Re: Sick - so very sick

On 06.09.2023 14.22, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
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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.]
[I can guarantee there will be no whining from me if I win]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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?

A) You implied that people who find their tiny teapots aesthetically
pleasing are little.
B) The tiny teapots are from Asia.
Conclusion: Yes.

-- 
BeH

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