It’s been so incredibly cold here that I’ve been drinking way too much coffee. By cold, I mean -35 degrees Celsius and a stiff wind, so around -45 C to -50 C with wind chill. This afternoon, it warmed up to ‘only’ -22 C and it felt warm. Winter won’t end soon enough for my liking.
Surprisingly enough, I don’t mind a cold beer at night even after freezing my ‘nads off all day long outside. The combination of way too much coffee and a few beer has been giving me sleep disorders. Note to self: no more coffee after 5:00 PM! And this time I mean it! Sleeping for 15 minutes and then springing out of bed is just no good when you have to get up at 4:30 AM.
You know you drink too much coffee when:
you can fall sleep with your eyes open
your eyes stay open when you sneeze
you find yourself chewing on other people’s fingernails (now that’s just un-hygienic! Unless of course they just washed their hands…)
you forget to peel a banana before eating it (Kpax style cuisine)
your taste buds are so numb you could eat sawdust with dirt sprinkled on it
you want to get a picture of a coffee mug on your coffee mug!
I’m not one of those gourmet coffee drinkers. I don’t own my own coffee roaster or coffee grinder. I just wish there was a Tom Norton’s around here. Unfortunately, the closest Tommy’s is 93 KM away, so off to the corner gas station I go to get my thermos of joe. Bottoms up!
I drink my last coffee at 8 P.M. – it keeps me awaken till midnight but 5 minutes after I feel like Bruce Lee knocked me out. You ever see me awake after 00:15.
hey Tim,
Too much coffee? Too much coffee!!??? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Sounds kind of like saying “too much whipped cream on my pumpkin pie” or “too much Blue Beaver beer in the root cellar.” That’s just plain crazy talk! The cold must be getting to your brain!
~ Steve, aka the never-enough-coffee trade show guru!
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I loves mah coffee. But I can’t drink it after 11 AM. Does this make me a coffee wimp? I, too, wish Tim Norton’s were closer, but I have a feeling I have an even longer trek than you. Thank god for coffee bags.
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I drink coffee 3 to 4 times a day!! and when i have one at 11pm i can keep awaken upto 4 den i have to have another cup
But its not that bad for health i guess … isnt it?
LOL! My antispam word was beer. Holy crap that’s cold. I think I would commit suicide if it got that cold here. As for coffee, I try and limit myself to about 4 cups per day. One addict in the house (my wife) is expensive enough. She has about 6 cups before work, and then uses the french press most of the day. Add in a few more cups to “unwind” after dinner, and we have a serious coffee bill.
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I never drink. I dont want to get hooked or anything!
Coffee is the best plan to be awake at night and concentrate at work! But having too much coffee is bad for health … and on this i guess its better to try beer.. lol
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Having too much coffee at night just to keep one awaken is really bad for health i heard it have some bad impact on health and even digestive system!
Odzyskiwanie Danych: 8:00 pm? LOL that’s a little late for me to drink coffee
Steve: I wear glasses, so it is highly possible the metal frames have conducted the cold right into the side of my head. That might explain my twitching problems as well
JD : Are you a coffee wimp? Only if you drink it decaf
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Aaron: an alternative to killing yourself would be to move
Kevin: are you talking about coffee, or water?
Smith: beer doesn’t help very many people to concentrate tho
I’m afraid I recognize myself on your list. Fortunately, I also compulsively wash others people’s hands for them which cuts down on hygiene problems.
But now I seriously want a picture of my coffee cup on my coffee cup.
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Funny post. The problem I have is that I love the gourmet coffee, and I spent to much money on that. Thank god I havn’t find myself chewing on other people’s fingernails. yet.
Strangely enough I seem to be able to sleep even if I have a cup in the evening before I go to bed.
Maybe I’m part Canadian, eh?
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WOW! I thought it was cold in the UK at around -2°C, just shows I haven’t lived until I have felt the colds of -35°C. Happy New Year!
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Good God, where do you live? (I don’t hate winter. It’s been in the 20′s this week – and that’s in degrees C).
Clearly, we’re not neighbors. Don’t freeze anything off and don’t laugh come August when I turn into a puddle.
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I have the same problem. Whenever I drink coffee later in the day I have problems sleeping on a consistent basis. It is tough as I like to drink a lot of coffee when it is this cold out.
“Your eyes stay open when you sneeze” Love that one! I proudly admit to being a coffee addict, and have no intentions to ever change!
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I do not drink coffee after 3 pm anymore. I was staying up most of the night and next day i was so tired i drank more coffee to stay up and did same next night. It was never ending and i finaly said i need some sleep.
too much coffee….
your heartbeat way too fast…thump…thump
take a pee every hour
easily to get nervous
you are tired but can’t sleep
it’s better to drink milk instead
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Strangely enough I seem to be able to sleep even if I have a cup in the evening before I go to bed.
Coffee is the best plan to be awake at night and concentrate at work! But having too much coffee is bad for health, I guess..
I think I drink way too much coffee and sometimes I even get a stomach ache.
Guess that’s why it’s important to have a decent Coffee Machine as it lowers the risk of not making it properly.
Thanks for the post
I love coffee so much that I drink about 2 large pots a day, all by myself! That’s like 16-18 cups. I know when I’ve drank too much coffee, because it’s a diharetic, and crazy things start happening if you cross the line!
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Coffee, some times it is great, and some times, it will make people not good.
Ya it’s really true when we fell sleep with eyes open we will drink much coffee. Your article seemed to be pretty interesting. Hope you will come up with more interesting articles like this.