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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