While waiting for the delivery of my life-giving elixir, my mind wandered to some information sent to me by award-winning author and friend Gwen Plano. She sent.
Coffee and tea intake were associated with long-term cognitive changes in older adults, two prospective studies presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) suggested.
Among 6,001 Health and Retirement Study participants in the U.S., drinking two or more cups of coffee a day was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia over 7 years compared with drinking less than one daily cup (P<0.05), reported Changzheng Yuan, ScD, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston and the Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China, in a poster presented at the meeting.
Moderate tea drinking — up to two cups a day — was also associated with a lower dementia risk compared with no tea consumption (P<0.05).
When total caffeine intake derived from coffee and tea was calculated, participants in the highest quartile of caffeine consumption had a 38% decreased risk of dementia (P=0.032), Yuan and co-authors said.
No longer being concerned about the benefits of coffee, and hopefully, will have time to drink enough to fill a ship. While thinking about coffee there is a knock at the door. Twiggy and Tempeste open up with a fair imitation of the Hounds of Baskerville. It is FedEx with an envelope. Inside is a note from Linda Hill. It reads;
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “ship.’” Use it as a noun, a verb, or slang … or all three! Enjoy!
To see what others have done with the prompt, visit Linda’s post. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2024/08/09/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-aug-10-2024/
Ship by John W. Howell © 2024
“Hold on.”
“What?”
“There was no trip to the past today.”
“Well, not much going on a hundred years ago.”
“You could have gone back only Fifty.”
“That ship has sailed.”
“Okay, so no trip back today.”
“Fine. Here is the only thing happening. In the first boxing match ever staged at Wembley Stadium, light heavyweight boxer Tommy Gibbons of the U.S. knocked out Jack Bloomfield in the third round of a non-title bout. Bloomfield was knocked out in the 3rd round and never fought again.”
“I see what you mean. Going to a boxing match is not my idea of a good time.”
“I can’t imagine your idea of a good time.”
“Well, Uber is right over there, which is a big hint.”
Photo by Dan Antion
“No way. You can ship that sucker back to Uber.”
“Oh, come on. Think of riding in the bucket.”
“You think of riding in the bucket. A/C cab for me.”
“I guess you are paying, so you should have a choice.”
“You are not going to ride in the bucket, right?”
“Sitting on your lap is more practical.”
“Although more unrealistic.”
“The bucket will be fine.”
“Keep your hands and feet in.”
“Thanks for the tip.”
“Ship of fools.”
“Huh?”
“Never mind. Get in the bucket, and let’s go.”
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You’re fine as long as you don’t forget how the bean-to-cup machine works, John 😀
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Good point. I’ll rehearse frequently to keep my edge.
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Perfect, John! Who can’t imagine Twiggy and Tempeste imitating the horrible dog of Baskerville? 🙂 I hope you will enjoy a beautiful weekend! Best wishes, Michael
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Thank you, Michael. I hope you have a good weekend as well. 😁
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Hey, lighten up, the bucket will be fun. (at least I think so)
Psst – the Declaration of Independence arrived in London on this date, if I’m not mistaken.
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Yes August 10, 1776. Sadly my clock only goes back 100 years.
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Oops, yes I did forget that.
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😁
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That’s an interesting study. Surprised it hasn’t been spread further and shouted from the rooftops.
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The problem with spreading that kind of word is who ever is spreading it could run afoul of the FDA since they did not approve of coffee as a dementia preventative.
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Surprised that could be stopped given how the Internet works. It’s like misinformation is allowed to run wild while other things get stoppered.
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True.
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Coffee time! 😋 Riding in that bucket would have been fun for me 60 years ago.
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Ha ha ha. I think that is true for some of us. For me it would be more like 65 years ago. Thanks, Tim.
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I have an image of “sitting on your lap is more practical.” 🤣
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Yes, I think so, Jill. But the bucket is out of necessity.
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One of our neighbors was a dirt contractor and would bring home construction vehicles. His sons and ours had so much fun “driving” them.
Good to know that moderate consumption of coffee is helpful for us because that habit isn’t going away.
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Coffee keeps the mind clear. Not sure moderate is the operative descriptor here.
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Glad that Twiggy and Tempeste alerted to your delivery! And take me! I’ll ride in the bucket!
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Ha ha ha. You can ride with droopy drawers.
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Nicely done, John!
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Thank you, Deborah.
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Ship of fools, indeed! Love it.
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Thanks, Liz.
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You’re welcome, John.
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Loved the post, John. I suspect many of us look forward to that first cup of coffee. So necessary! Your descriptions/stories always make me reach for a second. Have a great weekend! 🌞
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I think if there was no coffee, life would be a little less enjoyable. Thank you, Gwen. 😁
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At last I am catching up a little again in blog land John, and of course being British we like our cuppa’s.
Big smiles at the dialogue… 🙂 Missed those Paw prints! 🙂
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Yes so now you can keep drinking your tea with clear conscience.
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🙂 And isn’t that good to know 🙂
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Well eons of British tea drinkers can’t be wrong. Very few nutters in the bunch excluding politicians of course.
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Haha… Well we certainly have a few nutters there, both sides of the pond 😉 lol xx
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Indeed.
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Take the loader to get loaded. Why didn’t I think of that.
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Sounds like genius to me.
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So the clock can only be set back 100 years? How did we not know that! Ah well. No matter if we have a break in history lessons.
Now about that ride… I’d take the driver’s seat and leave the bucket to the knucklehead who ordered it!
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You didn’t know that because I failed to mention it. Of course, when GP pulled out a perfectly great happening I had to think fast. Now it is a rule.
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That’s why I said it as I saw GP’s comment 😉
Now you’ve locked yourself into a 100-year corner is what you have done 😀
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Yeah, but circumstances can change. This is fiction.
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It is? 😉
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Well, the part about the clock.
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Of course 😉
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😊
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I’m guessing there’ll be trundling down the road in that Uber ride! Beep, beep. 🚜
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Great word “trundling.” 😁
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Interesting study results. I’ve started drinking mushroom coffee recently. Delicious w/oat milk. ☕
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Goodness. Dementia juice for sure,
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😂🍄
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😊
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Agree!! 🤣
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Cheers to ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️!
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that is music to my ears, coffee is good for me weeeee? Cafine rush, neat mentions of ships 💜
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Thank you, Willow.
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A pleasure 💜
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😊
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This was terrific, John. Thanks to Gwen, I will relish my two cups of coffee each morning. Who wouldn’t want to ride in the bucket? Sign me up!
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You are next. 😊
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Yes! 😀
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The information about coffee and tea is very interesting. I rarely drink coffee but I drink a lot of tea.
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So, you should be good.
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Hey man, you’re rewriting the rules of Bucket List!
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I guess. Thanks, Marc.
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