Re: Sick - so very sick

From	Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: Sick - so very sick
Date	2023-08-24 14:55 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<XnsB06A6F1F9E2FCKamilot@135.181.20.170> (permalink)
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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:ubtodk$1gij7$3@dont-email.me: 

> On 18.08.2023 14.51, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:ubigkg$3a3h7$2@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 13.08.2023 23.28, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ub3nc1$hbbg$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 09.08.2023 14.19, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:uano3u$264rs$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>> [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]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

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  Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-04 22:58 +0000
    Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-08 00:20 +0200
      Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-09 12:58 +0000
        Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-10 23:54 +0200
          Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-12 20:15 +0000
            Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-13 21:28 +0200
              Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-14 15:01 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-15 21:45 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-16 15:54 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-17 21:46 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-19 12:40 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-22 21:40 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-23 16:06 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-25 00:55 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-28 11:31 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-30 12:23 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-02 14:29 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-04 14:13 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-05 12:14 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-07 23:56 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-08 15:01 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 20:19 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-12 11:22 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-14 14:00 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-18 11:24 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-20 16:15 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 13:32 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-27 13:32 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 17:18 +0200
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-09 12:19 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 00:12 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-13 21:28 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 14:49 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-18 12:51 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-24 14:55 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-30 12:42 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-05 08:53 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-06 12:22 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-23 21:14 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-26 12:11 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-04 14:13 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-12 16:32 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-18 11:55 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
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