Re: Sick - so very sick

On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
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>> 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
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>>>>>> On 09.08.2023 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>>>>>>> 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.]
> [Redaction is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. Once you redact 
> something, everyone wants to know what it says]
[Oh no... you have uncovered my cunning plan.]
>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.]
> [I'm not moping. I'm happy to not hear the whining. Also, there is a 
> complementary bar here and the driver is cute]
[I won't be whining when I win. I'll be giving a humorous yet moving
acceptance speech, thanking all the people helping to get me this far.]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. 
> 
> So they won't be bragging about their teapots online.
Sometimes small is beautiful... Size isn't everything, you know.

-- 
BeH

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