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b'Welcome To The Machine\\nMick put the coin in the slot, made his choice \\u2013 white, no sugar \\u2013 and pressed the green button. The machine emitted a few optimistic whirring noises as it ground its imaginary coffee beans . . . and then ground to a halt. Mick pressed the button a second time . . . and a third . . . before writing off his latest donation to Crap Drinks Machines Ltd.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u2018Thank you for your visit,\\u2019 smiled the machine as Mick thumped it for good measure. How was he going to get through the day without his morning coffee? Or \\u201ccoffee\\u201d, rather, for everybody who had ever been \\u201clucky\\u201d enough to get their drink was unanimous in their verdict: \\u201cDisgusting!\\u201d.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 If truth be told, nobody in their right mind should have been playing with the drinks machine in the first place; far better to nip across the road to JJ\\u2019s for a proper coffee. But the machine did have its plus points: it was handy, it was quick, and it was cheap \\u2013 when you actually got served, that is.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Fortunately this was Spain, where everything started 15 minutes later than scheduled, so Mick decided to join his students for breakfast in JJ\\u2019s.'