Unfortunately, yes. After I came back from our mini-sorta-vacation (J & co drove back the next day, I took the train to be back at work earlier) I discovered the mesh metal coffee filter still in the machine. Filled. With interesting greenish/whitish growth circles. Somehow, it would have been a lot cooler to look at if it hadn't been in our coffeemaker...
Well at least you didn't keave the coffee pot on. I guess we have to be gratefull for the small things sometimes. I have alos made this discovery about old coffee grinds. I've since gotten better about cleaning the coffee pot. Hugs!
OK, you two non-native speakers of American English: "Coffee grinds" are different manners of milling coffee beans (http://www.camanoislandcoffee.com/grindslearn.html) named for the intended use, such as "drip" and "espresso". "Coffee grounds" are the leftovers that can indeed "fungusate"*.
*Yep, I have no aversion to denomial verbification/gerundification/other unstoppable neologisms. I agree with Calvin & Hobbes. (http://look.onemonkey.org/verbing_sm.jpg) Elegant or regular neologism adds nuance and meaning, just as proper use of "grinds/grounds" preserves an important distinction of meaning.
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Date: 2006-08-24 12:15 pm (UTC)Hugs!
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Date: 2006-08-25 02:02 pm (UTC)*Yep, I have no aversion to denomial verbification/gerundification/other unstoppable neologisms. I agree with Calvin & Hobbes. (http://look.onemonkey.org/verbing_sm.jpg) Elegant or regular neologism adds nuance and meaning, just as proper use of "grinds/grounds" preserves an important distinction of meaning.