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Re: Sick - so very sick

From Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com>
Newsgroups alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject Re: Sick - so very sick
Date 2023-10-04 14:13 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <XnsB09368116E9E7Kamilot@135.181.20.170> (permalink)
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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:uffe5h$34vg1$3@dont-email.me: 

> On 26.09.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:ueslol$22aqc$3@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 23.09.2023 23.14, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:ueka1h$9qtc$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>
>>>>> On 17.09.2023 19.50, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:ue4bhd$3raqk$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 09.09.2023 22.51, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>> news:udfr9o$3k0ht$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 06.09.2023 14.22, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>>>> news:ud6j9j$1sfh1$3@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 30.08.2023 14.42, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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]
>>>>>>>>>>> [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.

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  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
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-01 11:32 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-06 11:11 +0200
                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
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 21:09 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-24 14:55 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-29 16:37 +0200
                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
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-08 21:05 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-09 20:51 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-16 15:45 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-17 17:50 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-22 16:57 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-23 21:14 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-25 21:07 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-26 12:11 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-02 23:53 +0200
                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
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-10-21 22:44 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-10-25 14:26 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-06 21:17 +0100
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-08 13:11 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-20 00:34 +0100
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-22 13:33 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-11-26 03:35 +0100
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-11-29 14:41 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-12-18 19:45 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-07 22:21 +0000
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                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2024-01-14 15:02 +0000
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