Re: Sick - so very sick

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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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:
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>>>>>>>>> [Redacted]
>> [Oops!]
>> [Redacted]
> [I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.] 
>> [You didn't seem so sure about winning a few posts ago. So your win
>> is due to my blathering on and not snipping. You wouldn't be here if
>> it weren't for me.]
> [Which make it all the incredible that you would rather sit in a car
> than the audience, where you can demonstrate your modesty to the
> cameras when I profusely and excessively thank you for your
> contribution.] 
[Fine! There better not be any whining. I spent a fortune on this dress 
and getting my hair done.]

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>> That's what little people say.
> Not everyone from Asia is small...
> 
Did I say they were?