Re: Sick - so very sick

From	Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: Sick - so very sick
Date	2023-08-30 12:42 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<XnsB070589EF1287Kamilot@135.181.20.170> (permalink)
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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:uckvs8$29ksj$5@dont-email.me: 

> On 24.08.2023 16.55, Merlyne wrote:
>> 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]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]

>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [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.]
> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.

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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
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                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
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
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                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
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