Re: Sick - so very sick

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On 06.09.2023 14.22, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
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>>> On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>> On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 18.08.2023 14.51, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 09.08.2023 14.19, 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]
[There better not be whining if you don't. I'll give you something to 
whine about]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
> 

I don't see that at all.