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Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by heronymus on Saturday October 20, 2018 @09:29AM (#18263208)
Not a native speaker, I don't understand the meaning of "filled up urns for meeting rooms"?
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Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by ghaff on Saturday October 20, 2018 @09:46AM (#18263279)
The big coffee containers with taps (e.g. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hamilton-Beach-42-Cup-Coffee-Urn-...) that get set out by hotels and other event spaces for people to pour themselves coffee.

They tend to sit out over a heat source and, if the coffee wasn't lousy to begin with, it is after it's been burning over a flame or other heat source for an hour or two.

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Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by simonebrunozzi on Saturday October 20, 2018 @03:52PM (#18265072)
heronymus, if it is still not clear, the "urn" is the large coffee pot.

(not a native English speaker myself, and I tried my best to interpret your difficulty).

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Re:So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Sp... by seibelj on Saturday October 20, 2018 @09:51AM (#18263298)
The big coffee buckets used for big meetings and conferences. Usually the coffee is bad in them.
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