What is in your cup? - Page 872

Poppaea · 06-28-2011, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

LOL I'm glad you like it, but it was a commentary on your personality, dear, not size!

Latinandgreek · 06-28-2011, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by beppe

It is because my head is empty and my heart is light.

Utinam...

astra · 06-28-2011, 05:04 PM

CWatkinsNash & Poppaea
I cannot even pretend to follow you Ladies.
Nero... Poppaea...
The closest I could come up with was Captain Nemo.
I did google for others. How do your pretty heads hold up so much history and names

similar to

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Now how will they bring the good news from Ghent to Aix?

I am sure there is a story behind it.

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Originally Posted by Poppaea

I should ever be so grateful

I am sorry, but I cannot disassociate you from the tiger you have had for the last couple of weeks.
It suited you better

Just finished Pu-Erh aged...just? an hour ago. It was not even post dinner, but post vacuum cleaning cuppa.
Lost time while choosing a couple of swimming shorts for a summer holiday.
I prepare a cup of Lapacho and off to bed to read about Astras...err.. robots I mean. I normally don't read Sci-Fi but I think I needed a break from an epic Fantasy.

beppe · 06-28-2011, 05:06 PM

I wish it was true. But actually, empty is quite empty and light is quite light. The rest I leave it outside.

Oops. I forgot to quote Latinandgreek.

CWatkinsNash · 06-28-2011, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by astra

CWatkinsNash & Poppaea
I cannot even pretend to follow you Ladies.
Nero... Poppaea...
The closest I could come up with was Captain Nemo.
I did google for others. How do your pretty heads hold up so much history and names

LOL Poppaea was the wife of Emperor Nero. He was her third husband, and her second husband would later be an Emperor as well, Otho, but she divorced him to take up with Nero. (Yes, they had divorce in the 50's. 50's AD, that is.) She was rather... ambitious.

Quite a time, her marriage to Nero. She spent a lot of time convincing him to kill people, including his mother. Finally, he supposedly killed her in a rather tragic manner - he kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant. There is some disagreement as to the actual facts in the case, however. But no matter how, someone in that marriage was bound to get killed sooner or later anyway. The very picture of a dysfunctional relationship.

Oh, those crazy Romans...

In my cup: soon to be iced water with lemon

maianhvk · 06-28-2011, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Poppaea

I like the Maximus part

It is soooo true

I am 5,9 and weigh at least, erhm,

I thought of you the bat, then Maximus

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Originally Posted by astra

I am sorry, but I cannot disassociate you from the tiger you have had for the last couple of weeks.
It suited you better

The spotted cat wasn't tiger, astra. It was jaguar, or leopard, or cheetah.

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Originally Posted by astra

I prepare a cup of Lapacho and off to bed to read about Astras...err.. robots I mean. I normally don't read Sci-Fi but I think I needed a break from an epic Fantasy.

Malazan? Where are you now? Anywhere near the end?

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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

LOL Poppaea was the wife of Emperor Nero. He was her third husband, and her second husband would later be an Emperor as well, Otho, but she divorced him to take up with Nero. (Yes, they had divorce in the 50's. 50's AD, that is.) She was rather... ambitious.

Quite a time, her marriage to Nero. She spent a lot of time convincing him to kill people, including his mother. Finally, he supposedly killed her in a rather tragic manner - he kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant. There is some disagreement as to the actual facts in the case, however. But no matter how, someone in that marriage was bound to get killed sooner or later anyway. The very picture of a dysfunctional relationship.

Oh, those crazy Romans...

In my cup: soon to be iced water with lemon

Thanks for History lesson Nash. Nero and Pop Max are aliens to me. Well, that and with familiar names, I always mistake which belongs to which, Greek or Roman.

It's just 6:30 am here. I'm up early today. Big breakfast to make up the missing dinner last night, then go shopping

then go search a house.

Stitchawl · 06-28-2011, 08:22 PM

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Our Maverick is back

No... not yet... still on the road....

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

still checking on us? I thought we promised to be good!

and brief signature. You were using iPhone?

This woman is SMART!!! Boys of the world, take care!

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Welcome back, Stitchawl!

10Q but not yet.

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Now how will they bring the good news from Ghent to Aix?

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Originally Posted by astra

I am sure there is a story behind it.

... and THIS is a literary group?!? Hang your heads in shame.
VERY famous poem by Robert Browning, named
"How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"
Enjoy. See you in a few days!

S.

ProfCrash · 06-28-2011, 08:41 PM

OK, remind me not to take two months off from the gym again. My arms are going to be sore tomorrow.

I have to bring in my Cuisinart water kettle to work now. They recently changed coffee systems to something that they know all the coffee drinkers are going to have. Not enough folks were chipping in for coffee on the honor system so they went from Flavia (chose your ow brew and expensive) to big urns of coffee. As I was walking out I saw five grown men trying to figure out how to make coffee. As part of the announcement they told folks that they cannot bring their own coffee makers to work and they will be confiscating the ones that they find.

I figure they are not going to listen to me argue that my hot water dispenser is a hot water dispenser and not a coffee pot. The Cuisinart kettle will work fine and can be hidden under my desk at night.

maianhvk · 06-28-2011, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

... and THIS is a literary group?!? Hang your heads in shame.
VERY famous poem by Robert Browning, named
"How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"
Enjoy. See you in a few days!

S.

I don't even know who this Robert Browning was. Nice poem, by the way

Stitchawl · 06-29-2011, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

I don't even know who this Robert Browning was. Nice poem, by the way

i think you know 'Pied Piper of Hamlin.' Fellow who used a magic flute to get rid of all the rats in a German town. Same poet. Read this poem aloud. There is magic in the flow of words!

S.

TenaciousBadger · 06-29-2011, 02:54 AM

Iridal · 06-29-2011, 03:23 AM

Double cappucino, as usual

Waking up was really hard today *yawn*

Note to self: go to bed at a normal hour, even though you're dying to know what will happen next in the book you're currently reading.

astra · 06-29-2011, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

The spotted cat wasn't tiger, astra. It was jaguar, or leopard, or cheetah.

I thought it was a striped cat...probably my imagination

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Originally Posted by maianhvk

Malazan? Where are you now? Anywhere near the end?

I read two massive volumes (out of 10 of the main story arc) and took a well deserved break

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

... and THIS is a literary group?!? Hang your heads in shame.
VERY famous poem by Robert Browning, named
"How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"

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Originally Posted by Iridal

Note to self: go to bed at a normal hour, even though you're dying to know what will happen next in the book you're currently reading.

Cuppa #4
Keemun

Despite the fact that I stayed late reading a book, I woke up at 05.15

Turned and tossed till 05.45 and gave up.
For quite a while I wanted to try to start a day with a cup of Wu Yi Rock oolong.
Done

Not bad. Not bad at all. I made a cup of Wu Yi Rock - Rou Gui

Spoiler:

I liked it, but it is not as good as a good Assam as the first cuppa in the morning.

Iridal · 06-29-2011, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

I read two massive volumes (out of 10 of the main story arc) and took a well deserved break

Do you like them? I've wanted to read them for a long time, but someone told me they are really complex.

In my cup: another cappucino

ProfCrash · 06-29-2011, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

Double cappucino, as usual

Waking up was really hard today *yawn*

Note to self: go to bed at a normal hour, even though you're dying to know what will happen next in the book you're currently reading.

I have that problem as well.

OJ with my breakfast. Total whole wheat cereal and blueberries. Skim milk.

06-28-2011, 05:06 PM	#13069
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	I wish it was true. But actually, empty is quite empty and light is quite light. The rest I leave it outside. Oops. I forgot to quote Latinandgreek. Last edited by beppe; 06-28-2011 at 05:09 PM.

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ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	OK, remind me not to take two months off from the gym again. My arms are going to be sore tomorrow. I have to bring in my Cuisinart water kettle to work now. They recently changed coffee systems to something that they know all the coffee drinkers are going to have. Not enough folks were chipping in for coffee on the honor system so they went from Flavia (chose your ow brew and expensive) to big urns of coffee. As I was walking out I saw five grown men trying to figure out how to make coffee. As part of the announcement they told folks that they cannot bring their own coffee makers to work and they will be confiscating the ones that they find. I figure they are not going to listen to me argue that my hot water dispenser is a hot water dispenser and not a coffee pot. The Cuisinart kettle will work fine and can be hidden under my desk at night.

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Iridal Mysteriarch Posts: 1,422 Karma: 26606984 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The land of impossible deadlines Device: iPhone 4, Kindle 3	Double cappucino, as usual Waking up was really hard today yawn Note to self: go to bed at a normal hour, even though you're dying to know what will happen next in the book you're currently reading.