Mendelson's 2012 - 6 - "1978 in a cup"

"Jimmy!"

Kyle gamely bought coffee (.35) from one of those beyond old-school coffee machines where the cup falls down and you get the coffee from behind a little clear sliding door.  I foresaw that it would be "lousy," and it was.  Tired coffee sort of crossed with consomme.  Or maybe they were using up the super-past-sell-by French dip mix.  Plus we failed to opt for added "whitener."