So, there are a couple of competitions going on in New York at the moment (in my head at least):
- What's the longest order for a single Starbucks drink?
- What's the maximum number of consecutive green traffic lights can you go through without stopping?
The current competition leaders are a Venti Non-Sugar Vanilla Iced Latté and 47 respectively.
The former order was made in Starbucks on 75th and Broadway at 09:08 EST today. It's all down to the madness of the New Yorker, I'm sure they could get rid of 30% of the coffee's characteristics (I think it's still classified as coffee at this stage) and not notice the difference.
The latter was our cab journey yesterday where we turned north onto 10th Ave from 22th Street and went non-stop through to 70th. This is down to the artistry with which the Manhattan traffic-light system has been designed. It's great to watch the lights turning green one my one as you head up- or downtown. I'm still to figure out whether this mass chron. job is integrated with the cross-streets in some form of massive linear program, but experience suggests not. Also, not sure how Broadway gets affected.
Going to pick up the keys to our new apartment this morning :)
BTW, someone's finally tried out the comment facility within the blog. They anonymised it (unless it really was Fred Flintstone). Best guess so far is Mr. Caselberg. Feel free to comment, as long as it's constructive and clean. They'll all be post-moderated by my good self. BTW, does anyone know who the seven hits from the Seychelles that I've received this month are down to? Didn't Purves go to Mauritius, or the Maldives, or Morecambe (I forget which).
Just got a new leader on the coffee stakes. Grande skimmed whipped whipped extra hot latté. It will be quicker to drink than it was to order.
