Category Archives: Cup of Coffee

The “Cup of Coffee” is the daily post where the Citizens are free to chat about whatever they want. Topics that prove sufficiently popular often migrate to their own, dedicated post.

January 23, 2025: Proverbial

I'm on my third day of listening to engineering/sales (mostly engineering) meetings between our vendor and customer. One highlight was a gentleman from Texas trying to explain the phrase "more than one way to skin a cat" to the Czech engineers. I'm glad my mic was off because I started laughing very hard when they asked, "Do you often skin cats in America?"

January 21, 2025: Initially

A few years back, my fair state cycled through their standard license plate format (AAA ###) and moved to a different one (AA ####). They seem to be just issuing them sequentially (AA ####, AB ####, etc.) and I've noticed that a few months ago, they got to my initials combination. Strangely though, I see it all the time now. I'd say in around 40-50% of my car trips, I see one. I was explaining this to Jane a few days ago while we were driving, and thankfully an example presented itself about 15 minutes later.