What is in your cup? - Page 1223

dreams · 01-25-2012, 06:04 PM

Chocolate Caramel Coffee in my cup.

CRussel · 01-25-2012, 06:38 PM

Phoenix Mountain Oolong - second steeping

Bookpossum · 01-25-2012, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Bombay, Bombay, Bombay, Bombay.... Love is blue.

Stitchawl

Do you have a mixer with it, or just drink it straight?

Stitchawl · 01-25-2012, 08:08 PM

Nobody feels any pain
Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Ev'rybody knows
That Baby's got new clothes
But lately I see her ribbons and her bows
Have fallen from her curls.
She takes just like a woman, yes, she does
She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does
And she aches just like a woman
But she breaks just like a little girl.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZFpSYYZuMI )

Dylan... perhaps the single most influential force in music history... Nothing short of 'amazing.'

Good morning, everyone. No bout adout it, it's gonna snow today. NOT a good day for a bike ride! Twining's "Prince of Wales" tea in my cup and a bowl of muesli to start the day... I need to go into Osaka to a large computer shop and get some more business card printer paper. Having business cards printed in Japan is violently expensive... about $1 per card!

(There is an entire ritual involved in the exchange of business cards in Japan, very different from Western usages.)

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Originally Posted by Bookpossum

Do you have a mixer with it, or just drink it straight?

With Bombay Sapphire, I drink it in a tall glass over a lot of ice, stirred. I don't want to mask its medicinal benefits...

I never drink two glasses. One is my limit, but it's usually a double, and I make it last most of the evening.

Stitchawl

pdurrant · 01-26-2012, 04:04 AM

Coke Zero #1 in my cup.

Miss · 01-26-2012, 05:23 AM

Warm spiced apple cider. Mmmmm

Stitchawl · 01-26-2012, 06:00 AM

I'm cooking an 'ethnic' dinner for my wife tonight; Meatloaf with Garlic Mashed Potatoes! She's never had meatloaf before. In honor of such unusual foods, we are drinking .... Club soda!

Stitchawl

GeoffC · 01-26-2012, 07:39 AM

Coffee # 3 (black)

VydorScope · 01-26-2012, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I need to go into Osaka to a large computer shop and get some more business card printer paper. Having business cards printed in Japan is violently expensive... about $1 per card!

(There is an entire ritual involved in the exchange of business cards in Japan, very different from Western usages.)

Stitchawl

So like wow... then this guy....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PGZx...layer_embedded

must be really popular!

Ivy · 01-26-2012, 08:13 AM

Water...

Stitchawl · 01-26-2012, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VydorScope

So like wow... then this guy....
must be really popular!

Oh yes...

Plus, the business card needs to have the person's 'position' clearly stated too, so each can know which one needs to bow lower to the other... A middle manager must bow more deeply when meeting an upper level manager, and how else can one tell? Or an upper level manager from Yoshi Garbage Haulers needs to bow more deeply when meeting an upper level manager from Sony, etc. It really is a very important tool for proper Japanese conduct. You will NEVER see a tray full of personal business cards on the corner of a person's desk as we often see in the West.

And in keeping with this... I'm going to treat myself to a glass of sake tonight!

Stitchawl

ProfCrash · 01-26-2012, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I'm cooking an 'ethnic' dinner for my wife tonight; Meatloaf with Garlic Mashed Potatoes! She's never had meatloaf before. In honor of such unusual foods, we are drinking .... Club soda!

Stitchawl

I love this. It makes sense but it did take a second to remember why meatloaf would be considered ethnic.

OJ with my breakfast.

VydorScope · 01-26-2012, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Oh yes...

Plus, the business card needs to have the person's 'position' clearly stated too, so each can know which one needs to bow lower to the other... A middle manager must bow more deeply when meeting an upper level manager, and how else can one tell? Or an upper level manager from Yoshi Garbage Haulers needs to bow more deeply when meeting an upper level manager from Sony, etc. It really is a very important tool for proper Japanese conduct. You will NEVER see a tray full of personal business cards on the corner of a person's desk as we often see in the West.

And in keeping with this... I'm going to treat myself to a glass of sake tonight!

Stitchawl

Just love how overly dramatic he is about it. I need to find a version with subtitles though...

Stitchawl · 01-26-2012, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I love this. It makes sense but it did take a second to remember why meatloaf would be considered ethnic.

OJ with my breakfast.

Fifty years ago I would have gagged at just the thought of eating raw fish. And the only people in America that would eat squid were Italian! But at least that was cooked. These days I keep a little packet of wasabi in my BCD Scuba vest pocket just in case a Yellowtail swims too close to me, and this afternoon I ate several pieces of raw squid with lunch. Ethnic for me, but not for the guy at the next counter seat from me!

... and I'm just finishing up the sake. I drink it cold, even though my microwave has a special button just for warming sake to the correct temperature! Ethnic...

Stitchawl

ProfCrash · 01-26-2012, 10:16 AM

(giggle) I love the world. Microwaves with a sake button, that is awesome.

When I was studying in Milan I had my Mom send over a couple of giant jars of peanut butter with a friend who was visiting. My Italian roommates were shocked that I made PB&J sandwiches. I had one run to my Italian speaking American roommate and let her know that I was going to make myself sick eating that combo. I made them peanut butter cookies which they were highly worried about but gamely tried. They liked them though.

Then we had a BBQ at one of my classmates apartments and put a sign on the door that for the day this was American territory and American law was enforced. Our Italain friends were baffeled that they were carded and had to get someone 21 years old to get their booze. They enjoyed the cheeseburgers and other food though.

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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	(giggle) I love the world. Microwaves with a sake button, that is awesome. When I was studying in Milan I had my Mom send over a couple of giant jars of peanut butter with a friend who was visiting. My Italian roommates were shocked that I made PB&J sandwiches. I had one run to my Italian speaking American roommate and let her know that I was going to make myself sick eating that combo. I made them peanut butter cookies which they were highly worried about but gamely tried. They liked them though. Then we had a BBQ at one of my classmates apartments and put a sign on the door that for the day this was American territory and American law was enforced. Our Italain friends were baffeled that they were carded and had to get someone 21 years old to get their booze. They enjoyed the cheeseburgers and other food though.