Discussion:
Sick - so very sick
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BeH
2023-06-04 15:23:41 UTC
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping a lot.
Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to start coughing up
blood flecked phlegm.
--
BeH - Spring is here...
<boing-boing> look at it go!
Merlyne
2023-06-04 22:58:05 UTC
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Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping a lot.
Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to start coughing up
blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(

It sounds like covid to me.

Feel better soon.
BeH
2023-06-07 22:20:46 UTC
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping a lot.
Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to start coughing up
blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to bigtown,
which didn't seem advisable in the situation.

Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so just
the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've
pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely have to go
shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).

Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate was
retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else
(well, almost anyone).

And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
--
BeH - Spring is here...
<boing-boing> look at it go!
Merlyne
2023-06-09 12:58:38 UTC
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping a
lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to start
coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so
just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too
since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely
have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate was
retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else
(well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
BeH
2023-06-10 21:54:52 UTC
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping a
lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to start
coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home. The
problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to go find
one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so
just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too
since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely
have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
needs. And I got tired both times.
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate was
retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else
(well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap again.
It is getting a bit annoying.
--
BeH - Spring is here...
<boing-boing> look at it go!
Merlyne
2023-06-12 20:15:34 UTC
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping a
lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to start
coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
I have faith in you.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home. The
problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to go find
one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so
just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too
since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely
have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate was
retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else
(well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
BeH
2023-06-13 19:28:02 UTC
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping a
lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to start
coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some garden
things.
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home. The
problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to go find
one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so
just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too
since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely
have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate was
retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else
(well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
--
BeH - Spring is here...
<boing-boing> look at it go!
Merlyne
2023-06-14 15:01:40 UTC
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping
a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to
start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home. The
problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to go find
one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so
just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too
since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely
have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate
was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on
anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
BeH
2023-06-15 19:45:20 UTC
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping
a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to
start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now. And
the things I should do regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home. The
problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to go find
one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer with
some degree of certainty. And then what...
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so
just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too
since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely
have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate
was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on
anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
--
BeH - Spring is here...
<boing-boing> look at it go!
Merlyne
2023-06-16 15:54:41 UTC
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm
likely to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now. And
the things I should do regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home.
The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to
go find one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer with
some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay any
planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels,
so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good
thing too since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials
and absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but
after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate
was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on
anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
Yes and no.
BeH
2023-06-17 19:46:21 UTC
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm
likely to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now. And
the things I should do regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only horrendously
unkept lawn.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home.
The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to
go find one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer with
some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay any
planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not for the
general public at least.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels,
so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good
thing too since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials
and absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but
after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from a store
up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years back.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate
was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on
anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
--
BeH - Spring is here...
<boing-boing> look at it go!
Merlyne
2023-06-19 12:40:05 UTC
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm
likely to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now.
And the things I should do regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only horrendously
unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home.
The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to
go find one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer
with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay any
planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not for
the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for at-risk people
and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else (like the flu shot).
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Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal
levels, so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with.
Good thing too since I've pretty much run out of life's
essentials and absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today,
actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most
pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from a
store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the
mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
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Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
BeH
2023-06-22 19:40:15 UTC
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm
likely to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now.
And the things I should do regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only horrendously
unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and for the
insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what with the patch
covered in pine needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
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Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home.
The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to
go find one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer
with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay any
planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not for
the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for at-risk people
and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else (like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally) postpone a
whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's too late causing a
great big scandal.
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
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Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal
levels, so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with.
Good thing too since I've pretty much run out of life's
essentials and absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today,
actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most
pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from a
store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
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Post by Merlyne
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
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Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the
mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
--
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<boing-boing> look at it go!
Merlyne
2023-06-23 16:06:32 UTC
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now
I'm likely to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip
to bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now.
And the things I should do regularly. And the things related to
the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only horrendously
unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and for the
insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what with the
patch covered in pine needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
They have some nice mixes at WestCoast seeds:
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend

My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off the
butterflies and other beneficials.
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
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Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at
home. The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care
enough to go find one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy
for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer
with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay any
planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not for
the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for at-risk
people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else (like the flu
shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally) postpone a
whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's too late causing
a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of postponed
surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here. Some ERs are being
closed overnights and on weekends.

The news media always finds the one person who is gravely affected by
<insert policy here>.
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
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Post by BeH
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Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal
levels, so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal
with. Good thing too since I've pretty much run out of
life's essentials and absolutely have to go shopping
tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most
pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from a
store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the
mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to
nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.

*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
BeH
2023-06-24 22:55:31 UTC
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now
I'm likely to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip
to bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now.
And the things I should do regularly. And the things related to
the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only horrendously
unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and for the
insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what with the
patch covered in pine needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with a mix
with different flowering periods so there's something going on for a
good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea is
obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off the
butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
Post by Merlyne
You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at
home. The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care
enough to go find one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy
for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer
with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay any
planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not for
the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for at-risk
people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else (like the flu
shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally) postpone a
whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's too late causing
a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of postponed
surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here. Some ERs are being
closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely affected by
<insert policy here>.
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal
levels, so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal
with. Good thing too since I've pretty much run out of
life's essentials and absolutely have to go shopping
tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most
pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from a
store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving. Depending on the
size of the square, of course.
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Post by BeH
Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the
mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to
nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Post by Merlyne
*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give helpful
corrective feedback...
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
--
BeH - Spring is here...
<boing-boing> look at it go!
Merlyne
2023-06-28 11:31:48 UTC
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now
I'm likely to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a
trip to bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the
situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do
some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and
now. And the things I should do regularly. And the things
related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and for
the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what with
the patch covered in pine needles and the bits where the moss is
winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with a mix
with different flowering periods so there's something going on for a
good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea is
obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off the
butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we poisoned
our whole environment over a mosquito and a dandelion...
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
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Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at
home. The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care
enough to go find one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy
for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer
with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay any
planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not
for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for at-risk
people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else (like the flu
shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally) postpone
a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's too late
causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of postponed
surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here. Some ERs are
being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely affected by
<insert policy here>.
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Post by BeH
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal
levels, so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal
with. Good thing too since I've pretty much run out of
life's essentials and absolutely have to go shopping
tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most
pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from a
store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving. Depending on
the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet things before
I started eating chocolate.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the
mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to
nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give helpful
corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure how that
is helpful.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now
I'm likely to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a
trip to bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the
situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do
some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and
now. And the things I should do regularly. And the things
related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and for
the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what with
the patch covered in pine needles and the bits where the moss is
winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with a mix
with different flowering periods so there's something going on for a
good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea is
obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off the
butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we poisoned
our whole environment over a mosquito and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at
home. The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care
enough to go find one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy
for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer
with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay any
planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not
for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for at-risk
people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else (like the flu
shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally) postpone
a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's too late
causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of postponed
surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here. Some ERs are
being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely affected by
<insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal
levels, so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal
with. Good thing too since I've pretty much run out of
life's essentials and absolutely have to go shopping
tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most
pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from a
store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving. Depending on
the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet things before
I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate is an
adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or is there some
magical property with the chocolate that inhibits the craving?
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the
mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to
nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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Post by Merlyne
*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give helpful
corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure how that
is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for pretentiousness.
Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive beverages
with silly names that may of may not contain some coffee related liquid.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
--
BeH - Spring is here...
<boing-boing> look at it go!
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time
now I'm likely to start coughing up blood flecked
phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a
trip to bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the
situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do
some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and
now. And the things I should do regularly. And the things
related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and for
the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what with
the patch covered in pine needles and the bits where the moss is
winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with a
mix with different flowering periods so there's something going on
for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea is
obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off the
butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at
home. The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't
care enough to go find one. I probably need to go to the
pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could
answer with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay
any planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not
for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for at-risk
people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else (like the
flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally)
postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's
too late causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here.
Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely affected
by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal
levels, so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal
with. Good thing too since I've pretty much run out of
life's essentials and absolutely have to go shopping
tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most
pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from
a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years
back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving. Depending on
the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet things
before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate is an
adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or is there
some magical property with the chocolate that inhibits the craving?
Yes.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the
mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need
to nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but
not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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Post by Merlyne
*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give helpful
corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure how
that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive beverages
with silly names that may of may not contain some coffee related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
Their coffee is so smooth.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And
sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any time
now I'm likely to start coughing up blood flecked
phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a
trip to bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the
situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do
some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and
now. And the things I should do regularly. And the things
related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and for
the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what with
the patch covered in pine needles and the bits where the moss is
winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with a
mix with different flowering periods so there's something going on
for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea is
obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off the
butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at
home. The problem is they aren't at my home and I don't
care enough to go find one. I probably need to go to the
pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could
answer with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay
any planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots. Not
for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for at-risk
people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else (like the
flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally)
postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's
too late causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here.
Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely affected
by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal
levels, so just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal
with. Good thing too since I've pretty much run out of
life's essentials and absolutely have to go shopping
tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most
pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack from
a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride... Some years
back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving. Depending on
the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet things
before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate is an
adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or is there
some magical property with the chocolate that inhibits the craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the
mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need
to nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but
not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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Post by Merlyne
*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give helpful
corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure how
that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive beverages
with silly names that may of may not contain some coffee related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory) term for
'espresso with extra water'.
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by any other name.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose.
And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any
time now I'm likely to start coughing up blood
flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the
lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out
short of a trip to bigtown, which didn't seem
advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also
do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and
now. And the things I should do regularly. And the things
related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and
for the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what
with the patch covered in pine needles and the bits where the
moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with a
mix with different flowering periods so there's something going on
for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea
is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off
the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test
at home. The problem is they aren't at my home and I
don't care enough to go find one. I probably need to go
to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could
answer with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay
any planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots.
Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for
at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else
(like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally)
postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's
too late causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here.
Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to
normal levels, so just the clogged nose and the
fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've pretty
much run out of life's essentials and absolutely have
to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after
sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the
most pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot
of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack
from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride...
Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving. Depending
on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet things
before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate is
an adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or is
there some magical property with the chocolate that inhibits the
craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.

Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when
the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and
need to nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed
but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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Post by Merlyne
*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give
helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure how
that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some coffee
related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory) term for
'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose.
And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something... any
time now I'm likely to start coughing up blood
flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the
lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out
short of a trip to bigtown, which didn't seem
advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also
do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and
now. And the things I should do regularly. And the things
related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and
for the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left what
with the patch covered in pine needles and the bits where the
moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with a
mix with different flowering periods so there's something going on
for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea
is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off
the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can test
at home. The problem is they aren't at my home and I
don't care enough to go find one. I probably need to go
to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could
answer with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to delay
any planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots.
Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for
at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else
(like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally)
postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until it's
too late causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here.
Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to
normal levels, so just the clogged nose and the
fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've pretty
much run out of life's essentials and absolutely have
to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after
sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the
most pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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Post by Merlyne
I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot
of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack
from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride...
Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving. Depending
on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet things
before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate is
an adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or is
there some magical property with the chocolate that inhibits the
craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.
I strongly suspected.
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Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when
the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict
whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and
need to nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength a
week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed
but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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Post by Merlyne
*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give
helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure how
that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some coffee
related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory) term for
'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their coffee
preferences have anything to do with WWII.
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Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose.
And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something...
any time now I'm likely to start coughing up blood
flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the
lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out
short of a trip to bigtown, which didn't seem
advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also
do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2
months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then
and now. And the things I should do regularly. And the
things related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and
for the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left
what with the patch covered in pine needles and the bits where
the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with
a mix with different flowering periods so there's something
going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea
is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off
the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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Post by Merlyne
We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can
test at home. The problem is they aren't at my home
and I don't care enough to go find one. I probably
need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could
answer with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to
delay any planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots.
Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for
at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else
(like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally)
postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until
it's too late causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here.
Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to
normal levels, so just the clogged nose and the
fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've
pretty much run out of life's essentials and
absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today,
actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the
most pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a
lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack
from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride...
Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving.
Depending on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet things
before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate is
an adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or is
there some magical property with the chocolate that inhibits the
craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.
I strongly suspected.
Is that because it's something that you would have done?
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Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when
the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to
inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost
anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and
need to nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to
recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength
a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed
but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give
helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure
how that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some coffee
related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory) term
for 'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their coffee
preferences have anything to do with WWII.
They still harbour resentment towards Americans because of WWII.
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
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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.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to whine
about' generation.
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose.
And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or something...
any time now I'm likely to start coughing up blood
flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the
lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out
short of a trip to bigtown, which didn't seem
advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also
do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2
months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then
and now. And the things I should do regularly. And the
things related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing and
for the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass left
what with the patch covered in pine needles and the bits where
the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-blend
That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice with
a mix with different flowering periods so there's something
going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The idea
is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
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My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills off
the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering only
happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to react to) how
bad the unfettered behaviour is.
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can
test at home. The problem is they aren't at my home
and I don't care enough to go find one. I probably
need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could
answer with some degree of certainty. And then what...
They probably run away because people are still covid shy.
If you know for certain that you've had it, you have to
delay any planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster shots.
Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for
at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone else
(like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally)
postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until
it's too late causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage here.
Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to
normal levels, so just the clogged nose and the
fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've
pretty much run out of life's essentials and
absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today,
actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the
most pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a
lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three pack
from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a ride...
Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving.
Depending on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet things
before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate is
an adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or is
there some magical property with the chocolate that inhibits the
craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.
I strongly suspected.
Is that because it's something that you would have done?
It is because I thoughlessly gave two (contradictory) options which each
invited a Yes/No answer. It has happened a lot in this group...
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Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when
the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want to
inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else (well, almost
anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and
need to nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to
recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full strength
a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed
but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give
helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure
how that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some coffee
related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory) term
for 'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their coffee
preferences have anything to do with WWII.
They still harbour resentment towards Americans because of WWII.
Why do they do that? They were on the same side (eventually).
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
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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.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to whine
about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny
nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or
something... any time now I'm likely to start
coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the
lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out
short of a trip to bigtown, which didn't seem
advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff.
Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2
months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then
and now. And the things I should do regularly. And the
things related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing
and for the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass
left what with the patch covered in pine needles and the
bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-
blend
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice
with a mix with different flowering periods so there's
something going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The
idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
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My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills
off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a
dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering only
happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to react to) how
bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the evidence
and finds nothing substantial.
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can
test at home. The problem is they aren't at my home
and I don't care enough to go find one. I probably
need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster,
though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I
could answer with some degree of certainty. And then
what...
They probably run away because people are still covid
shy. If you know for certain that you've had it, you have
to delay any planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster
shots. Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for
at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone
else (like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally)
postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until
it's too late causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage
here. Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to
normal levels, so just the clogged nose and the
fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've
pretty much run out of life's essentials and
absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today,
actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the
most pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a
lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three
pack from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a
ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving.
Depending on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet
things before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate
is an adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or
is there some magical property with the chocolate that inhibits
the craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.
I strongly suspected.
Is that because it's something that you would have done?
It is because I thoughlessly gave two (contradictory) options which
each invited a Yes/No answer. It has happened a lot in this group...
Really? I hadn't noticed.
My parents are also like that.
Once I remember when we were at my Gran's and she asked everyone if they
would like coffee or tea and someone said 'yes' so she put coffee and
tea in a cup for them. Sometimes being a smartass doesn't work out.
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Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks
when the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want
to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else (well,
almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and
need to nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take
to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full
strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in
bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give
helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure
how that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some
coffee related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory) term
for 'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their coffee
preferences have anything to do with WWII.
They still harbour resentment towards Americans because of WWII.
Why do they do that? They were on the same side (eventually).
Yeah. Eventually.
FDR kept saying it wasn't America's war.
I didn't help that his buddy Joesph P. Kennedy was a nazi sympathizer.
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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 is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes stale
or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to whine
about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny
nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or
something... any time now I'm likely to start
coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the
lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out
short of a trip to bigtown, which didn't seem
advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to
do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff.
Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done 2
months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then
and now. And the things I should do regularly. And the
things related to the projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing
and for the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass
left what with the patch covered in pine needles and the
bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-
blend
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice
with a mix with different flowering periods so there's
something going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The
idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
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My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills
off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a
dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering only
happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to react to) how
bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the evidence
and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or the
stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can
test at home. The problem is they aren't at my home
and I don't care enough to go find one. I probably
need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster,
though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or the
flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I
could answer with some degree of certainty. And then
what...
They probably run away because people are still covid
shy. If you know for certain that you've had it, you have
to delay any planned booster shots for at least 6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster
shots. Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for
at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone
else (like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't (illegally)
postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer operations until
it's too late causing a great big scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage
here. Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to
normal levels, so just the clogged nose and the
fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've
pretty much run out of life's essentials and
absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today,
actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the
most pressing needs. And I got tired both times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a
lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three
pack from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a
ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving.
Depending on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet
things before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the chocolate
is an adequate substitute for all the sweets you used to eat? Or
is there some magical property with the chocolate that inhibits
the craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.
I strongly suspected.
Is that because it's something that you would have done?
It is because I thoughlessly gave two (contradictory) options which
each invited a Yes/No answer. It has happened a lot in this group...
Really? I hadn't noticed.
My parents are also like that.
Once I remember when we were at my Gran's and she asked everyone if they
would like coffee or tea and someone said 'yes' so she put coffee and
tea in a cup for them. Sometimes being a smartass doesn't work out.
I wouldn't know... I was never a smartass.
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Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks
when the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want
to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else (well,
almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and
need to nap again. It is getting a bit annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take
to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full
strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in
bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give
helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not sure
how that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some
coffee related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory) term
for 'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their coffee
preferences have anything to do with WWII.
They still harbour resentment towards Americans because of WWII.
Why do they do that? They were on the same side (eventually).
Yeah. Eventually.
FDR kept saying it wasn't America's war.
He kinda had to. Back then the US still used that part of the
constitution that says it's the Congress that decides who to do war
against, and I doubt the votes would have been there.
US never really declared war on anyone during WWII. The Pearl Harbor
attack was regarded as a de-facto declaration by Japan (Fair enough I
think) and then Germany (and Italy too, I think) declared war on US.
(Truly as smart move.)
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I didn't help that his buddy Joesph P. Kennedy was a nazi sympathizer.
Along with Henry Ford and Lindbergh. Also the hardline isolationists
very many and loud.
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
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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.
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Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes stale
or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to whine
about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
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" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny
nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or
something... any time now I'm likely to start
coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from
the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to
find out short of a trip to bigtown, which
didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to
do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink
coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff.
Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done
2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between
then and now. And the things I should do regularly.
And the things related to the projected pond and
stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing
and for the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass
left what with the patch covered in pine needles and the
bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-
blend
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice
with a mix with different flowering periods so there's
something going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The
idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
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My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills
off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a
dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering only
happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to react to)
how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or the
stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can
test at home. The problem is they aren't at my
home and I don't care enough to go find one. I
probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster,
though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or
the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I
could answer with some degree of certainty. And then
what...
They probably run away because people are still covid
shy. If you know for certain that you've had it, you
have to delay any planned booster shots for at least 6
months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster
shots. Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for
at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone
else (like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't
(illegally) postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer
operations until it's too late causing a great big
scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage
here. Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to
normal levels, so just the clogged nose and the
fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've
pretty much run out of life's essentials and
absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today,
actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your
garden. I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for
the most pressing needs. And I got tired both
times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them
delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather
a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three
pack from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a
ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving.
Depending on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet
things before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the
chocolate is an adequate substitute for all the sweets you
used to eat? Or is there some magical property with the
chocolate that inhibits the craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.
I strongly suspected.
Is that because it's something that you would have done?
It is because I thoughlessly gave two (contradictory) options which
each invited a Yes/No answer. It has happened a lot in this group...
Really? I hadn't noticed.
My parents are also like that.
Once I remember when we were at my Gran's and she asked everyone if
they would like coffee or tea and someone said 'yes' so she put
coffee and tea in a cup for them. Sometimes being a smartass doesn't
work out.
I wouldn't know... I was never a smartass.
Uh-huh.
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Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks
when the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want
to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else (well,
almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I
guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you
don't. If you clean you'll be tired and need to
nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired
and need to nap again. It is getting a bit
annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take
to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full
strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in
bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give
helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not
sure how that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some
coffee related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory)
term for 'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their coffee
preferences have anything to do with WWII.
They still harbour resentment towards Americans because of WWII.
Why do they do that? They were on the same side (eventually).
Yeah. Eventually.
FDR kept saying it wasn't America's war.
He kinda had to. Back then the US still used that part of the
constitution that says it's the Congress that decides who to do war
against, and I doubt the votes would have been there.
US never really declared war on anyone during WWII. The Pearl Harbor
attack was regarded as a de-facto declaration by Japan (Fair enough I
think) and then Germany (and Italy too, I think) declared war on US.
(Truly as smart move.)
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I didn't help that his buddy Joesph P. Kennedy was a nazi
sympathizer.
Along with Henry Ford and Lindbergh. Also the hardline isolationists
very many and loud.
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
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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?
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Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes
stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to
whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny
nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or
something... any time now I'm likely to start
coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from
the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to
find out short of a trip to bigtown, which
didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things to
do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink
coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff.
Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have done
2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between
then and now. And the things I should do regularly.
And the things related to the projected pond and
stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not mowing
and for the insects. Also there isn't all that muich grass
left what with the patch covered in pine needles and the
bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-
blend
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be nice
with a mix with different flowering periods so there's
something going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies. The
idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all season.
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My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also kills
off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that we
poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a
dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only after
damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering only
happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to react to)
how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or the
stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of the
people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the people all of
the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or, you know, a different
democratically elected governing body or something.)
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who touches
themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I can
test at home. The problem is they aren't at my
home and I don't care enough to go find one. I
probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any faster,
though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or
the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I
could answer with some degree of certainty. And then
what...
They probably run away because people are still covid
shy. If you know for certain that you've had it, you
have to delay any planned booster shots for at least 6
months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster
shots. Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months for
at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for everyone
else (like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't
(illegally) postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer
operations until it's too late causing a great big
scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result of
postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing shortage
here. Some ERs are being closed overnights and on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to
normal levels, so just the clogged nose and the
fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since I've
pretty much run out of life's essentials and
absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow (today,
actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your
garden. I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for
the most pressing needs. And I got tired both
times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them
delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather
a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three
pack from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on a
ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving.
Depending on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet
things before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the
chocolate is an adequate substitute for all the sweets you
used to eat? Or is there some magical property with the
chocolate that inhibits the craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.
I strongly suspected.
Is that because it's something that you would have done?
It is because I thoughlessly gave two (contradictory) options which
each invited a Yes/No answer. It has happened a lot in this group...
Really? I hadn't noticed.
My parents are also like that.
Once I remember when we were at my Gran's and she asked everyone if
they would like coffee or tea and someone said 'yes' so she put
coffee and tea in a cup for them. Sometimes being a smartass doesn't
work out.
I wouldn't know... I was never a smartass.
Uh-huh.
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Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks
when the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't want
to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else (well,
almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I
guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you
don't. If you clean you'll be tired and need to
nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired
and need to nap again. It is getting a bit
annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take
to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full
strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in
bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing it,
if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I give
helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not
sure how that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some
coffee related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory)
term for 'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their coffee
preferences have anything to do with WWII.
They still harbour resentment towards Americans because of WWII.
Why do they do that? They were on the same side (eventually).
Yeah. Eventually.
FDR kept saying it wasn't America's war.
He kinda had to. Back then the US still used that part of the
constitution that says it's the Congress that decides who to do war
against, and I doubt the votes would have been there.
US never really declared war on anyone during WWII. The Pearl Harbor
attack was regarded as a de-facto declaration by Japan (Fair enough I
think) and then Germany (and Italy too, I think) declared war on US.
(Truly as smart move.)
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I didn't help that his buddy Joesph P. Kennedy was a nazi
sympathizer.
Along with Henry Ford and Lindbergh. Also the hardline isolationists
very many and loud.
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
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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.
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Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes
stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to
whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny
nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or
something... any time now I'm likely to
start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from
the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to
find out short of a trip to bigtown, which
didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things
to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink
coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And
stuff. Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have
done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between
then and now. And the things I should do regularly.
And the things related to the projected pond and
stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not
mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all that
muich grass left what with the patch covered in pine
needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-
blend
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be
nice with a mix with different flowering periods so
there's something going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies.
The idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all
season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also
kills off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that
we poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a
dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only
after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering only
happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to react to)
how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or the
stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of the
people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the people all
of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or, you know, a
different democratically elected governing body or something.)
Sometimes that happens.
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I have faith in you.
Well, that's one, at least...
YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.
* rankings based on the number of people in the froup.
Those are the people that matter.
I'm surprised you ranked me above yourself.
I know quite a few unflattering things about me.
Like what?
Private things...
You can't say things like that and provide no closure.
Yes I can. The internet isn't ready...
*interest waning*
It's not like your the only person on the internet who
touches themselves...
Nice try. "I can neither confirm nor deny..."
Uh-huh.
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You chew with your mouth open?
You refuse to trim your jagged, yellow toenails?
I don't have jagged, yellow toenails...
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We have free Rapid tests so you can test at
home.
We have commercially available rapid test so I
can test at home. The problem is they aren't at
my home and I don't care enough to go find one.
I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
It's a handy thing to have around.
It's not going to make this crap go away any
faster, though.
No but at least you would know if you have covid or
the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I
could answer with some degree of certainty. And then
what...
They probably run away because people are still covid
shy. If you know for certain that you've had it, you
have to delay any planned booster shots for at least
6 months.
I don't think there are any plans for further booster
shots. Not for the general public at least.
I think here they recommend a booster every 6 months
for at-risk people and 1 in the Fall every year for
everyone else (like the flu shot).
Yebbut your health system probably also doesn't
(illegally) postpone a whole lot of intestinal cancer
operations until it's too late causing a great big
scandal.
Or no one has found out yet.
I'm sure that some people died during covid as a result
of postponed surgeries. Now there is a huge nursing
shortage here. Some ERs are being closed overnights and
on weekends.
The news media always finds the one person who is gravely
affected by <insert policy here>.
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Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back
to normal levels, so just the clogged nose and
the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too since
I've pretty much run out of life's essentials
and absolutely have to go shopping tomorrow
(today, actually but after sleep).
Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your
garden. I could have done that.
I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for
the most pressing needs. And I got tired both
times.
*eye roll*
I can tell you are impressed.
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I ordered groceries online and had them
delivered.
Not really an option around here.
*snickers*
Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any
definition.
It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has
rather a lot of sugar...
I can't remember the last time I ate a chocolate bar.
Me either. I think *my* last chocolate bar was a three
pack from a store up the coast when I bonked badly on
a ride... Some years back.
I do have a square of 85% chocolate after dinner each night.
You hedonist, you!
Yep. it stops me from craving sweets.
If that is all it takes it hardly qualify as a craving.
Depending on the size of the square, of course.
See. it works!
The measurement here is my craving or consumption of sweet
things before I started eating chocolate.
So you are merely deluding yourself into thinking the
chocolate is an adequate substitute for all the sweets you
used to eat? Or is there some magical property with the
chocolate that inhibits the craving?
Yes.
I knew you would say that...
No you didn't.
I strongly suspected.
Is that because it's something that you would have done?
It is because I thoughlessly gave two (contradictory) options
which each invited a Yes/No answer. It has happened a lot in this
group...
Really? I hadn't noticed.
My parents are also like that.
Once I remember when we were at my Gran's and she asked everyone if
they would like coffee or tea and someone said 'yes' so she put
coffee and tea in a cup for them. Sometimes being a smartass
doesn't work out.
I wouldn't know... I was never a smartass.
Uh-huh.
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Anyways, I didn't eat a lot of sweets to begin with.
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Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks
when the mandate was retracted - I wouldn't
want to inflict whatever-it-is on anyone else
(well, almost anyone).
And then I have some surfaces to clean, I
guess...
You probably won't reinfect yourself if you
don't. If you clean you'll be tired and need to
nap again.
If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired
and need to nap again. It is getting a bit
annoying.
Right. And the more you do, the longer it will
take to recover.
By that metric I should have been back at full
strength a week ago.
The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't
count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or
in bed but not feverish?
*smacks you for being annoying*
*feels no pain*
Stop hitting me. It's not nice.
Maybe I like you.
Thats a funny (and somewhat infantile) way of showing
it, if so...
If I were seriously, this is where I would become
suicidal.
Or violent...
Probably not.
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*cough*
I mean I don't like-like you.
I like you as a friend even though you criticize me.
When have I ever criticised you? I never criticise - I
give helpful corrective feedback...
You said I was pretentious for going to a coffee shop. Not
sure how that is helpful.
I said hanging out in coffee shops is an indicator for
pretentiousness. Not quite the same.
I'm still not convinced about the wonderfulness of expensive
beverages with silly names that may of may not contain some
coffee related liquid.
Italian words? What's silly about 'americano'?
I read somewhere that 'americano' in Italy is a (derogatory)
term for 'espresso with extra water'.
*eye roll*
They need to move on from WWII.
They did - before it was over even. But I don't think their
coffee preferences have anything to do with WWII.
They still harbour resentment towards Americans because of WWII.
Why do they do that? They were on the same side (eventually).
Yeah. Eventually.
FDR kept saying it wasn't America's war.
He kinda had to. Back then the US still used that part of the
constitution that says it's the Congress that decides who to do war
against, and I doubt the votes would have been there.
US never really declared war on anyone during WWII. The Pearl Harbor
attack was regarded as a de-facto declaration by Japan (Fair enough
I think) and then Germany (and Italy too, I think) declared war on
US. (Truly as smart move.)
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I didn't help that his buddy Joesph P. Kennedy was a nazi
sympathizer.
Along with Henry Ford and Lindbergh. Also the hardline isolationists
very many and loud.
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
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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?
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh for
hours.
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Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes
stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to
whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
Stop being a suck.
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With an actual fever, and coughing and runny
nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably TB or
something... any time now I'm likely to
start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from
the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no way to
find out short of a trip to bigtown, which
didn't seem advisable in the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have things
to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink
coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And
stuff. Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have
done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between
then and now. And the things I should do regularly.
And the things related to the projected pond and
stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is only
horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not
mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all that
muich grass left what with the patch covered in pine
needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-lawn-
blend
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be
nice with a mix with different flowering periods so
there's something going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies.
The idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned all
season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also
kills off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover that
we poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito and a
dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only
after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering only
happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to react to)
how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or the
stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of the
people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the people all
of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or, you know, a
different democratically elected governing body or something.)
Sometimes that happens.
Just not nearly as fast and/or often as it should...

[Snipporific extraction]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
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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.
Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh for
hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker
stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because the
warranty expired.
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Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes
stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to
whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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With an actual fever, and coughing and
runny nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably
TB or something... any time now I'm likely
to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood
from the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no
way to find out short of a trip to bigtown,
which didn't seem advisable in the
situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have
things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink
coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And
stuff. Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have
done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in
between then and now. And the things I should do
regularly. And the things related to the projected
pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is
only horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not
mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all that
muich grass left what with the patch covered in pine
needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-
lawn
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be
nice with a mix with different flowering periods so
there's something going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies.
The idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned
all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also
kills off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover
that we poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito
and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only
after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering
only happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to
react to) how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or
the stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of the
people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the people all
of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or, you know, a
different democratically elected governing body or something.)
Sometimes that happens.
Just not nearly as fast and/or often as it should...
[Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum roll*]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
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Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh for
hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker
stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because the
warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the
warranty expires?
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Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes
stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to
whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
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With an actual fever, and coughing and
runny nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably
TB or something... any time now I'm likely
to start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood
from the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and no
way to find out short of a trip to bigtown,
which didn't seem advisable in the
situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have
things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink
coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And
stuff. Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have
done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in
between then and now. And the things I should do
regularly. And the things related to the projected
pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is
only horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not
mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all that
muich grass left what with the patch covered in pine
needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-
lawn
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be
nice with a mix with different flowering periods so
there's something going on for a good part of the year.
Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with poppies.
The idea is obviously to keep the poor animals stoned
all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also
kills off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover
that we poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito
and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only
after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering
only happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to
react to) how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or
the stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of the
people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the people all
of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or, you know, a
different democratically elected governing body or something.)
Sometimes that happens.
Just not nearly as fast and/or often as it should...
[Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum roll*]
[*Attempts to look unconcerned*]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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?
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Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh for
hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker
stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because the
warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special* coffee
maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the smell)
Post by Merlyne
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the
warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.
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Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil goes
stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something to
whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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With an actual fever, and coughing and
runny nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably
TB or something... any time now I'm
likely to start coughing up blood
flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood
from the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and
no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in
the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from
it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have
things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and
drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And
stuff. Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have
done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in
between then and now. And the things I should do
regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is
only horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not
mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all
that muich grass left what with the patch covered in
pine needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-
lawn
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be
nice with a mix with different flowering periods so
there's something going on for a good part of the
year. Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with
poppies. The idea is obviously to keep the poor
animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also
kills off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover
that we poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito
and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only
after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering
only happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to
react to) how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or
the stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of
the people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the
people all of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or,
you know, a different democratically elected governing body or
something.)
Sometimes that happens.
Just not nearly as fast and/or often as it should...
[Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum roll*]
[*Attempts to look unconcerned*]
[You look worried or gassy, not sure which]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
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My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh
for hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker
stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because
the warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special* coffee
maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the smell)
Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did the
job.
(Once a week with the humidifier)
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Post by Merlyne
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the
warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.
Ah.
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Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil
goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something
to whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
You just keep believing that.
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With an actual fever, and coughing and
runny nose. And sleeping a lot. Probably
TB or something... any time now I'm
likely to start coughing up blood
flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood
from the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and
no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in
the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from
it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have
things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and
drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And
stuff. Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should have
done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in
between then and now. And the things I should do
regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there is
only horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not
mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all
that muich grass left what with the patch covered in
pine needles and the bits where the moss is winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-
lawn
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would be
nice with a mix with different flowering periods so
there's something going on for a good part of the
year. Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with
poppies. The idea is obviously to keep the poor
animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which also
kills off the butterflies and other beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover
that we poisoned our whole environment over a mosquito
and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol - only
after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but still.
Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering
only happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to
react to) how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews the
evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour, or
the stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of
the people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the
people all of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or,
you know, a different democratically elected governing body or
something.)
Sometimes that happens.
Just not nearly as fast and/or often as it should...
[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.]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee... IOW
Coffee!
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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?
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh
for hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker
stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because
the warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special* coffee
maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the smell)
Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did the
job.
(Once a week with the humidifier)
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Post by Merlyne
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the
warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.
Ah.
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil
goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you something
to whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
You just keep believing that.
I will.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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With an actual fever, and coughing and
runny nose. And sleeping a lot.
Probably
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TB or something... any time now I'm
likely to start coughing up blood
flecked phlegm.
That sucks :(
It sounds like covid to me.
Feel better soon.
So not tuberculosis after all - no blood
from the lungs. Dunno if it's covid, and
no way to find out short of a trip to
bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in
the situation.
Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from
it.
I don't have that kind of time... I have
things to do.
You can still watch tv or sit outside and
drink coffee.
Eventually I will have to buy some food. And
stuff. Also do some garden things.
Sure.
You mean the garden things that you should
have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in
between then and now. And the things I should
do regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.
Oh, right.
I can hardly wait to see the pictures.
As said, it could take a while - for now there
is only horrendously unkept lawn.
Replace the grass with clovers.
I have seriously considered that, both for the not
mowing and for the insects. Also there isn't all
that muich grass left what with the patch covered
in pine needles and the bits where the moss is
winning.
I think I'm going to overseed with clover.
https://www.westcoastseeds.com/products/alternative-
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That does look nice - on the bag at least. It would
be nice with a mix with different flowering periods
so there's something going on for a good part of the
year. Also the anti deer mix seems to be packed with
poppies. The idea is obviously to keep the poor
animals stoned all season.
Post by Merlyne
My neighbours are spraying for mosquitoes which
also kills off the butterflies and other
beneficials.
The bastards.
100 years from now, researchers are going to discover
that we poisoned our whole environment over a
mosquito and a dandelion...
ITYM: '30-40 years ago, researchers discovered...'
Nothing is done about it, if that's the case.
Well, they did eventually get rid of lead in petrol -
only after damaging the brain of a whole generation, but
still. Also: IT'S CAPITALISM!
You say that a lot.
It's true a lot. Especially the unfettered kind.
Do that even happen? There are regulations for everything.
Regulations are almost invariably reactive, so the fettering
only happens after enough politicians realise (are forced to
react to) how bad the unfettered behaviour is.
But not always. Sometimes they have a tribunal that reviews
the evidence and finds nothing substantial.
That's when either the voter margin is big enough in favour,
or the stack of cash from Unfettered Capitalism is...
Money talks and bullshit walks...
You can deceive all of the people some of the time, and some of
the people all of the time, but you cannot deceive all of the
people all of the time... and then comes the revolution!!1! (or,
you know, a different democratically elected governing body or
something.)
Sometimes that happens.
Just not nearly as fast and/or often as it should...
[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]
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Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee...
IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
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Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh
for hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker
stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because
the warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special*
coffee maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the
smell)
Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did the
job.
(Once a week with the humidifier)
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the
warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.
Ah.
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil
goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you
something to whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
You just keep believing that.
I will.
Perfect!
BeH
2023-08-10 22:12:16 UTC
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Post by BeH
[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]
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Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee...
IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
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Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay fresh
for hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee maker
stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or because
the warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special*
coffee maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the
smell)
Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did the
job.
(Once a week with the humidifier)
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when the
warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.
Ah.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil
goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
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Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you
something to whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
You just keep believing that.
I will.
Perfect!
I try...
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
Merlyne
2023-08-13 21:28:32 UTC
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Post by BeH
[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]
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Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee...
IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay
fresh for hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee
maker stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or
because the warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special*
coffee maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the
smell)
Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did
the job.
(Once a week with the humidifier)
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when
the warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.
Ah.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil
goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you
something to whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you
something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
You just keep believing that.
I will.
Perfect!
I try...
BeH
2023-08-16 12:49:20 UTC
Permalink
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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.]
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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...]
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered coffee...
IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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?
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay
fresh for hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee
maker stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits. Or
because the warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special*
coffee maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without the
smell)
Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did
the job.
(Once a week with the humidifier)
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when
the warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.
Ah.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The oil
goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you
something to whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you
something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
You just keep believing that.
I will.
Perfect!
I try...
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
Merlyne
2023-08-18 12:51:12 UTC
Permalink
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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]
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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]
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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....
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
My coffee maker brews into a thermal carafe so it will stay
fresh for hours.
I used to have one of those but the rubber gasket on the lid
disintegrated and it couldn't preserve heat. Also the coffee
maker stopped working - probably because of calcium deposits.
Or because the warranty expired.
You know you're supposed to run vinegar through them once a month?
Once a month doesn't do it around here. Also we have *special*
coffee maker decalcifiers. (It's still just acid, but without
the smell)
Really? I have super hard water and once a month with vinegar did
the job.
(Once a week with the humidifier)
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
But it's probably the second thing. How do appliances know when
the warranty expires?
It's coded in the chip.
Ah.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Coffee is a bean and has oil on it like peanuts do. The
oil goes stale or even rancid on improperly cleaned
equipment.
But that's not strictly speaking the coffee's fault then...
Right. But it greatly affects the coffee in a bad way.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Yes and no.
Thought so...
then why ask the question?
For verification... Always verify your data.
You know what I do for a living, right?
More or less.
So lots of data verification.
So you ageee, then. Point for me.
No points. We discussed this already.
*pout*
That is so adorable!
Does that mean I get the point?
No. I come from the 'stop whining or I'll give you
something to whine about' generation.
Please miss, may I have another point.
No.
Mean.
Whiner.
Bully.
I don't think bullying is when someone won't give you
something.
You were threatening violence...!
Post by Merlyne
Stop being a suck.
I'll suck however much I want.
It's at times like this, I wish Phil were here.
I'm sure he will agree with my right to suck.
You just keep believing that.
I will.
Perfect!
I try...
BeH
2023-08-20 19:09:40 UTC
Permalink
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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.]
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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.]
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
Merlyne
2023-08-24 14:55:15 UTC
Permalink
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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]
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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]
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
BeH
2023-08-29 14:37:59 UTC
Permalink
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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]
[Oh no... you have uncovered my cunning plan.]
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
[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.]
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
Merlyne
2023-08-30 12:42:34 UTC
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[Oops!]
[Redacted]
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[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.]
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Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
BeH
2023-09-05 06:53:39 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
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[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.]
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Post by BeH
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Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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...
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
Merlyne
2023-09-06 12:22:58 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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Post by BeH
[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.]
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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?
BeH
2023-09-08 19:05:28 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
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Post by BeH
[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]
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
Merlyne
2023-09-09 20:51:55 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
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Post by BeH
[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]
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
BeH
2023-09-16 13:45:17 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean filtered
coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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...
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[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'?]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean
filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
BeH
2023-09-22 14:57:53 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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.]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean
filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean
filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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.]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean
filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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...
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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.]
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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.
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2023-10-02 21:53:53 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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!]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean
filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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?
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
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Elsewhere 'american style' may mean
filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
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filtered coffee... IOW Coffee!
Post by Merlyne
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were trying
to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may
mean >>>>> filtered coffee... IOW
Coffee!
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Post by Merlyne
Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by any
other >>>>> name.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had a
really >>>> good cup of coffee.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were
trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
It was you who said that.
BeH
2023-10-21 20:44:26 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
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Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may
mean >>>>> filtered coffee... IOW
Coffee!
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by any
other >>>>> name.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had a
really >>>> good cup of coffee.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were
trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may
mean >>>>> filtered coffee... IOW
Coffee!
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by any
other >>>>> name.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had a
really >>>> good cup of coffee.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has coffee in
it. >>>
Post by BeH
Not all coffee is good. The thought
of >> drinking coffee that has been
sitting
Post by BeH
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
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were
trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
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2023-11-06 20:17:41 UTC
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
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Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Elsewhere 'american style' may
mean >>>>> filtered coffee... IOW
Coffee!
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by any
other >>>>> name.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had a
really >>>> good cup of coffee.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has coffee in
it. >>>
Post by BeH
Not all coffee is good. The thought
of >> drinking coffee that has been
sitting
Post by BeH
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
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were
trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and tea). I
inferred.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may
mean >>>>> filtered coffee... IOW
Coffee!
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Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by any
other >>>>> name.
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All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had a
really >>>> good cup of coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has coffee in
it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The thought
of >> drinking coffee that has been
sitting
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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
Post by BeH
from the fact that I don't have a
coffee > maker ATM, I usually put it in
a couple
Post by BeH
of thermos mugs. The inevitable loss
of > heat is preferable to leaving the
coffee > on the hotplate for any
Post by BeH
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were
trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and tea).
I inferred.
Poorly.
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines - your
lines. Completely different.]
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Elsewhere 'american style' may
mean >>>>> filtered coffee... IOW
Coffee!
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Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by any
other >>>>> name.
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All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had a
really >>>> good cup of coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has coffee in
it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The thought
of >> drinking coffee that has been
sitting
Post by BeH
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
Post by BeH
from the fact that I don't have a
coffee > maker ATM, I usually put it in
a couple
Post by BeH
of thermos mugs. The inevitable loss
of > heat is preferable to leaving the
coffee > on the hotplate for any
Post by BeH
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were
trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and tea).
I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall interpol
*you*, just you wait!
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines - your
lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
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Elsewhere 'american style'
may >>>>>> mean >>>>> filtered coffee...
IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by
any >>>>>> other >>>>> name.
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All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had a
really >>>> good cup of coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has coffee
in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The
thought
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of >> drinking coffee that has been
sitting
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for hours in a thermos makes me
nauseous.
Coffee doesn't sit for hours
around >>>>> here.
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So you drink a pot in a short span
of >>>> time?
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't have a
coffee > maker ATM, I usually put it
in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The inevitable loss
of > heat is preferable to leaving
the >> coffee > on the hotplate for any
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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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were
trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and
tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall
interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to steal steel
steles on your own.
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important and
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[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines - your
lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
[Theatrical directors around the world screams and pulls at their hair]
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Elsewhere 'american style'
may >>>>>> mean >>>>> filtered coffee...
IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Their coffee is so smooth.
But still just coffee - by
any >>>>>> other >>>>> name.
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All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had a
really >>>> good cup of coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has coffee
in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The
thought
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of >> drinking coffee that has been
sitting
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for hours in a thermos makes me
nauseous.
Coffee doesn't sit for hours
around >>>>> here.
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So you drink a pot in a short span
of >>>> time?
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't have a
coffee > maker ATM, I usually put it
in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The inevitable loss
of > heat is preferable to leaving
the >> coffee > on the hotplate for any
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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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who were
trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and
tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall
interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to steal steel
steles on your own.
Stone steles. I have no interest in stealing steel steles. Maybe it's
for the best. At least it will negate the risk of verbal communication
(apart from the occational whispered swear word). I should probably oil
the chain on my cargo bike though. For maximum stone stele stealing
stealth...
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important
and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines - your
lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
[Theatrical directors around the world screams and pulls at their hair]
[The directors don't own the lines]
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Elsewhere 'american style'
may >>>>>> mean >>>>> filtered
coffee...
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IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Their coffee is so
smooth.
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But still just coffee - by
any >>>>>> other >>>>> name.
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All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had
a >>>>>>>> really >>>> good cup of
coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has coffee
in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The
thought
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of >> drinking coffee that has
been >>>>>> sitting
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for hours in a thermos makes
me >>>>>>>> nauseous.
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Coffee doesn't sit for hours
around >>>>> here.
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So you drink a pot in a short
span >> of >>>> time?
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't have a
coffee > maker ATM, I usually put
it >> in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The inevitable
loss >>>> of > heat is preferable to
leaving
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the >> coffee > on the hotplate for
any >>>>> length of time.
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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
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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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who
were trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia
are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and
tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall
interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to steal
steel steles on your own.
Stone steles. I have no interest in stealing steel steles. Maybe it's
for the best. At least it will negate the risk of verbal communication
(apart from the occational whispered swear word). I should probably
oil the chain on my cargo bike though. For maximum stone stele
stealing stealth...
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important
and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines - your
lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
[Theatrical directors around the world screams and pulls at their hair]
[The directors don't own the lines]
[They are going to draw some if you keep switching using ones that
aren't for you.]
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Elsewhere 'american style'
may >>>>>> mean >>>>> filtered
coffee...
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IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Post by BeH
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Their coffee is so
smooth.
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But still just coffee - by
any >>>>>> other >>>>> name.
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Post by BeH
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never had
a >>>>>>>> really >>>> good cup of
coffee.
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Post by BeH
Post by BeH
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Post by Merlyne
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has coffee
in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The
thought
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of >> drinking coffee that has
been >>>>>> sitting
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Post by BeH
Post by BeH
Post by BeH
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for hours in a thermos makes
me >>>>>>>> nauseous.
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Post by BeH
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Coffee doesn't sit for hours
around >>>>> here.
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Post by BeH
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So you drink a pot in a short
span >> of >>>> time?
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't have a
coffee > maker ATM, I usually put
it >> in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The inevitable
loss >>>> of > heat is preferable to
leaving
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the >> coffee > on the hotplate for
any >>>>> length of time.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by BeH
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
Post by BeH
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who
were trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia
are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and
tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall
interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to steal
steel steles on your own.
Stone steles. I have no interest in stealing steel steles. Maybe it's
for the best. At least it will negate the risk of verbal communication
(apart from the occational whispered swear word). I should probably
oil the chain on my cargo bike though. For maximum stone stele
stealing stealth...
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important
and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum
roll*] >>> [*Attempts to look
unconcerned*]
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Post by Merlyne
[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines - your
lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
[Theatrical directors around the world screams and pulls at their hair]
[The directors don't own the lines]
[They are going to draw some if you keep switching using ones that
aren't for you.]
[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
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Elsewhere 'american
style' >>>> may >>>>>> mean >>>>>
filtered
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coffee...
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IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Their coffee is so
smooth.
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But still just coffee -
by >>>> any >>>>>> other >>>>> name.
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All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never
had >> a >>>>>>>> really >>>> good cup
of >> coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has
coffee >>>> in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The
thought
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of >> drinking coffee that has
been >>>>>> sitting
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for hours in a thermos makes
me >>>>>>>> nauseous.
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Coffee doesn't sit for hours
around >>>>> here.
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So you drink a pot in a short
span >> of >>>> time?
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't have
a >>>>>> coffee > maker ATM, I usually
put >> it >> in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The inevitable
loss >>>> of > heat is preferable to
leaving
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the >> coffee > on the hotplate for
any >>>>> length of time.
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My god! How are you making
coffee?
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I boil water in a kettle and pour
in >>>>> over ground coffee contained in
a >>>>> liquid-permeable
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paper bag - just like gawd
intended.
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Sounds like how I make tea.
You mean you don't do the whole
chinese/japanese traditional
tea-making
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performance?
I'm not sure what that is. My people
come from the British Isles.
It's a long and strict ritual
involving
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boiling water, tea-pots, cups and
bamboo > whiskers.. and of course tea
leaves. So
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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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who
were trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia
are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and
tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall
interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to steal
steel steles on your own.
Stone steles. I have no interest in stealing steel steles. Maybe
it's for the best. At least it will negate the risk of verbal
communication (apart from the occational whispered swear word). I
should probably oil the chain on my cargo bike though. For maximum
stone stele stealing stealth...
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
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[Redacted]
[Oops!]
[Redacted]
[I wonder what it said. Must have been important
and sensitive.]
[*shrug*]
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[Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum
roll*] >>> [*Attempts to look
unconcerned*]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines - your
lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
[Theatrical directors around the world screams and pulls at their hair]
[The directors don't own the lines]
[They are going to draw some if you keep switching using ones that
aren't for you.]
[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's been
dead for years.]
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Elsewhere 'american
style' >>>> may >>>>>> mean >>>>>
filtered
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coffee...
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IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Their coffee is so
smooth.
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But still just coffee -
by >>>> any >>>>>> other >>>>> name.
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All coffee is not equal.
You've apparently never
had >> a >>>>>>>> really >>>> good cup
of >> coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has
coffee >>>> in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The
thought
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of >> drinking coffee that has
been >>>>>> sitting
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Post by BeH
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for hours in a thermos makes
me >>>>>>>> nauseous.
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Coffee doesn't sit for hours
around >>>>> here.
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So you drink a pot in a short
span >> of >>>> time?
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't have
a >>>>>> coffee > maker ATM, I usually
put >> it >> in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The inevitable
loss >>>> of > heat is preferable to
leaving
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the >> coffee > on the hotplate for
any >>>>> length of time.
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by BeH
My god! How are you making
coffee?
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
I boil water in a kettle and pour
in >>>>> over ground coffee contained in
a >>>>> liquid-permeable
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
paper bag - just like gawd
intended.
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Sounds like how I make tea.
You mean you don't do the whole
chinese/japanese traditional
tea-making
Post by BeH
performance?
I'm not sure what that is. My people
come from the British Isles.
It's a long and strict ritual
involving
Post by BeH
boiling water, tea-pots, cups and
bamboo > whiskers.. and of course tea
leaves. So
Post by BeH
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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you who
were trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people in asia
are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots (and
tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall
interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to steal
steel steles on your own.
Stone steles. I have no interest in stealing steel steles. Maybe
it's for the best. At least it will negate the risk of verbal
communication (apart from the occational whispered swear word). I
should probably oil the chain on my cargo bike though. For maximum
stone stele stealing stealth...
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in stele
stealing.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[I wonder what it said. Must have been
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[Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum
roll*] >>> [*Attempts to look
unconcerned*]
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[You look worried or gassy, not
sure >>>> which]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines -
your lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
[Theatrical directors around the world screams and pulls at their hair]
[The directors don't own the lines]
[They are going to draw some if you keep switching using ones that
aren't for you.]
[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's been
dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
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Elsewhere 'american
style' >>>> may >>>>>> mean >>>>>
filtered
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coffee...
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IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Their coffee is so
smooth.
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But still just coffee
- >> by >>>> any >>>>>> other >>>>>
name. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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All coffee is not
equal. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You've
apparently never
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had >> a >>>>>>>> really >>>> good
cup >> of >> coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has
coffee >>>> in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The
thought
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of >> drinking coffee that
has >>>> been >>>>>> sitting
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for hours in a thermos
makes >>>> me >>>>>>>> nauseous.
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Coffee doesn't sit for hours
around >>>>> here.
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So you drink a pot in a short
span >> of >>>> time?
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't
have >> a >>>>>> coffee > maker ATM, I
usually
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put >> it >> in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The
inevitable
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loss >>>> of > heat is preferable
to >>>> leaving
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the >> coffee > on the hotplate
for >>>> any >>>>> length of time.
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My god! How are you making
coffee?
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I boil water in a kettle and
pour >> in >>>>> over ground coffee
contained in
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a >>>>> liquid-permeable
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paper bag - just like gawd
intended.
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Sounds like how I make tea.
You mean you don't do the whole
chinese/japanese traditional
tea-making
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performance?
I'm not sure what that is. My
people >>>> come from the British
Isles. >>> It's a long and strict ritual
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involving
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boiling water, tea-pots, cups and
bamboo > whiskers.. and of course tea
leaves. So
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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
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and wait for the kettle to boil.
While >> that is happening, sometimes I
graze on
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stuff on the counter or do some
squats.
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If it is black tea then I pour the
water in a mug with the tea and
leave >> it steep
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for a few
minutes after
which I add some milk. If it some
other >> kind of tea: green, white,
rooibos
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then I remove the strainer after it
has >> steeped.
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I think the orientals put the leaves
in > the teapot and strain it when
serving. I
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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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you
who were trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people
in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots
(and tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall
interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to steal
steel steles on your own.
Stone steles. I have no interest in stealing steel steles. Maybe
it's for the best. At least it will negate the risk of verbal
communication (apart from the occational whispered swear word). I
should probably oil the chain on my cargo bike though. For maximum
stone stele stealing stealth...
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in stele
stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while stealing
the stele.
BeH
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[Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum
roll*] >>> [*Attempts to look
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[You look worried or gassy, not
sure >>>> which]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines -
your lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
[Theatrical directors around the world screams and pulls at their hair]
[The directors don't own the lines]
[They are going to draw some if you keep switching using ones that
aren't for you.]
[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's been
dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
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Elsewhere 'american
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filtered
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coffee...
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IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Their coffee is so
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But still just coffee
- >> by >>>> any >>>>>> other >>>>>
name. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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All coffee is not
equal. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You've
apparently never
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had >> a >>>>>>>> really >>>> good
cup >> of >> coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has
coffee >>>> in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good. The
thought
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of >> drinking coffee that
has >>>> been >>>>>> sitting
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for hours in a thermos
makes >>>> me >>>>>>>> nauseous.
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Coffee doesn't sit for hours
around >>>>> here.
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So you drink a pot in a short
span >> of >>>> time?
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't
have >> a >>>>>> coffee > maker ATM, I
usually
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put >> it >> in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The
inevitable
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loss >>>> of > heat is preferable
to >>>> leaving
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the >> coffee > on the hotplate
for >>>> any >>>>> length of time.
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My god! How are you making
coffee?
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I boil water in a kettle and
pour >> in >>>>> over ground coffee
contained in
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a >>>>> liquid-permeable
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paper bag - just like gawd
intended.
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Sounds like how I make tea.
You mean you don't do the whole
chinese/japanese traditional
tea-making
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performance?
I'm not sure what that is. My
people >>>> come from the British
Isles. >>> It's a long and strict ritual
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involving
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boiling water, tea-pots, cups and
bamboo > whiskers.. and of course tea
leaves. So
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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
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and wait for the kettle to boil.
While >> that is happening, sometimes I
graze on
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stuff on the counter or do some
squats.
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If it is black tea then I pour the
water in a mug with the tea and
leave >> it steep
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for a few
minutes after
which I add some milk. If it some
other >> kind of tea: green, white,
rooibos
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then I remove the strainer after it
has >> steeped.
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I think the orientals put the leaves
in > the teapot and strain it when
serving. I
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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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you
who were trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people
in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from Asia.
You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots
(and tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I shall
interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to steal
steel steles on your own.
Stone steles. I have no interest in stealing steel steles. Maybe
it's for the best. At least it will negate the risk of verbal
communication (apart from the occational whispered swear word). I
should probably oil the chain on my cargo bike though. For maximum
stone stele stealing stealth...
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in stele
stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while stealing
the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy, bicycle
oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night vision goggles.
--
BeH

" We are trapped by language to such a degree that every attempt to
formulate insight is a play on words." - Niels Bohr
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[Snipporific extraction]
[And the winner is ......*drum
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[You look worried or gassy, not
sure >>>> which]
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[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']
[pointedly refuse to notice]
[I know you noticed]
[Noticed what?]
[Exactly]
[I believe that's my line]
[You snooze, you lose]
[That's not how things work. *gesticulates wildly* My lines -
your lines. Completely different.]
[Line ownership is whoever says it]
[Theatrical directors around the world screams and pulls at their hair]
[The directors don't own the lines]
[They are going to draw some if you keep switching using ones that
aren't for you.]
[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's been
dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
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[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms of dead
celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single lately]
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Elsewhere 'american
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filtered
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coffee...
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IOW >>>>>> Coffee!
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Their coffee is so
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But still just
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name. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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All coffee is not
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apparently never
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had >> a >>>>>>>> really >>>> good
cup >> of >> coffee.
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All my coffee is good.
Soo you say.
Is true. Because it has
coffee >>>> in >>>> it. >>>
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Not all coffee is good.
The >>>>>>>> thought
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of >> drinking coffee that
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for hours in a thermos
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Coffee doesn't sit for
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So you drink a pot in a
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A couple of hours, usually.
Irrespective
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from the fact that I don't
have >> a >>>>>> coffee > maker ATM,
I >> usually
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put >> it >> in >> a couple
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of thermos mugs. The
inevitable
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loss >>>> of > heat is preferable
to >>>> leaving
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the >> coffee > on the hotplate
for >>>> any >>>>> length of time.
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My god! How are you making
coffee?
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I boil water in a kettle and
pour >> in >>>>> over ground coffee
contained in
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a >>>>> liquid-permeable
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paper bag - just like gawd
intended.
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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
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boiling water, tea-pots, cups and
bamboo > whiskers.. and of course
tea >>>> leaves. So
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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
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and wait for the kettle to boil.
While >> that is happening, sometimes
I >> graze on
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stuff on the counter or do some
squats.
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If it is black tea then I pour the
water in a mug with the tea and
leave >> it steep
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for a few
minutes after
which I add some milk. If it some
other >> kind of tea: green, white,
rooibos
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then I remove the strainer after it
has >> steeped.
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I think the orientals put the leaves
in > the teapot and strain it when
serving. I
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don't think they do squats, what
with >>> them sitting on the floor when
making >>> the.
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If I make a whole pot, it gets
strained
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that way. I rarely make a whole pot.
Depends on the size of the pot,
though.
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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.
There is nothing faulty with my logic. Besides it's you
who were trying to deflect by mentioning how tiny people
in asia are.
It was you who said that.
You literally called them "little people".
I said 'little people' in general.
I did not implicitly or otherwise reference people from
Asia. You interpolated.
The context was people in asia being fond of small teapots
(and tea). I inferred.
Poorly.
Convincingly, you mean. If you keep belittling my logic I
shall interpol *you*, just you wait!
Then I will be put on the no-fly list so you'll be left to
steal steel steles on your own.
Stone steles. I have no interest in stealing steel steles. Maybe
it's for the best. At least it will negate the risk of verbal
communication (apart from the occational whispered swear word).
I should probably oil the chain on my cargo bike though. For
maximum stone stele stealing stealth...
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in
stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while
stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy, bicycle
oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night vision
goggles.
I have some tarps.
BeH
2024-02-01 13:41:58 UTC
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[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's been
dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-sparks-
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[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms of dead
celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being used in a
commercial some time back. The Beatles single was hardly new - it was
recorded while they were still together (and all alive).]
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Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in
stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while
stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy, bicycle
oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack of
rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
--
BeH

"No nation can be free if it opresses other nations" - F. Engels
Merlyne
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[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's
been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-sparks-
bac
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]
[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms of
dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being used in
a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was hardly new - it
was recorded while they were still together (and all alive).]
[And never released]
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Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in
stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while
stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy,
bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night
vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack of
rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
BeH
2024-02-22 23:05:49 UTC
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[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's
been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-sparks-
bac
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klash-1849596
]
[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms of
dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being used in
a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was hardly new - it
was recorded while they were still together (and all alive).]
[And never released]
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Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in
stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while
stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy,
bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night
vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack of
rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
Could you check, please. There is no Am*zon here...
--
BeH

"No nation can be free if it opresses other nations" - F. Engels
Merlyne
2024-02-24 20:56:21 UTC
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[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's
been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-
sparks
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[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms of
dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being used
in a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was hardly new -
it was recorded while they were still together (and all alive).]
[And never released]
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Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in
stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while
stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy,
bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night
vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack of
rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
Could you check, please. There is no Am*zon here...
You could check and order what we need and have it sent to my place.
BeH
2024-03-11 23:47:09 UTC
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[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and he's
been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-
sparks
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[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms of
dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being used
in a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was hardly new -
it was recorded while they were still together (and all alive).]
[And never released]
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Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging in
stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while
stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy,
bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night
vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack of
rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
Could you check, please. There is no Am*zon here...
You could check and order what we need and have it sent to my place.
I tried but the silly website kept insisting that I spelled steel wrong
and wanted to sell be work boots...
--
BeH

"No nation can be free if it opresses other nations" - F. Engels
Merlyne
2024-03-12 13:30:48 UTC
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[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and
he's been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-
sparks
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]
[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms of
dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being used
in a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was hardly new
- it was recorded while they were still together (and all alive).]
[And never released]
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Post by Merlyne
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Post by Merlyne
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Post by Merlyne
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging
in stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while
stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy,
bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night
vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack
of rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
Could you check, please. There is no Am*zon here...
You could check and order what we need and have it sent to my place.
I tried but the silly website kept insisting that I spelled steel
wrong and wanted to sell be work boots...
You could probably use a new pair for stealing steles.
You the know the kind with steel toes.
In case the stolen stele gets dropped on your foot.
BeH
2024-03-26 19:48:00 UTC
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Post by Merlyne
[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and
he's been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-
sparks
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[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms of
dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being used
in a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was hardly new
- it was recorded while they were still together (and all alive).]
[And never released]
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Post by Merlyne
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Post by Merlyne
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious
attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before engaging
in stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy while
stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy,
bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably night
vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack
of rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
Could you check, please. There is no Am*zon here...
You could check and order what we need and have it sent to my place.
I tried but the silly website kept insisting that I spelled steel
wrong and wanted to sell be work boots...
You could probably use a new pair for stealing steles.
You the know the kind with steel toes.
In case the stolen stele gets dropped on your foot.
I already have a pair like that. I used to wear them for going to
demonstrations.
--
BeH

"No nation can be free if it opresses other nations" - F. Engels
Merlyne
2024-03-31 20:39:14 UTC
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[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and
he's been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-
sparks
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[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms
of dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single
lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being
used in a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was
hardly new - it was recorded while they were still together (and
all alive).]
[And never released]
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Post by Merlyne
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Post by Merlyne
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious
attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before
engaging in stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy
while stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy,
bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably
night vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack
of rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
Could you check, please. There is no Am*zon here...
You could check and order what we need and have it sent to my place.
I tried but the silly website kept insisting that I spelled steel
wrong and wanted to sell be work boots...
You could probably use a new pair for stealing steles.
You the know the kind with steel toes.
In case the stolen stele gets dropped on your foot.
I already have a pair like that. I used to wear them for going to
demonstrations.
I did look up 'steles' on Amazon. they have a selection of mostly
Egyptian ones.
BeH
2024-04-07 13:39:04 UTC
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Post by Merlyne
[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and
he's been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-stewart-ai-calm-bedtime-story-
sparks
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[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using holograms
of dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a new single
lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being
used in a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was
hardly new - it was recorded while they were still together (and
all alive).]
[And never released]
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Post by Merlyne
Post by BeH
Post by Merlyne
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having vicious
attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before
engaging in stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy
while stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy,
bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also probably
night vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a pack
of rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
Could you check, please. There is no Am*zon here...
You could check and order what we need and have it sent to my place.
I tried but the silly website kept insisting that I spelled steel
wrong and wanted to sell be work boots...
You could probably use a new pair for stealing steles.
You the know the kind with steel toes.
In case the stolen stele gets dropped on your foot.
I already have a pair like that. I used to wear them for going to
demonstrations.
I did look up 'steles' on Amazon. they have a selection of mostly
Egyptian ones.
But are they genuine antiques...? From ancient Egypt?
--
BeH

"No nation can be free if it opresses other nations" - F. Engels
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2024-04-07 15:29:41 UTC
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[Maybe they should use a bigger font. I'm old]
[Don't give me that. James Steward is still performing and
he's been dead for years.]
[Half of my playlist is dead people]
[But have they released new music after they died?
]
[Wasn't there a contraversy a while back about using
holograms of dead celebrities? Also the Beatles released a
new single lately]
[Don't know about holograms but I remember a GFX Bogart being
used in a commercial some time back. The Beatles single was
hardly new - it was recorded while they were still together
(and all alive).]
[And never released]
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Post by Merlyne
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Post by Merlyne
Yes. Any squeaks could alert someone or an attack dog.
Exactly. And stele owners are notorious for having
vicious attack dogs.
You are well-informed.
It is vitally important to do proper research before
engaging in stele stealing.
We should do a practice run to make sure we are stealthy
while stealing the stele.
Definitely. We will need a sufficiently realistic stele
proxy, bicycle oil, tarp and a pack of rabid dogs. Also
probably night vision goggles.
I have some tarps.
Excellent. I might have some bicycle oil.
Now we only need a sufficiently realistic stele proxy and a
pack of rabid dogs. And night vision goggles.
Maybe Amazon has that other stuff plus 1 day delivery.
Could you check, please. There is no Am*zon here...
You could check and order what we need and have it sent to my place.
I tried but the silly website kept insisting that I spelled steel
wrong and wanted to sell be work boots...
You could probably use a new pair for stealing steles.
You the know the kind with steel toes.
In case the stolen stele gets dropped on your foot.
I already have a pair like that. I used to wear them for going to
demonstrations.
I did look up 'steles' on Amazon. they have a selection of mostly
Egyptian ones.
But are they genuine antiques...? From ancient Egypt?
Doubtful.
They are genuine fakes.
Does it matter for the dress rehearsal?

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