Re: Sick - so very sick

On 18.08.2023 14.51, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]: 
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>>>> 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.]
> [It's not anyone could go back a few posts and reconstruct the whole 
> thing]
[That would be contrary to the spirit of a redation.]

>>>>>>>>>> [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...]
> [Do you? I hope you see I am anti-whining]
[Yeah - waiting in the limo is more moping than whining. Also not very
supportive.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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?
> *eye roll*
> Sure,sure, size matters....
Some of those japanese teapots only holds two cups of tea. Small cups too.


-- 
BeH

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