Re: Sick - so very sick

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> On 26.09.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 30.08.2023 14.42, 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]
>>>>>>> [Ohhh.. I hope it's one of those nice Riojas. Or maybe a sturdy
>>>>>>> Chianti] 
>>>>>> [How about some wine with the 'h'?]
>>>>> [I don't do [non-prescription] drugs. I don't do much wine any
>>>>> more for that matter.]
>>>> [Me either. Whiner]
>>> [I care about my kidney. That doesn't make me a whiner. Namecaller.]
>> [Just because I called you a whiner doesn't make me a namecaller. Oh 
>> wait.]
> [So there!]
[mouthes the word 'whiner']
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's logic...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tenuous at best.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tenuous is the best logic.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No it isn't.
>>>> It's one step above gossip.
>>> If it's good enough for the government...
>> 
>> They mostly make up issues to deflect away from important stuff.
> Are you implying that tiny teapot aesthetics isn't important?
> 
I imply nothing!
You're just trying to deflect away from your faulty logic.