Record High Gas Prices?

[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

Anyway, at least we have proper cheeses, not just a generic nationwide brand...

Did somebody say cheese?

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

We have been known to bring tea bags with us when we visit the colonies.

Tea bags? Thought that was sacrilege...

In simple terms, there is a British Standard (like IEEE) standard on how to make proper tea, we put it into boiling water, let it brew and then filter out the bits. I'm confused as to how this is more cruel than making chinese or japanese tea...

Yet somehow you manage to turn it into a foul & bitter brew...

Its a personal preference, some people do, some don't - just like some take coffee with milk or cream and some don't.

Different thing entirely. I'd liken it more to putting milk in beer - just the thought makes me want to gag.

Anyway, at least we have proper cheeses, not just a generic nationwide brand...

You think the US doesn't have proper cheeses? Just because some fraction (admittedly not a small one :-() lacks taste, and chooses that horrible processed stuff instead?

[cleanspeed1]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...just remember! There's a BIG difference between "...moving..." someone's cheese and "...cutting..." the cheese.

Either way, there's stink involved!

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

Did somebody say cheese?

That cheese doesn't look like Wensleydale to me...

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Tea bags? Thought that was sacrilege...

In days gone by yes, in those days when on missionary work abroad you had to pack for travel, or carry one of these



Today our top boffins, in between inventing the Mini, Concorde, Railways and other utter commercial failures, have spent literally ones of £s researching the tea bag and these days they are remarkable devices of convenience and if used correctly can produce a fine tasting cuppa.

Not all of us have the time this guy has...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ooT1Hl3mks

Although I do like a nicely made pot myself.

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Yet somehow you manage to turn it into a foul & bitter brew...

Only if you use the incorrect blend / brand or if you allow it to brew for too long - the dreaded stewed tea which is no use to anyone. When I asked for tea in Starbucks in NY I would get this kind of tea, usually a litre or more of the stuff instead of a nice sized mug.

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Different thing entirely. I'd liken it more to putting milk in beer - just the thought makes me want to gag.

Not really, both are blended and brewed hot drinks and both have a level of bitterness which can, in part, be softened with added milk, or cream. Apparently it started in 1860.

Originally Posted by jamesqf

You think the US doesn't have proper cheeses? Just because some fraction (admittedly not a small one :-() lacks taste, and chooses that horrible processed stuff instead?

Couldn't find any over there, however that could have been down to the people we were with - their idea of fresh food was pizza that was still warm when delivered, and anything involving leaves, peeling or cutting was to be avoided.

I had to sneak an occasional orange to keep the scurvy at bay.

On our way to a day out at a lake we trundled through a small town in MN and there was a bakery - real genuine baking bread, queue out of the door. But they gave me a very strange look when I suggested we go there for freshly baked bread for our day out instead of the processed supermarket muck we had.

Back on topic Diesel has eased a little here to 135p-ish a litre at the garages I pass each morning.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

Only if you use the incorrect blend / brand or if you allow it to brew for too long - the dreaded stewed tea which is no use to anyone.

I must have fallen into bad company, then, because your description seems to fit every cup of tea I had in Britain.

Not really, both are blended and brewed hot drinks and both have a level of bitterness which can, in part, be softened with added milk, or cream.

I dunno... My idea of proper tea - Chinese/Japanese green tea, basically - is scarcely bitter at all.

Couldn't find any over there, however that could have been down to the people we were with - their idea of fresh food was pizza that was still warm when delivered, and anything involving leaves, peeling or cutting was to be avoided.

Yeah, I've known people like that. And the worst part is that that's their idea of fancy. Normal is to open a package of chips (American usage of word, of course) and a can of soda.

On our way to a day out at a lake we trundled through a small town in MN and there was a bakery - real genuine baking bread, queue out of the door. But they gave me a very strange look when I suggested we go there for freshly baked bread for our day out instead of the processed supermarket muck we had.

These days even the local WalMart has an in-store bakery that turns out some pretty decent breads. But they still sell an awful lot of that sliced white stuff.

[Christ]

ASDA is the UK equivalent of Wally World in the US, correct?

Do they have the in store deli, bakery, etc?

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I got 50 miles per tea bag today.

regards
Mech

[Piwoslaw]

US$6.90 per US gallon (1.26€ per liter) for diesel yesterday and today. Two weeks ago I paid $6.50, but at a slightly cheaper fuel station.
The price of oil has dipped lately, but the złoty's value has been jumping around too, so in effect fuel stations used that small chaos as an excuse to raise prices.

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by Christ

ASDA is the UK equivalent of Wally World in the US, correct? Do they have the in store deli, bakery, etc?

Yep, Asda is Walmart. They came to compete against Tesco which is the no.1 store here and have made no difference at all in 5 years. Also yep all supermarkets here have a bakery, deli and a pie (savoury pastry) counter for your lunchtime lard / pastry needs

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

I got 50 miles per tea bag today.

If you had taken the time to make a proper pot, warming it first you could have got 60.

Anyway, enough tea...

[Christ]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...where's that blatantly "non-political" sign, "DO NOT FEED THE MONKEYS," when you need it?

They misspelled it to read "DO NOT FEED THE DONKEYS", and political banter ensued.