Re: Sick - so very sick

On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> 
>> On 09.08.2023 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
>>>
>>>> On 01.08.2023 13.32, Merlyne wrote:
>>
>> [Redacted]
> [Shouldn't there be whole paragraphs blacked out/]
[And have some nosy and intrepid journalist pull the text into a
pdf-editor and remove the blacking out, like someone did with one of the
Abu Graib papers the US MOD released back then? I think not.]

>>>>>>>> [Snipporific extraction]
>>>>>>> [And the winner is ......*drum roll*]
>>>>>> [*Attempts to look unconcerned*]
>>>>> [You look worried or gassy, not sure which]
>>>> [That's my unconcerned look.]
>>> [Now I look concerned]
>> [Don't worry, If I win I win, if not I'll throw a fit]
> [I'll wait out in the limo]
[And miss my great moment? I see how it is...]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IOW Coffee! 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Their coffee is so smooth.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But still just coffee - by any other name.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All coffee is not equal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You've apparently never had a really good cup of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> coffee. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All my coffee is good.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Soo you say.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is true. Because it has coffee in it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not all coffee is good. The thought of drinking coffee that
>>>>>>>>>>>>> has been sitting for hours in a thermos makes me nauseous.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Coffee doesn't sit for hours around here.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So you drink a pot in a short span of time?
>>>>>>>>>> A couple of hours, usually. Irrespective from the fact that I
>>>>>>>>>> don't have a coffee maker ATM, I usually put it in a couple of
>>>>>>>>>> thermos mugs. The inevitable loss of heat is preferable to
>>>>>>>>>> leaving the coffee on the hotplate for any length of time.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My god! How are you making coffee?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I boil water in a kettle and pour in over ground coffee
>>>>>>>> contained in a liquid-permeable paper bag - just like gawd
>>>>>>>> intended. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sounds like how I make tea.
>>>>>> You mean you don't do the whole chinese/japanese traditional
>>>>>> tea-making performance?
>>>>> I'm not sure what that is. My people come from the British Isles.
>>>> It's a long and strict ritual involving boiling water, tea-pots,
>>>> cups and bamboo whiskers.. and of course tea leaves.
>>>> So you just splash some milk and hot water over a teabag, then?
>>>>
>>> I buy loose leaf tea.
>>> My ritual is I put some in tea strainer and wait for the kettle to
>>> boil. While that is happening, sometimes I graze on stuff on the
>>> counter or do some squats. If it is black tea then I pour the water
>>> in a mug with the tea and leave it steep for a few minutes after
>>> which I add some milk. If it some other kind of tea: green, white,
>>> rooibos then I remove the strainer after it has steeped.
>>
>> I think the orientals put the leaves in the teapot and strain it when
>> serving. I don't think they do squats, what with them sitting on the
>> floor when making the.
>>
> 
> If I make a whole pot, it gets strained that way. I rarely make a whole 
> pot.
Depends on the size of the pot, though. Eh?

>>>>>>>>> My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay
>>>>>>>>> fresh for hours.
>>>>>>>> I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
>>>>>>>> disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee
>>>>>>>> maker stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or
>>>>>>>> because the warranty expired.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a
>>>>>>> month? 
>>>>>> Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special*
>>>>>> coffee maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the
>>>>>> smell) 
>>>>>>
>>>>> Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did
>>>>> the job.
>>>>> (Once a week with the humidifier)
>>>>>
>>>>>>> But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when
>>>>>>> the warranty expires?
>>>>>> It's coded in the chip.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ah.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil
>>>>>>>>>>>>> goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
>>>>>>>>>>>> But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes and no.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thought so...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> then why ask the question?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For verification... Always verify your data.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You know what I do for a living, right?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More or less.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So lots of data verification.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So you ageee, then. Point for me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No points. We discussed this already.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *pout*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That is so adorable!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does that mean I get the point?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> something to whine about' generation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please miss, may I have another point.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mean.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Whiner.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bully.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you
>>>>>>>>> something. 
>>>>>>>> You were threatening violence...!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Stop being a suck.
>>>>>>>> I'll suck however much I want.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
>>>>>>
>>>>> You just keep believing that.
>>>>
>>>> I will.
>>>>
>>> Perfect!
>>
>> I try...
>>
> 

-- 
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr