I stopped setting the auto-on time on my coffee pot a long time ago. For me, being a light sleeper, the noise of the thing coming on would wake me up whether I wanted to be or not.
First, there is nothing like brewed coffee. That single cup stuff just does not cut it. It’ll do in a pinch. Second, get a coffee maker made by a company that starts with B and ends with UNN. Those use the same method as most restaurants. I can make a fresh brewed pot in 3 minutes.
my husband gets up at 4am every day and has the coffee pot set for 5:50am…..I get up at 6:15 or so and I have nice fresh coffee…….. No he doesn’t work but likes to get up early and have the house to himself for a couple of hours plus his walking.
When we got engaged a neighbor of husband’s family who was in the coffee route business (delivering coffee supplies to businesses) gave us Mr. Coffee style coffee maker. We don’t drink coffee.
The first time we had friends in they thought it terribly funny when they watched us (both) reading the instructions on how to use the coffeemaker as we made them coffee – it was our first use of same. Not sure if we have it any longer or died and was tossed some decades ago.
C over 1 year ago
Look permission for you to roll your eyes too Arlo
Prescott_Philosopher over 1 year ago
Oh, trust me. I can think of something much worse than lying awake and waiting for the coffee to turn on.
Da'Dad over 1 year ago
Arlo must be at the age where coffee is not the thought that gets you out of bed.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 1 year ago
Nice detail in panel 3, Mr.Johnson. The coffee maker, the pot and water pouring, and Janis’ eye-roll are perfect!
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 1 year ago
“…. unlike my normal sympathetic attitude.”
ToborRedrum over 1 year ago
Set it for 5:30, tell him it’s set for 6, he wakes up at 5:45 and the coffee’s ready.
Radioshack Premium Member over 1 year ago
21st century post-retirement angst.
nosirrom over 1 year ago
Sounds like Arlo like the pause and serve function of their coffee maker. He has to be there to get the good stuff before it finishes brewing.
Olddog1 over 1 year ago
Ah, first world problems.
Just-me over 1 year ago
I stopped setting the auto-on time on my coffee pot a long time ago. For me, being a light sleeper, the noise of the thing coming on would wake me up whether I wanted to be or not.
duggersd Premium Member over 1 year ago
First, there is nothing like brewed coffee. That single cup stuff just does not cut it. It’ll do in a pinch. Second, get a coffee maker made by a company that starts with B and ends with UNN. Those use the same method as most restaurants. I can make a fresh brewed pot in 3 minutes.
Lalura over 1 year ago
Whatever happened to Gene and family?
danielmkimmel over 1 year ago
What have you done with Jimmy Johnson and why has the strip been taken over by ChatGPT?
david_42 over 1 year ago
What gets me out of bed most mornings is a small hungry dog. I make coffee after he’s been outside and fed.
rgulyash over 1 year ago
Hmmm, dropping a hint at her possible weight gain?? Ballsy
Skeptical Meg over 1 year ago
I’ve never used the timer. I want cold water in the pot, not room temperature.
jeanieCP over 1 year ago
my husband gets up at 4am every day and has the coffee pot set for 5:50am…..I get up at 6:15 or so and I have nice fresh coffee…….. No he doesn’t work but likes to get up early and have the house to himself for a couple of hours plus his walking.
DawnQuinn1 over 1 year ago
Actually it is. Janis is becoming less and less interested in “amour”…as happens with everyone as they age.
Brian Fink over 1 year ago
I put the leftovers in the fridge so at least I can get a jolt of caffeine while today’s coffee brews.
kendavis09 over 1 year ago
To us song writers, it’s called burning the midnight caffeine.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 1 year ago
Arlo has become boring…….
Oarsman over 1 year ago
Many panels show them going to bed at the same time but Arlo wakes much earlier than Janis. Talk about a sleepy head.
Emperor Rick over 1 year ago
Life can sometimes be sooooo complicated.
raybarb44 over 1 year ago
It’s coffee, not the elixir of life…..
poppacapsmokeblower over 1 year ago
Simple answer Janis, surprise Arlo, don’t tell him what time you set it to start.
SteveR405 over 1 year ago
Asking for a friend, do online orders ever fit?
alkabelis Premium Member over 1 year ago
I sympathize with Arlo. Before I retired that was my routine. I never needed an alarm clock. Never failed me once but was hard to turn off.
flying spaghetti monster over 1 year ago
and here I thought laying in the bush trying to sleep was the worse, but hey, civilians have their own nightmares.
sirjackum over 1 year ago
I do instant coffee. 1.5 minutes in microwave, then 1 cup at work from the coffee maker.
JessieRandySmithJr. over 1 year ago
My Dad and his coffee, he would drink it before bed, never kept him awake and it wasn’t decaff.
KeithJ63 over 1 year ago
I have the coffee maker set for 5:30 so by the time I’m up, showered, and shaved coffee’s rallied brewed by 5:45
jamie over 1 year ago
How can something smell so good taste so bad?
mafastore over 1 year ago
When we got engaged a neighbor of husband’s family who was in the coffee route business (delivering coffee supplies to businesses) gave us Mr. Coffee style coffee maker. We don’t drink coffee.
The first time we had friends in they thought it terribly funny when they watched us (both) reading the instructions on how to use the coffeemaker as we made them coffee – it was our first use of same. Not sure if we have it any longer or died and was tossed some decades ago.