out to be the Boston Coffee Party instead of the Boston Tea Party? How differently would things have turned out in world history and for the USA? |
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04 Jul 06 - 09:09 PM (#1776175) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Barry Finn For on the famous 60's era music club on Berkley St in downtown Boston would've been call a coffeehouse instead of the Boston Tea Party. Got to hear a lot of great music there back then. Barry |
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04 Jul 06 - 09:23 PM (#1776183) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Peace If it had been the Boston Coffee Party, they'd still be awake and celebrating. |
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04 Jul 06 - 09:52 PM (#1776195) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Bee-dubya-ell The question is absurd! If it happened in Boston it had to be the Boston Tea Party. It would have had to have happened in Seattle in order to have been a Coffee Party, in which case it would have been known as the Seattle Coffee Party. Likewise, if it had happened in New York it would have been the New York Cocktail Party. |
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04 Jul 06 - 10:44 PM (#1776214) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: wysiwyg Starbucks, 200 years sooner. ~S~ |
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05 Jul 06 - 04:02 AM (#1776373) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Paul Burke What if the Minutemen had been a bit bigger? |
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05 Jul 06 - 04:07 AM (#1776376) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Liz the Squeak A question from another thread... what if Johnny Appleseed WAS planting "pot" plants instead of trees? Would explain a lot about California.... LTS |
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05 Jul 06 - 09:06 AM (#1776564) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Alice It was a tax on rum (molasses) that sparked the "no taxation without representation" revolt, ending up with the Boston tea party demonstration. Got that from a recent National Public Radio segment this week. The person being interviewed was talking about how water was not safe to drink for so long that alcoholic drinks were developed - wine, beer, congac, rum. |
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05 Jul 06 - 09:23 AM (#1776589) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: MMario water was still drunk - often diluted with alcohol; The more potent drinks were actually developed primarily to make transportation easier. |
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05 Jul 06 - 09:33 AM (#1776603) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Ernest low tide would be called "espresso" high tide would be called "caffee latte! |
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05 Jul 06 - 02:53 PM (#1776886) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Elmer Fudd Boston would have another reason to be known as "Beantown." |
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05 Jul 06 - 02:54 PM (#1776888) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Little Hawk Ha! Ha! |
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05 Jul 06 - 03:37 PM (#1776935) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Dead Horse It would have been "grounds" for revolution? |
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05 Jul 06 - 03:41 PM (#1776939) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Mr Red it just roasts to show |
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05 Jul 06 - 04:38 PM (#1777007) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Amos WIred FIshies. BTW, I don't think Johnny Appleseed (Chapman) knew California existed. He was born in 1760-something, and at that time the Wild Northwest went as far as Illinois. That was as far towards the Pacific as he went. A |
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05 Jul 06 - 04:39 PM (#1777010) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Little Hawk Any idea how many apple seeds he planted? |
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05 Jul 06 - 04:40 PM (#1777013) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: GUEST He planted 131,849 apple seeds. |
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05 Jul 06 - 06:24 PM (#1777113) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Liz the Squeak Ah... but how many sprouted and became trees? LTS |
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05 Jul 06 - 06:27 PM (#1777119) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Folkiedave There are grounds for closing this thread. |
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05 Jul 06 - 06:41 PM (#1777134) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Liz the Squeak But it seems to have not filtered through to the 'Management'... LTS |
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05 Jul 06 - 07:10 PM (#1777151) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: GUEST 'Ah... but how many sprouted and became trees?' 2,361 |
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05 Jul 06 - 08:24 PM (#1777189) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Little Hawk Impressive. But he didn't plant as many seeds as Casanova. |
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05 Jul 06 - 08:25 PM (#1777190) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Amos He planted millions. At first, he went back East each year to gather seeds by washing the pulp from mills. Then as his own orchards began to mature, he was always welcome by the farmers who had "bought' them from him, usually for pennies, or promises. A |
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05 Jul 06 - 08:55 PM (#1777214) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Little Hawk Fine. He STILL didn't plant as many seeds as Casanova. |
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06 Jul 06 - 12:35 AM (#1777290) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Peace Or as many venereal diseases. |
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06 Jul 06 - 12:38 AM (#1777295) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Amos But the products were more useful. A |
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06 Jul 06 - 11:40 AM (#1777399) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Little Hawk True. Ya got me there. |
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07 Jul 06 - 10:17 AM (#1778226) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: leeneia To get back to the Boston Coffee party - given the propensities of British cooking, they might have started making coffee with salt water. This would have rendered coffee a product, like treacle and suet pudding, that nobody else would touch. The effect on the world of today would have been enormous. What would it be like if all the acreage now devoted to coffee were devoted to something else? Would we have the number of people and the complex material culture today if the previous generations had been forced to rely on mere tea to keep awake? |
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08 Jul 06 - 07:02 AM (#1778837) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: GUEST The colonists were only sent straight coffee. They truly desired the choice of decaffinated. This is where all the problems truly began - they were just too wired. |
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08 Jul 06 - 08:51 AM (#1778853) Subject: RE: BS: What if it was the Boston Coffee Party? From: Ernest Considering the strength of the coffee I remember getting served in the US /GB sometimes there must have been a Boston Coffee Party - and they are still using that source.... (running for cover) Ernest |