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   Ardith Hinton:   
      
   AH> A total of xxx kilograms in a year is not difficult to   
   AH> achieve... for young & able-bodied folk.  At 629 grams   
   AH> per mug of home made tea or coffee, I'd pass this test   
   AH> with flying colours even if I did nothing beyond feeding   
   AH> myself.   
      
   I think Alexander's joke is not what you think it is.  I   
   perceive it based upon the difference between the perfect   
   and imperfect aspects of the verb `to lift', which is more   
   prominent in Russian than in English.  It is the same   
   difference as the one between walking on a road and   
   traveling the entire length of it, or doing something and   
   having done it.   
      
   629 grams of coffee?  You strange Americans!  140 grams is   
   my daily portion.  I buy freshly roasted coffee beens, grind   
   them myself immediately before brewing, and make my coffee   
   in an electronically-contolled jezwe.  I had used a normal   
   jezve over an alcohol burner until the office technian made   
   my face burn with an harangue about fire-safety :-)   
      
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